Carter Girl, an album covering three generations of Carter Family music by Carlene Carter, the daughter of of June Carter Cash and granddaughter of “Mother” Maybelle Carter, was the most-played album on folk radio during April 2014, 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. Jesse Winchester, the late singer-songwriter who was revered and widely covered by other artists, had the month’s top two songs (“Brand New Tennessee Waltz” and “Yankee Lady”). Winchester, who lost his battle with cancer on April 11 (See article posted April 12 on AcousticMusicScene.com), also was the most-played artist during April.
The April 2014 FOLKDJ-L charts are based on 14,054 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 April 2014
1: “Carter Girl,” Carlene Carter [Rounder, 4/14] (69)
“Black Jack David”
“Me And The Wildwood Rose”
“Blackie’s Gunman”
“I Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow”
2: “Louder Than Words,” The Henry Girls [thehenrygirls.com, 1/14] (64)
“Weather”
“James Monroe”
“No Matter What You Say”
“Reason To Believe”
3: “Pretty Bird,” Cosy Sheridan [Waterbug, new] (61)
“Pretty Bird”
“Drive On”
“Rise Out Of The Water”
“Sing Goodbye”
4: “A Permeable Life,” Carrie Newcomer [Available Light, 4/14] (57)
“Every Little Bit Of It”
“Room At The Table”
“Forever Ray”
“Light In The Window”
5: “Bright Side Of Down,” John Gorka [Red House, 3/14] (56)
“Really Spring”
“She’s That Kind Of Mystery”
“Bright Side Of Down”
6: “Cut To The Chase,” Kathy Kallick [Live Oak, 2/14] (55)
“Tryin’ So Hard To Get To You”
“Rustler’s Girl”
“Same Ol’ Song”
7: “Out Among The Stars,” Johnny Cash [Columbia, 3/14] (54)
“Baby Ride Easy”
“Out Among The Stars”
“Don’t You Think It’s Come Our Time”
“I’m Movin’ On”
8: “The Nocturne Diaries,” Eliza Gilkyson [Red House, 3/14] (53)
“Eliza Jane”
“Fast Freight”
“Midnight Oil”
9: “Dream A Little Dream,” Katie Glassman & Snapshot [katieglassman.com, 3/14] (52)
“Liza Jane”
“Good Times Gone By”
“I Don’t Care If The Sun Don’t Shine”
9: “One Evening In May,” Laurie Lewis [Spruce And Maple, 1/14] (52)
“Ring Of Fire”
“Crooked Miles”
“Garden Grow”
“Kisses”
11: “Long Time… Seldom Scene,” Seldom Scene [Smithsonian/Folkways, new] (49)
“Wait A Minute”
“Hickory Wind”
“Big Train”
12: “Race To The Bottom,” Paddy Mills [Ormal Nye, 2/14] (41)
“Bay View Massacre”
“Race To The Bottom”
“Fox In The Barnyard”
“When Spring Comes Around”
13: “I’ll Swing My Hammer With Both My Hands,” Cahalen Morrison And Eli West [cahalenandeli.com, 2/14] (38)
“Fiddlehead Fern”
“Livin’ In America”
“Pocket Full Of Dust”
14: “A Dotted Line,” Nickel Creek [Nonesuch, new] (37)
“21st Of May”
“Destination”
“Elephant In The Corn”
“Elsie”
14: “Epilogue,” Ronstadt Generations [ronstadtgenerations.com, new] (37)
“16 Tons”
“Riders In The Sky”
“I Know What I Know”
16: “Flat Earth Diary,” Krista Detor [Tightrope, 1/14] (36)
“Always Somewhere”
“Belle Of The Ball”
“Honey Down A String”
17: “New Whirled Order,” Claudia Schmidt [Red House, 3/14] (34)
