The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Bluegrass Song Chart
for the Year of 2020
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rise Sun | The Infamous Stringdusters |
| 2 | Like Reflections | Greensky Bluegrass |
| 3 | Blue Moon over Texas | Williamson Branch |
| 4 | Waiting on a Ride | Songs From The Road Band |
| 5 | A Miner's Life | Stoney Creek Bluegrass Band |
| 6 | Let Me Be the Bridge | Jerry Salley |
| 7 | Chicago Barn Dance | Special Consensus |
| 8 | A Few Years Ago | Daryl Mosley |
| 9 | Feelin' Bad Blues | Ry Cooder |
| 10 | Emmylou | Darin & Brooke Aldridge |
| 11 | I'm Gonna Ride (with Sam Bush, Ned Luberecki, Chris Brown, Todd Parks & Jana Mougin) | Stephen Mougin |
| 12 | Helplessly Hoping | Chris Luquette |
| 13 | The Barber's Fiddle (feat. Sam Bush, Laurie Lewis, Shawn Camp, Jason Carter, Kati Penn, Michael Cleveland, Stuart Duncan, Deanie Richardson, Johnny Warren, Laura Orshaw, Tyler Andal, Fred Carpenter & Brian Christianson) | Becky Buller |
| 14 | A Place for a Fool (with Eric Gibson, Becky Buller, Laura Orshaw, Cory Piatt & Mike Bub) | Stephen Mougin |
| 15 | We Needed This Ride | Chris Jones & the Night Drivers |
| 16 | Julie | Band Of Ruhks |
| 17 | The Bartender | The Steeldrivers |
| 18 | Finger Picking Good | Kristy Cox |
| 19 | I Found Love | Darin & Brooke Aldridge |
| 20 | Shots You Never Take | Nothin' Fancy |
| 21 | Falling Down | Dale Ann Bradley |
| 22 | Living Like There's No Tomorrow (Live) | Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver |
| 23 | The Log Train (feat. Dale Ann Bradley & Tina Adair) | Bradley & Adair |
| 24 | No Headlights | Kristy Cox |
| 25 | Tell Me So (feat. Bobby Osborne) | Old Salt Union |
| 26 | Tall Fiddler (feat. Flamekeeper & Tommy Emmanuel) | Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper |
| 27 | I Robbed a Train | Claybank |
| 28 | Norman Rockwell World | Kenny & Amanda Smith |
| 29 | Ride This Road (feat. Michael Cleveland & Steve Cooley) | Aaron Bibelhauser |
| 30 | I Can Tell by the Way You Dance | Hammertowne |
| 31 | Get on Board | Amanda Cook |
| 32 | I Wanna Go Back (feat. Steve Gulley, Alan Bibey, Jason Burleson, Robert Hale & Steve Wariner) | Phil Leadbetter and the All Stars of Bluegrass |
| 33 | Goodbye Again (feat. Claire Lynch & Ronnie Bowman) | The Sharp Flatpickers |
| 34 | Everybody's Talkin' | The Seldom Scene |
| 35 | Cherokee Fiddle | Larry Cordle |
| 36 | Runaway Train | Gena Britt |
| 37 | They Call It Bluegrass | Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road |
| 38 | Tell the Truth (Shame the Devil) [feat. the Fairfield Four, Ned Luberecki, Dan Boner, Nate Lee & Daniel Hardin] | Becky Buller |
| 39 | Old Home Place | High Fidelity |
| 40 | West Virginia Coal | Amanda Cook |
| 41 | Two Timer | Nick Chandler & Delivered |
| 42 | One Way Rider (feat. Steve Gulley, Alan Bibey, Jason Burleson & Robert Hale) | Phil Leadbetter and the All Stars of Bluegrass |
| 43 | Breaking in Lonesome | Rick Faris |
| 44 | County Fool | Boone & Foster |
| 45 | The South Bound Train | High Fidelity |
| 46 | Bluegrass Junction | Larry Cordle |
| 47 | Tear-Stained Letter | Darin & Brooke Aldridge |
| 48 | Winding Road | Fireside Collective |
| 49 | Poison | Sierra Hull |
| 50 | The Likes of You | Dale Ann Bradley |
| 51 | 25 Trips | Sierra Hull |
| 52 | Bill Monroe's Ol' Mandolin | Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road |
| 53 | Headlight | Della Mae |
| 54 | I Gotta Go | Lindley Creek |
| 55 | How Long | Sierra Hull |
| 56 | Will You Be Leaving | Amanda Cook |
| 57 | In a Country Town | Daryl Mosley |
| 58 | Taxland (feat. Sierra Hull) | Justin Moses |
| 59 | Get Up John | The Price Sisters |
| 60 | Me and Helen (feat. Flamekeeper & Jerry Douglas) | Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper |
