Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl (Compass) was the most-played album on folk radio during November 2015 (as it was in September), while “I Am an Immigrant” by Jesse Palidofsky and “Take Me Home” by Free The Honey (the young western Colorado-based Americana quartet that had both the top album and song in October) were reportedly the most—played songs. So say 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.

The November 2015 FOLKDJ-L charts are based on 14,132 airplays from 150 different DJs. Label and release date appear in brackets below, while the number of reported spins is shown in parentheses. The charts are posted on AcousticMusicScene.com with permission.

Top Albums of November 2015

Joy of Living CD cover

1: Joy Of Living: A Tribute To Ewan MacColl, Various Artists [Compass, 10/15] (75)
2: Just For The Love Of It, Happy Traum [happytraum.com, 7/15] (63)
3: Fine Bloom, Free The Honey [freethehoney.com, 9/15] (57)
4: So Familiar, Steve Martin And Edie Brickell [Rounder, 10/15] (55)
5: Pompadour, Tim O’Brien [Howdy Skies, 10/15] (54)
6: Ain’t We Brothers,” Sam Gleaves [Community, 11/15] (46)
6: The Cutting Edge: 1965-1966 (box set), Bob Dylan [Columbia, new] (46)
8: Foxhounds, Kathy Kallick Band [Live Oak, new] (44)
9: At Home: The Maine Tour, Noel Paul Stookey [Neworld, 9/15] (43)
10: The Ultimate Guide To Scottish Folk, Various Artists [ARC, 10/15] (41)
11: Knockout Rose, Boxcar Lilies [boxcarlilies.com, 9/15] (40)
12: The Tennessee Sessions, The Swamp Brothers [Itchy Sabot, 7/15] (39)
13: Third Street, Peter Mayer [Blue Boat, 11/14] (38)
14: Sorrows And Glories, Red Moon Road [redmoonroad.com, 9/15] (36)
15: Ready For The Storm, Lori Lieberman [Drive On, 10/15] (33)
16: Blues For Country, The Nouveaux Honkies [tnhband.com, 9/15] (31)
16: The Fiddle Preacher, Otter Creek [ottercreekduo.com, 8/15] (31)
18: Gone Like The Cotton, The Cox Family [Rounder, 10/15] (29)
18: North East Rising Sun, Brooksie Wells [Down Home Diva, 10/15] (29)
20: Get Together: Banana Recalls Youngbloods Classics, Lowell Levinger [Grandpa Raccoon, 9/15] (28)
20: Round Trip, Beppe Gambetta And Tony McManus [Borealis, 8/15] (28)
22: Hard Cry Moon, Donna Ulisse [Hadley, 9/15] (27)
23: Nashville Obsolete, Dave Rawlings Machine [Acony, 9/15] (26)
23: So Far, So Good, David Roth [Wind River, 6/15] (26)
25: Dreams And Ghosts: A Family Album, Avery Hill [averyhilltunes.com, 7/15] (25)
26: Joe Hill’s Last Will, John McCutcheon [Appalsongs, 5/15] (24)
26: Kokomo Kidd, Guy Davis [M. C., 9/15] (24)
28: Dancing Toward The Light, Jesse Palidofsky [Azalea City, 7/14] (23)
28: Radio, Steep Canyon Rangers [Rounder, 8/15] (23)
28: Road Be Kind, Andy Cohen [Earwig, 9/15] (23)
31: Anna Laube, Anna Elizabeth Laube [Pockets, 5/15] (22)
31: Skin And Bone, Mark Brown [Self, 6/15] (22)
31: The Song Of The Banjo, Alison Brown [Compass, 10/15] (22)
31: A Thousand Hands, Chris Rosser [Hollow Reed Arts, 10/14] (22)
35: Tomorrow’s Child, Jonathan Edwards [Rising, 6/15] (20)
36: Friend Like Me, Steve Howell And The Mighty Men [Out Of The Past, new] (19)
36: If Not Now When, Freebo [Poppabo, 4/15] (19)
38: Grandma’s Got A Boombox, Sandy Ross [sandyross.com, 5/15] (18)
38: Anywhere But Utah: Songs of Joe Hill, Bucky Halker [Revolting, 8/15] (18)
38: Emerald, Dar Williams [Self, 5/15] (18)
38: Songs Of Heart And Home, Greg Blake [gregblakemusic.com, 9/15] (18)
42: Nobody’s Flag, Wes Weddell Band [Dusty Shadows, 9/15] (17)
42: Servant Of Love, Patty Griffin [PGM, 10/15] (17)
42: Shifted, Harpeth Rising [Grimm Rising, 8/15] (17)
42: Woven, Jenna Moynihan [Self, 10/15] (17)
46: The Turning Point, Tim Grimm [Cavalier, 2013] (16)
46: Coffee Creek, The Slocan Ramblers [slocanramblers.com, 7/15] (16)
46: Tangled Country, The Honey Dewdrops [thehoneydewdrops.com, 3/15] (16)
46: Things That Can’t Be Undone, Corb Lund [New West, 10/15] (16)
50: Cold And Bitter Tears: The Songs Of Ted Hawkins, Various Artists [Wixen, 10/15] (15)
50: I Am American, Michael Troy [Self, 10/15] (15)
50: “I Am An Immigrant” (single), Jesse Palidofsky [Azalea City, new] (15)
50: Road Signs, Mike Laureanno [University Studios, 9/15] (15)
50: Shadow Trails, Linda McRae [Borealis, 9/15] (15)
50: A Silent Song, Archie Fisher [Red House, 9/15] (15)
50: Sundown Over Ghost Town, Eilen Jewell [Signature, 5/15] (15)
57: Beg And Borrow, Battlefield Band [Temple, 8/15] (14)
57: Hillary Rollins presents Christine Lavin And Friends: Live At McCabe’s, Christine Lavin [christinelavin.com, 9/15] (14)
57: Frankie And The No-Go Road, Rita Hosking [ritahosking.com, 9/15] (14)
57: Further West, Hungrytown [Listen Here!, 5/15] (14)
57: Manannan’s Cloak, Barrule [Easy On The Record, 5/15] (14)
57: Melissa Ferrick, Melissa Ferrick [Right On, 7/15] (14)
57: Old Time Reverie, Mipso [Robust, 10/15] (14)
57: Salt As Wolves, Jeffrey Foucault [Blueblade, new] (14)
57: That’s What They Say, Brad Vickers And His Vestapolitans [Manhattone, new] (14)
57: Welcome Day, Cindy Kallet And Grey Larsen [Sleepy Creek, 9/15] (14)
67: Beating Around The Bush, Bill Keith [Green Linnet, 1993] (13)
67: Domestic Eccentric, Old Man Luedecke [True North, 7/15] (13)
67: Don’t Mourn – Organize!: Songs Of Labor Songwriter Joe Hill, Various Artists [Smithsonian/Folkways, 1990] (13)
67: The Farwells, The Farwells [Tin Halo, 9/15] (13)
67: The Immigrant And The Orphan, The John Byrne Band [Self, 9/15] (13)
67: An Offering, Amanda Pearcy [Self, 9/15] (13)
67: One, Natalie MacMaster And Donnell Leahy [Linus, 4/15] (13)
67: Panhandle Rambler, Joe Ely [Rack ’em, 9/15] (13)
67: The Ragpicker String Band, The Ragpicker String Band [Yellow Dog, 8/15] (13)
67: Silver Lining, Efrat [efratmusic.com, 10/15] (13)
67: Something More Than Free, Jason Isbell [Southeastern, 7/15] (13)

