Top Folk Song Chart for the Year of 2024

The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2024

Rank	Song Title	Band/Artist Name	Sub Genre
1	Alibi	Hurray for the Riff Raff	Alternative Folk
2	Jealous Moon	Sarah Jarosz	Contemporary Folk
3	Ahead of the Game	Mark Knopfler	Contemporary Folk
4	The Returner	Allison Russell	Contemporary Folk
5	Boombox	Charlie Parr	Contemporary Folk
6	While I'm Down (feat. TK & the Holy Know-Nothings)	John Craigie	Alternative Folk
7	Hawkmoon	Hurray for the Riff Raff	Alternative Folk
8	Brown's Ferry Blues (feat. Billy Strings)	Tony Trischka	Alternative Folk
9	Let's Get Happy Together (feat. Maria Muldaur)	Jim Kweskin	Traditional Folk
10	Somewhere South	The High Hawks	Folk Rock
11	River Gonna Talk	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
12	Let's Take Our Time and Do It Right	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
13	When I Was Younger	Bonny Light Horseman	Alternative Folk
14	Weight You Carry	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
15	I Wanna Go out	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
16	Hold Me	The Strumbellas	Contemporary Folk
17	Step into Your Power	Ray LaMontagne	Folk Rock
18	American Boys	Don McLean	Folk Rock
19	Hurricane	Jeff Talmadge	Alternative Folk
20	All the Ways	The Secret Sisters	Contemporary Folk
21	From a Dying Rose	Todd Snider	Folk Rock
22	Love of a Girl	The Avett Brothers	Folk Rock
23	Lagunita	Lizzie No	Alternative Folk
24	Just a Little Ways Down the Road	Laurie Lewis	Alternative Folk
25	Weepin' Willow Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
26	Orion's Belt	The Avett Brothers	Folk Rock
27	Too Little, Too Late, Too Bad	Rhiannon Giddens	Contemporary Folk
28	Snake Plant (The Past is Still Alive)	Hurray for the Riff Raff	Alternative Folk
29	Frost on the South Side	Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz	Alternative Folk
30	Out of Time (feat. LeAnn Rimes)	Trampled by Turtles	Contemporary Folk
31	Lemon's Jump	Stefan Grossman	Contemporary Folk
32	We Don't Talk About It	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
33	City Slickers	Rainbow Girls	Alternative Folk
34	Atlanta Blues	Stephen Bennett	Contemporary Folk
35	Across the Planet (remix)	Karney	Folk Rock
36	Rainbow in the Dark	Karney	Folk Rock
37	Sinners and Saints	Karney	Folk Rock
38	None of Em Dead	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
39	Witness Trees	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
40	Women Are Not Equal	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
41	Devil Rail	John Zipperer	Contemporary Folk
42	Sound Existence	Steve Forbert	Contemporary Folk
43	Buddy Roe	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
44	This Bluesy Thing We Do	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
45	Win or Lose	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
46	Oola	John Zipperer	Contemporary Folk
47	Lexi Dance	John Zipperer	Contemporary Folk
48	Runaway	James Maddock	Traditional Folk
49	Be Ready	Larry Rice	Traditional Folk
50	Push on Through	Larry Rice	Traditional Folk
51	Welcome the Stranger	Larry Rice	Traditional Folk
52	Rickie Lee	Arielle Silver	Contemporary Folk
53	Asteroids and Chaos	Arielle Silver	Contemporary Folk
54	Don't Let It Rain	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
55	Homeless Blues (Live)	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
56	Alabama Bound (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
57	Soft on the Shoulder	Arielle Silver	Contemporary Folk
58	900 Miles (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
59	Feel the Way I Feel	Wolf Jett	Contemporary Folk
60	Went to a Party	Nick Lowe	Folk Rock
61	World Keeps on Singing	Eliza Gilkyson	Contemporary Folk
62	Dig a Hole in the Meadow (Darlin Cory)	Morningbird	Contemporary Folk
63	Peace is More	Karney	Folk Rock
64	Your Love	Pressing Strings	Folk Rock
65	The Living Kind	John Smith	Contemporary Folk
66	Pretty Lights of Denver	Weary Ramblers	Contemporary Folk
67	Already Gone	Willie Watson	Traditional Folk
68	Birds and Bees	Morningbird	Contemporary Folk
69	Time for a Change	Morningbird	Contemporary Folk
