Top Folk Song Chart for the Year of 2024

The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2024

Rank	Song Title	Band/Artist Name	Sub Genre
1	Alibi	Hurray for the Riff Raff	Alternative Folk
2	Jealous Moon	Sarah Jarosz	Contemporary Folk
3	Ahead of the Game	Mark Knopfler	Contemporary Folk
4	The Returner	Allison Russell	Contemporary Folk
5	Boombox	Charlie Parr	Contemporary Folk
6	While I'm Down (feat. TK & the Holy Know-Nothings)	John Craigie	Alternative Folk
7	Hawkmoon	Hurray for the Riff Raff	Alternative Folk
8	Brown's Ferry Blues (feat. Billy Strings)	Tony Trischka	Alternative Folk
9	Let's Get Happy Together (feat. Maria Muldaur)	Jim Kweskin	Traditional Folk
10	Somewhere South	The High Hawks	Folk Rock
11	River Gonna Talk	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
12	When I Was Younger	Bonny Light Horseman	Alternative Folk
13	Let's Take Our Time and Do It Right	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
14	Weight You Carry	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
15	I Wanna Go out	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
16	Hold Me	The Strumbellas	Contemporary Folk
17	Step into Your Power	Ray LaMontagne	Folk Rock
18	American Boys	Don McLean	Folk Rock
19	Hurricane	Jeff Talmadge	Alternative Folk
20	All the Ways	The Secret Sisters	Contemporary Folk
21	From a Dying Rose	Todd Snider	Folk Rock
22	Love of a Girl	The Avett Brothers	Folk Rock
23	Lagunita	Lizzie No	Alternative Folk
24	Just a Little Ways Down the Road	Laurie Lewis	Alternative Folk
25	Weepin' Willow Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
26	Orion's Belt	The Avett Brothers	Folk Rock
27	Too Little, Too Late, Too Bad	Rhiannon Giddens	Contemporary Folk
28	Snake Plant (The Past is Still Alive)	Hurray for the Riff Raff	Alternative Folk
29	Frost on the South Side	Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz	Alternative Folk
30	Out of Time (feat. LeAnn Rimes)	Trampled by Turtles	Contemporary Folk
31	Lemon's Jump	Stefan Grossman	Contemporary Folk
32	We Don't Talk About It	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
33	This Bluesy Thing We Do	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
34	Win or Lose	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
35	Don't Let It Rain	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
36	City Slickers	Rainbow Girls	Alternative Folk
37	Atlanta Blues	Stephen Bennett	Contemporary Folk
38	None of Em Dead	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
39	Witness Trees	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
40	Women Are Not Equal	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
41	Sinners and Saints	Karney	Folk Rock
42	Rainbow in the Dark	Karney	Folk Rock
43	Devil Rail	John Zipperer	Contemporary Folk
44	Sound Existence	Steve Forbert	Contemporary Folk
45	Buddy Roe	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
46	Be Ready	Larry Rice	Traditional Folk
47	Push on Through	Larry Rice	Traditional Folk
48	Welcome the Stranger	Larry Rice	Traditional Folk
49	Oola	John Zipperer	Contemporary Folk
50	Lexi Dance	John Zipperer	Contemporary Folk
51	Runaway	James Maddock	Traditional Folk
52	Rickie Lee	Arielle Silver	Contemporary Folk
53	Asteroids and Chaos	Arielle Silver	Contemporary Folk
54	Alabama Bound (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
55	Homeless Blues (Live)	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
56	900 Miles (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
57	Soft on the Shoulder	Arielle Silver	Contemporary Folk
58	Peace is More	Karney	Folk Rock
59	Went to a Party	Nick Lowe	Folk Rock
60	Feel the Way I Feel	Wolf Jett	Contemporary Folk
61	World Keeps on Singing	Eliza Gilkyson	Contemporary Folk
62	Dig a Hole in the Meadow (Darlin Cory)	Morningbird	Contemporary Folk
63	Senses (Thanks JSB)	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
64	Your Love	Pressing Strings	Folk Rock
65	Pretty Lights of Denver	Weary Ramblers	Contemporary Folk
66	The Living Kind	John Smith	Contemporary Folk
67	Done with Love	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
68	Thinking of Her	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