“Nothing”
“Strong Woman Has A Bad Day Polka”
“Already”
17: “Tarpaper Sky,” Rodney Crowell [New West, new] (34)
“Flyboy And The Kid”
“Long Journey Home”
“Fever On The Bayou”
19: “Bad Dog Buffet,” Vance Gilbert [Disismye, 2/14] (33)
“God Bless Everyone”
“For Evelyne”
“First Ring”
19: “Looking Into You: A Tribute To Jackson Browne,” Various Artists [Music Road, 4/14] (33)
“Rock Me On The Water,” Keb’ Mo’
“Before The Deluge,” Eliza Gilkyson
“Call It A Loan,” Shawn Colvin
19: “The Turning Point,” Tim Grimm [Cavalier, 9/13] (33)
“Blame It On The Dog”
“King Of The Folksingers”
“Rovin’ Gambler”
22: “Love Filling Station,” Jesse Winchester [Appleseed, 2009] (32)
“Sham-A-Ling-Dong-Ding”
“Bless Your Foolish Heart”
“I Turn To My Guitar”
23: “Checks & Love Letters,” Bernice Lewis [bernicelewis.com, new] (31)
“From Us”
“Checks And Love Letters”
“I Wanna Be In The Band”
23: “For Keeps,” Carrie Elkin And Danny Schmidt [Red House, new] (31)
“2 White Clouds”
“Company Of Friends”
“Kiss Me Now”
23: “How Red Is The Blood,” Tattletale Saints [Old Oak, 3/13] (31)
“Complicated Man”
“Fell Upon The Fields”
“Hank”
23: “Love Runner,” Mollie O’Brien And Rich Moore [Remington Road, 1/14] (31)
“Sunday Street”
“Love Runner”
“Train Home”
27: “The Best Of Jesse Winchester,” Jesse Winchester [Rhino, 2012] (30)
“Mississippi You’re On My Mind”
“Brand New Tennessee Waltz”
“Yankee Lady”
27: “Tell You In Earnest,” Matt And Shannon Heaton [mattandshannonheaton.com, 4/14] (30)
“Cruel Salt Sea”
“Gallant Hussar”
29: “Everywhere I Go,” Shari Ulrich [Borealis, 3/14] (28)
“One Sky”
“This Life”
“Everywhere I Go”
29: “Get A Life,” Warren G. Hardings [thewarrenghardings.com, new] (28)
“Treehouse”
“Devil’s In The Roots”
31: “Gentleman Of Leisure,” Jesse Winchester [Sugar Hill, 1999] (27)
“That’s What Makes You Strong”
“Club Manhattan”
32: “Words And Music,” Byrd & Street [byrdandstreet.com, 1/14] (26)
“I’m Gonna Swim”
“Old Out Of Tune Guitar”
33: “The River And The Thread,” Rosanne Cash [Blue Note, 1/14] (25)
“50,000 Watts”
“Biloxi”
33: “Silver Ladder,” Peter Mulvey [Signature, 4/14] (25)
“You Don’t Have To Tell Me”
“Lies You Forgot You Told”
35: “Goody Shoes,” Squirrel Hillbillies [Self, new] (24)
“Old Dry Bones”
“I Can”
35: “The Promise,” Corinne West Band [Make, 2009] (24)
“Everybody’s Talkin”
“Lily Ann”
“The Promise”
35: “Robby Hecht,” Robby Hecht [Old Man Henry, 3/14] (24)
“Sea And The Shore”
“I Don’t Believe It”
38: “Everything Is Great,” Erik Balkey [Hudson Harding, 2012] (23)
“Baseball In My Blood”
“Everything Is Great”
38: “Future Pilot,” We’re About 9 [circanine.com, 1/14] (23)
“Prime Of My Life”
“Hardest Thing To Prove”
38: “Live,” Steve Martin And The Steep Canyon Rangers Featuring Edie Brickell [Rounder, 3/14] (23)
“Crow”
“Jubilation Day”
38: “Poet On The Moon,” Mare Wakefield & Nomad [marewakefield.com, 3/14] (23)
“Clementine”
“First Poet On The Moon”
38: “When The Ink Dries,” West My Friend [Grammar Fight, new] (23)
“Dark And Deep”
“Troubles”
