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

22 Days by John McCutcheon was the most-played album on folk radio during November 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. Several tracks from the album by the noted songwriter and multi-instrumentalist also were reportedly among the month’s most-played songs.

The November 2013 FOLKDJ-L charts are based on 11,735 airplays from 129 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 2013

1: “22 Days,” John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 10/13] (129)
“Heaven’s Kitchen”
“Dry Land Fish”
“Forgotten”
“Of An Age”
“Fitzgerald”
“Nothing Like You”
2: “Everything Is Great,” Erik Balkey [Hudson Harding, 2012] (62)
“Born In The Usa”
“Singer’s Lament”
“Baseball In My Blood”
“My America”
2: “Won’t Be Long Now,” Linda Thompson [Pettifer, 10/13] (62)
“As Fast As My Feet”
“Never Put To Sea Boys”
“If I Were A Bluebird”
“Love’s For Babies And Fools”
4: “Down in Washington Square,” Dave Van Ronk [Smithsonian/Folkways, 10/13] (60)
“Buckets Of Rain”
“Don’t You Leave Me Here”
5: “December Moon,” The Henry Girls [Broken Silence, 3/13] (58)
“Ol’ Cook Pot”
“Rain And Snow”
“Sing My Sister Down”
“December Moon”
6: “Back 40,” Robin & Linda Williams [Red House, 10/13] (53)
“My Sweet Love Ain’t Around”
“On And On”
“Boots Of Spanish Leather”
“Urge For Going”
6: “Tether My Heart,” Hannah Shira Naiman [Merriweather, 10/13] (53)
“Little Fox”
“Looking For My Own”
“Kentucky”
“Way To Go Home”
8: “Build Me Up From Bones,” Sarah Jarosz [Sugar Hill, 9/13] (51)
“Fuel The Fire”
“Mile On The Moon”
“Build Me Up From Bones”
“Dark Road”
9: “As The Crow Flies,” Childsplay [childsplay.org, 7/13] (50)
“Katrina”
“Leave No Millionaire Behind”
“Dear Companion”
“Hawk And Crow/As The Crow Flies”
9: “We Made It Home,” Melody Walker & Jacob Groopman [Maker/Mender, 10/13] (50)
“Little Blue Caboose”
“We Made It Home”
“Graceland”
11: “We The People,” Lou Dominguez [We The People, 10/13] (48)
“All The Way To Iraq”
“Citizens United”
“Record Store”
12: “Skipping Rocks,” Ken & Brad Kolodner [Fenchurch, 9/13] (43)
“Orchard”
“Skipping Rocks”
“Down On My Knees”
13: “Endless Ocean,” The Tuttles With A. J. Lee [Back Studio, 6/13] (41)
“Hickory Wind”
“My Window Faces The South”
“White House Blues”
13: “Inside Llewyn Davis,” Various Artists [Nonesuch, new] (41)
“Fare Thee Well,” Oscar Isaac
“Death Of Queen Jane,” Oscar Isaac
“500 Miles,” Justin Timberlake, Carey Mulligan And Stark Sands
15: “At The Heart Of It All,” Capercaillie [Compass, 8/13] (37)
“At The Heart Of It All”
“Jura Wedding Reels”
“Abu Chuibhl”
15: “History: The First 25 Years,” James Keelaghan [Borealis, 10/13] (37)
“My Skies”
“Sweetgrass Moon”
“Abraham”
17: “Pepper’s Ghost & Other Banjo Visitations,” Joel Mabus [Fossil, 10/13] (36)
“Leather Wing Bat”
“2 Little Sisters”
“American Patrol”
18: “The Hard Work Of Living,” Heather Pierson [Sacred Vessel, 10/13] (34)
“Let It Roll Off Your Back”
“Nothing Left”
“Speak Wisely”
18: “Only Slightly Mad,” David Bromberg Band [Appleseed, 9/13] (34)
“Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning”
“Nobody’s Fault But Mine”
20: “Another Man’s Treasure,” Greg Klyma [Klyma The Charts, 10/13] (31)
“Time Does Fly”
“You Are My Sunshine”
“Wolf”
21: “Life Wide Open,” Laura Zucker [laurazucker.com, 10/13] (30)
“This Time”
“Home”
21: “Memories And Moments,” Tim O’Brien And Darrell Scott [Full Skies, 9/13] (30)
“Keep Your Dirty Lights On”
“Memories And Moments”
“Well”
21: “Temptation,” Spuyten Duyvil [spuytenduyvilmusic.com, 9/13] (30)
“I’ll Fly Away”
“Honey Whiskey”
“Here And Hereafter”
24: “Tales From Jackson Bridge,” Harpeth Rising [Grimm Rising, 9/13] (29)
“It Don’t Really Matter”
“Sparrow”
“House Of The Rising Sun”
25: “We’re Not Lost,” The Show Ponies [theshowponies.com, 10/13] (27)
“Baby, I’m In Love With You”
“If I Die Tomorrow”
“Pieces Of The Past”
26: “The Stray Birds,” The Stray Birds [thestraybirds.com, 9/12] (26)
“Railroad Man”
“Dream In Blue”
26: “Tell The Ones I Love,” Steep Canyon Rangers [Rounder, 9/13] (26)
“Come Dance”
“Boomtown”
28: “Pushing Back Wintertime,” Mike Laureanno [Self, new] (25)
“Summer’s Gone”
“Joe”
29: “New Everything,” Brooks Williams [Red Guitar Blue, 7/13] (24)
“Carry On”
“Deep River Blues”
29: “Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe,” Noam Pikelny [Compass, 10/13] (24)
“Wheel Hoss”
“Cheyenne”
29: “Poor Old Shine,” Poor Old Shine [Signature, 10/13] (24)
“Weeds Or Wildflowers”
“Empty Rocking Chair”
“Footsteps In My Ear”
29: “So Say We All,” David Francey [Red House, 5/13] (24)
