The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2024
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alibi | Hurray for the Riff Raff |
| 2 | While I'm Down (feat. TK & the Holy Know-Nothings) | John Craigie |
| 3 | Hawkmoon | Hurray for the Riff Raff |
| 4 | Brown's Ferry Blues (feat. Billy Strings) | Tony Trischka |
| 5 | River Gonna Talk | David G Smith |
| 6 | When I Was Younger | Bonny Light Horseman |
| 7 | Let's Take Our Time and Do It Right | David G Smith |
| 8 | Weight You Carry | David G Smith |
| 9 | I Wanna Go out | David G Smith |
| 10 | Hurricane | Jeff Talmadge |
| 11 | Lagunita | Lizzie No |
| 12 | Just a Little Ways Down the Road | Laurie Lewis |
| 13 | Snake Plant (The Past is Still Alive) | Hurray for the Riff Raff |
| 14 | Frost on the South Side | Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz |
| 15 | We Don't Talk About It | Gary Nicholson |
| 16 | This Bluesy Thing We Do | Linda Sussman |
| 17 | Win or Lose | Linda Sussman |
| 18 | Don't Let It Rain | Linda Sussman |
| 19 | City Slickers | Rainbow Girls |
| 20 | None of Em Dead | David G Smith |
| 21 | Witness Trees | David G Smith |
| 22 | Women Are Not Equal | David G Smith |
| 23 | Spruce & Pine | SLPSTRM |
| 24 | What a Little Love Can Do | Gary Nicholson |
| 25 | Make Good Trouble | Gary Nicholson |
| 26 | Midnight Wine | Shannon & The Clams |
| 27 | Far Cry | T Sisters |
| 28 | 20 Years and a Nickel | Hiss Golden Messenger |
| 29 | Worry B Gone | Gary Nicholson |
| 30 | Give Us Free | David G Smith |
| 31 | Lights of Change | Linda Sussman |
| 32 | I Wanna Fly | Linda Sussman |
| 33 | Little Speck of Dust | Jeff Talmadge |
| 34 | All That Makes Me Happy is the Blues | Gary Nicholson |
| 35 | Crawl | Shannon & The Clams |
| 36 | The Truth About a Lie | Gary Nicholson |
| 37 | Katie's Got a Locket | Jeff Talmadge |
| 38 | Halfsies | Lizzie No |
| 39 | A Power You'll Never Know - Remastered | Linda Sussman |
| 40 | If I Was a Sparrow | Jeff Talmadge |
| 41 | I Want to Tell You | Katie Knipp |
| 42 | Remember Dorothy | Linda Sussman |
| 43 | Follow the Money | Gary Nicholson |
| 44 | Yard Sale | Ben Harper |
| 45 | One More Change | Ben Harper |
| 46 | Colossus of Roads | Hurray for the Riff Raff |
| 47 | The Sound of Falling Snow | Jeff Talmadge |
| 48 | Love After Love | Ben Harper |
| 49 | Time and Space | Katie Knipp |
| 50 | Bob Dylan Whiskey | Gary Nicholson |
| 51 | Jonah's Song | Rainbow Girls |
| 52 | Careless Whisper | Alexandr Misko |
| 53 | Masterpiece | Ben Harper |
| 54 | Thank You Pat Brayer | Ben Harper |
| 55 | Wide Open Light | Ben Harper |
| 56 | East Runs out of West | Winterlark |
| 57 | Let Common Sense Prevail - Remastered | Linda Sussman |
| 58 | Sugaree | Alice DiMicele |
| 59 | Billie Jean | Alexandr Misko |
| 60 | Stairway to Heaven | Lucas Imbiriba |
| 61 | Café | Joe Flip |
| 62 | A Knew Year | Eric Selby |
| 63 | Different Hues | Eric Selby |
| 64 | Horseshoes & Hand Grenades | Eric Selby |
| 65 | I Carry You | Eric Selby |
| 66 | Stranger Things Have Happened | Eric Selby |
| 67 | Tomorrow Never Knows | Eric Selby |
| 68 | Unsown | Eric Selby |
| 69 | Horseshoes & Hand Grenades (Acoustic Reprise) | Eric Selby |