43: “Something Worth Having,” Molasses Creek [molassescreek.com, 1/14] (22)
“My Window Faces The South”
“Choo Choo Yazoo”
44: “Easy Gone,” Ray Bonneville [Red House, new] (21)
“Where Has My Easy Gone”
“2 Bends In The Road”
44: “Flying Dream,” Catie Curtis [Self, 2/14] (21)
“4 Walls”
“Voyager”
46: “Inside Llewyn Davis,” Various Artists [Nonesuch, 11/13] (20)
“Green, Green Rocky Road,” Dave Van Ronk
“Death Of Queen Jane,” Oscar Isaac
47: “Another Roller Coaster,” Scott And Michelle Dalziel [Dl Arts, 3/13] (19)
“Ballad Of Kate Shelley”
“Feather In A Storm”
47: “At Ken Sanders Rare Books,” Kate MacLeod [Waterbug, 1/14] (19)
“Prairyerth”
“Blue Highways”
47: “Diner In The Sky,” The Amigos [theamigosband.bandcamp.com, 1/14] (19)
“Hey Joe”
“Cabin On The Hill”
47: “Let It Go,” The Infamous Stringdusters [High Country, 4/14] (19)
“Let It Go”
“I’ll Get Away”
47: “Punishing The Myth,” Grant Peeples And The Peeples Republik [Gatorbone, 3/14] (19)
“Who Woulda Thunk It?”
“Hanging”
47: “Somewhere Far Away,” Bradford Lee Folk And The Bluegrass Playboys [bradfordleefolk.com, new] (19)
“Foolish Game Of Love”
“Trains Don’t Lie”
53: “The Waymores,” The Waymores [waymores.net, 2012] (18)
“Sweet Companion”
54: “Berrymania,” Steve Gillette And Cindy Mangsen [Compass Rose, 12/13] (17)
“Mr. And Mrs. Noah”
“Walking With Roget”
54: “Country Boy: A Bluegrass Tribute To John Denver,” Special Consensus [Compass, new] (17)
“Eagles And Horses”
“Wild Montana Skies”
54: “Jesse Winchester: Live From Mountain Stage,” Jesse Winchester [Blue Plate, 2001] (17)
“Brand New Tennessee Waltz”
“Yankee Lady”
54: “Some 1 Like U,” Kathy Moser [Self, 2009] (17)
“Big Yellow Taxi”
“I Will Follow You Into The Dark”
54: “Woodstock,” Heather Maloney And Darlingside [Signature, 3/14] (17)
“Woodstock”
“No Shortcuts”
59: “22 Days,” John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 10/13] (16)
“Dry Land Fish”
“Of An Age”
59: “Gathering,” Poor Angus [Borealis, 1/14] (16)
“Never Come Back”
“Gathering”
59: “Kerri Powers,” Kerri Powers [kerripowers.com, 1/14] (16)
“Tallulah Send A Car For Me”
“Buttercup”
59: “Memories And Moments,” Tim O’Brien And Darrell Scott [Full Skies, 9/13] (16)
“Memories And Moments”
59: “Only Me,” Rhonda Vincent [Upper Management, 1/14] (16)
“Busy City”
“Only Me”
64: “Down To The Roots,” Lowell Levinger [Grandpa Raccoon, 1/14] (15)
“Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me”
“Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out”
64: “Jesse Winchester,” Jesse Winchester [Wounded Bird, 1970] (15)
“Brand New Tennessee Waltz”
“Yankee Lady”
64: “Sleeping Dogs,” C. Daniel Boling [Berkalin, 11/13] (15)
“Pontificating Paradox”
67: “Pressed For Time,” Burning Bridget Cleary [burningbridgetcleary.com, 6/13] (14)
“Oh My Little Darling/ Fire On The Mountain”
“On A Sea Of Fleur De Lis”
68: “Build Me Up From Bones,” Sarah Jarosz [Sugar Hill, 9/13] (13)
“Build Me Up From Bones”
“Mile On The Moon”
68: “Dot The Dragon’s Eyes,” Hanneke Cassel [Self, 12/13] (13)
