Alison Krauss and Union Station’s Paper Airplane is the top album of the year and “Scarlet Town” from Gillian Welch’s The Harrow and the Harvest, the #2 album, is the top song of 2011, based on radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an electronic discussion group for DJs and others interested in all folk-based music on the radio.
The charts below, compiled by Richard Gillmann, are based on 162,061 reported airplays from 197 different DJs during 2011. The number of spins (airplay) is shown in parentheses.
Top Albums of 2011
1: “Paper Airplane,” Alison Krauss And Union Station [Rounder, 4/11] (448)
“Dimming Of The Day”
“Paper Airplane”
“Dust Bowl Children”
“Lay My Burden Down”
“My Opening Farewell”
“My Love Follows You Where You Go”
“Miles To Go”
“On The Outside Looking In”
“Lie Awake”
2: “The Harrow And The Harvest,” Gillian Welch [Acony, 6/11] (435)
“Scarlet Town”
“Way It Goes”
“Hard Times”
“6 White Horses”
“Silver Dagger”
“Down Along The Dixie Line”
“Tennessee”
“Dark Turn Of Mind”
“Way It Will Be”
3: “Bright Morning Stars,” The Wailin’ Jennys [Red House, 2/11] (426)
“Bright Morning Stars”
“Bird Song”
“Swing Low Sail High”
“All The Stars”
“Storm Comin”
“You Are Here”
“Across The Sea”
“Asleep At Last”
“Last Goodbye”
“What Has Been Done”
4: “Darkling & The Bluebird Jubilee,” Joe Crookston [Milagrito, 3/11] (340)
“Good Luck John”
“I Sing”
“Darkling And The Bluebird Jubilee”
“Everything Here Is Good”
“Mercy Now”
“Caitlin At The Window”
“Wilderness Alone”
“Nazarene”
“Friend Like You”
5: “Roses At The End Of Time,” Eliza Gilkyson [Red House, 5/11] (295)
“Roses At The End Of Time”
“Slouching Towards Bethlehem”
“Midnight On Raton”
“2153”
“Blue Moon Night”
“Death In Arkansas”
“Looking For A Place”
“Vayan Al Norte”
6: “Kicking The Beehive,” Susan Werner [Sleeve Dog, 3/11] (282)
“On The Other Side”
“Sleeping On A Train”
“Kicking The Beehive”
“Red Dress”
“Manhattan, Kansas”
“Irrelevance”
“Last Words Of Bonnie Parker”
“My Different Son”
“Doctor Doctor”
6: “A Nod To Bob 2: An Artists’ Tribute To Bob Dylan On His 70th
Birthday,” Various Artists [Red House, 5/11] (282)
“Lay Down Your Weary Tune,” Storyhill
“It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry,” Ray Bonneville
“Just Like A Woman,” John Gorka
“Walkin’ Down The Line,” Robin And Linda Williams
“Born In Time,” Meg Hutchinson
“What Good Am I?,” Pines
“House Of The Rising Sun,” Guy Davis
“Every Grain Of Sand,” Lucy Kaplansky
“Dirt Road Blues,” Pieta Brown
“Jokerman,” Eliza Gilkyson
8: “Brother Sun,” Brother Sun [World Wide, 2/11] (276)
“What Must Be Done”
“All I Want Is A Garden”
“Trouble”
“Come With Me”
“Love Is The Water”
“Sister Moon”
“Shine”
“Well, Well, Well”
8: “Rose City Ramble,” Lauren Sheehan [laurensheehanmusic.com, 4/11] (276)
“Honey Baby Blues”
“Little Bird Of Heaven”
“Dirty Rat Swing”
“Chilly Waters”
“In The Wee Midnight Hours”
“Carroll County Blues”
“Can’t Afford To Lose My Man”
“Memory Of Your Smile”
“Satisfied Mind”
“I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry”
10: “Light In The Sky,” Red Molly [redmolly.com, 10/11] (271)
“Walk Beside Me”
“Dear Someone”
“Come On In My Kitchen”
“Do I Ever Cross Your Mind”
“Your Long Journey”
“It’s Too Late To Call It A Night”
“Fever”
“Oh My Michael”
11: “Rare Bird Alert,” Steve Martin And The Steep Canyon Rangers
[Rounder, 3/11] (263)
“Atheists Don’t Have No Songs”
“Rare Bird Alert”
“More Bad Weather On The Way”
“Yellow-Backed Fly”
“Best Love”
“King Tut”
“Jubilation Day”
“You”
12: “Man Of Many Moons,” Danny Schmidt [Red House, 2/11] (257)
“Buckets Of Rain”
“Houses Sing”
“Man Of Many Moons”
“Guilty By Association Blues”
“Know Thy Place”
“Ragtime Ragtime Blues”
“Almost Round The World”
“On Abundance”
13: “The Very Best Of Stan Rogers,” Stan Rogers [Borealis, 7/10] (252)
“Mary Ellen Carter”
“Northwest Passage”
“Field Behind The Plow”
“Free In The Harbour”
“Fogarty’s Cove”
“Forty-Five Years”
“Jeannie C”
“Barrett’s Privateers”
14: “Thank You, Tom Paxton,” Tim Grimm [Vault, 6/11] (240)
“Rumblin’ In The Land”
“Last Thing On My Mind”
“My Favorite Spring”
“I Give You The Morning”
“General Custer”
“Forest Lawn”
“Whose Garden Was This?”
15: “American Anonymous,” Joel Mabus [Fossil, 7/11] (237)
“Farmer Is The Man”
“Rising Sun Blues”
“Sally Gal”
“Betsy From Pike”
“Love Somebody”
“Fox”
“Sweet Evelina”
“Drunken Hiccups”
15: “Hope,” Abbie Gardner [abbiegardner.com, 4/11] (237)
“Walkin’ Cane”
“Hope”
“Break It Slow”
“Comes Love”
“Liar”
“Nellie”
17: “Cackalack,” Jonathan Byrd [Waterbug, 1/11] (233)
“Cackalack”
“I Was An Oak Tree”
“Reckon I Did”
“Chicken Wire”
“Wild Ponies”
“White Oak Wood”
“Father’s Day”
18: “Heaven Below,” Peter Mayer [Blue Boat, 4/10] (229)
“All The World Is One”
“Garden”
“Singing A Song”
“Ordinary Day”
“Church Of The Earth”
“Rainbow”
“Do You Really Want To Know”
“Japanese Bowl”
19: “City Of Refuge,” Abigail Washburn [Rounder, 1/11] (227)
“City Of Refuge”
“Divine Bell”
“Chains”
“Last Train”
“Bright Morning Stars”
“Burn Thru”
“Bring Me My Queen”
20: “Line-Up,” Battlefield Band [Temple, 7/11] (226)
“That’s How Strong My Love Is”
“Raigmore”
“Great White Herring”
“Lily And The Rose”
“Lovers And Friends”
“Song Composed In August”
21: “Follow Me Down,” Sarah Jarosz [Sugar Hill, 5/11] (222)
“Ring Them Bells”
“Run Away”
“Annabelle Lee”
“Old Smitty”
“Come Around”
“Floating In The Balance”
“Peace”
22: “Help My Brother,” The Gibson Brothers [Compass, 2/11] (220)
“Help My Brother”
“Walkin’ West To Memphis”
“Frozen In Time”
“He Can Be Found”
“Safe Passage”
“Singing As We Rise”
“Want Vs. Need”
“Just Lovin’ You”
23: “The Once,” The Once [Borealis, 9/10] (214)
“Sail Away To The Sea”
“Coming Back To You”
“Maid On The Shore”
“Briar And The Rose”
“3 Fishers”
“Anthem”
24: “Vintage & Unique,” John Reischman & The Jaybirds [Corvus, 6/11] (208)
“Hurry Up And Harvest”
“Shady Grove”
“Goin’ Across The Sea”
“Cypress Hills”
“Girl I Left Behind”
“Last Chance”
“First Whippoorwill”
25: “Call It My Garden,” Carrie Elkin [Red House, 2010] (205)
“Jesse Likes Birds”
“Iowa”
“Guilty Hands”
“Lift Up The Anchor”
“St. Louis”
“Landeth By Sea”
“Things We’re Afraid Of”
26: “We Could Be Beekeepers,” Putnam Smith [Itchy Sabot, 6/11] (201)
“Birds Would Understand”
“I Dream Of Apple Orchards”
“Say Darlin’ Say”
“Sail Away Ladies”
“This Mountain Ain’t My Home”
“Arkansas”
27: “Unruly Heart,” Ari And Mia [ariandmiafriedman.com, 12/10] (200)
“Open Field”
“Freight Train”
“Pig’s Foot/Grub Springs”
“Amelia”
“Hundreds Of Ways”
“North”
“Unruly Heart”
28: “A Passing Glimpse,” Pharis And Jason Romero [Lula, 7/11] (197)
“Hillbilly Blues”
“Forsaken Love”
“Engine 143”
“Lay Down In Sorrow”
“A Passing Glimpse”
“I’m Just Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail”
“Where Is The Gamblin’ Man?”
