New York-based female Americana roots trio Red Molly had the most-played album (The Red Album) on folk radio during 2014, while Indiana-based singer-songwriter Tim Grimm had the most-played song (“King of the Folksingers”), 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. Pete Seeger, the American folk music icon who died last January at 94, was the most-played artist.
The 2014 year-end FOLKDJ-L charts are based on 159,806 airplays from 184 different DJs. The number of reported spins (airplays) is shown in parentheses, while label and release dates appear in brackets. Like the monthly Top Albums charts, these are posted on AcousticMusicScene.com with permission.
Top Albums of 2014
1: The Red Album, Red Molly [redmolly.com, 4/14] (405)
2: The Turning Point, Tim Grimm [Cavalier, 9/13] (388)
3: Bright Side Of Down, John Gorka [Red House, 3/14] (384)
4: Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie, Various Artists [Compass,
9/14] (381)
5: Inside Llewyn Davis, Various Artists [Nonesuch, 11/13] (339)
6: Georgia I’m Here, Joe Crookston [Milagrito, 4/14] (325)
7: The Nocturne Diaries, Eliza Gilkyson [Red House, 3/14] (289)
8: I’ll Swing My Hammer With Both My Hands, Cahalen Morrison And Eli West [cahalenandeli.com, 2/14] (255)
8: One Evening In May, Laurie Lewis [Spruce And Maple, 1/14] (255)
10: The River And The Thread, Rosanne Cash [Blue Note, 1/14] (246)
11: A Permeable Life, Carrie Newcomer [Available Light, 4/14] (237)
12: Laurie & Kathy Sing The Songs Of Vern And Ray, Laurie Lewis And
Kathy Kallick [Spruce And Maple, 8/14] (229)
13: Carter Girl, Carlene Carter [Rounder, 4/14] (222)
14: Ancient Dreams, Red June [Organic, 4/14] (221)
15: The Longing Road, Johnsmith [johnsmithmusic.com, 7/14] (211)
16: Beyond the Blue, The Duhks [Compass, 5/14] (210)
16: Still On The Levee, Chris Smither [Signature, 7/14] (210)
18: Current Affairs, Runa [runamusic.com, 6/14] (206)
19: Best Medicine, The Stray Birds [Yep Roc, 10/14] (204)
20: Pretty Bird, Cosy Sheridan [Waterbug, 6/14] (203)
21: Kindred Lines, T Sisters [Spruce And Maple, 5/14] (202)
22: Looking Into You: A Tribute To Jackson Browne, Various Artists
[Music Road, 4/14] (196)
23: For Keeps, Carrie Elkin & Danny Schmidt [Red House, 5/14] (194)
24: 22 Days, John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 10/13] (192)
25: Louder Than Words, The Henry Girls [thehenrygirls.com, 1/14] (185)
26: Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn, Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn
[Rounder, 10/14] (183)
27: Look Again To The Wind: Johnny Cash’s Bitter Tears Revisited,
Various Artists [Sony, 8/14] (178)
28: Milltowns, Mark Erelli [Hillbilly Pilgrim, 9/14] (177)
29: Flat Earth Diary, Krista Detor [Tightrope, 1/14] (174)
29: Some Part Of The Truth, Brother Sun [brothersunmusic.com, 2/13] (174)
29: The Waymores, The Waymores [waymores.net, 2012] (174)
32: The Early Mays, The Early Mays [Bird On The Wing, 10/14] (172)
32: Long Time… Seldom Scene, Seldom Scene [Smithsonian/Folkways, 4/14] (172)
34: Loving a Fool, Tumbling Bones [tumblingbones.com, 3/14] (171)
35: A Dotted Line, Nickel Creek [Nonesuch, 4/14] (170)
35: Halls Of My Heart, Jim Photoglo [Grifftone, 7/14] (170)
35: When One Door Closes, Gathering Time [Treble-G, 9/13] (170)
38: Out Among The Stars, Johnny Cash [Columbia, 3/14] (169)
38: Something Worth Having, Molasses Creek [molassescreek.com, 1/14] (169)
40: Remedy, Old Crow Medicine Show [ATO, 7/14] (165)
41: O Love, Ernest Troost [Travelin’ Shoes, 1/14] (164)
42: Trouble & Love, Mary Gauthier [Proper, 6/14] (161)
43: Tarpaper Sky, Rodney Crowell [New West, 4/14] (160)
44: Four Good Days, Jack Williams [Wind River, 11/13] (159)
45: North Star, Kyle Carey [Americelta, 9/14] (157)
46: Cut To The Chase, Kathy Kallick [Live Oak, 2/14] (155)
46: Robby Hecht, Robby Hecht [Old Man Henry, 3/14] (155)
48: Dream A Little Dream, Katie Glassman & Snapshot [katieglassman.com, 3/14] (154)
49: Words And Music, Byrd & Street [byrdandstreet.com, 1/14] (151)
50: Poor Man’s Diamonds, John Flynn [Flying Stone, 5/14] (149)