| 70 | Growing Growing Gone | Ben Harper |
| 71 | Gone | David G Smith |
| 72 | Giving Ghosts | Ben Harper |
| 73 | Trying Not to Fall in Love with You | Ben Harper |
| 74 | Some Love | David G Smith |
| 75 | To Be Human | David G Smith |
| 76 | Above Us | Michelle Qureshi |
| 77 | Shores of Atlantis | Michelle Qureshi |
| 78 | 8 Minutes | Ben Harper |
| 79 | Kickin off Our Shoes | Bryce Ernest Taylor |
| 80 | Arson | Aspen Jacobsen |
| 81 | Arsonist Daughter | Aspen Jacobsen |
| 82 | Damned Dynasty | Aspen Jacobsen |
| 83 | Dear Brother | Aspen Jacobsen |
| 84 | Enough | Aspen Jacobsen |
| 85 | Escapism | Aspen Jacobsen |
| 86 | Leave It Be | Aspen Jacobsen |
| 87 | Monday Mourning | Aspen Jacobsen |
| 88 | Shouldn't Give a Damn | Aspen Jacobsen |
| 89 | Tale of a Chameleon | Aspen Jacobsen |
| 90 | Temptress | Aspen Jacobsen |
| 91 | Another Way | Bryce Ernest Taylor |
| 92 | Isle of Skye | Bryce Ernest Taylor |
| 93 | Man with the Muse | Bryce Ernest Taylor |
| 94 | Naturally You | Bryce Ernest Taylor |
| 95 | Water | Bryce Ernest Taylor |
| 96 | What Happens to the Music | Bryce Ernest Taylor |
| 97 | Heart and Crown | Ben Harper |
| 98 | Crooked Troubles | Brian Gore Guitar Poet |
| 99 | Without Love | Brian Gore Guitar Poet |
| 100 | Dreaming in Plastique | Brian Gore Guitar Poet |
| 101 | With Tenderness | Michelle Qureshi |
| 102 | Alice | Bryce Ernest Taylor |
| 103 | Forgiveness | Jeff Talmadge |
| 104 | Top of the Hour | Jeff Talmadge |
| 105 | Occulations of the Ballerina | Jim Lampos |
| 106 | Ceremonies of Baron Samedi | Jim Lampos |
| 107 | Downerville | Jim Lampos |
| 108 | Mary Le Bon | Jim Lampos |
| 109 | Blood Street | Jim Lampos |
| 110 | Crossing Longfellow Bridge | Jim Lampos |
| 111 | Slow Me Down | Jim Lampos |
| 112 | Under the Spell of the Moon | Jim Lampos |
| 113 | Nothing Works the Way It Should | Son Stone |
| 114 | The Road to Hope | Linda Marks |
| 115 | Love Letters in the Sky | Linda Marks |
| 116 | Facebook Songwriter's Blues | Linda Marks |
| 117 | Psychotherapist's Work Song | Linda Marks |
| 118 | Another Stop Gun Violence Song | Linda Marks |
| 119 | Out on a Limb | Linda Marks |
| 120 | New Chapter | Linda Marks |
| 121 | Wave Goodbye to the Clown | Son Stone |
| 122 | Mad Hot for Me | Son Stone |
| 123 | You Can Talk Dirty to Me | Son Stone |
| 124 | Woody's Dream | Gary Nicholson |
| 125 | Devil's Highway | Jeff Talmadge |
| 126 | She | Reid Jamieson |
| 127 | Everybody | Gary Nicholson |
| 128 | Reeling Me in | Son Stone |
| 129 | Common Sense | Gary Nicholson |
| 130 | Tumblin Down | Bonny Light Horseman |
| 131 | Breathe Me in | Son Stone |
| 132 | Sing to Me About Tomorrow | Winterlark |
| 133 | Ending with Heart Heart Heart | Winterlark |
| 134 | A Recipe for Hope | Linda Marks |
| 135 | Night Train from Milan | Jeff Talmadge |
| 136 | Coat Hanger Abortions and People Shooting Guns | Linda Marks |
| 137 | Long Gone | Laurie Lewis |
| 138 | Just a Moment | Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz |
| 139 | Over My Head | Alice DiMicele |
| 140 | Damn My Love (feat. TK & the Holy Know-Nothings) | John Craigie |
| 141 | Sea Fever | Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz |
