Top Albums and Songs of July 2013 (FOLKDJ-L)

Bristol Bay, the 18th release by renowned folksinger-songwriter, author, organizer and community activist Si Kahn, was the most-played album on folk radio during July 2013, 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.

One of the richest fisheries remaining in the world, Alaska’s Bristol bay is endangered by plans for the open-pit Pebble Mine. All proceeds from the CD directly support the work of Musicians United to Protect Bristol Bay (musiciansunited.info). Si Kahn’s previous release, Courage, was the most-played album on folk radio in 2011.

Although Bristol Bay also features six of July’s most-played songs on folk radio, tied for #1 song last month were “Last Train” off The Copper Ponies’ debut EP Ring Them Bells (the most-played album on folk radio in June) and “Rust Belt Fields” from Slaid Cleaves’ new album Still Fighting The War (which currently tops the Roots Music Report Americana/roots country radio chart).

The July 2013 FOLKDJ-L charts are based on 14,746 airplays from 135 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 July 2013

1: “Bristol Bay,” Si Kahn [Strictly Country, 6/13] (116)
“Dead Man’s Sand”
“Bristol Bay”
“Upstream”
“Pebble Mine”
“Beauty Of Alaska”
2: “Woody Guthrie At 100! Live At The Kennedy Center,” Various Artists [Legacy, 6/13] (107)
“Deportee,” Ani Difranco
“So Long, It’s Been Good To Know Yuh,” Del McCoury Band With Tim O’Brien
“Union Maid,” Old Crow Medicine Show
“I Ain’t Got No Home,” Rosanne Cash
3: “Still Fighting The War,” Slaid Cleaves [Music Road, 6/13] (68)
“Rust Belt Fields”
“Still Fighting The War”
“Texas Love Song”
“In The Rain”
4: “The Good Book,” Roy Book Binder [Peg Leg, 5/13] (65)
“It Coulda Been Worse”
“The Good Book”
“Poker Playin’ Papa”
“Step Right Up”
5: “Darlingford,” Cara Luft [Blue Case, 6/12] (63)
“Only Love Can Save Me”
“Bring ’em All In”
“Idaho”
“Ploughboy And The Cockney”
6: “Gravity Pulls,” Hounds Of Finn [New Folk, 6/13] (59)
“Gravity Pulls”
“Wild Mountain Thyme”
“Golden Ticket”
“Ocean”
7: “Bittersweet,” Alice Gerrard [Spruce And Maple, new] (55)
“Sweet South Anna River”
“Bittersweet”
“Borderland”
8: “Pressed For Time,” Burning Bridget Cleary [burningbridgetcleary.com, 6/13] (51)
“2 Sisters”
“On A Sea Of Fleur De Lis”
“Oh My Little Darling-Fire On The Mountain”
“Ballad Of Tim Evans”
9: “Love Calling,” Darden Smith [Compass, 7/13] (46)
“Angel Flight”
“Medicine Wheel”
“Mine Till Morning”
“Love Calling”
9: “Ring Them Bells,” The Copper Ponies [Hudson Harding, 6/13] (46)
“Last Train”
“Ring Them Bells”
“Why Worry”
“If I Go”
11: “Elements,” Paul McKenna Band [Greentrax, 6/13] (44)
“Ruins By The Shore”
“Cold Missouri Waters”
“Flying Through Flanders”
11: “Oldies And Old Time,” Ivan Rosenberg [Vole-O-Tone, new] (44)
“Red Rocking Chair”
“Maryville Waltz”
“Abject Woodchuck”
13: “Homesteady,” Tin Bird Choir [tinbirdchoir.bandcamp.com, new] (41)
“Sea Change”
“Cheaper, Less Painful”
“Angels”
“Straight Face”
13: “Memory Wall,” Buddy Mondlock [Sparking Gap, 5/13] (41)
“Stay Up All Night”
“Canary’s Song”
“Crooked Scars”
15: “Vancouver,” Deborah Holland [RageOn, 6/13] (40)
“I Wanna Be A Canadian”
“Norwegian Wood”