| 61 | Shenandoah Breakdown (Live) | Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver |
| 62 | Creeping Round My Cabin | Missy Armstrong |
| 63 | Bailey's Ridge | Nothin' Fancy |
| 64 | Middle of the Woods | Sierra Hull |
| 65 | Something About a Train Sound | Irene Kelley |
| 66 | Man on the Radio | Wood Belly |
| 67 | If the Kansas River Can | Rick Faris |
| 68 | Bluegrass Radio | Irene Kelley |
| 69 | Someone's Everything | Darin & Brooke Aldridge |
| 70 | Breakin' on the Jimmy Ridge | Larry Cordle |
| 71 | I Can't Pretend | Della Mae |
| 72 | Throw the Stone | Thomm Jutz |
| 73 | Stop and Smell the Roses | The Farm Hands Bluegrass Quartet |
| 74 | Blue and Lonesome Again | Fast Track |
| 75 | What You Need | Greensky Bluegrass |
| 76 | Soppin' the Gravy | Deanie Richardson |
| 77 | Leavings Up to You | Nothin' Fancy |
| 78 | New Beginnings (with Laura Orshaw, Ned Luberecki, Cory Piatt, Alan Bartram & Rick Faris) | Stephen Mougin |
| 79 | Wake the Dead | The Infamous Stringdusters |
| 80 | More Heart, Less Attack (feat. Ned Luberecki, Dan Boner, Nate Lee & Daniel Hardin) | Becky Buller |
| 81 | Courage for the Road | Greensky Bluegrass |
| 82 | First Song Dancer | Della Mae |
| 83 | Forgive | The Steeldrivers |
| 84 | Beautifully out of Place | Sierra Hull |
| 85 | Big Country | Gena Britt |
| 86 | I May Not Take You Back Again | Nothin' Fancy |
| 87 | I Can’t Wait | Nick Chandler & Delivered |
| 88 | Castles in the Air | Pert Near Sandstone |
| 89 | No Smoky Mountains | Sister Sadie |
| 90 | Callin' Your Name | The Grascals |
| 91 | I Miss My Miss in Mississippi | Jerry Salley |
| 92 | The Run | Paper Bird |
| 93 | All About the Banjo | Rhonda Vincent |
| 94 | Whole Lotta Laying Around | Chris Roberts |
| 95 | Straighten the Curves | The Grascals |
| 96 | Rockin' Alone in an Old Rocking Chair (feat. Dale Ann Bradley & Tina Adair) | Bradley & Adair |
| 97 | Johnson City Blues | Kenny & Amanda Smith |
| 98 | Bluebird Blackbird (feat. Avril Smith) | Della Mae |
| 99 | Bad for You | The Steeldrivers |
| 100 | Peg Monster | Della Mae |
| 101 | Pack Up Your Sorrows | The Seldom Scene |
| 102 | Bend in the Road | Chris Jones & the Night Drivers |
| 103 | Limitless | Paper Bird |
| 104 | Blind Bartimaeus | The Burnett Sisters Band |
| 105 | Mill Town Blues | Thomm Jutz |
| 106 | How Many Rivers | Kenny & Amanda Smith |
| 107 | Looking out My Back Door | Special Consensus |
| 108 | Emma | Claybank |
| 109 | The Bean Song | Crandall Creek |
| 110 | Head on Down the Line (feat. Ned Luberecki, Dan Boner, Nate Lee & Daniel Hardin) | Becky Buller |
| 111 | Yesterday's Heartache | Kristy Cox |
| 112 | Caroline | Wood Belly |
| 113 | Doc Watson Morning (with Bryan Sutton) | Peter Rowan |
| 114 | Devil's Broom | Shannon Slaughter |
| 115 | Sirens | The Infamous Stringdusters |
| 116 | Soldier's Joy (feat. Michael Cleveland) | Jesse McReynolds |
| 117 | Blue Merle | Wood Belly |
| 118 | Less | Sierra Hull |
| 119 | Two Acres at a Time | Amanda Cook |
| 120 | Andy & Susanne | Hammertowne |
| 121 | Talking to Daddy | Valerie Smith |
| 122 | Calhoun County | Amanda Cook |
| 123 | I'll Go with You | Williamson Branch |
| 124 | You Better Hold on to Your Heart | Shannon Slaughter |
| 125 | I'm Leaving You This Lonesome Song | The Burnett Sisters Band |
| 126 | Got a Little Light | High Fidelity |
| 127 | 99 Year Blues | Rock Hearts |
| 128 | Calamity Jane (feat. Rhonda Vincent) | Becky Buller |
| 129 | Losing You Blues | Sister Sadie |
| 130 | Aunt Birdie's Wing Back Chevrolet | Hammertowne |
| 131 | We'll Be Sweethearts in Heaven | Jason Barie |
| 132 | You Made the Break | High Fidelity |
| 133 | Pride | The Farm Hands Bluegrass Quartet |