51: Where Have All The Flowers Gone?: The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Various Artists [Appleseed, 1998] (148)
52: A Reasonable Amount Of Trouble, Jesse Winchester [Appleseed, 9/14] (146)
52:”Sweet Mama, Sweet Daddy, Come In, Bumper Jacksons [Self, 5/14] (146)
54: Folk Singer Vol. 1, Willie Watson [Acony, 5/14] (145)
54: The Game,” Blue Highway [Rounder, 1/14] (145)
54: Memories And Moments, Tim O’Brien And Darrell Scott [Full Skies,
9/13] (145)
57: Dot The Dragon’s Eyes, Hanneke Cassel [hannekecassel.com, 12/13] (144)
57: The Rose Of No-Man’s Land, Nell Robinson [Compass, 11/14] (144)
59: Bad Dog Buffet, Vance Gilbert [Disismye, 2/14] (143)
59: Full Head Of Steam, Roosevelt Dime [rooseveltdimemusic.com, 3/14] (143)
59: How Red Is The Blood, Tattletale Saints [Old Oak, 3/13] (143)
62: Berrymania,” Steve Gillette And Cindy Mangsen [Compass Rose, 12/13] (142)
62: Love Runner, Mollie O’Brien And Rich Moore [Remington Road, 1/14] (142)
62: New Whirled Order, Claudia Schmidt [Red House, 3/14] (142)
65: The More I Wonder, Craig Bickhardt [Stone Barn, 4/14] (141)
66: Gathering, Poor Angus [Borealis, 1/14] (140)
67: Love We Are We Love, The Sea The Sea [Hudson Harding, 2/14] (139)
68: When I’m Free, Hot Rize [Ten In Hand, 9/14] (138)
69: Carry The Water, Lucy Billings [Sassy Time, 4/14] (137)
70: Molly Tuttle And John Mailander, Molly Tuttle And John Mailander
[Back Studio, 2/14] (136)
71: Punishing The Myth, Grant Peeples And The Peeples Republik
[Gatorbone, 3/14] (134)
72: Elsebound, True North [truenorthbluegrass.com, 4/14] (133)
72: Pennsylvania Coal, Irene Kelley [Patio, 2/14] (133)
74: Echo Sessions, The Stray Birds [thestraybirds.com, 11/13] (132)
74: Everywhere I Go, Shari Ulrich [Borealis, 3/14] (132)
76: Down To The Roots, Lowell Levinger [Grandpa Raccoon, 1/14] (130)
76: Standing In The Breach, Jackson Browne [Inside, 10/14] (130)
78: Turn This Heart Around, Missy Werner [missywerner.com, 7/14] (129)
79: Never Let Me Cross Your Mind, Locust Honey String Band [Hearth,
7/14] (128)
80: Later That Night, Rod MacDonald [Blue Flute, 5/14] (127)
80: Tracks, Anne Hills [Hand And Heart, 9/14] (127)
82: Chasing Beauty, Ellis Paul [Black Wolf, 7/14] (125)
82: Driftin’ River, John Malcolm Penn [Blue Night, 6/14] (125)
84: Blood Like A River, Nathan Bell [Stone Barn, 1/14] (124)
85: Trouble, The Howlin’ Brothers [Readymade, 5/14] (123)
86: Goody Shoes, The Squirrel Hillbillies [squirrelhillbillies.com,
3/14] (122)
87: You Can’t Outrun The Radio, Jonathan Byrd [Waterbug, 11/14] (121)
88: The Flower Of Muscle Shoals, Cahalen Morrison And Country Hammer [Free Dirt, 8/14] (117)
89: World Of Strangers, Zoe Muth [Signature, 5/14] (116)
90: Checks & Love Letters, Bernice Lewis [bernicelewis.com, 3/14] (115)
90: Survival Is The New Success, Paul Sachs [paulsachs.com, 6/14] (115)
92: Diner In The Sky,” The Amigos [theamigosband.bandcamp.com, 1/14] (114)
93: You Got This, Haas Kowert Tice [haaskowerttice.com, 7/14] (113)
94: Race To The Bottom, Paddy Mills [Ormal Nye, 2/14] (111)
95: Lay It Down, Louise Mosrie [Zoe Cat, 10/14] (110)
95: Make It Better, Jeremy Lyons [deltabilly.com, 8/14] (110)
97: Fifty Shades Of Red, Linda McRae [Borealis, 6/14] (109)
97: Down in Washington Square, Dave Van Ronk [Smithsonian/Folkways,
10/13] (109)
99: Paradise Outlaw, Pieta Brown [Red House, 9/14] (108)
100: Build Me Up From Bones, Sarah Jarosz [Sugar Hill, 9/13] (107)
100: Poet On The Moon, Mare Wakefield & Nomad [marewakefield.com, 3/14] (107)
100: River Of Sand, Lynne Hanson [Continental, 9/14] (107)
103: Back 40, Robin & Linda Williams [Red House, 10/13] (106)
104: Five, Balsam Range [Mountain Home, 6/14] (105)
104: American Favorite Ballads, Vols. 1-5, Pete Seeger
[Smithsonian/Folkways, 2009] (105)
104: Thompson Family, Thompson Family [Concord, 11/14] (105)
107: Til The Morning: Lullabies and Songs of Comfort, Edie Carey + Sarah
Sample [Groundloop, 6/14] (104)
108: Kerri Powers, Kerri Powers [kerripowers.com, 1/14] (103)
109: Everything Changes, Peggy Seeger [Signet, 9/14] (102)
