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 electronic discussion group for DJs and others interested in all folk-based music on the radio.

Nell Robinson (Hillary Perkins) is an Alabama native who has drawn comparisons to early Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton and Hazel Dickens. She paid homage to her southern roots by adopting the name of her grandmother. “Family,” the title track of a collection of all new songs performed by members of the luminary British folk family –- Teddy Thompson, his parents Richard and Linda, younger sister Kami and her husband James Walbourne, and nephew Zak Hobbs –- was reportedly the month’s most-played song.

The November 2014 FOLKDJ-L charts are based on 14,097 airplays from 149 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 November 2014

81fFcz9ArfL._SL1500_ 1: “The Rose Of No-Man’s Land,” Nell Robinson [Compass, 11/14] (68)
“Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier”
“Waiting For The Boys To Come Home”
“Drive On”
“My Last Days On Earth”
2: “Thompson Family,” Thompson Family [Concord, new] (64)
“Family”
“One Life At A Time”
“Bonny Boys”
“That’s Enough”
3: “Abigail Washburn And The Sparrow Quartet,” Abigail Washburn And The Sparrow Quartet [Nettwerk, 2008] (61)
“Railroad”
“New South Africa”
“Shotgun Blues”
“What Are They Doing In Heaven Today?”
4: “Best Medicine,” The Stray Birds [Yep Roc, 10/14] (60)
“Pallet”
“Bells”
“Black Hills”
“Adelaide”
5: “Sterling Road,” Cassie And Maggie [cassieandmaggie.com, 5/14] (54)
“King’s Shilling”
“Sisters”
“Sweet Melodies”
“Hurricane Jane”
6: “The Basement Tapes,” Bob Dylan And The Band [Columbia, new] (53)
“One Too Many Mornings”
“Folsom Prison Blues”
“I Shall Be Released”
6: “The Early Mays,” The Early Mays [Bird On The Wing, 10/14] (53)
“Old Stone Wall”
“Little Darling Pal Of Mine”
“Nothing Stands”
“Dear Companion”
8: “When I’m Free,” Hot Rize [Ten In Hand, 9/14] (48)
“Blue Is Fallin”
“You Were On My Mind This Morning”
“Western Skies”
9: “A History Of Ghosts,” Bobtown [bobtownmusic.com, new] (47)
“Across The River”
“Girl In Blue”
“Rumble Seat”
“A History Of Ghosts”
9: “Tried And True,” Annie Lou [annielou.ca, 10/14] (47)
“Tried And True”
“Roses Blooming”
“9 Bridges Down”
11: “Can’t Hold The Wheel,” The New Line [brendantaaffe.bandcamp.com, 11/14] (39)
“Train On The Island”
“Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness”
“Danville Girl”
12: “Tell ’em I’m Gone,” Yusuf (Cat Stevens) [Legacy, 10/14] (38)
“I Was Raised In Babylon”
“Big Boss Man”
“Tell ’em I’m Gone”
13: “Run For Your Life,” The Show Ponies [theshowponies.com, new] (37)
“Honey, Dog And Home”
“Run For Your Life”
“Stupid”
“Get Me While I’m Young”
13: “The Smiling & Beautiful Countryside,” Jon Brooks [Borealis, 10/14] (37)
“Gun Dealer”
“Queensville”
“Highway 16”
13: “Standing In The Breach,” Jackson Browne [Inside, 10/14] (37)
“You Know The Night”
“Long Way Around”
“Standing In The Breach”
16: “Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie,” Various Artists [Compass, 9/14] (35)
“I’ve Got A Mother,” Starry Mountain Singers
“Let The Sun Shine Down On Me,” Kim And Reggie Harris
16: “Look Again To The Wind: Johnny Cash’s Bitter Tears Revisited,” Various Artists [Sony, 8/14] (35)
