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 | Nothing to Lose (feat. Lou Reid) | Olivia Jo |
| 6 | Black and White | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 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 | King of the Hill | Jason Carter |
| 12 | The Glory Road | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 13 | Vertigo (feat. Bryan Sutton, Edgar Meyer, Sam Bush & Stuart Duncan) | Béla Fleck |
| 14 | La La Blues | Appalachian Road Show |
| 15 | A Little Bit of Bluegrass | Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road |
| 16 | When the Crow Comes Down (feat. Deanie Richardson & Richard Bennett) | Wilson Banjo Co. |
| 17 | Fiddler's Rock | The Kody Norris Show |
| 18 | J. D.'s Words of Wisdom | Ricky Skaggs |
| 19 | Get Up John | Ricky Skaggs |
| 20 | Well Glory | Ricky Skaggs |
| 21 | Can't Live Without Love (feat. Molly Tuttle & Sam Bush) | Bronwyn Keith-Hynes |
| 22 | Blue Ridge Mountain Baby | Appalachian Road Show |
| 23 | Snake Charmer | Balsam Range |
| 24 | Midnight Flyer | Jason Carter |
| 25 | Ghost of Good Times | Full Cord |
| 26 | Highway 52 | Jason Carter |
| 27 | Far from You | The Tennessee Bluegrass Band |
| 28 | Rosco's Ramble (feat. Jim Nunally, Sharon Gilchrist, Patrick Sauber, Mike Witcher & Greg Spatz) | John Reischman |
| 29 | My Home in Virginia | The Kody Norris Show |
| 30 | I Call Her Sunshine | The Kody Norris Show |
| 31 | The Lonely Side of Goodbye | Junior Sisk |
| 32 | I'm Walkin' | J.D. Crowe & The New South |
| 33 | I'm Still Here | Sam Bush |
| 34 | Dixieland Delight | Dave Adkins |
| 35 | Letters Have No Arms | The Tennessee Bluegrass Band |
| 36 | Otto Wood | The Kody Norris Show |
| 37 | Traveler | Dave Adkins |
| 38 | Song of the South | Earl Scruggs |
| 39 | You Could Be Me | Del McCoury Band |
| 40 | Longing for the Ozarks | The Po' Ramblin' Boys |
| 41 | Better Angels Fly Away | Audie Blaylock and Redline |
| 42 | One Way Track | Boone Creek |
| 43 | Loving You Too Well | Larry Sparks |
| 44 | Bluebird | The Fretliners |
| 45 | In Tall Buildings | Sam Bush |
| 46 | Mary Ann is a Pistol | The Lonesome River Band |
| 47 | Mama's Cross | Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road |
| 48 | When I'm Not Thinking About You | The Price Sisters |
| 49 | Tears | Larry Stephenson Band |
| 50 | Old Fire | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 51 | Paper Angel | Jason Carter |
| 52 | Till the Sun Goes Down | The Little Roy and Lizzy Show |
| 53 | Golden Years | Nathan Stanley |
| 54 | Long Hard Day (feat. Ethan Burkhardt, Glen Crain & Tony Wray) | Wilson Banjo Co. |
| 55 | Hoedown for My Lowdown Rowdy Ways | Jason Carter |
| 56 | Redwood Hill | Traditionally Wound |
| 57 | Ten Cent Pistol | The Price Sisters |
| 58 | Looking at the World Through a Windshield | The Kody Norris Show |
| 59 | Autumn Leaves (feat. Gena Britt) | Wilson Banjo Co. |
| 60 | Casualty of War | Nathan Stanley |
| 61 | Troubled Life | Appalachian Road Show |
| 62 | Kissimmee Kid | Jason Carter |
| 63 | The Angels Will Be Taking Care of You | Bill Harrell |
| 64 | Take a Little Time for Jesus | Junior Sisk |
| 65 | Down | Sam Bush |
| 66 | Journey's End | Larry Stephenson Band |
| 67 | Don't Get Above Your Raising | Earl Scruggs |
| 68 | Country Side of Heaven (Where the Bluegrass Music Flows) [Live] | Larry Stephenson Band |
| 69 | The Old Hometown | The Seldom Scene |
| 70 | Huckleberry’s Hope | Audie Blaylock and Redline |
| 71 | Georgia Buck | Earl Scruggs |
| 72 | Poor Sister Cry | Junior Sisk |
