The Red Album, the latest release by the New York-based female Americana roots trio Red Molly, was the most-played album on folk radio during May 2014, followed by singer-songwriter Joe Crookston’s Georgia I’m Here, 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 both albums also were reportedly among the top ten most-played songs during the month, although they were edged out by Asheville, NC-based Americana roots trio Red June for the top spot.
The May 2014 FOLKDJ-L charts are based on 13,228 airplays from 133 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 May 2014
1: “The Red Album,” Red Molly [redmolly.com, new] (114)
“Homeward Bound”
“Clinch River Blues”
“1952 Vincent Black Lightning”
“Sing To Me”
“Willow Tree”
“With A Memory Like Mine”
2: “Georgia I’m Here,” Joe Crookston [Milagrito, new] (87)
“Riding The Train”
“Big Sky”
“Fall Down As The Rain”
“Georgia I’m Here”
“Miner In The Mourning”
3: “Ancient Dreams,” Red June [Organic, 4/14] (68)
“Ancient Dreams”
“Black Mountain Night”
“Gabriel’s Storm”
“Saddle Up My Son”
4: “Kindred Lines,” T Sisters [Spruce And Maple, new] (62)
“American Tune”
“Seduction Of Spring”
“Woo Woo”
“Molasses”
5: “O Love,” Ernest Troost [Travelin’ Shoes, 1/14] (47)
“Harlan County Boys”
“Pray Real Hard”
“Old Screen Door”
“Storm Comin”
6: “Carry The Water,” Lucy Billings [Sassy Time, new] (46)
“Answer”
“Not Far From Me”
“Carry The Water”
6: “Loving a Fool,” Tumbling Bones [tumblingbones.com, 3/14] (46)
“Broken Things”
“Just Because”
“Bright Morning Stars”
“Red, Red Rose”
6: “Molly Tuttle And John Mailander,” Molly Tuttle And John Mailander [Back Studio, 2/14] (46)
“Another Side/Tell Me”
“Morning Morgantown”
“Red Prairie Dawn”
“Moonshiner”
9: “Dot The Dragon’s Eyes,” Hanneke Cassel [hannekecassel.com, 12/13] (42)
“Dot The Dragon’s Eyes”
“Jig For Christina”
“Captain”
9: “For Keeps,” Carrie Elkin And Danny Schmidt [Red House, 5/14] (42)
“2 White Clouds”
“Company Of Friends”
“Kiss Me Now”
9: “Louder Than Words,” The Henry Girls [thehenrygirls.com, 1/14] (42)
“Weather”
“It’s Not Easy”
“Maybe”
“So Long But Not Goodbye”
12: “Carter Girl,” Carlene Carter [Rounder, 4/14] (40)
“Me And The Wildwood Rose”
“Black Jack David”
“Blackie’s Gunman”
13: “The More I Wonder,” Craig Bickhardt [Stone Barn, new] (39)
“Crazy Nightingale”
“Giant Steps”
“Young Hearts, Wild Horses Or The Wind”
14: “Bright Side Of Down,” John Gorka [Red House, 3/14] (38)
“Holed Up In Mason City”
“Bright Side Of Down”
“Really Spring”
15: “A Dotted Line,” Nickel Creek [Nonesuch, 4/14] (37)
“Elephant In The Corn”
“21st Of May”
“Where Is Love Now”
16: “Dream A Little Dream,” Katie Glassman & Snapshot [katieglassman.com, 3/14] (36)
“Liza Jane”
“My Window Faces The South”
“I Don’t Care If The Sun Don’t Shine”
16: “Looking Into You: A Tribute To Jackson Browne,” Various Artists [Music Road, 4/14] (36)
“Before The Deluge,” Eliza Gilkyson
“After The Deluge,” Eliza Gilkyson
16: “Out Among The Stars,” Johnny Cash [Columbia, 3/14] (36)
“Out Among The Stars”
“Call Your Mother”
“She Used To Love Me A Lot”
19: “Childhood Home,” Ben And Ellen Harper [Prestige Folklore, new] (35)
“House Is A Home”
“Farmer’s Daughter”
19: “Goody Shoes,” The Squirrel Hillbillies [squirrelhillbillies.com, 3/14] (35)
“River Rat”
“I Can”
“Old Dry Bones”
21: “A Permeable Life,” Carrie Newcomer [Available Light, 4/14] (34)
“Writing You A Letter”
“Visitation”
“Empty Chair”
21: “Trouble,” The Howlin’ Brothers [Readymade, new] (34)
“Boogie”
“Monroe”
“Pour It Down”
23: “Blood Test,” Kris Delmhorst [Signature, new] (33)
“My Ohio”
“Bright Green World”
“Blood Test”
23: “Cut To The Chase,” Kathy Kallick [Live Oak, 2/14] (33)
“Cut To The Chase”
“Franco’s Spain”
“Time Traveler’s Wife”
23: “Folk Singer Vol. 1,” Willie Watson [Acony, 5/14] (33)
