For a second consecutive month, Tomorrow’s Child, the new album by Jonathan Edwards – the singer-songwriter best-known for the 1971 hit single “Sunshine (Go Away Today)” – was the most-played album on folk radio during July 2015. The album also sports five of the month’s top songs, although the most-played songs were Dubl Handi’s “Cindy” and Katie Dahl’s “Crowns.” So say charts compiled by Richard Gillmann from radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an electronic discussion group for DJs and others interested in all folk-based music on the radio.

In the more than four decades since releasing his eponymous debut that featured the catchy and anthemic “Sunshine,” Edwards has released nearly 20 albums and continued to tour regularly. His latest, Tomorrow’s Child, was produced by Grammy-nominated multi-instrumentalist Darrell Scott and also features Shawn Colvin, Jerry Douglas, Vince Gill and Alison Kraus.

The July 2015 FOLKDJ-L charts are based on 12,906 airplays from 136 different DJs. The number of reported spins (airplays) is shown below in parentheses, while label and release date appear in brackets. They are posted on AcousticMusicScene.com, with permission.

Top Albums of July 2015

1: Tomorrow’s Child, Jonathan Edwards [Rising, 6/15] (54)
2: Coffee Creek, The Slocan Ramblers [slocanramblers.com, new] (49)
3: Banjo & Fiddle: Tunes From The North, Songs From The South, Karrnnel Sawitsky and Daniel Koulack [hearthmusic.com, 3/15] (45)
4: Ordinary Band, Katie Dahl [Waterbug, 6/15] (43)
5: Too Big World, Bumper Jacksons [bumperjacksons.com, 6/15] (42)
6: Morning In A New Machine, Dubl Handi [dublhandimusic.com, 6/15] (38)
7: Still She Will Fly (EP), Heather Pierson Acoustic Trio [Vessel, 5/15] (36)
8: Django And Jimmie, Willie Nelson And Merle Haggard [Legacy, 6/15] (34)
8: What I’m Lookin’ For, Dan Weber [Highway 142, 3/15] (34)
10: Eat The Moon, FY5 – Finnders & Youngberg [Swingfingers, new] (33)
10: Further West, Hungrytown [Listen Here!, 5/15] (33)
12: Bright Shadow, Ana Egge [Grace/Parkinsong, 5/15] (32)
12: Rural Electrification, Peter Keane [Little Hat, new] (32)
14: Grandma’s Got A Boombox, Sandy Ross [sandyross.com, 5/15] (31)
15: Domestic Eccentric, Old Man Luedecke [True North, new] (30)
16: Joe Hill’s Last Will, John McCutcheon [Appalsongs, 5/15] (29)
17: Dogwood Cats, Jefferson Ross [Deep Fried, 6/15] (27)
19: Sorrow Bound, Kaia Kater [Kingswood, 6/15] (26)
23: L.A. Blues, John Malcolm Penn [Blue Night, 6/15] (24)
23: Mother Country, Dave Crossland [Folk Era, 4/15] (24)
23: The Social Music Hour Vol. 1, Spuyten Duyvil [spuytenduyvilmusic.com, 3/15] (24)
26: Power In The Blood, Buffy Sainte-Marie [True North, 5/15] (23)
26: Tangled Country, The Honey Dewdrops [thehoneydewdrops.com, 3/15] (23)
26: The Traveling Kind, Emmylou Harris And Rodney Crowell [Nonesuch, 5/15] (23)
29: Beautiful You, The Waifs [Compass, new] (22)
29: Building A Human Being, Dana Cooper [Self, 6/15] (22)
29: Monterey, The Milk Carton Kids [Self, 5/15] (22)
29: Owls, Danny Schmidt [Live Once, 5/15] (22)
33: Anna And Elizabeth, Anna And Elizabeth [Free Dirt, 3/15] (21)
33: Larry Campbell And Teresa Williams, Larry Campbell And Teresa Williams [Red House, 6/15] (21)
33: Soul Of A Man, Adam Michael Rothberg [amrsounds.com, 4/15] (21)
33: Starlight Highway, Corinne West [Make, 5/15] (21)
33: When I’m Free, Hot Rize [Ten In Hand, 9/14] (21)
38: Nearness Of You, Vance Gilbert [Disismye, 4/15] (20)
38: The Night Tribe, Jimmy Lafave [Music Road, 5/15] (20)
38: The People Need Light, Mr Sun [Compass, new] (20)
38: Solo Flight, Steve Spurgin [Blue Night, 6/15] (20)
38: Stumpjumper, Charlie Parr [Red House, 4/15] (20)
38: Wilder Days, Natasha Borzilova [Hadley, 4/15] (20)
44: Get Ready, The Revelers [Self, 5/15] (19)
44: Ghost, Annie Gallup [Gallway Bay, 5/15] (19)
46: Ten From The Pen, Roy Schneider [Shiny Gnu, 6/15] (18)
46: Della Mae, Della Mae [Rounder, 5/15] (18)
46: Out From The Harbor, Nikki Talley [Self, 6/15] (18)
46: The Pedestrian, Steep Ravine [Self, 6/15] (18)
46: Walk On Solid Ground, Gene And Gayla Mills [Heart Pine, 4/15] (18)
46: Woody Pines, Woody Pines [Muddy Roots, 5/15] (18)
52: Before This World,”James Taylor [Concord, 6/15] (17)
52: Don’t Forget Me Little Darling: Remembering The Carter Family, Antique Persuasion [Voxhall, 3/15] (17)
52: The Faster It Goes, The Railsplitters [therailsplitters.com, 5/15] (17)
52: The Hour Before, Elaine Romanelli [elaineromanelli.com, 4/15] (17)
52: Something More Than Free, Jason Isbell [Southeastern, new] (17)
52: The Trackless Woods, Iris DeMent [Flariella, new] (17)
58: Best Medicine, The Stray Birds [Yep Roc, 10/14] (16)
58: Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie, Various Artists [Compass, 9/14] (16)
58: Leave Some Things Behind, The Steel Wheels [Big Ring, 4/15] (16)
58: The Longest River, Olivia Chaney [Nonesuch, 4/15] (16)
58: The Rose Of Roscrae: A Ballad Of The West, Tom Russell [Frontera, 4/15] (16)
58: Tim May And Steve Smith, Tim May And Steve Smith [Desert Night, 4/15] (16)
58: With A Lampshade On, The Dustbowl Revival [Signature, 7/15] (16)
65: Didn’t It Rain, Amy Helm [E One, new] (15)
65: Muscle Shoals Recordings, The Steeldrivers [Rounder, 6/15] (15)
65: Pageant Material, Kacey Musgraves [Mercury, new] (15)
65: Sun Might Shine On Me, Grant Dermody [grantdermody.com, 5/15] (15)
65: Tell Tale Heart, Chuck Brodsky [chuckbrodsky.com, 3/15] (15)
70: The 45th Parallel, Neptune’s Car [neptunescar.com, 1/15] (14)
70: Baladista, Joel Rafael [Inside, 4/15] (14)
70: Beyond the Blue, The Duhks [Compass, 5/14] (14)
70: Can’t Forget, Leonard Cohen [Columbia, 5/15] (14)
70: Carnero Vaquero, Ian Tyson [Stony Plain, 6/15] (14)
70: Follow Your Dream, Andy And Judy [Cherry Bridge, 6/15] (14)
70: Little Hinges, Qristina And Quinn Bachand [Beacon Ridge, 1/15] (14)
70: The Newpart, April Verch [Slab Town, 4/15] (14)
70: The Songwriter In Me: The Demo Recordings, Donna Ulisse [Hadley, 3/15] (14)
70: Such Jubilee, Mandolin Orange [Yep Roc, 5/15] (14)

Top Songs of July 2015

1. “Cindy” (12)
by Dubl Handi
from Morning In A New Machine
1. “Crowns” (12)
by Katie Dahl
from Ordinary Band
3. “Coffee Creek” (11)
by The Slocan Ramblers
from Coffee Creek
3. “Sitting On Top Of The World” (11)
by Peter Keane
from Rural Electrification
5. “Distant Campfire” (10)
by Sandy Ross
from Grandma’s Got A Boombox
5. “Little Birdie” (10)
by Karrnnel Sawitsky and Daniel Koulack
from Banjo & Fiddle: Tunes From The North, Songs From The South
5. “Still She Will Fly” (10)
by Heather Pierson Acoustic Trio
from Still She Will Fly (EP)
5. “This Old Guitar” (10)
by Jonathan Edwards
from Tomorrow’s Child
5. “The Traveling Kind” (10)
by Emmylou Harris And Rodney Crowell
from The Traveling Kind
5. “You Don’t Know Him The Way I Do” (10)
by Heather Pierson Acoustic Trio
from Still She Will Fly (EP)
11. “Down In The Woods” (9)
by Jonathan Edwards
from Tomorrow’s Child
11. “Elk River” (9)
by The Slocan Ramblers
from Coffee Creek
11. “Flat Top Guitar” (9)
by Ana Egge
from Bright Shadow
11. “Mole In The Ground” (9)
by Jonathan Edwards
from Tomorrow’s Child
11. “Oh Woody” (9)
by Dan Weber
from What I’m Lookin’ For
11. “Pastures Of Plenty/Honey Babe” (9)
by The Slocan Ramblers
from Coffee Creek
11. “Wildflowers” (9)
by Ana Egge
from Bright Shadow
18. “Boston Town” (8)
by Della Mae
from Della Mae
18. “Further West” (8)
by Hungrytown
from Further West
18. “She Wants To Eat The Moon” (8)
by FY5 – Finnders & Youngberg
from Eat The Moon
18. “When I Go” (8)
by Joel Rafael
from Baladista
18. “Yodelady” (8)
by Old Man Luedecke
from Domestic Eccentric
23. “Ain’t Gotten Around” (7)
by Heather Pierson Acoustic Trio
from Still She Will Fly (EP)
23. “Bicentennial” (7)
by Katie Dahl
from Ordinary Band
23. “En Filant Ma Quenouille” (7)
by Kaia Kater
from Sorrow Bound
23. “Low On The Hog” (7)
by Old Man Luedecke
from Domestic Eccentric
23. “Rescue Me” (7)
by Amy Helm
from Didn’t It Rain
23. “Shadow Of A Cloud” (7)
by Steep Ravine
from The Pedestrian
23. “Tomorrow’s Child” (7)
by Jonathan Edwards
from Tomorrow’s Child
23. “Train That Carried My Girl From Town” (7)
by Dubl Handi
from Morning In A New Machine

Harpeth Rising, a young Kentucky-based folk and Americana trio, had both the most-played album (Shifted) and song (“I Am Eve”) on folk radio during August 2015. So say charts compiled by Richard Gillmann from radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an electronic discussion group for DJs and others interested in all folk-based music on the radio.

Shifted is the trio’s fifth release including its eponymous 2010 debut. The trio – whose music fuses folk, newgrass, classical and rock stylings – is comprised of Jordana Greenberg (violin, vocals), Rebecca Reed-Lonn (banjo, vocals) and Maria Di Meglio (cello, vocals). The three met while students at Indiana University’s noted Jacobs School of Music, from which they each received performance degrees.

The August 2015 FOLKDJ-L charts are based on 12, 987 airplays from 134 different DJs. The number of reported spins (airplays) is shown below in parentheses, while label and release date appear in brackets. They are posted on AcousticMusicScene.com, with permission.

Top Albums of August 2015

1: Shifted, Harpeth Rising [Grimm Rising, 8/15] (93)
2: Bright Shadow, Ana Egge [Grace/Parkinsong, 5/15] (65)
3: Domestic Eccentric, Old Man Luedecke [True North, 7/15] (58)
4: Leaving Soon, Crow And The Canyon [crowandthecanyon.com, 6/15] (57)
5: Too Big World, Bumper Jacksons [bumperjacksons.com, 6/15] (52)
6: Third Street, Peter Mayer [Blue Boat, 11/14] (49)
7: Coffee Creek, The Slocan Ramblers [slocanramblers.com, 7/15] (44)
8: Beautiful You, The Waifs [Compass, 8/15] (43)
9: Deep End Sessions, Vol. 2, Jesse Milnes And Emily Miller [emmyandjesse.com, 7/15] (42)
9: Ordinary Band, Katie Dahl [Waterbug, 6/15] (42)
11: Tomorrow’s Child, Jonathan Edwards [Rising, 6/15] (41)
12: Walking Into White, Sarah McQuaid [Waterbug, new] (38)
13: Rural Electrification, Peter Keane [Little Hat, 6/15] (37)
14: Morning In A New Machine, Dubl Handi [dublhandimusic.com, 6/15] (36)
15: Postmodern Man, Clint Alphin [Ernest Engine Songs, 6/15] (34)
15: The Promise Of The Sowing, Dan Schatz [Folk-Legacy, new] (34)
17: The Shape Of Things Gone Missing, The Shape Of Things To Come, Martha Scanlan [Up On The Divide, 4/15] (33)
17: Banjo & Fiddle: Tunes From The North, Songs From The South, Karrnnel Sawitsky and Daniel Koulack [hearthmusic.com, 3/15] (33)
19: Ballads Long And Short, John Roberts And Debra Cowan [Golden Hind, new] (28)
20: Didn’t It Rain, Amy Helm [E One, 7/15] (27)
20: Rise, Andrea Zonn [Compass, new] (27)
20: Sundown Over Ghost Town, Eilen Jewell [Signature, 5/15] (27)
23: Sorrow Bound, Kaia Kater [Kingswood, 6/15] (26)
24: Starlight Highway, Corinne West [Make, 5/15] (25)
25: Dogwood Cats, Jefferson Ross [Deep Fried, 6/15] (24)
25: Still She Will Fly (EP), Heather Pierson Acoustic Trio [Vessel, 5/15] (24)
27: Stumbling Towards The Light, Eric Bannan [Self, new] (23)
28: Building A Human Being, Dana Cooper [Self, 6/15] (22)
28: Something More Than Free, Jason Isbell [Southeastern, 7/15] (22)
28: Soul Of A Man, Adam Michael Rothberg [amrsounds.com, 4/15] (22)
28: Watkins Family Hour, Watkins Family Hour [Self, 7/15] (22)
32: Ten From The Pen, Roy Schneider [Shiny Gnu, 6/15] (21)
32: Anna And Elizabeth, Anna And Elizabeth [Free Dirt, 3/15] (21)
32: Tommy: A Bluegrass Opry, The Hillbenders [Compass, 6/15] (21)
32: The Trackless Woods, Iris DeMent [Flariella, 8/15] (21)
36: The Faster It Goes, The Railsplitters [therailsplitters.com, 5/15] (20)
36: Further West, Hungrytown [Listen Here!, 5/15] (20)
36: Still, Richard Thompson [Concord, 6/15] (20)
36: Tangled Country, The Honey Dewdrops [thehoneydewdrops.com, 3/15] (20)
40: Common Law Wife, Angela Easterling [De L’est, 8/15] (19)
40: A Gathering Of Moments II, David Tamulevich [Yellow Room, new] (19)
40: Joe Hill’s Last Will, John McCutcheon [Appalsongs, 5/15] (19)
40: Owls, Danny Schmidt [Live Once, 5/15] (19)
40: The People Need Light, Mr. Sun [Compass, new] (19)
40: Solo Flight, Steve Spurgin [Blue Night, 6/15] (19)
46: Grandma’s Got A Boombox, Sandy Ross [sandyross.com, 5/15] (18)
46: Monterey, The Milk Carton Kids [Self, 5/15] (18)
46: When I’m Free, Hot Rize [Ten In Hand, 9/14] (18)
46: With A Lampshade On, The Dustbowl Revival [Signature, 7/15] (18)
50: Django And Jimmie, Willie Nelson And Merle Haggard [Legacy, 6/15] (17)
50: L.A. Blues, John Malcolm Penn [Blue Night, 6/15] (17)
52: Eat The Moon, FY5 – Finnders & Youngberg [Swingfingers, 7/15] (16)
52: A Love Like This, Jacob Miller And The Bridge City Crooners [Self, 6/14] (16)
52: Muscle Shoals Recordings, The Steeldrivers [Rounder, 6/15] (16)
52: Pageant Material, Kacey Musgraves [Mercury, 6/15] (16)
56: Emerald, Dar Williams [Self, 5/15] (15)
56: Precious Memories, Sue Massek [Strictly Country, 4/15] (15)
56: Tim May And Steve Smith, Tim May And Steve Smith [Desert Night, 4/15] (15
56: The Traveling Kind, Emmylou Harris And Rodney Crowell [Nonesuch, 5/15] (15)
60: The Blade, Ashley Monroe [Warner, new] (14)
60: Come Find Me, Audrey Auld [Reckless, 2011] (14)
60: Della Mae, Della Mae [Rounder, 5/15] (14)
60: Jamie Was A Boozer, Joe West And The Sinners [Baby Black Panda, new] (14)
60: Radio, Steep Canyon Rangers [Rounder, new] (14)
60: The Social Music Hour Vol. 1, Spuyten Duyvil [spuytenduyvilmusic.com, 3/15] (14)
60: A Wanderer I’ll Stay, Pharis And Jason Romero [Lula, 3/15] (14)
67: Ashes And Dust, Warren Haynes [Concord, new] (13)
67: The Blessing And The Curse, Lance Canales [Music Road, new] (13)
67: Fiddle Gems, Kitty Amaral [String Dreams, 1/15] (13)
67: Power In The Blood, Buffy Sainte-Marie [True North, 5/15] (13)
67: Such Jubilee, Mandolin Orange [Yep Roc, 5/15] (13)
67: What I’m Lookin’ For, Dan Weber [Highway 142, 3/15] (13)

Top Songs of August 2015

1. “I Am Eve” (22)
by Harpeth Rising
from Shifted
2. “Wildflowers” (17)
by Ana Egge
from Bright Shadow
3. “Fortune” (16)
by Harpeth Rising
from Shifted
4. “Gentle On My Mind” (12)
by Crow And The Canyon
from Leaving Soon
5. “Crow And The Canyon” (10)
by Crow And The Canyon
from Leaving Soon
5. “Dreamer” (10)
by Ana Egge
from Bright Shadow
5. “Flat Top Guitar” (10)
by Ana Egge
from Bright Shadow
5. “Jenny Run Away” (10)
by Ana Egge
from Bright Shadow
5. “Mole In The Ground” (10)
by Jonathan Edwards
from Tomorrow’s Child
5. “Nobody Knows My Name” (10)
by Clint Alphin
from Postmodern Man
5. “Somebody’s Gonna Get Hurt” (10)
by The Waifs
from Beautiful You
12. “7 Thunders” (9)
by Harpeth Rising
from Shifted
12. “August Is A Gate” (9)
by Martha Scanlan
from Shape Of Things Gone
12. “Chester Boat Song” (9)
by Old Man Luedecke
from Domestic Eccentric
12. “Dance Me To The End Of Love” (9)
by Harpeth Rising
from Shifted
12. “Hawk And Whale” (9)
by Peter Mayer
from Third Street
12. “Rollin’ To You” (9)
by Harpeth Rising
from Shifted
12. “Still She Will Fly” (9)
by Heather Pierson Acoustic Trio
from Still She Will Fly (EP)
12. “Waterfalls” (9)
by Crow And The Canyon
from Leaving Soon
12. “When You Dream” (9)
by Peter Mayer
from Third Street
21. “Blindly Believing” (8)
by The Waifs
from Beautiful You
21. “Early Days” (8)
by Old Man Luedecke
from Domestic Eccentric
21. “This Old Guitar” (8)
by Jonathan Edwards
from Tomorrow’s Child
24. “Black Dirt Track” (7)
by The Waifs
from Beautiful You
24. “Cindy” (7)
by Dubl Handi
from Morning In A New Machine
24. “Crowns” (7)
by Katie Dahl
from Ordinary Band
24. “Don’t Think Twice” (7)
by Willie Nelson And Merle Haggard
from Django And Jimmie
24. “Down In The Woods” (7)
by Jonathan Edwards
from Tomorrow’s Child
24. “Flood” (7)
by Clint Alphin
from Postmodern Man
24. “Galilee” (7)
by The Slocan Ramblers
from Coffee Creek
24. “Hammer” (7)
by Angela Easterling
from Common Law Wife
24. “I Am The Big Easy” (7)
by Ray Bonneville
from Goin’ By Feel
24. “Listening To Singing” (7)
by Iris DeMent
from The Trackless Woods
24. “My Better Years” (7)
by Jesse Milnes And Emily Miller
from Deep End Sessions, Vol. 2
24. “Shifted” (7)
by Harpeth Rising
from Shifted
24. “Trouble In Mind” (7)
by Bumper Jacksons
from Too Big World
24. “Where The Wind Decides To Blow” (7)
by Sarah McQuaid
from Walking Into White
24. “Wine And Whiskey” (7)
by Crow And The Canyon
from Leaving Soon

Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl was the most-played album on folk radio during September 2015, closely followed by Songs of Heart and Home by Greg Blake — who was also the month’s most-played artist. “House Carpenter” by Low Lily, the string and vocal trio formerly known as Annalivia, was September’s most-played song — closely followed by “Get Together” by Lowell Levinger, formerly of The Youngbloods. So say charts compiled by Richard Gillmann from radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an electronic discussion group for DJs and others interested in all folk-based music on the radio.

