tbsaaThe Burns Sisters’ Looking Back: Our American Irish Souls was the most-played album on folk radio during March 2015, while Pharis and Jason Romero’s “A Wanderer I’ll Stay,” was the most-played song, 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 March 2015 FOLKDJ-L charts are based on 14,117 airplays from 146 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 March 2015

1: Looking Back: Our American Irish Souls, The Burns Sisters [Sisters, 1/15] (101)
2: A Wanderer I’ll Stay, Pharis And Jason Romero [Lula, 3/15] (94)
3: Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project, Jayme Stone [Borealis, 2/15] (91)
4: The Social Music Hour Vol. 1, Spuyten Duyvil [spuytenduyvilmusic.com, 3/15] (86)
5: Anna And Elizabeth, Anna And Elizabeth [Free Dirt, new] (69)
6: A Bird In This World, Joel Mabus [Fossil, 2/15] (65)
7: Devil In The Seat, The Foghorn String Band [foghornstringband.com, 1/15] (62)
8: Tomorrow Is My Turn, Rhiannon Giddens [Nonesuch, 2/15] (59)
9: Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions, Robert Earl Keen [Dualtone, 2/15] (58)
10: The Many Hats Of Jory Nash, Jory Nash [Thin Man, 2/15] (57)
11: Pandemonium, Moors And McCumber [moorsandmccumber.com, 12/14] (56)
12: Tomorrow You’re Going, The Pine Hill Project [Signature, 3/15] (52)
13: Dreaming As I Do, Caroline Cotter [Bella Blue, 2/15] (51)
13: Tell Tale Heart, Chuck Brodsky [chuckbrodsky.com, new] (51)
15: Redemption Road, Tom Paxton [Pax, 3/15] (48)
15: The Widening Gyre, Altan [Compass, 1/15] (48)
17: The 45th Parallel, Neptune’s Car [neptunescar.com, 1/15] (46)
17: Ionia, Lindsay Lou And The Flatbellys
[lindsayloumusic.com, 2/15](46)
19: Violets Are Blue, Rani Arbo And Daisy Mayhem [Signature, new] (42)
20: XVII, The Nields [nields.com, 2/15] (38)
21: Ain’t In No Hurry, Jorma Kaukonen [Red House, 2/15] (37)
21: Trust, The Levins [thelevinsmusic.com, 1/15] (37)
23: Brotherhood, The Gibson Brothers [Rounder, 2/15] (36)
23: Chasing The Sun, The Sweet Lowdown [thesweetlowdown.ca, 11/14] (36)
23: Still The King: Celebrating The Music Of Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys, Asleep At The Wheel [Bismeaux, 3/15] (36)
26: Kelly Bosworth, Kelly Bosworth [kellybosworth.com, 11/14] (35)
27: Blue Roses, Rachael Sage [MPress, 10/14] (34)
28: Leave Some Things Behind, The Steel Wheels [Big Ring, new] (32)
29: Sweet Memories… Never Leave, Erynn Marshall And Carl Jones [Dittyville, 2/15] (31)
30: Little Hinges, Qristina And Quinn Bachand [Beacon Ridge, 1/15] (30)
31: Baladista, Joel Rafael [Inside, new] (29)
31: Tillamook Burn, Lauren Sheehan And Zoe Carpenter
[laurensheehanmusic.com, 11/14] (29)
33: Dragonflies, Scott And Michelle Dalziel [Gatorbone, 1/15] (28)
33: Ken Whiteley And The Beulah Band, Ken Whiteley And The Beulah Band [Borealis, 3/15] (28)
33: Long Before Light, The Onlies [Soft Day, new] (28)
33: Signature Sounds 20th Anniversary Collection: Favorites and Rarities from the Second Decade, Various Artists [Signature, 3/15] (28)
37: Brighter Every Day, Trout Steak Revival [Self, new] (27)
37: Les Metamorphoses, Melisande [La Pruche Libre, 5/14] (27)
37: Sliding Delta, Michael Jerome Browne [Borealis, 1/15] (27)
37: Wood, Wire & Words, Norman Blake [Plectraphone, 1/15] (27)
41: Terraplane, Steve Earle & The Dukes [New West, 1/15] (26)
42: Wage Love, Fred Gillen Jr [Dys, 1/15] (25)
43: Songs Around The Kitchen Table, David Llewellyn And Ida Kristin [Norna, 2/15] (24)
43: That Kind Of Girl, Amy Speace [Windbone, 2/15] (24)
45: Hand In Hand, Richie Furay [Eone, new] (23)
46: Bright Side Of Down, John Gorka [Red House, 3/14] (21)
46: Reckless Skyline, Caitlin Canty [caitlincanty.com, 1/15] (21)
46: West, The Kennedys [Self, new] (21)
49: Black Beauty, Elana James [Snarf, 2/15] (20)
49: Blackbirds, Gretchen Peters [Scarlet Letter, 2/15] (20)
49: Shadows In The Night, Bob Dylan [Columbia, 1/15] (20)
49: Straight Lines, Mike Agranoff [mikeagranoff.com, 11/14] (20)
53: Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn, Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn [Rounder, 10/14] (19)
53: Best Medicine, The Stray Birds [Yep Roc, 10/14] (19)
53: Decade, Yellow Room Gang [Yellow Room, 2/15] (19)
53: The Early Mays, The Early Mays [Bird On The Wing, 10/14] (19)
53: Next Year People, Colin Hay [Compass, 2/15] (19)
53: The Red Album, Red Molly [redmolly.com, 4/14] (19)
59: Chasing Beauty, Ellis Paul [Black Wolf, 7/14] (18)
59: Complicated Game, James McMurtry [Complicated Game, 2/15] (18)
59: Rare Bird, Chris Sanders [Desert Night, new] (18)
59: Wake, Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line [Blue Pig, 2/15] (18)
63: The Firewatcher’s Daughter, Brandi Carlile [ATO, new] (17)
63: Portraits, George Mann [Running Scared, 1/15] (17)
63: When I’m Free, Hot Rize [Ten In Hand, 9/14] (17)
66: Acoustic Rainbow 44, Various Artists [Poetman, 2/15] (16)
66: All Over The Map, The Better Halves [Self, 7/14] (16)
66: The Ballad Beyond, Jez Lowe [Tantobie, 11/14] (16)
66: Georgia I’m Here, Joe Crookston [Milagrito, 4/14] (16)
66: The Lazy Farmer, Flynn Cohen [Wepecket Island, 2013] (16)