29: “This Land: Woody Guthrie’s America,” John McCutcheon
[Appalsongs, 11/11] (194)
“I Ain’t Got No Home”
“Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done”
“This Land Is Your Land”
“This Morning I Was Born Again”
“This Is Our Country Here”
“Mail Myself To You”
“Pastures Of Plenty”
30: “Queen Of The Minor Key,” Eilen Jewell [Signature, 6/11] (192)
“Queen Of The Minor Key”
“That’s Where I’m Going”
“I Remember You”
“Santa Fe”
“Bang Bang Bang”
“Warning Signs”
“Reckless”
31: “The Heart Of A Waiting Boy,” Patti Casey [Long Shot, 2010] (185)
“Gander In The Stubble”
“You Are The River”
“Wander On, Weary Soul”
“Spread Joy Over This Land”
“Into This Night”
“Willing Heart”
32: “Daybreak,” Sierra Hull [Rounder, 3/11] (184)
“Easy Come, Easy Go”
“Bombshell”
“Best Buy”
“Don’t Pick Me Up”
“Land Of The Living”
“Wouldn’t Matter To Me”
“Daybreak”
33: “Lorraine,” Lori McKenna [Signature, 2010] (180)
“Luxury Of Knowing”
“Lorraine”
“You Get A Love Song”
“That’s How You Know”
“Buy This Town”
“All I Ever Do”
“Most”
33: “Put The Big Stone Down,” Geoff Bartley [Magic Crow, 10/10] (180)
“Put The Big Stone Down”
“Money Is King”
“Cat Song”
“Occam’s Razor”
“Look Down The Road”
“Losing Part”
35: “Celilo Falls,” Rachel Harrington [Skinny Dennis, 2/11] (179)
“House Of Cards”
“Goodbye Amsterdam”
“Spokane”
“Last Jubilee”
“You Don’t Know”
“You’ll Do”
35: “Land Like A Bird,” Amy Speace [Thirty Tigers, 3/11] (179)
“Ghost”
“Battened Hatches”
“Had To Lose”
“Half Asleep And Wide Awake”
“Drive All Night”
“Galbraith Street”
“Manila Street”
“It’s Too Late To Call It A Night”
37: “Subtotal Eclipse,” Chuck Brodsky [chuckbrodsky.com, 6/11] (177)
“Out Of Time And Place”
“I Tried Fitting In”
“Roberto”
“Same Dress Twice”
“World As You Once Knew It”
“Bellyache Heard ’round The World”
38: “New Amsterdam,” Spuyten Duyvil [spuytenduyvilmusic.com, 4/11] (176)
“Shady Grove”
“Judge Not”
“Coal Train”
“Freight Train”
“One Fine Day”
“I Hear You Calling”
“Halfway Free”
39: “Get Your Phil,” Disappear Fear [disappearfear.com, 7/11] (173)
“Changes”
“Power And Glory”
“When I’m Gone”
“There But For Fortune”
“I Ain’t Marching”
“Is There Anybody Here”
“No More Songs”
40: “Two Nights In Texas,” Kate Campbell [Large River, 9/11] (166)
“Galaxie 500”
“Jesus And Tomatoes”
“Crazy In Alabama”
“Miles Of Blues”
“Free World”
“See Rock City”
“Rosa’s Coronas/Lanterns On The Levee”
40: “These Old Roots,” The Honey Dewdrops [thehoneydewdrops.com, 9/10] (166)
“Nobody In This World”
“Amaranth”
“Sweet Heaven”
“Goodbye And Farewell”
“That Good Old Way”
“Way Back When”
42: “Frank Solivan And Dirty Kitchen,” Frank Solivan And Dirty
Kitchen [Fiddlemon, 8/10] (165)
“Driftin’ Apart”
“Paul And Silas”
“Left Out In The Cold”
“Tarred And Feathered”
“July You’re A Woman”
“Together We’ll Fly”
“Hello Friend”
42: “High Atmosphere,” Diana Jones [Proper American, 4/11] (165)
“High Atmosphere”
“Don’t Forget Me”
“Poverty”
“I Don’t Know”
“Drug For This”
“Motherless Children”
“Sister”
42: “I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive,” Steve Earle [New West,
4/11] (165)
“Waitin’ On The Sky”
“I Am A Wanderer”
“Gulf Of Mexico”
“This City”
“God Is God”
“Little Emperor”
“Lonely Are The Free”
42: “So Beautiful Or So What,” Paul Simon [Hear, 4/11] (165)
“Afterlife”
“Dazzling Blue”
“Rewrite”
“Getting Ready For Christmas Day”
“Love And Blessings”
“Questions For The Angels”
“So Beautiful Or So What”
46: “Red Horse,” Red Horse [Red House, 7/10] (160)
“I Am A Child”
“Wild Horse”
“Wayfaring Stranger”
“If These Walls Could Talk”
“Sanctuary”
“Forget To Breathe”
“Scorpion”
47: “On The Brooklyn Road,” Nell Robinson [nellrobinsonmusic.com, 6/11] (159)
“Turn Your Radio On”
“Red Clay Creek”
“Sweet Sunny South”
“Mayflies”
“Woe Is Me”
“Don’t Light My Fire”
48: “We Still Love Our Country,” Carrie Rodriguez And Ben Kyle [Ninth
Street Opus, 2/11] (157)
“If I Needed You”
“Unwed Fathers”
“Fire Alarm”
“Love Hurts”
“My Baby’s Gone”
“Your Lonely Heart”
“You’re Still On My Mind”
49: “Okra And Ecclesiastes,” Grant Peeples [Gatorbone, 2/11] (156)
“High Fructose Corn Syrup”
“Powerlines”
“Last Great Buffalo Hunt”
“That Kinda Woman”
“John L And Helen”
“Lethal Injection Blues”
50: “Fall For Beauty,” Lynn Miles [True North, 10/10] (154)
“Something Beautiful”
“Fearless Heart”
“3 Chords And The Truth”
“Goodbye”
“Love Doesn’t Hurt”
“I Will”
“Little Bird”
50: “Monongah,” Kyle Carey [kyleannecarey.com, 6/11] (154)
“Devil At Your Back”
“Monongah”
“Gaol Ise Gaol I”
“Virginia”
“Let Them Be All”
“Adenine”
“Resurrection”
52: “Speeding Ticket And A Valentine,” Blame Sally [Ninth Street
Opus, 5/11] (151)
“Bird In Hand”
“Big Big Bed”
“Take Me There”
“Pajaros Sin Alas”
“Living Without You”
53: “That’s How We Run,” April Verch [Slab Town, 6/11] (150)
“Lazy John”
“That’s How We Run”
“Long Harbour”
“This Flower”
“Durang’s Hornpipe”
“Guide Me Home”
53: “Use Me,” David Bromberg [Appleseed, 7/11] (150)
“Bring It With You When You Come”
“Blue Is Fallin”
“Lookout Mountain Girl”
“It’s Just A Matter Of Time”
“Diggin’ In The Deep Blue Sea”
“Tongue”
55: “An Easy Climb,” Donna Ulisse [Hadley, 6/11] (148)
“Let It Rain”
“Hand Me Down Home”
“Shady Glen”
“Banks Of Roane River”
“Black Snake”
56: “Break In The Clouds,” Elephant Revival [Ruff Shod, 11/10] (147)
“Break In The Clouds”
“Point Of You”
“Feathers Rise”
“What Is Time?”
