Christine Lavin Presents: Just One Angel v2.0 was the most-played album on folk radio during December 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. Six tracks from the album, an eclectic collection of 20 new holiday songs by 20 U.S. singer-songwriters produced by Lavin and Andrew Ratshin, also were reportedly among the month’s most-played songs. However, John McCutcheon’s classic “Christmas in the Trenches” topped the songs chart.
Here’s a link to a five-minute highlight video featuring snippets from all 20 songs that Christine Lavin posted on her website:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yFJLqFovLs
The December 2013 FOLKDJ-L charts are based on 15,246 airplays from 141 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 December 2013
1: “Christine Lavin Presents: Just One Angel v2.0,” Various Artists [Yellow Tail, new] (143)
“These Ornaments,” Craig Werth
“Snow Day,” Honor Finnegan
“Pass The Fruitcake,” Claudia Russell And Bruce Kaplan
“Light The Lamp,” Emily Kurn
“I Want An Old Fashioned Christmas,” Amy Speace
2: “A Very Blue Rock Christmas,” Various Artists [Blue Rock, new] (90)
“Christmas In The Ashram,” Tom Prasada-Rao
“Do You Hear What I Hear?,” Terri Hendrix
“Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer,” Ruthie Foster
“Miracle,” David Wilcox
“Rudy Rap,” David Wilcox
3: “Hudson Harding Sampler, Vol. 8: Happy Holidays,” Various Artists [Hudson Harding, new] (87)
“Give To Receive,” Jonathan Byrd And Chris Kokesh
“Santa Drank The Whole Damn Bar,” Mark Stepakoff
“Taladh Chriosda,” Mara Levine With Jeff Scroggins And Colorado
“One Little Partridge,” Zoe Mulford
4: “Inside Llewyn Davis,” Various Artists [Nonesuch, 11/13] (70)
“Green, Green Rocky Road,” Oscar Isaac
“500 Miles,” Justin Timberlake, Carey Mulligan And Stark Sands
“Fare Thee Well,” Oscar Isaac And Marcus Mumford
“Last Thing On My Mind,” Stark Sands With The Punch Brothers
5: “22 Days,” John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 10/13] (62)
“Orion’s Belt”
“Heaven’s Kitchen”
“Of An Age”
“Nothing Like You”
6: “Down in Washington Square,” Dave Van Ronk [Smithsonian/Folkways, 10/13] (57)
“Spike Driver Blues”
“Another Time And Place”
“Duncan And Brady”
7: “Echo Sessions,” The Stray Birds [thestraybirds.com, 11/13] (55)
“I Wish It Would Rain”
“Loretta”
“Blue Yodel #7”
“I’ll Be Your San Antone Rose”
7: “The Railsplitters,” The Railsplitters [therailsplitters.com, 11/13] (55)
“Boarding Pass”
“Jackson Town”
“No Stranger To The Blues”
9: “December Moon,” The Henry Girls [Broken Silence, 3/13] (48)
“December Moon”
“Sing My Sister Down”
“Watching The Detectives”
“Ol’ Cook Pot”
10: “Just One Angel,” Christine Lavin And Friends [Yellow Tail, 2010] (41)
“Auld Lang Syne,” Kate Taylor
“Christians And The Pagans,” Darryl Purpose
11: “Build Me Up From Bones,” Sarah Jarosz [Sugar Hill, 9/13] (40)
“Fuel The Fire”
“Over The Edge”
“Build Me Up From Bones”
12: “Gift Of The Magi,” Darryl Purpose [darrylpurpose.com, 2002] (34)
“You Must Go Home For Christmas”
“American Noel”
“Christmas In The Trenches”
12: “Tether My Heart,” Hannah Shira Naiman [Merriweather, 10/13] (34)
“Little Fox”
“Same Old Song”
“Way To Go Home”
14: “Berrymania,” Steve Gillette And Cindy Mangsen [Compass Rose, new] (33)
