AcousticMusicScene.com is pleased to publish the monthly Top Albums and Songs 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 February 2012, Little Blue Egg, a collection of archived home and studio recordings that Tracy Grammer and her late partner Dave Carter made between 1997 and 2002, topped the albums chart and also sported nine of the month’s top songs. These include “Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key,” which was reportedly the most-played song on folk radio during the month.

The February 2012 charts are based on 11,776 airplays from 142 different DJs. The number of spins (airplay) is shown in parentheses.

Top Albums of February 2012

1: “Little Blue Egg,” Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer [Red House, 2/12] (116)
“Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key”
“Gypsy Rose”
“Better Way”
“Hard Edge Of Livin”
“September Sea”

2: “Three,” The Refugees [Wabuho, 1/12] (71)
“January Sky”
“Can’t Stop Now”
“Catch Me If You Can”
“Chain Stores, Malls And Restaurants”
“7 Days”
3: “Promised Land,” Gina Forsyth [Waterbug, 2/12] (53)
“What I Did On Mardi Gras Day”
“Promised Land”
“Sweet And Sunny South”
4: “Light In The Sky,” Red Molly [redmolly.com, 10/11] (52)
“Do I Ever Cross Your Mind”
“Walk Beside Me”
“It’s Too Late To Call It A Night”
5: “Rockin’ The Uke,” Cathy Fink And Marcy Marxer [Community, 11/11] (49)
“Dark Eyes”
“Blues Stay Away From Me”
“Bye Bye Blackbird / Red Red Robin Medley”
6: “Sunday Never Comes,” Jackstraw [jackstraw.net, 12/11] (45)
“Come On Back To Me”
“Just Another Way To Go”
“May The Twain Ne’er Meet”
“Sunny Brae”
7: “Tilt-A-Whirl,” Drew Nelson [Red House, new] (42)
“Lessons”
“Dust”
“Promised Land”
“St. Jude”
8: “The End Of The Beginning,” John Flynn [johnflynn.net, 1/12] (38)
“The End Of The Beginning”
“Crazy As Ever”
“Democracy”
9: “The Tiny Life,” Honor Finnegan [honorfinnegan.com, 1/12] (36)
“We Are Hearts”
“Internet Junkie”
“Wonderful World”
10: “Home By Dark,” Steve Gillette And Cindy Mangsen [Compass Rose, 1/12] (34)
“Gnu”
“California Zephyr”
“Holy Smoke”
10: “Long Ride Home,” Darrell Scott [Full Light, 1/12] (34)
“It Must Be Sunday”
“Someday”
“You’re Everything I Wanted Love To Be”
12: “Seeds,” Dennis Warner [Main Trail, new] (33)
“Seeds”
“Crossroads”
“Don’t Push Love Away”
13: “This Land: Woody Guthrie’s America,” John McCutcheon [Appalsongs, 11/11] (29)
“I Ain’t Got No Home”
“Mail Myself To You”
14: “Chimes Of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan,” Various Artists [Fontana, 2011] (28)
“Simple Twist Of Fate,” Diana Krall
14: “Voice Of Ages,” The Chieftains [Hear, new] (28)
“When The Ship Comes In”
“Frost Is All Over”
16: “Dark So Gold,” The Pines [Red House, 1/12] (27)
“If By Morning”
“Rise Up And Be Lonely”
“Chimes”
16: “Move,” Sultans Of String [Canada, 9/11] (27)
“Heart Of Gold”
“Andalucia”
“Montreal”
18: “Gem State (EP),” Karen Dahlstrom [karendahlstrom.com, 10/11] (26)
“Miner’s Bride”
“Streets Of Pocatello”
“Galena”
18: “The Harrow And The Harvest,” Gillian Welch [Acony, 6/11] (26)
“Way It Goes”
“Scarlet Town”
“Hard Times”
20: “Mesabi,” Tom Russell [Shout Factory, 9/11] (25)
“Lonesome Death Of Ukulele Ike”
“Heart Within A Heart”
20: “This One’s For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark,” Various Artists [Icehouse, 11/11] (25)
“Baby Took A Limo To Memphis,” Rosie Flores
“Dublin Blues,” Joe Ely
22: “Big Big Love,” Katya Chorover [katyachorover.com, 10/11] (24)
“Big Big Love”
“Little Bird”
22: “Enthralled,” Oliver Schroer & Nuala Kennedy [Borealis, 5/11] (24)
“Books In My Library”
“Big Pond Oystercatcher”
22: “Live At McCabe’s,” Ernest Troost [Travelin’ Shoes, 7/11] (24)
“Switchblade Heart”
“Resurrection Blues”
22: “Red Curtain,” Still On The Hill [Termite Tracs, new] (24)
“These 2 Arms”
“Need”
22: “Stories From The Steeples,” Mary Black [Blix Street, new] (24)
“Walking With My Love”
“Lighthouse Light”
“Marguerite And The Gambler”
27: “Hunter’s Moon,” Otter Creek [ottercreekduo.com, 2010] (23)
“Shady Grove”
27: “Sangamon Songs,” Tom Irwin [Clyded, new] (23)
“Harry Glen Ludlam”
“Corn To Shuck”
27: “Steamboat In A Cornfield,” Truckstop Honeymoon [truckstophoneymoon.com, 12/11] (23)
“Play Along”
“Going Back To Louisiana”
