These monthly charts were compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists and are based on 13,531 airplays from 146 different DJs. The number of spins (airplay) is shown in parentheses.

1: “The Harrow And The Harvest,” Gillian Welch [Acony, 6/11] (139)
“Scarlet Town”
“Way It Goes”
“Silver Dagger”
“Down Along The Dixie Line”
“6 White Horses”
“Hard Times”

2: “Brother Sun,” Brother Sun [World Wide, 2/11] (78)
“What Must Be Done”
“All I Want Is A Garden”
“Love Is The Water”
“Sister Moon”
“Well, Well, Well”
3: “Line-Up,” Battlefield Band [Temple, new] (77)
“That’s How Strong My Love Is”
“Raigmore”
“Lily And The Rose”
“Great White Herring”
4: “American Anonymous,” Joel Mabus [Fossil, 7/11] (70)
“Betsy From Pike”
“Farmer Is The Man”
“Rising Sun Blues”
“Sally Gal”
5: “Subtotal Eclipse,” Chuck Brodsky [Self, new] (65)
“Out Of Time And Place”
“Roberto”
“World As You Once Knew It”
“Same Dress Twice”
6: “A Nod To Bob 2: An Artists’ Tribute To Bob Dylan On His 70th
Birthday,” Various Artists [Red House, 5/11] (56)
“It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry,” Ray Bonneville
“Lay Down Your Weary Tune,” Storyhill
“House Of The Rising Sun,” Guy Davis
7: “Paper Airplane,” Alison Krauss And Union Station [Rounder, 4/11] (54)
“Dimming Of The Day”
“Dust Bowl Children”
“Miles To Go”
“Paper Airplane”
8: “Monongah,” Kyle Carey [Self, 6/11] (50)
“Gaol Ise Gaol I”
“Monongah”
“Devil At Your Back”
9: “Lost And Found,” Kate MacLeod And Kat Eggleston [Waterbug, new] (48)
“Lark In The Morning”
“Living And The Breathing Wind”
“None But One”
10: “We Could Be Beekeepers,” Putnam Smith [Itchy Sabot, 6/11] (46)
“Birds Would Understand”
“Say Darlin’ Say”
“Arkansas”
11: “Brother To The Wind,” Craig Bickhardt [Stone Barn, 2009] (45)
“Life With The Sound Turned Down”
“Real Game”
“This Old House”
11: “Use Me,” David Bromberg [Appleseed, 7/11] (45)
“Bring It With You When You Come”
“Blue Is Fallin”
“Long Goodbye”
13: “Follow Me Down,” Sarah Jarosz [Sugar Hill, 5/11] (44)
“Ring Them Bells”
“Come Around”
“Annabelle Lee”
“Old Smitty”
14: “Threshold,” Carolann Solebello [Elizabeth, new] (41)
“Bury Me Beneath The Willow”
“Hound Dogs In August”
“Shadow”
“Wash Me Clean”
15: “Catch The Sunset,” Barb Ryman [Renegade, new] (38)
“Nursery Rhymes”
“Catch The Sunset”
“Soldier’s Daughter”
16: “An Easy Climb,” Donna Ulisse [Hadley, 6/11] (36)
“Let It Rain”
“Black Snake”
“Hand Me Down Home”
16: “Queen Of The Minor Key,” Eilen Jewell [Signature, 6/11] (36)
“Queen Of The Minor Key”
“That’s Where I’m Going”
“Bang Bang Bang”
16: “Roses At The End Of Time,” Eliza Gilkyson [Red House, 5/11] (36)
“2153”
“Roses At The End Of Time”
“Blue Moon Night”
19: “My Love Will Keep,” Jonathan Edwards [Appleseed, 6/11] (35)
“Everybody Works In China”
“Lightkeeper”
“Sailor’s Prayer”
19: “Thank You, Tom Paxton,” Tim Grimm [Vault, 6/11] (35)
“Rumblin’ In The Land”
“Last Thing On My Mind”
“My Favorite Spring”
21: “Hope,” Abbie Gardner [Self, 4/11] (34)
“Walkin’ Cane”
“Break It Slow”
“Bang Bang”
22: “Let The Storm Roll In,” Claudia Nygaard [Bet The Ranch, 6/11] (33)
“Miss Kitty”
“Big Country”
“12 Little Red Heartaches”
22: “Rose City Ramble,” Lauren Sheehan [Self, 4/11] (33)
“Honey Baby Blues”
“Can’t Afford To Lose My Man”
22: “Stonewall Country,” Robin And Linda Williams [Red House, new] (33)
“Stonewall Country”
“Don’t Let Me Come Home A Stranger”
25: “Come Find Me,” Audrey Auld [Reckless, 4/11] (32)
“Tasmania”
“40”
“Butterfly Effect”
25: “Rare Bird Alert,” Steve Martin And The Steep Canyon Rangers
[Rounder, 3/11] (32)
“Jubilation Day”
“Atheists Don’t Have No Songs”
“More Bad Weather On The Way”
27: “Black Crow Blue,” Nathan Bell [Self, 1/11] (31)
“American Crow”
“Striker”
“Gypsies”
28: “Darkling & The Bluebird Jubilee,” Joe Crookston [Milagrito, 3/11] (30)
“I Sing”
“Nazarene”
28: “High Atmosphere,” Diana Jones [Proper American, 4/11] (30)
“High Atmosphere”
“Drug For This”
“I Don’t Know”
28: “To The West,” Coty Hogue [Cello Room, 2009] (30)
“Going To The West”
“Few Old Memories”
31: “Bright Morning Stars,” The Wailin’ Jennys [Red House, 2/11] (29)
“Bird Song”
“Across The Sea”
31: “Sleep With One Eye Open,” Chris Thile And Michael Daves