“Rock Salt And Nails”
“Long John Dean”
“Stewball”
23: “The Nocturne Diaries,” Eliza Gilkyson [Red House, 3/14] (33)
“Eliza Jane”
“American Boy”
“Fast Freight”
23: “Tarpaper Sky,” Rodney Crowell [New West, 4/14] (33)
“Long Journey Home”
“Fever On The Bayou”
“Flyboy And The Kid”
28: “Click,” Neale Eckstein & friends [Fox Run, new] (32)
“One Month Crazier,” Buskin And Batteau And Tom Rush
“I’ve Always Been Older Than Me,” Dan Navarro
“Watery Grave,” David Buskin
28: “Pretty Bird,” Cosy Sheridan [Waterbug, new] (32)
“Pretty Bird”
“Sweet Animal”
“Drive On”
28: “Trouble & Love,” Mary Gauthier [Proper, new] (32)
“False From True”
“Oh Soul”
“Trouble And Love”
31: “In The Balance,” Lynn Hollyfield [Self, new] (31)
“In The Balance”
“Shadow”
“Spring”
31: “One Evening In May,” Laurie Lewis [Spruce And Maple, 1/14] (31)
“Barstow”
“Garden Grow”
“My True Love Loves Me”
33: “Sweet Mama, Sweet Daddy, Come In,” Bumper Jacksons [Self, new] (30)
“That’s My Gal”
“Clap Hands”
34: “Checks & Love Letters,” Bernice Lewis [bernicelewis.com, 3/14] (27)
“Checks And Love Letters”
“From Us”
“It Could Be”
35: “Country Mile,” American Nomad [Spruce And Maple, new] (26)
“1849”
“Country Mile”
35: “Long Time… Seldom Scene,” Seldom Scene [Smithsonian/Folkways, 4/14] (26)
“What Am I Doing Hangin’ Round”
“It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue”
35: “Once A River,” Still On The Hill [Self, new] (26)
“When I Go To Water”
“What’s Done Is Done”
38: “Early Treasuries,” Abe Loomis [Self, new] (25)
“Pancakes”
“Let It Ride”
“Beautiful Lie”
39: “Elsebound,” True North [Self, new] (24)
“Shiny Black Shoes”
“Twist In The Wind”
39: “The Hanging Road,” Joseph Huber [Muddy Roots, new] (24)
“Same River Twice”
“Goin’ Far On Little”
41: “Poor Man’s Diamonds,” John Flynn [Flying Stone, new] (23)
“Like Woody Done”
“Bury Me With My Guitar”
42: “Into My Own,” Bryan Sutton [Sugar Hill, new] (22)
“That’s Where I Belong”
“Been All Around This World”
42: “Love Runner,” Mollie O’Brien And Rich Moore [Remington Road, 1/14] (22)
“Sunday Street”
“Central Square”
“Green Summertime”
44: “Duets,” Linda Ronstadt [Rhino, 4/14] (21)
“Adieu False Heart”
“Pretty Bird”
44: “I’ll Swing My Hammer With Both My Hands,” Cahalen Morrison And Eli West [cahalenandeli.com, 2/14] (21)
“Livin’ In America”
“Down In The Lonesome Draw”
46: “Flat Earth Diary,” Krista Detor [Tightrope, 1/14] (20)
“Belle Of The Ball”
“Flat Earth Diary”
“Always Somewhere”
46: “Natalie Merchant,” Natalie Merchant [Nonesuch, new] (20)
“7 Deadly Sins”
“Lulu”
46: “Words And Music,” Byrd & Street [byrdandstreet.com, 1/14] (20)
“You Have Been My Friend”
“Family, Faith And Friends”
49: “Another Roller Coaster,” Scott And Michelle Dalziel [Dl Arts, 3/13] (19)
“I Think I Saw Elvis”
“Feather In A Storm”
49: “Punishing The Myth,” Grant Peeples And The Peeples Republik [Gatorbone, 3/14] (19)
“New American Dream”
“Hanging”
51: “Beyond the Blue,” The Duhks [Compass, new] (18)
“Suffer No Fools”
“Banjo Roustabout”
51: “The Turning Point,” Tim Grimm [Cavalier, 9/13] (18)
“Rovin’ Gambler”
“Family History”
53: “Blood Like A River,” Nathan Bell [Stone Barn, 1/14] (17)
“Names”
53: “A Dozen Other Loves,” Matt Nakoa [Self, new] (17)
“Daisies In The Rain”
“Fool Of A Knight”
53: “Epilogue,” Ronstadt Generations [ronstadtgenerations.com, 4/14] (17)
“For A Dancer”
“16 Tons”
53: “Everything Is Great,” Erik Balkey [Hudson Harding, 2012] (17)
“Born In The Usa”
“My America”
53: “World Of Strangers,” Zoe Muth [Signature, new] (17)
“Mama Needs A Margarita”
“Somebody I Know”
58: “Mother, Queen Of My Heart,” Various Artists [Sugar Hill, 2002] (16)
“Mama Don’t Allow No Music,” Doc Watson
“Mother, The Queen Of My Heart,” Lonesome Standard Time
