The Roots Music Report's
Top Traditional Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2020
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Long Violent History | Tyler Childers |
| 2 | Dancin' | Pete Bernhard |
| 3 | False Prophet | Bob Dylan |
| 4 | All My Trials | Art and Paul |
| 5 | Moonshiner | Art and Paul |
| 6 | All the Pretty Little Horses | Art and Paul |
| 7 | Wish I Didn't Miss Her So | Art and Paul |
| 8 | Devilish Mary | Art and Paul |
| 9 | Can't Find You | Pete Bernhard |
| 10 | I Knew You | Pete Bernhard |
| 11 | I Contain Multitudes | Bob Dylan |
| 12 | He Was a Friend of Mine | Max Gomez |
| 13 | Goodbye Jimmy Reed | Bob Dylan |
| 14 | High Holiday | Kacy & Clayton |
| 15 | Lost John | Frank Lee & Allie Burbrink |
| 16 | A Pillow in the Sky | Peter Lawlor |
| 17 | New England's Daughter | Partington & Sweeney |
| 18 | Harmonize | Rising Appalachia |
| 19 | Dancing in the Rain | Peter Lawlor |
| 20 | Where's the Strength | Peter Lawlor |
| 21 | Times a Getting Hard Boys | Partington & Sweeney |
| 22 | The Manchester Mule Spinner | Partington & Sweeney |
| 23 | Kilgarry Mountain | Art and Paul |
| 24 | The Cruel War is Raging | Art and Paul |
| 25 | Young but Daily a Growing | Partington & Sweeney |
| 26 | Roll on My Friend | Pharis & Jason Romero |
| 27 | I Will Rise | Allison Lupton |
| 28 | Horses in the Sky | Kris Delmhorst |
| 29 | Deer Island | Partington & Sweeney |
| 30 | Hanging Garden | Kris Delmhorst |
| 31 | The Dreamer | Che Apalache |
| 32 | Blue Ridge Mountain | Hurray for the Riff Raff |
| 33 | The Galway Shawl (feat. Steve Earle) | Dervish |
| 34 | Resilient (Full Band) | Rising Appalachia |
| 35 | New Journey | Che Apalache |
| 36 | Right in the Garden | Pharis & Jason Romero |
| 37 | Drumbeats on the Watchtower | Peter Rowan |
| 38 | What Will I Dream | Allison Lupton |
| 39 | Mother of Muses | Bob Dylan |
| 40 | Like It Like That | Peter Lawlor |
| 41 | Murder Most Foul | Bob Dylan |
| 42 | Away | Allison Lupton |
| 43 | Neighbor | Zoe & Cloyd |
| 44 | Golden Crown | Kris Delmhorst |
| 45 | The Horses | Kris Delmhorst |
| 46 | Another Reason | Aoife Scott |
| 47 | Sweet October | Aoife Scott |
| 48 | Horse for Sale | Dave Gunning |
| 49 | Just Like Leaving | Bella White |
| 50 | My Own Version of You | Bob Dylan |
| 51 | Wind's Gonna Find a Way | Kris Delmhorst |
| 52 | Secret Girl | Kris Delmhorst |
| 53 | Bless Your Little Heart | Kris Delmhorst |
| 54 | The Parting Glass (feat. Abigail Washburn) | Dervish |
| 55 | Hometown Blues | Pharis & Jason Romero |
| 56 | Daley's Reel / Make a Little Boat | Mark Stoffel |
| 57 | Bet on Love | Pharis & Jason Romero |
| 58 | María | Che Apalache |
| 59 | Good Time Old Time | We Banjo 3 |
| 60 | Crossing the Rubicon | Bob Dylan |
| 61 | Sourwood Mountain | The Roe Family Singers |
| 62 | Poor Old Liza Jane / Dance Boatman Dance (Live) | We Banjo 3 |
| 63 | This is Home | We Banjo 3 |
| 64 | Kentucky Grind | We Banjo 3 |
| 65 | Little Liza Jane | We Banjo 3 |
| 66 | Nazarene Guitar | John Gorka |