Joy of Living features new interpretations of songs by Ewan MacColl, godfather of the first British folk revival

The September 2015 FOLKDJ-L charts are based on 13, 054 airplays from 138 different DJs from the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia. Label and release date appear in brackets below, while the number of reported spins is shown in parentheses. The charts are posted on AcousticMusicScene.com, with permission.

Top Albums of September 2015

1: Joy Of Living: A Tribute To Ewan MacColl, Various Artists
[Compass, new] (86)
2: Songs Of Heart and Home, Greg Blake [gregblakemusic.com, new] (78)
3: Get Together: Banana Recalls Youngbloods Classics, Lowell
Levinger [Grandpa Raccoon, new] (60)
4: Dreams and Ghosts: A Family Album, Avery Hill
[averyhilltunes.com, 7/15] (59)
5: Round Trip, Beppe Gambetta and Tony McManus [Borealis, new] (55)
6: Shifted, Harpeth Rising [Grimm Rising, 8/15] (53)
7: If Not Now, When, Freebo [Poppabo, 4/15] (49)
7: The Song Of The Banjo, Alison Brown [Compass, new] (49)
7: A Thousand Hands, Chris Rosser [Hollow Reed Arts, 10/14] (49)
10: Kokomo Kidd, Guy Davis [M. C., new] (47)
10: Third Street, Peter Mayer [Blue Boat, 11/14] (47)
12: Walking Into White, Sarah McQuaid [Waterbug, 8/15] (42)
13: A Silent Song, Archie Fisher [Red House, new] (41)
14: So Far, So Good, David Roth [Wind River, 6/15] (40)
15: Low Lily, Low Lily [lowlily.com, 8/15] (38)
16: Domestic Eccentric, Old Man Luedecke [True North, 7/15] (37)
16: Joe Hill’s Last Will, John McCutcheon [Appalsongs, 5/15] (37)
18: Hillary Rollins Presents Christine Lavin and Friends: Live at
McCabe’s, Christine Lavin [christinelavin.com, new] (34)
19: Leaving Soon, Crow and The Canyon [crowandthecanyon.com, 6/15] (33)
20: Bright Shadow, Ana Egge [Grace/Parkinsong, 5/15] (32)
20: The Post-American Century, Terry Kitchen [Urban Campfire, new] (32)
20: Rembrandt Afternoons, Tret Fure [Tomboy Girl, new] (32)
20: Road Signs, Mike Laureanno [University Studios, new] (32)
24: Old Time Reverie, Mipso [Robust, new] (31)
24: The Promise Of The Sowing, Dan Schatz [Folk-Legacy, 8/15] (31)
24: Tomorrow’s Child, Jonathan Edwards [Rising, 6/15] (31)
27: The Farwells, The Farwells [Tin Halo, new] (30)
27: Frankie and The No-Go Road, Rita Hosking [Self, new] (30)
27: Radio, Steep Canyon Rangers [Rounder, 8/15] (30)
30: Ballads Long and Short, John Roberts And Debra Cowan [Golden
Hind, 7/15] (29)
31: Deep End Sessions, Vol. 2, Jesse Milnes And Emily Miller
[emmyandjesse.com, 7/15] (26)
32: Over and Even, Joan Shelley [No Quarter, new] (25)
32: Postmodern Man, Clint Alphin [Ernest Engine Songs, 6/15] (25)
32: Too Big World, Bumper Jacksons [bumperjacksons.com, 6/15] (25)
32: With A Lampshade On, The Dustbowl Revival [Signature, 7/15] (25)
36: Emerald, Dar Williams [Self, 5/15] (23)
36: Grandma’s Got A Boombox, Sandy Ross [sandyross.com, 5/15] (23)
38: Temporary Things, Clara Baker [Self, 6/15] (22)
39: Ordinary Band, Katie Dahl [Waterbug, 6/15] (21)
40: Dinas, Calan [Sain, 6/15] (20)
41: Dancin’ In The Kitchen, Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer [Community,
3/15] (19)
41: Rural Electrification, Peter Keane [Little Hat, 6/15] (19)
43: Road Be Kind, Andy Cohen [Earwig, new] (18)
43: Watkins Family Hour, Watkins Family Hour [Self, 7/15] (18)
43: When I’m Free, Hot Rize [Ten In Hand, 9/14] (18)
46: Further West, Hungrytown [Listen Here!, 5/15] (17)
46: Lost Time, Dave Alvin And Phil Alvin [Yep Roc, new] (17)
46: Precious Memories, Sue Massek [Strictly Country, 4/15] (17)
46: So Far, David Myles [Little Tiny, new] (17)
46: Soul of a Man, Adam Michael Rothberg [amrsounds.com, 4/15] (17)
46: Tangled Country, The Honey Dewdrops [thehoneydewdrops.com, 3/15] (17)
46: Banjo & Fiddle: Tunes from the North, Songs from the South,
Karrnnel Sawitsky and Daniel Koulack [hearthmusic.com, 3/15] (17)
53: Still She Will Fly (EP), Heather Pierson Acoustic Trio [Vessel,
5/15] (16)
53: 1896, Peter Spencer [Self, 2011] (16)
53: Della Mae, Della Mae [Rounder, 5/15] (16)
53: Pop Songs for Elk, Hillfolk Noir [Self, 6/15] (16)
57: Beautiful You, The Waifs [Compass, 8/15] (15)
57: Coffee Creek, The Slocan Ramblers [slocanramblers.com, 7/15] (15)
57: Morning in a New Machine, Dubl Handi [dublhandimusic.com, 6/15] (15)
57: Nashville Obsolete, Dave Rawlings Machine [Acony, new] (15)
57: The Shape of Things Gone Missing, The Shape of Things to Come,
Martha Scanlan [Up On The Divide, 4/15] (15)
57: Sorrow Bound, Kaia Kater [Kingswood, 6/15] (15)
57: Stumbling Towards The Light, Eric Bannan [Self, 7/15] (15)
64: The Faster It Goes, The Railsplitters [therailsplitters.com, 5/15] (14)
64: The Trackless Woods, Iris DeMent [Flariella, 8/15] (14)
64: Treehouse, Kevin Dooley [Stormcrow, 7/15] (14)
67: A Gathering of Moments II, David Tamulevich [Yellow Room, 8/15] (13)
67: Rise, Andrea Zonn [Compass, 9/15] (13)
67: Something More Than Free, Jason Isbell [Southeastern, 7/15] (13)
67: Southern Girl, Joanne Rand [Self, new] (13)
67: A Wanderer I’ll Stay, Pharis and Jason Romero [Lula, 3/15] (13)

Top Songs of September 2015

1. “House Carpenter” (21)
by Low Lily
from Low Lily
2. “Get Together” (19)
by Lowell Levinger
from Get Together: Banana Recalls Youngbloods Classics
3. “Wind Stole My Song” (17)
by Chris Rosser
from A Thousand Hands
4. “Hey Porter” (14)
by Greg Blake
from Songs of Heart and Home
5. “Summer Wages” (13)
by Greg Blake
from Songs of Heart and Home
6. “Hello And Goodbye” (12)
by Avery Hill
from Dreams and Ghosts: A Family Album
6. “Remembering My Password” (12)
by Christine Lavin
from Hillary Rollins presents Christine Lavin and Friends:
Live at McCabe’s
8. “Bonnie Mulligan’s” (11)
by Beppe Gambetta And Tony McManus
from Round Trip
8. “Carolina In The Pines” (11)
by Alison Brown
from The Song of the Banjo
8. “Does Joni Mitchell Ever Mow the Lawn” (11)
by David Roth
from So Far, So Good
8. “Kokomo Kidd” (11)
by Guy Davis
from Kokomo Kidd
8. “Northern Spy” (11)
by Low Lily
from Low Lily
13. “30-Foot Trailer” (9)
by Eliza Carthy
from Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl
13. “Canticle Of The Sun” (9)
by Sarah McQuaid
from Walking Into White
13. “Dirty Old Town” (9)
by Steve Earle
from Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl
13. “Down In The Water” (9)
by Mipso
from Old Time Reverie
13. “Field” (9)
by Mike Laureanno
from Road Signs
13. “Gentle On My Mind” (9)
by Crow and The Canyon
from Leaving Soon
13. “Hard Times” (9)
by Peter Spencer
from 1896
13. “So Much More To Home” (9)
by Terry Kitchen
from The Post-American Century
21. “Brighter Than the Blues” (8)
by Joan Shelley
from Over and Even
21. “Darkness Darkness” (8)
by Lowell Levinger
from Get Together: Banana Recalls Youngbloods Classics
21. “Doherty’s” (8)
by Beppe Gambetta And Tony McManus
from Round Trip
21. “Freedom” (8)
by Tret Fure
from Rembrandt Afternoons
21. “God Save The Watchman” (8)
by Avery Hill
from Dreams and Ghosts: A Family Album
21. “Hippie From Olema” (8)
by Lowell Levinger
from Get Together: Banana Recalls Youngbloods Classics
21. “Lord of the May” (8)
by Archie Fisher
from A Silent Song
21. “Moving On Song” (8)
by Norma Waterson
from Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl
21. “Rollin’ To You” (8)
by Harpeth Rising
from Shifted
21. “She Loves My Dog More Than Me” (8)
by Freebo
from If Not Now When
21. “Sweet Thames Flow Softly” (8)
by Rufus And Martha Wainwright
from Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl
21. “Time After Time” (8)
by Alison Brown
from The Song of the Banjo
21. “Tomorrow’s Child” (8)
by Jonathan Edwards
from Tomorrow’s Child
21. “Tomorrow’s Train” (8)
by Peter Mayer
from Third Street

Free The Honey, a young western Colorado-based “honeygrass” Americana quartet, had both the most-played album (Fine Bloom) and song (“Take Me Home”) on folk radio during October 2015. So say charts compiled by Richard Gillmann from radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an electronic discussion group for DJs and others interested in all folk-based music on the radio.

The October 2015 FOLKDJ-L charts are based on 13, 885 airplays from 137 different DJs. Label and release date appear in brackets below, while the number of reported spins is shown in parentheses. The charts are posted on AcousticMusicScene.com with permission.

Top Albums of October 2015

1: Fine Bloom, Free The Honey [freethehoney.com, new] (106)
2: Joy Of Living: A Tribute To Ewan MacColl, Various Artists [Compass, 10/15] (93)
3: Just For The Love Of It, Happy Traum [happytraum.com, 7/15] (91)
4: At Home: The Maine Tour, Noel Paul Stookey [Neworld, new] (67)
5: Knockout Rose, Boxcar Lilies [boxcarlilies.com, new] (66)
6: The Song Of The Banjo, Alison Brown [Compass, 10/15] (64)
7: Songs Of Heart And Home, Greg Blake [gregblakemusic.com, 9/15] (55)
8: Third Street, Peter Mayer [Blue Boat, 11/14] (50)
9: Kokomo Kidd, Guy Davis [M. C., 9/15] (49)
10: North East Rising Sun, Brooksie Wells [Down Home Diva, new] (45)
11: Dreams And Ghosts: A Family Album, Avery Hill [averyhilltunes.com, 7/15] (42)
11: Hard Cry Moon, Donna Ulisse [Hadley, 9/15] (42)
13: Domestic Eccentric, Old Man Luedecke [True North, 7/15] (36)
14: Silver Lining, Efrat [efratmusic.com, new] (35)
15: Get Together: Banana Recalls Youngbloods Classics, Lowell Levinger [Grandpa Raccoon, 9/15] (33)
15: So Far, So Good, David Roth [Wind River, 6/15] (33)
15: The Ultimate Guide To Scottish Folk, Various Artists [Arc, new] (33)
18: This River, Amy Soucy [amysoucymusic.com, 6/15] (32)
19: The Post-American Century, Terry Kitchen [Urban Campfire, 9/15] (31)
19: Servant Of Love, Patty Griffin [Pgm, 10/15] (31)
21: Anna Laube, Anna Elizabeth Laube [Pockets, 5/15] (30)
22: Hillary Rollins presents Christine Lavin And Friends: Live At McCabe’s, Christine Lavin [christinelavin.com, 9/15] (29)
22: Nashville Obsolete, Dave Rawlings Machine [Acony, 9/15] (29)
22: The Promise Of The Sowing, Dan Schatz [Folk-Legacy, 8/15] (29)
22: Round Trip, Beppe Gambetta And Tony McManus [Borealis, 8/15] (29)
22: A Thousand Hands, Chris Rosser [Hollow Reed Arts, 10/14] (29)
27: Frankie And The No-Go Road,” Rita Hosking [ritahosking.com, 9/15] (27)
27: If Not Now When, Freebo [Poppabo, 4/15] (27)
27: Woven, Jenna Moynihan [Self, new] (27)
30: Jewels And Harmony, Mara Levine [maralevine.com, 2013] (25)
30: Pop Songs For Elk, Hillfolk Noir [Self, 6/15] (25)
32: A Silent Song, Archie Fisher [Red House, 9/15] (24)
33: Gone Like The Cotton, The Cox Family [Rounder, new] (23)
33: Road Be Kind, Andy Cohen [Earwig, 9/15] (23)
33: Shifted, Harpeth Rising [Grimm Rising, 8/15] (23)
36: Welcome Day, Cindy Kallet And Grey Larsen [Sleepy Creek, new] (22)
37: Ballads Long And Short, John Roberts And Debra Cowan [Golden Hind, 7/15] (21)
38: So Familiar, Steve Martin And Edie Brickell [Rounder, new] (20)
38: Wind Over Stone, Dulcie Taylor [Mesa/Bluemoon, new] (20)
40: Driving Home, Cheryl Wheeler [Philo, 1993] (19)
40: Grandma’s Got A Boombox, Sandy Ross [sandyross.com, 5/15] (19)
40: The Immigrant And The Orphan, The John Byrne Band [Self, new] (19)
40: Sands Of Now, Elephant Revival [United Interests, 7/15] (19)
44: Deux Visions, Francesca Blanchard [Vis-A-Vis, new] (18)
44: Lost Time, Dave Alvin And Phil Alvin [Yep Roc, 9/15] (18)
44: Ready For The Storm, Lori Lieberman [Drive On, new] (18)
44: Temporary Things, Clara Baker [Self, 6/15] (18)
44: Walking Into White, Sarah McQuaid [Waterbug, 8/15] (18)
49: Bright Shadow, Ana Egge [Grace/Parkinsong, 5/15] (17)
49: Cold And Bitter Tears: The Songs Of Ted Hawkins, Various Artists [Wixen, new] (17)
49: Dancin’ In The Kitchen, Cathy Fink And Marcy Marxer [Community, 3/15] (17)
49: Folksinger’s Choice, Bob Dylan [Left Field, 2012] (17)
49: Pompadour, Tim O’Brien [Howdy Skies, new] (17)
49: Radio, Steep Canyon Rangers [Rounder, 8/15] (17)
49: The Ragpicker String Band, The Ragpicker String Band [Yellow Dog, 8/15] (17)
49: Yours And Mine, Dawn And Hawkes [Self, new] (17)
58: Emerald, Dar Williams [Self, 5/15] (16)
58: The Farwells, The Farwells [Tin Halo, 9/15] (16)
58: Golden State, Penny Nichols [Pensongs, new] (16)
58: I Am American, Michael Troy [Self, new] (16)
58: Old Time Reverie, Mipso [Robust, 10/15] (16)
58: Picking Up The Pieces, Jewel [Sugar Hill, new] (16)
58: Shadow Trails, Linda McRae [Borealis, new] (16)
58: The Shape Of Things Gone Missing, The Shape Of Things To Come, Martha Scanlan [Up On The Divide, 4/15] (16)
58: Uncovered, Shawn Colvin [Concord, new] (16)
67: Beautiful You, The Waifs [Compass, 8/15] (15)
67: Dinas, Calan [Sain, 6/15] (15)
67: Ordinary Band, Katie Dahl [Waterbug, 6/15] (15)
67: Runaway Train, Flatt Lonesome [Mountain Home, new] (15)

Top Songs of October 2015

1. “Take Me Home” (21)
by Free The Honey
from Fine Bloom
2. “Church Street Blues” (18)
by Happy Traum
from Just For The Love Of It
3. “Freight Train” (17)
by Boxcar Lilies
from Knockout Rose
4. “Carolina In The Pines” (16)
by Alison Brown
from The Song Of The Banjo
5. “Things Are Coming My Way” (14)
by Happy Traum
from Just For The Love Of It
6. “Already There” (13)
by Anna Elizabeth Laube
from Anna Laube
7. “Captain’s Seat” (12)
by Boxcar Lilies
from Knockout Rose
7. “Hey Porter” (12)
by Greg Blake
from Songs Of Heart And Home
7. “High Peaks” (12)
by Free The Honey
from Fine Bloom
7. “Honey Blues” (12)
by Free The Honey
from Fine Bloom
7. “North East Rising Sun” (12)
by Brooksie Wells
from North East Rising Sun
7. “Winds Of October” (12)
by Peter Mayer
from Third Street
13. “Beautiful Life” (11)
by Free The Honey
from Fine Bloom
13. “In These Times” (11)
by Noel Paul Stookey
from At Home: The Maine Tour
15. “Bonnie Mulligan’s” (10)
by Beppe Gambetta And Tony McManus
from Round Trip
15. “Comes A Time” (10)
by Amy Soucy
from This River
15. “Crooked Child” (10)
by Free The Honey
from Fine Bloom
15. “Hello And Goodbye” (10)
by Avery Hill
from Dreams And Ghosts: A Family Album
15. “Hymn For Renewal” (10)
by Free The Honey
from Fine Bloom
15. “Union Depot” (10)
by Peter Mayer
from “Third Street”
21. “Knockout Rose” (9)
by Boxcar Lilies
from Knockout Rose
21. “Kokomo Kidd” (9)
by Guy Davis
from Kokomo Kidd
21. “Last Pharaoh” (9)
by Dave Rawlings Machine
from Nashville Obsolete
21. “My Father’s Daughter” (9)
by Jewel
from Picking Up The Pieces
21. “Papa Come Quick” (9)
by Boxcar Lilies
from Knockout Rose
21. “Sweet Thames, Flow Softly” (9)
by Rufus And Martha Wainwright
from Joy Of Living: A Tribute To Ewan MacColl
21. “What’s Going On” (9)
by Alison Brown
from The Song Of The Banjo

Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl (Compass) was the most-played album on folk radio during November 2015 (as it was in September), while “I Am an Immigrant” by Jesse Palidofsky and “Take Me Home” by Free The Honey (the young western Colorado-based Americana quartet that had both the top album and song in October) were reportedly the most—played songs. So say charts compiled by Richard Gillmann from radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an electronic discussion group for DJs and others interested in all folk-based music on the radio.

