Top Albums and Songs of February 2012 (FOLKDJ-L)

AcousticMusicScene.com is pleased to publish the monthly Top Albums and Songs 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. In February 2012, Little Blue Egg , a collection of archived home and studio recordings that Tracy Grammer and her late partner Dave Carter made between 1997 and 2002, topped the albums chart and also sported nine of the month's top songs. [To view the charts, click on the headline.]

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Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 03-02-12

Pieta Brown's Mercury continues to top the Roots Music Report folk radio chart this week, while Darrell Scott's Long Ride Home retains the #1 spot on the roots country chart. [To view the current Folk and Roots Country Top 50 albums charts, click on the headline.]

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Roots Music Report Folk & Roots Country Radio Charts, 02-24-12

Pieta Brown's Mercury tops the Roots Music Report folk radio airplay chart this week, while Darrell Scott's Long Ride home climbs into the top spot on the roots country chart. [To view the current Folk and Roots Country Top 50 albums charts, click on the headline.]

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Winners Named in 8th Annual International Acoustic Music Awards

Maddy Rodriguez, an 18-year-old Canadian country-pop singer-songwriter, is the overall grand prize winner in the 8th Annual International Acoustic Music Awards competition. {To read a short article, including a list of winners and runners-up in the competition's eight categories, click on the headline.]

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Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 02-17-12

Pieta Brown's Mercury continues to hold the #1 position of the Roots Music Report folk radio chart, while The Little Willies' For The Good Times moves into the top spot on the roots country radio chart.. [To view the current Folk and Roots Country Top 50 albums charts, click on the headline.]

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The Civil Wars Win Two Grammy Awards

The Civil Wars won two Grammy Awards February 12. Barton Hollow, the debut full-length album by the East Nashville, Tennessee-based singer-songwriter duo of Joy Williams and John Paul White was named Folk Album of the Year, while its title track was recognized as the Best Country Duo/Group Performance. [To read the full article, click on the headline.]

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Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 02-10-12

Pieta Brown's album Mercury retained the #1 spot on the Roots Music Report folk radio chart last week, while Robert Earl Keen's Ready for Confetti continues to top the roots country chart. [To view the current Folk and Roots Country Top 50 charts, click on the headline.]

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San Francisco Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival Now Under Way

The 13th Annual San Francisco Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival began yesterday and runs through February 19. Musical performances, dances, workshops and jam sessions abound, along with a Saturday night old-time square dance. [To read the article, click on the headline.]

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Instruments May Soon be Allowed as Carry-ons on US. Airplanes

Provisions within a bill reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the next four years, that was approved by large margins in both houses of Congress earlier this month, create a uniform national policy regarding musical instruments on airplanes. [To read the full article, click on the headline.]

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Showcase Application Deadline Nears for 2012 SERFA Conference

February 29 is the deadline for receipt of applications from performing artists seeking official showcase opportunities during the 2010 Southeast Regional Folk Alliance (SERFA) Conference, slated for May 17-20 at the Montreat Conference Center in Montreat, North Carolina, just off the Blue Ridge Parkway, near Asheville. An extended weekend of contemporary and traditional folk music, networking, and educational sessions, the conference attracted more than 170 people last spring. [To read the full article, click on the headline.]

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Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 02-03-12

Pieta Brown's album Mercury retained the #1 spot on the Roots Music Report folk radio chart last week, while Robert Earl Keen's Ready for Confetti continues to top the roots country chart. [To view the current Folk and Roots Country Top 50 charts, click on the headline.]

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Top Albums and Songs of January 2012 (FOLKDJ-L)

AcousticMusicScene.com is pleased to publish the monthly Top Albums and Songs 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. In January 2012, Light In The Sky by the female Americana-roots trio Red Molly topped the albums chart and sported six of the top 25 songs. "Promised Land," the title track from the new album by Gina Forsyth, a singer-songwriter, violinist and guitarist from New Orleans, was reportedly the most-played song on folk radio during the month. [To see the top albums and songs charts for January 2012, click on the headline.]

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