Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 05-03-13
Singer-songwriter Patty Griffin's American Kid moves into the #1 position on the Roots Music Report folk radio chart this week, while Steve Earle & the Dukes (& Duchesses)' The Low Highway, also a New West release, tops the roots country chart.
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Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 04-26-13
Child Ballads, the new album by Anais Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer, tops the Roots Music Report folk radio chart this week. Son Volt's Honky Tonk remains #1 on the roots country chart.
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Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 04-19-13
Our Lady of the Tall Trees, the latest album by Seattle-based duo Cahalen Morrison & Eli West, tops the Roots Music Report folk radio chart this week, while Honky Tonk by Son Volt remains #1 on the roots country chart.
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Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 04-05-13
Singer-Songwriter Darryl Purpose's Next Time Around continues to top the Roots Music Report folk radio airplay chart this week, while the Jay Farrar-led band Son Volt moves into the #1 spot on the roots country chart with Honky Tonk, a collection of 11 new songs inspired by the honky tonk sound of Bakersfield.
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Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 03-22-13
Veteran Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly's Spring and Fall tops the Roots Music Report folk radio airplay chart this week, while renowned British guitarist and songwriter Richard Thompson's Electric retains the #1 spot on the roots country chart.
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Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 03-15-13
Next Time Around, the first studio release by American singer-songwriter Darryl Purpose in more than a decade, topped the Roots Music Report folk radio airplay chart last week. Electric, the latest album by acclaimed British guitarist and songwriter Richard Thompson moved back into the #1 position on the roots country chart.
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Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 03-08-13
Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly's Spring and Fall tops the Roots Music Report folk radio airplay chart for a third consecutive week, while Greg Brown's Hymns to What is Left returns to the #1 spot on the roots country chart.
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Top Albums and Songs of January 2013 (FOLKDJ-L)
Jewels and Harmony, a collection of 15 hand-picked and beautifully interpreted contemporary folk songs by New Jersey-based folksinger and jewelry designer Mara Levine, was the most-played album on folk radio in January. Her second release includes a moving arrangement of Michael Smith's classic "The Dutchman," as sung by Levine and Si Kahn, and "When I Sing With You," a song that Kahn wrote for the album that features Gathering Time and Joe Jencks on harmony vocals. Those were the top two songs of the month, according to charts compiled by Richard Gillmann from radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an electronic discussion group for DJs and others interested in folk-based music on the radio.
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Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 01-25-13
Mark Knopfler's Privateering continues to top the Roots Music Report folk radio airplay chart this week, while Greg Brown's Hymns to What Is Left moves into the #1 position on the roots country chart.
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Top Folk Albums of 2012 (FOLKDJ-L)
Little Blue Egg by Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer was reportedly the most-played album on folk radio during 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. Little Blue Egg also features the year's most-played song, "Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key."
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Top Albums and Songs of December 2012 (FOLKDJ-L)
Holiday and seasonal music dominated the radio waves during December 2012. Joel Mabus' A Parlor Guitar Christmas was reportedly the most played album on folk radio, while John McCutcheon's classic "Christmas in the Trenches" was the top 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.
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Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 12-14-12
For a third consecutive week, albums by British guitarist and songwriter Mark Knopfler (of Dire Straits fame) and Alberta-born singer-songwriter Corb Lund continue to top the Roots Music Report folk and roots country radio charts. Photo of Mark Knopfler by Fabio Lovino. The next Roots Music Reports charts will be posted in January,.
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