69	Nazareth	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
70	WTF	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
71	Already Gone	Willie Watson	Traditional Folk
72	Just Doesn't Work Anymore	Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus	Contemporary Folk
73	Birds and Bees	Morningbird	Contemporary Folk
74	Time for a Change	Morningbird	Contemporary Folk
75	Harbortowne	Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus	Contemporary Folk
76	Lottery	Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus	Contemporary Folk
77	Sweet Hazel Green	Weary Ramblers	Contemporary Folk
78	Hold on (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
79	Glacier	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
80	Wherever You Go	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
81	Medicine Creek	Weary Ramblers	Contemporary Folk
82	Letter to a Savior	Good Morning Bedlam	Contemporary Folk
83	Hard Playing Hard to Get	Sons Of The East	Folk Rock
84	Yonder Come the Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
85	Bop Bop New Orleans	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
86	Kismet	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
87	Sticky and Sweet	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
88	Spruce & Pine	SLPSTRM	Alternative Folk
89	Too Lazy	Joe Holt	Contemporary Folk
90	It All Comes Down to Love	Tom Rush	Contemporary Folk
91	The Ballad of Elon Musk	Michael Johnathon	Contemporary Folk
92	What a Little Love Can Do	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
93	Jack O' Diamonds (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
94	Stand	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
95	Friends	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
96	I Was Wrong	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
97	Two Pairs of Hands	Mark Knopfler	Contemporary Folk
98	Make Good Trouble	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
99	Season of the Witch	Donovan	Folk
100	Walking in the Valley of the Shadow	Will Kimbrough	Folk Rock
101	Midnight Wine	Shannon & The Clams	Alternative Folk
102	You Louisiana Man	Rhiannon Giddens	Contemporary Folk
103	Unfinished Business	Megan Burtt	Folk Rock
104	Jim Crow Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
105	Keep on Movin' It on (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
106	Sweet Beginnings	Kathryn Severing Fox	Contemporary Folk
107	White Lines & Headlights	Kathryn Severing Fox	Contemporary Folk
108	Secret	Kathryn Severing Fox	Contemporary Folk
109	Far Cry	T Sisters	Alternative Folk
110	Special Delivery Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
111	20 Years and a Nickel	Hiss Golden Messenger	Alternative Folk
112	Worry B Gone	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
113	On and on	Grace Cummings	Folk Rock
114	Give Us Free	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
115	You're the One	Rhiannon Giddens	Contemporary Folk
116	Freedom Trilogy (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
117	Lights of Change	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
118	And They Called Her California	Ray LaMontagne	Folk Rock
119	I Wanna Fly	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
120	Little Speck of Dust	Jeff Talmadge	Alternative Folk
121	What You've Shown Me	Parker Millsap	Contemporary Folk
122	Things We Contemplate	Larry Robbins	Contemporary Folk
123	Procrastination (I'll Do It Later)	Larry Robbins	Contemporary Folk
124	Everlasting	Larry Robbins	Contemporary Folk
125	Hands on	Larry Robbins	Contemporary Folk
126	All That Makes Me Happy is the Blues	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
127	Crawl	Shannon & The Clams	Alternative Folk
128	Closer to Fine	Indigo Girls	Contemporary Folk
129	The Truth About a Lie	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
130	The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald	Gordon Lightfoot	Contemporary Folk
131	I Wouldn't Change a Thing	Ray LaMontagne	Folk Rock
132	Katie's Got a Locket	Jeff Talmadge	Alternative Folk
133	More Than Friends (feat. Lainey Wilson)	Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real	Contemporary Folk
