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

Alice Gerrard’s Bittersweet, the first recording of all-original songs by one of the pioneering women in bluegrass and old-time music, was the most-played album on folk radio during August 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. Closely following it were the debut album by The Barn Birds (the singer-songwriter duo of Jonathan Byrd and Chris Kokesh)and Si Kahn’s Bristol Bay, which was July’s most-played album. The Barn Birds also features the month’s two most-played songs.

The August 2013 FOLKDJ-L charts are based on 12,606 airplays from 132 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 August 2013

1: “Bittersweet,” Alice Gerrard [Spruce And Maple, 7/13] (67)
“Bittersweet”
“Sweet South Anna River”
“Payday At The Mill”
“Sun Keep Shining On Me”
2: “The Barn Birds,” Jonathan Byrd & Chris Kokesh [Waterbug, new] (64)
“We Used To Be Birds”
“One Night At A Time”
“Desert Rose”
“Hazel Eyes”
2: “Bristol Bay,” Si Kahn [Strictly Country, 6/13] (64)
“Beauty Of Alaska”
“Dead Man’s Sand”
“Everything Is Bigger In Alaska”
“Sailing To Alaska”
4: “Live At Caffe Lena,” Various Artists [Tompkins Square, new] (54)
“Green Rolling Hills Of West Virginia,” Utah Phillips
“Gaslight Rag,” Dave Van Ronk
5: “Darlingford,” Cara Luft [Blue Case, 6/12] (53)
“Portland Town”
“Idaho”
“Ploughboy And The Cockney”
“Only Love Can Save Me”
6: “Tom Rush Celebrates 50 Years Of Music,” Tom Rush [Appleseed, new] (49)
“Get Together”
“No Regrets/Rockport Sunday”
“Urge For Going”
“What I Know”
7: “Pressed For Time,” Burning Bridget Cleary [burningbridgetcleary.com, 6/13] (45)
“On A Sea Of Fleur De Lis”
“2 Sisters”
“Clay Slaps Reel”
8: “Almanac Trail,” Rik Palieri And George Mann [Almanac Trail, 7/13] (44)
“I’m Going Down That Road Feeling Bad”
“Pete On Woody And Union Maid”
“Union Maid”
9: “The Good Book,” Roy Book Binder [Peg Leg, 5/13] (43)
“Crazy About You”
“The Good Book”
“Full Go Around”
10: “My Favorite Picture Of You,” Guy Clark [Dualtone, 7/13] (42)
“My Favorite Picture Of You”
“Rain In Durango”
“Hell Bent On A Heartache”
11: “New Frontier,” Missy Raines And The New Hip [Compass, new] (41)
“Blackest Crow”
“Long Way Back Home”
“I Learn”
“What’s The Callin’ For?”
11: “Paper Nickels,” Corin Raymond And The Sundowners [Local Rascal, new] (41)
“Ol’ Fort Mac”
“If I Were You Instead Of Me”
“Lord Loves A Wino”
13: “Hand On The Plow,” The Tillers [Muddy Roots, 7/13] (40)
“Road Neverending”
“Old Westside”
“Long Summer Day”
13: “One More Time Around,” Scott Cook [Groove Revival, new] (40)
“Pass It Along”
“When We’re Back Around”
“Among The Trees”
15: “Hayseed,” Susan Werner [30 Tigers, 6/13] (38)
“Back To The Land”
“City Kids”
“Something To Be Said”
16: “Sweetheart Of The Sun,” The Greencards [Darling Street, new] (34)
“Forever Mine”
“Once And Gone”
“Paddle The Torrens”
17: “Drifters And Dreamers,” Naming The Twins [Duet Right, 6/13] (33)
“Gullwind”
“Huckleberry Finn”
“Skippers And Mates”
17: “Gravity Pulls,” Hounds Of Finn [New Folk, 6/13] (33)
“Wild Mountain Thyme”
