CD+Cover_Digital_SmallerHarpeth Rising, a young Kentucky-based folk and Americana trio, had both the most-played album (Shifted) and song (“I Am Eve”) on folk radio during August 2015. So say 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.

Shifted is the trio’s fifth release including its eponymous 2010 debut. The trio – whose music fuses folk, newgrass, classical and rock stylings – is comprised of Jordana Greenberg (violin, vocals), Rebecca Reed-Lonn (banjo, vocals) and Maria Di Meglio (cello, vocals). The three met while students at Indiana University’s noted Jacobs School of Music, from which they each received performance degrees.

The August 2015 FOLKDJ-L charts are based on 12, 987 airplays from 134 different DJs. The number of reported spins (airplays) is shown below in parentheses, while label and release date appear in brackets. They are posted on AcousticMusicScene.com, with permission.

Top Albums of August 2015

1: Shifted, Harpeth Rising [Grimm Rising, 8/15] (93)
2: Bright Shadow, Ana Egge [Grace/Parkinsong, 5/15] (65)
3: Domestic Eccentric, Old Man Luedecke [True North, 7/15] (58)
4: Leaving Soon, Crow And The Canyon [crowandthecanyon.com, 6/15] (57)
5: Too Big World, Bumper Jacksons [bumperjacksons.com, 6/15] (52)
6: Third Street, Peter Mayer [Blue Boat, 11/14] (49)
7: Coffee Creek, The Slocan Ramblers [slocanramblers.com, 7/15] (44)
8: Beautiful You, The Waifs [Compass, 8/15] (43)
9: Deep End Sessions, Vol. 2, Jesse Milnes And Emily Miller [emmyandjesse.com, 7/15] (42)
9: Ordinary Band, Katie Dahl [Waterbug, 6/15] (42)
11: Tomorrow’s Child, Jonathan Edwards [Rising, 6/15] (41)
12: Walking Into White, Sarah McQuaid [Waterbug, new] (38)
13: Rural Electrification, Peter Keane [Little Hat, 6/15] (37)
14: Morning In A New Machine, Dubl Handi [dublhandimusic.com, 6/15] (36)
15: Postmodern Man, Clint Alphin [Ernest Engine Songs, 6/15] (34)
15: The Promise Of The Sowing, Dan Schatz [Folk-Legacy, new] (34)
17: The Shape Of Things Gone Missing, The Shape Of Things To Come, Martha Scanlan [Up On The Divide, 4/15] (33)
17: Banjo & Fiddle: Tunes From The North, Songs From The South, Karrnnel Sawitsky and Daniel Koulack [hearthmusic.com, 3/15] (33)
19: Ballads Long And Short, John Roberts And Debra Cowan [Golden Hind, new] (28)
20: Didn’t It Rain, Amy Helm [E One, 7/15] (27)
20: Rise, Andrea Zonn [Compass, new] (27)
20: Sundown Over Ghost Town, Eilen Jewell [Signature, 5/15] (27)
23: Sorrow Bound, Kaia Kater [Kingswood, 6/15] (26)
24: Starlight Highway, Corinne West [Make, 5/15] (25)
25: Dogwood Cats, Jefferson Ross [Deep Fried, 6/15] (24)
25: Still She Will Fly (EP), Heather Pierson Acoustic Trio [Vessel, 5/15] (24)
27: Stumbling Towards The Light, Eric Bannan [Self, new] (23)
28: Building A Human Being, Dana Cooper [Self, 6/15] (22)
28: Something More Than Free, Jason Isbell [Southeastern, 7/15] (22)
28: Soul Of A Man, Adam Michael Rothberg [amrsounds.com, 4/15] (22)
28: Watkins Family Hour, Watkins Family Hour [Self, 7/15] (22)
32: Ten From The Pen, Roy Schneider [Shiny Gnu, 6/15] (21)
32: Anna And Elizabeth, Anna And Elizabeth [Free Dirt, 3/15] (21)
32: Tommy: A Bluegrass Opry, The Hillbenders [Compass, 6/15] (21)
32: The Trackless Woods, Iris DeMent [Flariella, 8/15] (21)
36: The Faster It Goes, The Railsplitters [therailsplitters.com, 5/15] (20)
36: Further West, Hungrytown [Listen Here!, 5/15] (20)
36: Still, Richard Thompson [Concord, 6/15] (20)
36: Tangled Country, The Honey Dewdrops [thehoneydewdrops.com, 3/15] (20)
40: Common Law Wife, Angela Easterling [De L’est, 8/15] (19)
40: A Gathering Of Moments II, David Tamulevich [Yellow Room, new] (19)
40: Joe Hill’s Last Will, John McCutcheon [Appalsongs, 5/15] (19)
40: Owls, Danny Schmidt [Live Once, 5/15] (19)
40: The People Need Light, Mr. Sun [Compass, new] (19)
40: Solo Flight, Steve Spurgin [Blue Night, 6/15] (19)
46: Grandma’s Got A Boombox, Sandy Ross [sandyross.com, 5/15] (18)
46: Monterey, The Milk Carton Kids [Self, 5/15] (18)
46: When I’m Free, Hot Rize [Ten In Hand, 9/14] (18)
46: With A Lampshade On, The Dustbowl Revival [Signature, 7/15] (18)
50: Django And Jimmie, Willie Nelson And Merle Haggard [Legacy, 6/15] (17)
50: L.A. Blues, John Malcolm Penn [Blue Night, 6/15] (17)
52: Eat The Moon, FY5 – Finnders & Youngberg [Swingfingers, 7/15] (16)
52: A Love Like This, Jacob Miller And The Bridge City Crooners [Self, 6/14] (16)
52: Muscle Shoals Recordings, The Steeldrivers [Rounder, 6/15] (16)
52: Pageant Material, Kacey Musgraves [Mercury, 6/15] (16)
56: Emerald, Dar Williams [Self, 5/15] (15)
56: Precious Memories, Sue Massek [Strictly Country, 4/15] (15)
56: Tim May And Steve Smith, Tim May And Steve Smith [Desert Night, 4/15] (15
56: The Traveling Kind, Emmylou Harris And Rodney Crowell [Nonesuch, 5/15] (15)
60: The Blade, Ashley Monroe [Warner, new] (14)
60: Come Find Me, Audrey Auld [Reckless, 2011] (14)
60: Della Mae, Della Mae [Rounder, 5/15] (14)
60: Jamie Was A Boozer, Joe West And The Sinners [Baby Black Panda, new] (14)
60: Radio, Steep Canyon Rangers [Rounder, new] (14)
60: The Social Music Hour Vol. 1, Spuyten Duyvil [spuytenduyvilmusic.com, 3/15] (14)
60: A Wanderer I’ll Stay, Pharis And Jason Romero [Lula, 3/15] (14)
67: Ashes And Dust, Warren Haynes [Concord, new] (13)
67: The Blessing And The Curse, Lance Canales [Music Road, new] (13)
67: Fiddle Gems, Kitty Amaral [String Dreams, 1/15] (13)
67: Power In The Blood, Buffy Sainte-Marie [True North, 5/15] (13)
67: Such Jubilee, Mandolin Orange [Yep Roc, 5/15] (13)
67: What I’m Lookin’ For, Dan Weber [Highway 142, 3/15] (13)