“Vancouver”
16: “Hayseed,” Susan Werner [30 Tigers, 6/13] (39)
“City Kids”
“Egg Money”
“Plant The Stars”
16: “Some Part Of The Truth,” Brother Sun [brothersunmusic.com, 2/13] (39)
“These Hands”
“I Ain’t Got No Home”
“Jericho Road”
16: “Sugar Shack,” The Boxcar Lilies [boxcarlillies.com, 5/13] (39)
“If I Needed You”
“Good Fortune”
“Lightnin”
19: “This World Oft Can Be,” Della Mae [Rounder, 5/13] (38)
“Empire”
“Letter From Down The Road / And Other Things”
“Turtle Dove”
20: “High Moon Order,” Betse Ellis [Free Dirt, 6/13] (36)
“Elk River Blues”
“Long Time To Get There”
“Dry And Dusty”
20: “Love Has Come For You,” Steve Martin And Edie Brickell [Rounder, 4/13] (36)
“Sarah Jane And The Iron Mountain Baby”
“Love Has Come For You”
“Sun’s Gonna Shine”
20: “Roll Me, Tumble Me,” Deadly Gentlemen [Rounder, 6/13] (36)
“I Fall Back”
“All The Broken Pieces”
“Faded Star”
23: “The Heart’s Swift Foot,” Red Tail Ring [Earthwork, 4/13] (34)
“Ohio Turnpike”
“Dirt Triangle”
“Queen Of The West And Other Stories”
23: “Kitchen, Love,” Putnam Smith [Itchy Sabot, 6/13] (34)
“Succotash”
“All The Way To China”
“Country Girl”
25: “Land On Shore,” Ari And Mia [ariandmiamusic.com, 5/13] (33)
“Glad You Came By”
“Marble Moon”
“Starry Crown”
25: “The Old School,” Peter Rowan [Compass, 4/13] (33)
“Keepin’ It Between The Lines”
“Doc Watson Morning”
“That’s All She Wrote”
27: “New Primitive,” Adam Steffey [Organic, new] (32)
“Johnny Don’t Get Drunk”
“Squirrel Hunters”
28: “American Kid,” Patty Griffin [New West, 5/13] (31)
“Faithful Son”
“Wild Old Dog”
“Don’t Let Me Die In Florida”
29: “Dear Sister,” Claire Lynch [Compass, 5/13] (30)
“Buttermilk Road/The Arbours”
“How Many Moons”
“Doin’ Time”
29: “Fine Times At Fletcher’s House,” Fletcher Bright And Bill Evans [Native And Fine, new] (30)
“Polly Put The Kettle On”
“2 O’Clock”
29: “So Say We All,” David Francey [Red House, 5/13] (30)
“Blue Skies”
“Long Long Road”
“Pandora’s Box”
32: “Banjo Babes,” Various Artists [Wepecket Island, 10/12] (29)
“Rappin’ Shady Grove,” Kaia Kater
“When I Go To West Virginia,” Aubrey Atwater
32: “This Land: Woody Guthrie’s America,” John McCutcheon [Appalsongs, 2011] (29)
“This Land Is Your Land”
“Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done”
“This Is Our Country Here”
34: “All Our Luck Is Changing,” Claudia Russell [Radio Rhythm, 5/13] (28)
“All Our Luck Is Changing”
“Pirate Girls”
35: “These Wilder Things,” Ruth Moody [Red House, 5/13] (27)
“One Light Shining”
“Dancing In The Dark”
“Trouble And Woe”
36: “Rag And Bone,” 3 Penny Acre [Second String, new] (26)
“Will And Woody”
“Slim Was A Teamster”
“Tulsa 1921”
36: “The Stray Birds,” The Stray Birds [thestraybirds.com, 9/12] (26)
“Dream In Blue”
“Harlem”
38: “If Only I Could Fly,” Emerald Rae [Green Jewel, 12/12] (25)
“Firefly”
“If Only I Could Fly”
“Sugar Baby”
38: “Memphis,” Nancy Cassidy [Twitter Twatter, new] (25)
“We Walk In Grace”
“Come On In”
40: “My Favorite Picture Of You,” Guy Clark [Dualtone, new] (24)
“My Favorite Picture Of You”
“Rain In Durango”
41: “Carnival,” Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line [Blue Pig, 4/13] (23)
“Carnival”
“Baker’s Boy”
41: “Fossils,” Aoife O’Donovan [Yep Roc, 6/13] (23)