“Lexington”
“Cosmic Pulse”
57: “Steady As She Goes,” Hot Tuna [Red House, 4/11] (145)
“Children Of Zion”
“Goodbye To The Blues”
“Vicksburg Stomp”
“Mama Let Me Lay It On You”
“Angel Of Darkness”
“Things That Might Have Been”
58: “Hard Bargain,” Emmylou Harris [Nonesuch, 4/11] (144)
“Darlin’ Kate”
“Road”
“My Name Is Emmett Till”
“Home Sweet Home”
“Hard Bargain”
58: “James,” Red Molly [redmolly.com, 2/10] (144)
“You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive”
“Tear My Stillhouse Down”
“Jezebel”
“Gulf Coast Highway”
“Troubled Mind”
“End Of The Line”
60: “O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack,” Various Artists
[Mercury, 2000] (142)
“I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow,” Soggy Bottom Boys
“I’ll Fly Away,” Alison Krauss And Gillian Welch
“In The Jailhouse Now,” Soggy Bottom Boys
“Big Rock Candy Mountain,” Harry McClintock
“Keep On The Sunny Side,” Cox Family
61: “Courage,” Si Kahn [Strictly Country, 5/10] (141)
“Washington Square”
“Abe Lincoln Walks Tonight”
“Playing The Old Songs”
“On This Old Farm”
“Otis Is Flying”
“Custodian”
61: “The Holy Coming Of The Storm,” Cahalen Morrison And Eli West
[cahalenandeli.com, 11/10] (141)
“Lost Lovin’ Gal”
“My Lover, Adorned”
“On God’s Rocky Shore”
“Fleeting Like The Days”
“Over There”
“Won’t Be Long”
61: “Otter Creek,” Ken Kolodner And Brad Kolodner [Fenchurch, 1/11] (141)
“Otter Creek”
“Snow Drop”
“Home With The Girls In The Morning/Sally In The Garden”
“Liza Jane/Sandy Boys/Hangman’s”
“Needle Case”
“Ithacan Ash”
64: “Time Ain’t Got Nothin’ On Me,” Mark Dvorak [Waterbug, 1/11] (138)
“Middle Years”
“2 Little Boys”
“It’ll Be Better When It’s Better”
“Ruben You Can Play Your Banjo”
“Bluebells In Kentucky”
“Time Ain’t Got Nothin’ On Me”
65: “Birds Of A Feather,” Red Hen Stringband [Wepecket Island, 6/11] (137)
“Martin Said To His Man”
“Cluck Old Hen”
“Down In Mississippi”
“Colours”
“Off The Griddle”
“Blue Yodel #3”
65: “My Love Will Keep,” Jonathan Edwards [Appleseed, 6/11] (137)
“Lightkeeper”
“She Loves You”
“Sailor’s Prayer”
“Everybody Works In China”
“Crazy Texas Woman”
“Freewheeler”
67: “Mesabi,” Tom Russell [Shout Factory, 9/11] (136)
“Mesabi”
“Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall”
“Sterling Hayden”
“Lonesome Death Of Ukulele Ike”
“When The Legends Die”
67: “Sleep With One Eye Open,” Chris Thile And Michael Daves
[Nonesuch, 5/11] (136)
“Rabbit In The Log”
“Cry, Cry Darling”
“Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms”
“Bury Me Beneath The Willow”
“Tennessee Blues”
69: “Row Upon Row Of The People They Know,” The Once [Borealis, 10/11] (135)
“Cradle Hill”
“Jack The Sailor”
“You’re My Best Friend”
“By The Glow Of The Kerosene Light”
“Song For Memory”
“My Husband’s Got No Courage”
69: “What Makes Bob Holler,” Hot Club Of Cowtown [Proper American, 2/11] (135)
“Stay A Little Longer”
“Devil Ain’t Lazy”
“She’s Killing Me”
“Oklahoma Hills”
“It’s All Your Fault”
“Time Changes Everything”
71: “Folk-Worn Prose,” Shaun Cromwell [Melon Patch, 11/10] (132)
“Gristmill”
“Rise And Fall”
“I Am Undone”
“Numbers Game”
“Only If The Now Is Then”
71: “Lost And Found,” Kate MacLeod And Kat Eggleston [Waterbug, 6/11] (132)
“Lark In The Morning”
“Living And The Breathing Wind”
“None But One”
“Rain”
“Rantin’ Rovin’ Robin”
73: “Wood And Stone,” Tara Nevins [Sugar Hill, 5/11] (131)
“Stars Fell On Alabama”
“Wood And Stone”
“Beauty Of Days Gone By”
“What Money Cannot Buy”
“Wrong Side”
“All I Ever Needed”
74: “Freak Flag,” Greg Brown [Yep Roc, 5/11] (130)
“Let The Mystery Be”
“Freak Flag”
“Someday House”
“Where Are You Going When You’re Gone”
“I Don’t Know Anybody In This Town”
“Remember The Sun”
75: “The Famous Rocket Cage,” Donal Hinely [Atom, 5/11] (129)
“The Famous Rocket Cage”
“Flesh And Bone”
“5 Bucks”
“Poor Man’s Dream”
“I Talk Too Much”
76: “Grapevine,” Andrew Calhoun [Waterbug, 4/11] (128)
“O Susanna”
“How Can I Keep From Singing?”
“15 Years On The Erie Canal”
“I Ride An Old Paint”
“Fox”
76: “To The West,” Coty Hogue [Cello Room, 2009] (128)
“Going To The West”
“Few Old Memories”
“Undone In Sorrow”
“Shiloh’s Hill”
“Dear Mother”
78: “Small Source Of Comfort,” Bruce Cockburn [True North, 3/11] (127)
“Call Me Rose”
“5 50-One”
“Iris Of The World”
“Bohemian 3-Step”
“Each One Lost”
79: “Bad Man’s Blood,” Ray Bonneville [Red House, 8/11] (126)
“Bad Man’s Blood”
“Mississippi”
“River John”
“Good Times”
“Blonde Of Mine”
“Night Walker”
80: “Lifeboats For Atlantis,” Heather Styka [Kite Stripe, 10/11] (125)
“Tightrope Walker”
“Lucy And Sarah”
“My Father’s Daughter”
“Dragon Kite”
“Atlantis”
“Contented”
80: “Perfect Storm,” Dan Crary And Thunderation [Blue Night, 7/11] (125)
“Sail Away Ladies / Sally Ann”
“Deep River Blues”
“Girl From The North Country”
“One More Dollar”
“Muley Was A Railroad Man”
“Tumbleweed Town”
82: “Kind Of Everything,” Jeff Talmadge [Berkalin, 2/11] (124)
“Hamburg Violin”
“Kind Of Everything”
“One Spectacular Moon”
“If It Wasn’t For The Wind”
“Sometimes You Choose Love”
83: “On The Other Side Of The City,” Downtown Ramblers
[downtownramblers.com, 8/11] (123)
“Singing With The Birds”
“Be My Baby Still”
“After We’re Gone”
“This Town”
“Take Your Eyes Away From Me”
“That Ain’t The Case”
83: “Simply Eva,” Eva Cassidy [Blix Street, 2010] (123)
“Kathy’s Song”
“True Colors”
“Songbird”
“Wayfaring Stranger”
“People Get Ready”
“San Francisco Bay Blues”
85: “Catch 23,” The 23 String Band [the23stringband.com, 8/11] (120)
“Long Hot Summer Days”
“Catch 23”
“Leave Everything To Me”
“Raleigh And Spencer”
“Cripple Creek”
“Listen To Her Heart”
86: “Journeyman,” David Ferrard [Alter Road, 6/11] (118)
“Bridges”
“War Carries On”
“I Am An Immigrant”
“Wildflowers”
“I Want To Be With You”
86: “Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down,” Ry Cooder [Nonesuch, 8/11] (118)
“No Banker Left Behind”
“John Lee Hooker For President”
“El Corrido De Jesse James”
“No Hard Feelings”
88: “Starlight Hotel,” Zoe Muth And The Lost High Rollers [Signature,
4/11] (117)
“I’ve Been Gone”
“Harvest Moon Blues”
“Whatever’s Left”
“If I Can’t Trust You With A Quarter”
“Tired Worker’s Song”
“Before The Night Is Gone”
89: “Let The Storm Roll In,” Claudia Nygaard [Bet The Ranch, 6/11] (116)
“Big Country”
“Miss Kitty”
“Coyote”
“His Left Side”
“J. C”
90: “Friends Of Fall,” Crooked Still [Signature, 10/11] (115)
“American Tune”
“It’ll End Too Soon”
“We Can Work It Out”
“Morning Bugle”
“Pretty Bird”
90: “Hold On Me,” Spring Creek [springcreekbluegrassband.com, 8/11] (115)
“It’s A Banjo Playing”
“Mockingbird”
“Blue Skies, Blue Water”
“Way Back In The Mountains”
“Evening Turns To Ashes”
92: “Past Perfect,” Steve Spurgin [Blue Night, 4/11] (113)
“Fire On The Kettle”
“Kodak 1955”
“Collar To The Wind”
“Last Armadillo Waltz”
“Sasquatch”
92: “To Drink The Rain,” Malcolm Holcombe [Music Road, 2/11] (113)
