Top Folk Song Chart for the Year of 2016

The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2016

Rank	Song Title	Band/Artist Name	Sub Genre
1	Sake of the Song	Hayes Carll	Contemporary Folk
2	Brothers	The Brothers Comatose	Traditional Folk
3	Down to the River	Darrell Scott	Contemporary Folk
4	House of Mercy	Sarah Jarosz	Folk
5	Worried Mind	Eilen Jewell	Contemporary Folk
6	Today Today Today	James Taylor	Contemporary Folk
7	Broken Bell	Tony Furtado	Alternative Folk
8	Elizabeth	Indigo Girls	Folk
9	I Would Do	Kasey Chambers	Folk
10	This Path Tonight	Graham Nash	Folk
11	Radio	Ryan Bingham	Folk Rock
12	Blindly Believing	The Waifs	Contemporary Folk
13	Wayside	Mark Erelli	Contemporary Folk
14	A Big Comeuppance	Steve Forbert	Folk
15	To Get by	Malcolm Holcombe	Alternative Folk
16	Catch the Wind	Joan Baez	Alternative Folk
17	Pictures on My Phone (Live)	John Craigie	Contemporary Folk
18	She's Got You	Rhiannon Giddens	Contemporary Folk
19	Dyin'	Elizabeth Cook	Folk
20	How Come My Dog Don't Bark when You Come 'Round?	David Bromberg	Folk
21	When It Comes My Turn	David Myles	Contemporary Folk
22	Tennessee Blues	Jim Kweskin	Traditional Folk
23	Bad Habit	Liz Longley	Folk
24	Blackbirds	Gretchen Peters	Alternative Folk
25	Take You Away	Christian Lopez Band	Contemporary Folk
26	City Full of Streets	The Mulligan Brothers	Alternative Folk
27	There Isn't One Way	Patty Griffin	Contemporary Folk
28	Cautionary Tale	Dylan LeBlanc	Alternative Folk
29	Beyond the Blue	The Duhks	Alternative Folk
30	I Drew a Line	Folk Family Revival	Folk Rock
31	Down on Penny's Farm	Jim Kweskin	Traditional Folk
32	Firestarter	The Currys	Folk Rock
33	She Kills	Jerry Castle	Folk Rock
34	Something Tamed Something Wild	Mary Chapin Carpenter	Folk
35	Come Back Down	T Sisters	Contemporary Folk
36	Hanging from the Earth	The Pines	Folk
37	Happy Be	The Bills	Folk
38	Up Above My Head	Rhiannon Giddens	Contemporary Folk
39	Made Up Mind	The Bros. Landreth	Alternative Folk
40	The City of Our Lady	The Milk Carton Kids	Folk
41	Tightrope	Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors	Contemporary Folk
42	Beryl	Mark Knopfler	Folk
43	Broken Home	David Massey	Folk Rock
44	If You Wanna Get Kissed	Eleni Mandell	Contemporary Folk
45	Change	Moshe Vilozny	Alternative Folk
46	I Got a Devil in Me (feat. Patty Hammond & Brian Fullen)	John Roy Zat	Folk
47	Eastside Bulldog	Todd Snider	Folk
48	By and by	Hackensaw Boys	Folk
49	Just Like a Woman	Jeff Buckley	Folk Rock
50	Pelican Lullaby (feat. Yvette Devereaux)	Joellen Lapidus	Traditional Folk
51	You Could Be My Baby	SHEL	Folk
52	Love for a While	Keith Greeninger	Contemporary Folk
53	First Love	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
54	I Am	Katie Garibaldi	Folk Rock
55	Hidden Heart	Marit Larsen	Contemporary Folk
56	Dance and Sing (feat. Novi Novog)	Joellen Lapidus	Traditional Folk
57	What're We Gonna Do About Judy Wyner?	Judy Nazemetz	Traditional Folk
58	Gandy Dancer	Magic Music	Alternative Folk
59	California (Cast Iron Soul)	Jamestown Revival	Traditional Folk
60	She Knows	Sean Hayes	Folk Rock
61	Grandpa Benny's Chicken Market (feat. Dan Radlauer, Ross Levinson, Dan Dungan & Extreme Klezmer Makeover)	Joellen Lapidus	Traditional Folk
62	Yesterday I Was So Tired	Judy Nazemetz	Alternative Folk
63	How 'Bout You	McCoy Tyler Band	Alternative Folk
64	Valerie	The Brothers Comatose	Traditional Folk
65	Holy Ground	David Francey	Folk Rock
66	Picture of You	The Youngers	Folk