30: “Cause & Effect,” Aztec Two-Step [Red Engine, 1/12] (22)
“Living In America”
“Falling Down Clowns”
30: “Perfect Storm,” Dan Crary & Thunderation [Blue Night, 7/11] (22)
“Girl From The North Country”
“Muley Was A Railroad Man”
32: “Thirteen Songs You May Or May Not Have Heard Before,” Richard Shindell [richardshindell.com, 1/12] (21)
“Waiting For The Storm”
“Transit”
32: “Old Ideas,” Leonard Cohen [Columbia, new] (21)
“Amen”
“Darkness”
32: “Past Perfect,” Steve Spurgin [Blue Night, 4/11] (21)
“Last Armadillo Waltz”
“Fire On The Kettle”
35: “Fogarty’s Cove,” Stan Rogers [Fogarty’s Cove, 1976] (20)
“Forty-Five Years”
“Barrett’s Privateers”
35: “Lay Down My Burden,” Grant Dermody [grantdermody.com, 11/11] (20)
“Evening Train”
“12 Gates To The City”
35: “Let It Burn,” Ruthie Foster [Blue Corn, new] (20)
“It Makes No Difference”
“Lord Remember Me,” Ruthie Foster With The Blind Boys Of Alabama
38: “Hello Cruel World,” Gretchen Peters [Scarlet Letter, 1/12] (19)
“Hello Cruel World”
“Dark Angel”
38: “A Passing Glimpse,” Pharis And Jason Romero [Lula, 7/11] (19)
“My Flowers, My Companions, And Me”
“Wait Till The Clouds Roll By”
40: “Beat The Devil And Carry A Rail,” Noam Pikelny [Compass, 10/11] (18)
“All Git Out”
“Jim Thompson’s Horse”
40: “The Road Is Dark,” Michael Jerome Browne [Borealis, 11/11] (18)
“Death Don’t Have No Mercy”
“Doin’ My Time”
40: “Tete A Tete,” Better Halves [Hillabeanz, 12/11] (18)
“My Internet Date”
“There Ain’t A Cow In Texas”
43: “A Long Way From Home,” Richard D. Henry [richarddhenry.com, 2009] (17)
“A Long Way From Home”
“Mountain Melody”
43: “Paper Airplane,” Alison Krauss And Union Station [Rounder, 4/11] (17)
“Dimming Of The Day”
“Dust Bowl Children”
43: “Skippin’ And Flyin’,” Laurie Lewis [Spruce And Maple, 10/11] (17)
“Carter’s Blues”
“Old 10 Broeck”
43: “Stories To Keep,” Donna Adler [donnaadler.com, new] (17)
“Chance Of Tears”
47: “Two Nights In Texas,” Kate Campbell [Large River, 9/11] (16)
“Crazy In Alabama”
“Galaxie 500”
47: “Acoustic Rainbow 40,” Various Artists [Poetman, new] (16)
“Cactus Tree,” Judy Collins And Shawn Colvin
“Lord Giveth,” Scott Cook
47: “Footwork,” The Barefoot Movement [Lonesome, 6/11] (16)
“Whole World Round”
47: “Live At The Red Shack,” Eric Taylor [Blue Ruby, 1/12] (16)
“Tractor Song”
47: “Mercury,” Pieta Brown [Red House, 9/11] (16)
“Closing Time”
47: “Revolutions Per Minute,” Emma’s Revolution [Moving Forward, 11/11] (16)
“Stand Together”
53: “Appellation D’origine Controlee,” La Bottine Souriante [Borealis, 11/11] (15)
“Au Rang D’aimer”
53: “Barton Hollow,” The Civil Wars [Sensibility, 2/11] (15)
“20 Years”
“Forget Me Not”
53: “Bright Morning Stars,” The Wailin’ Jennys [Red House, 2/11] (15)
“Across The Sea”
53: “Row Upon Row Of The People They Know,” The Once [Borealis, 10/11] (15)
“Song For Memory”
53: “We Heard The Voice Of A Porkchop,” Johnson, Miller And Dermody [Orb, 12/11] (15)
“I’m Behind The 8-Ball Now”
“I’d Do It All Again”
53: “What You Keep,” Barbara Kessler [barbarakessler.com, 1/12] (15)
“High Road”
“Even Trade”
59: “Songs And Stories,” Guy Clark [Dualtone, 8/11] (14)
“Cape”
59: “Brother Sun,” Brother Sun [World Wide, 2/11] (14)
“Love Is The Water”
“All I Want Is A Garden”
59: “For The Good Times,” The Little Willies [Milking Bull, 1/12] (14)
“Jolene”
59: “Front Porch,” Michael Johnathon [Poetman, 10/11] (14)
“Front Porch Swing”
“Pachelbel’s Canon”
59: “Lost Souls And Free Spirits,” Chris Jones & The Night Riders [Rebel, new] (14)
“Final Farewell”
“Man On The Side Of The Road”
64: “Everything Is Everywhere,” Carrie Newcomer [Available Light, 11/11] (13)
“Breathe In Breathe Out”
“I Believe”
64: “Hangtown Fry,” John Malcolm Penn [Blue Night, new] (13)
“Liberty Hill”
64: “Mending Time,” Dave Boutette [daveboutette.net, new] (13)
“Where We Are”
64: “Racing Aimless,” David Rodriguez [Waving Fish, new] (13)
“Gulf Coast Plain”
“Cowboy Waltz”
64: “Shadow And Light,” John Doyle [Compass, 9/11] (13)
“Liberty’s Sweet Shore”
“Tribute To Donal Ward/The Currachman”
64: “Time-Honored Pathways,” February Sky [februarysky.com, 10/11] (13)
“Kate And The Ghost Of Lost Love”
64: “The Touch Of Time,” Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie [Rural Rhythm, 1/12] (13)
“Home Sweet Dixie Home”