The November 2015 FOLKDJ-L charts are based on 14,132 airplays from 150 different DJs. Label and release date appear in brackets below, while the number of reported spins is shown in parentheses. The charts are posted on AcousticMusicScene.com with permission.

Top Albums of November 2015

1: Joy Of Living: A Tribute To Ewan MacColl, Various Artists [Compass, 10/15] (75)
2: Just For The Love Of It, Happy Traum [happytraum.com, 7/15] (63)
3: Fine Bloom, Free The Honey [freethehoney.com, 9/15] (57)
4: So Familiar, Steve Martin And Edie Brickell [Rounder, 10/15] (55)
5: Pompadour, Tim O’Brien [Howdy Skies, 10/15] (54)
6: Ain’t We Brothers,” Sam Gleaves [Community, 11/15] (46)
6: The Cutting Edge: 1965-1966 (box set), Bob Dylan [Columbia, new] (46)
8: Foxhounds, Kathy Kallick Band [Live Oak, new] (44)
9: At Home: The Maine Tour, Noel Paul Stookey [Neworld, 9/15] (43)
10: The Ultimate Guide To Scottish Folk, Various Artists [ARC, 10/15] (41)
11: Knockout Rose, Boxcar Lilies [boxcarlilies.com, 9/15] (40)
12: The Tennessee Sessions, The Swamp Brothers [Itchy Sabot, 7/15] (39)
13: Third Street, Peter Mayer [Blue Boat, 11/14] (38)
14: Sorrows And Glories, Red Moon Road [redmoonroad.com, 9/15] (36)
15: Ready For The Storm, Lori Lieberman [Drive On, 10/15] (33)
16: Blues For Country, The Nouveaux Honkies [tnhband.com, 9/15] (31)
16: The Fiddle Preacher, Otter Creek [ottercreekduo.com, 8/15] (31)
18: Gone Like The Cotton, The Cox Family [Rounder, 10/15] (29)
18: North East Rising Sun, Brooksie Wells [Down Home Diva, 10/15] (29)
20: Get Together: Banana Recalls Youngbloods Classics, Lowell Levinger [Grandpa Raccoon, 9/15] (28)
20: Round Trip, Beppe Gambetta And Tony McManus [Borealis, 8/15] (28)
22: Hard Cry Moon, Donna Ulisse [Hadley, 9/15] (27)
23: Nashville Obsolete, Dave Rawlings Machine [Acony, 9/15] (26)
23: So Far, So Good, David Roth [Wind River, 6/15] (26)
25: Dreams And Ghosts: A Family Album, Avery Hill [averyhilltunes.com, 7/15] (25)
26: Joe Hill’s Last Will, John McCutcheon [Appalsongs, 5/15] (24)
26: Kokomo Kidd, Guy Davis [M. C., 9/15] (24)
28: Dancing Toward The Light, Jesse Palidofsky [Azalea City, 7/14] (23)
28: Radio, Steep Canyon Rangers [Rounder, 8/15] (23)
28: Road Be Kind, Andy Cohen [Earwig, 9/15] (23)
31: Anna Laube, Anna Elizabeth Laube [Pockets, 5/15] (22)
31: Skin And Bone, Mark Brown [Self, 6/15] (22)
31: The Song Of The Banjo, Alison Brown [Compass, 10/15] (22)
31: A Thousand Hands, Chris Rosser [Hollow Reed Arts, 10/14] (22)
35: Tomorrow’s Child, Jonathan Edwards [Rising, 6/15] (20)
36: Friend Like Me, Steve Howell And The Mighty Men [Out Of The Past, new] (19)
36: If Not Now When, Freebo [Poppabo, 4/15] (19)
38: Grandma’s Got A Boombox, Sandy Ross [sandyross.com, 5/15] (18)
38: Anywhere But Utah: Songs of Joe Hill, Bucky Halker [Revolting, 8/15] (18)
38: Emerald, Dar Williams [Self, 5/15] (18)
38: Songs Of Heart And Home, Greg Blake [gregblakemusic.com, 9/15] (18)
42: Nobody’s Flag, Wes Weddell Band [Dusty Shadows, 9/15] (17)
42: Servant Of Love, Patty Griffin [PGM, 10/15] (17)
42: Shifted, Harpeth Rising [Grimm Rising, 8/15] (17)
42: Woven, Jenna Moynihan [Self, 10/15] (17)
46: The Turning Point, Tim Grimm [Cavalier, 2013] (16)
46: Coffee Creek, The Slocan Ramblers [slocanramblers.com, 7/15] (16)
46: Tangled Country, The Honey Dewdrops [thehoneydewdrops.com, 3/15] (16)
46: Things That Can’t Be Undone, Corb Lund [New West, 10/15] (16)
50: Cold And Bitter Tears: The Songs Of Ted Hawkins, Various Artists [Wixen, 10/15] (15)
50: I Am American, Michael Troy [Self, 10/15] (15)
50: “I Am An Immigrant” (single), Jesse Palidofsky [Azalea City, new] (15)
50: Road Signs, Mike Laureanno [University Studios, 9/15] (15)
50: Shadow Trails, Linda McRae [Borealis, 9/15] (15)
50: A Silent Song, Archie Fisher [Red House, 9/15] (15)
50: Sundown Over Ghost Town, Eilen Jewell [Signature, 5/15] (15)
57: Beg And Borrow, Battlefield Band [Temple, 8/15] (14)
57: Hillary Rollins presents Christine Lavin And Friends: Live At McCabe’s, Christine Lavin [christinelavin.com, 9/15] (14)
57: Frankie And The No-Go Road, Rita Hosking [ritahosking.com, 9/15] (14)
57: Further West, Hungrytown [Listen Here!, 5/15] (14)
57: Manannan’s Cloak, Barrule [Easy On The Record, 5/15] (14)
57: Melissa Ferrick, Melissa Ferrick [Right On, 7/15] (14)
57: Old Time Reverie, Mipso [Robust, 10/15] (14)
57: Salt As Wolves, Jeffrey Foucault [Blueblade, new] (14)
57: That’s What They Say, Brad Vickers And His Vestapolitans [Manhattone, new] (14)
57: Welcome Day, Cindy Kallet And Grey Larsen [Sleepy Creek, 9/15] (14)
67: Beating Around The Bush, Bill Keith [Green Linnet, 1993] (13)
67: Domestic Eccentric, Old Man Luedecke [True North, 7/15] (13)
67: Don’t Mourn – Organize!: Songs Of Labor Songwriter Joe Hill, Various Artists [Smithsonian/Folkways, 1990] (13)
67: The Farwells, The Farwells [Tin Halo, 9/15] (13)
67: The Immigrant And The Orphan, The John Byrne Band [Self, 9/15] (13)
67: An Offering, Amanda Pearcy [Self, 9/15] (13)
67: One, Natalie MacMaster And Donnell Leahy [Linus, 4/15] (13)
67: Panhandle Rambler, Joe Ely [Rack ’em, 9/15] (13)
67: The Ragpicker String Band, The Ragpicker String Band [Yellow Dog, 8/15] (13)
67: Silver Lining, Efrat [efratmusic.com, 10/15] (13)
67: Something More Than Free, Jason Isbell [Southeastern, 7/15] (13)

Top Songs of November 2015

1. “I Am An Immigrant” (16)

Jesse Palidofsky

Hudson Harding Sampler, Vol. 10: Happy Holidays was the most-played album on folk radio during December 2015, while “Longest Night of the Year” by Joe Jencks, from that CD distributed by radio promoter Erik Balkey, tied with John McCutcheon’s classic “Christmas in the Trenches” as the month’s most-played song. So say charts compiled by Richard Gillmann from radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an electronic discussion group for DJs and others interested in all folk-based music on the radio.

The December 2015 FOLKDJ-L charts are based on 14,929 airplays from 144 different DJs. Label and release date appear in brackets below, while the number of reported spins is shown in parentheses. The charts are posted on AcousticMusicScene.com with permission.

Top Albums of December 2015

1: Hudson Harding Sampler, Vol. 10: Happy Holidays, Various Artists [Hudson Harding, new] (122)
2: Joy Of Living: A Tribute To Ewan MacColl, Various Artists [Compass, 10/15] (68)
3: Foxhounds, Kathy Kallick Band [Live Oak, 11/15] (67)
4: At Peace With One’s Ghosts, The Paperboys [paperboys.com, 12/14] (50)
5: Dancing Toward The Light, Jesse Palidofsky [Azalea City, 7/14] (43)
6: Just For The Love Of It, Happy Traum [happytraum.com, 7/15] (38)
7: The Back Of Winter, Adrianna Ciccone [adriannaciccone.com, 9/15] (35)
8: Christine Lavin Presents: Just One Angel v2.0, Various Artists [Yellow Tail, 2013] (34)
9: Sorrows And Glories, Red Moon Road [redmoonroad.com, 9/15] (33)
10: Ain’t We Brothers, Sam Gleaves [Community, 11/15] (29)
10: The Tennessee Sessions, The Swamp Brothers [Itchy Sabot, 7/15] (29)
12: Pompadour, Tim O’Brien [Howdy Skies, 10/15] (28)
12: So Familiar, Steve Martin And Edie Brickell [Rounder, 10/15] (28)
14: Midwinter, Peter Mayer [Blue Boat, 2005] (27)
15: Knockout Rose, Boxcar Lilies [boxcarlilies.com, 9/15] (26)
15: Shifted,”Harpeth Rising [Grimm Rising, 8/15] (26)
17: Fine Bloom, Free The Honey [freethehoney.com, 9/15] (24)
17: Manannan’s Cloak, Barrule [Easy On The Record, 5/15] (24)
19: I Am American, Michael Troy [folkmichaeltroy.com, 10/15] (23)
19: Shadow Trails, Linda McRae [Borealis, 9/15] (23)
21: Come Darkness, Come Light, Mary Chapin Carpenter [Zoe, 2008] (22)
21: Gift Of The Magi, Darryl Purpose [darrylpurpose.com, 2002] (22)
21: The Ultimate Guide To Scottish Folk, Various Artists [ARC, 10/15] (22)
21: Winter’s Grace, Laurie Lewis And Tom Rozum [Signature, 1999] (22)
25: Anna And Elizabeth, Anna And Elizabeth [Free Dirt, 3/15] (21)
25: Charm City Junction, Charm City Junction [Patuxent, 6/15] (21)
25: Ready For The Storm, Lori Lieberman [Drive On, 10/15] (21)
25: This River, Amy Soucy [amysoucymusic.com, 6/15] (21)
29: North East Rising Sun, Brooksie Wells [Down Home Diva, 10/15] (20)
29: The Cutting Edge: 1965-1966 (box set), Bob Dylan [Columbia, 11/15] (20)
29: Hard Cry Moon, Donna Ulisse [Hadley, 9/15] (20)
29: Kokomo Kidd, Guy Davis [M. C., 9/15] (20)
29: Servant Of Love, Patty Griffin [PGM, 10/15] (20)
29: Just One Angel, Christine Lavin And Friends [Yellow Tail, 2010] (20)
29: A Wanderer I’ll Stay, Pharis And Jason Romero [Lula, 3/15] (20)
37: Ballads Long And Short, John Roberts And Debra Cowan [Golden Hind, 7/15] (19)
37:The First Christmas Gift, Robin And Linda Williams [Red House, 2005] (19)
37: Hudson Harding Sampler, Vol. 9: Happy Holidays, Various Artists [Hudson Harding, 12/14] (19)
40: American Noel, Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer [Signature, 2007] (18)
40: Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie, Various Artists [Compass, 9/14] (18)
40: Nashville Obsolete, Dave Rawlings Machine [Acony, 9/15] (18)
40: Radio, Steep Canyon Rangers [Rounder, 8/15] (18)
44: At The Turning Of The Year, Herdman, Hills And Mangsen [Hand And Heart, 2000] (17)
44: Holiday!, The Claire Lynch Band [Thrill Hill, 11/14] (17)
44: Skin And Bone, Mark Brown [Self, 6/15] (17)
44: The Song Of The Banjo, Alison Brown [Compass, 10/15] (17)
44: Waterbound, Molasses Creek [Soundside, 5/15] (17)
49: At Home: The Maine Tour, Noel Paul Stookey [Neworld, 9/15] (16)
49: Bells Of Dublin, The Chieftains [RCA, 1999] (16)
49: Christmas, Bruce Cockburn [Columbia, 1998] (16)
49: Domestic Eccentric, Old Man Luedecke [True North, 7/15] (16)
49: The Fiddle Preacher, Otter Creek [ottercreekduo.com, 8/15] (16)
49: Sundown Over Ghost Town, Eilen Jewell [Signature, 5/15] (16)
49: Third Street, Peter Mayer [Blue Boat, 11/14] (16)
49: A Very Blue Rock Christmas, Various Artists [Blue Rock, 2013] (16)
57: Fifty Clementines, Michael Clem [Virginia Soul, new] (15)
57: Anna Laube, Anna Elizabeth Laube [Pockets, 5/15] (15)
57: Beg And Borrow, Battlefield Band [Temple, 8/15] (15)
57: Blues For Country, The Nouveaux Honkies [tnhband.com, 9/15] (15)
57: Celtic Christmas, Various Artists [Windham Hill, 2007] (15)
57: Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions, Robert Earl Keen [Dualtone, 2/15] (15)
57: So Lucky, The Lucky Sisters [Patio, new] (15)
57: Songs In The Dark, The Wainwright Sisters [Pias America, 11/15] (15)
57: Sorrow Bound, Kaia Kater [Kingswood, 6/15] (15)
57: Tangled Country, The Honey Dewdrops [thehoneydewdrops.com, 3/15] (15)
57: Too Big World, Bumper Jacksons [bumperjacksons.com, 6/15] (15)
57: Hudson Harding Sampler, Vol. 2: Happy Holidays, Various Artists [Hudson Harding, 2007] (15)
57: Winter Solstice, John McCutcheon [Rounder, 1999] (15)
70: All The News That’s Fit To Sing, Phil Ochs [Elektra, 1994] (14)
70: It’s Christmas, David Myles [Little Tiny, 10/14] (14)
70: Joe Hill’s Last Will, John McCutcheon [Appalsongs, 5/15] (14)
70: Leave Some Things Behind, The Steel Wheels [Big Ring, 4/15] (14)
70: Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project, Jayme Stone [Borealis, 2/15] (14)
“Before This Time Another Year”
70: Sugar Plums, Various Artists [Sugar Hill, 1993] (14)
70: Tomorrow Is My Turn, Rhiannon Giddens [Nonesuch, 2/15] (14)
70: Hudson Harding Sampler, Vol. 5: Happy Holidays, Various Artists [Hudson Harding, 2010] (14)

Top Songs of December 2015

Click on the link below to hear Joe Jencks’ “The Longest Night of the Year.” Accompanying the singer-songwriter, known to many as part of the folk harmony trio Brother Sun, are Edie Carey and Harpeth Rising.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaJt3bwdjsI

1. “Christmas In The Trenches” (21)
by John McCutcheon
from Live At Wolf Trap
also Water From Another Time
1. “The Longest Night Of The Year” (21)
by Joe Jencks
from Hudson Harding Sampler, Vol. 10: Happy Holidays
3. “Christians And The Pagans” (13)
by Dar Williams
from Mortal City
4. “Auld Lang Syne” (11)
by Kate Taylor
from Hudson Harding Sampler, Vol. 10: Happy Holidays
4. “City Of Chains” (11)
by Paperboys
from At Peace With One’s Ghost
4. “Daisy For Gilda” (11)
by Adrianna Ciccone
from The Back Of Winter
4. “Dancing Toward The Light” (11)
by Jesse Palidofsky
from Dancing Toward The Light
4. “River” (11)
by Joni Mitchell
from Blue
also Hits
4. “Wheel Of Fire” (11)
by Barrule
from Manannan’s Cloak
10. “American Noel” (10)
by Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer
from American Noel
also Wonderland: A Winter Solstice Celebration
10. “Better Than The Last” (10)
by The Paperboys
from At Peace With One’s Ghosts
10. “Foxhounds” (10)
by Kathy Kallick Band
from Foxhounds
10. “How Could We Not Believe” (10)
by Anna Laube
from Hudson Harding Sampler, Vol. 10: Happy Holidays
10. “Santa Never Brings Me A Banjo” (10)
by David Myles
from It’s Christmas
10. “Snowflakes” (10)
by Kathy Kallick Band
from Foxhounds
16. “Christmas In A Coal Mine” (9)
by Aj Lee
from Hudson Harding Sampler, Vol. 10: Happy Holidays
16. “Christmas In Paradise” (9)
by Mary Gauthier
from Filth And Fire
16. “Le Brandy Culotte” (9)
by Adrianna Ciccone
from The Back Of Winter
16. “Let The Mystery Be” (9)
by The Lucky Sisters
from So Lucky
16. “Light The Lamp” (9)
by Emily Kurn
from Christine Lavin Presents: Just One Angel v2.0
16. “Lights Of Chanukah” (9)
by Jay Ungar And Molly Mason
from The Pleasures Of Winter
also A Fiddler’s Holiday
16. “Waltz Into Winter” (9)
by Archie Fisher
from A Silent Song
23. “Back To You” (8)
by Paperboys
from At Peace With One’s Ghost
23. “Christmas In Prison” (8)
by John Prine
from Sweet Revenge
also Souvenirs
23. “Food On The Table” (8)
by The Swamp Brothers
from The Tennessee Sessions
23. “I Am An Immigrant” (8)
by Jesse Palidofsky
from I Am An Immigrant (single)
23. “Joy Of Living” (8)
by David Gray
from Joy Of Living: A Tribute To Ewan MacColl
23. “Little Road To Bethlehem” (8)
by Cassie And Maggie MacDonald
from Little Road To Bethlehem
23. “Our Gingerbread House” (8)
by Becky Buller
from Christmas 45, Vol. 1
23. “Quiet Christmas” (8)
by No Fuss And Feathers
from Traveling Circus
23. “Radio” (8)
by Steep Canyon Rangers
from Radio
23. “Song Of Solstice” (8)
by Jennifer Cutting’s Ocean Orchestra
from Song Of Solstice
23. “These Ornaments” (8)
by Craig Werth
from Christine Lavin Presents: Just One Angel v2.0
23. “Things Are Coming My Way” (8)
by Happy Traum
from Just For The Love Of It
23. “This Chanukia” (8)
by Daniel Cainer
from Hudson Harding Sampler, Vol. 10: Happy Holidays

Burning Bridget Cleary, a high-energy Celtic band from Pennsylvania, had both the most-played album (These Are The Days) and three of the four most-played songs on folk radio during January 2016. So say charts compiled by Richard Gillmann from radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an electronic discussion group for DJs and others interested in all folk-based music on the radio.

Burning Bridget Cleary’s previous release, Pressed For time, reached #1 on the Roots Music Report Folk and Roots radio airplay charts in 2013 and was among the most-played albums on FOLKDJ-L that year. Fronted by charismatic young fiddler and vocalist Rose Baldino, the band also features Amy Beshara (fiddle), Lou Baldino (guitar) and Peter Trezzi (percussion).