“Dot The Dragon’s Eyes”
“Marathon”
68: “Down Home Divas,” Brooksie Wells [Self, 11/13] (13)
“Circumstance”
“In Your Hands”
68: “Endless Ocean,” The Tuttles With A. J. Lee [Back Studio, 6/13] (13)
“Where The Old Red River Flows”
68: “Folk Singer Vol. 1,” Willie Watson [Acony, new] (13)
“Bring It With You When You Come”
“Rock Salt And Nails”
68: “The Game,” Blue Highway [Rounder, 1/14] (13)
“Change Of Faith In Tennessee”
“The Game”
68: “The Haden Triplets,” The Haden Triplets [Third Man, 2/14] (13)
“Making Believe”
68: “Let It Choose You,” Adam Carroll [Down Hole, new] (13)
“Old Child Country Star”
68: “The List Of Whales,” Carrie Ferguson [Walking Songs, 1/14] (13)
“Sunlight”
68: “Madness Of Happiness,” Truckstop Honeymoon [Squirrel, new] (13)
“Home Is Not A Hotel”
“Little Red Bird”
68: “Pennsylvania Coal,” Irene Kelley [Patio, 2/14] (13)
“Garden Of Dreams”
68: “Some Part Of The Truth,” Brother Sun [brothersunmusic.com, 2/13] (13)
“In The Name Of Love”
Top Songs of April 2014
Jesse Winchester
by Jesse Winchester
from “Jesse Winchester”
also “The Best Of Jesse Winchester”
2. “Yankee Lady” (18)
by Jesse Winchester
from “Jesse Winchester”
also “Jesse Winchester: Live From Mountain Stage”
3. “Weather” (17)
by The Henry Girls
from “Louder Than Words”
4. “Black Jack David” (15)
by Carlene Carter
from “Carter Girl”
5. “James Monroe” (14)
by The Henry Girls
from “Louder Than Words”
5. “Pretty Bird” (14)
by Cosy Sheridan
from “Pretty Bird”
7. “Really Spring” (13)
by John Gorka
from “Bright Side Of Down”
8. “Baseball In My Blood” (12)
by Erik Balkey
from “Everything Is Great”
8. “Drive On” (12)
by Cosy Sheridan
from “Pretty Bird”
8. “Eliza Jane” (12)
by Eliza Gilkyson
from “The Nocturne Diaries”
8. “Every Little Bit Of It” (12)
by Carrie Newcomer
from “A Permeable Life”
8. “That’s What Makes You Strong” (12)
by Jesse Winchester
from “Gentleman Of Leisure”
8. “Tryin’ So Hard To Get To You” (12)
by Kathy Kallick
from “Cut To The Chase”
14. “16 Tons” (11)
by Ronstadt Generations
from “Epilogue”
14. “Fast Freight” (11)
by Eliza Gilkyson
from “The Nocturne Diaries”
14. “Fiddlehead Fern” (11)
by Cahalen Morrison And Eli West
from “I’ll Swing My Hammer With Both My Hands”
14. “Liza Jane” (11)
by Katie Glassman & Snapshot
from “Dream A Little Dream”
14. “Ring Of Fire” (11)
by Laurie Lewis
from “One Evening In May”
19. “Baby Ride Easy” (10)
by Johnny Cash
from “Out Among The Stars”
19. “Bay View Massacre” (10)
by Paddy Mills
from “Race To The Bottom”
19. “From Us” (10)
by Bernice Lewis
from “Checks & Love Letters”
19. “Rise Out Of The Water” (10)
by Cosy Sheridan
from “Pretty Bird”
19. “Room At The Table” (10)
by Carrie Newcomer
from “A Permeable Life”
19. “Treehouse” (10)
by Warren G. Hardings
from “Get A Life”
19. “When Spring Comes Around” (10)
by Paddy Mills
from “Race To The Bottom”
19. “Woodstock” (10)
by Heather Maloney And Darlingside
from “Woodstock”
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