Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie was the most-played album on folk radio during August 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. The 37-track, two-CD set released by Compass Records features various artists paying homage to the Kentucky-born singer-songwriter who influenced and inspired them and who many regard as “the mother of folk.” Singer-songwriter Jim Photoglo’s “ Try Me Tomorrow” from the #3 album, Halls of My Heart, was reportedly the month’s most-played song.
The August 2014 FOLKDJ-L charts are based on 13,812 airplays from 137 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 2014
1: “Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie,” Various Artists [Compass,
new] (127)
“Black Waters,” Bryn Davies
“L&N Don’t Stop Here Anymore,” Robin And Linda Williams
“Jackaro,” Archie Fisher
“Let The Sun Shine Down On Me,” Kim And Reggie Harris
2: “Laurie & Kathy Sing The Songs Of Vern And Ray,” Laurie Lewis And
Kathy Kallick [Spruce And Maple, new] (82)
“Cabin On A Mountain”
“Little Birdie”
“My Clinch Mountain Home”
“Blue Grass Style”
3: “Halls Of My Heart,” Jim Photoglo [Grifftone, 7/14] (68)
“Try Me Tomorrow”
“Brothers Medley”
“Halls Of My Heart”
“My Father’s Son”
4: “Still On The Levee,” Chris Smither [Signature, 7/14] (59)
“Leave The Light On”
“Hold On”
“Train Home”
“Love You Like A Man”
5: “Make It Better,” Jeremy Lyons [deltabilly.com, new] (56)
“I Don’t Mind The Rain”
“Make It Better”
“Not Drag Me Down”
“When I’m Feeling Better”
6: “The Flower Of Muscle Shoals,” Cahalen Morrison And Country Hammer
[Free Dirt, new] (50)
“The Flower Of Muscle Shoals”
“Hobbled And Grazing”
“San Luis”
7: “Echolocation,” Carolyn Currie [North C, 6/14] (44)
“Sleepwalking Home”
“Old Song”
“Echolocation”
8: “The Nocturne Diaries,” Eliza Gilkyson [Red House, 3/14] (41)
“Eliza Jane”
“Touchstone”
“American Boy”
9: “Chasing Beauty,” Ellis Paul [Black Wolf, new] (38)
“Never Want To Lose You”
“Kick Out The Lights”
“Drive In Movie”
9: “Never Let Me Cross Your Mind,” Locust Honey String Band [Hearth,
7/14] (38)
“Columbus Stockade Blues”
“Henry Lee”
“I’ve Forgotten More Than You’ll Ever Know About Him”
9: “You Got This,” Haas Kowert Tice [haaskowerttice.com, 7/14] (38)
“Down The Hatch”
“Leadfoot”
“Better Off”
12: “Remedy,” Old Crow Medicine Show [ATO, 7/14] (36)
“Sweet Amarillo”
“Doc’s Day”
“O Cumberland River”
13: “Beyond the Blue,” The Duhks [Compass, 5/14] (34)
“Beyond The Blue”
“Suffer No Fools”
“Black Mountain Lullaby”
14: “The Red Album,” Red Molly [redmolly.com, 4/14] (33)
“Sing To Me”
“1952 Vincent Black Lightning”
15: “River Of Sand,” Lynne Hanson [Continental, new] (31)
“This Too Shall Pass”
“Waiting By The Water”
“Color My Summers Blue”
16: “The Patuxent Banjo Project,” Various Artists [Patuxent, new] (30)
“Cedar City Blues,” Eddie Adcock
“Ghost On Hippie Hill,” Victor Furtado
17: “Driftin’ River,” John Malcolm Penn [Blue Night, 6/14] (28)
“Bessie Brady”
“Old Glory”
18: “For Pete’s Sake: A Tribute to Pete Seeger,” Various Artists [Wepecket
Island, 7/14] (27)