“Where It Burns”
17: “Walking Song,” Ron Block [Rounder, 7/13] (33)
“Let There Be Beauty”
“Summer’s Lullaby”
“Nickel Tree Line”
20: “A Good Place To Be,” Mustard’s Retreat [Yellow Room, new] (32)
“Going Back To School”
“A Good Place To Be”
“Wind Chimes And Trains”
20: “Rag And Bone,” 3 Penny Acre [Second String, 7/13] (32)
“Slim Was A Teamster”
“Rag And Bone”
20: “Vancouver,” Deborah Holland [RageOn, 6/13] (32)
“I Wanna Be A Canadian”
“Norwegian Wood”
“Vancouver”
23: “Still Fighting The War,” Slaid Cleaves [Music Road, 6/13] (31)
“Still Fighting The War”
“Texas Love Song”
“God’s Own Yodeler”
24: “Unknown Blessings,” Jaime Michaels [Frumdahart, new] (29)
“Alice Dances”
“Andale”
“Good Luck John”
25: “Flourish,” Katie McNally [Self, 1/13] (28)
“In And Out / Dud’s Jig”
“Sepal Petal And Thorn / The Golden Poppy”
“Waulking Of The Fauld / Lillian’s”
25: “Fossils,” Aoife O’Donovan [Yep Roc, 6/13] (28)
“Fire Engine”
“Beekeeper”
“Lay My Burden Down”
25: “Love Calling,” Darden Smith [Compass, 7/13] (28)
“Angel Flight”
“Love Calling”
“Mine Till Morning”
28: “Kitchen, Love,” Putnam Smith [Itchy Sabot, 6/13] (27)
“Succotash”
“Emily Dickinson”
28: “A Million Stars,” Ashleigh Flynn [Home Perm, 4/13] (27)
“Dirty Hands And Dirty Feet”
“A Million Stars”
30: “Cluck Ol’ Hen,” Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby [Skaggs Family, new] (26)
“Sally Jo”
“Gulf Of Mexico Fishing Boat Blues”
30: “Memory Wall,” Buddy Mondlock [Sparking Gap, 5/13] (26)
“What Do I Know”
“Holes You Leave”
30: “So Say We All,” David Francey [Red House, 5/13] (26)
“Ordinary Man”
“Cheap Motel”
“Long Long Road”
30: “Superhero,” Lauren Lapointe [Self, 4/13] (26)
“Ghost Of Elvis”
“When The Wind Blows”
34: “Elements,” Paul McKenna Band [Greentrax, 6/13] (25)
“Mother Nature”
“Flying Through Flanders”
“Mickey Dam”
34: “Oldies And Old Time,” Ivan Rosenberg [Vole-O-Tone, 6/13] (25)
“Willow Tree”
“Red Rocking Chair”
34: “Ring Them Bells,” The Copper Ponies [Hudson Harding, 6/13] (25)
“Why Worry”
“If I Go”
“Last Train”
“Ring Them Bells”
37: “Isle Of Hope,” Jefferson Ross [Deep Fried, 6/13] (24)
“Take The Picture”
“2 Horses”
38: “This Side Of Jordan,” Mandolin Orange [Yep Roc, new] (23)
“There Was A Time”
“House Of Stone”
“Turtle Dove And The Crow”
39: “American Kid,” Patty Griffin [New West, 5/13] (22)
“Highway Song”
“Ohio”
40: “Banjoland,” Tom Neal [Patuxent, 6/13] (21)
“Got Enough Love To Hold You On”
“Banjoland”
40: “Broken Film,” Disappear Fear [Self, new] (21)
“Banker”
“Perfect Shade”
40: “Le Forgeron,” Ganey Arsement [Salty Bayou, new] (21)
“Le Forgeron”
“John Dale’s Zydeco”
40: “Love Has Come For You,” Steve Martin And Edie Brickell [Rounder, 4/13] (21)
“Sun’s Gonna Shine”
“Remember Me This Way”
40: “New Primitive,” Adam Steffey [Organic, 6/13] (21)
“Rock The Cradle Joe”
“Garfield’s Blackberry Blossom”
40: “These Wilder Things,” Ruth Moody [Red House, 5/13] (21)
“Dancing In The Dark”
“One Light Shining”
“Pockets”
46: “Bright Like Gold,” April Verch [Slab Town, 4/13] (20)
“Broken”
46: “High Moon Order,” Betse Ellis [Free Dirt, 6/13] (20)