Top Songs of August 2015

1. “I Am Eve” (22)
by Harpeth Rising
from Shifted
2. “Wildflowers” (17)
by Ana Egge
from Bright Shadow
3. “Fortune” (16)
by Harpeth Rising
from Shifted
4. “Gentle On My Mind” (12)
by Crow And The Canyon
from Leaving Soon
5. “Crow And The Canyon” (10)
by Crow And The Canyon
from Leaving Soon
5. “Dreamer” (10)
by Ana Egge
from Bright Shadow
5. “Flat Top Guitar” (10)
by Ana Egge
from Bright Shadow
5. “Jenny Run Away” (10)
by Ana Egge
from Bright Shadow
5. “Mole In The Ground” (10)
by Jonathan Edwards
from Tomorrow’s Child
5. “Nobody Knows My Name” (10)
by Clint Alphin
from Postmodern Man
5. “Somebody’s Gonna Get Hurt” (10)
by The Waifs
from Beautiful You
12. “7 Thunders” (9)
by Harpeth Rising
from Shifted
12. “August Is A Gate” (9)
by Martha Scanlan
from Shape Of Things Gone
12. “Chester Boat Song” (9)
by Old Man Luedecke
from Domestic Eccentric
12. “Dance Me To The End Of Love” (9)
by Harpeth Rising
from Shifted
12. “Hawk And Whale” (9)
by Peter Mayer
from Third Street
12. “Rollin’ To You” (9)
by Harpeth Rising
from Shifted
12. “Still She Will Fly” (9)
by Heather Pierson Acoustic Trio
from Still She Will Fly (EP)
12. “Waterfalls” (9)
by Crow And The Canyon
from Leaving Soon
12. “When You Dream” (9)
by Peter Mayer
from Third Street
21. “Blindly Believing” (8)
by The Waifs
from Beautiful You
21. “Early Days” (8)
by Old Man Luedecke
from Domestic Eccentric
21. “This Old Guitar” (8)
by Jonathan Edwards
from Tomorrow’s Child
24. “Black Dirt Track” (7)
by The Waifs
from Beautiful You
24. “Cindy” (7)
by Dubl Handi
from Morning In A New Machine
24. “Crowns” (7)
by Katie Dahl
from Ordinary Band
24. “Don’t Think Twice” (7)
by Willie Nelson And Merle Haggard
from Django And Jimmie
24. “Down In The Woods” (7)
by Jonathan Edwards
from Tomorrow’s Child
24. “Flood” (7)
by Clint Alphin
from Postmodern Man
24. “Galilee” (7)
by The Slocan Ramblers
from Coffee Creek
24. “Hammer” (7)
by Angela Easterling
from Common Law Wife
24. “I Am The Big Easy” (7)
by Ray Bonneville
from Goin’ By Feel
24. “Listening To Singing” (7)
by Iris DeMent
from The Trackless Woods
24. “My Better Years” (7)
by Jesse Milnes And Emily Miller
from Deep End Sessions, Vol. 2
24. “Shifted” (7)
by Harpeth Rising
from Shifted
24. “Trouble In Mind” (7)
by Bumper Jacksons
from Too Big World
24. “Where The Wind Decides To Blow” (7)
by Sarah McQuaid
from Walking Into White
24. “Wine And Whiskey” (7)
by Crow And The Canyon
from Leaving Soon