The January 2016 FOLKDJ-L charts are based on 15,008 airplays from 148 different DJs. Label and release date appear in brackets below, while the number of reported spins is shown in parentheses. The charts are posted on AcousticMusicScene.com, with permission.

Top Albums of January 2016

1: These Are The Days, Burning Bridget Cleary [burningbridgetcleary.com, 11/15] (71)
2: The K.O.A. Tapes (Vol. 1), Kate Campbell [Large River, new] (68)
3: Foxhounds, Kathy Kallick Band [Live Oak, 11/15] (67)
4: Weighted Mind, Sierra Hull [Rounder, new] (55)
5: The Hazel And Alice Sessions, Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands [Spruce And Maple, new] (52)
6: Oh Freedom! Songs of the Civil Rights Movement, Chris Vallillo [Gin Ridge, 10/15] (49)
6: Traveling Circus, No Fuss And Feathers [Roadshow, new] (49)
8: Ain’t We Brothers, Sam Gleaves [Community, 11/15] (42)
9: Dori Freeman, Dori Freeman [Free Dirt, new] (41)
10: Fine Bloom, Free The Honey [freethehoney.com, 9/15] (38)
11: Just For The Love Of It, Happy Traum [happytraum.com, 7/15] (37)
12: So Lucky, The Lucky Sisters [Patio, 12/15] (36)
13: At Peace With One’s Ghosts, The Paperboys [paperboys.com, 2014] (34)
14: Pompadour, Tim O’Brien [Howdy Skies, 10/15] (32)
15: Charm City Junction, Charm City Junction [Patuxent, 6/15] (31)
16: Beg And Borrow, Battlefield Band [Temple, 8/15] (28)
17: Joy Of Living: A Tribute To Ewan MacColl, Various Artists [Compass, 10/15] (27)
17: Shadow Trails, Linda McRae [Borealis, 9/15] (27)
17: Shifted, Harpeth Rising [Grimm Rising, 8/15] (27)
20: The Back Of Winter, Adrianna Ciccone [adriannaciccone.com, 9/15] (26)
21: Knockout Rose, Boxcar Lilies [boxcarlilies.com, 9/15] (25)
21: Third Street, Peter Mayer [Blue Boat, 2014] (25)
23: Sorrows And Glories, Red Moon Road [redmoonroad.com, 9/15] (24)
24: In The Magic Hour, Aoife O’Donovan [Yep Roc, new] (23)
24: Tomorrow’s Child, Jonathan Edwards [Rising, 6/15] (23)
24: The Ultimate Guide To Scottish Folk, Various Artists [ARC, 10/15] (23)
27: #LoveInEvolution, Sweet Honey In The Rock [Appleseed, new] (22)
27: Tomorrow Is My Turn, Rhiannon Giddens [Nonesuch, 2/15] (22)
27: A Wanderer I’ll Stay, Pharis And Jason Romero [Lula, 3/15] (22)
30: Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project, Jayme Stone [Borealis, 2/15] (21)
30: So Familiar, Steve Martin And Edie Brickell [Rounder, 10/15] (21)
32: Hard Cry Moon, Donna Ulisse [Hadley, 9/15] (20)
32: The Jeremiahs, The Jeremiahs [Self, 2014] (20)
32: Roses And Victory, Honor Finnegan [Frock, new] (20)
32: This River, Amy Soucy [amysoucymusic.com, 6/15] (20)
32: Too Big World, Bumper Jacksons [bumperjacksons.com, 6/15] (20)
37: Anna And Elizabeth, Anna And Elizabeth [Free Dirt, 3/15] (19)
37: Manannan’s Cloak, Barrule [Easy On The Record, 5/15] (19)
37: Ready For The Storm, Lori Lieberman [Drive On, 10/15] (19)
40: At Home: The Maine Tour, Noel Paul Stookey [Neworld, 9/15] (18)
40: Domestic Eccentric, Old Man Luedecke [True North, 7/15] (18)
40: Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions, Robert Earl Keen [Dualtone, 2/15] (18)
40: Leave Some Things Behind, The Steel Wheels [Big Ring, 4/15] (18)
40: The Tennessee Sessions, The Swamp Brothers [Itchy Sabot, 7/15] (18)
45: North East Rising Sun, Brooksie Wells [Down Home Diva, 10/15] (17)
45: Silver Lining, Efrat [efratmusic.com, 10/15] (17)
47: Anna Laube, Anna Elizabeth Laube [Ahh? Pockets, 5/15] (16)
47: Beyond The Ash And Steel, Judy Kass [Self, new] (16)
47: Brotherhood, The Gibson Brothers [Rounder, 2/15] (16)
47: Dreams And Ghosts: A Family Album, Avery Hill [averyhilltunes.com, 7/15] (16)
47: The Heart Is The Hunter, Lenne Klingaman [Humuncules, 8/15] (16)
47: Salt As Wolves, Jeffrey Foucault [Blueblade, 10/15] (16)
47: Hudson Harding Sampler, Vol. 10: Happy Holidays, Various Artists [Hudson Harding, 12/15] (16)
54: Birds Say, Darlingside [30 Tigers, 9/15] (15)
54: Blues And Ballads: A Folksinger’s Songbook, Volumes I & II, Luther Dickinson [New West, new] (15)
54: Dancing Toward The Light, Jesse Palidofsky [Azalea City, 2014] (15)
54: The Fiddle Preacher, Otter Creek [ottercreekduo.com, 8/15] (15)
54: A Silent Song, Archie Fisher [Red House, 9/15] (15)
54: The Song Of The Banjo, Alison Brown [Compass, 10/15] (15)
54: Songs Of Heart And Home, Greg Blake [gregblakemusic.com, 9/15] (15)
54: Through Many A Land, Eden MacAdam-Somer And Larry Unger [Black Socks, 11/15] (15)
54: Woven, Jenna Moynihan [Self, 10/15] (15)
63: And Then There’s This, The Grascals [Mountain Home, new] (14)
63: Depot Light: Songs Of Eric Taylor, Peter Cooper [Red Beet, 11/15] (14)
63: Kokomo Kidd, Guy Davis [M. C., 9/15] (14)
63: Man In The Moon, Andy M. Stewart [Green Linnet, 1994] (14)
63: Old Time Reverie, Mipso [Robust, 10/15] (14)
63: So Far, So Good, David Roth [Wind River, 6/15] (14)
63: So Low, Tim Williams [Lowdenproud, 11/15] (14)
70: Cayamo Sessions At Sea, Buddy Miller And Friends [New West, new] (13)
70: Crimson, Kirsten Maxwell [Self, 4/15] (13)
70: Dogwood Cats, Jefferson Ross [Deep Fried, 6/15] (13)
70: Experienced, Larry Keel [Keel Fish, new] (13)
70: Nashville Obsolete, Dave Rawlings Machine [Acony, 9/15] (13)
70: Round Trip, Beppe Gambetta And Tony McManus [Borealis, 8/15] (13)
70: Runaway Train, Flatt Lonesome [Mountain Home, 10/15] (13)

Top Songs of January 2016

Burning Bridget Cleary

1. “Madam I’m A Darling” (21)
by Burning Bridget Cleary
from These Are The Days
2. “Mountain” (17)
by Burning Bridget Cleary
from These Are The Days
3. “Union Pacific” (16)
by No Fuss And Feathers
from Traveling Circus
4. “Another Day” (15)
by Burning Bridget Cleary
from These Are The Days
5. “Greensboro” (12)
by Kate Campbell
from The K.O.A. Tapes (Vol. 1)
6. “Ain’t Nobody” (11)
by Dori Freeman
from Dori Freeman
6. “Let The Mystery Be” (11)
by The Lucky Sisters
from So Lucky
6. “Snowflakes” (11)
by Kathy Kallick Band
from Foxhounds
9. “Black River” (10)
by Sierra Hull
from Weighted Mind
10. “Foxhounds” (9)
by Kathy Kallick Band
from Foxhounds
10. “In-Between” (9)
by Sierra Hull
from Weighted Mind
10. “Pretty Bird” (9)
by Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands
from The Hazel And Alice Sessions
10. “Some Song” (9)
by Kate Campbell
from The K.O.A. Tapes (Vol. 1)
10. “Won’t You Come Sing For Me” (9)
by Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands
from The Hazel And Alice Sessions
10. “Working Girl Blues” (9)
by Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands
from The Hazel And Alice Sessions
16. “Angel In The Ashes” (8)
by Sam Gleaves
from Ain’t We Brothers
16. “Better Than The Last” (8)
by Paperboys
from At Peace With One’s Ghost
16. “Beyond The Ash And Steel” (8)
by Judy Kass
from Beyond The Ash And Steel
16. “Careless Love Blues” (8)
by Happy Traum
from Just For The Love Of It
16. “Down In The Woods” (8)
by Jonathan Edwards
from Tomorrow’s Child
16. “Drift Away” (8)
by No Fuss And Feathers
from Traveling Circus
16. “From Galway To Graceland” (8)
by Kate Campbell
from The K.O.A. Tapes (Vol. 1)
16. “Motherless Child” (8)
by No Fuss And Feathers
from Traveling Circus
16. “So Dang Lonesome” (8)
by Kathy Kallick Band
from Foxhounds
16. “Stranded” (8)
by Sierra Hull
from Weighted Mind
16. “Strangeness Of The Day” (8)
by Kate Campbell
from The K.O.A. Tapes (Vol. 1)

Solas, an Irish-American band currently marking its 20th anniversary, had the most-played album (All These Years) on folk radio during February 2016. This is the second consecutive month that a Celtic band has had the #1 album; In January, These Are The Days by Burning Bridget Cleary topped the charts compiled by Richard Gillmann from radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an electronic discussion group for DJs and others interested in all folk-based music on the radio.

Boulder, Colorado-based singer-songwriter Rebecca Folsom’s “Better Times” was February’s most-played song, edging out Burning Bridget Cleary’s “Madam I’m a Darling,” January’s top song.

The February 2016 FOLKDJ-L charts are based on 13,220 airplays from 143 different DJs. Label and release date appear in brackets below, while the number of reported spins is shown in parentheses. The charts are posted on AcousticMusicScene.com with permission.

Top Albums of February 2016

1: All These Years, Solas [solasmusic.com, 2/16] (93)
2: The Hazel And Alice Sessions, Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands [Spruce And Maple, 1/16] (75)
3: Roses And Victory, Honor Finnegan [Frock, 2/16] (63)
4: These Are The Days, Burning Bridget Cleary [burningbridgetcleary.com, 11/15] (56)
5: Extraordinary Days, Rebecca Folsom [rebeccafolsom.com, 1/16] (55)
5: The K.O.A. Tapes (Vol. 1), Kate Campbell [Large River, 1/16] (55)
5: Live From Blue Rock, Moors And McCumber [moorsandmccumber.bandcamp.com, new] (55)
8: Dori Freeman, Dori Freeman [Free Dirt, 2/16] (53)
9: Didn’t We Waltz, Amy White with Al Petteway [Fairewood, new] (50)
10: Ladies And Gentlemen, Infamous Stringdusters [Compass, 1/16] (48)
11: Weighted Mind, Sierra Hull [Rounder, 1/16] (47)
12: Where I Belong, Lauren Heintz [Gatorbone, 2015] (46)
13: Traveling Circus, No Fuss And Feathers [Roadshow, 1/16] (45)
14: Foxhounds, Kathy Kallick Band [Live Oak, 11/15] (41)
15: Big Sky Country, Sofia Talvik [Makaki, 4/15] (38)
15: Folkest, Denise Jordan Finley [Dome Island, new] (38)
17: Beyond The Ash And Steel, Judy Kass [judykassmusic.com, 1/16] (33)
17: Folk Art, The Robert Bobby Duo [I Likemike, new] (33)
19: Beyond The Rain, Quiles And Cloud [Compass, 1/16] (32)
19: Real Midnight, Birds Of Chicago [5 Head, new] (32)
21: The Both, Eli West [Self, new] (30)
21: Please Come Home, The Debutones [debutones.com, 8/15] (30)
23: Less Is More, Gordie Tentrees [tentrees.ca, 4/15] (29)
23: You’re Dreaming, Cactus Blossoms [Red House, 2/16] (29)
25: Love You Strong, Terri Hendrix [Wilory, new] (28)
26: The Back Of Winter, Adrianna Ciccone [adriannaciccone.com, 9/15] (26)
26: Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams, Corin Raymond [Local Rascal, new] (26)
26: Lola, Carrie Rodriguez [Luz, new] (26)
29: Above The Prairie, The Pines [Red House, new] (24)
29: The Guest House, Ellis [Singing Crow, 2/16] (24)
29: Subcontinental Drift, Sultans Of String with Anwar Khurshid [McK, 9/15] (24)
32: Crow The Dawn, Jon Shain And Joe Newberry [Flyin, new] (23)
32: Pompadour, Tim O’Brien [Howdy Skies, 10/15] (23)
32: So Lucky, The Lucky Sisters [Patio, 12/15] (23)
35: The Ghosts Of Highway 20, Lucinda Williams [Highway 20, new] (22)
35: The Jeremiahs, The Jeremiahs [Self, 2014] (22)
37: C&O Canal, Eric Brace And Peter Cooper [Red Beet, new] (21)
37: Charm City Junction, Charm City Junction [Patuxent, 6/15] (21)
37: Love, Guns And Money, Bianca De Leon [Self, 2011] (21)
40: A Congress Of Treasons, Grant Peeples And The Peeples Republik [Gatorbone, new] (20)
41: City Painted Gold, The Brothers Comatose [Swamp Jam, new] (19)
41: Crimson, Kirsten Maxwell [Self, 4/15] (19)
41: Simon Linsteadt, Simon Linsteadt [Stormy Deep, 2/15] (19)
41: Traveling Roots, Matt Flinner Trio [Compass, 1/16] (19)
45: God Don’t Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson, Various Artists [Alligator, new] (18)
45: In The Magic Hour, Aoife O’Donovan [Yep Roc, 1/16] (18)
45: Meridian Rising, Paul Burch [Plowboy, new] (18)
45: Through Many A Land, Eden MacAdam-Somer And Larry Unger [Black Socks, 11/15] (18)
49: Domestic Eccentric, Old Man Luedecke [True North, 7/15] (17)
49: Fine Bloom, Free The Honey [freethehoney.com, 9/15] (17)
51: Beg And Borrow, Battlefield Band [Temple, 8/15] (16)
51: I’ll Take You Home, Steve Brooks [Frog, new] (16)
51: Joy Of Living: A Tribute To Ewan MacColl, Various Artists [Compass, 10/15] (16)
51: Something More Than Free, Jason Isbell [Southeastern, 7/15] (16)
51: Sorrows And Glories, Red Moon Road [redmoonroad.com, 9/15] (16)
51: Too Big World, Bumper Jacksons [bumperjacksons.com, 6/15] (16)
57: Blues And Ballads: A Folksinger’s Songbook, Volumes I & II, Luther Dickinson [New West, 2/16] (15)
57: Cayamo Sessions At Sea, Buddy Miller And Friends [New West, new] (15)
57: Experienced, Larry Keel [Keel Fish, 2/16] (15)
57: Nashville Obsolete, Dave Rawlings Machine [Acony, 9/15] (15)
61: Ain’t We Brothers, Sam Gleaves [Community, 11/15] (14)
61: Another Black Hole, Malcolm Holcombe [Gypsy Eyes, new] (14)
61: Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn, Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn [Rounder, 2014] (14)
61: So Familiar, Steve Martin And Edie Brickell [Rounder, 10/15] (14)
65: At Peace With One’s Ghosts, The Paperboys [paperboys.com, 2014] (13)
65: Dreams And Ghosts: A Family Album, Avery Hill [averyhilltunes.com, 7/15] (13)
65: The Fiddle Preacher, Otter Creek [ottercreekduo.com, 8/15] (13)
65: Just For The Love Of It, Happy Traum [happytraum.com, 7/15] (13)
65: The Tennessee Sessions, The Swamp Brothers [Itchy Sabot, 7/15] (13)
65: A Wanderer I’ll Stay, Pharis And Jason Romero [Lula, 3/15] (13)

Top Songs of February 2016

Rebecca Folsom

Gathering Time, a Long Island, New York-based folk-rock harmony trio, had both the #1 album (Keepsake) and the most-played song (“Who Knows Where the Time Goes”) on folk radio during March 2016. So say the airplay charts compiled from radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an electronic discussion group for DJs and others interested in all folk-based music on the radio. Gathering Time, the most-played artists of the month, also had six of the most-played songs.

Each song on Keepsake, Gathering Time’s fourth full-length CD, documents a common experience by focusing in on something tangible. Band member Hillary Foxsong, who conceptualized the album and curated its production, explained the idea behind it: “A Silver Star, a mom’s guitar, a battle scar, a lover’s letter from long ago. All are physical things imbued with greater meaning by the memories attached and the significance of what they symbolize. Each is a Keepsake.”

The collection contains 14 songs — including nine by the trio’s members (Stuart Markus, Gerry McKeveny and Foxsong), two covers of 1970s classics (including “Who Knows Where the Time Goes” by the late English folk-rock singer-songwriter Sandy Denny), one song each by Long Island songwriter Martha Trachtenberg and Catskills-based songwriter Stuart Kabak, and an interpretation of a traditional Irish/Welsh folk ballad. Blending many streams of folk-rock and Americana, Keepsake builds on the strength of the trio’s previous release, When One Door Closes…, which was #3 on the Folk-DJ chart for January 2014.

The March 2016 FOLKDJ-L charts are based on 14,009 airplays from 141 different DJs. Label and release date appear in brackets below, while the number of reported spins is shown in parentheses. The charts are posted on AcousticMusicScene.com, with permission.

