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 Pete Seeger, according to 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. Gorka’s “Holed Up in Mason City” was reportedly the month’s most-played song.
The February 2014 FOLKDJ-L charts are based on 11,416 airplays from 127 different DJs. The number of reported spins (airplays) is shown in parentheses, while label and release dates appear in brackets. They are posted with permission on AcousticMusicScene.com.
Top Albums of February 2014
1: “Bright Side Of Down,” John Gorka [Red House, new] (88)
“Holed Up Mason City”
“She’s That Kind Of Mystery”
“Bright Side Of Down”
“Really Spring”
“Procrastination Blues”
2: “Where Have All The Flowers Gone?: The Songs Of Pete Seeger,”
Various Artists [Appleseed, 1998] (82)
“Kisses Sweeter Than Wine,” Jackson Browne And Bonnie Raitt
“Where Have All The Flowers Gone,” Tommy Sands, Dolores Keane
And Vedran Smailovic
“Sailing Down My Golden River,” Greg Brown
“We Shall Overcome,” Bruce Springsteen
3: “The Waymores,” The Waymores [waymores.net, 2012] (74)
“Wilder Girl”
“Sweet Companion”
“P. S. I Love You”
“Singing Like A Byrd”
“Way More”
4: “Inside Llewyn Davis,” Various Artists [Nonesuch, 11/13] (67)
“Last Thing On My Mind,” Stark Sands With Punch Brothers
“Fare Thee Well,” Oscar Isaac And Marcus Mumford
“500 Miles,” Carey Mulligan, Stark Sands And Justin Timberlake
“Hang Me, Oh Hang Me,” Oscar Isaac
4: “The Turning Point,” Tim Grimm [Cavalier, 9/13] (67)
“King Of The Folksingers”
“Lake”
“Indiana”
“Anne In Amsterdam”
6: “I’ll Swing My Hammer With Both My Hands,” Cahalen Morrison And
Eli West [cahalenandeli.com, 2/14] (59)
“Livin’ In America”
“Off The Chama”
“Fiddlehead Fern”
“Green Pastures”
7: “Something Worth Having,” Molasses Creek [molassescreek.com, 1/14] (51)
“Choo Choo Yazoo”
“Galway Girl”
“Ehringhaus Blues”
8: “Seeds: The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Vol. 3,” Pete Seeger And
Friends [Appleseed, 2003] (50)
“Bring Them Home”
“50/50 Chance”
“Sailing Down My Golden River”
9: “Love We Are We Love,” The Sea The Sea [Hudson Harding, 2/14] (48)
“Love We Are We Love”
“In The Dark”
“Guess It Was”
10: “American Favorite Ballads, Vols. 1-5,” Pete Seeger
[Smithsonian/Folkways, 2009] (47)
“Ground Hog”
“John Henry”
11: “Full Head Of Steam,” Roosevelt Dime [rooseveltdimemusic.com, new] (45)
“St. James Infirmary”
“Oh To Be”
“Crazy Bout You”
12: “New Whirled Order,” Claudia Schmidt [Red House, new] (42)
“Already”
“Strong Woman Has A Bad Day Polka”
“Longing”
12: “The River And The Thread,” Rosanne Cash [Blue Note, 1/14] (42)
“Feather’s Not A Bird”
“Etta’s Tune”
“Sunken Lands”
“World Of Strange Design”
14: “Down To The Roots,” Lowell Levinger [Grandpa Raccoon, 1/14] (41)
“Married To The Blues”
“Blue Monday”
“Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out”
14: “Gathering,” Poor Angus [Borealis, 1/14] (41)
“Never Come Back”
“Giant Set”
“William MacGillivray”
16: “When One Door Closes,” Gathering Time [Treble-G, 9/13] (40)
“Rain And Snow”
“Fox”
“Good Day To Be Above Ground”
17: “If I Had A Hammer: Songs Of Hope & Struggle,” Pete Seeger
[Smithsonian/Folkways, 1998] (36)
“If I Had A Hammer”
“Tomorrow Is A Highway”
“Turn, Turn, Turn”
18: “If I Had A Song: The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Vol. 2,” Various
Artists [Appleseed, 2001] (34)
“Well May The World Go,” Larry Long And Pete Seeger
“Emperor Is Naked Today-O,” Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer
“Oh Had I A Golden Thread,” Dar Williams And Toshi Reagon
19: “Live In ’65,” Pete Seeger [Appleseed, 2009] (33)
“Turn! Turn! Turn!”
