FARM Gathering This Week in St. Louis
John Gorka will keynote the annual FARM Gathering that’s set for Oct. 11-14, 2012 at the Sheraton Westport Chalet in St. Louis, Missouri. The popular singer-songwriter and Red House recording artist also will conduct a songwriting master class during the three-day event hosted by Folk Alliance Region Midwest, an affiliate of Folk Alliance International.
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Top Albums and Songs of September 2012 (FOLKDJ-L)
The Stray Birds, a Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based acoustic trio with rich vocal harmonies,
had the most reported airplay on folk radio in September 2012, 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 Stray Birds' debut full-length CD topped the albums chart, while also sporting the #1 most-played song - "Dream in Blue."
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Top Albums and Songs of August 2012 (FOLKDJ-L)
Massachusetts-based singer-songwriter and guitarist Geoff Bartley's Mercy for the Dispossessed was the top album of the month on folk radio, 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. Two of the album's tracks -- "Long Way Down to Harlan" and "I've Endured" -- were reportedly among the the five most-played songs on folk radio during August 2012.
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Top Albums & Songs for June 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. The Honey Dewdrops, a duo that hails from the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia, top the albums chart for June 2012 with Silver Lining. The duo's third album also sports several of the month's most-played songs on folk radio.
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Top Albums and Songs of May 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. Topping the albums chart for May 2012 was Bill Evans' In Good Company, on which 26 musicians join the noted banjo player, while self-proclaimed Floridian "leftneck" style folk and Americana singer-songwriter Grant Peeples' "Things Have Changed" was reportedly the most-played song on folk radio during the month.
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Top Albums and Songs of April 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 April 2012, 1000 Pound Machine, a new release by Nashville-based singer-songwriter Kate Campbell topped the albums chart, while the classic instrumental tune "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" by Earl Scruggs, the pioneering banjo player and bluegrass legend who died on March 28 at age 88, was reportedly the most-played song on folk radio during the month.
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Remembering Pete Fornatale: A Pioneering New York Radio DJ
The folk, folk-rock and singer-songwriter communities lost one of their most ardent champions and promoters last week with the passing of Pete Fornatale, a pioneering New York radio DJ, who introduced me and many others to some wonderful artists whose music has become the soundtrack of our lives.
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Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 04-27-12
Albums by Carolina Chocolate Drops and Darrell Scott continue to top the Roots Music Report folk and roots country radio charts, respectively, this week.
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Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 04-20-12
The Carolina Chocolate Drops' album Leaving Eden, the follow-up to its 2010 Grammy Award-winning Genuine Negro Jig, retains the #1 spot on the Roots Music Report folk radio chart for the third week in a row, while. Darrell Scott's Long Ride Home continues to top the roots country chart.
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Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 04-13-12
The Carolina Chocolate Drops' album Leaving Eden, the follow-up to its 2010 Grammy Award-winning Genuine Negro Jig, retains the #1 spot on the Roots Music Report folk radio chart for a second week, while. Darrell Scott's Long Ride Home continues to top the roots country chart.
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Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 04-06-12
North Carolina-based African-American string band Carolina Chocolate Drops' album Leaving Eden, the follow-up to its 2010 Grammy Award-winning Genuine Negro Jig, has climbed into the #1 spot on the Roots Music Report folk radio chart. Darrell Scott's Long Ride Home continues to top the roots country chart.
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Top Albums and Songs of March 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 March 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 for a second month. It was followed by Lay Down, Lay Low, the new album by Shenandoah Valley-based Americana roots outfit The Steel Wheels, which also sported four of the month's top 10 most-played songs -- including "Breaking Like The Sun" at #1.
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