“Long Long Road”
“Rain”
29: “These Changing Skies,” Elephant Revival [30 Tigers, 9/13] (24)
“Remembering A Beginning”
“Grace Of A Woman”
“Spinning”
34: “Live At Caffe Lena,” Various Artists [Tompkins Square, 9/13] (22)
“Mr. Bojangles,” Jerry Jeff Walker
34: “Almost There,” Suzie Brown [suziebrownsongs.com, 9/13] (22)
“Everywhere I Go”
“Almost There”
34: “Hits & Holidays,” Debi Smith [Degan, 10/13] (22)
“Pie”
“Pampa Texas”
34: “Still Green,” Patty Larkin [Signature, 9/13] (22)
“Bon Vivants”
“Soon As I’m Better”
38: “Walking Song,” Ron Block [Rounder, 7/13] (21)
“Devil In The Strawstack”
“Shortnin’ Bread”
“Walking Song”
39: “Aragon Mill: The Bluegrass Sessions,” Si Kahn And The Looping Brothers [Strictly Country, 8/13] (20)
“To Hear Doc Watson Play”
“Gone, Gonna Rise Again”
39: “The Barn Birds,” Jonathan Byrd & Chris Kokesh [Waterbug, 7/13] (20)
“Paint The Town Blue”
“We Used To Be Birds”
39: “Showin’ My Roots,” Donna Ulisse [Hadley, 10/13] (20)
“Showin’ My Roots”
“How Mountain Girls Can Love”
42: “I Ain’t Marching Anymore,” Phil Ochs [Hannibal, 2002] (19)
“That Was The President”
42: “Juba Dance,” Guy Davis [M. C., 9/13] (19)
“That’s No Way To Get Along”
“Lost Again”
42: “Wool And Grant,” Wool And Grant [Self, 6/13] (19)
“Get The Frack Outta Here”
“Black Ice”
42: “Zuzu’s Petals,” Cary Cooper [MacKinaw Harvest, 9/13] (19)
“This Too Shall Pass”
“Wildest Dreams”
46: “Fossils,” Aoife O’Donovan [Yep Roc, 6/13] (18)
“Lay My Burden Down”
“Glowing Heart”
46: “Ghost Towns,” Spark And Whisper [Self, 6/13] (18)
“Little Tree”
“Our World Now”
46: “Superstring Theory,” Andy Statman [Shefa, new] (18)
“Herman Howe’s Bayou”
46: “To All The Girls,” Willie Nelson [Legacy, 10/13] (18)
“No Mas Amor”
“Dry Lightning”
50: “Say Grace,” Sam Baker [sambakermusic.com, 8/13] (17)
“Button By Button”
“Isn’t Love Great”
50: “Tin Star,” Lindi Ortega [Last Gang, 10/13] (17)
“Tin Star”
“Gypsy Child”
52: “The Heart’s Swift Foot,” Red Tail Ring [Earthwork, 4/13] (16)
“Ohio Turnpike”
53: “Old Buck,” Old Buck [Tin Halo, 8/13] (15)
“Free State Hornpipe”
53: “Pressed For Time,” Burning Bridget Cleary [burningbridgetcleary.com, 6/13] (15)
“Oh My Little Darling”
“2 Sisters”
55: “Darlingford,” Cara Luft [Blue Case, 6/12] (14)
“Only Love Can Save Me”
“Ploughboy And The Cockney”
55: “The Falling Of The Pine,” Brian Miller And Randy Gosa [Two Tap, 8/13] (14)
“The Falling Of The Pine”
55: “Hall Of Fame Bluegrass,” Junior Sisk And Joe Mullins [Rebel, 10/13] (14)
“No Blind Ones There”
55: “Old Time Angels,” Jim Lauderdale [Sky Crunch, 10/13] (14)
“Wild Blue Yonder”
55: “Some Part Of The Truth,” Brother Sun [brothersunmusic.com, 2/13] (14)
“I Ain’t Got No Home”
“Everybody’s Cryin’ Mercy”
55: “Stay Warm,” Esther Golton [Self, 9/13] (14)
“Stay Warm”
“Wintered In”
61: “The Full English,” The Full English [Topic, new] (13)
“Servant Man”
61: “Hayseed,” Susan Werner [30 Tigers, 6/13] (13)
“Something To Be Said”
61: “Over The Bridge Of Time,” Paul Simon [Legacy, 10/13] (13)
“American Tune”
61: “Seeds And Thorns,” Up The Chain [Self, 10/13] (13)
“For To Give Away”
61: “Storymap,” Eamonn Coyne And Kris Drever [Compass, new] (13)
“Farewell To Stromness”
“Marches And Reels”
66: “Three Chords And The Truth,” James King [Rounder, 9/13] (12)
“Old 5 And Dimers”
“Highway To Nowhere”
66: “Seven Hour Storm,” Misner And Smith [Self, 10/13] (12)
“7 Hour Storm”
66: “Bittersweet Road,” Blue Yonder [Javelina, new] (12)
“Beats Walkin”
66: “Courage,” Si Kahn [Strictly Country, 2010] (12)
“Clarence Kailin”
66: “Don’t Go Back In Time,” Vinegar Creek Constituency [Self, 1/13] (12)
“Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah”
66: “I Don’t Want Love You Won’t Give Until I Cry,” Finnders And Youngberg [Swingfingers, 9/13] (12)
“Lonely Too Long”
66: “Jericho Road,” Eric Bibb [Stony Plain, new] (12)
“Let The Mothers Step Up”
66: “Monocle Band,” Monocle Band [monocleband.com, 10/13] (12)
“Can’t Get By”
66: “Rarities From The Complete Albums Collection,” Paul Simon [Legacy, new] (12)
“Loves Me Like A Rock”
66: “Silver Lining,” The Honey Dewdrops [thehoneydewdrops.com, 6/12] (12)
“No More Trouble”
“Silver Lining”
66: “Snowbird: The Songs Of Gene MacLellan,” Various Artists [True North, new] (12)
“Snowbird,” Catherine MacLellan
“If It’s Alright With You,” Catherine MacLellan
66: “Steel And Salt,” Carolann Solebello [Elizabeth, 8/13] (12)
“Concentrate”
66: “This Side Of Jordan,” Mandolin Orange [Yep Roc, 8/13] (12)
“Turtle Dove And The Crow”
66: “Whalebone,” Marc Douglas Berardo [Milo, 9/13] (12)
“With Every Passing Day”