“Do You Believe In Me”
“It’s Better Than That”
“Your State’s Name Here”
15: “Four Good Days,” Jack Williams [Wind River, 11/13] (31)
“4 Good Days”
“Highway From Back Home”
“Them Things”
15: “More New Everything,” Brooks Williams [Red Guitar Blue, 11/13] (31)
“Winter Moon II”
“Shaking These Christmas Blues”
17: “We The People,” Lou Dominguez [loudominguez.com, 10/13] (30)
“Happy American Solstice”
“Gun Country”
18: “Back 40,” Robin & Linda Williams [Red House, 10/13] (29)
“Old Familiar House On Christmas Day”
“My Sweet Love Ain’t Around”
18: “The Sounding Joy,” Elizabeth Mitchell [Smithsonian/Folkways, 10/13] (29)
“Children Go Where I Send Thee”
“Christmas Day In The Morning”
20: “Another Man’s Treasure,” Greg Klyma [klyma.com, 10/13] (28)
“Time Does Fly”
“Circular World”
“You Are My Sunshine”
20: “As The Crow Flies,” Childsplay [childsplay.org, 7/13] (28)
“Hawk And Crow / As The Crow Flies”
“Dear Companion”
20: “Memories And Moments,” Tim O’Brien And Darrell Scott [Full Skies, 9/13] (28)
“Brother Wind”
“Keep Your Dirty Lights On”
23: “Foreverly,” Billie Joe + Norah [Reprise, 11/13] (27)
“Long Time Gone”
“Roving Gambler”
“Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine”
23: “We Made It Home,” Melody Walker & Jacob Groopman [Maker/Mender, 10/13] (27)
“We Made It Home”
“Retinue”
“Betelgeuse”
23: “Wonderland: A Winter Solstice Celebration,” Various Artists [Signature, 2001] (27)
“Tree,” Jim Henry
“American Noel,” Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer
26: “Flat Earth Diary,” Krista Detor [Tightrope, new] (26)
“Belle Of The Ball”
“Ferryman’s Dream”
“Just Because”
26: “Midwinter,” Peter Mayer [Blue Boat, 2005] (26)
“Christmas Morning”
“Green”
26: “Say Grace,” Sam Baker [sambakermusic.com, 8/13] (26)
“Panhandle Winter”
“Go In Peace”
“Isn’t Love Great”
29: “Come Darkness, Come Light,” Mary Chapin Carpenter [Zoe, 2008] (25)
“Longest Night Of The Year”
“Christmas Time In The City”
29: “Long Gone Out West Blues,” Pharis And Jason Romero [Lula, 2/13] (25)
“Wild Bill Jones”
“Long Gone Out West Blues”
29: “On The Offbeat,” Liz Carroll [lizcarroll.com, 11/13] (25)
“Tinsel”
“Wolf / The Duck”
29: “Winter’s Grace,” Laurie Lewis And Tom Rozum [Signature, 1999] (25)
“If We Make It Through December”
“Messenger”
33: “Skipping Rocks,” Ken & Brad Kolodner [Fenchurch, 9/13] (24)
“Billy In The Lowground”
“Down On My Knees”
33: “Still Green,” Patty Larkin [Signature, 9/13] (24)
“Best Of Intentions”
“It Could Be Worse”
33: “Won’t Be Long Now,” Linda Thompson [Pettifer, 10/13] (24)
“Love’s For Babies And Fools”
“As Fast As My Feet”
36: “Fine Winter’s Night,” Matt And Shannon Heaton [mattandshannonheaton.com, 2007] (23)
“First Snowfall Of December”
“Dust Of Snow”
37: “At The Heart Of It All,” Capercaillie [Compass, 8/13] (21)
“Nighean Dubh Nighean Donn”
“Strathspey Set”
37: “Endless Ocean,” The Tuttles With A. J. Lee [Back Studio, 6/13] (21)
“My Window Faces The South”
“Beaumont Rag”
37: “Life Wide Open,” Laura Zucker [laurazucker.com, 10/13] (21)
“Let’s Go”
“Wind Of Change”
37: “Hudson Harding Sampler, Vol. 4: Happy Holidays,” Various Artists [Hudson Harding, 2009] (21)
“Cold Cold December,” Pat Wictor And Beaucoup Blue