Top Albums of March 2016

1: Keepsake, Gathering Time [Treble-G, new] (102)
2: All These Years, Solas [THL, 2/16] (66)
3: Full Circle, Loretta Lynn [Legacy, new] (63)
4: Empty Train, David Francey [Laker, 2/16] (58)
5: Ladies And Gentlemen, Infamous Stringdusters [Compass, 1/16] (57)
6: The Both, Eli West [elidoes.bandcamp.com, 2/16] (53)
7: The Hazel And Alice Sessions, Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands
[Spruce And Maple, 1/16] (50)
7: Washashore Cowgirl, Monica Rizzio [monicarizzio.com, new] (50)
9: Totally Average Woman, Carla Ulbrich [Romantic Devil, 8/15] (49)
10: Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams, Corin Raymond [Local Rascal, 3/16] (45)
11: Live From Blue Rock, Moors And McCumber
[moorsandmccumber.bandcamp.com, 2/16] (43)
12: Electricity, Victor And Penny [Overtone, new] (42)
13: God Don’t Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson,
Various Artists [Alligator, 2/16] (41)
14: Extraordinary Days, Rebecca Folsom [rebeccafolsom.com, 1/16] (38)
14: Folkest, Denise Jordan Finley [Dome Island, 2/16] (38)
14: These Are The Days, Burning Bridget Cleary
[burningbridgetcleary.com, 11/15] (38)
17: Worth The Wait, Goodbye Blue [Wondermore, new] (37)
18: Dori Freeman, Dori Freeman [Free Dirt, 2/16] (35)
18: Resilience, Robinlee Garber [Joygirl, new] (35)
18: Traveling Circus, No Fuss And Feathers [Roadshow, 1/16] (35)
21: Love You Strong, Terri Hendrix [Wilory, 2/16] (34)
22: Beyond The Bog Road, Eileen Ivers [Eone, new] (33)
23: The K.O.A. Tapes (Vol. 1), Kate Campbell [Large River, 1/16] (31)
23: Roses And Victory, Honor Finnegan [Frock, 2/16] (31)
23: Welcoming The Flood, Scott Wolfson And Other Heroes
[scottwolfson.com, 1/16] (31)
26: Family, Friends And Heroes, Frank Solivan [Compass, new] (30)
26: Folk Art, The Robert Bobby Duo [I Likemike, 2/16] (30)
28: Paths That Wind, The Paul McKenna Band [paulmckennaband.com,
new] (29)
28: Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin, Willie Nelson
[Legacy, 2/16] (29)
30: Fine Bloom, Free The Honey [freethehoney.com, 9/15] (27)
31: Real Midnight, Birds Of Chicago [5 Head, 2/16] (26)
32: Foxhounds, Kathy Kallick Band [Live Oak, 11/15] (25)
33: Beyond The Rain, Quiles And Cloud [Compass, 1/16] (24)
33: Stitch An Ocean, Wren [wrenmusic.net, new] (24)
35: I Was So Fond Of You, Matt Patershuk [Black Hen, new] (22)
35: The Jeremiahs, The Jeremiahs [Self, 2014] (22)
35: When There’s Good To Be Done, Curtis And Loretta [Self, 11/15] (22)
35: Where I Belong, Lauren Heintz [Gatorbone, 2015] (22)
39: Didn’t We Waltz, Amy White with Al Petteway [Fairewood, 1/16] (21)
39: Less Is More, Gordie Tentrees [tentrees.ca, 4/15] (21)
39: Livin’ On A High Note, Mavis Staples [Anti, new] (21)
42: Please Come Home, The Debutones [debutones.com, 8/15] (20)
42: Beyond The Ash And Steel, Judy Kass [judykassmusic.com, 1/16] (20)
44: Big Sky Country, Sofia Talvik [Makaki, 4/15] (19)
45: So Lucky, The Lucky Sisters [Patio, 12/15] (18)
45: At Home And In Nashville, Andy Ferrell [Self, new] (18)
45: Crimson, Kirsten Maxwell [kirstenmaxwell.bandcamp.com, 4/15] (18)
45: Crow The Dawn, Jon Shain And Joe Newberry [Flyin, 1/16] (18)
45: Weighted Mind, Sierra Hull [Rounder, 1/16] (18)
45: You’re Dreaming, Cactus Blossoms [Red House, 2/16] (18)
51: Cayamo Sessions At Sea, Buddy Miller And Friends [New West, 1/16] (17)
51: Joy Of Living: A Tribute To Ewan MacColl, Various Artists
[Compass, 10/15] (17)
51: Lambert And Walz, Lambert And Walz [Self, new] (17)
51: Lola, Carrie Rodriguez And The Sacred Hearts [Luz/30 Tigers, new] (17)
51: Pompadour, Tim O’Brien [Howdy Skies, 10/15] (17)
51: You And I, Jeff Buckley [Columbia, new] (17)
57: In The Magic Hour, Aoife O’Donovan [Yep Roc, 1/16] (16)
57: Ready For The Storm, Lori Lieberman [Drive On, 10/15] (16)
57: Simon Linsteadt, Simon Linsteadt [Stormy Deep, 2/15] (16)
60: The Gospel Road, Daniel Crabtree [Self, new] (15)
60: Legacies, Lisa Null [Folk-Legacy, 11/15] (15)
60: Something Out Of The Blue, The Rice Menzone Alliance [Mountain
Fever, new] (15)
63: Familiar With The Ground, The Boxcars [Mountain Home, new] (14)
63: For A Song, Mark Erelli [Self, new] (14)
63: For The Sake Of Days Gone By, Beverly Smith And John Grimm
[Self, 12/15] (14)
63: Just For The Love Of It, Happy Traum [happytraum.com, 7/15] (14)
63: Looking Back: Our American Irish Souls, The Burns Sisters
[Sisters, 1/15] (14)
63: Upland Stories, Robbie Fulks [Bloodshot, new] (14)
69: Ain’t We Brothers, Sam Gleaves [Community, 11/15] (13)
69: Calla’s Waltz, Jed Marum [Boston Road, new] (13)
69: Dancing Toward The Light, Jesse Palidofsky [Azalea City, 2014] (13)
69: Subcontinental Drift, Sultans Of String with Anwar Khurshid
[McK, 9/15] (13)
69: When You Wish Upon A Star, Bill Frisell [Okeh, 1/16] (13)

Top Songs of March 2016

Gathering Time (l.r. – Gerry McKeveny, Hillary Foxsong and Stuart Markus) had six of the most-played songs on folk radio during March 2016.

1. “Who Knows Where The Time Goes” (18)
by Gathering Time
from Keepsake
2. “You Asked Me To” (15)
by Eli West
from The Both
3. “Moon Over Bourbon Street” (13)
by Victor And Penny
from Electricity
3. “Station Song” (13)
by Gathering Time
from Keepsake
5. “Blue Robe” (12)
by Gathering Time
from Keepsake
6. “Give Me Your Love And I’ll Give You Mine” (11)
by Eli West
from The Both
6. “Hard On Things” (11)
by Corin Raymond
from Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams
6. “Totally Average Woman” (11)
by Carla Ulbrich
from Totally Average Woman
9. “Another Day” (10)
by Burning Bridget Cleary
from These Are The Days
9. “Broken Chain” (10)
by Gathering Time
from Keepsake
9. “Lonesome Valley” (10)
by Eli West
from The Both
9. “Madam I’m A Darling” (10)
by Burning Bridget Cleary
from These Are The Days
9. “New Day” (10)
by Rebecca Folsom
from Extraordinary Days
9. “Run To Heaven” (10)
by Infamous Stringdusters
from Ladies And Gentlemen
9. “Willie Nelson” (10)
by Monica Rizzio
from Washashore Cowgirl
16. “2 Miles Of Train” (9)
by Corin Raymond
from Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams
16. “Black Jack David” (9)
by Loretta Lynn
from Full Circle
16. “Delta Dawn” (9)
by Monica Rizzio
from Washashore Cowgirl
16. “If I Could Make You My Own” (9)
by Eli West
from The Both
16. “Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning” (9)
by Derek Trucks And Susan Tedeschi
from God Don’t Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
16. “Mom’s Guitar” (9)
by Gathering Time
from Keepsake
16. “Soul Of A Man” (9)
by Tom Waits
from God Don’t Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
16. “Texas Star” (9)
by Terri Hendrix
from Love You Strong
16. “You And Me” (9)
by Monica Rizzio
from Washashore Cowgirl
25. “7 Bridges Road” (8)
by Steve Young
from 7 Bridges Road
25. “Another One On The Way” (8)
by Goodbye Blue
from Worth The Wait
25. “Banks Of The Moy” (8)
by The Paul McKenna Band
from Paths That Wind
25. “Chains” (8)
by Twangtown Paramours
from The Promise Of Friday Night
25. “Charlotte’s Jalopy” (8)
by Denise Jordan Finley
from Folkest
25. “Colorado” (8)
by Rebecca Folsom
from Extraordinary Days
25. “Darkness Darkness” (8)
by Solas
from All These Years
25. “Day Off Boogie” (8)
by Victor And Penny
from Electricity
25. “Empty Train” (8)
by David Francey
from Empty Train
25. “Highest Walls Guard The Greatest Treasure” (8)
by Gathering Time
from Keepsake
25. “Holy Ground” (8)
by David Francey
from Empty Train
25. “Kitty’s Wedding” (8)
by Eileen Ivers
from Beyond The Bog Road
25. “Ladders In The Sky” (8)
by Infamous Stringdusters
from Ladies And Gentlemen
25. “Lay Me Down” (8)
by Loretta Lynn
from Full Circle
25. “Roarie Bummlers” (8)
by Solas
from All These Years
25. “Walk On” (8)
by Eileen Ivers
from Beyond The Bog Road

Phil Ochs

Folk DJs Host Special Shows on April 9, 10

At least a couple of folk DJs will mark the 40th anniversary of Phil Ochs’ passing on April 9 by airing special programs that weekend, while others have been playing his songs this week.

Artie Martello from upstate New York plans to post a special two-hour program on Mostly Folk entitled The Final Days of Phil Ochs. It will feature 20 songs recorded by Phil and others, as well as a discussion with Phil’s sister, Sonny Ochs, about his final four months. Mostly Folk will be available online beginning at 7 a.m. ET at www.mostlyfolk.org, as well as at www.itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mostlyfolk/id928968502?mt=2 and www.tunein.com/radio/Mostly-Folk-with-Artie-Martello-p527841.

Sonny Ochs also joins Jon Stein, host of Hootenanny Café on WTBQ-FM (www.wtbq.com) in New York’s Orange County, when he remembers the life and times of Phil Ochs on Sunday, April 10, during a two-hour special beginning at 9 p.m. ET that can also be heard @ www.tunein.com/radio/Hootenanny-Café-p137978/ and will be archived at www.talentconnections.com/podcasts.shtml.

Sonny Ochs Reflects on Her Brother

Herself the host of a radio show in upstate New York, Sonny Ochs previously shared some thoughts with AcousticMusicScene.com about her younger brother.

He was an introverted young man who loved going to the movies to watch John Wayne, Audie Murphy and actors of that ilk during his early years. He became an excellent clarinet player while in junior high school. He was good at writing as well.

We grew up in an apolitical family, but when he went to college he had a roommate named Jim Glover whose father was a socialist. Phil learned a lot from him and was able to wed his music to events of the day, thus becoming a topical songwriter. He won a guitar from Jim in a bet on the 1960 presidential election. This gave him the tool he needed to accompany his songs. The rest is history.

Phil went on to become a very prolific writer, but was brought down by manic depression, which runs in the male side of our family. He ended up committing suicide in 1976, at the age of 35.

With the U.S. engaged in foreign wars and conflicts today as it was in the 1960s, Phil Ochs’ music is as relevant now as it was then, and his sister has been helping to keep it alive. Since 1983, Sonny Ochs has been producing Phil Ochs Song Nights that feature talented artists who perform both Phil’s songs and their own to show that the art of topical songwriting is still alive and well. These shows have taken place primarily up and down the U.S. eastern seaboard but also in the midwest, far west and Canada.

Sonny Ochs also spoke about her brother in the 2011 documentary Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune. Painting what Entertainment Weekly called “an essential portrait of an artist who ought to be better known,” its airing as part of PBS Television’s Emmy Award-winning American Masters series in 2012 helped expose more people to Phil Ochs and his music. The film features commentary by Joan Baez, Billy Bragg, Tom Hayden, Christopher Hitchens, Sean Penn, Pete Seeger, Peter Yarrow and others – interspersed with performance clips of Ochs.

Of the documentary, Sonny Ochs told AcousticMusicScene.com in 2011: “It is really interesting because it shows Phil against a background of the times, and it doesn’t try to hide his blemishes. It is very honest and strong, which is why audiences seem to like it so much. It is my hope that more people will hear Phil’s music and be amazed at its relevancy [more than] 40 years after it was written. I am very proud of him!”

Folk harmony trio Brother Sun’s album Weights & Wings was #1 on folk radio during April 2016. The trio — comprised of veteran touring singer-songwriters Greg Greenway, Joe Jencks and Pat Wictor — also had the most-played song (“Mary Don’t You Weep and Moan”). So say the airplay charts compiled from radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an electronic discussion group for DJs and others interested in all folk-based music on the radio. Brother Sun’s previous release, Some Part of the Truth, was the most-played album on folk radio during 2013.

The April 2016 FOLKDJ-L charts are based on 14,169 airplays from 144 different DJs. Label and release date appear in brackets below, while the number of reported spins is shown in parentheses. The charts are posted on AcousticMusicScene.com, with permission.

Top Albums of April 2016

1: Weights & Wings, Brother Sun [brothersun.com, 4/16] (113)
2: Old Songs For Modern Folk, Vincent Cross [Rescue Dog, 4/16] (72)
3: The Deep Hollow, The Deep Hollow [thedeephollow.com, 4/16] (63)
4: I Love Hamburgers, Joe Giacoio [Romantic Devil, 10/15] (61)
5: Restless Moon, Meg Braun [megbraun.com, 4/15] (57)
6: Charismo, Hackensaw Boys [Free Dirt, 4/16] (56)
7: Empty Train, David Francey [Laker, 2/16] (48)
8: Excellent Day, Lizanne Knott [Proper, 4/16] (45)
8: Sometimes I Feel Too Much, Cosy Sheridan [cosysheridan.com, new] (45)
10: Keepsake, Gathering Time [Treble-G, 3/16] (44)
11: All These Years, Solas [THL, 2/16] (43)
12: Full Circle, Loretta Lynn [Legacy, 3/16] (39)
13: Dark Horse Days, Donal Hinely [Atom, 2/16] (38)
13: More Alive, Don White [donwhite.net, 11/15] (38)
15: Ladies And Gentlemen, Infamous Stringdusters [Compass, 1/16] (36)
16: Freedom Blues, Ken Whiteley [Borealis, 4/16] (34)
16: Grain By Grain, Mark Mandeville And Raianne Richards [Nobody’s Favorite, 4/16] (34)
16: Totally Average Woman, Carla Ulbrich [Romantic Devil, 8/15] (34)
16: Washashore Cowgirl, Monica Rizzio [monicarizzio.com, 2/16] (34)
20: For A Song, Mark Erelli [markerelli.com, 4/16] (32)
21: Blue Skies, Mountain Heart [Compass, new] (31)
21: Electricity, Victor And Penny [Overtone, 3/16] (31)
23: At Home And In Nashville, Andy Ferrell [andyferrellmusic.com, 3/16] (30)
23: The Both, Eli West [elidoes.bandcamp.com, 2/16] (30)
23: The K.O.A. Tapes (Vol. 1), Kate Campbell [Large River, 1/16] (30)
23: Trail Of Tales, The Bills [Borealis, new] (30)
23: Worth The Wait, Goodbye Blue [Wondermore, 3/16] (30)
28: Family, Friends And Heroes, Frank Solivan [Compass, 3/16] (28)
28: I Was So Fond Of You, Matt Patershuk [Black Hen, 2/16] (28)
30: The Hazel And Alice Sessions, Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands [Spruce And Maple, 1/16] (27)
31: Folk Art, The Robert Bobby Duo [I Likemike, 2/16] (26)
32: The Buck Stops Here, The Buck Stops Here Band [Self, new] (25)
32: Del And Woody, Del McCoury Band [Self, new] (25)
32: These Are The Days, Burning Bridget Cleary [burningbridgetcleary.com, 11/15] (25)
32: A Tribute To Jack Hardy, Various Artists [Smithsonian/Folkways, 3/16] (25)
36: Calla’s Waltz, Jed Marum [Boston Road, 3/16] (24)
36: Django And Jimmie, Willie Nelson And Merle Haggard [Legacy, 6/15] (24)
38: Beyond The Ash And Steel, Judy Kass [judykassmusic.com, 1/16] (23)
38: The Complete ’60s Capitol Singles, Merle Haggard [Omnivore, 2013] (23)
38: Echoes, Jason Wilber [Self, new] (23)
38: Jump The Fire, Evie Ladin Band [Evil Diane, new] (23)
42: Didn’t We Waltz, Amy White with Al Petteway [Fairewood, 1/16] (21)
42: Dori Freeman, Dori Freeman [Free Dirt, 2/16] (21)
42: Lambert And Walz, Lambert And Walz [Self, 3/16] (21)
42: Traveling Circus, No Fuss And Feathers [Roadshow, 1/16] (21)
46: Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams, Corin Raymond [Local Rascal, 3/16] (20)
46: Real Midnight, Birds Of Chicago [5 Head, 2/16] (20)
48: Extraordinary Days, Rebecca Folsom [rebeccafolsom.com, 1/16] (19)
48: Live From Blue Rock, Moors And McCumber [moorsandmccumber.bandcamp.com, 2/16] (19)
50: Foxhounds, Kathy Kallick Band [Live Oak, 11/15] (18)
50: God Don’t Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson, Various Artists [Alligator, 2/16] (18)
50: Just For The Love Of It, Happy Traum [happytraum.com, 7/15] (18)
50: Orchids And Violence, Michael Daves [Nonesuch, 2/16] (18)
50: Still The Birds, Darryl Purpose [Blue Rock, new] (18)
50: Welcoming The Flood, Scott Wolfson And Other Heroes [scottwolfson.com, 1/16] (18)
56: Cajun Fandango, Michael Doucet And Tom Rigney [Parhelion, new] (17)
56: In The Magic Hour, Aoife O’Donovan [Yep Roc, 1/16] (17)
56: Paths That Wind, The Paul McKenna Band [paulmckennaband.com, 4/16] (17)
56: Resilience, Robinlee Garber [Joygirl, 3/16] (17)
56: Upland Stories, Robbie Fulks [Bloodshot, 4/16] (17)
56: Weighted Mind, Sierra Hull [Rounder, 1/16] (17)
56: Wondrous Traveler, The Small Glories [Self, 2/16] (17)
63: Beyond The Bog Road, Eileen Ivers [Eone, 3/16] (16)
63: Lovers And Leavers, Hayes Carll [Hwy 87, new] (16)
63: Traveling Roots, Matt Flinner Trio [Compass, 1/16] (16)
63: Tulare Dust: A Songwrters’ Tribute To Merle Haggard, Various Artists [Hightone, 1994] (16)
67: Are You Serious, Andrew Bird [Loma Vista, new] (15)
67: Fine Bloom, Free The Honey [freethehoney.com, 9/15] (15)
67: The Fretless, The Fretless [Self, 2014] (15)
67: What’s That I Hear?: The Songs of Phil Ochs, Various Artists [Sliced Bread, 1998] (15)

Top Songs of April 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9a9yFSceNw
(“Mary Don’t You Weep And Moan,” recorded by Brother Sun)

1. “Mary Don’t You Weep and Moan” (23)
by Brother Sun
from Weights & Wings
2. “Storms Are On The Ocean” (20)
by Meg Braun
from Restless Moon
2. “When I’m Gone” (20)
by Brother Sun
from Weights & Wings
4. “I Love Hamburgers” (18)
by Joe Giacoio
from I Love Hamburgers
5. “Mama Tried” (16)
by Merle Haggard
from Complete ’60s Capitol Singles
6. “Good Thing She Can’t Read My Mind” (15)
by Don White
from More Alive
7. “Lay My Burden Down” (14)
by Lizanne Knott
from Excellent Day
7. “Straight To You” (14)
by The Deep Hollow
from The Deep Hollow
7. “Woody Guthrie Watch Over Me” (14)
by Cosy Sheridan
from Sometimes I Feel Too Much
10. “Michael Brown” (13)
by Vincent Cross
from Old Songs For Modern Folk
11. “Mighty Long Way” (12)
by Brother Sun
from Weights & Wings
11. “Where Are You Moses” (12)
by Brother Sun
from Weights & Wings
13. “Content Not Seeking Thrills” (11)
by Hackensaw Boys
from Charismo
13. “Freeport Town” (11)
by Vincent Cross
from Old Songs For Modern Folk
13. “Gypsy Moon” (11)
by Meg Braun
from Restless Moon
13. “Last Dime Blues” (11)
by Andy Ferrell
from At Home And In Nashville
13. “Lonesome Valley” (11)
by Eli West
from The Both
13. “When Doves Cry” (11)
by The Be Good Tanyas
from Hello Love
19. “Barn Wood” (10)
by Donal Hinely
from Dark Horse Days
19. “Maggie’s Farm” (10)
by Mountain Heart
from Blue Skies
19. “Okie From Muskogee” (10)
by Merle Haggard
from Essential Merle Haggard – The Epic Years
19. “Pigs” (10)
by Joe Giacoio
from I Love Hamburgers
19. “Totally Average Woman” (10)
by Carla Ulbrich
from Totally Average Woman
24. “Beginning And The End” (9)
by The Deep Hollow
from The Deep Hollow
24. “Devil” (9)
by The Deep Hollow
from The Deep Hollow
24. “Empty Train” (9)
by David Francey
from Empty Train
24. “Garments Of Shame” (9)
by Vincent Cross
from Old Songs For Modern Folk
24. “Grain By Grain” (9)
by Mark Mandeville And Raianne Richards
from Grain By Grain
24. “Holy Ground” (9)
by David Francey
from Empty Train
24. “I Ain’t Marching Anymore” (9)
by Phil Ochs
from I Ain’t Marching Anymore
24. “Keep On Going” (9)
by Brother Sun
from Weights & Wings
24. “Paradise” (9)
by Jason Wilber
from Echoes
24. “Silver Wings” (9)
by Merle Haggard
from The Complete ’60s Capitol Singles
24. “Who Knows Where The Time Goes” (9)
by Gathering Time
from Keepsake

Canadian singer-songwriter Dave Gunning’s album Lift was #1 on folk radio during May 2016, while he and Illinois-based singer-songwriter Ben Bedford had the most-played songs and Guy Clark, the Texas troubadour who died last month, was the most-played artist. So say the airplay charts compiled by Richard Gillmann from radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an electronic discussion group for DJs and others interested in all folk-based music on the radio.