“All Mixed Up”
20: “Pete,” Pete Seeger [Living Music, 1996] (31)
“Well May The World Go”
“Garbage”
“How Can I Keep From Singing?”
21: “Diner In The Sky,” The Amigos [theamigosband.bandcamp.com, new] (30)
“Hey Joe”
“California Blues”
“Wayfaring Stranger”
22: “Sowing The Seeds: The 10th Anniversary,” Various Artists
[Appleseed, 2007] (29)
“Ghost Of Tom Joad,” Pete Seeger And Bruce Springsteen
“Pete Gets The Last Word,” Pete Seeger
23: “At 89,” Pete Seeger [Appleseed, 2008] (27)
“Waist Deep In The Big Muddy”
“Wonderful Friends”
23: “Headlines And Footnotes: A Collection Of Topical Songs,” Pete
Seeger [Smithsonian/Folkways, 1999] (27)
“Bells Of Rhymney”
“English Is Cuh-Ray-Zee”
23: “One Evening In May,” Laurie Lewis [Spruce And Maple, new] (27)
“Ring Of Fire”
“Barstow”
23: “Sleeping Dogs,” C. Daniel Boling [Berkalin, 11/13] (27)
“As Young As Your Kiss”
“Moderation”
27: “The Game,” Blue Highway [Rounder, 1/14] (26)
“The Game”
“Where Jasmine Grows”
28: “Blood Like A River,” Nathan Bell [Stone Barn, 1/14] (24)
“Names”
“Fade Out”
28: “Great Big World,” Tony Trischka [Rounder, new] (24)
“Do Re Mi”
“Say Goodbye”
28: “Kerri Powers,” Kerri Powers [kerripowers.com, new] (24)
“I’ve Got Your Back”
“Old Shirt”
28: “A More Perfect Union,” Pete Seeger And Lorre Wyatt [Appleseed, 2012] (24)
“God’s Counting On Me. . . God’s Counting On You”
“Somos El Barco/We Are The Boat”
“This Old Man Revisited”
32: “Down in Washington Square,” Dave Van Ronk [Smithsonian/Folkways,
10/13] (23)
“Gambler’s Blues”
33: “Hangtown Dancehall,” Eric Brace And Karl Straub [Red Beet, new] (22)
“Hangtown Fry”
“Elizabeth, Precious And Rare,” Tim O’Brien
33: “Naomi Wachira,” Naomi Wachira [Doreli, new] (22)
“I’m Alive”
“I Am A Woman”
33: “Precious Friend,” Arlo Guthrie / Pete Seeger [Warner, 2008] (22)
“Old Time Religion”
“Sailin Up Sailin Down”
33: “Wasn’t That A Time,” The Weavers [Vanguard, 1993] (22)
“Goodnight Irene”
“Kisses Sweeter Than Wine”
37: “Back 40,” Robin & Linda Williams [Red House, 10/13] (21)
“Urge For Going”
“Dixie Highway Sign”
37: “Pennsylvania Coal,” Irene Kelley [Patio, 2/14] (21)
“Pennsylvania Coal”
“Feels Like Home”
37: “Sleepwalker In Paradise,” Cej [Gnosong, 6/13] (21)
“Honolulu Lulu”
“My Baby Knows”
40: “Annie Ford Band,” Annie Ford Band [Self, 1/14] (20)
“Calloused Hands”
“Frankie”
40: “Hang Your Hopes On A Crooked Nail,” Rod Picott [Welding Rod, 2/14] (20)
“You’re Not Missing Anything”
“65 Falcon”
40: “Punishing The Myth,” Grant Peeples And The Peeples Republik
[Gatorbone, new] (20)
“You’re A Slave To Your Imagination”
“Who Woulda Thunk It?”