70	Just Doesn't Work Anymore	Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus	Contemporary Folk
71	Harbortowne	Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus	Contemporary Folk
72	Lottery	Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus	Contemporary Folk
73	Letter to a Savior	Good Morning Bedlam	Contemporary Folk
74	Hard Playing Hard to Get	Sons Of The East	Folk Rock
75	Senses (Thanks JSB)	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
76	Hold on (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
77	Sweet Hazel Green	Weary Ramblers	Contemporary Folk
78	Medicine Creek	Weary Ramblers	Contemporary Folk
79	Yonder Come the Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
80	Thinking of Her	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
81	WTF	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
82	Done with Love	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
83	Nazareth	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
84	Too Lazy	Joe Holt	Contemporary Folk
85	It All Comes Down to Love	Tom Rush	Contemporary Folk
86	Spruce & Pine	SLPSTRM	Alternative Folk
87	The Ballad of Elon Musk	Michael Johnathon	Contemporary Folk
88	Glacier	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
89	Wherever You Go	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
90	Jack O' Diamonds (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
91	What a Little Love Can Do	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
92	Sticky and Sweet	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
93	Bop Bop New Orleans	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
94	Kismet	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
95	Walking in the Valley of the Shadow	Will Kimbrough	Folk Rock
96	Make Good Trouble	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
97	Midnight Wine	Shannon & The Clams	Alternative Folk
98	Unfinished Business	Megan Burtt	Folk Rock
99	Two Pairs of Hands	Mark Knopfler	Contemporary Folk
100	Stand	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
101	Friends	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
102	I Was Wrong	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
103	Jim Crow Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
104	Keep on Movin' It on (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
105	Far Cry	T Sisters	Alternative Folk
106	Sweet Beginnings	Kathryn Severing Fox	Contemporary Folk
107	White Lines & Headlights	Kathryn Severing Fox	Contemporary Folk
108	Secret	Kathryn Severing Fox	Contemporary Folk
109	You Louisiana Man	Rhiannon Giddens	Contemporary Folk
110	20 Years and a Nickel	Hiss Golden Messenger	Alternative Folk
111	Special Delivery Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
112	On and on	Grace Cummings	Folk Rock
113	Freedom Trilogy (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
114	You're the One	Rhiannon Giddens	Contemporary Folk
115	Worry B Gone	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
116	Little Speck of Dust	Jeff Talmadge	Alternative Folk
117	Crawl	Shannon & The Clams	Alternative Folk
118	And They Called Her California	Ray LaMontagne	Folk Rock
119	Closer to Fine	Indigo Girls	Contemporary Folk
120	Go Down Sunshine (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
121	All That Makes Me Happy is the Blues	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
122	Good Friends	Max Gomez	Traditional Folk
123	I Wouldn't Change a Thing	Ray LaMontagne	Folk Rock
124	Season of the Witch	Donovan	Folk
125	The Truth About a Lie	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
126	Katie's Got a Locket	Jeff Talmadge	Alternative Folk
127	Backwater Voodoo	The High Hawks	Folk Rock
128	Old Radio	Robby Hecht	Folk Rock
129	I Want to Tell You	Katie Knipp	Alternative Folk
130	Lights of Change	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
131	Remember Dorothy	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
132	Slim and the Devil	Willie Watson	Traditional Folk
133	I Wanna Fly	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
134	Colossus of Roads	Hurray for the Riff Raff	Alternative Folk