110: Abundance, Alasdair Fraser And Natalie Haas [Culburnie, 12/13] (101)
110: Faith, Good Neighbors And A Telephone, Sweet Potatoes [Sister
Trudy’s, 3/14] (101)
110: Sake Of The Sound, Front Country [frontcountryband.com, 9/14] (101)
110: Second Nature, Adler & Hearne [Spring Hollow, 9/14] (101)
114: Silver Ladder, Peter Mulvey [Signature, 4/14] (99)
115: Easy Gone, Ray Bonneville [Red House, 4/14] (98)
115: Future Pilot, We’re About 9 [circanine.com, 1/14] (98)
115: While This Planet Spins Beneath Our Feet, Heather Styka [Kite
Stripe, 9/14] (98)
118: No More Rain, The Steel Wheels [thesteelwheels.com, 4/13] (97)
119: Carousel, Robert Bruey [robertbruey.com, 4/14] (95)
119: The Earls Of Leicester, The Earls Of Leicester [Rounder, 9/14] (95)
119: Halfway Home, Michael Jerling [Fool’s Hill, 12/13] (95)
119: Live,” Steve Martin And The Steep Canyon Rangers Featuring Edie
Brickell [Rounder, 3/14] (95)
119: Sleeping Dogs, C. Daniel Boling [Berkalin, 11/13] (95)
119: Tether My Heart, Hannah Shira Naiman [Merriweather, 10/13] (95)
125: Great Big World, Tony Trischka [Rounder, 2/14] (94)
126: Let It Go, The Infamous Stringdusters [High Country, 4/14] (93)
127: Common Ground: The Songs of Big Bill Broonzy, Dave Alvin And Phil Alvin [Yep Roc, 6/14] (92)
127: Everything Is Great, Erik Balkey [Hudson Harding, 2012] (92)
127: Foreverly, Billie Joe + Norah [Reprise, 11/13] (92)
127:”Link of Chain: A Songwriters Tribute to Chris Smither, Various
Artists [Signature, 10/14] (92)
127: New Everything, Brooks Williams [Red Guitar Blue, 7/13] (92)
127: Prairieography, Del Barber [True North, 4/14] (92)
127: Seeds: The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Vol. 3, Pete Seeger And Friends
[Appleseed, 2003] (92)
134: Carnival, Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line [Blue Pig, 4/13] (91)
134: Country Boy: A Bluegrass Tribute To John Denver, Special Consensus &
Friends [Compass, 3/14] (91)
134: Hang Your Hopes On A Crooked Nail, Rod Picott [Welding Rod, 2/14] (91)
134: Into My Own, Bryan Sutton [Sugar Hill, 4/14] (91)
134: Once A River, Still On The Hill [Self, 5/14] (91)
134: The Stray Birds, The Stray Birds [thestraybirds.com, 2012] (91)
140: Blood Test, Kris Delmhorst [Signature, 5/14] (90)
140: Juba Dance, Guy Davis [M. C., 9/13] (90)
140: The Railsplitters, The Railsplitters [therailsplitters.com, 11/13] (90)
143: Pressed For Time, Burning Bridget Cleary [burningbridgetcleary.com,
6/13] (89)
144: So Say We All, David Francey [Red House, 5/13] (88)
144: Tell ’em I’m Gone, Yusuf (Cat Stevens) [Legacy, 10/14] (88)
144: This World Oft Can Be, Della Mae [Rounder, 5/13] (88)
147: December Moon, The Henry Girls [Broken Silence, 3/13] (87)
148: Stardust, Bronwynne Brent [bronwynnebrent.com, 5/14] (85)
148: The Streets Of Baltimore, Del McCoury Band [Self, 9/13] (85)
148: Terms Of My Surrender, John Hiatt [New West, 7/14] (85)
151: Echolocation, Carolyn Currie [North C, 6/14] (84)
151: Old Mill Sessions, The Blushin’ Roulettes [blushinroulettes.com,
2/14] (84)
153: Childhood Home, Ben And Ellen Harper [Prestige Folklore, 5/14] (83)
153: Only Me, Rhonda Vincent [Upper Management, 1/14] (83)
153: Return To Trion, Chris Coole And Ivan Rosenberg [Vole-O-Tone, 9/14] (83)
153: Sugar Shack, The Boxcar Lilies [boxcarlillies.com, 5/13] (83)
157: Jewels And Harmony, Mara Levine [maralevine.com, 1/13] (82)
158: Can’t Hold The Wheel, The New Line [brendantaaffe.bandcamp.com,
11/14] (81)
158: Epilogue, Ronstadt Generations [ronstadtgenerations.com, 4/14] (81)
158: Small Town Heroes, Hurray For The Riff Raff [ATO, 2/14] (81)
158: Sometimes Love, Beth Wood [bethwoodmusic.com, 6/14] (81)
162: Life On Fire, Scott Wolfson And Other Heroes [scottwolfson.com,
1/14] (80)
162: Old Silo, James Hill [Borealis, 9/14] (80)
162: Sixty, John Cowan [Compass, 8/14] (80)
162: Songs, John Fullbright [Blue Dirt, 5/14] (80)
166: I Can’t Remember My Dreams, Leslie Evers [Cumulus, 6/14] (79)
166: Light In The Sky, Red Molly [redmolly.com, 2011] (79)
166: Long Gone Out West Blues, Pharis And Jason Romero [Lula, 2/13] (79)
