The Roots Music Report's
Top Traditional Bluegrass Song Chart
for the Year of 2023
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Earthman | The Dillards |
| 2 | California Earthquake | Sam Bush |
| 3 | The Traveling Song (Live) | Stoney Creek Bluegrass Band |
| 4 | Issaqueena (feat. Alan Bibey, Ethan Burkhardt & Michael Cleveland) | Wilson Banjo Co. |
| 5 | Black and White | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 6 | Nothing to Lose (feat. Lou Reid) | Olivia Jo |
| 7 | I'm Warming Up to an Old Flame | The Tennessee Bluegrass Band |
| 8 | Ballad of Kidder Cole | Appalachian Road Show |
| 9 | Radio John | Sam Bush |
| 10 | What the Years Do | Balsam Range |
| 11 | Vertigo (feat. Bryan Sutton, Edgar Meyer, Sam Bush & Stuart Duncan) | Bela Fleck |
| 12 | La La Blues | Appalachian Road Show |
| 13 | King of the Hill | Jason Carter |
| 14 | When the Crow Comes Down (feat. Deanie Richardson & Richard Bennett) | Wilson Banjo Co. |
| 15 | Fiddler's Rock | The Kody Norris Show |
| 16 | Blue Ridge Mountain Baby | Appalachian Road Show |
| 17 | The Glory Road | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 18 | Can't Live Without Love (feat. Sam Bush & Molly Tuttle) | Bronwyn Keith-Hynes |
| 19 | Rosco's Ramble (feat. Jim Nunally, Sharon Gilchrist, Patrick Sauber, Mike Witcher & Greg Spatz) | John Reischman |
| 20 | Snake Charmer | Balsam Range |
| 21 | Highway 52 | Jason Carter |
| 22 | Dixieland Delight | Dave Adkins |
| 23 | The Lonely Side of Goodbye | Junior Sisk |
| 24 | Ghost of Good Times | Full Cord |
| 25 | Traveler | Dave Adkins |
| 26 | Letters Have No Arms | The Tennessee Bluegrass Band |
| 27 | Better Angels Fly Away | Audie Blaylock and Redline |
| 28 | Otto Wood | The Kody Norris Show |
| 29 | Far from You | The Tennessee Bluegrass Band |
| 30 | My Home in Virginia | The Kody Norris Show |
| 31 | One Way Track | Boone Creek |
| 32 | I Call Her Sunshine | The Kody Norris Show |
| 33 | Midnight Flyer | Jason Carter |
| 34 | Mary Ann is a Pistol | The Lonesome River Band |
| 35 | Long Hard Day (feat. Ethan Burkhardt, Glen Crain & Tony Wray) | Wilson Banjo Co. |
| 36 | Bluebird | The Fretliners |
| 37 | Autumn Leaves (feat. Gena Britt) | Wilson Banjo Co. |
| 38 | Paper Angel | Jason Carter |
| 39 | Casualty of War | Nathan Stanley |
| 40 | Country Side of Heaven (Where the Bluegrass Music Flows) [Live] | Larry Stephenson Band |
| 41 | Troubled Life | Appalachian Road Show |
| 42 | Back in '29 (feat. Steve Gulley) | Barry Abernathy |
| 43 | She is a Gambler (feat. Clay Hess) | Wilson Banjo Co. |
| 44 | Old Fire | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 45 | Almost Proud | Del McCoury Band |
| 46 | Echo Canyon | Balsam Range |
| 47 | I'm Still Here | Sam Bush |
| 48 | Buster | The Unseen Strangers |
| 49 | You're No Good | Mikayla Burrows |
| 50 | Downtown | Full Cord |
| 51 | Life in the Country | The Tennessee Bluegrass Band |
| 52 | Nobody Cares | Junior Sisk |
| 53 | I Know What I Know | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 54 | Anything to Help You Say Goodbye | Irene Kelley |
| 55 | Kissimmee Kid | Jason Carter |
| 56 | Hoedown for My Lowdown Rowdy Ways | Jason Carter |
| 57 | Red River Line | Traditionally Wound |
| 58 | We're All Crazy | Dave Adkins |
| 59 | Slow Train Through Georgia | Bob Minner |
| 60 | Up There on the Hillside | Junior Sisk |
| 61 | Introduction with Jean Shepherd (Live) | Larry Stephenson Band |
| 62 | Remind Me of You | Blue Highway |
| 63 | Looking at the World Through a Windshield | The Kody Norris Show |
| 64 | I Should've Called (Live) | Larry Stephenson Band |
| 65 | Leslie County Blues | The Tennessee Bluegrass Band |
| 66 | Stanley Melody | Nathan Stanley |
| 67 | Black Mountain Aire | Mark Schatz and Friends |
| 68 | Burning Georgia Down | Balsam Range |
| 69 | Echoes of Love | Eddie Sanders |
| 70 | Mountain Flower | Carolina Blue |
| 71 | Crash Course in the Blues | Sideline |
| 72 | Rivers, Rains and Runaway Trains | Balsam Range |
| 73 | Like a Bad Outlaw | Eddie Sanders |
| 74 | That Kind of Lonesome | Eddie Sanders |
| 75 | Shuckin' the Corn | Jesse Brock |
| 76 | Restless Blue Eyed Lover (Live) | Larry Stephenson Band |
| 77 | Number One at the Bottom | Cedar Hill |
| 78 | Yesterday’s Blues | Jesse Smathers |
| 79 | Medicine Springs | The Tim Shelton Syndicate |
| 80 | Kentucky Sun Going Down | The Tennessee Bluegrass Band |
| 81 | Queen of the Nashville Night | Jason Carter |
| 82 | Millworker (feat. Dennis Parker, Marty Raybon & Tony Wray) [Acoustic Tribute to James Taylor] | Tony Wray |
| 83 | Just to Satisfy You | Balsam Range |
| 84 | In Tall Buildings | Sam Bush |
| 85 | Down | Sam Bush |
| 86 | The Bluegrass Auctioneer | The Kody Norris Show |
| 87 | Barbara Allen | Mikayla Burrows |
| 88 | No End of Love | Sam Bush |
| 89 | Granny Wontcha You Smoke Some Marijuana | Sam Bush |
| 90 | Solsbury Hill / Icecaps of Pentatonia-medley | Love Canon |
| 91 | If You Were My Tomorrow | Nick Chandler & Delivered |
| 92 | I Shot the Sheriff | Blue Mule |
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