135	The Sound of Falling Snow	Jeff Talmadge	Alternative Folk
136	Follow the Money	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
137	Give Us Free	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
138	Glory Glory (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
139	Take This Hammer (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
140	Hit or Miss (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
141	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
142	Dink's Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
143	Easy Rider (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
144	Midnight Special	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
145	This Little Light of Mine (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
146	What We Wanna Be	Indigo Girls	Folk Rock
147	Whole Lotta Livin' (feat. Vince Gill)	The Imaginaries	Folk Rock
148	Thunderstorm Girl	Don McLean	Folk Rock
149	Halfsies	Lizzie No	Alternative Folk
150	East Runs out of West	Winterlark	Alternative Folk
151	If I Was a Sparrow	Jeff Talmadge	Alternative Folk
152	How Long Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
153	Shell Shock Girl (acoustic)	Karney	Folk Rock
154	Wildfire	Karney	Folk Rock
155	Jonah's Song	Rainbow Girls	Alternative Folk
156	Bob Dylan Whiskey	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
157	Sugaree	Alice DiMicele	Alternative Folk
158	My Lady Fair	Ray LaMontagne	Folk Rock
159	Ozarker	Israel Nash	Folk Rock
160	Shine Your Blues	The High Hawks	Folk Rock
161	Time and Space	Katie Knipp	Alternative Folk
162	When the Lights Go out	Sarah Jarosz	Contemporary Folk
163	Things We Contemplate	Larry Robbins	Contemporary Folk
164	Procrastination (I'll Do It Later)	Larry Robbins	Contemporary Folk
165	Everlasting	Larry Robbins	Contemporary Folk
166	Hands on	Larry Robbins	Contemporary Folk
167	Forgiveness	Jeff Talmadge	Alternative Folk
168	What You've Shown Me	Parker Millsap	Contemporary Folk
169	Blues Everywhere I Go (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
170	Top of the Hour	Jeff Talmadge	Alternative Folk
171	The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald	Gordon Lightfoot	Contemporary Folk
172	After the Revolution	Carsie Blanton	Contemporary Folk
173	Sing to Me About Tomorrow	Winterlark	Alternative Folk
174	Ending with Heart Heart Heart	Winterlark	Alternative Folk
175	Devil's Highway	Jeff Talmadge	Alternative Folk
176	A Power You'll Never Know	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
177	Hen in the Foxhouse	Rhiannon Giddens	Contemporary Folk
178	Woody's Dream	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
179	Rosemary	Donovan Woods	Contemporary Folk
180	Never Apart (w/ Vocal Prelude)	The Avett Brothers	Folk Rock
181	Columbus & 89th	Sarah Jarosz	Contemporary Folk
182	Runaway Train	Sarah Jarosz	Contemporary Folk
183	Long Gone	Laurie Lewis	Alternative Folk
184	Pulling Weeds	Scott Sean White	Contemporary Folk
185	Rocket out of Here	John Stowers	Folk Rock
186	Lone Rooster Blues	Marques Morel	Contemporary Folk
187	Scavengers Yard	Mark Knopfler	Contemporary Folk
188	Night Train from Milan	Jeff Talmadge	Alternative Folk
189	Everybody	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
190	Common Sense	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
191	Radio Loud	The High Hawks	Folk Rock
192	Holding on to Heaven (feat. Jocelyn & Chris Arndt)	Harlem Hayfieldd	Folk Rock
193	The Sheik of Araby	Jim Kweskin	Traditional Folk
194	Leaving Home (Frankie and Johnny) [feat. Meredith Axelrod]	Jim Kweskin	Traditional Folk
195	Pledging My Time	Bob Dylan	Traditional Folk
196	Fifty States of Freedom	Brewer & Shipley	Contemporary Folk
197	More Than Friends (feat. Lainey Wilson)	Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real	Contemporary Folk
198	Now Tell Me That You've Got the Blues	Sylvia Tyson	Contemporary Folk
199	Lovely Rainy Day	John Stowers	Folk Rock
200	Even when I'm High	John Stowers	Folk Rock

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The Roots Music Report's Top Folk Song Chart for the Year of 2024

The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2024