Albums by The Civil Wars, Jonathan Byrd and Malcolm Holcombe retain the top three spots on the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart this week, while Coyote Grace's Ear to the Ground moves into the #4 position and David Greely's Sud du Sud is #5. [To view the latest Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline.]
Barton Hollow, the debut album by Americana-folk duo The Civil Wars, rose to the #1 spot on the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart this week. Albums by Jonathan Byrd, Malcolm Holcombe, David Greely, and Peter Stampfel and Baby Gramps follow. [To view the latest Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline.]
Jonathan Byrd's Waterbug release Cackalack moved into the top position on the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart this week, followed by albums by Clare Burson, The Civil Wars, Peter Cooper and David Greely. [To view the current Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline]
Tim O'Brien's Chicken & Egg tops the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart for the first week of January 2011. Albums by The John Hartford Stringband, Peter Cooper, Jakob Dylan, Joe Pug, Great Big Sea, Sahara Smith, Dan Baker, John McCutcheon and Jonathan Byrd follow. [To view this week's Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline.]
Dick Pleasants has been a mainstay on radio in Boston, Massachusetts and environs for forty years and has provided support for numerous artists and folk music venues during that time. As he prepares to retire, a number of his musical friends will pay tribute to him during “A Pleasant(s) Evening at Sanders” on Friday, Jan. 7, 2011 beginning at 7:30 p.m. at Sanders Theater on Harvard University’s campus in Cambridge. Proceeds from this special celebratory event will benefit WUMB’s capital campaign. A room in the new WUMB studios and offices will be named after Pleasants. [To read the entire article, click on the headline.]
David Greely's self-released Sub du Sud jumped into the #1 position on the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart this week, while Jonathan Byrd's Waterbug release Cackalack moved into the #2 spot. Albums by Clare Burson, Peter Stampfel and Baby Gramps, and Eleanor Murray follow. [To view the current Folk Top 50 album chart, click on the headline. In light of the holidays, there will not be another chart until January.]
Tim O'Brien's Chicken & Egg tops this week's Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart. Following it are albums by Clare Burson, Peter Cooper, Bob Dylan and De Temps Antan. [To view the Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline.]
Peter Cooper's The Lloyd Green Album continues to top the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart this week, followed by albums by Clare Burson, Bob Dylan, David Greely and De Temps Antan. [To view the Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline.]
Peter Cooper's The Lloyd Green Album tops the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart this week, followed by albums by Clare Burson, Bob Dylan, Carolina Chocolate Drops and De Temps Antan. [To view the Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline.]
More than 700 performers, presenters, promoters, agents and managers, folk music societies and clubs, and others actively engaged in traditional and contemporary folk music will converge on the Hudson Valley Resort in Kerhonkson, New York, Nov. 11-14, 2010, for the16th annual Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) Conference. AcousticMusicScene.com will have a major presence as it hosts afternoon and late-night song swaps, a CD release party and wine tasting, its popular Midnight Hoot and a new Midday Hoot. [To view the entire article and a printable flyer with the AcousticMusicScene.com showcase schedule, click on the headline.]
Red Horse -- the eponymous debut album by the trio of Red House recording artists Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka and Lucy Kaplansky -- returns to the top slot on the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart this week. Albums by Sahara Smith, Peter Cooper, Mumford & Sons, and The John Hartford String Band follow. [To view the Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline.]
Peter Cooper's The Lloyd Green Album, produced by Nashville-based singer-songwriter Peter Cooper and steel guitar player Lloyd Green, has jumped to the #1 spot on the Roots Music Report's Folk Radio Chart. Albums by Sahara Smith, Tim O'Brien, The John Hartford Stringband and Mumford & Sons follow. [To view the current Folk Top 50 album chart, click on the headline.]