“Old Night,” Dala
41: “The Ash & Clay,” The Milk Carton Kids [Anti-, 3/13] (20)
“Honey, Honey”
“Years Gone By”
41: “City Of Silver Dreams,” Ellis Paul [Black Wolf, 2012] (20)
“City Of Silver Dreams”
“Christmas Lullaby”
41: “Hits & Holidays,” Debi Smith [Degan, 10/13] (20)
“Pie”
“Baby Cries”
41: “Pepper’s Ghost & Other Banjo Visitations,” Joel Mabus [Fossil, 10/13] (20)
“Fire On The Mountain”
“Pepper’s Ghost”
41: “Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe,” Noam Pikelny [Compass, 10/13] (20)
“Cheyenne”
“Fiddler’s Pastime”
41: “Temptation,” Spuyten Duyvil [spuytenduyvilmusic.com, 9/13] (20)
“Bitter”
“I’ll Fly Away”
47: “Three Chords And The Truth,” James King [Rounder, 9/13] (19)
“Blue Blue Day”
“Chiseled In Stone”
47: “All The Way To Bethlehem,” Donna Ulisse [Hadley, 10/12] (19)
“I See The Light Of The World”
“All The Way To Bethlehem”
47: “Child Ballads,” Anais Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer [Wilderland, 3/13] (19)
“Geordie”
“Riddles Wisely Expounded”
47: “A Fiddler’s Holiday,” Jay Ungar And Molly Mason [Rounder, 11/12] (19)
“Silent Night 2 Step”
“Snowstorm”
47: “Live At Caffe Lena,” Various Artists [Tompkins Square, 9/13] (19)
“Gaslight Rag,” Dave Van Ronk
47: “New Everything,” Brooks Williams [Red Guitar Blue, 7/13] (19)
“Deep River Blues”
“Carry On”
47: “Only Slightly Mad,” David Bromberg Band [Appleseed, 9/13] (19)
“I’ll Rise Again”
“Last Date”
47: “A Parlor Guitar Christmas,” Joel Mabus [Fossil, 9/12] (19)
“First Nowell”
“Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”
47: “Some Part Of The Truth,” Brother Sun [brothersunmusic.com, 2/13] (19)
“In The Name Of Love”
“Lady Of The Harbor”
47: “Tales From Jackson Bridge,” Harpeth Rising [Grimm Rising, 9/13] (19)
“Sparrow”
“You Won’t Hear It From Me”
47: “To All The Girlsà ,” Willie Nelson [Legacy, 10/13] (19)
“Always On My Mind”
47: “When I Get My Pay,” The Grascals [Mountain Home, 11/13] (19)
“When I Get My Pay”
“American Pickers”
59: “Bells Of Dublin,” The Chieftains [RCA, 1999] (18)
“Rebel Jesus”
“Wexford Carol”
59: “Walk Along John,” John Reischman [Corvus, 4/13] (18)
“Ice On The Dogwater”
“Itzbin Reel”
61: “American Noel,” Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer [Signature, 2007] (17)
“Footsteps Of The Faithful”
“American Noel”
61: “Bidding You Joy,” Nowell Sing We Clear [Golden Hind, 10/13] (17)
“Cold December”
61: “Celtic Christmas,” Various Artists [Windham Hill, 2007] (17)
“Angels We Have Heard On High,” David Huntsinger
61: “Everything Is Great,” Erik Balkey [Hudson Harding, 2012] (17)
“My America”
“Singer’s Lament”
61: “Showin’ My Roots,” Donna Ulisse [Hadley, 10/13] (17)
“Take This Hammer”
“Fist City”
61: “This World Oft Can Be,” Della Mae [Rounder, 5/13] (17)
“Empire”
“Letter From Down The Road/And Other Things”
61: “The Turning Point,” Tim Grimm [Cavalier, 9/13] (17)
“King Of The Folksingers”
“Rovin’ Gambler”
68: “Almost There,” Suzie Brown [suziebrownsongs.com, 9/13] (16)
“Fallen Down”
68: “At The Turning Of The Year,” Herdman, Hills And Mangsen [Hand And Heart, 2000] (16)
“At The Turning Of The Year”
“Solstice Round”
68: “Incident On Willow Street,” Greg Trooper [52 Shakes, 10/13] (16)
“All The Way To Amsterdam”