43: “22 Days,” John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 10/13] (19)
“Heaven’s Kitchen”
“Forgotten”
43: “Halfway Home,” Michael Jerling [Fool’s Hill, 12/13] (19)
“After The Flood”
“Halfway Home”
43: “Lucky,” Suzy Bogguss [Loyal Dutchess, new] (19)
“Silver Wings”
“Sing Me Back Home”
43: “The Weavers Greatest Hits,” The Weavers [Vanguard, 1990] (19)
“So Long It’s Been Good To Know You”
43: “Wild Horses,” TR Ritchie [Apex, 2009] (19)
“Delicate Balance”
“I’m Gonna Take It With Me”
48: “Abundance,” Alasdair Fraser And Natalie Haas [Culburnie, 12/13] (18)
“On The Wings Of A Skorrie”
48: “We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions,” Bruce Springsteen
[Columbia, 2006] (18)
“We Shall Overcome”
“O Mary Don’t You Weep”
48: “Weightless,” Matt Andersen [True North, new] (18)
“Alberta Gold”
“Lost My Way”
51: “Berrymania,” Steve Gillette And Cindy Mangsen [Compass Rose, 12/13] (17)
“Mr. And Mrs. Noah”
“Now Everything Does”
51: “Foreverly,” Billie Joe + Norah [Reprise, 11/13] (17)
“Long Time Gone”
“Roving Gambler”
51: “Memories And Moments,” Tim O’Brien And Darrell Scott [Full
Skies, 9/13] (17)
“Angel’s Blue Eyes”
“Keep Your Dirty Lights On”
51: “South,” Blackie And The Rodeo Kings [Self, 1/14] (17)
“Blow Me A Kiss”
“Driftin Snow”
55: “Flat Earth Diary,” Krista Detor [Tightrope, 1/14] (16)
“Always Somewhere”
“Red Velvet Box”
55: “Good Luck,” Girls Guns & Glory [Lonesome Day, new] (16)
“All The Way Up To Heaven”
“Lshake Like Jello”
57: “Harp: A Time To Sing,” Holly Near, Arlo Guthrie, Ronnie Gilbert
And Pete Seeger [Appleseed, 2001] (15)
“Somos El Barco”
57: “Pete Seeger’s Greatest Hits,” Pete Seeger [Columbia, 1987] (15)
“Where Have All The Flowers Gone”
57: “The Railsplitters,” The Railsplitters [therailsplitters.com, 11/13] (15)
“Boarding Pass”
“No Stranger To The Blues”
60: “Tales From Jackson Bridge,” Harpeth Rising [Grimm Rising, 9/13] (14)
“Burn Away Your Troubles”
60: “Four Good Days,” Jack Williams [Wind River, 11/13] (14)
“Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”
60: “American Industrial Ballads,” Pete Seeger [Smithsonian/Folkways,
1957] (14)
“Casey Jones”
60: “Bright Like Gold,” April Verch [Slab Town, 4/13] (14)
“Edward In The Treetop / Yellow Jacket / Quit That Tickling Me”
60: “Dancing Through The Storm,” Amy Dixon-Kolar [Asharta, new] (14)
“Dancers”
60: “Echo Sessions,” The Stray Birds [thestraybirds.com, 11/13] (14)
“Loretta”
“I Wish It Would Rain”
60: “Old Mill Sessions,” The Blushin’ Roulettes [Self, new] (14)
“Wind And The Sand”
60: “Only Me,” Rhonda Vincent [Upper Management, new] (14)
“Busy City”
“Only Me,” Rhonda Vincent Featuring Willie Nelson
60: “These Wilder Things,” Ruth Moody [Red House, 5/13] (14)
“Trouble And Woe”
69: “The Last Cheap Hotel,” Jennifer Evans [Sweet Cody Boy, new] (13)
“O Shouldn’t You Be Thankful Tonight”
69: “Robby Hecht,” Robby Hecht [Old Man Henry, new] (13)
“I Don’t Believe It”
“When I’m With You Now”
69: “Robt Sarazin Blake,” Robert Sarazin Blake [Same Room, new] (13)
“Dingle To Tralee”
“New Life”
69: “There Is A Season,” The Byrds [Columbia, 2006] (13)
“Turn! Turn! Turn!”