“Apache Tears,” Emmylou Harris And The Milk Carton Kids
“Custer,” Steve Earle
“As Long As The Grass Shall Grow,” Gillian Welch And Dave Rawlings
16: “North Star,” Kyle Carey [Americelta, 9/14] (35)
“Across The Great Divide”
“Northern Lights”
“Winter Fever”
19: “You Can’t Outrun The Radio,” Jonathan Byrd [Waterbug, 11/14] (34)
“Big Truck Brought It”
“Slip Away”
“You Can’t Outrun The Radio”
20: “The Longing Road,” Johnsmith [johnsmithmusic.com, 7/14] (32)
“Borders Of The Moon”
“Family Artifacts”
“Rainbird”
20: “Sometimes Love,” Beth Wood [bethwoodmusic.com, 6/14] (32)
“Bird Girl”
“Changeling”
“Easy On Me”
22: “Dear Katie,” Katie Gosnell [katiegosnell.com, 9/14] (31)
“Dangerous Thing”
“Stairway To Heaven”
“Dear Katie”
23: “The Earls Of Leicester,” The Earls Of Leicester [Rounder, 9/14] (30)
“Big Black Train”
“Till The End Of The World Rolls ’round”
23: “While This Planet Spins Beneath Our Feet,” Heather Styka [Kite Stripe, 9/14] (30)
“Birch Log”
“Love In The Multiverse”
“These Northern Skies”
25: “Aberdeen,” Phil Henry [philhenryband.com, 10/14] (28)
“Hard Times Come Again No More”
“St. Anthony’s Mission Store”
25: “Down The Deep Well,” Hardin Burns [Ithaca, 9/14] (28)
“Down The Deep Well”
“Back Porch”
“Wave Of Your Hand”
25: “Laurie & Kathy Sing The Songs Of Vern And Ray,” Laurie Lewis And Kathy Kallick [Spruce And Maple, 8/14] (28)
“Touch Of God’s Hand”
“Black-Eyed Susie”
28: “Fiddle Tune X,” Billy Strings And Don Julin [billystrings.com, 10/14] (27)
“Salt Creek/Old Joe Clark”
“Beaumont Rag”
28: “Waterproof,” Robyn Landis [Brave Hearts, new] (27)
“Thanksgiving”
“Because They Walked Before”
30: “Discovered: Live In Concert,” Peter, Paul And Mary [Rhino, new] (26)
“Give Yourself To Love”
“Show The Way”
30: “Milltowns,” Mark Erelli [Hillbilly Pilgrim, 9/14] (26)
“Birches”
“Handsome Molly”
32: “Halls Of My Heart,” Jim Photoglo [Grifftone, 7/14] (25)
“Try Me Tomorrow”
“Hours”
“Brown Eyed Boy”
32: “Lost On The River,” The New Basement Tapes [Harvest, new] (25)
“Kansas City”
“Spanish Mary”
32: “Paradise Outlaw,” Pieta Brown [Red House, 9/14] (25)
“Do You Know?”
“Before Gas And Tv”
“Flowers Of Love”
32: “Still On The Levee,” Chris Smither [Signature, 7/14] (25)
“Link Of Chain”
“No More Cane On The Brazos”
36: “If You’re Drunk You Cannot Buy A Puppy,” Christine Lavin [Self, new] (24)
“Remembering My Passwords”
“Are We All Hardwired?”
36: “A Reasonable Amount Of Trouble,” Jesse Winchester [Appleseed, 9/14] (24)
“Don’t Be Shy”
“Never Forget To Boogie”
“All That We Have Is Now”
38: “Lily-O,” Sam Amidon [Nonesuch, 9/14] (23)
“Pat Do This, Pat Do That”
“Walkin’ Boss”
“Blue Mountains”
38: “Signs Of Life,” Zak Smith [Precambrian, new] (23)
“Have You Looked Outside”
“House You Haunt”
“Minstrel Show”
38: “Staking Flags In The Valley,” Emily White [Self, 10/14] (23)
“One Wish Left”
“Songs Fall”
38: “Tracks,” Anne Hills [Hand And Heart, 9/14] (23)
“Like A Train”
“Maria Took The Train To Town”
42: “Carousel,” Robert Bruey [robertbruey.com, 4/14] (22)
“Everything”
“River Of Stars”
42: “Tucson,” Brad Colerick [Back 9, 10/14] (22)
“Tucson”
“Hob Thrasher”
44: “Everything That Brought You Here,” David Hawkins [Self, 9/14] (21)
