The Top Alternative Folk Songs on iTunes This Week
The iTunes Top 40 Alternative Folk Songs Chart is your weekly window into the world of alternative folk — folk music reimagined for contemporary ears — intimate songwriting meets indie production and lyrical boldness. Updated every week, this chart ranks the top 40 alternative folk singles on iTunes, giving you a real-time snapshot of what’s resonating most with fans of the genre right now.
The genre has been shaped by visionaries like Fleet Foxes, Iron & Wine, Sufjan Stevens, Phoebe Bridgers, and Big Thief who have given folk a new generation of devotees, whose work defines what alternative folk can sound and feel like. Whether the genre has centuries of tradition behind it or only emerged in recent decades, the artists on this chart are its current standard-bearers.
Discover what alternative folk sounds like today by exploring the full iTunes Top 40 Alternative Folk Songs Chart, updated fresh this week, in the chart below.
Chart updated this week on: 2026-03-14
1.
Maybe (Live)
Dan Reeder & Peggy Reeder
March 13, 2026
2.
labour
Paris Paloma
March 23, 2023
3.
Peace Somehow
Avi Kaplan
February 21, 2025
4.
Harvest Moon (feat. AJ Lee & Blue Summit)
The Brothers Comatose
January 29, 2022
5.
The Mountain Song
Tophouse
October 14, 2022
6.
Highland Girl
Nathan Evans
November 8, 2024
7.
Diamonds And Rust
Joan Baez
April 1, 1975
8.
Soldier of Fortune
Mary Gauthier
March 13, 2026
9.
Angels May (Live)
Dan Reeder & Peggy Reeder
March 13, 2026
10.
The Scotsman (Live At The Winfield National Flat Picking Festival)
Bryan Bowers
January 1, 1980
11.
Too Sweet
The Macarons Project
July 12, 2024
12.
Binks' Brew (Binks' No Sake)
The Longest Johns
October 18, 2024
13.
Flowers In The Water
Nathan Evans
August 16, 2024
14.
Suzanne
Leonard Cohen
December 27, 1967
15.
California Stars
Billy Bragg & Wilco
June 23, 1998
16.
Arrow
The Head and the Heart
October 17, 2024
17.
Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key
Billy Bragg & Wilco
June 23, 1998
18.
Devil in Disguise
aeseaes
August 29, 2025
19.
Here Comes the Sun (feat. dodie)
Jacob Collier
April 26, 2019
20.
Heather On The Hill
Nathan Evans
March 15, 2024
21.
Honey
Ora Cogan
March 13, 2026
22.
Drive Back Home
Tophouse
September 16, 2022
23.
Galway Girl
Tophouse
March 17, 2022
24.
Reach Out of the Darkness
Friend & Lover
January 1, 1968
25.
Send My Love (To Your New Lover) [feat. Paul Kowert] [Live]
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