“Queen Of The Earth And Child Of The Skies”
46: “This World Oft Can Be,” Della Mae [Rounder, 5/13] (20)
“Letter From Down The Road / And Other Things”
“Some Roads Lead On”
49: “Ghost Of Your Charms,” New Country Rehab [Kelp, 3/13] (19)
“Home To You”
“Image Of Me”
49: “The Great Unknown,” Jim Patton And Sherry Brokus [Berkalin, 7/13] (19)
“I’m Alright Now”
“Glen Oak Blues”
49: “Roll Me, Tumble Me,” Deadly Gentlemen [Rounder, 6/13] (19)
“I Fall Back”
“Bored Of The Raging”
49: “When We Fall,” Rebecca Frazier [Compass, 5/13] (19)
“40 Blues”
“Better Than Staying”
49: “Woody Guthrie At 100! Live At The Kennedy Center,” Various Artists [Legacy, 6/13] (19)
“Deportee,” Ani Difranco
“Hard Travelin,” Jimmy Lafave
54: “Gone Away Backward,” Robbie Fulks [Bloodshot, new] (18)
“I’ll Trade You Money For Wine”
“Long As I Ride”
54: “The Heart’s Swift Foot,” Red Tail Ring [Earthwork, 4/13] (18)
“Ohio Turnpike”
“Body Like A Bell”
54: “The Old School,” Peter Rowan [Compass, 4/13] (18)
“O Freedom”
54: “Say Grace,” Sam Baker [Self, new] (18)
“Road Crew”
54: “Sugar Shack,” The Boxcar Lilies [boxcarlillies.com, 5/13] (18)
“Lightnin”
“That Lonesome Road”
59: “Dear Sister,” Claire Lynch [Compass, 5/13] (17)
“I’ll Be Alright Tomorrow”
“Buttermilk Road/The Arbours”
59: “Goodnight Moonshine,” Molly Venter And Eben Pariser [myspace.com/mollyventer, 2/13] (17)
“Walking After Midnight”
“Dark Side Of The Rainbow”
59: “Land On Shore,” Ari And Mia [ariandmiamusic.com, 5/13] (17)
“Dirty Bog”
“Starry Crown”
59: “Some Part Of The Truth,” Brother Sun [brothersunmusic.com, 2/13] (17)
“House That Jack Built”
“Lady Of The Harbor”
63: “Bakersfield,” Vince Gill & Paul Franklin [MCA, new] (16)
“Foolin’ Around”
“Bottle Let Me Down”
63: “Fine Times At Fletcher’s House,” Fletcher Bright And Bill Evans [Native And Fine, 6/13] (16)
“Northern White Clouds”
63: “The Stray Birds,” The Stray Birds [thestraybirds.com, 9/12] (16)
“Heavy Hands”
“Dream In Blue”
63: “To All The Girls,” Willie Nelson [Legacy, new] (16)
“Grandma’s Hands”
“From Here To The Moon And Back”
63: “Yes Please,” The Bills [Red House, 8/12] (16)
“Plant Song”
“Not The End”
68: “Banjo Babes,” Various Artists [Wepecket Island, 10/12] (15)
“High On A Mountain,” Dale Robin Goodman
68: “Brothers Of The Highway,” Dailey And Vincent [Rounder, 5/13] (15)
“Hills Of Caroline”
“Won’t It Be Wonderful There”
68: “A Hui Hou,” Hula Honeys [Community, new] (15)
“Girl In The Coconut Hat”
“Nani Wai’ale’ale”
68: “Mystery Drug,” I See Hawks In L.A. [Western Seeds, new] (15)
“We Could All Be In Laughlin Tonight”
“Oklahoma’s Going Dry”
68: “They Called It Music,” The Gibson Brothers [Compass, 3/13] (15)
“I Will Always Cross Your Mind”
“They Called It Music”
68: “Travel In The Shadows,” Noctambule [Self, 4/13] (15)
“Captain Chalupa”
68: “Wide Awake,” Joy Kills Sorrow [Signature, 6/13] (15)
“Was It You”
“Working For The Devil”

Top Songs of August 2013

1. “We Used To Be Birds” (14)
by Jonathan Byrd & Chris Kokesh
from “The Barn Birds”
2. “One Night At A Time” (13)
by Jonathan Byrd & Chris Kokesh
from “The Barn Birds”