134	Good Friends	Max Gomez	Traditional Folk
135	Halfsies	Lizzie No	Alternative Folk
136	A Power You'll Never Know - Remastered	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
137	Backwater Voodoo	The High Hawks	Folk Rock
138	If I Was a Sparrow	Jeff Talmadge	Alternative Folk
139	I Want to Tell You	Katie Knipp	Alternative Folk
140	Slim and the Devil	Willie Watson	Traditional Folk
141	Old Radio	Robby Hecht	Folk Rock
142	Remember Dorothy	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
143	Follow the Money	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
144	Let Her Go	Passenger	Folk Rock
145	Yard Sale	Ben Harper	Alternative Folk
146	One More Change	Ben Harper	Alternative Folk
147	If We Would Let It	Parker Millsap	Contemporary Folk
148	All Four Winds	Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real	Contemporary Folk
149	Overpass	Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real	Contemporary Folk
150	Colossus of Roads	Hurray for the Riff Raff	Alternative Folk
151	Leader of the Band	Dan Fogelberg	Folk Rock
152	Mr. Tambourine Man	Bob Dylan	Folk
153	When the Lights Go out	Sarah Jarosz	Contemporary Folk
154	The Sound of Falling Snow	Jeff Talmadge	Alternative Folk
155	Peace Train	Cat Stevens	Folk Rock
156	Sticks and Stones	Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real	Contemporary Folk
157	Love After Love	Ben Harper	Alternative Folk
158	Every Time I Drink	Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real	Contemporary Folk
159	Time and Space	Katie Knipp	Alternative Folk
160	Aerial Boundaries	Michael Hedges	Folk
161	Please Come to Boston	Dave Loggins	Contemporary Folk
162	The Town in Your Heart	Lori McKenna	Contemporary Folk
163	Happy Children	Lori McKenna	Contemporary Folk
164	Letting People Down	Lori McKenna	Contemporary Folk
165	Growing Up	Lori McKenna	Contemporary Folk
166	Days Are Honey	Lori McKenna	Contemporary Folk
167	Killing Me (feat. Hillary Lindsey)	Lori McKenna	Contemporary Folk
168	The Tunnel	Lori McKenna	Contemporary Folk
169	Icarus	Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real	Contemporary Folk
170	If I Didn't Love You	Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real	Contemporary Folk
171	Green Light	Darlingside	Folk Rock
172	Wrong House	Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real	Contemporary Folk
173	Bob Dylan Whiskey	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
174	You Ain't Goin' Nowhere	Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band	Contemporary Folk
175	My Lady Fair	Ray LaMontagne	Folk Rock
176	Jonah's Song	Rainbow Girls	Alternative Folk
177	Running on Time	Parker Millsap	Contemporary Folk
178	Sailing to Philadelphia	Mark Knopfler	Folk
179	Careless Whisper	Alexandr Misko	Alternative Folk
180	Hello in There	John Prine	Folk
181	Barton Hollow	The Civil Wars	Folk
182	Masterpiece	Ben Harper	Alternative Folk
183	Snorkel	Leo Kottke	Folk
184	Sam Stone	John Prine	Contemporary Folk
185	Atlantic City	Bruce Springsteen	Folk Rock
186	All of the Time in the World to Kill	The Milk Carton Kids	Contemporary Folk
187	The Old Woman in Me	Lori McKenna	Contemporary Folk
188	Oklahoma or Arkansas	Peach & Quiet	Contemporary Folk
189	In My Reign	Romen Buffalo and The Loyal Order	Contemporary Folk
190	Thank You Pat Brayer	Ben Harper	Alternative Folk
191	Song from a Tree	Peach & Quiet	Contemporary Folk
192	Wide Open Light	Ben Harper	Alternative Folk
193	I Only See the Moon	The Milk Carton Kids	Contemporary Folk
194	Alcohallelujah	Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real	Contemporary Folk
195	Wilderness Within You (feat. Gillian Welch)	Parker Millsap	Contemporary Folk
196	Running on Sweet Smile	The Milk Carton Kids	Contemporary Folk
197	Star Shine	The Milk Carton Kids	Contemporary Folk
198	1988	Lori McKenna	Contemporary Folk
199	The View	Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real	Contemporary Folk
200	Darkening Hour	Darlingside	Folk Rock

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The Roots Music Report's Top Folk Song Chart for the Year of 2024

The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2024