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Top Albums and Songs of February 2014 (FOLKDJ-L)
Bright Side of Down, the new release by singer-songwriter John Gorka, was the most-played album on folk radio during February 2014, closely followed by Where Have All The Flowers Gone? The Songs of...
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Roots Music Report’s Top 50 Roots/Americana Albums Chart – February 2014
JUNO Award-winning Canadian band Blackie and The Rodeo Kings’ January release, South, was #1 on Roots Music Report’s new monthly Top 50 Roots/Americana Albums Chart for February 2014. Rounding out the...
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Top Albums and Songs of March 2014 (FOLKDJ-L)
One Evening in May, recorded live at the Freight and Salvage in Berkeley, California last May by bluegrass and Americana artist Laurie Lewis with friends Tom Rozum and Nina Gerber, was the most-played...
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Top Albums and Songs for April 2014 (FOLKDJ-L)
Carter Girl, an album covering three generations of Carter Family music by Carlene Carter, the daughter of of June Carter Cash and granddaughter of “Mother” Maybelle Carter, was the most-played album...
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Top Albums and Songs for May 2014
The Red Album, the latest release by the New York-based female Americana roots trio Red Molly, was the most-played album on folk radio during May 2014, followed by singer-songwriter Joe Crookston’s...
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Top Albums and Songs of June 2014 (FOLKDJ-L)
The Red Album, the latest release by the New York-based female Americana roots trio Red Molly, was the most-played album on folk radio for a second consecutive month, according to charts compiled by...
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Top Albums and Songs of August 2014 (FOLKDJ-L)
Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie was the most-played album on folk radio during August 2014 according to charts compiled by Richard Gillmann from radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an...
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Ohio Folk DJ Norm Whitman Retires
Norm Whitman (Photo: Neenah Ellis)After more than 30 years as a folk DJ on WYSO, public radio for the Miami Valley from Antioch University in Yellow Springs, Ohio, Norm Whitman signed off following his...
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Top Albums & Songs of September 2014 (FOLKDJ-L)
Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie was the most-played album on folk radio during September 2014 according to charts compiled by Richard Gillmann from radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an...
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Top Albums and Songs of October 2014 (FOLKDJ-L)
Best Medicine, the Yep Roc Records debut by acoustic trio The Stray Birds, was the most-played album on folk radio during October 2014 according to charts compiled by Richard Gillmann from radio...
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Top Albums and Songs of November 2014 (FOLKDJ-L)
The Rose of No Man’s Land by Nell Robinson was the most-played album on folk radio during November 2014 according to charts compiled by Richard Gillmann from radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an...
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2014 Americana Top 100 Albums Chart Revealed
The River & the Thread, a collection of original songs that connect and re-connect Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash to the American South where she was born and from which her...
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Top Albums, Songs, Artists of 2014 (FOLKDJ-L)
New York-based female Americana roots trio Red Molly had the most-played album (The Red Album) on folk radio during 2014, while Indiana-based singer-songwriter Tim Grimm had the most-played song (“King...
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Revered Folk DJ Gene Shay Retires
Gene ShayGene Shay, who has brought folk music to radio listeners in Philadelphia and beyond for more than 50 years, signs off as host of The Folk Show on WXPN 88.5 FM on Sunday, February 1. His last...
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Top Albums and Songs for January 2015 (FOLKDJ-L)
Victoria, British Columbia-based acoustic roots trio The Sweet Lowdown had both the most-played album (Chasing The Sun) and song (“River Winding Down”) on folk radio during January 2015, according to...
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Top Albums and Songs of February 2015 (FOLKDJ-L)
“Sliding Delta,” a collection of 1920s-1930s rural blues that inspired roots artist Michael Jerome Browne, was the most-played album on folk radio during February 2015, while its title track was the...
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Top Albums and Songs of March 2015 (FOLKDJ-L)
The Burns Sisters’ Looking Back: Our American Irish Souls was the most-played album on folk radio during March 2015, while Pharis and Jason Romero’s “A Wanderer I’ll Stay,” was the most-played song,...
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Top Albums & Songs of April 2015 (FOLKDJ-L)
Pharis and Jason Romero’s A Wanderer I’ll Stay was the most-played album on folk radio during April 2015, while its title track was the most-played song for the second consecutive month. So say charts...
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Top Albums & Songs of May 2015 (FOLKDJ-L)
Joe Hill’s Last Will by John McCutcheon was the most-played album on folk radio during May 2015, closely followed by Sue Massek’s Precious Memories. The title track of McCutcheon’s latest album was the...
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Top Albums & Songs of June 2015 (FOLKDJ-L)
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 top album on folk radio in June, while Edwards’ “Down...
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