“One Leg At A Time”
“One Man Singin”
“Down In The Woods”
“Reckon To The Wind”
“Behind The Number One”
94: “Come Find Me,” Audrey Auld [Reckless, 4/11] (112)
“Tasmania”
“Come Find Me”
“40”
“Butterfly Effect”
“Just Love”
“Tree”
94: “Middle Of Everywhere,” Pokey Lafarge And The South City Three
[Free Dirt, 7/11] (112)
“So Long Honeybee, Goodbye”
“Coffee Pot Blues”
“Ain’t The Same”
“Weedwacker Rag”
“Mississippi Girl”
94: “Threshold,” Carolann Solebello [Elizabeth, 6/11] (112)
“Bury Me Beneath The Willow”
“Black Jack Davey”
“Hound Dogs In August”
“Wash Me Clean”
“Shadow”
97: “Pick A Peck Of Piedmont Pickers,” Various Artists [Wepecket
Island, 5/11] (110)
“Georgia Bound,” Lauren Sheehan
“Spike Driver Blues,” Lauren Sheehan
“Beantown Rag,” Mike Higgins
“Fishin’ Blues,” Gareth Hedges
“Chump Man Blues,” Mike Higgins
98: “Across The Borderline: Lie To Me,” Bettysoo And Doug Cox
[Borderline Talent, 6/11] (109)
“Lie To Me”
“Boxcars”
“Dublin Blues”
“Light In Your Window”
“You Don’t Need”
98: “Heartache Looking For A Home,” Charlie Sizemore [Rounder, 2/11] (109)
“No Lawyers In Heaven”
“I Don’t Remember Loving You”
“Red Wicked Wine”
“Slow Goin”
“Going To Georgia”
100: “Blessed,” Lucinda Williams [Lost Highway, 3/11] (108)
“Blessed”
“Born To Be Loved”
“Buttercup”
“Copenhagen”
“Seeing Black”
100: “Legacy,” Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band [Compass, 9/10] (108)
“Jailer Jailer”
“Raven”
“Don’t Ask Me Why”
“Lord Hamilton’s Yearling”
102: “Everything Is Everywhere,” Carrie Newcomer [Available Light, 11/11] (107)
“I Believe”
“Breathe In Breathe Out”
“Everything Is Everywhere”
“Shine”
“Air And Smoke”
“May We Be Released”
102: “Hudson Harding Sampler, Vol. 6: Happy Holidays,” Various Artists
[Hudson Harding, 12/11] (107)
“Broken And Beautiful,” Joe Crookston
“Answer The Knock At The Door,” Zoe Mulford
“Silent Night,” Abbie Gardner And Laurie MacAllister
“Redpoll,” Dana Robinson
“Sleep Through Christmas,” Pat Wictor
104: “Fly Down Little Bird,” Mike Seeger And Peggy Seeger [Appleseed,
3/11] (106)
“My Home’s Across The Blue Ridge Mountains”
“Farmer Is The Man”
“Dodger Song”
“Little Birdie”
“Cindy”
104: “The Hogtown Sessions,” Ivan Rosenberg And The Foggy Hogtown Boys
[Vole-O-Tone, 8/11] (106)
“New York Town”
“Lost”
“Cold Creek”
“Low And Lonesome Sea”
“Reno Bound”
104: “Now You Know,” Justin Roth [justinroth.com, 5/11] (106)
“Love’s Not Through With Me Yet”
“Out Of The Blue”
“Surrender”
“Trembling Like A Train”
“Spaghetti Junction”
107: “Looking For A Fight,” The Sweetback Sisters [Signature, 5/11] (105)
“It Won’t Hurt When I Fall Down From This Barstool”
“Texas Bluebonnets”
“Too Many Experts”
“Don’t Put Her Down, You Helped Put Her There”
“Mystery Of You”
107: “Old White Men,” Vance Gilbert [Disismye, 9/11] (105)
“Old White Men”
“Boy On A Train”
“Dragonfly Wings”
“Helpless Man”
107: “Silhouette,” Catherine MacLellan [True North, 9/11] (105)
“Stealin”
“Snowbird”
“Black Crow”
“Eastern Girl”
“Keep On Fighting”
“Lines On The Road”
110: “Barton Hollow,” The Civil Wars [Sensibility, 2/11] (104)
“20 Years”
“Barton Hollow”
“I’ve Got This Friend”
“Forget Me Not”
110: “Genuine Negro Jig,” Carolina Chocolate Drops [Nonesuch, 2/10] (104)
“Cornbread And Butterbeans”
“Hit ’em Up Style”
“Trouble In Your Mind”
“Your Baby Ain’t Sweet Like Mine”
110: “In This Light,” Rj Cowdery [Blue Rock, 6/11] (104)
“In This Light”
“Heartburn”
“I’ll Keep Trying”
“For The Long Ride”
“Blind Side”
110: “Words Through The Seasons,” Alicia McGovern
[aliciamcgovernmusic.com, 10/10] (104)
“Ruby Red Sky”
“I’ll Keep Tryin”
“So Many Songs”
“I Wanna Grow Old”
“Our Tiny Little Hearts”
114: “Horse Latitudes,” Jeffrey Foucault [Signature, 5/11] (103)
“Horse Latitudes”
“Starlight And Static”
“Everybody’s Famous”
“Heart To The Husk”
“Idaho”
115: “Brother To The Wind,” Craig Bickhardt [Stone Barn, 2009] (102)
“Life With The Sound Turned Down”
“Prayers For You”
“Brother To The Wind”
“Lord Franklin”
“Real Game”
“This Old House”
115: “The Road To Damascus,” Notorious [Black Socks Press, 10/10] (102)
“Wild Rose Of The Mountain”
“Hangman’s Reel”
“The Road To Damascus”
“Boatman”
“Beneath The Stones”
117: “Skippin’ And Flyin’,” Laurie Lewis [Spruce And Maple, 10/11] (100)
“Blue Moon Of Kentucky”
“Going Away”
“Old 10 Broeck”
“What’s Good For You”
“Lonesome Road”
118: “The Horse King,” Cosy Sheridan [Waterbug, 10/11] (99)
“Higher Financial Reform”
“Keep Your Overhead Low”
“Don’t Walk Away From Love”
“Angels In Rome”
“The Horse King”
118: “Some Kind Of Cure,” David Berkeley [Self, 1/11] (99)
“Shenandoah”
“Steel Mill”
“Winter Winds”
“George Square”
120: “Footwork,” The Barefoot Movement [Lonesome, 6/11] (98)
“Southfork By Midnight”
“Calico Jack”
“Circles”
“Tobacco Road”
“Whole World Round”
120: “The Road Is Dark,” Michael Jerome Browne [Borealis, 11/11] (98)
“Doin’ My Time”
“G20 Rag”
“Graveyard Blues”
“If Memphis Don’t Kill Me”
120: “Shadow And Light,” John Doyle [Compass, 9/11] (98)
“Little Sparrow”
“Clear The Way”
“Arabic”
“Bound For Botany Bay”
123: “Just One Angel,” Christine Lavin And Friends [Yellow Tail, 12/10] (97)
“Christmas On Mars,” Roy Zimmerman
“Auld Lang Syne,” Kate Taylor
“Jewish Kid Born On Christmas Day Talkin’ Blues,” Sally Fingerett
“Is It Hanukah Or Chanukah?,” Ruby And Ava Locknar
123: “Moody Bluegrass Two… Much Love,” Moody Bluegrass [Bunny Rae, 9/11] (97)
“Dear Diary”
“Tuesday Afternoon”
“Story In Your Eyes”
“I Know You’re Out There”
“You And Me”
125: “Blaze Foley’s 113th Wet Dream,” Gurf Morlix [Self, 1/11] (96)
“Big Cheeseburgers And Good French Fries”
“If I Could Only Fly”
“Baby Can I Crawl Back To You”
“Clay Pigeons”
“Oh Darlin”
125: “Carrying Lightning,” Amanda Shires [amandashires.net, 5/11] (96)
“When You Need A Train It Never Comes”
“Swimmer”
“Detroit Or Buffalo”
“Ghost Bird”
“Shake The Walls”
125: “Fired Up,” Michael Cleveland [Rounder, 3/11] (96)
“Goin’ Up Dry Branch”
“Dixie Special”
“Big Wide Strum”
“Bigger Hands Than Mine”
“Maine Line”
125: “Reverie,” David Wilcox [What Are, 11/10] (96)
“End Of The World”
“Let The Wave Say”
“Little Fish”
“Cast Off”
“Dynamite In The Distance”
125: “Rise Above,” Will White [Whippoorwil, 6/10] (96)
“Mournin’ Dove”
“I’ll Never Do Time Again”
“Run Chicken Run”
“Firelight Waltz”
“June Bug”
130: “Mercury,” Pieta Brown [Red House, 9/11] (95)
“Be With You”
“Butterfly Blues”
“Glory To Glory”
“I’m Gone”
“Closing Time”
131: “The Brick Album,” The Greencards [Darling Street, 5/11] (94)
“Make It Out West”
“Adelaide”
“Heart Fixer”
“Loving You Is The Only Way To Fly”
“Tale Of Kangario”
131: “Late Edition,” David Francey [Laker, 5/11] (94)
“When I’m Not Thinking About You”
“Pretty Jackals”
“Yesterday’s News”
“Solitary Wave”
“Wonder”
131: “Promise,” Karen Savoca [Alcove, 2/11] (94)
“Without Me”
“Ready”
“Dancing With Ghosts”
“Promise”