[Nonesuch, 5/11] (29)
“Cry, Cry Darling”
“Tennessee Blues”
31: “The Wilders,” The Wilders [Free Dirt, 6/11] (29)
“Riverboat”
“Stay With Me”
“Get Up Kid”
34: “Any Forgotten Thing,” Hungrytown [Listen Here!, new] (28)
“Rolling Train”
“Just Like A Song”
“Sweetest Flower”
35: “Queen Of Yesterday,” Houston Jones [Summerhill, new] (25)
“If Not For The Darkness”
“I Found A Heart”
35: “Silhouette,” Catherine MacLellan [True North, new] (25)
“Stealin”
“True Love”
35: “Vintage And Unique,” John Reischman & The Jaybirds [Corvus, 6/11] (25)
“Girl I Left Behind”
“First Whippoorwill”
38: “Break In The Clouds,” Elephant Revival [Ruff Shod, 11/10] (24)
“Break In The Clouds”
“Feathers Rise”
38: “Sweet Honey,” The Lost Pines [Self, 3/11] (24)
“Out Of The Rain”
“Cherry Pie”
“Maybalee”
40: “Across The Borderline: Lie To Me,” Bettysoo And Doug Cox
[Borderline Talent, 6/11] (22)
“Boxcars”
“Dublin Blues”
“Lie To Me”
41: “Get Your Phil,” Disappear Fear [Self, new] (21)
“Changes”
“I Ain’t Marching Anymore”
41: “Looking For A Fight,” The Sweetback Sisters [Signature, 5/11] (21)
“Texas Bluebonnets”
“It Won’t Hurt When I Fall Down From This Barstool”
41: “Middle Of Everywhere,” Pokey Lafarge And The South City Three
[Free Dirt, new] (21)
“Weedwacker Rag”
“Drinkin’ Whiskey Tonight”
44: “Bill Morrissey,” Bill Morrissey [Philo, 1984] (20)
“Small Town On The River”
44: “Little Bird,” Kasey Chambers [Sugar Hill, new] (20)
“Georgia Brown”
“Beautiful Mess”
44: “New Amsterdam,” Spuyten Duyvil [Self, 4/11] (20)
“One Fine Day”
“Shady Grove”
44: “Tell Me A Story,” Jackie Morris [Button Box, 5/11] (20)
“Our Town Said No”
“House Of Cards”
48: “Daybreak,” Sierra Hull [Rounder, 3/11] (19)
“Bombshell”
“Don’t Pick Me Up”
49: “The Brick Album,” The Greencards [Darling Street, 5/11] (18)
“Heart Fixer”
“Make It Out West”
49: “City Of Refuge,” Abigail Washburn [Rounder, 1/11] (18)
“City Of Refuge”
“Chains”
49: “Night Train,” Bill Morrissey [Philo, 1993] (18)
“Letter From Heaven”
“Birches”
52: “Freak Flag,” Greg Brown [Yep Roc, 5/11] (17)
“Freak Flag”
“Let The Mystery Be”
52: “Friend Of Mine,” Bill Morrissey And Greg Brown [Philo, 1993] (17)
“Fishing With Bill”
52: “Grapevine,” Andrew Calhoun [Waterbug, 4/11] (17)
“I Ride An Old Paint”
52: “Help My Brother,” Gibson Brothers [Compass, 2/11] (17)
“Safe Passage”
“Want Vs Need”
52: “Long Gone: Utah Remembers Bruce Utah Phillips,” Various Artists
[Waterbug, 5/11] (17)
“Nevada Jane,” Kate MacLeod
57: “I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive,” Steve Earle [New West, 4/11] (16)
“Every Part Of Me”
“Little Emperor”
57: “Inside,” Bill Morrissey [Philo, 1992] (16)
“Hang Me, Oh Hang Me”
“Inside”
57: “Otter Creek,” Ken Kolodner And Brad Kolodner [Fenchurch, 1/11] (16)
“Home With The Girls In The Morning And Sally In The Garden”
“Otter Creek”
57: “Petroleum Age,” Philip Gibbs [Self, 6/11] (16)
“Cold Comfort Of Being Blind”
“Petroleum Age”
57: “Pick A Peck Of Piedmont Pickers,” Various Artists [Wepecket
Island, 5/11] (16)
“Spike Driver Blues,” Lauren Sheehan
62: “Eleven Eleven,” Dave Alvin [Yep Roc, new] (15)
“Gary, Indiana 1959”
“Harlan County Line”
62: “Bandolier,” Jack Hardy [Great Divide, 2002] (15)
“Bandolier”
“Everything’s Bigger In Texas”
62: “Brief History Of Time,” Robert Bobby Trio [I Like Mike, new] (15)
“Brief History Of Time”
“Peace Song”
62: “FY5,” Finnders And Youngberg [Self, 5/11] (15)
“Give A Little Back”
62: “Hard Bargain,” Emmylou Harris [Nonesuch, 4/11] (15)
“Home Sweet Home”
“New Orleans”
62: “Kicking The Beehive,” Susan Werner [Sleeve Dog, 3/11] (15)
“Irrelevance”
“Last Words Of Bonnie Parker”
62: “On The Brooklyn Road,” Nell Robinson [Self, new] (15)
“Red Clay Creek”
“I’m A Honky Tonk Girl”
62: “Reason And Rhyme,” Jim Lauderdale [Sugar Hill, 6/11] (15)
“Cruel Wind And Rain”
62: “Standing Eight,” Bill Morrissey [Philo, 1989] (15)
“Party At The U. N”
62: “Talk About,” Claude Butch Morgan [Self, new] (15)
“Talk About”
“God Knows I’m Human”
62: “The Very Best Of Stan Rogers,” Stan Rogers [Borealis, 7/10] (15)
“Jeannie C”
“40 5 Years”
62: “Wood And Stone,” Tara Nevins [Sugar Hill, 5/11] (15)
“Wood And Stone”
“Stars Fell On Alabama”