| 73 | Back in '29 (feat. Steve Gulley) | Barry Abernathy |
| 74 | She is a Gambler (feat. Clay Hess) | Wilson Banjo Co. |
| 75 | Almost Proud | Del McCoury Band |
| 76 | Echo Canyon | Balsam Range |
| 77 | Downtown | Full Cord |
| 78 | Angels Watching Me | The Tennessee Bluegrass Band |
| 79 | John McLaughlin | Sam Bush |
| 80 | My Lonely Heart | Big Country Bluegrass |
| 81 | Oak Ridge, Tennessee | Terry Baucom |
| 82 | The Girl from Yesterday | Bobby Osborne |
| 83 | Mountain Fever | Nick Chandler & Delivered |
| 84 | I Love Your Memory | The Reno Brothers |
| 85 | Gotta Get My Baby Back | The Kody Norris Show |
| 86 | Valentine | Full Cord |
| 87 | You're No Good | Mikayla Burrows |
| 88 | Life in the Country | The Tennessee Bluegrass Band |
| 89 | Old Train | The Seldom Scene |
| 90 | The Bell Child | Blue Mule |
| 91 | Play the Wildwood Flower | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 92 | A-Courtin' I Go | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 93 | On the Road Again | Bill and the Belles |
| 94 | Banjo Signal (feat. Jimmy Haynes, Don Wayne Reno & Terry Eldredge) | Tim Graves & the Farm Hands |
| 95 | Dreaming of the Dawn | The Fretliners |
| 96 | Buster | The Unseen Strangers |
| 97 | Red River Line | Traditionally Wound |
| 98 | Nobody Cares | Junior Sisk |
| 99 | Tall Weeds and Rust | The Tennessee Bluegrass Band |
| 100 | Heyday | The Lonesome River Band |
| 101 | Long Chain Charlie and Moundsville | The Slocan Ramblers |
| 102 | The Train That Carried My Girl from Town | The Earls of Leicester |
| 103 | Shape Up or Ship out | Junior Sisk |
| 104 | We Live in Two Different Worlds | Mark Kuykendall & Bobby Hicks |
| 105 | Tear My Stillhouse Down | Traditionally Wound |
| 106 | Plenty of Everything but You | Mikayla Burrows |
| 107 | Once Again | Del McCoury Band |
| 108 | Tell Her Lies and Feed Her Candy | The Lonesome River Band |
| 109 | Ridge Road Gravel | Bob Minner |
| 110 | These Crazy Dreams | The Tennessee Bluegrass Band |
| 111 | Let All the Girls Know You're a Cowboy | The Kody Norris Show |
| 112 | Mississippi Queen | Boone Creek |
| 113 | Permanently Lonely | Bill and the Belles |
| 114 | Remember the Good Times | Bill and the Belles |
| 115 | Come with Me Tonight | The Lonesome Ace Stringband |
| 116 | Solsbury Hill / Icecaps of Pentatonia-medley | Love Canon |
| 117 | Kentucky Sun Going Down | The Tennessee Bluegrass Band |
| 118 | Just to Satisfy You | Balsam Range |
| 119 | Fiddler's Pastime (feat. Laura Orshaw) | Bronwyn Keith-Hynes |
| 120 | I Know What I Know | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 121 | Big City | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 122 | You're My Kind of Train Wreck | Kristy Cox |
| 123 | Hillbilly Blues | The Tennessee Bluegrass Band |
| 124 | The Likes of Me | Jason Carter |
| 125 | A Heart Never Knows | The Price Sisters |
| 126 | Dark and Stormy Weather | The Price Sisters |
| 127 | Things That I Like | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 128 | I Ain't Dead Yet | Eddie Sanders |
| 129 | Who's Gonna Tell the Story | Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road |
| 130 | Endless Highway | The Kody Norris Show |
| 131 | Please Tell Me Why | The Kody Norris Show |
| 132 | We're All Crazy | Dave Adkins |
| 133 | The Bluegrass Auctioneer | The Kody Norris Show |
| 134 | Things to Remember | Bill and the Belles |
| 135 | Simply Going Sideways | The Lonesome Ace Stringband |
| 136 | Smoke on the Shoulder | The Lonesome Ace Stringband |