“Down By The Riverside,” Jim McGrath
“If I Had A Hammer,” Dawn Kenney Band
18: “Georgia I’m Here,” Joe Crookston [Milagrito, 4/14] (27)
“Big Sky”
“Pretty Saro”
“Riding The Train”
20: “Current Affairs,” Runa [runamusic.com, 6/14] (26)
“Banks Are Made Of Marble”
“Land Of Sunshine Set”
20: “Lonesome And Then Some,” Larry Sparks [Rebel, new] (26)
“Loving You Too Well”
“Going Up Home To Live In Green Pastures”
“Will You Be Satisfied That Way”
20: “On Down The Line,” Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper [Compass, 7/14]
(26)
“Fiddlin’ Joe”
“Sunny Side Of Town”
“Too Late For Goodbyes”
20: “Warmer Season,” Britt Connors & Bourbon Renewal [Y’all-Ternative,
new] (26)
“No Man’s Land”
“Turtle Song”
24: “Turn This Heart Around,” Missy Werner [missywerner.com, 7/14] (25)
“I Just Got Wise”
“I Always Do”
“Rough Edges”
24: “When The Deal Goes Down,” David Olney [Deadbeet, 7/14] (25)
“When The Deal Goes Down”
“Soldier Of Misfortune”
26: “For Keeps,” Carrie Elkin And Danny Schmidt [Red House, 5/14] (24)
“Longing Moves The Ocean”
“2 White Clouds”
“If I Need To Know”
26: “Sixty,” John Cowan [Compass, 8/14] (24)
“Rising From The Ashes”
“Why Are You Crying”
28: “I’m A Song,” Jim Lauderdale [Sky Crunch, new] (23)
“I Lost You”
“I’m A Song”
29: “Everything Changes,” Peggy Seeger [Signet, new] (22)
“Do You Believe In Me?”
“Everything Changes”
29: “Loving a Fool,” Tumbling Bones [tumblingbones.com, 3/14] (22)
“Red, Red Rose”
“I Don’t Believe You’ve Met My Baby”
29: “The Road That Brings You Home,” Jim And Lynna Woolsey [Broken Record,
3/14] (22)
“Wheel In His Hand”
“I’m The Best You’ll Ever Do”
“Gypsies In A Wagon”
32: “Cold Spell,” Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen [Compass, 8/14] (21)
“Country Song”
“Better”
32: “Sweet Mama, Sweet Daddy, Come In,” Bumper Jacksons [Self, 5/14] (21)
“Bacon Adoration”
32: “Terms Of My Surrender,” John Hiatt [New West, 7/14] (21)
“Marlene”
“Nothin’ I Love”
32: “World Of Strangers,” Zoe Muth [Signature, 5/14] (21)
“Mama Needs A Margarita”
“Too Shiny”
36: “Everything’s Beautiful Now,” Christine Albert [Moon House, new] (20)
“Keep Me In Your Heart”
“Old New Mexico”
36: “I Can’t Remember My Dreams,” Leslie Evers [Cumulus, 6/14] (20)
“Little Bit Harder”
“I Can’t Remember My Dreams”
38: “North Star,” Kyle Carey [Americelta, new] (19)
“June Day”
“Casey Jones Whistle Blow”
38: “Poor Man’s Diamonds,” John Flynn [Flying Stone, 5/14] (19)
“Like Woody Done”
“Some Old Highway Song”
38: “When Lightning Strikes,” Lynne Taylor [Self, 10/13] (19)
“Butterfly”
41: “Lighthouse,” Lighthouse [Moody Maraccas, 1969] (18)
“No U Turn”
“Queen Of Hearts”
41: “Look Again to the Wind: Johnny Cash’s Bitter Tears Revisited,”
Various Artists [Sony, new] (18)
“Custer,” Steve Earle
“Apache Tears,” Emmylou Harris And The Milk Carton Kids
“As Long As The Grass Shall Grow,” Gillian Welch And Dave Rawlings
41: “Milltowns,” Mark Erelli [Hillbilly Pilgrim, new] (18)
“Birches”
“Handsome Molly”
41: “The More I Wonder,” Craig Bickhardt [Stone Barn, 4/14] (18)
“Giant Steps”