67	Every Day I Get the Blues	Jesse Winchester	Traditional Folk
68	Wandering Man	Jamestown Revival	Traditional Folk
69	Do You Dream of Me	Ynana Rose	Contemporary Folk
70	A Promise & a Rose (feat. Aireene Espiritu)	John Roy Zat	Folk
71	Don't Even Think of Leaving Me	Ynana Rose	Contemporary Folk
72	Errant Tree	The Deer	Alternative Folk
73	Luckier Than You	Monica Rizzio	Traditional Folk
74	Handmics Killed Country Music	Sam Bush	Folk
75	Black River	Sierra Hull	Contemporary Folk
76	Sister (Take Me to the Shore)	Mollie O'Brien	Folk Rock
77	Never Knew You Loved Me Too	Teddy Thompson & Kelly Jones	Traditional Folk
78	We've Got a Fire	The Steel Wheels	Contemporary Folk
79	Church on Time	Kevin Gordon	Folk
80	But then You Smile	Art Podell	Contemporary Folk
81	We Sang Our Songs in California	Art Podell	Contemporary Folk
82	The Meaning of My Love (feat. Eliza Gilkyson)	Darryl Purpose	Contemporary Folk
83	Worth the Wait	Goodbye Blue	Alternative Folk
84	Play by Your Own Rules	Sam Bush	Folk
85	It Don't Matter Anyway	Michael Weiskopf	Folk Rock
86	Kathy's Song	Mary Beth Cross	Alternative Folk
87	You've Heard My Voice (And You Know My Name)	Art Podell	Contemporary Folk
88	The Bottles on the Table	Bianca De Leon	Contemporary Folk
89	Downtown Blues	Jim Kweskin	Traditional Folk
90	The Road You Thought You Knew	Wren	Contemporary Folk
91	Waiting to Give (feat. FY5)	Gabrielle Louise	Contemporary Folk
92	My Sweet Rosetta	Trevor Alguire	Folk
93	Bright As You Can	The Mike + Ruthy Band	Folk Rock
94	Rare Bird	Kelley McRae	Contemporary Folk
95	50 Years	Gurf Morlix	Folk Rock
96	Sunday Morning Drive	Anne E. Dechant	Alternative Folk
97	Church Going Man (feat. Michael Hanna, Kevin Harris & Brian Fullen)	John Roy Zat	Folk
98	Two Miles (feat. Yvette Devereaux & Oliver Steinberg)	Joellen Lapidus	Traditional Folk
99	Old Lady	Eleni Mandell	Alternative Folk
100	Blow Wind Blow	The Grahams	Contemporary Folk
101	I Can't Wait	Richard Paul Thomas	Alternative Folk
102	Casual Party	Band Of Horses	Folk Rock
103	Love is So Easy	Hayes Carll	Contemporary Folk
104	Unloved Daughter	Scott Wolfson and Other Heroes	Alternative Folk
105	The Beast That Rolls Within	Dietrich Strause	Folk Rock
106	Keven's Coma (feat. Yvette Devereaux & Gordon Peeke)	Joellen Lapidus	Traditional Folk
107	Fake It 'Til You Make It (feat. Kevin Harris & Brian Fullen)	John Roy Zat	Folk
108	Ojai	Ray LaMontagne	Folk Rock
109	Big Box	Neil Young	Contemporary Folk
110	Away (feat. Lisa Gutkin, Peter Calo, Dan Bonis & Jeff Eyrich)	Susan Kane	Folk Rock
111	Maybe You'll Be There	Bob Dylan	Folk Rock
112	When I'm Gone	Brother Sun	Contemporary Folk
113	Shake Sugaree	Rhiannon Giddens	Contemporary Folk
114	Flora	Hackensaw Boys	Folk
115	Down by the Water	The Decemberists	Folk Rock
116	Easy Way out	Dylan LeBlanc	Alternative Folk
117	Lumberjack Blues	Keegan McInroe	Alternative Folk
118	Gasoline & Guitar Strings	John Roy Zat	Folk
119	Paradise	Dylan LeBlanc	Alternative Folk
120	Gto	Kevin Gordon	Folk
121	Hey Babe	The Ormewoods	Traditional Folk
122	Empty Train	David Francey	Folk Rock
123	Remember Wild Horses	Birds Of Chicago	Folk
124	When I Was a Fair Maid	Julie Parisi Kirby	Alternative Folk
125	Young Man	David Wax Museum	Folk
126	Revival	Jamestown Revival	Traditional Folk
127	Only Just Turned Five	David Massey	Folk Rock
128	Lucky Life	Lori Lieberman	Contemporary Folk
129	Golden Apples	Art Podell	Contemporary Folk
130	I Got Trouble	Keegan McInroe	Alternative Folk