The May 2016 FOLKDJ-L charts are based on 14,497 airplays from 147 different DJs. Label and release date appear in brackets below, while the number of reported spins is shown in parentheses. The charts are posted on AcousticMusicScene.com, with permission.

Top Albums of May 2016

1: Lift, Dave Gunning [Wee House, 7/15] (108)
2: Mud And Apples, Lucy Wainwright Roche And Suzzy Roche [Bunny, 5/16] (102)
3: The Pilot And The Flying Machine, Ben Bedford [Waterbug, 4/16] (80)
4: Weights And Wings, Brother Sun [brothersun.com, 4/16] (77)
5: Nine Pin, Kaia Kater [Kingswood, 5/16] (75)
6: Jump The Fire, Evie Ladin Band [Evil Diane, 5/16] (71)
7: Trail Of Tales, The Bills [Borealis, 3/16] (63)
8: Square Peg, Marci Geller [marcigeller.com, 12/15] (56)
9: Sometimes I Feel Too Much, Cosy Sheridan [cosysheridan.com, 3/16] (51)
10: Blue Skies, Mountain Heart [Compass, 5/16] (44)
11: Excellent Day, Lizanne Knott [Proper, 4/16] (41)
12: American Landscape, Dave Murphy [davemurphy.net, new] (39)
12: Flight, Coty Hogue [Perpetual Hoedown, new] (39)
14: Keepsake, Gathering Time [Treble-G, 3/16] (38)
15: Restless Moon, Meg Braun [megbraun.com, 4/15] (37)
16: Still The Birds, Darryl Purpose [Blue Rock, 5/16] (35)
17: The Deep Hollow, The Deep Hollow [thedeephollow.com, 4/16] (34)
17: Del And Woody, Del McCoury Band [delmccouryband.com, 4/16] (34)
19: Calla’s Waltz, Jed Marum [Boston Road, 3/16] (32)
19: This One’s For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark, Various Artists
[Icehouse, 2011] (32)
21: Grain By Grain, Mark Mandeville And Raianne Richards [Nobody’s
Favorite, 4/16] (31)
22: Sing Me Home, Yo-Yo Ma And The Silk Road Ensemble [Masterworks,
4/16] (30)
23: Keepers, Guy Clark [Sugar Hill, 1997] (29)
23: Old Songs For Modern Folk, Vincent Cross [Rescue Dog, 4/16] (29)
23: Rattle Your Bones, The Haunted Windchimes [Blank Tape, 5/16] (29)
26: All These Years, Solas [THL, 2/16] (28)
27: The Things That We Are Made Of, Mary Chapin Carpenter [Lambent
Light, new] (27)
28: Dark Horse Days, Donal Hinely [Atom, 2/16] (26)
28: Red Grass, Ilya Toshinskiy [Hadley, new] (26)
30: Ladies And Gentlemen, Infamous Stringdusters [Compass, 1/16] (25)
30: More Alive, Don White [donwhite.net, 11/15] (25)
30: My Favorite Picture Of You, Guy Clark [Dualtone, 2013] (25)
30: Songbirds And Fog, The Lark And The Loon [Self, 5/16] (25)
34: Empty Train, David Francey [Laker, 2/16] (24)
34: Family, Friends And Heroes, Frank Solivan [Compass, 3/16] (24)
34: Freedom Blues, Ken Whiteley [Borealis, 4/16] (24)
37: Charismo, Hackensaw Boys [Free Dirt, 4/16] (23)
37: For A Song, Mark Erelli [markerelli.com, 4/16] (23)
37: Pick It Up, Jim Stringer And The AM Band [Music Room, 4/16] (23)
37: Red Shoes, Roosevelt Dime [Self, new] (23)
37: Worth The Wait, Goodbye Blue [Wondermore, 3/16] (23)
42: The Hazel And Alice Sessions, Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands
[Spruce And Maple, 1/16] (22)
43: Cold Dog Soup, Guy Clark [Sugar Hill, 1999] (21)
43: Couchville Sessions, Darrell Scott [Full Light, new] (21)
43: Dublin Blues, Guy Clark [Elektra, 2012] (21)
46: Choreographic, Rachael Sage [Mpress, new] (20)
46: Echoes, Jason Wilber [Self, 4/16] (20)
46: Gathering, Maria Dunn [Distant Whisper, 4/16] (20)
46: I Was So Fond Of You, Matt Patershuk [Black Hen, 2/16] (20)
46: Songs About Lessons Learnt, Robin Bienemann [Self, 3/16] (20)
46: These Houses, C. Daniel Boling [Berkalin, new] (20)
52: The Both, Eli West [elidoes.bandcamp.com, 2/16] (19)
52: Detour, Cyndi Lauper [Sire, 5/16] (19)
52: I Love Hamburgers, Joe Giacoio [Romantic Devil, 10/15] (19)
52: Live At Maximal, Sonia Disappear Fear [Self, 4/16] (19)
52: Live From Blue Rock, Moors And McCumber
[moorsandmccumber.bandcamp.com, 2/16] (19)
52: My Lucky Stars, Arnie Naiman [Merriweather, new] (19)
52: Old No. 1, Guy Clark [Sugar Hill, 1975] (19)
52: Totally Average Woman, Carla Ulbrich [Romantic Devil, 8/15] (19)
52: Weight Of The World, Western Centuries [Free Dirt, new] (19)
61: Roses And Victory, Honor Finnegan [Frock, 2/16] (18)
61: Washashore Cowgirl, Monica Rizzio [monicarizzio.com, 2/16] (18)
63: Boats To Build, Guy Clark [Elektra, 1992] (17)
63: Paths That Wind, The Paul McKenna Band [paulmckennaband.com, 4/16] (17)
65: Didn’t We Waltz, Amy White with Al Petteway [Fairewood, 1/16] (16)
65: Foxhounds, Kathy Kallick Band [Live Oak, 11/15] (16)
65: Lovers And Leavers, Hayes Carll [Hwy 87, 4/16] (16)
65: These Are The Days, Burning Bridget Cleary
[burningbridgetcleary.com, 11/15] (16)
65: Wondrous Traveler, The Small Glories [Self, 2/16] (16)
70: The Dark, Guy Clark [Sugar Hill, 2002] (15)
70: Deep Waters, The Lonely Heartstring Band [Rounder, new] (15)
70: Electricity, Victor And Penny [Overtone, 3/16] (15)
70: The K.O.A. Tapes (Vol. 1), Kate Campbell [Large River, 1/16] (15)
70: On The Ropes, The Honeycutters [Organic, new] (15)
70: One Of These Days, The Regulators [Self, 3/16] (15)
70: Stitch An Ocean, Wren [wrenmusic.net, 2/16] (15)
70: Ziggy Marley, Ziggy Marley [Tuff Gong, 2/16] (15)

Top Songs of May 2016

Here are links to an audio recording of Ben Bedford performing “Pilot and The Flying Machine, Part 1″ and a video of Dave Gunning performing “Sing It Louder” — the month’s two most-played songs on folk radio:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJnBuHKk904

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqa7myWevac

1. “Pilot And The Flying Machine, Part 1″ (19)
by Ben Bedford
from The Pilot And The Flying Machine
1. “Sing It Louder” (19)
by Dave Gunning
from Lift
3. “Landslide” (17)
by Lucy Wainwright Roche And Suzzy Roche
from Mud And Apples
4. “Homegrown Tomatoes” (16)
by Guy Clark
from Keepers
also Craftsman
4. “Letters From The Earth” (16)
by Ben Bedford
from The Pilot And The Flying Machine
4. “Save Me” (16)
by Marci Geller
from Square Peg
7. “Desperado” (15)
by Lucy Wainwright Roche And Suzzy Roche
from Mud And Apples
8. “Ease On Down” (14)
by Evie Ladin Band
from Jump The Fire
8. “L. A. Freeway” (14)
by Guy Clark
from Keepers
also Old No. 1
8. “Wonders I’ve Seen” (14)
by The Bills
from Trail Of Tales
11. “Desperados Waiting For A Train” (13)
by Guy Clark
from Old No. 1
also Keepers
11. “Randall Knife” (13)
by Guy Clark
from Dublin Blues
also Craftsman
11. “Saint Elizabeth” (13)
by Kaia Kater
from Nine Pin
11. “They Don’t Do That No More” (13)
by Dave Gunning
from Lift
15. “Mary Don’t You Weep And Moan” (12)
by Brother Sun
from Weights And Wings
15. “Rhythm Of The Rain” (12)
by Lucy Wainwright Roche And Suzzy Roche
from Mud And Apples
15. “This Changin’ Wind” (12)
by Dave Gunning
from Lift
18. “Bleecker Street” (11)
by Lucy Wainwright Roche And Suzzy Roche
from Mud And Apples
18. “Cold October Day” (11)
by Lucy Wainwright Roche And Suzzy Roche
from Mud And Apples
18. “Mud And Apples” (11)
by Lucy Wainwright Roche And Suzzy Roche
from Mud And Apples
18. “Paradise Fell” (11)
by Kaia Kater
from Nine Pin
18. “Trail Of Tales” (11)
by The Bills
from Trail Of Tales
18. “White” (11)
by Kaia Kater
from Nine Pin
24. “Long Blue Hills” (10)
by Ben Bedford
from The Pilot And The Flying Machine
24. “Tractor” (10)
by Dave Gunning
from Lift
24. “When I’m Gone” (10)
by Brother Sun
from Weights And Wings
24. “Where Are You Moses” (10)
by Brother Sun
from Weights And Wings
24. “Woody Guthrie Watch Over Me” (10)
by Cosy Sheridan
from Sometimes I Feel Too Much

Ivas John, Sarah Jarosz, Spook Handy, Ana Egge and The Sentimentals, and Shawn Colvin & Steve Earle had the most-played albums and songs on folk radio during June 2016. So say the airplay charts compiled by Richard Gillmann from radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an electronic discussion group for DJs and others interested in all folk-based music on the radio.

The June 2016 FOLKDJ-L charts are based on 12.945 airplays from 140 different DJs. Label and release date appear in brackets below, while the number of reported spins is shown in parentheses. The charts are posted on AcousticMusicScene.com, with permission.

Top Albums of June 2016

1: Good Days a Comin, Ivas John [Right Side Up, 6/16] (85)
2: Undercurrent, Sarah Jarosz [Sugar Hill, new] (83)
3: Pete, Woody & Me – Volume I: Keep The Flame Alive, Spook Handy
[Akashic, 6/16] (80)
4: Colvin And Earle, Shawn Colvin And Steve Earle [Fantasy, 6/16] (74)
5: Say That Now, Ana Egge And The Sentimentals [Grace, 6/16] (63)
6: Mud And Apples, Lucy Wainwright Roche And Suzzy Roche [Bunny, 5/16] (60)
7: Lift, Dave Gunning [Wee House, 7/15] (58)
7: Red Grass, Ilya Toshinskiy [Hadley, 5/16] (58)
9: American Landscape, Dave Murphy [davemurphy.net, 5/16] (49)
9: Once Upon A Different Time, Jaime Michaels [Frumdahart, 6/16] (49)
11: Broke In Brooklyn, Millpond Moon [Tikopia, 2012] (47)
12: Spring Tide, Beth Wood [Self, 6/16] (46)
12: Stranger To Stranger, Paul Simon [Concord, 5/16] (46)
14: Weights And Wings, Brother Sun [brothersun.com, 4/16] (45)
15: Nine Pin, Kaia Kater [Kingswood, 5/16] (43)
15: The More I Learn, Bryan Sutton [Sugar Hill, 6/16] (43)
17: Jump The Fire, Evie Ladin Band [Evil Diane, 5/16] (41)
18: Deep Waters, The Lonely Heartstring Band [Rounder, 6/16] (40)
19: Storyman, Sam Bush [Sugar Hill, new] (39)
20: Crowes Pasture, Crowes Pasture [Self, 5/16] (38)
20: Flight, Coty Hogue [Perpetual Hoedown, 5/16] (38)
22: Weight Of The World, Western Centuries [Free Dirt, 6/16] (37)
23: Here I Am, Rebekah Long [LUK, 5/16] (36)
24: The Pilot And The Flying Machine, Ben Bedford [Waterbug, 4/16] (32)
24: Sunny Jim, James Gordon [Borealis, new] (32)
26: Bright Star: Original Broadway Cast Recording, Various Artists
[Razor And Tie, new] (30)
27: All These Years, Solas [THL, 2/16] (28)
27: My Father’s Shoulders, David Maloney [Pelican, new] (28)
27: My Lucky Stars, Arnie Naiman [Merriweather, 5/16] (28)
30: Calla’s Waltz, Jed Marum [Boston Road, 3/16] (27)
31: Feels Like Home (EP), Mary Beth Cross [Self, 5/16] (26)
32: Laissez Courir Les Chiens, Yves Lambert Trio [Pruche Libre, 5/16] (25)
32: National Parks Centennial Songs EP, Gigi Love [Self, new] (25)
34: Ladies And Gentlemen, Infamous Stringdusters [Compass, 1/16] (24)
34: One Of These Days, The Regulators [Self, 3/16] (24)
34: Red Shoes, Roosevelt Dime [Self, 6/16] (24)
34: Still The Birds, Darryl Purpose [Blue Rock, 5/16] (24)
38: Dark Horse Days, Donal Hinely [Atom, 2/16] (23)
38: Keepsake, Gathering Time [Treble-G, 3/16] (23)
40: Chaim Tannenbaum, Chaim Tannenbaum [StorySound, 5/16] (22)
40: Couchville Sessions, Darrell Scott [Full Light, 5/16] (22)
40: In Her Dream, Julie Parisi Kirby [Jaiya, 9/15] (22)
40: O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack, Various Artists
[Mercury, 2000] (22)
40: Old Songs For Modern Folk, Vincent Cross [Rescue Dog, 4/16] (22)
40: Young In All The Wrong Ways, Sara Watkins [New West, new] (22)
46: These American Blues, Levi Parham [Music Road, new] (21)
46: The Things That We Are Made Of, Mary Chapin Carpenter [Lambent
Light, 5/16] (21)
46: Trail Of Tales, The Bills [Borealis, 3/16] (21)
49: American Tunes, Allen Toussaint [Nonesuch, new] (19)
49: Daughters, Mollie O’Brien And Rich Moore [Remington Road, new] (19)
49: The Deep Hollow, The Deep Hollow [thedeephollow.com, 4/16] (19)
49: Excellent Day, Lizanne Knott [Proper, 4/16] (19)
49: Roots, Andrew Finn Magill [Self, new] (19)
49: Sister Sadie, Sister Sadie [Pinecastle, 6/16] (19)
49: Sometimes I Feel Too Much, Cosy Sheridan [cosysheridan.com, 3/16] (19)
56: Furthermore…, Larry Kaplan [Folk-Legacy, new] (18)
56: Dori Freeman, Dori Freeman [Free Dirt, 2/16] (18)
56: Empty Train, David Francey [Laker, 2/16] (18)
56: Rattle Your Bones, The Haunted Windchimes [Blank Tape, 5/16] (18)
56: We Are Welcomed, Sally Rogers And Claudia Schmidt
[Pragmavision, new] (18)
61: Blue Skies, Mountain Heart [Compass, 5/16] (17)
61: I Shook The Tree, Karen Savoca [Alcove, 4/16] (17)
61: These Hills, Irene Kelley [Mountain Fever, new] (17)
64: Trail, Jimmy LaFave [Music Road, new] (16)
64: Uncovering, Sloan Wainwright [Self, 10/15] (16)
66: Alchemy, Laura Oden [Self, 2013] (15)
66: Color Wheel, Jenai Huff [Self, new] (15)
66: The Country Blues, Rob Ickes And Trey Hensley [Compass, new] (15)
66: Family Friends And Heroes, Frank Solivan [Compass, 3/16] (15)
66: Fine Bloom, Free The Honey [freethehoney.com, 9/15] (15)
66: The K.O.A. Tapes (Vol. 1), Kate Campbell [Large River, 1/16] (15)
66: Paths That Wind, The Paul McKenna Band [paulmckennaband.com, 4/16] (15)
66: Sing Me Home, Yo-Yo Ma And The Silk Road Ensemble [Masterworks, 4/16] (15)
66: Some Notion Or Novelty, Thomas Hine [Thm, 3/16] (15)
66: Square Peg, Marci Geller [marcigeller.com, 12/15] (15)
66: Worth The Wait, Goodbye Blue [Wondermore, 3/16] (15)

Top Songs of June 2016

1. “Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound” (19)
by Ivas John
from Good Days a Comin
1. “Early Morning Light” (19)
by Sarah Jarosz
from Undercurrent

Here’s a link to hear Sarah Jarosz singing “Early Morning Light”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx_qNOve9dg

3. “Banks Of Marble” (17)
by Spook Handy
from Pete, Woody & Me – Volume I: Keep The Flame Alive
3. “Promises To Break” (17)
by Ana Egge And The Sentimentals
from Say That Now
5. “Sing It Louder” (15)
by Dave Gunning
from Lift
5. “You Were On My Mind” (15)
by Shawn Colvin And Steve Earle
from Colvin And Earle
7. “Barbed Wire” (14)
by Millpond Moon
from Broke In Brooklyn
7. “Goin’ Back To Arkansas” (14)
by Ivas John
from Good Days a Comin
9. “Both Sides Now” (13)
by Lucy Wainwright Roche And Suzzy Roche
from Mud And Apples
9. “Red Grass” (13)
by Ilya Toshinskiy
from Red Grass
9. “Take Another Turn” (13)
by Sarah Jarosz
from Undercurrent
9. “Yosemite Gold” (13)
by Gigi Love
from National Parks Centennial (EP)
13. “Miss The Bus” (12)
by Dave Murphy
from American Landscape
13. “Ruby Tuesday” (12)
by Shawn Colvin And Steve Earle
from Colvin And Earle
13. “Shady Grove” (12)
by Mary Beth Cross
from Feels Like Home (EP)
13. “Vote” (12)
by Spook Handy
from Pete, Woody & Me – Volume I: Keep The Flame Alive
17. “Bleecker Street” (11)
by Lucy Wainwright Roche And Suzzy Roche
from Mud And Apples
17. “Mary Don’t You Weep And Moan” (11)
by Brother Sun
from Weights And Wings
17. “O Death” (11)
by Ralph Stanley
from O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack
17. “Play By Your Own Rules” (11)
by Sam Bush
from Storyman
21. “California” (10)
by Beth Wood
from Spring Tide
21. “Dark As A Dungeon” (10)
by Ivas John
from Good Days a Comin
21. “Muhammad Ali” (10)
by Tom Russell
from Modern Art
21. “Paper Kites” (10)
by Beth Wood
from Spring Tide
21. “Pilot And The Flying Machine, Part 1″ (10)
by Ben Bedford
from The Pilot And The Flying Machine
21. “Tell Moses” (10)
by Shawn Colvin And Steve Earle
from Colvin And Earle
21. “Train Station” (10)
by Ilya Toshinskiy
from Red Grass

Sam Bush had the top album (Storyman) and three of the four most-played songs on folk radio during July 2016. So say the airplay charts compiled by Richard Gillmann from radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an electronic discussion group for DJs and others interested in all folk-based music on the radio.