Top Songs of February 2012

1. “Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key” (30)
by Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer
from “Little Blue Egg”
2. “Miner’s Bride” (14)
by Karen Dahlstrom
from “Gem State (EP)”
3. “Dark Eyes” (12)
by Cathy Fink And Marcy Marxer
from “Rockin’ The Uke”
3. “January Sky” (12)
by The Refugees
from “Three”
5. “Better Way” (11)
by Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer
from “Little Blue Egg”
5. “Can’t Stop Now” (11)
by The Refugees
from “Three”
5. “Gypsy Rose” (11)
by Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer
from “Little Blue Egg”
5. “Hard Edge Of Livin” (11)
by Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer
from “Little Blue Egg”
9. “Blues Stay Away From Me” (10)
by Cathy Fink And Marcy Marxer
from “Rockin’ The Uke”
9. “Catch Me If You Can” (10)
by The Refugees
from “Three”
9. “Chain Stores, Malls And Restaurants” (10)
by The Refugees
from “Three”
9. “My Internet Date” (10)
by Better Halves
from “Tete A Tete”
9. “September Sea” (10)
by Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer
from “Little Blue Egg”
9. “What I Did On Mardi Gras Day” (10)
by Gina Forsyth
from “Promised Land”
15. “Come On Back To Me” (9)
by Jackstraw
from “Sunday Never Comes”
15. “Green Rocky Road” (9)
by The Refugees
from “Three”
15. “Hard To Make It” (9)
by Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer
from “Little Blue Egg”
18. “3-Fingered Jack” (8)
by Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer
from “Little Blue Egg”
18. “7 Days” (8)
by The Refugees
from “Three”
18. “Do I Ever Cross Your Mind” (8)
by Red Molly
from “Light In The Sky”
18. “Lessons” (8)
by Drew Nelson
from “Tilt-A-Whirl”
18. “A Long Way From Home” (8)
by Richard D. Henry
from “A Long Way From Home”
18. “Promised Land” (8)
by Gina Forsyth
from “Promised Land”
18. “Streets Of Pocatello” (8)
by Karen Dahlstrom
from “Gem State (EP)”
25. “Any Way I Do” (7)
by Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer
from “Little Blue Egg”
25. “Big Big Love” (7)
by Katya Chorover
from “Big Big Love”
25. “California Zephyr” (7)
by Steve Gillette And Cindy Mangsen
from “Home By Dark”
25. “Cross Of Jesus” (7)
by Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer
from “Little Blue Egg”
25. “The End Of The Beginning” (7)
by John Flynn
from “The End Of The Beginning”
25. “Harry Glen Ludlam” (7)
by Tom Irwin
from “Sangamon Songs”
25. “Internet Junkie” (7)
by Honor Finnegan
from “The Tiny Life”
25. “Just Another Way To Go” (7)
by Jackstraw
from “Sunday Never Comes”
25. “May The Twain Ne’er Meet” (7)
by Jackstraw
from “Sunday Never Comes”
25. “Promised Land” (7)
by Drew Nelson
from “Tilt-A-Whirl”
25. “Seeds” (7)
by Dennis Warner
from “Seeds”
25. “Shady Grove” (7)
by Otter Creek
from “Hunter’s Moon”
25. “Sunny Brae” (7)
by Jackstraw
from “Sunday Never Comes”
25. “Switchblade Heart” (7)
by Ernest Troost
from “Live At McCabe’s”
25. “Walk Beside Me” (7)
by Red Molly
from “Light In The Sky”
25. “We Are Hearts” (7)
by Honor Finnegan
from “The Tiny Life”
25. “When The Ship Comes In” (7)
by The Chieftains
from “Voice Of Ages”