“Red And White And Blue And Gold”
“Lay My Burden Down”
43: “Against The Grain,” Moors And McCumber [moorsandmccumber.com, 6/13] (22)
“Feeling In Your Belly”
“Love And War”
43: “Bright Like Gold,” April Verch [Slab Town, 4/13] (22)
“Sandy River Belle”
43: “The Comeback Album,” Eric Brace And Peter Cooper [Red Beet, 4/13] (22)
“Ancient History”
“Rain Just Falls”
43: “Into The Dark,” Laura Cortese [lauracortese.net, 4/13] (22)
“Into The Dark”
“For Catherine”
47: “The Great Unknown,” Jim Patton And Sherry Brokus [Berkalin, new] (21)
“On The Day I Leave This World”
“Just A Memory”
47: “Wide Awake,” Joy Kills Sorrow [Signature, 6/13] (21)
“Such Great Heights”
“Was It You”
49: “Fists Of Violets,” Sarah Alden [Self, 10/12] (20)
“Ida Red”
“Dink’s Tune”
49: “The Light Still Burns,” Lauren Sheehan [Wilson River, 4/13] (20)
“C Medley”
“In The Sweet Bye And Bye-Keep On The Sunny Side”
49: “Long Gone Out West Blues,” Pharis And Jason Romero [Lula, 2/13] (20)
“Long Gone Out West Blues”
“Sad Old Song”
52: “Brothers Of The Highway,” Dailey And Vincent [Rounder, 5/13] (19)
“Brothers Of The Highway”
“Steel Drivin’ Man”
52: “How To Sleep In A Stormy Boat,” Amy Speace [Windbone, 4/13] (19)
“Fortunate Ones”
“How To Sleep In A Stormy Boat”
“Sea And The Shore”
52: “Living Room,” Andrew Calhoun [Waterbug, 6/13] (19)
“Crawdad Song”
“Hallelujah Morning”
52: “Old-Fashioned Gal,” The Carper Family [carperfamilyband.com, 5/13] (19)
“Fancy Pants”
“Foolish Ramblin’ Man”
56: “Bright Sunny South,” Sam Amidon [Nonesuch, 5/13] (18)
“As I Roved Out”
“My Old Friend”
56: “Child Ballads,” Anais Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer [Wilderland, 3/13] (18)
“Riddles Wisely Expounded”
“Willie’s Lady”
56: “Memories Of The Past,” Big Country Bluegrass [Rebel, new] (18)
“I’m Putting On My Leaving Shoes”
“If Teardrops Were Pennies”
56: “No More Rain,” The Steel Wheels [thesteelwheels.com, 4/13] (18)
“Go Up To That Mountain”
“I Will Love You”
56: “Red River Drifter,” Michael Martin Murphey [Red River, new] (18)
“Peaceful Country”
“Shake It Off”
56: “Yes Please,” The Bills [Red House, 8/12] (18)
“Not The End”
“Shining Face”
62: “Endless Ocean,” The Tuttles and A. J. Lee [Back Studio, new] (17)
“My Window Faces The South”
“Hickory Wind”
62: “On The Edge,” Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen [Compass, 4/13] (17)
“Letter”
“Gone”
62: “One True Vine,” Mavis Staples [Anti, new] (17)
“Every Step”
“Woke Up This Morning”
62: “Ribbon Of Highway Endless Skyway,” Various Artists [Music Road, 2008] (17)
“Down In Oklahoma Hills,” Jimmy Lafave
62: “Stick, Brick And Mortar,” Smithfield Fair [Stevenson, new] (17)
“Hazy, Lazy Days”
“Blue Moon Cafe”
62: “They Called It Music,” The Gibson Brothers [Compass, 3/13] (17)
“They Called It Music”
“Darker The Night, The Better I See”
62: “Time Is Possibility,” Stolen Thyme [Blackbeard’s Fiddle, 2/13] (17)
“Brushy Fork Of John’s Creek”
“Cuckoo Bird”
“Time Is Possibility”
62: “Celebrates 50 Years Of Music,” Tom Rush [Appleseed, new] (17)
“Hot Tonight”
62: “When We Fall,” Rebecca Frazier [Compass, 5/13] (17)
“Human Highway”
“Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow”