41: “Paradise Outlaw,” Pieta Brown [Red House, new] (18)
“Before Gas And Tv”
“Flowers Of Love”
41: “The Turning Point,” Tim Grimm [Cavalier, 9/13] (18)
“King Of The Folksingers”
“Blame It On The Dog”
47: “Common Ground: The Songs of Big Bill Broonzy,” Dave Alvin And Phil
Alvin [Yep Roc, 6/14] (17)
“All By Myself”
“Key To The Highway”
47: “Later That Night,” Rod MacDonald [Blue Flute, 5/14] (17)
“Last American Worker”
“We’re All One”
47: “Moments Of Grace,” Andrew Corbett [Acmuse, 7/14] (17)
“Bright Blue Ball”
47: “Swimmin’ Time,” Shovels And Rope [Dualtone, 8/14] (17)
“Bridge On Fire”
47: “Til The Morning: Lullabies and Songs of Comfort,” Edie Carey And
Sarah Sample [Groundloop, 6/14] (17)
“California Stars”
47: “Trouble,” The Howlin’ Brothers [Readymade, 5/14] (17)
“Boogie”
“Pack Up Joe”
53: “Bright Side Of Down,” John Gorka [Red House, 3/14] (16)
“Bright Side Of Down”
“Procrastination Blues”
53: “Elsebound,” True North [truenorthbluegrass.com, 4/14] (16)
“Northbound 35”
53: “Long Time… Seldom Scene,” Seldom Scene [Smithsonian/Folkways, 4/14]
(16)
“Big Train”
53: “No Fools, No Fun,” Puss N Boots [Blue Note, new] (16)
“Leaving London”
“Don’t Know What It Means”
53: “Picnic In The Sky,” Jeni And Billy [Waystation, 5/14] (16)
“Robin And The Banjo”
53: “Second Nature,” Adler & Hearne [Spring Hollow, new] (16)
“Piney Woods Breeze”
“Salty Town”
53: “Under My Hat,” Lenny Solomon [Not Life Threatening, new] (16)
“Fracking Song”
“Morning Song”
60: “Five,” Balsam Range [Mountain Home, 6/14] (15)
“Songs I’ve Sung”
“Monday Blues”
60: “Fifty Shades Of Red,” Linda McRae [Borealis, 6/14] (15)
“Be Your Own Light”
60: “Best Kept Secret,” Cris Cuddy [Self, 5/14] (15)
“Ibma Blues”
“Ask The Flask”
60: “Carter Girl,” Carlene Carter [Rounder, 4/14] (15)
“Gold Watch And Chain”
60: “Faith, Good Neighbors And A Telephone,” Sweet Potatoes [Sister
Trudy’s, 3/14] (15)
“Big Yellow Dog”
60: “A Permeable Life,” Carrie Newcomer [Available Light, 4/14] (15)
“Work Of Our Hands”
“Writing You A Letter”
60: “Standing Tall And Tough,” Crowe, Lawson & Williams [Crossroads, new]
(15)
“Those Gone And Left Me Blues”
“Once A Day”
60: “Whispered Words,” Folkapotamus [Phatcat, new] (15)
“Wish I’d Never”
“Badlands”
68: “Ancient Dreams,” Red June [Organic, 4/14] (14)
“I Saw You In August”
68: “A Dotted Line,” Nickel Creek [Nonesuch, 4/14] (14)
“Elephant In The Corn”
“Destination”
68: “Hamburger Sandwich,” Bob Wright And Bill Doerge [Self, new] (14)
“Livin’ Will Kill You”
68: “One Song Romance,” Michael Barnett [Compass, new] (14)
“Change Her Mind”
68: “Race To The Bottom,” Paddy Mills [Ormal Nye, 2/14] (14)
“Fox In The Barnyard”
“Race To The Bottom”
68: “Stardust,” Bronwynne Brent [bronwynnebrent.com, 5/14] (14)
“Devil Again”
“Don’t Tell Your Secrets To The Wind”
68: “Troubadour Tales,” Kenny Butterill [No Bull, new] (14)
“Good Thing That Couldn’t Happen Here”
“Gaia Blues”
68: “White Wave Chapel,” I Draw Slow [Pinecastle, 7/14] (14)
“Souvenirs”
Top Songs of August 2014
1. “Try Me Tomorrow” (24)
by Jim Photoglo