“8 Miles High”
Top Songs of February 2014
1. “Holed Up Mason City” (23)
by John Gorka
from “Bright Side Of Down”
2. “If I Had A Hammer” (18)
by Pete Seeger
from “If I Had A Hammer: Songs Of Hope & Struggle”
3. “We Shall Overcome” (16)
by Bruce Springsteen
from “We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions”
also “Where Have All The Flowers Gone?: The Songs Of Pete Seeger”
4. “Oh To Be” (15)
by Roosevelt Dime
from “Full Head Of Steam”
4. “She’s That Kind Of Mystery” (15)
by John Gorka
from “Bright Side Of Down”
4. “St. James Infirmary” (15)
by Roosevelt Dime
from “Full Head Of Steam”
4. “Waist Deep In The Big Muddy” (15)
by Pete Seeger
from “At 89”
also “Headlines And Footnotes: A Collection Of Topical Songs”
4. “Where Have All The Flowers Gone” (15)
by Pete Seeger
from “Pete Seeger’s Greatest Hits”
9. “King Of The Folksingers” (14)
by Tim Grimm
from “The Turning Point”
9. “Wimoweh” (14)
by Weavers
from “Where Have All The Flowers Gone?: The Songs Of Pete Seeger”
11. “Bring Them Home” (13)
by Pete Seeger And Friends
from “Seeds: The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Vol. 3”
11. “Kisses Sweeter Than Wine” (13)
by The Weavers
from “The Best Of The Decca Years”
also “Wasn’t That A Time”
13. “Last Thing On My Mind” (12)
by Stark Sands With Punch Brothers
from “Inside Llewyn Davis”
13. “Love We Are We Love” (12)
by The Sea The Sea
from “Love We Are We Love”
13. “Turn! Turn! Turn!” (12)
by The Byrds
from “There Is A Season”
16. “Already” (11)
by Claudia Schmidt
from “New Whirled Order”
16. “Bright Side Of Down” (11)
by John Gorka
from “Bright Side Of Down”
16. “Fare Thee Well” (11)
by Oscar Isaac And Marcus Mumford
from “Inside Llewyn Davis”
16. “Goodnight Irene” (11)
by The Weavers
from “Wasn’t That A Time”
16. “Livin’ In America” (11)
by Cahalen Morrison And Eli West
from “I’ll Swing My Hammer With Both My Hands”
16. “Never Come Back” (11)
by Poor Angus
from “Gathering”
16. “Well May The World Go” (11)
by Pete Seeger
from “Pete”
16. “Wilder Girl” (11)
by The Waymores
from “The Waymores”
24. “500 Miles” (10)
by Carey Mulligan, Stark Sands And Justin Timberlake
from “Inside Llewyn Davis”
24. “Bells Of Rhymney” (10)
by Pete Seeger
from “Headlines And Footnotes: A Collection Of Topical Songs”
24. “Dingle To Tralee” (10)
by Robert Sarazin Blake
from “Robt Sarazin Blake”
24. “Feather’s Not A Bird” (10)
by Rosanne Cash
from “The River And The Thread”
24. “Green, Green Rocky Road” (10)
by Dave Van Ronk
from “Inside Llewyn Davis”
24. “In The Dark” (10)
by The Sea The Sea
from “Love We Are We Love”
24. “Lake” (10)
by Tim Grimm
from “The Turning Point”
24. “P. S. I Love You” (10)
by The Waymores
from “The Waymores”
24. “Sweet Companion” (10)
by The Waymores
from “The Waymores”
24. “Way More” (10)
by The Waymores
from “The Waymores”
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