166: Lucky, Suzy Bogguss [Loyal Dutchess, 2/14] (79)
166: Tried And True, Annie Lou [annielou.ca, 10/14] (79)
171: Discovered: Live In Concert, Peter, Paul And Mary [Rhino, 11/14] (78)
171: Flying Dream, Catie Curtis [Self, 2/14] (78)
171: Laughter Out Of Tears, Moira Smiley And Voco [Whim, 9/14] (78)
171: Sterling Road, Cassie And Maggie [cassieandmaggie.com, 5/14] (78)
171: Tales From Jackson Bridge, Harpeth Rising [Grimm Rising, 9/13] (78)
171: Hudson Harding Sampler, Vol. 9: Happy Holidays, Various Artists
[Hudson Harding, 12/14] (78)
177: Hangtown Dancehall, Eric Brace And Karl Straub [Red Beet, 1/14] (77)
177: Skipping Rocks, Ken & Brad Kolodner [Fenchurch, 9/13] (77)
179: Temptation, Spuyten Duyvil [spuytenduyvilmusic.com, 9/13] (76)
179: When The Deal Goes Down, David Olney [Deadbeet, 7/14] (76)
179: White Wave Chapel, I Draw Slow [Pinecastle, 7/14] (76)
182: The Basement Tapes, Bob Dylan And The Band [Columbia, 11/14] (75)
182: The Best of Broadside 1962-1998, Various Artists
[Smithsonian/Folkways, 2000] (75)
182: Crooked Fiddle, Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt [aaronnathans.com, 9/14] (75)
182: Down The Deep Well, Hardin Burns [Ithaca, 9/14] (75)
182: A History Of Ghosts, Bobtown [bobtownmusic.com, 11/14] (75)
182: If I Had A Hammer: Songs Of Hope & Struggle, Pete Seeger
[Smithsonian/Folkways, 1998] (75)
182: Summer’s End, Garnet Rogers [Snow Goose, 3/14] (75)
189: The Ash & Clay, The Milk Carton Kids [Anti-, 3/13] (74)
189: At 89, Pete Seeger [Appleseed, 2008] (74)
189: Country Mile, American Nomad [Spruce And Maple, 5/14] (74)
189: South, Blackie And The Rodeo Kings [Self, 1/14] (74)
193: Click, Neale Eckstein & friends [Fox Run, 4/14] (73)
194: Band Of Brothers, Willie Nelson [Legacy, 6/14] (72)
194: Blue Smoke, Dolly Parton [Sony, 5/14] (72)
194: Naomi Wachira, Naomi Wachira [Doreli, 1/14] (72)
194: Tell You In Earnest, Matt And Shannon Heaton
[mattandshannonheaton.com, 4/14] (72)
194: Won’t Be Long Now, Linda Thompson [Pettifer, 10/13] (72)
199: Endless Ocean, The Tuttles With A. J. Lee [Back Studio, 6/13] (71)
199: The Flood And The Fire, Jen Starsinic [Dangerous You, 5/14] (71)
199: If I Had A Song: The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Vol. 2, Various Artists
[Appleseed, 2001] (71)
199: Old-Fashioned Gal, The Carper Family [carperfamilyband.com, 5/13] (71)
199: Waterproof, Robyn Landis [Brave Hearts, 10/14] (71)
204: Three Bells, Mike Auldridge, Jerry Douglas And Rob Ickes [Rounder,
9/14] (70)
204: The Flower Grown, The Craven Family Band [Self, 5/14] (70)
204: For Pete’s Sake: A Tribute to Pete Seeger, Various Artists [Wepecket
Island, 7/14] (70)
204: Night Travels, Ashley Davis [Daisy Rings, 5/14] (70)
204: Still Fighting The War, Slaid Cleaves [Music Road, 6/13] (70)
209: Cold Spell, Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen [Compass, 8/14] (69)
209: Fiddle Tune X, Billy Strings And Don Julin [billystrings.com, 10/14]
(69)
209: Natalie Merchant, Natalie Merchant [Nonesuch, 5/14] (69)
209: These Wilder Things, Ruth Moody [Red House, 5/13] (69)
209: We The People, Lou Dominguez [loudominguez.com, 10/13] (69)
214: The Road That Brings You Home, Jim And Lynna Woolsey [Broken Record, 3/14] (68)
215: Child Ballads, Anais Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer [Wilderland, 3/13]
(67)
215: Haunted Heart, Susan Cattaneo [Jersey Girl, 1/14] (67)
215: Hayseed, Susan Werner [30 Tigers, 6/13] (67)
215: Lonesome And Then Some, Larry Sparks [Rebel, 8/14] (67)
219: Aberdeen, Phil Henry [philhenryband.com, 10/14] (66)
219: Bright Like Gold, April Verch [Slab Town, 4/13] (66)
219: History: The First 25 Years, James Keelaghan [Borealis, 10/13] (66)
219: How To Sleep In A Stormy Boat, Amy Speace [Windbone, 4/13] (66)
219: Sleepwalker In Paradise, Cej [Gnosong, 6/13] (66)
224: Better Things, Judy Kass [Self, 1/14] (65)
224: Live At Caffe Lena, Various Artists [Tompkins Square, 9/13] (65)
224: New Lady On The Prairie, Lizzy Hoyt [Blue Crown, 9/14] (65)
224: Periscope, Katey Laurel [Roaring Twenties, 1/14] (65)