| 142 | Alaska Highway | Dan Bern |
| 143 | The Clover | Bonny Light Horseman |
| 144 | Nashville in the Morning | Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz |
| 145 | Shield and Sword | Lizzie No |
| 146 | There's No Them | Gary Nicholson |
| 147 | Fine Line | May Erlewine |
| 148 | Death Don't Have No Mercy | Alice DiMicele |
| 149 | Arkansas | Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz |
| 150 | Simple Motion | Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz |
| 151 | Vetiver | Hurray for the Riff Raff |
| 152 | Hope, Love and Prayers | Linda Marks |
| 153 | Judas (feat. TK & the Holy Know-Nothings) | John Craigie |
| 154 | Good to You (feat. TK & the Holy Know-Nothings) | John Craigie |
| 155 | Maybe Next Year | Jeff Talmadge |
| 156 | Undertaker Blues | Nat Myers |
| 157 | Alameda | Amy Helm |
| 158 | On the Blind Side | Ray Bonneville |
| 159 | Someone Else's Prayer | Kerri Powers |
| 160 | Can't Change the Weather | Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz |
| 161 | Take You Back | Sussex |
| 162 | The Heartbreak Store | Lizzie No |
| 163 | Walking Guilty (feat. TK & the Holy Know-Nothings) | John Craigie |
| 164 | Cold Finger Blues | Ben Gage |
| 165 | Outside Views | Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz |
| 166 | Grand Junction (feat. TK & the Holy Know-Nothings) | John Craigie |
| 167 | Relief | Jobi Riccio |
| 168 | Mourning Dove Waltz | Lizzie No |
| 169 | California Sober (feat. TK & the Holy Know-Nothings) | John Craigie |
| 170 | Burn | Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz |
| 171 | Cave | Wild Rivers |
| 172 | Anywhere but Here | Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz |
| 173 | Big News | Winterlark |
| 174 | When London Was the World | Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz |
| 175 | I'll Be Glad (When They Run out of Gas) [Remastered] | John McEuen |
| 176 | Presence of the Faithful | Kerri Powers |
| 177 | Sleeping in the Next Room | Lizzie No |
| 178 | Pagan Church (feat. TK & the Holy Know-Nothings) | John Craigie |
| 179 | Ramble | Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz |
| 180 | Buffalo | Hurray for the Riff Raff |
| 181 | Viking Sex (feat. TK & the Holy Know-Nothings) | John Craigie |
| 182 | What You Get for Getting Older | Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz |
| 183 | Paperwork | The Honey Dewdrops |
| 184 | She's a Rainbow | Molly Tuttle |
| 185 | Talkin' Site Unseen Blues | Keegan McInroe |
| 186 | Little Boat | Ajay Mathur |
| 187 | Holiday Inn Express | Matt The Electrician |
| 188 | Adam & Eve | Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz |
| 189 | Marion | Kevin Gordon |
| 190 | Lady Madonna (feat. the Gibson Brothers) | Tony Trischka |
| 191 | Harvest Moon | Alice DiMicele |
| 192 | Trouble Darling | Scott Ballew |
| 193 | Texas Wind | Laurie Lewis |
| 194 | Then You'll Know | Keegan McInroe |
| 195 | Summer | Jobi Riccio |
| 196 | Bye Bye Johnny | Van Morrison |
| 197 | Tape | Dan Bern |
| 198 | Rice | Dan Bern |
| 199 | Abby | Brad Strang |
| 200 | Something Real | Brad Strang |
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