68: “A Midwinter Night’s Dream,” Loreena McKennitt [Quinlan Road, 2008] (16)
“Good King Wenceslas”
“In The Bleak Midwinter”
68: “Monocle Band,” Monocle Band [monocleband.com, 10/13] (16)
“Can’t Get By”
“Fine”
68: “So Say We All,” David Francey [Red House, 5/13] (16)
“Long Long Road”
“Ordinary Man”
68: “Tell The Ones I Love,” Steep Canyon Rangers [Rounder, 9/13] (16)
“Tell The Ones I Love”
“Come Dance”
68: “These Wilder Things,” Ruth Moody [Red House, 5/13] (16)
“Dancing In The Dark”
“One Light Shining”
68: “Voices Of Winter,” Herdman, Hills And Mangsen [Gadfly, 1997] (16)
“Frozen Logger/Proper Cup Of Coffee”
“Raise The Dead Of Wintertime”
Top Songs of December 2013
John McCutcheon
1. “Christmas In The Trenches” (26)
by John McCutcheon
from “Live At Wolf Trap”
also “Winter Solstice”
2. “These Ornaments” (24)
by Craig Werth
from “Christine Lavin Presents: Just One Angel v2.0”
3. “Santa Drank The Whole Damn Bar” (20)
by Mark Stepakoff
from “Hudson Harding Sampler, Vol. 8: Happy Holidays”
4. “Snow Day” (19)
by Honor Finnegan
from “Christine Lavin Presents: Just One Angel v2.0”
5. “Give To Receive” (18)
by Jonathan Byrd And Chris Kokesh
from “Hudson Harding Sampler, Vol. 8: Happy Holidays”
5. “I Wish It Would Rain” (18)
by The Stray Birds
from “Echo Sessions”
7. “Christians And The Pagans” (17)
by Dar Williams
from “Mortal City”
7. “Christmas In The Ashram” (17)
by Tom Prasada-Rao
from “A Very Blue Rock Christmas”
9. “Loretta” (16)
by The Stray Birds
from “Echo Sessions”
10. “Pass The Fruitcake” (15)
by Claudia Russell And Bruce Kaplan
from “Christine Lavin Presents: Just One Angel v2.0”
11. “Light The Lamp” (14)
by Emily Kurn
from “Christine Lavin Presents: Just One Angel v2.0”
12. “December Moon” (13)
by The Henry Girls
from “December Moon”
12. “Green, Green Rocky Road” (13)
by Oscar Isaac
from “Inside Llewyn Davis”
12. “Miracle” (13)
by David Wilcox
from “A Very Blue Rock Christmas”
12. “Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer” (13)
by Ruthie Foster
from “A Very Blue Rock Christmas”
16. “Boarding Pass” (12)
by The Railsplitters
from “The Railsplitters”
16. “Christmas In Paradise” (12)
by Mary Gauthier
from “Filth And Fire”
16. “Do You Hear What I Hear?” (12)
by Terri Hendrix
from “A Very Blue Rock Christmas”
16. “River” (12)
by Joni Mitchell
from “Blue”
16. “Shakin’ These Christmas Blues” (12)
by Brooks Williams
from “Hudson Harding Sampler, Vol. 8: Happy Holidays”
16. “Winter Moon II” (12)
by Brooks Williams
from “More New Everything”
22. “Alice’s Restaurant” (11)
by Arlo Guthrie
from “Alice’s Restaurant – The Massacre Revisited”
also “Best Of Arlo Guthrie”
22. “Asimbonanga” (11)
by Johnny Clegg And Savuka
from “Third World Child”
22. “Blue Yodel #7” (11)
by The Stray Birds
from “Echo Sessions”
22. “I Want An Old Fashioned Christmas” (11)
by Amy Speace
from “Christine Lavin Presents: Just One Angel v2.0”
22. “Mandela Is Free” (11)
by Eric Bibb
from “Home To Me”
22. “New New Year Year” (11)
by Lou And Peter Berryman
from “Christine Lavin Presents: Just One Angel v2.0”
22. “Orion’s Belt” (11)
by John McCutcheon
from “22 Days”
22. “When I Stop Dreaming” (11)
by The Stray Birds
from “Echo Sessions”
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