| 137 | The Echo | The Lonesome Ace Stringband |
| 138 | Anything to Help You Say Goodbye | Irene Kelley |
| 139 | Up There on the Hillside | Junior Sisk |
| 140 | Remind Me of You | Blue Highway |
| 141 | No End of Love | Sam Bush |
| 142 | Johnny Don't Get Drunk | Adam Steffey |
| 143 | Living Blue | Blue Mule |
| 144 | When We've Got Time for Love | Donna Ulisse |
| 145 | Red Rocking Chair | Bill Harrell |
| 146 | Right Beside You | Jeff White |
| 147 | Will You Find a Way? | Jeremy Garrett |
| 148 | Backwards and Forwards | Junior Sisk |
| 149 | My Favorite Memory / Beneath Still Waters / Windy City (feat. Rhonda Vincent) [Live] | Rhonda Vincent |
| 150 | Back Where I Come from | Traditionally Wound |
| 151 | Could You Love Me One More Time | Dede Wyland |
| 152 | Tears of a Friend | Nathan Stanley |
| 153 | Little Country Home | Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road |
| 154 | North Carolina Moon | Volume Five |
| 155 | Blue Collar Blues | Alan Bibey & Grasstowne |
| 156 | Sugar in the Gourd (feat. Nick Hornbuckle, Trent Freeman, Sharon Gilchrist & Chris Jones) | John Reischman |
| 157 | Lonesome Jenny | Bob Minner |
| 158 | Baltimore I'm Leaving | The Kody Norris Show |
| 159 | Old Fashioned Karma | Bill and the Belles |
| 160 | Shotgun Willie | Bill and the Belles |
| 161 | Gotta Get Drunk | Bill and the Belles |
| 162 | Will You Remember Mine | Bill and the Belles |
| 163 | Pretend I Never Happened | Bill and the Belles |
| 164 | Undo the Right | Bill and the Belles |
| 165 | Lonesome Ace #1 | The Lonesome Ace Stringband |
| 166 | Sweeter Sound | The Lonesome Ace Stringband |
| 167 | Slow Train Through Georgia | Bob Minner |
| 168 | Suitcases & Heartaches | The Fretliners |
| 169 | With a Pain in My Heart (feat. Jimmy Haynes, Don Wayne Reno & Terry Eldredge) | Tim Graves & the Farm Hands |
| 170 | Introduction with Jean Shepherd (Live) | Larry Stephenson Band |
| 171 | Granny Wontcha You Smoke Some Marijuana | Sam Bush |
| 172 | I Should've Called (Live) | Larry Stephenson Band |
| 173 | Leslie County Blues | The Tennessee Bluegrass Band |
| 174 | Stanley Melody | Nathan Stanley |
| 175 | Black Mountain Aire | Mark Schatz and Friends |
| 176 | Burning Georgia Down | Balsam Range |
| 177 | Echoes of Love | Eddie Sanders |
| 178 | Mountain Flower | Carolina Blue |
| 179 | Crash Course in the Blues | Sideline |
| 180 | Rivers, Rains and Runaway Trains | Balsam Range |
| 181 | Like a Bad Outlaw | Eddie Sanders |
| 182 | That Kind of Lonesome | Eddie Sanders |
| 183 | Shuckin' the Corn | Jesse Brock |
| 184 | Restless Blue Eyed Lover (Live) | Larry Stephenson Band |
| 185 | Number One at the Bottom | Cedar Hill |
| 186 | Yesterday’s Blues | Jesse Smathers |
| 187 | Medicine Springs | The Tim Shelton Syndicate |
| 188 | Queen of the Nashville Night | Jason Carter |
| 189 | Millworker (feat. Dennis Parker, Marty Raybon & Tony Wray) [Acoustic Tribute to James Taylor] | Tony Wray |
| 190 | Walk Through This World with Me | The Seldom Scene |
| 191 | I Don't Mind | Sturgill Simpson |
| 192 | Who Now Will Sing Me Lullabies | Adam Steffey |
| 193 | The Best I Can Do | The Unseen Strangers |
| 194 | I'm Not Afraid | Donna Ulisse |
| 195 | Are You Missing Me | Nathan Stanley |
| 196 | What’cha Gonna Do | Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn |
| 197 | Louisville Rambler | Blue Moon Rising |
| 198 | Morning Bugle | Sam Bush |
| 199 | I Can't Even Walk | Dave Adkins |
| 200 | Mercy Walked in | Matt Wallace |
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