The revered founder of newgrass music, Sam Bush is a Grammy Award-winning mandolinist, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist and the recipient of a lifetime achievement award from the Americana Music Association and numerous awards from the International Bluegrass Music Association. His new Sugar Hill release, which Bush describes as “my singer-songwriter” record, reflects his musical eclecticism as it incorporates elements of folk, jazz, blues, country swing and reggae, as well as bluegrass.

The July 2016 FOLKDJ-L charts are based on 14,796 airplays from 138 different DJs. Label and release date appear in brackets below, while the number of reported spins is shown in parentheses. The charts are posted on AcousticMusicScene.com, with permission.

Top Albums of July 2016

1: Storyman, Sam Bush [Sugar Hill, 6/16] (89)
2: 75th Birthday Celebration, Joan Baez [joanbaez.com, new] (68)
3: Pete, Woody & Me – Volume I: Keep The Flame Alive, Spook Handy
[Akashic, 6/16] (65)
4: Colvin And Earle, Shawn Colvin And Steve Earle [Fantasy, 6/16] (63)
4: Good Days a Comin, Ivas John [Right Side Up, 6/16] (63)
6: Undercurrent, Sarah Jarosz [Sugar Hill, 6/16] (61)
7: Live, Runa [runamusic.com, 7/16] (52)
7: Rattle And Roar, The Earls Of Leicester [Rounder, new] (52)
9: Heart Of A Song, Nancy Cassidy [Twitter Twatter, 6/16] (48)
10: Before Beginning, John Gorka [Red House, new] (46)
10: Doolin, Doolin [Compass, new] (46)
12: Mostly Fine, Susan Kane [susankane.com, new] (45)
13: Copper Rooster And Other Tunes And Tales, Gina Forsyth
[Waterbug, new] (43)
14: The Littlest Dobro, Ivan Rosenberg [Slosh-Tone, 6/16] (40)
15: Lift, Dave Gunning [Wee House, 7/15] (37)
15: Weights And Wings, Brother Sun [brothersun.com, 4/16] (37)
17: My Lucky Stars, Arnie Naiman [Merriweather, 5/16] (36)
17: River Waiting, Connla [connlamusic.com, new] (36)
19: Daughters, Mollie O’Brien And Rich Moore [Remington Road, 6/16] (33)
19: Misfit, Lara Herscovitch [La Rama, new] (33)
19: Say That Now, Ana Egge And The Sentimentals [Grace, 6/16] (33)
22: Mud And Apples, Lucy Wainwright Roche And Suzzy Roche [Bunny, 5/16] (32)
23: Calla’s Waltz, Jed Marum [Boston Road, 3/16] (29)
24: Broke In Brooklyn, Millpond Moon [Tikopia, 2012] (28)
25: The Country Blues, Rob Ickes And Trey Hensley [Compass, 7/16] (27)
25: Del And Woody, Del McCoury Band [delmccouryband.com, 4/16] (27)
25: Flight, Coty Hogue [Perpetual Hoedown, 5/16] (27)
25: Good Dirt, Kristine Schmitt [kristineschmitt.com, 5/16] (27)
25: The K.O.A. Tapes (Vol. 1), Kate Campbell [Large River, 1/16] (27)
25: The Tumbling River, Chris Coole [Northern, 4/16] (27)
31: Too Big World, Bumper Jacksons [bumperjacksons.com, 6/15] (26)
31: American Landscape, Dave Murphy [davemurphy.net, 5/16] (26)
31: Here I Am, Rebekah Long [LUK, 5/16] (26)
31: In Her Dream, Julie Parisi Kirby [Jaiya, 9/15] (26)
31: Jump The Fire, Evie Ladin Band [Evil Diane, 5/16] (26)
31: Keepsake, Gathering Time [Treble-G, 3/16] (26)
31: Once Upon A Different Time, Jaime Michaels [Frumdahart, 6/16] (26)
31: Red Grass, Ilya Toshinskiy [Hadley, 5/16] (26)
31: Still The Birds, Darryl Purpose [Blue Rock, 5/16] (26)
31: Tempest And Rapture, The Deer [Owl Bum, 5/16] (26)
31: Young In All The Wrong Ways, Sara Watkins [New West, 7/16] (26)
42: Deep Waters, The Lonely Heartstring Band [Rounder, 6/16] (25)
42: Stranger To Stranger, Paul Simon [Concord, 5/16] (25)
42: Wild Blue Yonder, The Western Flyers [Self, new] (25)
45: Before Darkness Comes A-Callin, The Weeping Willows [Self, 4/16] (24)
45: The More I Learn, Bryan Sutton [Sugar Hill, 6/16] (24)
47: Nine Pin, Kaia Kater [Kingswood, 5/16] (23)
47: Blue Skies, Mountain Heart [Compass, 5/16] (23)
47: These American Blues, Levi Parham [Music Road, 6/16] (23)
47: True Sadness, The Avett Brothers [Republic, new] (23)
47: Washashore Cowgirl, Monica Rizzio [monicarizzio.com, 2/16] (23)
52: Bywater, Bywater Band [Fresh Haggis, 1/16] (21)
52: Old Songs For Modern Folk, Vincent Cross [Rescue Dog, 4/16] (21)
52: Sing Me Home, Yo-Yo Ma And The Silk Road Ensemble [Masterworks,
4/16] (21)
55: Aren’t We Lucky, Andrew John And Lissa [Self, 2012] (20)
55: Nothin’s Too Easy, Ragged Mountain String Band [Self, 6/16] (20)
55: Ramblin Feels Good, Jeff Scroggins And Colorado [Self, new] (20)
55: Sometimes I Feel Too Much, Cosy Sheridan [cosysheridan.com, 3/16] (20)
55: Square Peg, Marci Geller [marcigeller.com, 12/15] (20)
55: Sunny Jim, James Gordon [Borealis, 7/16] (20)
55: Trail Of Tales, The Bills [Borealis, 3/16] (20)
62: Seven Sonnets And A Song, Paul Kelly [Cooking Vinyl, 4/16] (19)
62: American Tunes, Allen Toussaint [Nonesuch, 6/16] (19)
62: Peaceful Waters, Geoff Samuels [Self, 5/16] (19)
62: Spring Tide, Beth Wood [Self, 6/16] (19)
62: Weighted Mind, Sierra Hull [Rounder, 1/16] (19)
67: Coming Home, O’Connor Band with Mark O’Connor [Rounder, new] (18)
67: Crowes Pasture, Crowes Pasture [Self, 5/16] (18)
67: I Shook The Tree, Karen Savoca [Alcove, 4/16] (18)
67: O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack, Various Artists
[Mercury, 2000] (18)
67: One Of These Days, The Regulators [Self, 3/16] (18)
67: Rattle Your Bones, The Haunted Windchimes [Blank Tape, 5/16] (18)
67: This Land: Woody Guthrie’s America, John McCutcheon
[Appalsongs, 2011] (18)
67: The World Is Old Tonight, Atwater And Donnelly [Rabbit Island, 6/16] (18)

Top Songs of June 2016

1. “Play By Your Own Rules” (18)
by Sam Bush
from Storyman
2. “I Saw A Stranger With Your Hair” (17)
by John Gorka
from Before Beginning
3. “Bowling Green” (16)
by Sam Bush
from Storyman
3. “Everything Is Possible” (16)
by Sam Bush
from Storyman
5. “Down In The Milltown” (15)
by John Gorka
from Before Beginning
6. “Early Morning Light” (14)
by Sarah Jarosz
from Undercurrent
7. “Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound” (13)
by Ivas John
from Good Days a Comin
7. “Train That Carried My Girl From Town” (13)
by The Earls Of Leicester
from Rattle And Roar
9. “Ain’t No Grave” (12)
by Runa
from Live
10. “Brown Eyed Women” (11)
by Susan Kane
from Mostly Fine
10. “Will The Circle Be Unbroken / The Flame” (11)
by Lara Herscovitch
from Misfit
12. “Branching Out” (10)
by John Gorka
from Before Beginning
12. “Clampett” (10)
by Ivan Rosenberg
from The Littlest Dobro
12. “Galway Girl” (10)
by Doolin
from Doolin
12. “Maggie’s Farm” (10)
by Mountain Heart
from Blue Skies
16. “American Tune” (9)
by Allen Toussaint
from American Tunes
16. “Barbed Wire” (9)
by Millpond Moon
from Broke In Brooklyn
16. “Come What May” (9)
by Shawn Colvin And Steve Earle
from Colvin And Earle
16. “Maggie At The Door” (9)
by Arnie Naiman
from My Lucky Stars
16. “Miss The Bus” (9)
by Dave Murphy
from American Landscape
16. “Moon And Stars” (9)
by Connla
from River Waiting
16. “My Oklahoma Home Blowed Away” (9)
by Spook Handy
from Pete, Woody & Me – Volume I: Keep The Flame Alive
16. “One Last Time” (9)
by Sara Watkins
from Young In All The Wrong Ways
16. “Reflections On Moonstone Beach” (9)
by The Deer
from Tempest And Rapture
16. “Sing It Louder” (9)
by Dave Gunning
from Lift
16. “Take Another Turn” (9)
by Sarah Jarosz
from Undercurrent
16. “Tell Moses” (9)
by Shawn Colvin And Steve Earle
from Colvin And Earle
16. “These American Blues” (9)
by Levi Parham
from These American Blues

Two folk trios — Lancaster, Pennsylvania’s The Stray Birds and Nashville’s The Belle Hollows — had the most-played albums and songs on folk radio during August 2016. The Stray Birds’ Magic Fire was the #1 album, followed by The Belle Hollows’ debut release Miller’s Creek, while the two tied for most-played song. So say the airplay charts compiled by Richard Gillmann from radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an electronic discussion group for DJs and others interested in all folk-based music on the radio.

The August 2016 FOLKDJ-L charts are based on 14.101 airplays from 143 different DJs. Label and release date appear in brackets below; the number of reported spins is shown in parentheses. The charts are posted on AcousticMusicScene.com, with permission.

Top Albums of August 2016

The Stray Birds are (l.-r.): Oliver Craven, Maya de Vitry and Charles Muench. (Photo: Emilia Pare)

Top Songs of August 2016

The Belle Hollows are (l.-r.): Jeremy Johnson, Rachel Johnson and Robert Phaneuf.

Robin Greenstein, a New York City-based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and a winner of the 2015 South Florida Folk Festival Singer-Songwriter Competition, had the most-played album (Tears and Laughter) and song (“Hole in the Ground”) on folk radio during September 2016. So say the airplay charts compiled by Richard Gillmann from radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an electronic discussion group for DJs and others interested in all folk-based music on the radio.

The September 2016 FOLKDJ-L charts are based on 14.051 airplays from 146 different DJs. Label and release date appear in brackets below, while the number of reported spins is shown in parentheses. The charts are posted on AcousticMusicScene.com, with permission.

Top Albums of September 2016

1: Tears and Laughter, Robin Greenstein [Windy, 9/16] (98)
2: Penny’s Farm, Jim Kweskin And Geoff Muldaur [Kingswood, 9/16] (90)
3: North By South, Claire Lynch [Compass, 9/16] (70)
4: Careless, Richard Shindell [Amalgamated Balladry, 9/16] (65)
5: Fall Away Blues, Red Tail Ring [redtailring.com, 8/16] (64)
6: Very Next Thing EP, Banjo Nickaru And Western Scooches [On The Bol, 9/16] (63)
7: Celebration, David Mallett [North Road, 2/16] (55)
8: One More Song, Jack Tempchin [Blue Elan, 9/16] (51)
8: The Other Way Around, David Lamotte [DPI, 8/16] (51)
10: Magic Fire, The Stray Birds [Yep Roc, 8/16] (49)
11: Miller’s Creek, The Belle Hollows [Elm Hill, 8/16] (47)
12: Coming Home, O’Connor Band with Mark O’Connor [Rounder, 8/16] (46)
13: Kid Sister, The Time Jumpers [Rounder, 9/16] (45)
14: Down The Road, The Sommers Rosenthal Family Band [American Melody, 8/16] (43)
14: Molsky’s Mountain Drifters, Molsky’s Mountain Drifters [Tree Frog, 8/16] (43)
16: The Beautiful Not Yet, Carrie Newcomer [Available Light, 9/16] (40)
16: Original Traditional, Blue Highway [Rounder, 9/16] (40)
16: Undercurrent, Sarah Jarosz [Sugar Hill, 6/16] (40)
16: Western And Country, Dennis Jay [Linkhorn, 9/16] (40)
20: Honest Life, Courtney Marie Andrews [Mama Bird, 8/16] (38)
21: Rise Up, Erika Kulnys [erikakulnys.com, 8/16] (37)
21: Storyman, Sam Bush [Sugar Hill, 6/16] (37)
23: Borderland, Joe K. Walsh [Skinny Elephant, new] (36)
24: Kol Isha (A Woman’s Voice), Sharon Goldman [sharongoldmanmusic.com, new] (35)
25: Good Days a Comin, Ivas John [Right Side Up, 6/16] (31)
26: 75th Birthday Celebration, Joan Baez [joanbaez.com, 6/16] (29)
26: Choreographic, Rachael Sage [Mpress, 5/16] (29)
26: Rattle And Roar, The Earls Of Leicester [Rounder, 7/16] (29)
29: Pete, Woody & Me – Volume I: Keep The Flame Alive, Spook Handy [Akashic, 6/16] (28)
30: 99 Desires, Putnam Smith [Itchy Sabot, new] (27)
30: The Bear And The Bird, Ashley Storrow [Song Sparrow, 7/16] (27)
30: Solitaire, 3hattrio [Okehdokee, new] (27)
30: Wild Blue Yonder, The Western Flyers [thewesternflyers.com, 7/16] (27)
34: Blindfaller, Mandolin Orange [Yep Roc, new] (26)
35: Good Medicine, David Holt And Josh Goforth [High Windy, 6/16] (25)
35: Innocent Road, Caleb Klauder And Reeb Willms [West Sound, new] (25)
37: Greasy Creek, Erynn Marshall [Dittyville, 7/16] (24)
37: In Her Dream, Julie Parisi Kirby [Jaiya, 9/15] (24)
37: Swimmin’ Pools, Movie Stars, Dwight Yoakam [Sugar Hill, new] (24)
37: Weights And Wings, Brother Sun [brothersun.com, 4/16] (24)
41: Deep Waters, The Lonely Heartstring Band [Rounder, 6/16] (23)
41: The Ultimate Guide To English Folk, Various Artists [Arc, new] (23)
43: Copper Rooster And Other Tunes And Tales, Gina Forsyth [Waterbug, 6/16] (22)
44: Nine Pin, Kaia Kater [Kingswood, 5/16] (20)
45: Before Beginning, John Gorka [Red House, 7/16] (19)
45: Deliverance, The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc [Self, 4/16] (19)
45: The Price Sisters, The Price Sisters [Rebel, 8/16] (19)
45: Secular Hymns, Madeleine Peyroux [Verve, new] (19)
49: Great Shakes, Session Americana [Self, new] (18)
49: Heart And Soul, Blood And Bone, Jim And Lynna Woolsey [Broken Record, 8/16] (18)
49: Once Upon A Different Time, Jaime Michaels [Frumdahart, 6/16] (18)
52: The Ballad Of 3 Finger Brown, Ray Lambiase [Raytone, 8/16] (17)
52: Doolin, Doolin [Compass, 7/16] (17)
52: Heart Of A Song, Nancy Cassidy [Twitter Twatter, 6/16] (17)
52: Here To Stay, Adam Steffey [Mountain Home, new] (17)
52: The More I Learn, Bryan Sutton [Sugar Hill, 6/16] (17)
52: The Road That Winds, Audie Blaylock And Redline [Patuxent, 7/16] (17)
58: Excellent Day, Lizanne Knott [Proper, 4/16] (16)
58: 20,000 Versions Of The Sun, Greg Greenway [Sheen Of Heat, 8/16] (16)
58: Mile Twelve, Mile Twelve [Self, new] (16)
58: Notes… Sweet And Low, Solomon Cook [Raven, 8/16] (16)
58: Spring Tide, Beth Wood [Self, 6/16] (16)
63: Alive At Last: In Philadelphia, James Lee Stanley [Beachwood, new] (15)
63: Blue Skies, Mountain Heart [Compass, 5/16] (15)
63: Jump The Fire, Evie Ladin Band [Evil Diane, 5/16] (15)
63: Lift, Dave Gunning [Wee House, 7/15] (15)
63: Little Circles, The Wooks [Gnar Vector, 6/16] (15)
63: Live, Runa [runamusic.com, 7/16] (15)
63: So Lucky, The Lucky Sisters [Patio, 12/15] (15)
63: Wondrous Traveler, The Small Glories [Self, 2/16] (15)

Top Songs of September 2016

1. “Hole In The Ground” (34)
by Robin Greenstein
from Tears and Laughter
2. “Stray Cow Blues” (16)
by Richard Shindell
from Careless
3. “Deer On The Parkway” (14)
by Richard Shindell
from Careless
3. “Here I Am” (14)
by Robin Greenstein
from Tears and Laughter
3. “Hey Stranger” (14)
by Mandolin Orange
from Blindfaller
3. “I Heard The Road Call Me” (14)
by Robin Greenstein
from Tears and Laughter
7. “Celebration” (12)
by David Mallett
from Celebration
7. “Freight Train” (12)
by Banjo Nickaru And Western Scooches
from Very Next Thing EP
9. “Diamond Joe” (11)
by Jim Kweskin And Geoff Muldaur
from Penny’s Farm
9. “Hands Of Man” (11)
by The Stray Birds
from Magic Fire
9. “There Are No Words” (11)
by Kitty Donohoe
from Northern Border
9. “Wondrous Love, Lay Aside Your Crown” (11)
by Red Tail Ring
from Fall Away Blues
13. “Beyond The Ash And Steel” (10)
by Judy Kass
from Beyond The Ash And Steel
13. “Bravest” (10)
by Tom Paxton
from Looking For The Moon
13. “Down In The Milltown” (10)
by John Gorka
from Before Beginning
13. “Empty Train” (10)
by Claire Lynch
from North By South
13. “Jerusalem Ridge” (10)
by O’Connor Band with Mark O’Connor
from Coming Home
13. “John Henry Revisited” (10)
by David Lamotte
from The Other Way Around
13. “Keep Your Feet Moving” (10)
by Erika Kulnys
from Rise Up
13. “Kingdom Come” (10)
by Claire Lynch
from North By South
13. “Molly May” (10)
by Claire Lynch
from North By South
13. “Red Skies” (10)
by Joe K. Walsh
from Borderland
13. “Singing In The Street” (10)
by Jack Tempchin
from One More Song
24. “Between The Wars” (9)
by Molsky’s Mountain Drifters
from Molsky’s Mountain Drifters
24. “Get Up Stand Up” (9)
by 3hattrio
from Solitaire
24. “Girl With The Golden Hair” (9)
by David Mallett
from Celebration
24. “Land Of The Living” (9)
by Lucy Kaplansky
from The Red Thread
24. “Purple Rain” (9)
by Dwight Yoakam
from Swimmin’ Pools, Movie Stars
24. “Sweet To Mama” (9)
by Jim Kweskin And Geoff Muldaur
from Penny’s Farm
24. “You Are My Sunshine” (9)
by Banjo Nickaru And Western Scooches
from Very Next Thing EP

Roz Larman

Roz Larman took over the helm of FolkScene, widely considered one of the preeminent folk radio shows in the U.S., following Howard’s death in 2007. With her at his side as co-producer, he had hosted and steered the program since its first broadcast on February 3, 1970. With the support of her son Allen and his wife Kat, as well as program engineer Peter Cutler, she continued the tradition that he had established – presenting a weekly program of traditional and contemporary music that aired Sundays at 6 p.m. on KPFK and at various times on other stations. Several collections of the show’s in-studio performances were released on Red House Records.