58: “Robby Hecht,” Robby Hecht [Old Man Henry, 3/14] (16)
“Sea And The Shore”
60: “Can’t Fix Crazy,” Jackie Morris [Button Box, 3/14] (14)
“Come And Gone”
“Can’t Fix Crazy”
60: “How Red Is The Blood,” Tattletale Saints [Old Oak, 3/13] (14)
“Fell Upon The Fields”
60: “New Whirled Order,” Claudia Schmidt [Red House, 3/14] (14)
“Jane’s Gone”
“Strong Woman Has A Bad Day Polka”
60: “Silver Ladder,” Peter Mulvey [Signature, 4/14] (14)
“Lies You Forgot You Told”
“Trempealeau”
64: “22 Days,” John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 10/13] (13)
“Dry Land Fish”
64: “9 Dead Alive,” Rodrigo Y Gabriela [ATO, new] (13)
“Soundmaker”
“Torito”
64: “Berrymania,” Steve Gillette And Cindy Mangsen [Compass Rose, 12/13] (13)
“Chat With Your Mom”
64: “Everywhere I Go,” Shari Ulrich [Borealis, 3/14] (13)
“Everywhere I Go”
“One Sky”
64: “The Last Laugh,” Asylum Street Spankers [Yellow Dog, new] (13)
“Didn’t It Rain”
64: “Life On Fire,” Scott Wolfson And Other Heroes [scottwolfson.com, 1/14] (13)
“Brooklyn Mermaids”
“You Can’t Break Me Again”
64: “The Littlest Prisoner,” Jenny Scheinman [Sony, new] (13)
“Just A Child”
64: “Old Mill Sessions,” The Blushin’ Roulettes [blushinroulettes.com, 2/14] (13)
“Let It Roll”
“Purple Clouds”
64: “Some Part Of The Truth,” Brother Sun [brothersunmusic.com, 2/13] (13)
“House That Jack Built”
64: “The Stray Birds,” The Stray Birds [thestraybirds.com, 2012] (13)
“Railroad Man”
64: “Summer’s End,” Garnet Rogers [Snow Goose, 3/14] (13)
“Old Campfires”
64: “The Waymores,” The Waymores [waymores.net, 2012] (13)
“Singing Like A Byrd”
“Wilder Girl”
64: “White Wave Chapel,” I Draw Slow [Pinecastle, new] (13)
“Bread And Butter”
“All Souls”
Top Songs of May 2014
Red June (Photo: David Simchock)
1. “Ancient Dreams” (20)
by Red June
from “Ancient Dreams”
1. “House Is A Home” (20)
by Ben And Ellen Harper
from “Childhood Home”
3. “Homeward Bound” (18)
by Red Molly
from “The Red Album”
4. “Clinch River Blues” (17)
by Red Molly
from “The Red Album”
4. “Dot The Dragon’s Eyes” (17)
by Hanneke Cassel
from “Dot The Dragon’s Eyes”
4. “Riding The Train” (17)
by Joe Crookston
from “Georgia I’m Here”
7. “1952 Vincent Black Lightning” (15)
by Red Molly
from “The Red Album”
8. “Big Sky” (14)
by Joe Crookston
from “Georgia I’m Here”
8. “Black Mountain Night” (14)
by Red June
from “Ancient Dreams”
8. “Fall Down As The Rain” (14)
by Joe Crookston
from “Georgia I’m Here”
8. “Seduction Of Spring” (14)
by T Sisters
from “Kindred Lines”
12. “American Tune” (13)
by T Sisters
from “Kindred Lines”
12. “Another Side/Tell Me” (13)
by Molly Tuttle And John Mailander
from “Molly Tuttle And John Mailander”
12. “Georgia I’m Here” (13)
by Joe Crookston
from “Georgia I’m Here”
12. “Red Prairie Dawn” (13)
by Molly Tuttle And John Mailander
from “Molly Tuttle And John Mailander”
16. “Morning Morgantown” (12)
by Molly Tuttle And John Mailander
from “Molly Tuttle And John Mailander”
16. “Sing To Me” (12)
by Red Molly
from “The Red Album”
16. “When I Go To Water” (12)
by Still On The Hill
from “Once A River”
16. “With A Memory Like Mine” (12)
by Red Molly
from “The Red Album”
20. “2 White Clouds” (11)
by Carrie Elkin And Danny Schmidt
from “For Keeps”
20. “Checks And Love Letters” (11)
by Bernice Lewis
from “Checks & Love Letters”
22. “Answer” (10)
by Lucy Billings
from “Carry The Water”
22. “Harlan County Boys” (10)
by Ernest Troost
from “O Love”
22. “Long Journey Home” (10)
by Rodney Crowell
from “Tarpaper Sky”
22. “Miner In The Mourning” (10)
by Joe Crookston
from “Georgia I’m Here”
22. “Moonshiner” (10)
by Molly Tuttle And John Mailander
from “Molly Tuttle And John Mailander”
22. “Willow Tree” (10)
by Red Molly
from “The Red Album”
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