“Last Night On Earth”
134: “Lonesome Whistle,” The Roys [Rural Rhythm, 4/11] (93)
“Coal Minin’ Man”
“Nothin’ I Can Do About It Now”
“That’s What Makes It Love”
“I Wonder What God’s Thinking”
“Lonesome Whistle”
134: “(New) Years,” Ellen Cherry [Wrong Size Shoes, 2010] (93)
“1912 Violet Swims But The Ship Sinks”
“Civil War Bride”
“To California”
“1893: A Girl At The World’s Fair”
136: “If Stones Could Talk,” Gene And Gayla Mills [Heart Pine, 7/11] (92)
“Talking To A Stone”
“River, Railway, Road”
“Milk And Honey”
“12 Days”
“Bright Blue Eyes”
136: “Living In The Dream,” Mustard’s Retreat [Yellow Room, 1/11] (92)
“Let The Mystery Be”
“Blow The Candle Out”
“First Flower”
“Thimble Island Ghost”
138: “American Story,” Bearfoot [Compass, 9/11] (91)
“Midnight In Montana”
“Come Get Your Lonesome”
“Tell Me A Story”
“Dust”
“Eyes Cast Down”
138: “Catch The Sunset,” Barb Ryman [Renegade, 6/11] (91)
“Catch The Sunset”
“Nursery Rhymes”
“Soldier’s Daughter”
“Scary Mari”
140: “Black Crow Blue,” Nathan Bell [myspace.com/nathanbellmusic, 1/11] (90)
“Stone’s Throw”
“American Crow”
“Black Crow Blue”
“Crow In Oklahoma”
“Gypsies”
141: “Downhauler,” Marc Douglas Berardo [Horizon, 8/10] (88)
“Quiet Places”
“Passing Through”
“Ruby”
“Havana”
142: “Man With A Love Song,” James Hill [Borealis, 10/11] (87)
“Hand Over My Heart”
“Assam/Like A Bird”
“Indecision Rag”
“You Should See Me Now”
“Heart-Shaped Tattoo”
143: “The Day After Everything Changed,” Ellis Paul [Black Wolf, 1/10] (86)
“Rose Tattoo”
“Annalee”
“River Road”
“Once Upon A Summertime”
“Hurricane Angel”
143: “Heirloom Music,” The Wronglers With Jimmie Dale Gilmore
[Neanderthal, 5/11] (86)
“Deep Ellum Blues”
“Foggy Mountain Top”
“Brown’s Ferry Blues”
“In The Pines”
143: “Little Bird,” Kasey Chambers [Sugar Hill, 7/11] (86)
“Devil On Your Back”
“Love Like A Hurricane”
“Georgia Brown”
“Little Bird”
143: “The Wilders,” The Wilders [Free Dirt, 6/11] (86)
“Riverboat”
“Things They Say About Home”
“Get Up Kid”
“No. 7”
147: “Forever And A Day,” Kruger Brothers [Double Time, 3/10] (85)
“Plan”
“Warm Evening Breeze”
“Forever And A Day”
“If I Needed You”
147: “Songs Of Freedom,” Rod MacDonald [Blue Flute, 5/11] (85)
“Big Money”
“Moron Radio”
“Springtime In America”
“Freedom Of Religion”
147: “Stretched On Your Grave,” Runa [Self, 3/11] (85)
“House Carpenter / Jolene”
“Fionnghuala”
“Newry Highwayman”
“Holy Ground”
147: “This Unknown Science,” Joy Kills Sorrow [Signature, 9/11] (85)
“Reservations”
“Wouldn’t Have Noticed”
“Eli”
“One More Night”
“New Man”
151: “Every Whisper Is A Shout Across The Void,” Fish And Bird [Fiddle
Head, 5/11] (84)
“Well Run Dry”
“Effigy”
“Circle Tune”
“Winnipeg”
“Something Good”
151: “FY5,” Finnders And Youngberg [Self, 5/11] (84)
“Give A Little Back”
“Red Mountain Pass”
“Fiddlin’ To My Grave”
“Driftwood”
151: “Midwinter,” Peter Mayer [Blue Boat, 2005] (84)
“Christmas Morning”
“Where Is The Light”
“Green”
“Houses Of Winter”
151: “Ravens And Crows,” Dehlia Low [Rebel, 8/11] (84)
“State Of Jefferson”
“Ravens And Crows”
“Cannonball Blues”
“Drifting On A Lonesome Sea”
“What Do You Think Of Her Now?”
155: “Bandolier,” Jack Hardy [Great Divide, 2002] (83)
“Autumn”
“Everything’s Bigger In Texas”
“Bandolier”
“Singer’s Lament”
155: “I Wasn’t Built For A Life Like This,” Caleb Stine [Self, 10/10] (83)
“My Service Isn’t Needed Anymore”
“No Harm In Being Crazy”
“Doing Time In Baltimore”
“Ain’t Nobody”
157: “Collage,” Michael J. Miles [Right Turn On Red, 1/11] (82)
“Suite: Whiskey”
“Sleepers Awake”
“Crossroads”
“Take 5”
“Guaracha”
157: “The Lost Notebooks Of Hank Williams,” Various Artists [Columbia,
10/11] (82)
“Love That Faded,” Bob Dylan
“I’m So Happy I Found You,” Lucinda Williams
“Oh, Mama, Come Home,” Jakob Dylan
“How Many Times Have You Broken My Heart,” Norah Jones
157: “Love My Stuff,” Paul Geremia [Red House, 10/11] (82)
“See See Rider”
“Silver City Bound”
“Mama Don’t Allow No Low Down Hangin’ Around”
“Kick It In The Country”
160: “The Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration,” Various Artists
[Rounder, 8/11] (81)
“Dark As The Night, Blue As The Day,” Michael Cleveland
“Jerusalem Ridge,” Michael Cleveland
“Big Mon,” Tony Rice
160: “Kings And Queens,” Blackie And The Rodeo Kings [Dramatico, 6/11] (81)
“Another Free Woman”
“Got You Covered”
“If I Can’t Have You”
“Heart A Mine”
162: “All The Good Summers,” Andrew And Noah Van Norstrand [Great
Bear, 5/10] (80)
“Samuel Mason”
“Wasp’s Goggles”
“Love And Winter”
“Faded To A Dream”
162: “Love And Other Tragedies,” Red Molly [Self, 2008] (80)
“Wichita”
“Make Me Lonely Again”
“Beaumont Rest Stop”
“Is The Blue Moon Still Shining”
162: “Remember Me Well,” Red June [Self, 8/10] (80)
“Biscuits And Honey”
“Comes A Time”
“Home Is A Railroad”
“Callahan”
162: “Songs And Stories,” Guy Clark [Dualtone, 8/11] (80)
“Homegrown Tomatoes”
“Stuff That Works”
“If I Needed You”
“L. A. Freeway”
166: “Chicken And Egg,” Tim O’Brien [Howdy Skies, 7/10] (79)
“Sun Jumped Up”
“Letter In The Mail”
“You Ate The Apple”
166: “Queen Of Yesterday,” Houston Jones [Summerhill, 6/11] (79)
“Monsoon Horizon”
“If Not For The Darkness”
“3 Things”
“I Found A Heart”
“Angels On The Ridgepole”
168: “Curious Things Given Wings,” The Outside Track [Mad River, 11/10] (78)
“Turkish Revery”
“Silvy Silvy”
“Swerving For Bunnies”
“Caroline Of Edinburgh Town”
168: “The Last Black And White TV,” Terence Martin [Good Dog, 6/10] (78)
“Bird To Take You South”
“Last Black And White Tv”
“Miles From Here”
“Little Mercy”
168: “Moonlit Rambles,” Scott Cook [scottcook.net, 6/11] (78)
“Song For The Slow Dancers”
“Goin Up To The Country”
“Lord Giveth”
“Song For A Pilgrim”
171: “A Crooked Road,” Darrell Scott [Full Light, 5/10] (77)
“A Crooked Road”
“For Suzanne”
“Love’s Not Through With Me Yet”
“This Time ’round”
171: “Paradise,” Judy Collins [Wildflower, 6/10] (77)
“Last Thing On My Mind”
“Diamonds And Rust”
“Weight Of The World”
“Ghost Riders In The Sky”
171: “Something To Believe,” Freebo [Poppabo, 6/11] (77)
“When There’s No Place Like Home”
“Standing Ovation”
“Something To Believe”
“I Don’t Believe In Yesterday”
171: “Stonewall Country,” Robin And Linda Williams [Red House, 7/11] (77)
“Stonewall Country”
“Don’t Let Me Come Home A Stranger”
“Let Us Cross Over The River”
175: “Many Great Companions,” Dar Williams [Razor And Tie, 10/10] (76)
“Christians And The Pagans”
“One Who Knows”
“February”
175: “Neon Blue Bird,” Ollabelle [30 Tigers, 8/11] (76)
“You’re Gonna Miss Me”
“Butcher Boy”
“Be Your Woman”
“One More Time”
175: “Sounds Of Home,” Blue Highway [Rounder, 8/11] (76)
“I Ain’t Gonna Lay My Hammer Down”
“Sounds Of Home”
“Restless Working Man”
“Roaring Creek”
175: “Stand Up Eight,” Aaron Burdett [Puzzle Gully, 9/10] (76)
“Stand Up 8”
“Without You”
“Bluff”
175: “The Turning Tide,” Solas [Compass, 2/10] (76)
“Ghost Of Tom Joad”