James Lee Stanley recalls first meeting Roz and Howard Larman at McCabe’s Guitar Shop in Santa Monica. “They came to a show of mine before I had a record deal,” said Stanley. “We hit it off immediately, and they invited me to be on their show. Through the years and through the various labels, I was on the show probably 20 times. [It was] always fun and always ended too soon — as did Howard’s life. With him gone, Roz took over the whole show and carried the torch. She played whatever music she thought was valid, and her home was a monument to music.”

The veteran performing and recording artist recalled: “She went through thousands of CD’s to find music that resonated for her. I have a button that reads, ‘If Roz likes it, it’s folk music.’ She knew her audience and she knew that if she liked it, they would like it. FolkScene turned us all on to so much music that we might have missed in this corporate world.”

Stanley also recalls how years after meeting the Larmans, he bought a house in the [San Fernando] Valley that turned out to be just blocks from where Roz lived. I started calling her when I was at Trader Joe’s to see if she needed anything,” he said. “I checked on her whenever I was off the road. I became her handyman and one of her go-to guys in an emergency.”

Roz was “like a sister to me,” he said. “I don’t believe her space will be filled by anyone else. There’s a piece of my heart missing and it’s in the shape of Roz Larman.”

Dan Navarro, best known for his work with the acoustic duo Lowen & Navarro and the Grammy-nominated song “We Belong” (as sung by Pat Benatar), views Roz and Howard Larman as “simply the heart and soul of West Coast folk, the music, the scene, its very presence.”

Pictured (l.-r.) are Phil Parlapiano, Steven Barker, Roz and Howard Larman, Eric Lowen, Dan Navarro and Peter Cutler.

Continued Navarro: “Their blessing could, in a single stroke, engender unshakable credibility in artists whose folkiness could be considered marginal or tenuous. That was our experience in Lowen & Navarro. Indeed, as was uttered more than a few times, if Roz liked it, it was folk. Such was her taste and gravity. While we know the circle of life and art and community will continue to turn, the void Roz’s passing leaves can simply never be filled.”

Allen Larman, Roz’s son, has announced on the program’s website (www.folkscene.com) that “Folkscene will continue as a collaboration between longtime program engineer Peter Cutler, Deborah Hand-Cutler, Kat Griffin and myself. We plan to bring you the same quality programming that Roz and Howard brought you, which will include new interviews, live concerts and all of the latest new releases.”

The Savage Hearts, a bluegrass-meets-honky-tonk group from Colorado’s Front Range, had the most-played album (Playing It Forward) on folk radio during October 2016, while southern Indiana-based singer-songwriter Tim Grimm had the most-played song (“Woody’s Landlord”). So say the airplay charts compiled by Richard Gillmann from radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an electronic discussion group for DJs and others interested in all folk-based music on the radio.

The October 2016 FOLKDJ-L charts are based on 14.052 airplays from 140 different DJs. Label and release date appear in brackets below, while the number of reported spins is shown in parentheses. The charts are posted on AcousticMusicScene.com, with permission.

Top Albums of October 2016

Here’s a link to a promotional video for The Savage Hearts’ Playing It Forward:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7MOeECkwF8

The Savage Hearts’ debut album was #1 on folk radio during October 2016.

Top Songs of October 2016

Here’s a link to a video of Tim Grimm and family performing “Woody’s Landlord,” a song that’s apropos for the current election season: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeSDRqbfXHU

Tim Grimm had the most-played song on folk radio during October 2016.

Hannah Shira Naiman, a clawhammer banjo-playing singer-songwriter from Toronto, Ontario, had the top album (Know The Mountain) on folk radio during November 2016, while southern Indiana-based singer-songwriter Tim Grimm had the most-played song (“Woody’s Landlord”) for a second consecutive month. Leonard Cohen, the acclaimed Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist, who died Nov. 7 at age 82, was the month’s most-played artist. So say the airplay charts compiled by Richard Gillmann from radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an electronic discussion group for DJs and others interested in all folk-based music on the radio.

The November 2016 FOLKDJ-L charts are based on 13,184 airplays from 136 different DJs. Label and release date appear in brackets below, while the number of reported spins is shown in parentheses. The charts are posted on AcousticMusicScene.com, with permission.

Top Albums of November 2016

Hannah Shira Naiman

Top Songs of November 2016

1. “Woody’s Landlord” (26)
by Tim Grimm
from Woody’s Landlord (Single)
2. “Suzanne” (15)
by Leonard Cohen
from “Songs Of Leonard Cohen”
2. “Vote” (15)
by Spook Handy
from Pete, Woody & Me – Volume I: Keep The Flame Alive
also Breakfast At Bill’s
4. “Know The Mountain” (13)
by Hannah Shira Naiman
from Know The Mountain
5. “Democracy” (12)
by Leonard Cohen
from “More Best Of Leonard Cohen”
also The Essential Leonard Cohen
5. “Too Stupid For Democracy” (12)
by Eileen McGann
from Journeys
7. “Hallelujah” (11)
by Leonard Cohen
from Songs From The Road
also Various Positions
7. “Suzanne” (11)
by Judy Collins
from Very Best Of Judy Collins
also In My Life
7. “You Want It Darker” (11)
by Leonard Cohen
from You Want It Darker
10. “And It Was Good” (10)
by The Andrew Collins Trio
from And It Was Good
10. “I’d Jump The Mississippi” (10)
by Caleb Klauder And Reeb Willms
from Innocent Road
10. “Road Less Traveled” (10)
by Kenny White
from Long List Of Priors
13. “Ballad Of 3 Finger Brown” (9)
by Ray Lambiase
from Ballad Of 3 Finger Brown
13. “Everybody Knows” (9)
by Leonard Cohen
from The Essential Leonard Cohen
13. “News” (9)
by Terri Hendrix
from The Slaughterhouse Sessions
13. “Orphan Girl” (9)
by Gillian Welch
from Boots No. 1 The Official Revival Bootleg
13. “Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald” (9)
by Gordon Lightfoot
from Summertime Dream
18. “Beautiful Up To The Brain” (8)
by George Mann
from For The Road And The Sky
18. “This Land Is Your Land” (8)
by Woody Guthrie
from Folkways – The Original Vision
18. “To Be Here” (8)
by Caroline Doctorow
from Dreaming In Vinyl
18. “Tree” (8)
by Anna Elizabeth Laube
from Tree
18. “Yarrow” (8)
by Red Tail Ring
from Fall Away Blues
23. “Age” (7)
by The Savage Hearts
from Playing It Forward
23. “Alice’s Restaurant” (7)
by Arlo Guthrie
from Alice’s Restaurant
23. “Are You Lonesome Tonight” (7)
by The Piedmont Melody Makers
from Wonderful World Outside
23. “Hallelujah” (7)
by Jeff Buckley
from Grace
23. “Hallelujah” (7)
by K. D. Lang
from Hymns Of The 49th Parallel
23. “In The Pouring Rain” (7)
by Hannah Shira Naiman
from Know The Mountain
23. “Kingdom Come” (7)
by Claire Lynch
from North By South
23. “Old Midwestern Tune” (7)
by Adrian And Meredith
from More Than A Little
23. “Sisters Of Mercy” (7)
by Leonard Cohen
from Songs Of Leonard Cohen
23. “So Long, Marianne” (7)
by Leonard Cohen
from Songs Of Leonard Cohen
23. “Take A Boat” (7)
by Adrian And Meredith
from More Than A Little
23. “Travelling Light” (7)
by Leonard Cohen
from You Want It Darker
23. “Veterans Day” (7)
by Larry Murante
from Patch Of Sky

Hudson Harding Sampler, Vol. 11: Happy Holidays, a compilation CD distributed by radio promoter Erik Balkey, was the most-played album on folk radio during December 2016. Dar Williams’ “Christians and the Pagans” tied with John McCutcheon’s classic “Christmas in the Trenches” as the month’s most-played song. So say charts compiled by Richard Gillmann from radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an electronic discussion group for DJs and others interested in all folk-based music on the radio.

The December 2016 FOLKDJ-L charts are based on 14,397 airplays from 141 different DJs. Label and release date appear in brackets below, while the number of reported spins is shown in parentheses. The top albums and songs charts are posted on AcousticMusicScene.com, with permission.

Top Albums of December 2016

1: Hudson Harding Sampler, Vol. 11: Happy Holidays, Various Artists [Hudson Harding, new] (95)
2: Boots No. 1: The Official Revival Bootleg, Gillian Welch [Acony, 11/16] (84)
3: Christmas On The Lam And Other Songs From The Season, Various Artists [Red House, 10/16] (53)
4: Wonderful World Outside, The Piedmont Melody Makers [Vigortone, 11/16] (42)
5: Fall Away Blues, Red Tail Ring [redtailring.com, 8/16] (35)
5: Know The Mountain, Hannah Shira Naiman [Merriweather, 10/16] (35)
7: A Bell A Bird A Star, Jubilant Bridge [jubilantbridge.net, new] (33)
8: For Better, Or Worse, John Prine [Oh Boy, 9/16] (32)
9: Wintersong, Rani Arbo And Daisy Mayhem [Signature, 11/16] (29)
10: Magic Fire, The Stray Birds [Yep Roc, 8/16] (28)
11: Just One Angel, Christine Lavin And Friends [Yellow Tail, 2010] (27)
12: Borderland, Joe K. Walsh [Skinny Elephant, 9/16] (26)
12: White Christmas Blue, Loretta Lynn [Legacy, 10/16] (26)
14: Come Darkness, Come Light, Mary Chapin Carpenter [Zoe, 2008] (25)
14: Playing It Forward, The Savage Hearts [thesavagehearts.com, 9/16] (25)
16: Gift Of The Magi, Darryl Purpose [darrylpurpose.com, 2002] (24)
16: Patch Of Sky, Larry Murante [Weeping Wood, 10/16] (24)
16: Voices Of Winter, Herdman, Hills And Mangsen [Gadfly, 1997] (24)
16: Hudson Harding Sampler, Vol. 10: Happy Holidays, Various Artists [Hudson Harding, 12/15] (24)
20: Frailing To Succeed, Daniel Koulack [Little Giant, 5/16] (23)
20: Innocent Road, Caleb Klauder And Reeb Willms [West Sound, 9/16] (23)
20: Midwinter, Peter Mayer [Blue Boat, 2005] (23)
20: Christine Lavin Presents: Just One Angel v2.0, Various Artists [Yellow Tail, 2013] (23)
24: The Life And Songs Of Emmylou Harris, Various Artists [Rounder, 11/16] (22)
24: Penny’s Farm, Jim Kweskin And Geoff Muldaur [Kingswood, 9/16] (22)
24: The Ultimate Guide To English Folk, Various Artists [Arc, 10/16] (22)
27: The Seven Suns, John McSherry [Compass, 11/16] (21)
27: Holiday Snowflakes (Sampler 6), Various Artists [Azalea City, 11/16] (21)
27: Keepsake, Gathering Time [Treble-G, 3/16] (21)
27: Mountain Voodoo, Balsam Range [Mountain Home, 11/16] (21)
27: A Very Blue Rock Christmas, Various Artists [Blue Rock, 2013] (21)
27: Winter’s Grace, Laurie Lewis And Tom Rozum [Signature, 1999] (21)
33: Undercurrent, Sarah Jarosz [Sugar Hill, 6/16] (20)
34: Love Is Love, Paul Sachs [paulsachs.com, 7/16] (19)
34: Wonderland: A Winter Solstice Celebration, Various Artists [Signature, 2001] (19)
36: Empty Train, David Francey [Laker, 2/16] (18)
36: The First Christmas Gift, Robin And Linda Williams [Red House, 2005] (18)
36: Long List Of Priors, Kenny White [MVP, 9/16] (18)
36: You Want It Darker, Leonard Cohen [Columbia, 10/16] (18)
40: All These Years, Solas [THL, 2/16] (17)
40: And It Was Good, The Andrew Collins Trio [andrewcollinstrio.com, 10/16] (17)
40: Beneath Still Waters, Courtney Granger [Valcour, 10/16] (17)
40: Fryd, Sver [Folkhall, 8/16] (17)
40: The Long Unbroken Line, The Good Intentions [Tres Pescadores, 11/16] (17)
40: The Other Way Around, David Lamotte [DPI, 8/16] (17)
40: Hudson Harding Sampler, Vol. 8: Happy Holidays, Various Artists [Hudson Harding, 2013] (17)
40: Hudson Harding Sampler, Vol. 4: Happy Holidays, Various Artists [Hudson Harding, 2009] (17)
40: Hudson Harding Sampler, Vol. 2: Happy Holidays, Various Artists [Hudson Harding, 2007] (17)
49: Nine Pin, Kaia Kater [Kingswood, 5/16] (16)
49: American Noel, Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer [Signature, 2007] (16)
49: At The Turning Of The Year, Herdman, Hills And Mangsen [Hand And Heart, 2000] (16)
49: Blindfaller, Mandolin Orange [Yep Roc, 9/16] (16)
49: Blue Mountain, Bob Weir [Columbia, 9/16] (16)
49: The Blues, The Whole Blues And Nothing But The Blues, David Bromberg Band [Red House, 10/16] (16)
49: Celebration, David Mallett [North Road, 2/16] (16)
49: Greenland, Ben Plotnick [Self, 9/16] (16)
49: Honest Life, Courtney Marie Andrews [Mama Bird, 8/16] (16)
49: Pete, Woody & Me – Volume I: Keep The Flame Alive, Spook Handy [Akashic, 6/16] (16)
49: Live, Runa [runamusic.com, 7/16] (16)
49: National Parks Centennial Songs EP, Gigi Love [Self, 6/16] (16)
49: O Christmas Tree, Various Artists [Rounder, 2002] (16)
49: Trail Of Tales, The Bills [Borealis, 3/16] (16)
49: Where Will You Be Christmas Day?, Various Artists [Dust-To-Digital, 2004] (16)
64: The Boston States, Katie McNally [katiemcnally.com, 10/16] (15)
64: Lift, Dave Gunning [Wee House, 7/15] (15)
64: Midwest Side Stories, Chicago Farmer [chicagofarmer.com, 9/16] (15)
64: Night Sky, Dick Weissman [Longest Bridge, 5/16] (15)
68: Beyond The Ash And Steel, Judy Kass [judykassmusic.com, 1/16] (14)
68: All The Way To Bethlehem, Donna Ulisse [Hadley, 2012] (14)
68: An Americana Christmas, Various Artists [New West, 2014] (14)
68: The Beautiful Not Yet, Carrie Newcomer [Available Light, 9/16] (14)
68: Dori Freeman, Dori Freeman [Free Dirt, 2/16] (14)
68: More Than A Little, Adrian And Meredith [Vertigo, 11/16] (14)
68: North By South, Claire Lynch [Compass, 9/16] (14)
68: Original Traditional, Blue Highway [Rounder, 9/16] (14)
68: Play The Swamp Pop Classics Vol. 2, The Revelers [Self, new] (14)
68: Sons Of Pitches, Sons Of Pitches [Self, new] (14)
68: Storyman, Sam Bush [Sugar Hill, 6/16] (14)
68: Sugar Plums, Various Artists [Sugar Hill, 1993] (14)

Top Songs of December 2016

1. “Christians And The Pagans” (16)
by Dar Williams
from Mortal City
1. “Christmas In The Trenches” (16)
by John McCutcheon
from Winter Solstice
also Live At Wolf Trap
3. “Leonard Cohen Christmas” (13)
by Mark Stepakoff
from Hudson Harding Sampler, Vol. 11: Happy Holidays
4. “Ready For The Dark” (12)
by Larry Murante
from Patch Of Sky
also Just One Angel
4. “Song For A Winter’s Night” (12)
by Pines
from Christmas On The Lam And Other Songs From The Season
6. “A Bell A Bird A Star” (11)
by Jubilant Bridge
from A Bell A Bird A Star
6. “Light The Lamp” (11)
by Emily Kurn
from Hudson Harding Sampler, Vol. 2: Happy Holidays
also I’m Just Like You
6. “Red Clay Halo” (11)
by Gillian Welch
from Boots No. 1: The Official Revival Bootleg
9. “American Noel” (10)
by Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer
from American Noel
also Wonderland: A Winter Solstice Celebration
9. “Merry Christmas From The Family” (10)
by Robert Earl Keen
from Live At The Ryman
also Live Dinner Reunion
9. “River” (10)
by Joni Mitchell
from Blue
12. “On Christmas I Got Nothing” (9)
by Chuck Brodsky
from Radio
13. “And It Was Good” (8)
by The Andrew Collins Trio
from And It Was Good
13. “Answer The Knock At The Door” (8)
by Zoe Mulford
from Holiday Snowflakes (Sampler 6)
13. “Christmas Time At Home” (8)
by Rhonda Vincent
from Christmas Time
13. “Country Christmas” (8)
by Loretta Lynn
from White Christmas Blue
13. “Dry Town” (8)
by Gillian Welch
from Boots No. 1: The Official Revival Bootleg
13. “Fall Away Blues” (8)
by Red Tail Ring
from Fall Away Blues
13. “Getting Ready For Christmas Day” (8)
by Paul Simon
from So Beautiful Or So What
13. “How Like The Holly” (8)
by Joel Mabus
from How Like The Holly
13. “If We Make It Through December” (8)
by Laurie Lewis And Tom Rozum
from Winter’s Grace
13. “Light In The Darkness” (8)
by Gathering Time
from Keepsake
13. “Maybe This Christmas” (8)
by Rani Arbo And Daisy Mayhem
from Wintersong
13. “Orphan Girl” (8)
by Gillian Welch
from Boots No. 1: The Official Revival Bootleg
13. “River” (8)
by Robert Bobby Duo
from Hudson Harding Sampler, Vol. 11: Happy Holidays
13. “Solstice Sky” (8)
by Sharon Goldman
from Hudson Harding Sampler, Vol. 11: Happy Holidays
13. “To Heck With Ole Santa Claus” (8)
by Loretta Lynn
from White Christmas Blue
13. “Together All Alone” (8)
by Robin And Linda Williams
from Christmas On The Lam And Other Songs From The Season
also The First Christmas Gift
13. “When It Rains On Christmas Day” (8)
by Sofia Talvik
from Hudson Harding Sampler, Vol. 11: Happy Holidays
13. “Winterclear” (8)
by David Lamotte
from Hudson Harding Sampler, Vol. 11: Happy Holidays