Top Songs of November 2015

1. “I Am An Immigrant” (16)

Jesse Palidofsky

Jesse Palidofsky


by Jesse Palidofsky
from “I Am An Immigrant (single)”
1. “Take Me Home” (16)
by Free The Honey
from Fine Bloom
3. “Food On The Table” (15)
by The Swamp Brothers
from The Tennessee Sessions
4. “So Familiar” (14)
by Steve Martin And Edie Brickell
from So Familiar
5. “Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald” (13)
by Gordon Lightfoot
from Gord’s Gold Vol 2
6. “Alice’s Restaurant” (12)
by Arlo Guthrie
from Alice’s Restaurant
6. “Another Round” (12)
by Steve Martin And Edie Brickell
from So Familiar
6. “Go Down To The Water” (12)
by Tim O’Brien
from Pompadour
9. “Dirty Old Town” (10)
by Steve Earle
from Joy Of Living: A Tribute To Ewan MacColl
10. “Ain’t We Brothers” (9)
by Sam Gleaves
from Ain’t We Brothers
10. “Beauty In These Broken Bones” (9)
by Red Moon Road
from Sorrows And Glories
10. “Blues For Country” (9)
by The Nouveaux Honkies
from Blues For Country
10. “By Degrees” (9)
by Mark Erelli
from By Degrees
10. “Church Street Blues” (9)
by Happy Traum
from Just For The Love Of It
10. “The Fiddle Preacher” (9)
by Otter Creek
from The Fiddle Preacher
10. “Freeborn Man” (9)
by Paul Brady
from Joy Of Living: A Tribute To Ewan MacColl
10. “Hello And Goodbye” (9)
by Avery Hill
from Dreams And Ghosts: A Family Album
10. “She Belongs To Me” (9)
by Bob Dylan
from The Cutting Edge: 1965-1966 (box set)
10. “Water Is Wise” (9)
by Tim O’Brien
from Pompadour
10. “Weekend” (9)
by Dave Rawlings Machine
from Nashville Obsolete
21. “Angel In The Ashes” (8)
by Sam Gleaves
from Ain’t We Brothers
21. “Darkness Darkness” (8)
by Lowell Levinger
from Get Together: Banana Recalls Youngbloods Classics
21. “Highway 61 Revisited” (8)
by Bob Dylan
from The Cutting Edge: 1965-1966 (box set)
21. “Honey Blues” (8)
by Free The Honey
from Fine Bloom
21. “It Could Have Been The Mandolin” (8)
by Donna Ulisse
from Hard Cry Moon
21. “Snowflakes” (8)
by Kathy Kallick Band
from Foxhounds
21. “Thanksgiving Song” (8)
by Mary Chapin Carpenter
from Come Darkness, Come Light
21. “There But For Fortune” (8)
by Phil Ochs
from Early Years
21. “Working Shoes” (8)
by Sam Gleaves
from Ain’t We Brothers