224: Picnic In The Sky, Jeni And Billy [Waystation, 8/14] (65)
224: The Smiling & Beautiful Countryside, Jon Brooks [Borealis, 10/14]
(65)
230: At Ken Sanders Rare Books, Kate MacLeod [Waterbug, 1/14] (64)
230: Best Kept Secret, Cris Cuddy [Self, 5/14] (64)
230: Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone, Lucinda Williams [Highway 20, 9/14] (64)
230: In The Balance, Lynn Hollyfield [Self, 4/14] (64)
230: Robt Sarazin Blake, Robert Sarazin Blake [Same Room, 2/14] (64)
230: Tied To The Tracks, Eight Dollar Mountain [eightdollarmountain.net,
6/14] (64)
230: What About The Water, Lee Murdock [Depot, 9/14] (64)
230: Woodstock, Heather Maloney And Darlingside [Signature, 3/14] (64)
238: Three Chords And The Truth, James King [Rounder, 9/13] (63)
238: Bad Self Portraits, Lake Street Dive [Signature, 2/14] (63)
238: My Favorite Picture Of You, Guy Clark [Dualtone, 7/13] (63)
238: Trampin’ On, Steep Ravine [steepravineband.com, 10/13] (63)
242: Everything’s Beautiful Now, Christine Albert [Moon House, 9/14] (62)
242: If You’re Drunk You Cannot Buy A Puppy, Christine Lavin [
christinelavin.com, 11/14] (62)
242: On The Offbeat, Liz Carroll [lizcarroll.com, 11/13] (62)
242: Somewhere Far Away, Bradford Lee Folk And The Bluegrass Playboys [bradfordleefolk.com, 4/14] (62)
246: The Haden Triplets, The Haden Triplets [Third Man, 2/14] (61)
246: The Hello Strangers, The Hello Strangers [IMI, 5/14] (61)
246: Live In ’65, Pete Seeger [Appleseed, 2009] (61)
246: Love Has Come For You, Steve Martin And Edie Brickell [Rounder,
4/13] (61)
246: No Way There From Here, Laura Cantrell [Thrift Shop, 1/14] (61)
246: Say Grace, Sam Baker [sambakermusic.com, 8/13] (61)
Top Songs of 2014
Dubbed “The poet laureate of the rural Midwest” by Michigan Folk Live, Tim Grimm had the #1 song on folk radio in 2014, according to FOLKDJ-L.
1. “King Of The Folksingers” (84)
by Tim Grimm from The Turning Point
2. “Holed Up In Mason City” (66)
by John Gorka from Bright Side Of Down
3. “Eliza Jane” (64)
by Eliza Gilkyson from The Nocturne Diaries
4. “Green, Green Rocky Road” (63)
by Dave Van Ronk from Inside Llewyn Davis
5. “Lake” (60)
by Tim Grimm from The Turning Point
6. “1952 Vincent Black Lightning” (57)
by Red Molly from The Red Album
6. “Riding The Train” (57)
by Joe Crookston from Georgia I’m Here
8. “Fare Thee Well” (56)
by Oscar Isaac And Marcus Mumford from Inside Llewyn Davis
9. “Bright Side Of Down” (55)
by John Gorka from Bright Side Of Down
10. “Homeward Bound” (53)
by Red Molly from The Red Album
10. “She’s That Kind Of Mystery” (53)
by John Gorka from Bright Side Of Down
12. “Livin’ In America” (52)
by Cahalen Morrison And Eli West from I’ll Swing My Hammer With Both My Hands
13. “Really Spring” (50)
by John Gorka from Bright Side Of Down
14. “Loretta” (48)
by The Stray Birds from Echo Sessions
15. “Blame It On The Dog” (47)
by Tim Grimm from The Turning Point
15. “Rovin’ Gambler” (47)
by Tim Grimm from The Turning Point
15. “With A Memory Like Mine” (47)
by Red Molly from The Red Album
18. “Dot The Dragon’s Eyes” (46)
by Hanneke Cassel from Dot The Dragon’s Eyes
18. “Long Journey Home” (46)
by Rodney Crowell from Tarpaper Sky
18. “Sweet Amarillo” (46)
by Old Crow Medicine Show from Remedy
18. “Woodstock” (46)
by Heather Maloney And Darlingside from Woodstock
22. “Feather’s Not A Bird” (45)
by Rosanne Cash from The River And The Thread
22. “Names” (45)
by Nathan Bell from Blood Like A River
22. “Willow Tree” (45)
by Red Molly from The Red Album
25. “Try Me Tomorrow” (44)
by Jim Photoglo from Halls Of My Heart
26. “Fiddlehead Fern” (43)
by Cahalen Morrison And Eli West from I’ll Swing My Hammer With Both My Hands
26. “Lady Of The Harbor” (43)
by Brother Sun from Some Part Of The Truth
26. “Railroad” (43)
by Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn from Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn
26. “Ring Of Fire” (43)
by Laurie Lewis from One Evening In May
30. “Best Medicine” (42)
by The Stray Birds from Best Medicine
30. “Clinch River Blues” (42)