| 67 | The Ballad of Iris & Pearl | John Gorka |
| 68 | Molly Malone (feat. Imelda May) | Dervish |
| 69 | The Rocky Road to Dublin (feat. Brendan Gleeson) | Dervish |
| 70 | Dusty Boots | Allison Lupton |
| 71 | Kind Girl | Pharis & Jason Romero |
| 72 | Skyscraper | Kris Delmhorst |
| 73 | Backstep Cindy | Adam Hurt |
| 74 | Pony Boy | Adam Hurt |
| 75 | That Sweet Orchestra Sound | Kacy & Clayton |
| 76 | Carrying on | Kacy & Clayton |
| 77 | Rock of Ages | The Wildmans |
| 78 | Black Rider | Bob Dylan |
| 79 | Road Runner | Vincent Neil Emerson |
| 80 | Call off the Dogs | Kris Delmhorst |
| 81 | Broke (When I Realized) | Bella White |
| 82 | Arroyo Seco | John Gorka |
| 83 | The Wall | Che Apalache |
| 84 | The May Morning Dew (feat. Rhiannon Giddens) | Dervish |
| 85 | Just a Little While to Stay Here | Jim Kweskin |
| 86 | Coyote Caller | Joshua James |
| 87 | Blood Test | Kris Delmhorst |
| 88 | Hold Onto Your Soul | We Banjo 3 |
| 89 | When First I Went to Caledonia | Allison Lupton |
| 90 | Cuckoo | Rising Appalachia |
| 91 | Sugar in the Gourd | Frank Lee & Allie Burbrink |
| 92 | Come and Go with Me | Frank Lee & Allie Burbrink |
| 93 | Flower of Forgiveness | Kris Delmhorst |
| 94 | Frost on the Pretzel | Mark Stoffel |
| 95 | Shadowbands | Mark Stoffel |
| 96 | Bbd (Live) | Socks in the Frying Pan |
| 97 | I Hope We Get to Do It Again | The Early Mays |
| 98 | Strip the Willow Set | Cassie and Maggie |
| 99 | Gallows Pole | Willie Watson |
| 100 | Poverty Knock | Allison Lupton |
| 101 | Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right | Frank Lee & Allie Burbrink |
| 102 | Queen Jane Approximately | Bob Dylan |
| 103 | Goin' Back to Jericho | Doc Watson & Gaither Carlton |
| 104 | Rican Beach | Hurray for the Riff Raff |
| 105 | Billy in the Low Ground | Doc Watson & Gaither Carlton |
| 106 | California (Cast Iron Soul) | Jamestown Revival |
| 107 | Creancient | Xavier Rudd |
| 108 | Sweet Morning Vision | The Way Down Wanderers |
| 109 | Happiness | We Banjo 3 |
| 110 | Frankie | Jim Kweskin |
| 111 | Dead Birds | The Way Down Wanderers |
| 112 | New Day Dawning | The Way Down Wanderers |
| 113 | Living in the City | Hurray for the Riff Raff |
| 114 | Brothers | Gunning & Cormier |
| 115 | Cold Mountains (feat. Riley Calcagno) | Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno |
| 116 | How Can I Keep from Singing? | John McCutcheon |
| 117 | Haven | We Banjo 3 |
| 118 | Country Boy, Banjo and Flat Top Guitar | Big Country Bluegrass |
| 119 | Polly Ann's Hammer (feat. Rhiannon Giddens & Amythyst Kiah) | Our Native Daughters |
| 120 | Tulsa | Jackson Grimm |
| 121 | Words of Love | Allison Lupton |
| 122 | Lost Jimmy Whelan | Allison Lupton |
| 123 | The Grand River Waltz | Allison Lupton |
| 124 | New Day | Pharis & Jason Romero |
| 125 | Key West (Philosopher Pirate) | Bob Dylan |
| 126 | Put All Your Troubles Away | The Foreign Landers |
| 127 | Squirrel Hunter | Tyler Childers |
| 128 | Midnight on the Water | Tyler Childers |
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