Top Songs of July 2013

1. “Last Train” (17)
by The Copper Ponies
from “Ring Them Bells”
1. “Rust Belt Fields” (17)
by Slaid Cleaves
from “Still Fighting The War”
3. “Wild Mountain Thyme” (15)
by Hounds Of Finn
from “Gravity Pulls”
4. “Cold Missouri Waters” (14)
by James Keelaghan
from “Recent Future”
also “Then Again”
4. “Dead Man’s Sand” (14)
by Si Kahn
from “Bristol Bay”
4. “Deportee” (14)
by Ani Difranco
from “Woody Guthrie At 100! Live At The Kennedy Center”
4. “Gravity Pulls” (14)
by Hounds Of Finn
from “Gravity Pulls”
4. “Ring Them Bells” (14)
by The Copper Ponies
from “Ring Them Bells”
9. “The Good Book” (13)
by Roy Book Binder
from “The Good Book”
9. “Succotash” (13)
by Putnam Smith
from “Kitchen Love”
11. “Bristol Bay” (12)
by Si Kahn
from “Bristol Bay”
11. “It Coulda Been Worse” (12)
by Roy Book Binder
from “The Good Book”
11. “So Long, It’s Been Good To Know Yuh” (12)
by Del McCoury Band With Tim O’Brien
from “Woody Guthrie At 100! Live At The Kennedy Center”
11. “Sweet South Anna River” (12)
by Alice Gerrard
from “Bittersweet”
11. “Upstream” (12)
by Si Kahn
from “Bristol Bay”
16. “Angel Flight” (11)
by Darden Smith
from “Love Calling”
16. “Pebble Mine” (11)
by Si Kahn
from “Bristol Bay”
16. “Still Fighting The War” (11)
by Slaid Cleaves
from “Still Fighting The War”
16. “Union Maid” (11)
by Old Crow Medicine Show
from “Woody Guthrie At 100! Live At The Kennedy Center”
20. “2 Sisters” (10)
by Burning Bridget Cleary
from “Pressed For Time”
20. “Bittersweet” (10)
by Alice Gerrard
from “Bittersweet”
20. “Hard Travelin” (10)
by Jimmy Lafave
from “Woody Guthrie At 100! Live At The Kennedy Center”
20. “Johnny Don’t Get Drunk” (10)
by Adam Steffey
from “New Primitive”
20. “Poker Playin’ Papa” (10)
by Roy Book Binder
from “The Good Book”
25. “Beauty Of Alaska” (9)
by Si Kahn
from “Bristol Bay”
25. “City Kids” (9)
by Susan Werner
from “Hayseed”
25. “Golden Ticket” (9)
by Hounds Of Finn
from “Gravity Pulls”
25. “I’ve Got To Know” (9)
by Sweet Honey In The Rock
from “Woody Guthrie At 100! Live At The Kennedy Center”
25. “On A Sea Of Fleur De Lis” (9)
by Burning Bridget Cleary
from “Pressed For Time”
25. “Once I Was Young” (9)
by Si Kahn
from “Bristol Bay”
25. “Only Love Can Save Me” (9)
by Cara Luft
from “Darlingford”
25. “Ruins By The Shore” (9)
by Paul McKenna Band
from “Elements”
25. “Sarah Jane And The Iron Mountain Baby” (9)
by Steve Martin And Edie Brickell
from “Love Has Come For You”
25. “Sea Change” (9)
by Tin Bird Choir
from “Homesteady”
25. “Squirrel Hunters” (9)
by Adam Steffey
from “New Primitive”
25. “Texas Love Song” (9)
by Slaid Cleaves
from “Still Fighting The War”
25. “Why Worry” (9)
by The Copper Ponies
from “Ring Them Bells”