“Heart Of Gold”
44: “Return To Trion,” Chris Coole And Ivan Rosenberg [Vole-O-Tone, 9/14] (21)
“Fool Such As I”
“Glory To The Day”
44: “Songs From The Well,” Marca Cassity [Self, 10/14] (21)
“Burn”
“Bells”
47: “Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone,” Lucinda Williams [Highway 20, 9/14] (20)
“Burning Bridges”
“Stand Right By Each Other”
47: “Old Silo,” James Hill [Borealis, 9/14] (20)
“Village Belle”
“New Moon”
49: “Link of Chain: A Songwriters Tribute to Chris Smither,” Various Artists [Signature, 10/14] (19)
“Call Yourself,” Heather Maloney
49: “New Lady On The Prairie,” Lizzy Hoyt [Blue Crown, 9/14] (19)
“New Lady On The Prairie”
“Movement Never Lies”
49: “The Nocturne Diaries,” Eliza Gilkyson [Red House, 3/14] (19)
“Eliza Jane”
“All Right Here”
49: “Popular Problems,” Leonard Cohen [Columbia, 9/14] (19)
“You Got Me Singing”
49: “They Promised You Mercy,” Amelia Curran [Six Shooter, new] (19)
“Song On The Radio”
“Time, Time”
49: “What About The Water,” Lee Murdock [Depot, 9/14] (19)
“After The Storm”
“Diana Of The Dunelands”
55: “Current Affairs,” Runa [runamusic.com, 6/14] (18)
“Last Trip Home”
55: “Lay It Down,” Louise Mosrie [Zoe Cat, 10/14] (18)
“Holding My Breath”
“Land Of The Living”
55: “The Red Album,” Red Molly [redmolly.com, 4/14] (18)
“1952 Vincent Black Lightning”
“When It’s All Wrong”
55: “River Of Sand,” Lynne Hanson [Continental, 9/14] (18)
“Whiskey And Tears”
“River Of Sand”
55: “Sake Of The Sound,” Front Country [frontcountryband.com, 9/14] (18)
“One Kind Word”
“Daysleeper”
60: “Crooked Fiddle,” Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt [aaronnathans.com, 9/14] (17)
“Cars Don’t Keep”
60: “A Permeable Life,” Carrie Newcomer [Available Light, 4/14] (17)
“Room At The Table”
“Thank You Good Night”
60: “Picnic In The Sky,” Jeni And Billy’s Big Picnic Band [Waystation, 8/14] (17)
“Good”
“Robin And The Banjo”
63: “Twenty Lies And Other Stories,” Ray Lambiase [Raytone, 9/14] (16)
“Color Of Her Heart”
63: “Back Road Love,” Young & Rusty [Motherlotus, 10/14] (16)
“Back Road Love”
“I Feel Joy”
“Where The Ferryboat Used To Run”
63: “Chasing Beauty,” Ellis Paul [Black Wolf, 7/14] (16)
“Chasing Beauty”
66: “The Alt,” The Alt [thealtmusic.com, new] (15)
“Going For A Soldier Jenny/The Chandelier”
66: “The Last Shot Got Him,” Scott Ainslie [Cattail, 9/14] (15)
“First Shot Missed Him”
“Monday Mornin’ Blues”
66: “Live Again!,” Phil Ochs [Rockbeat, 8/14] (15)
“There But For Fortune”
66: “Remedy,” Old Crow Medicine Show [ATO, 7/14] (15)
“Sweet Amarillo”
“8 Dogs 8 Banjos”
70: “All Over The Map,” James Leva [Patuxent, 7/14] (14)
“Falling”
70: “Beyond the Blue,” The Duhks [Compass, 5/14] (14)
“Black Mountain Lullaby”
“Lazy John”
70: “Chasing The Sun,” The Sweet Lowdown [Self, new] (14)
“Road Song”
70: “Even As I Ramble,” Jed Marum And Friends [Lone Chimney Films, 9/14] (14)
“Shines Like Gold”
70: “Later That Night,” Rod MacDonald [Blue Flute, 5/14] (14)
“White Flour”
“Young Republicans In Love”
70: “Warriors Of Love,” Camela Widad [Al-Ubudiyya, 10/14] (14)
“Lighthouse”

Top Songs of November 2014

81uw0f3MNwL._SL1500_1. “Family” (23)
by Thompson Family
from “Thompson Family”