by Red Molly from The Red Album
32. “500 Miles” (41)
by Justin Timberlake, Carey Mulligan And Stark Sands from Inside Llewyn Davis
32. “Apache Tears” (41)
by Emmylou Harris from Look Again To The Wind: Johnny Cash’s Bitter Tears Revisited
32. “Custer” (41)
by Steve Earle from Look Again To The Wind: Johnny Cash’s Bitter Tears Revisited
32. “Fast Freight” (41)
by Eliza Gilkyson from The Nocturne Diaries
32. “God Bless Everyone” (41)
by Vance Gilbert from Bad Dog Buffet
32. “Pretty Bird” (41)
by Cosy Sheridan from Pretty Bird
32. “Procrastination Blues” (41)
by John Gorka from Bright Side Of Down
39. “As Long As The Grass Shall Grow” (40)
by Gillian Welch And Dave Rawlings from Look Again To The Wind: Johnny Cash’s Bitter
Tears Revisited
39. “Oh To Be” (40)
by Roosevelt Dime from Full Head Of Steam
39. “Survival Is The New Success” (40)
by Paul Sachs from Survival Is The New Success
42. “Beyond The Blue” (39)
by The Duhks from Beyond the Blue
42. “Company Of Friends” (39)
by Carrie Elkin & Danny Schmidt from For Keeps
42. “Pretty Saro” (39)
by Joe Crookston from Georgia I’m Here
45. “Banks Are Made Of Marble” (38)
by Runa from Current Affairs
45. “Big Sky” (38)
by Joe Crookston from Georgia I’m Here
45. “Destination” (38)
by Nickel Creek from A Dotted Line
45. “Like Woody Done” (38)
by John Flynn from Poor Man’s Diamonds
49. “4 Good Days” (37)
by Jack Williams from Four Good Days
49. “Black Waters” (37)
by John McCutcheon Et Al from Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie
49. “Fall Down As The Rain” (37)
by Joe Crookston from Georgia I’m Here
49. “Moonshiner” (37)
by Molly Tuttle And John Mailander from Molly Tuttle And John Mailander
53. “2 White Clouds” (36)
by Carrie Elkin & Danny Schmidt from For Keeps
53. “American Boy” (36)
by Eliza Gilkyson from The Nocturne Diaries
53. “Drive On” (36)
by Cosy Sheridan from Pretty Bird
53. “Georgia I’m Here” (36)
by Joe Crookston from Georgia I’m Here
53. “Hang Me, Oh Hang Me” (36)
by Oscar Isaac from Inside Llewyn Davis
53. “Leave The Light On” (36)
by Chris Smither from Still On The Levee
53. “Miner In The Mourning” (36)
by Joe Crookston from Georgia I’m Here
53. “Oh Soul” (36)
by Mary Gauthier from Trouble & Love
53. “Sea And The Shore” (36)
by Robby Hecht from Robby Hecht
62. “Already” (35)
by Claudia Schmidt from New Whirled Order
62. “Broken Things” (35)
by Tumbling Bones from Loving a Fool
62. “Flat Earth Diary” (35)
by Krista Detor from Flat Earth Diary
62. “L&N Don’t Stop Here Anymore” (35)
by Robin And Linda Williams from Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie
62. “Molasses” (35)
by T Sisters from Kindred Lines
62. “Sing To Me” (35)
by Red Molly from The Red Album
68. “Black Jack David” (34)
by Carlene Carter from Carter Girl
68. “Every Little Bit Of It” (34)
by Carrie Newcomer from A Permeable Life
68. “Forgotten” (34)
by John McCutcheon from 22 Days
68. “I Wish It Would Rain” (34)
by The Stray Birds from Echo Sessions
68. “Lazy John” (34)
by The Duhks from Beyond the Blue
73. “American Tune” (33)
by T Sisters from Kindred Lines
73. “Ancient Dreams” (33)
by Red June from Ancient Dreams
73. “Another Side/Tell Me” (33)
by Molly Tuttle And John Mailander from Molly Tuttle And John Mailander
73. “I Don’t Mind The Rain” (33)
by Jeremy Lyons from Make It Better
73. “Liza Jane” (33)
by Katie Glassman & Snapshot from Dream A Little Dream
73. “Red Prairie Dawn” (33)
by Molly Tuttle And John Mailander from Molly Tuttle And John Mailander
73. “Sunken Lands” (33)
by Rosanne Cash from The River And The Thread
73. “Wait A Minute” (33)
by Seldom Scene from Long Time… Seldom Scene
73. “When The Master Calls The Roll” (33)
by Rosanne Cash from The River And The Thread
82. “Family” (32)
by Thompson Family from Thompson Family
82. “House Is A Home” (32)
by Ben And Ellen Harper from Childhood Home
82. “I’ll Be Your San Antone Rose” (32)
by The Stray Birds from Echo Sessions
82. “Impermanent Things” (32)
by Joe Crookston from Georgia I’m Here
82. “Last Thing On My Mind” (32)
by Stark Sands With The Punch Brothers from Inside Llewyn Davis
