Posts tagged "folk music on the radio"

Roots Music Report Folk & Roots Country Radio Charts, 12-02-11

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

Top Folk Albums and Songs of October 2011 (FOLKDJ-L)

AcousticMusicScene.com is pleased to publish the monthly Top Albums and Songs charts compiled by Richard Gillmann of KBCS-FM in Bellevue/Seattle, Washington, 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 October 2011, Light in the Sky, the new release by female Americana-roots trio Red Molly, topped the albums chart and also sported three of the top 10 songs. The #1 most played song of the month on folk radio was a rendition of Paul Simon's "Leaves That Are Green" by folksinger and jewelry designer Mara Levine with folk harmony trio Gathering Time from her forthcoming album, Jewels and Harmony. [To view the charts, click on the...

Roots Music Report Folk & Roots Country Radio Charts, 09-23-11

The Civil Wars' debut album Barton Hollow continues to top the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart this week, while Gillian Welch's The Harrow and the Harvest remains #1 on RMR's Roots Country Chart. [To view the current Folk and Roots Country Top 50 albums charts, click on the headline.]

Roots Music Report Folk & Roots Country Radio Charts, 09-09-11

Paul Simon's So Beautiful or So What returns to the #1 position on the Roots Music Report folk radio chart this week, while Gillian Welch's The Harrow & The Harvest continues to top the Roots Country chart. {To view the current Folk and Roots Country Top 50 albums charts, click on the headline.]

Bob Blackman’s “The Folk Tradition” Ends Its Run on WKAR-FM

Bob Blackman, who has been a “folk tradition” on WKAR-FM 90.5 in East Lansing, Michigan for some 30 years, signs off later this month. [To read the full article, click on the headline.]

Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 01-28-11

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.]