2. “Gun Dealer” (14)
by Jon Brooks
from “The Smiling & Beautiful Countryside”
3. “Honey, Dog And Home” (12)
by The Show Ponies
from “Run For Your Life”
3. “King’s Shilling” (12)
by Cassie And Maggie
from “Sterling Road”
3. “Railroad” (12)
by Abigail Washburn And The Sparrow Quartet
from “Abigail Washburn And The Sparrow Quartet”
3. “Sisters” (12)
by Cassie And Maggie
from “Sterling Road”
3. “Thanksgiving Song” (12)
by Mary Chapin Carpenter
from “Come Darkness, Come Light”
8. “Across The River” (11)
by Bobtown
from “A History Of Ghosts”
8. “One Too Many Mornings” (11)
by Bob Dylan And The Band
from “The Basement Tapes”
8. “Thanksgiving” (11)
by Robyn Landis
from “Waterproof”
11. “Train On The Island” (10)
by The New Line
from “Can’t Hold The Wheel”
12. “Apache Tears” (9)
by Emmylou Harris And The Milk Carton Kids
from “Look Again To The Wind: Johnny Cash’s Bitter Tears Revisited”
12. “Girl In Blue” (9)
by Bobtown
from “A History Of Ghosts”
12. “I Was Raised In Babylon” (9)
by Yusuf (Cat Stevens)
from “Tell ’em I’m Gone”
12. “Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier” (9)
by Nell Robinson
from “The Rose Of No-Man’s Land”
12. “New South Africa” (9)
by Abigail Washburn And The Sparrow Quartet
from “Abigail Washburn And The Sparrow Quartet”
12. “One Life At A Time” (9)
by Thompson Family
from “Thompson Family”
12. “Pallet” (9)
by The Stray Birds
from “Best Medicine”
12. “Remembering My Passwords” (9)
by Christine Lavin
from “If You’re Drunk You Cannot Buy”
12. “Run For Your Life” (9)
by The Show Ponies
from “Run For Your Life”
12. “Tried And True” (9)
by Annie Lou
from “Tried And True”
22. “Alice’s Restaurant” (8)
by Arlo Guthrie
from “Alice’s Restaurant”
22. “Another Day” (8)
by Burning Bridget Cleary
from “Another Day”
22. “Bells” (8)
by The Stray Birds
from “Best Medicine”
22. “Big Boss Man” (8)
by Yusuf (Cat Stevens)
from “Tell ’em I’m Gone”
22. “Black Hills” (8)
by The Stray Birds
from “Best Medicine”
22. “Blue Is Fallin” (8)
by Hot Rize
from “When I’m Free”
22. “Bonny Boys” (8)
by Thompson Family
from “Thompson Family”
22. “Color Of Her Heart” (8)
by Ray Lambiase
from “Twenty Lies And Other Stories”
22. “Custer” (8)
by Steve Earle
from “Look Again To The Wind: Johnny Cash’s Bitter Tears Revisited”
22. “Dangerous Thing” (8)
by Katie Gosnell
from “Dear Katie”
22. “Down The Deep Well” (8)
by Hardin Burns
from “Down The Deep Well”
22. “Everything” (8)
by Robert Bruey
from “Carousel”
22. “Folsom Prison Blues” (8)
by Bob Dylan And The Band
from “The Basement Tapes”
22. “Give Yourself To Love” (8)
by Peter, Paul And Mary
from “Discovered: Live In Concert”
22. “Old Stone Wall” (8)
by The Early Mays
from “The Early Mays”
22. “Queensville” (8)
by Jon Brooks
from “The Smiling & Beautiful Countryside”
22. “Rumble Seat” (8)
by Bobtown
from “A History Of Ghosts”
22. “Shotgun Blues” (8)
by Abigail Washburn And The Sparrow Quartet
from “Abigail Washburn And The Sparrow Quartet”
22. “Stupid” (8)
by The Show Ponies
from “Run For Your Life”
22. “Thanksgiving” (8)
by Si Kahn
from “Thanksgiving”
22. “You Know The Night” (8)
by Jackson Browne
from “Standing In The Breach”
22. “You Were On My Mind This Morning” (8)
by Hot Rize
from “When I’m Free”