“Hugo’s Big Reel”
“Ditching Boy”
“Grady Fernando Comes To Town”
180: “Burn,” Rita Hosking [ritahosking.com, 9/11] (75)
“When Miners Sang”
“Something You Got”
“Ballad For The Gulf Of Mexico”
“Indian Giver”
180: “Cars,” Kris Delmhorst [Signature, 8/11] (75)
“Magic”
“You Might Think”
“Just What I Needed”
“Drive”
180: “Disappear,” J Wagner [Constant Clip, 1/11] (75)
“Disappear”
“Worries In The Grain”
“Story For You To Tell”
“Devils Highway”
180: “The Dreaming Fields,” Matraca Berg [Dualtone, 5/11] (75)
“If I Had Wings”
“You And Tequila”
“Your Husband’s Cheating On Us”
“The Dreaming Fields”
180: “Some Strange Country,” Crooked Still [Signature, 5/10] (75)
“Golden Vanity”
“Sometimes In This Country”
“You Got The Silver”
“Calvary”
180: “Story Of The Rifle,” Mason Porter [Self, 2010] (75)
“Long Black Veil”
“My Creole Belle”
“Girl From The North Country”
“Wayfaring Stranger”
186: “Double CD: When Two Lovers Meet / I Won’t Go Home ‘Til Morning,”
Sarah McQuaid [sarahmcquaid.com, 2009] (74)
“In The Pines”
“Sprig Of Thyme”
“Last Song”
186: “Long Gone: Utah Remembers Bruce Utah Phillips,” Various Artists
[Waterbug, 5/11] (74)
“Nevada Jane,” Kate MacLeod
“Eddy’s Song,” Paul Rasmussen
“Miner’s Lullaby,” Anke Summerhill
186: “Oil Town,” Paul Sachs [paulsachs.com, 7/11] (74)
“Great Gatsby Days”
“Dirty Trucks”
“Poor Man’s Out”
“Oil Town”
186: “Sweet Honey,” The Lost Pines [lostpinesband.com, 3/11] (74)
“Out Of The Rain”
“Cherry Pie”
“Maybalee”
“Singing Voice”
190: “If The Sun Will Shine,” The Honey Dewdrops [Self, 2009] (73)
“Wandering Boy”
“Bluest Blue Eyes”
“Fly Away Free”
“When Was The War”
190: “Live at Teatro della Corte: The First 10 Years,” Beppe Gambetta
[Gadfly, 11/11] (73)
“Romance In Durango”
“Blackberry Blossom”
“St. Augustine”
192: “Between The Hollow And The High-Rise,” Kathy Kallick Band [Live
Oak, 5/10] (72)
“There’s A Higher Power”
“New White House Blues”
“My House”
“Snow”
192: “The High Road Home,” Jack Williams [Wind River, 7/10] (72)
“The High Road Home”
“Atlantis Goin’ Down”
“While The Sun Goes Down”
192: “Stretch Limousine On Fire,” Catie Curtis [Compass, 8/11] (72)
“River Wide”
“Let It Last”
“Highway Del Sol”
“Shadowbird”
192: “The Wind That Shakes The Barley,” Loreena McKennitt [Quinlan
Road, 11/10] (72)
“On A Bright May Morning”
“As I Roved Out”
“Down By The Sally Gardens”
“Star Of The County Down”
196: “Able Baker Charlie And Dog,” Joe Crookston [Self, 2008] (71)
“Bird By Bird”
“Able Baker Charlie And Dog”
“Logical Song”
196: “No Other Road,” Lucy Billings [Sassy Time, 1/11] (71)
“Let’s Not And Say We Did”
“Daddy’s Last Drive”
“Blue Highway”
“As We Fly”
196: “Passage,” John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 10/10] (71)
“Your Age”
“One More Day”
“Father Forgive”
“Tallahassee Waltz”
199: “The Essential Collection,” Bill Morrissey [Rounder, 2004] (70)
“Birches”
“Handsome Molly”
“Letter From Heaven”
“50”
199: “The Man With The Time Machine,” Jaime Michaels [Frumdahart, 1/11] (70)
“Black River”
“Wish On The Moon”
“When The Sun Comes Out Over Ireland”
“China Dog”
199: “Temptation,” The Waifs [Compass, 4/11] (70)
“Beautiful Night”
“Falling”
“Buffalo”
“Drifting Dreaming”
199: “What I Know,” Tom Rush [Appleseed, 2009] (70)
“Hot Tonight”
“What I Know”
“Casey Jones”
“East Of Eden”
203: “100 Miles Of Wreckage,” The Black Lillies [Attack Monkey, 2/11] (68)
“2 Hearts Down”
“Shepherd’s Song”
“Same Mistakes”
“3 In The Mornin”
203: “The King Is Dead,” The Decemberists [Capitol, 1/11] (68)
“Down By The Water”
“January Hymn”
“June Hymn”
“Rox In The Box”
203: “Mission Bell,” Amos Lee [Blue Note, 1/11] (68)
“El Camino”
“Windows Are Rolled Down”
“Clear Blue Eyes”
“Flower”
203: “October Valentine,” Chris Kokesh [Self, 7/10] (68)
“Rose Of My Heart”
“Lucy”
“Radio Soul”
“Hell Of A Year”
203: “Saint Monday,” Michael Fracasso [Little Fuji, 3/11] (68)
“Ada, Ok”
“Eloise”
“Saint Monday”
“While The Night Is Young”
203: “Sigh No More,” Mumford And Sons [Glassnote, 2/10] (68)
“Awake My Soul”
“Cave”
“Winter Winds”
“Timshel”
209: “Before And After,” Carrie Newcomer [Rounder, 2/10] (67)
“Before And After”
“Ghost Train”
“Do No Harm”
“I Meant To Do My Work Today”
209: “Nobody’s Fault,” Pat Donohue [Bluesky, 4/11] (67)
“Irish Blues”
“Ain’t Nobody’s Fault But Mine”
“Exercise Blues”
“Would You Like To Play The Guitar?”
209: “Reckless,” The Steeldrivers [Rounder, 9/10] (67)
“Where Rainbows Never Die”
“Good Corn Liquor”
“Reckless Side Of Me”
“Guitars, Whiskey, Guns And Knives”
212: “Almost Home,” Larry Sparks [Rounder, 3/11] (66)
“Almost Home”
“Somebody Touched Me”
“Lines On The Highway”
“Momma’s Apron Strings”
212: “I Love Tom T. Hall’s Songs Of Fox Hollow,” Various Artists [Red
Beet, 5/11] (66)
“I Love,” Patty Griffin
“Sneaky Snake,” Buddy Miller W/ Duane Eddy
“I Like To Feel Pretty Inside,” Jim Lauderdale
212: “Songs From Yeats’ Bee-Loud Glade,” Kyle Alden [kylealden.com, 9/11] (66)
“Brown Penny”
“Running To Paradise”
“Colonel Martin”
212: “Welding Burns,” Rod Picott [Self, 6/11] (66)
“Rust Belt Fields”
“410”
“Sheetrock Hanger”
“Jealous Heart”
216: “Exiles Return,” Karan Casey And John Doyle [Compass, 2/10] (65)
“Sailing Off To The Yankee Land”
“Exiles Return”
“False Lady”
“Shipyard Slips”
216: “The Last Star,” Heidi Talbot [Compass, 9/10] (65)
“Shepherd Lad”
“The Last Star”
“Willie Taylor”
“Sally Brown”
216: “Meant To Be,” Mare Wakefield [marewakefield.com, 3/11] (65)
“Folk Songs”
“Little Blue Flowers And Butterflies”
“About The War”
“Always Valentine”
216: “Then And Now,” Byrd & Street [byrdandstreet.com, 7/11] (65)
“Then And Now”
“Checkout Line”
“Long Line Of Love”
“Crazy Over You”
220: “Goodnight Regret,” Tom Prasada-Rao [Self, 11/10] (64)
“Goodnight Regret”
“Leonard Cohen”
“Gitanjali”
“Angel Wings”
220: “Highlander’s Farewell,” Alasdair Fraser And Natalie Haas
[Culburnie, 3/11] (64)
“Whitewater”
“Jig Runrig / The Ramnee Ceilidh”
“La Sansonette”
220: “Highway 71,” 3 Penny Acre [Second String, 7/10] (64)
“Highway 71”
“Riverboat”
“I Ain’t Blind”
“Old Limestone”
220: “Waltzing’s For Dreamers,” Carol Noonan [Self, 1/11] (64)
“Waltzing’s For Dreamers”
“Galway To Graceland”
“Down Where The Drunkards Roll”
224: “Brief History Of Time,” Robert Bobby Trio [I Like Mike, 6/11] (63)
“Brief History Of Time”
“Peace Song”
“Wild About My Loving”
224: “Carpenter And May,” Carpenter And May [Violin Shop, 8/10] (63)
“We Can Work It Out”
“Whiskey Before Breakfast”
“If You’re Ever In Oklahoma”
224: “The List,” Rosanne Cash [Manhattan, 2009] (63)
“500 Miles”
“Motherless Children”
“Girl From The North Country”
“Long Black Veil”
224: “Mile-High Rodeo,” Johanna Divine [Self, 5/10] (63)
“Done Em In”
“Lone Ranger”
“Why Do Today”
224: “Nest,” Rebecca Zapen [Bashert, 11/11] (63)
“Beautiful Love Songs Without The Love”
“Colorado”
“I’m Gonna Make So Many Things For You”