Top Songs of November 2013

1. “Heaven’s Kitchen” (20)
by John McCutcheon
from “22 Days”
1. “That Was The President” (20)
by Phil Ochs
from “I Ain’t Marching Anymore”
3. “Dry Land Fish” (19)
by John McCutcheon
from “22 Days”
4. “Born In The Usa” (16)
by Erik Balkey
from “Everything Is Great”
4. “Forgotten” (16)
by John McCutcheon
from “22 Days”
6. “Of An Age” (13)
by John McCutcheon
from “22 Days”
7. “He Was A Friend Of Mine” (12)
by Byrds
from “Turn Turn Turn”
7. “Ol’ Cook Pot” (12)
by The Henry Girls
from “December Moon”
7. “Sixth Floor” (12)
by Christine Lavin
from “Please Don’t Make Me Too”
7. “Summer’s Gone” (12)
by Mike Laureanno
from “Pushing Back Wintertime”
11. “As Fast As My Feet” (11)
by Linda Thompson
from “Won’t Be Long Now”
11. “Never Put To Sea Boys” (11)
by Linda Thompson
from “Won’t Be Long Now”
11. “Pie” (11)
by Debi Smith
from “Hits & Holidays”
14. “All The Way To Iraq” (10)
by Lou Dominguez
from “We The People”
14. “At The Heart Of It All” (10)
by Capercaillie
from “At The Heart Of It All”
14. “Citizens United” (10)
by Lou Dominguez
from “We The People”
14. “Fitzgerald” (10)
by John McCutcheon
from “22 Days”
14. “Little Blue Caboose” (10)
by Melody Walker & Jacob Groopman
from “We Made It Home”
14. “Nothing Like You” (10)
by John McCutcheon
from “22 Days”
14. “Orion’s Belt” (10)
by John McCutcheon
from “22 Days”
14. “Singer’s Lament” (10)
by Erik Balkey
from “Everything Is Great”
14. “Tonight” (10)
by John McCutcheon
from “22 Days”
23. “Baby, I’m In Love With You” (9)
by The Show Ponies
from “We’re Not Lost”
23. “Brand New ’64 Dodge” (9)
by Greg Brown
from “The Poet Game”
23. “Fuel The Fire” (9)
by Sarah Jarosz
from “Build Me Up From Bones”
23. “If I Were A Bluebird” (9)
by Linda Thompson
from “Won’t Be Long Now”
23. “Orchard” (9)
by Ken & Brad Kolodner
from “Skipping Rocks”
23. “Record Store” (9)
by Lou Dominguez
from “We The People”
23. “Thanksgiving” (9)
by Si Kahn
from “Thanksgiving”
23. “Time Does Fly” (9)
by Greg Klyma
from “Another Man’s Treasure”
23. “Visitors From Indiana” (9)
by Eric Taylor
from “Eric Taylor”
also “Live At The Red Shack”
23. “We Made It Home” (9)
by Melody Walker & Jacob Groopman
from “We Made It Home”