82. “Lies You Forgot You Told” (32)
by Peter Mulvey from Silver Ladder
82. “No Love Today” (32)
by Chris Smither from Still On The Levee
82. “Waist Deep In The Big Muddy” (32)
by Pete Seeger from At 89
82. “Weather” (32)
by The Henry Girls from Louder Than Words
91. “Across The Great Divide” (31)
by Kyle Carey from North Star
91. “Anne In Amsterdam” (31)
by Tim Grimm from The Turning Point
91. “Borders Of The Moon” (31)
by Johnsmith from The Longing Road
91. “Christmas In The Trenches” (31)
by John McCutcheon from Live At Wolf Trap
91. “Dream In Blue” (31)
by The Stray Birds from The Stray Birds
91. “The Game” (31)
by Blue Highway from The Game
91. “Giant Steps” (31)
by Craig Bickhardt from The More I Wonder
91. “If I Had A Hammer” (31)
by Pete Seeger from If I Had A Hammer: Songs Of Hope & Struggle
91. “The Longing Road” (31)
by Johnsmith from The Longing Road
91. “Midnight Oil” (31)
by Eliza Gilkyson from The Nocturne Diaries
91. “Midnight Special” (31)
by Willie Watson from Folk Singer Vol. 1
91. “St. James Infirmary” (31)
by Roosevelt Dime from Full Head Of Steam
91. “Train Home” (31)
by Mollie O’Brien And Rich Moore from Love Runner
91. “When I Go To Water” (31)
by Still On The Hill from Once A River
91. “Where Have All The Flowers Gone?” (31)
by Pete Seeger from If I Had A Hammer: Songs Of Hope & Struggle
106. “All That We Have Is Now” (30)
by Jesse Winchester from A Reasonable Amount Of Trouble
106. “Birches” (30)
by Mark Erelli from Milltowns
106. “Black Mountain Night” (30)
by Red June from Ancient Dreams
106. “Bury Me With My Guitar” (30)
by John Flynn from Poor Man’s Diamonds
106. “Family History” (30)
by Tim Grimm from The Turning Point
106. “Garden Grow” (30)
by Laurie Lewis from One Evening In May
106. “Gold Watch And Chain” (30)
by Carlene Carter from Carter Girl
106. “James Monroe” (30)
by The Henry Girls from Louder Than Words
106. “Little Darling Pal Of Mine” (30)
by The Early Mays from The Early Mays
106. “Mama Needs A Margarita” (30)
by Zoe Muth from World Of Strangers
106. “Out On The Run” (30)
by Joe Crookston from Georgia I’m Here
106. “Pocket Full Of Dust” (30)
by Cahalen Morrison And Eli West from I’ll Swing My Hammer With Both My Hands
106. “Race To The Bottom” (30)
by Paddy Mills from Race To The Bottom
106. “Wild Montana Skies” (30)
by Special Consensus & Friends from Country Boy: A Bluegrass Tribute To John Denver
120. “Adelaide” (29)
by The Stray Birds from Best Medicine
120. “Banjo Roustabout” (29)
by The Duhks from Beyond the Blue
120. “Barstow” (29)
by Laurie Lewis from One Evening In May
120. “Down The Hatch” (29)
by Haas Kowert Tice from You Got This
120. “Etta’s Tune” (29)
by Rosanne Cash from The River And The Thread
120. “Harlan County Boys” (29)
by Ernest Troost from O Love
120. “Keep Your Dirty Lights On” (29)
by Tim O’Brien And Darrell Scott from Memories And Moments
120. “Suffer No Fools” (29)
by The Duhks from Beyond the Blue
Top Artists of 2014
1. Pete Seeger
2. Bob Dylan
3. John McCutcheon
4. John Gorka
5. Red Molly
6. Eliza Gilkyson
7. Tim Grimm
8. The Stray Birds
9. Joe Crookston
10. Cahalen Morrison And Eli West
11. Jesse Winchester
12. Johnny Cash
13. Laurie Lewis
14. Chris Smither
15. Carrie Newcomer
16. Seldom Scene
17. Rosanne Cash
18. Dave Van Ronk
18. Laurie Lewis And Kathy Kallick
20. Peter, Paul And Mary
21. The Duhks
22. Johnsmith
23. The Henry Girls
24. Greg Brown
25. Cosy Sheridan
26. John Prine
26. Tom Paxton
28. Nanci Griffith
28. Runa
30. Mary Gauthier
31. Steve Gillette And Cindy Mangsen
32. Robin And Linda Williams
33. Mark Erelli
34. Emmylou Harris
35. Old Crow Medicine Show
36. Judy Collins
37. Anne Hills
37. Ellis Paul
39. Si Kahn
40. Mary Chapin Carpenter
41. Lucinda Williams
42. Red June
43. Brother Sun
44. Carlene Carter
45. Phil Ochs
46. Jack Williams
46. Nickel Creek
48. Arlo Guthrie
49. Cheryl Wheeler
50. Bela Fleck And Abigail Washburn
51. Richard Thompson
51. Rodney Crowell
53. Gathering Time
54. Guy Clark
55. John Flynn
55. Krista Detor
57. Gillian Welch
58. Claudia Schmidt
58. Joni Mitchell