224: “Trains I Missed,” Balsam Range [Mountain Home, 9/10] (63)
“Trains I Missed”
“Callin’ Caroline”
“East Virginia Blues”
230: “Any Forgotten Thing,” Hungrytown [Listen Here!, 7/11] (62)
“Rolling Train”
“Sweetest Flower”
“Just Like A Song”
230: “Fogarty’s Cove,” Stan Rogers [Fogarty’s Cove, 1976] (62)
“Make And Break Harbour”
“Forty-Five Years”
“Maid On The Shore”
230: “How To Tune A Fish,” Beoga [Compass, 7/11] (62)
“Ballymacaldrick”
“Woman Of No Place”
“How To Tune A Fish”
230: “Kickin’ Up Dust,” Grasstowne [Pinecastle, 3/11] (62)
“Kickin’ Up Dust”
“Blue Rocking Chair”
“I Don’t Worry About You Anymore”
230: “Live At Big Sky,” Yellow Room Gang [Yellow Room, 1/11] (62)
“Gather The Family”
“Do What You Love”
“Grateful Life”
“O-H-I-O”
230: “The River Beneath Me,” Ruth Hill [ruthhillmusic.com, 6/11] (62)
“When The End Begins”
“Larry’s Guitar”
“Cuckoo”
230: “Satisfied At Last,” Joe Ely [Rock’em, 6/11] (62)
“Live Forever”
“Not That Much Has Changed”
“Mockingbird Hill”
237: “Gakondo,” Mighty Popo [Borealis, 10/10] (61)
“Urugendo”
“Gakondo”
“Kamananga”
237: “Lucy,” Lucy Wainwright Roche [Self, 10/10] (61)
“America”
“Worst Part”
“Early Train”
237: “Ride The Sky,” Annie Wenz [Island Gypsy, 10/10] (61)
“Life In Harlan”
“Lonely Road Dog Meets Wandering Gypsy”
“Hallelujah Rose”
240: “At Edwards Barn,” Chris Hillman And Herb Pedersen [Rounder, 9/10] (60)
“Sin City”
“Turn Turn Turn”
“Going Up Home”
240: “Big Bang!,” Coco & Lafe [Skyhunter, 3/11] (60)
“I Love You More”
“Big Bang”
“Forget The Alamo”
240: “For Honour And For Gain,” Finest Kind [Fallen Angle, 9/10] (60)
“Tenting On The Old Campground”
“John Barleycorn Deconstructed”
“Song Of The Lower Classes”
240: “Roadside Attractions,” Marcia Ball [Alligator, 3/11] (60)
“That’s How It Goes”
“Everybody’s Looking For The Same Thing”
“Look Before You Leap”
244: “Eleven Eleven,” Dave Alvin [Yep Roc, 6/11] (59)
“Gary, Indiana 1959”
“Black Rose Of Texas”
“Harlan County Line”
244: “At Home In This Town,” Beth Desombre [Self, 12/10] (59)
“Fiddle Player”
“Crawfordsville, Indiana”
“Resolution”
244: “Factory Second,” Neil Getz [Agillator, 2/11] (59)
“Factory Second”
“Nelly Blye”
“Counting Trains”
“Flock Of Demons”
244: “Film Noir,” David Olney [Deadbeet, 5/11] (59)
“$20 Serenade”
“Blue Moon Hotel”
“Blues Don’t Care”
“Sunset On Sunset Boulevard”
“Frank Is Gone”
244: “From Memphis To Hollywood: Bootleg, Vol. 2,” Johnny Cash
[Columbia, 2/11] (59)
“I Walk The Line”
“Belshazzar”
244: “Hobos And Kings,” Randy Burns [Self, 9/10] (59)
“Hobos And Kings”
“Bert’s Blues”
“Rompin’ Rovin’ Days”
244: “Jump With A Child’s Heart,” Annie Crane [Constant Clip, 10/11] (59)
“Jump With A Child’s Heart”
“You And Me And The Evergreen”
“Copenhagen Heart”
“Hell’s Gate”
244: “Saints And Sinners,” Mollie O’Brien And Rich Moore [Remington
Road, 9/10] (59)
“Saints And Sinners”
“Keep It Clean”
“Dead And Lovely”
244: “Tell Me A Story,” Jackie Morris [Button Box, 5/11] (59)
“House Of Cards”
“Our Town Said No”
“Late Again”
“Tell Me A Story”
244: “Up The Stairs,” The Makem And Spain Brothers [Red Biddy, 1/11] (59)
“It’s Been A Very Hard Year”
“Crossroads Ceili”
“Nancy O”
Top Songs of 2011
Gillian Welch (Photo: Paxton X)
by Gillian Welch
from “The Harrow And The Harvest”
2. “Bright Morning Stars” (83)
by The Wailin’ Jennys
from “Bright Morning Stars”
2. “Way It Goes” (83)
by Gillian Welch
from “The Harrow And The Harvest”
4. “All The World Is One” (70)
by Peter Mayer
from “Heaven Below”
5. “Dimming Of The Day” (69)
by Alison Krauss And Union Station
from “Paper Airplane”
6. “Paper Airplane” (68)
by Alison Krauss And Union Station
from “Paper Airplane”
7. “Buckets Of Rain” (63)
by Danny Schmidt
from “Man Of Many Moons”
also “A Nod To Bob 2: An Artists’ Tribute To Bob Dylan On His
70th Birthday”
7. “Jesse Likes Birds” (63)
by Carrie Elkin
from “Call It My Garden”
9. “Bird Song” (62)
by The Wailin’ Jennys
from “Bright Morning Stars”
10. “City Of Refuge” (61)
by Abigail Washburn
from “City Of Refuge”
10. “Dust Bowl Children” (61)
by Alison Krauss And Union Station
from “Paper Airplane”
12. “Bird In Hand” (60)
by Blame Sally
from “Speeding Ticket And A Valentine”
13. “Roses At The End Of Time” (58)
by Eliza Gilkyson
from “Roses At The End Of Time”
14. “Good Luck John” (57)
by Joe Crookston
from “Darkling And The Blue Bird Jubilee – Milagrito”
15. “Lay My Burden Down” (56)
by Alison Krauss And Union Station
from “Paper Airplane”
16. “Walkin’ Cane” (55)
by Abbie Gardner
from “Hope”
17. “Man Of Many Moons” (51)
by Danny Schmidt
from “Man Of Many Moons”
17. “Rumblin’ In The Land” (51)
by Tim Grimm
from “Thank You, Tom Paxton”
17. “Swing Low Sail High” (51)
by The Wailin’ Jennys
from “Bright Morning Stars”
17. “That’s How Strong My Love Is” (51)
by Battlefield Band
from “Line-Up”
21. “Houses Sing” (50)
by Danny Schmidt
from “Man Of Many Moons”
21. “On The Other Side” (50)
by Susan Werner
from “Kicking The Beehive”
23. “Darkling And The Bluebird Jubilee” (49)
by Joe Crookston
from “Darkling And The Blue Bird Jubilee”
23. “No Banker Left Behind” (49)
by Ry Cooder
from “Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down”
25. “6 White Horses” (48)
by Gillian Welch
from “The Harrow And The Harvest”
25. “Going To The West” (48)
by Coty Hogue
from “To The West”
27. “Hard Times” (47)
by Gillian Welch
from “The Harrow And The Harvest”
28. “Atheists Don’t Have No Songs” (46)
by Steve Martin And The Steep Canyon Rangers
from “Rare Bird Alert”
28. “My Love Follows You Where You Go” (46)
by Alison Krauss And Union Station
from “Paper Airplane”
28. “My Opening Farewell” (46)
by Alison Krauss And Union Station
from “Paper Airplane”
28. “Ring Them Bells” (46)
by Sarah Jarosz
from “Follow Me Down”
32. “Hope” (45)
by Abbie Gardner
from “Hope”
32. “House Of Cards” (45)
by Rachel Harrington
from “Celilo Falls”
32. “I Sing” (45)
by Joe Crookston
from “Darkling And The Blue Bird Jubilee”
32. “If I Needed You” (45)
by Carrie Rodriguez And Ben Kyle
from “We Still Love Our Country”
32. “Leaves That Are Green” (45)
by Mara Levine with Gathering Time
from “Jewels And Harmony”
37. “Help My Brother” (44)
by The Gibson Brothers
from “Help My Brother”
37. “Slouching Towards Bethlehem” (44)
by Eliza Gilkyson
from “Roses At The End Of Time”
37. “What Must Be Done” (44)
by Brother Sun
from “Brother Sun”
40. “All The Stars” (43)
by The Wailin’ Jennys
from “Bright Morning Stars”
40. “Birds Would Understand” (43)
by Putnam Smith
from “We Could Be Beekeepers”
40. “Mary Ellen Carter” (43)
by Stan Rogers
from “The Very Best Of Stan Rogers”
40. “Walk Beside Me” (43)
by Red Molly
from “Light In The Sky”
44. “Cackalack” (42)
by Jonathan Byrd
from “Cackalack”
44. “Midnight On Raton” (42)
by Eliza Gilkyson
from “Roses At The End Of Time”
46. “2153” (41)
by Eliza Gilkyson
from “Roses At The End Of Time”