from “Halls Of My Heart”
2. “I Don’t Mind The Rain” (18)
by Jeremy Lyons
from “Make It Better”
3. “Black Waters” (15)
by Bryn Davies
from “Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie”
4. “L&N Don’t Stop Here Anymore” (14)
by Robin And Linda Williams
from “Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie”
5. “Down The Hatch” (12)
by Haas Kowert Tice
from “You Got This”
5. “Little Birdie” (12)
by Laurie Lewis And Kathy Kallick
from “Laurie & Kathy Sing The Songs Of Vern And Ray”
7. “Cabin On A Mountain” (10)
by Laurie Lewis And Kathy Kallick
from “Laurie & Kathy Sing The Songs Of Vern And Ray”
7. “The Flower Of Muscle Shoals” (10)
by Cahalen Morrison And Country Hammer
from “The Flower Of Muscle Shoals”
7. “Leave The Light On” (10)
by Chris Smither
from “Still On The Levee”
10. “Brothers Medley” (9)
by Jim Photoglo
from “Halls Of My Heart”
10. “Eliza Jane” (9)
by Eliza Gilkyson
from “The Nocturne Diaries”
10. “Leadfoot” (9)
by Haas Kowert Tice
from “You Got This”
10. “Sleepwalking Home” (9)
by Carolyn Currie
from “Echolocation”
10. “Sweet Amarillo” (9)
by Old Crow Medicine Show
from “Remedy”
15. “Beyond The Blue” (8)
by The Duhks
from “Beyond the Blue”
15. “Jackaro” (8)
by Archie Fisher
from “Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie”
15. “Oh! Susanna” (8)
by Laurie Lewis And Kathy Kallick
from “Laurie & Kathy Sing The Songs Of Vern And Ray”
15. “This Too Shall Pass” (8)
by Lynne Hanson
from “River Of Sand”
15. “Train Home” (8)
by Chris Smither
from “Still On The Levee”
20. “Fiddlin’ Joe” (7)
by Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper
from “On Down The Line”
20. “Halls Of My Heart” (7)
by Jim Photoglo
from “Halls Of My Heart”
20. “Hold On” (7)
by Chris Smither
from “Still On The Levee”
20. “I Saw You In August” (7)
by Red June
from “Ancient Dreams”
20. “King Of The Folksingers” (7)
by Tim Grimm
from “The Turning Point”
20. “Let The Sun Shine Down On Me” (7)
by Kim And Reggie Harris
from “Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie”
20. “Like Woody Done” (7)
by John Flynn
from “Poor Man’s Diamonds”
20. “Love You Like A Man” (7)
by Chris Smither
from “Still On The Levee”
20. “Make It Better” (7)
by Jeremy Lyons
from “Make It Better”
20. “Montana Cowboy” (7)
by Laurie Lewis And Kathy Kallick
from “Laurie & Kathy Sing The Songs Of Vern And Ray”
20. “My Clinch Mountain Home” (7)
by Laurie Lewis And Kathy Kallick
from “Laurie & Kathy Sing The Songs Of Vern And Ray”
20. “No Love Today” (7)
by Chris Smither
from “Still On The Levee”
20. “Not Drag Me Down” (7)
by Jeremy Lyons
from “Make It Better”
20. “Old Song” (7)
by Carolyn Currie
from “Echolocation”
20. “Pretty Saro” (7)
by Robbie O’Connell
from “Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie”
20. “Robin And The Banjo” (7)
by Jeni And Billy
from “Picnic In The Sky”
20. “Wheel In His Hand” (7)
by Jim And Lynna Woolsey
from “The Road That Brings You Home”
20. “When I’m Feeling Better” (7)
by Jeremy Lyons
from “Make It Better”
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