58. Willie Nelson
61. Peggy Seeger
62. Bill Monroe
63. Steve Earle
64. T Sisters
65. Kim And Reggie Harris
66. Carrie Elkin And Danny Schmidt
66. Christine Lavin
66. Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer
69. Stan Rogers
70. Bruce Springsteen
70. The Steel Wheels
72. Jackson Browne
72. Tim O’Brien
74. Molasses Creek
74. Steve Martin And The Steep Canyon Rangers
76. Catie Curtis
77. Blue Highway
77. Brooks Williams
79. Craig Bickhardt
79. Doc Watson
81. Alison Krauss
82. Kathy Kallick
83. Rod MacDonald
84. Peter Mulvey
85. Dar Williams
85. Hot Rize
87. The Early Mays
88. The Waymores
89. Ernest Troost
89. Tim O’Brien And Darrell Scott
91. Loudon Wainwright III
91. Sarah Jarosz
93. David Francey
93. Townes Van Zandt
95. Richard Shindell
95. Vance Gilbert
95. Woody Guthrie
98. Jim Photoglo
99. Joel Mabus
99. Jonathan Byrd
101. Joan Baez
102. Tumbling Bones
103. Robby Hecht
103. Willie Watson
105. Mollie O’Brien And Rich Moore
105. Weavers
107. Del McCoury Band
108. Rhonda Vincent
109. David Grisman
109. Kyle Carey
109. Slaid Cleaves
112. Bumper Jacksons
112. James Keelaghan
114. Byrd And Street
115. Grant Peeples
115. Roosevelt Dime
117. Nell Robinson
118. Bill Staines
118. The Howlin’ Brothers
120. Guy Davis
120. Hanneke Cassel
120. Katie Glassman And Snapshot
120. Magpie
124. John Hartford
125. Molly Tuttle And John Mailander
126. Chuck Brodsky
126. Gibson Brothers
126. The Infamous Stringdusters
126. The Sea The Sea
126. Tom Russell
131. The Squirrel Hillbillies
131. Susan Werner
131. Tattletale Saints
134. Iris DeMent
134. Missy Werner
134. Poor Angus
137. Lucy Billings
138. Balsam Range
138. Garnet Rogers
138. Lucy Kaplansky
141. Locust Honey String Band
141. Special Consensus And Friends
141. Wailin’ Jennys
144. Burning Bridget Cleary
144. Everly Brothers
144. Gordon Lightfoot
144. Kris Delmhorst
148. Neil Young
149. Bruce Cockburn
149. Hank Williams
149. John Malcolm Penn
149. Shari Ulrich
149. True North
154. Beatles
154. Patty Griffin
156. Chieftains
156. Irene Kelley
156. Lester Flatt And Earl Scruggs
159. Paul Sachs
160. Bernice Lewis
160. Dolly Parton
160. Doyle Lawson
160. John Hiatt
160. Nathan Bell
165. Alasdair Fraser And Natalie Haas
165. Jon Brooks
167. Ray Bonneville
167. Steve Goodman
169. Tom Rush
170. David Mallett
170. Lee Murdock
170. Lowell Levinger
173. Bryan Sutton
173. Larry Sparks
173. Lyle Lovett
176. Leonard Cohen
176. Peter Rowan
178. David Olney
179. David Bromberg
180. Linda McRae
181. Pieta Brown
182. Bill Morrissey
182. Claire Lynch
184. David Rovics
184. Junior Sisk
184. Michael Jerling
184. Paddy Mills
188. Heather Styka
188. Still On The Hill
190. Rod Picott
191. Della Mae
191. Eric Brace And Karl Straub
191. Lynne Hanson
191. Patty Larkin
195. Louise Mosrie
195. Tony Trischka
197. Paul Simon
198. Byrds
198. Jean Redpath
198. Matt And Shannon Heaton
198. Pharis And Jason Romero
198. Zoe Muth
203. Haas Kowert Tice
203. Kathy Mattea
205. The Amigos
205. Frank Solivan
205. Fred Eaglesmith
208. Adler And Hearne
208. Carolina Chocolate Drops
208. Edie Carey And Sarah Sample
208. The Milk Carton Kids
208. Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
213. Natalie Merchant
213. Ricky Skaggs
213. Steep Canyon Rangers
213. Suzy Bogguss
217. Emma’s Revolution
217. Jeremy Lyons
217. Kate Wolf
220. Lou And Peter Berryman
221. Dave Alvin And Phil Alvin
221. Mare Wakefield And Nomad
221. Ry Cooder
224. Beth Wood
224. Harpeth Rising
226. Sam Baker
227. Donna Ulisse
227. Front Country
229. Erik Balkey
230. The Carper Family
230. Del Barber
230. Hazel Dickens
230. Kate Campbell
234. Honey Dewdrops
234. Nora Jane Struthers
234. Tony Rice
237. Annie Lou
237. John Fullbright
237. Zoe Mulford
240. Hannah Shira Naiman
240. Heather Maloney And Darlingside
240. Kerri Powers
240. Ronstadt Generations
240. Thompson Family
245. C. Daniel Boling
245. Linda Thompson
245. Spinney Brothers
248. Carter Family
248. David Wilcox
248. Kate MacLeod
248. Mara Levine
248. The Railsplitters
248. Sweet Potatoes
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