| 134 | Sleep with One Eye Open (feat. Alison Brown & Molly Tuttle) | Della Mae |
| 135 | Looking out for You and Me | Zoe & Cloyd |
| 136 | Big Dreams, Small Talk | Old Salt Union |
| 137 | Can’t Get Behind | Wood Belly |
| 138 | Mississippi Steamboat Blues | Rick Faris |
| 139 | Never Were My Baby | The Church Sisters |
| 140 | Adams County Breakdown | Ned Luberecki |
| 141 | I Cried All the Way to Kentucky | Alecia Nugent |
| 142 | Foxhounds | Kathy Kallick Band |
| 143 | Stone Cold Blue | Kim Robins |
| 144 | Coon Dog Cemetery | Milan Miller |
| 145 | Anywhere is Home when You're with Me | Rhonda Vincent |
| 146 | Anything Worth Doing | Larry Cordle |
| 147 | Raleighs Ride | Sister Sadie |
| 148 | Heartbreak Hall of Fame | The Grascals |
| 149 | I’ve Never Been So Lonesome | Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass |
| 150 | Untold Stories | Gena Britt |
| 151 | Driving It Home (Live) | Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver |
| 152 | Back in My Baby's Arms Again (Live) | Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver |
| 153 | I'm Going to Heaven (Live) | Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver |
| 154 | Waiting on Isaac | Jason Barie |
| 155 | Two Left Shoes | Jason Barie |
| 156 | Blue Eyed Darlin' | Jason Barie |
| 157 | So Were We (feat. Heather Slaughter) | Shannon Slaughter |
| 158 | Loving You Again (feat. Relic) | Aaron Bibelhauser |
| 159 | The Secret of Life | Daryl Mosley |
| 160 | Tater Valley Chimes | Flashback |
| 161 | Waltz Through the Ages (feat. Rhonda Vincent) | Jerry Salley |
| 162 | You Can't Hear a Heart Break | Jerry Salley |
| 163 | I'll Put the Blame on You | Edgar Loudermilk Band |
| 164 | Wild One | Della Mae |
| 165 | Who Needs You | The Grascals |
| 166 | 12 O’Clock Blues | The Steeldrivers |
| 167 | Point of No Return | Amanda Cook |
| 168 | I Like It when You're Home | Della Mae |
| 169 | Brace for Impact (Live a Little) | Sturgill Simpson |
| 170 | Swing for the Fences (feat. Steve Gulley, Alan Bibey, Jason Burleson & Robert Hale) | Phil Leadbetter and the All Stars of Bluegrass |
| 171 | Nellie Kane (Live) | Hot Rize |
| 172 | High on a Mountain (Live) | Hot Rize |
| 173 | Quick Select | Nate Lee |
| 174 | Be Still Moses | Steep Canyon Rangers |
| 175 | City That Drowned | Mile Twelve |
| 176 | Cloud Valley | The Infamous Stringdusters |
| 177 | Innocent Man | The Steeldrivers |
| 178 | Rook Roller | Nate Lee |
| 179 | Won't That Be a Happy Time | Special Consensus |
| 180 | You Were Mine | Amanda Cook |
| 181 | B N Me | Band Of Ruhks |
| 182 | Trouble in the Fields | Darin & Brooke Aldridge |
| 183 | Do It Alone | Greensky Bluegrass |
| 184 | In This House | Thomm Jutz |
| 185 | I'd Like to Wander Back to the Old Home | Fast Track |
| 186 | Gone Are the Days | Wood Belly |
| 187 | The Long Game | Della Mae |
| 188 | Sweet Allis Chalmers | Nate Lee |
| 189 | Railroad Man (with Sam Bush, Ned Luberecki, Chris Brown & Todd Parks) | Stephen Mougin |
| 190 | Arkansas (feat. Flamekeeper) | Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper |
| 191 | Sixteen Tons (feat. Avril Smith & Alison Brown) | Della Mae |
| 192 | Oh Darlin' (feat. Dale Ann Bradley & Tina Adair) | Bradley & Adair |
| 193 | I Choose You | The Steeldrivers |
| 194 | Honeybabe | Rick Faris |
| 195 | How Long | Rick Faris |
| 196 | City of New Orleans | Special Consensus |
| 197 | Time Flies | Armchair Boogie |
| 198 | Wonderbat | Nate Lee |
| 199 | On the Riverside (with Sam Bush, Ned Luberecki, Chris Brown, Todd Parks, Alan Bartram & Jana Mougin) | Stephen Mougin |
| 200 | Gonna Make It After All (feat. Steve Gulley, Alan Bibey, Jason Burleson & Robert Hale) | Phil Leadbetter and the All Stars of Bluegrass |
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