Top Songs of March 2015

1. “A Wanderer I’ll Stay” (31)
by Pharis And Jason Romero
from A Wanderer I’ll Stay
2. “Clare To Here” (16)
by The Burns Sisters
from Looking Back: Our American Irish Souls
2. “Helpless” (16)
by Rachael Sage
from Blue Roses
4. “Wichita” (15)
by The Pine Hill Project
from Tomorrow You’re Going
5. “Free-Born Man” (14)
by The Burns Sisters
from Looking Back: Our American Irish Souls
5. “Little Black Train” (14)
by Anna And Elizabeth
from Anna And Elizabeth
5. “Make Me A Pallet” (14)
by Spuyten Duyvil
from The Social Music Hour Vol. 1
5. “Mothers’ Ode” (14)
by The Burns Sisters
from Looking Back: Our American Irish Souls
9. “Hillbilly Singer” (13)
by Joel Mabus
from A Bird In This World
9. “House Carpenter” (13)
by Altan
from The Widening Gyre
9. “Keep Your Skillet Good And Greasy” (13)
by Spuyten Duyvil
from The Social Music Hour Vol. 1
12. “2000 Friends” (12)
by Chuck Brodsky
from Tell Tale Heart
12. “Ballad Of Old Bill” (12)
by Pharis And Jason Romero
from A Wanderer I’ll Stay
12. “Lazy John” (12)
by Jayme Stone
from Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project
12. “Lovin’ Babe” (12)
by Anna And Elizabeth
from Anna And Elizabeth
12. “Not A Single Shot” (12)
by Chuck Brodsky
from Tell Tale Heart
12. “Old Portland Town” (12)
by Joel Rafael
from Baladista
12. “You Take Me Somewhere” (12)
by Moors And McCumber
from Pandemonium
19. “Bella Blue” (11)
by Caroline Cotter
from Dreaming As I Do
19. “Shake Sugaree” (11)
by Rhiannon Giddens
from Tomorrow Is My Turn
19. “We Were The Dreamers” (11)
by Richie Furay
from Hand In Hand
19. “What You Do With What You’ve Got” (11)
by Qristina And Quinn Bachand
from Little Hinges
23. “Before This Time Another Year” (10)
by Jayme Stone
from Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project
23. “Blue Sky Turned To Rust” (10)
by Neptune’s Car
from The 45th Parallel
23. “Hot Time In The Old Town/Preaching On The Old Campground” (10)
by Spuyten Duyvil
from The Social Music Hour Vol. 1