131	Headhunters	Jamestown Revival	Traditional Folk
132	I Had a Dream	Loudon Wainwright III	Folk
133	Time and the River	Art Podell	Contemporary Folk
134	These American Blues	Levi Parham	Folk
135	Methadone Blues	Elizabeth Cook	Folk
136	I'm Moving on	Dylan LeBlanc	Alternative Folk
137	My Lover and My Ghost	Lucas Chaisson	Folk
138	Choices and Changes	Sierra Hull	Contemporary Folk
139	Cumberland	Josh Ritter	Alternative Folk
140	It Had to Be You	Bob Dylan	Folk Rock
141	Young at Heart	Bob Dylan	Folk Rock
142	Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning	The Derek Trucks Band	Folk
143	Riding on a Train	Richard Paul Thomas	Alternative Folk
144	Country Music Outlaws	Keegan McInroe	Alternative Folk
145	The One I'm Still Thinking About	Darrell Scott	Contemporary Folk
146	Steal Your Heart Away	Watkins Family Hour	Alternative Folk
147	40 Days & 40 Nights	Ben Caplan	Folk Rock
148	Giving Up on Your Hometown	Lori McKenna	Contemporary Folk
149	Magic	Mark Erelli	Contemporary Folk
150	Weighted Mind	Sierra Hull	Contemporary Folk
151	Find the Good	Willie Sugarcapps	Folk
152	Red Dirt Road	Kelley McRae	Contemporary Folk
153	Analog Hero	Mark Erelli	Folk Rock
154	Ain't Nobody	Dori Freeman	Contemporary Folk
155	Violeta	Richard Paul Thomas	Alternative Folk
156	Heart of a Song	Nancy Cassidy	Contemporary Folk
157	Lay My Lily Down	Bob Weir	Folk
158	Early Morning Light	Sarah Jarosz	Folk Rock
159	Love is the Reason	Darrell Scott	Contemporary Folk
160	Rico	Jeffrey Foucault	Folk
161	Take Me Back	Sarah Jarosz	Folk Rock
162	Falling Son	River Whyless	Alternative Folk
163	Dim Star of the Palisades	Birds Of Chicago	Folk
164	Repo Man	Ray LaMontagne	Folk
165	The Sweet	Hackensaw Boys	Traditional Folk
166	She Moved Through the Fair	Joan Baez	Alternative Folk
167	Sabrina	The Stray Birds	Folk Rock
168	Fool for You	Ynana Rose	Contemporary Folk
169	The Love You Sow	Ynana Rose	Contemporary Folk
170	Love That Woman	Sean Hayes	Folk Rock
171	Intentions of My Heart	Willie Sugarcapps	Folk
172	Love Don't Let Me Down	Hayes Carll	Contemporary Folk
173	Hard Times Come Again No More	Joan Baez	Alternative Folk
174	The Bird & the Rifle	Lori McKenna	Folk
175	New Heart	Owen Plant	Contemporary Folk
176	Natural Causes	Ron Renninger	Contemporary Folk
177	Sing Me Your Love Song	Sean Hayes	Folk Rock
178	Aerial Ocean	The Pines	Folk
179	Summertime	Willie Nelson	Folk
180	For a Song	Mark Erelli	Folk
181	Rebel on the Run	The Belle Hollows	Traditional Folk
182	Wonders I've Seen	The Bills	Folk
183	Table for One	Courtney Marie Andrews	Folk
184	Home	Jamestown Revival	Traditional Folk
185	Beg Steal or Borrow	Ray LaMontagne	Contemporary Folk
186	Somebody's Love	Passenger	Alternative Folk
187	Honest Life	Courtney Marie Andrews	Folk
188	Skin & Bones	Liz Longley	Folk
189	Sweet Georgia	Malcolm Holcombe	Alternative Folk
190	Jonah	The Belle Hollows	Traditional Folk
191	Worlds Upside Down	Hackensaw Boys	Traditional Folk
192	Paradise	Jeffrey Foucault	Folk
193	Lost Dog	Sarah Jarosz	Folk Rock
194	Saint Elizabeth	Kaia Kater	Folk Rock
195	Sunday Morning	The Stray Birds	Folk Rock
196	Walkin' Boss	Sam Amidon	Folk
197	Make a Wish on Me	Teddy Thompson & Kelly Jones	Traditional Folk
198	Big River	Darrell Scott	Contemporary Folk
199	To the Light	Freebo	Contemporary Folk
200	Winter Man	Amy Soucy	Folk

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The Roots Music Report's Top Folk Song Chart for the Year of 2016

The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2016