46. “High Atmosphere” (41)
by Diana Jones
from “High Atmosphere”
46. “I Was An Oak Tree” (41)
by Jonathan Byrd
from “Cackalack”
46. “Nobody In This World” (41)
by The Honey Dewdrops
from “These Old Roots”
46. “Otter Creek” (41)
by Ken Kolodner And Brad Kolodner
from “Otter Creek”
46. “Sail Away To The Sea” (41)
by The Once
from “The Once”
46. “Shady Grove” (41)
by Spuyten Duyvil
from “New Amsterdam”
46. “Storm Comin” (41)
by The Wailin’ Jennys
from “Bright Morning Stars”
54. “Break It Slow” (40)
by Abbie Gardner
from “Hope”
54. “Cradle Hill” (40)
by The Once
from “Row Upon Row Of The People They Know”
54. “I Dream Of Apple Orchards” (40)
by Putnam Smith
from “We Could Be Beekeepers”
54. “Let It Rain” (40)
by Donna Ulisse
from “An Easy Climb”
54. “Love Is The Water” (40)
by Brother Sun
from “Brother Sun”
54. “Out Of Time And Place” (40)
by Chuck Brodsky
from “Subtotal Eclipse”
54. “Put The Big Stone Down” (40)
by Geoff Bartley
from “Put The Big Stone Down”
54. “Silver Dagger” (40)
by Gillian Welch
from “The Harrow And The Harvest”
62. “Afterlife” (39)
by Paul Simon
from “So Beautiful Or So What”
62. “Changes” (39)
by Disappear Fear
from “Get Your Phil”
62. “Down Along The Dixie Line” (39)
by Gillian Welch
from “The Harrow And The Harvest”
62. “Kicking The Beehive” (39)
by Susan Werner
from “Kicking The Beehive”
62. “Open Field” (39)
by Ari And Mia
from “Unruly Heart”
62. “Turn Your Radio On” (39)
by Nell Robinson
from “On The Brooklyn Road”
62. “Walkin’ West To Memphis” (39)
by The Gibson Brothers
from “Help My Brother”
69. “Amaranth” (38)
by The Honey Dewdrops
from “These Old Roots”
69. “Birches” (38)
by Bill Morrissey
from “The Essential Collection”
also “Night Train”
69. “Farmer Is The Man” (38)
by Joel Mabus
from “American Anonymous”
69. “Lay Down Your Weary Tune” (38)
by Storyhill
from “A Nod To Bob 2: An Artists’ Tribute To Bob Dylan On His
70th Birthday”
69. “Sleeping On A Train” (38)
by Susan Werner
from “Kicking The Beehive”
74. “Coming Back To You” (37)
by The Once
from “The Once”
74. “Everything Here Is Good” (37)
by Joe Crookston
from “Darkling & The Bluebird Jubilee”
74. “Luxury Of Knowing” (37)
by Lori McKenna
from “Lorraine”
77. “Annabelle Lee” (36)
by Sarah Jarosz
from “Follow Me Down”
77. “Old White Men” (36)
by Vance Gilbert
from “Old White Men”
77. “Rare Bird Alert” (36)
by Steve Martin And The Steep Canyon Rangers
from “Rare Bird Alert”
77. “Waitin’ On The Sky” (36)
by Steve Earle
from “I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive”
81. “Blue Moon Night” (35)
by Eliza Gilkyson
from “Roses At The End Of Time”
81. “Dear Someone” (35)
by Red Molly
from “Light In The Sky”
81. “Ghost” (35)
by Amy Speace
from “Land Like A Bird”
81. “Mercy Now” (35)
by Joe Crookston
from “Darkling And The Bluebird Jamboree”
81. “Miles To Go” (35)
by Alison Krauss And Union Station
from “Paper Airplane”
81. “Reckon I Did” (35)
by Jonathan Byrd
from “Cackalack”
81. “Run Away” (35)
by Sarah Jarosz
from “Follow Me Down”
81. “Trouble” (35)
by Brother Sun
from “Brother Sun”
89. “All I Want Is A Garden” (34)
by Brother Sun
from “Brother Sun”
89. “Chicken Wire” (34)
by Jonathan Byrd
from “Cackalack”
89. “Divine Bell” (34)
by Abigail Washburn
from “City Of Refuge”
89. “Northwest Passage” (34)
by Stan Rogers
from “The Very Best Of Stan Rogers”
89. “Red Dress” (34)
by Susan Werner
from “Kicking The Beehive”
89. “Tennessee” (34)
by Gillian Welch
from “The Harrow And The Harvest”
95. “Chains” (33)
by Abigail Washburn
from “City Of Refuge”
95. “Dark Turn Of Mind” (33)
by Gillian Welch
from “The Harrow And The Harvest”
95. “Honey Baby Blues” (33)
by Lauren Sheehan
from “Rose City Ramble”
95. “Queen Of The Minor Key” (33)
by Eilen Jewell
from “Queen Of The Minor Key”
95. “Singing With The Birds” (33)
by Downtown Ramblers
from “On The Other Side Of The City”
100. “Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done” (32)
by John McCutcheon
from “This Land: Woody Guthrie’s America”
100. “Bring It With You When You Come” (32)
by David Bromberg
from “Use Me”
100. “Come With Me” (32)
by Brother Sun
from “Brother Sun”
100. “Hillbilly Blues” (32)
by Pharis And Jason Romero
from “A Passing Glimpse”
104. “20 Years” (31)
by The Civil Wars
from “Barton Hollow”
104. “Call Me Rose” (31)
by Bruce Cockburn
from “Small Source Of Comfort”
104. “Easy Come, Easy Go” (31)
by Sierra Hull
from “Daybreak”
104. “The Famous Rocket Cage” (31)
by Donal Hinely
from “The Famous Rocket Cage”
104. “I Ain’t Got No Home” (31)
by John McCutcheon
from “This Land: Woody Guthrie’s America”
104. “Lark In The Morning” (31)
by Kate MacLeod And Kat Eggleston
from “Lost And Found”
104. “My Favorite Spring” (31)
by Tim Grimm
from “Thank You, Tom Paxton”
111. “Big Country” (30)
by Claudia Nygaard
from “Let The Storm Roll In”
111. “Caitlin At The Window” (30)
by Joe Crookston
from “Darkling And The Bluebird”
111. “Death In Arkansas” (30)
by Eliza Gilkyson
from “Roses At The End Of Time”
111. “Iowa” (30)
by Carrie Elkin
from “Call It My Garden”
111. “Little Bird Of Heaven” (30)
by Lauren Sheehan
from “Rose City Ramble”
111. “Looking For A Place” (30)
by Eliza Gilkyson
from “Roses At The End Of Time”
111. “Say Darlin’ Say” (30)
by Putnam Smith
from “We Could Be Beekeepers”
111. “Something Beautiful” (30)
by Lynn Miles
from “Fall For Beauty”
111. “Stonewall Country” (30)
by Robin And Linda Williams
from “Stonewall Country”
111. “You Are Here” (30)
by The Wailin’ Jennys
from “Bright Morning Stars”
121. “American Tune” (29)
by Crooked Still
from “Friends Of Fall”
121. “Do I Ever Cross Your Mind” (29)
by Red Molly
from “Light In The Sky”
121. “Forty-Five Years” (29)
by Stan Rogers
from “The Very Best Of Stan Rogers”
also “Fogarty’s Cove”
121. “Freak Flag” (29)
by Greg Brown
from “Freak Flag”
121. “Gander In The Stubble” (29)
by Patti Casey
from “The Heart Of A Waiting Boy”
121. “I Am A Child” (29)
by Red Horse
from “Red Horse”
121. “In This Light” (29)
by Rj Cowdery
from “In This Light”
121. “It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry” (29)
by Ray Bonneville
from “A Nod To Bob 2: An Artists’ Tribute To Bob Dylan On His
70th Birthday”
121. “Jubilation Day” (29)
by Steve Martin And The Steep Canyon Rangers
from “Rare Bird Alert”
121. “Last Thing On My Mind” (29)
by Judy Collins
from “Paradise”
121. “Last Thing On My Mind” (29)
by Tim Grimm
from “Thank You, Tom Paxton”
121. “Red Wing” (29)
by The Steel Wheels
from “Red Wing”
121. “Riverboat” (29)
by The Wilders
from “The Wilders”
121. “That’s Where I’m Going” (29)
by Eilen Jewell
from “Queen Of The Minor Key”
121. “This Land Is Your Land” (29)
by John McCutcheon
from “This Land: Woody Guthrie’s America”
121. “Wilderness Alone” (29)
by Joe Crookston
from “Darkling And The Blue Bird Jubilee”
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