TOP SONGS OF JULY 2011
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 13531 airplays from 146 different DJs

1. “Scarlet Town” (32)
by Gillian Welch
from “The Harrow And The Harvest”
2. “Way It Goes” (25)
by Gillian Welch
from “The Harrow And The Harvest”
3. “That’s How Strong My Love Is” (21)
by Battlefield Band
from “Line-Up”
4. “Out Of Time And Place” (17)
by Chuck Brodsky
from “Subtotal Eclipse”
4. “Silver Dagger” (17)
by Gillian Welch
from “The Harrow And The Harvest”
6. “Down Along The Dixie Line” (16)
by Gillian Welch
from “The Harrow And The Harvest”
7. “6 White Horses” (15)
by Gillian Welch
from “The Harrow And The Harvest”
7. “Bring It With You When You Come” (15)
by David Bromberg
from “Use Me”
7. “What Must Be Done” (15)
by Brother Sun
from “Brother Sun”
10. “Lark In The Morning” (14)
by Kate MacLeod And Kat Eggleston
from “Lost And Found”
10. “Life With The Sound Turned Down” (14)
by Craig Bickhardt
from “Brother To The Wind”
12. “Gaol Ise Gaol I” (13)
by Kyle Carey
from “Monongah”
12. “Going To The West” (13)
by Coty Hogue
from “To The West”
12. “Stonewall Country” (13)
by Robin And Linda Williams
from “Stonewall Country”
15. “Birches” (12)
by Bill Morrissey
from “Night Train”
15. “Letter From Heaven” (12)
by Bill Morrissey
from “Night Train”
15. “Raigmore” (12)
by Battlefield Band
from “Line-Up”
18. “All I Want Is A Garden” (11)
by Brother Sun
from “Brother Sun”
18. “Riverboat” (11)
by The Wilders
from “The Wilders”
18. “This Land Is Your Land” (11)
by Woody Guthrie
from “My Dusty Road”
18. “Walkin’ Cane” (11)
by Abbie Gardner
from “Hope”
22. “Dimming Of The Day” (10)
by Alison Krauss And Union Station
from “Paper Airplane”
22. “Hard Times” (10)
by Gillian Welch
from “The Harrow And The Harvest”
22. “Let It Rain” (10)
by Donna Ulisse
from “An Easy Climb”
22. “Love Is The Water” (10)
by Brother Sun
from “Brother Sun”
22. “Monongah” (10)
by Kyle Carey
from “Monongah”
22. “Roberto” (10)
by Chuck Brodsky
from “Subtotal Eclipse”

More information on these charts may be found on www.folkradio.org.