2. “Pass It Along” (13)
by Scott Cook
from “One More Time Around”
4. “Beauty Of Alaska” (12)
by Si Kahn
from “Bristol Bay”
4. “Grandma’s Hands” (12)
by Willie Nelson
from “To All The Girls”
4. “Road Neverending” (12)
by The Tillers
from “Hand On The Plow”
7. “On A Sea Of Fleur De Lis” (11)
by Burning Bridget Cleary
from “Pressed For Time”
7. “Wild Mountain Thyme” (11)
by Hounds Of Finn
from “Gravity Pulls”
9. “Bittersweet” (10)
by Alice Gerrard
from “Bittersweet”
9. “A Good Place To Be” (10)
by Mustard’s Retreat
from “A Good Place To Be”
9. “Old Westside” (10)
by The Tillers
from “Hand On The Plow”
9. “Portland Town” (10)
by Cara Luft
from “Darlingford”
13. “Dirty Hands And Dirty Feet” (9)
by Ashleigh Flynn
from “A Million Stars”
13. “My Favorite Picture Of You” (9)
by Guy Clark
from “My Favorite Picture Of You”
13. “Ol’ Fort Mac” (9)
by Corin Raymond And The Sundowners
from “Paper Nickels”
13. “Ploughboy And The Cockney” (9)
by Cara Luft
from “Darlingford”
17. “From Here To The Moon And Back” (8)
by Willie Nelson
from “To All The Girls”
17. “Going Back To School” (8)
by Mustard’s Retreat
from “A Good Place To Be”
17. “Idaho” (8)
by Cara Luft
from “Darlingford”
17. “Still Fighting The War” (8)
by Slaid Cleaves
from “Still Fighting The War”
17. “Sweet South Anna River” (8)
by Alice Gerrard
from “Bittersweet”
17. “Why Worry” (8)
by The Copper Ponies
from “Ring Them Bells”
23. “Angel Flight” (7)
by Darden Smith
from “Love Calling”
23. “Back To The Land” (7)
by Susan Werner
from “Hayseed”
23. “Blackest Crow” (7)
by Missy Raines And The New Hip
from “New Frontier”
23. “Crazy About You” (7)
by Roy Book Binder
from “The Good Book”
23. “Dead Man’s Sand” (7)
by Si Kahn
from “Bristol Bay”
23. “Foolin’ Around” (7)
by Vince Gill & Paul Franklin
from “Bakersfield”
23. “Get Together” (7)
by Tom Rush
from “Tom Rush Celebrates 50 Years Of Music”
23. “Ghost Of Elvis” (7)
by Lauren Lapointe
from “Superhero”
23. “The Good Book” (7)
by Roy Book Binder
from “The Good Book”
23. “Huckleberry Finn” (7)
by Naming The Twins
from “Drifters And Dreamers”
23. “I Wanna Be A Canadian” (7)
by Deborah Holland
from “Vancouver”
23. “I’m Going Down That Road Feeling Bad” (7)
by Rik Palieri And George Mann
from “Almanac Trail”
23. “In And Out / Dud’s Jig” (7)
by Katie McNally
from “Flourish”
23. “Long Way Back Home” (7)
by Missy Raines And The New Hip
from “New Frontier”
23. “Only A Pawn In Their Game” (7)
by Bob Dylan
from “Freedom Is A Constant Struggle”
23. “Only Love Can Save Me” (7)
by Cara Luft
from “Darlingford”
23. “Rain In Durango” (7)
by Guy Clark
from “My Favorite Picture Of You”
23. “Sally Jo” (7)
by Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby
from “Cluck Ol’ Hen”
23. “Skippers And Mates” (7)
by Naming The Twins
from “Drifters And Dreamers”
23. “Slim Was A Teamster” (7)
by 3 Penny Acre
from “Rag And Bone”
23. “Urge For Going” (7)
by Tom Rush
from “Tom Rush Celebrates 50 Years Of Music”
23. “Waulking Of The Fauld / Lillian’s” (7)
by Katie McNally
from “Flourish”
23. “What Do I Know” (7)
by Buddy Mondlock
from “Memory Wall”