Posts tagged "folk music"

Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 06-03-11

Eliza Gilkyson's Roses At The End Of Time continues to top the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart this week. It is followed by albums by Paul Simon, The Waifs, Abigail Washburn and The Civil Wars. [To view the current Folk Top 50, click on the headline.]

Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 05-27-11

Eliza Gilkyson's Roses At The End Of Time currently tops the Roots Music Report's Folk Top 50 chart, followed by albums by The Civil Wars, Paul Simon, The Waifs and Carrie Elkin. [To view the entire chart, click on the headline.] Editor's Note: Last week's chart is being posted late since I was traveling in the Carolinas and Virginia after attending the Southeast Regional Folk Alliance (SERFA) Conference. This week's chart will be posted on Friday or Saturday.

Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 05-13-11

Paul Simon's So Beautiful or So What tops the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart for the second consecutive week, followed by albums by The Civil Wars, Abigail Washburn, Carrie Elkin and Bruce Cockburn. [To view the current Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline.]

Carolann Solebello Wins 2011 SMAF Songwriter Contest

Carolann Solebello is the winner of the 2011 Susquehanna Music & Arts Festival (SMAF) Songwriter Contest. She was selected after performing two original songs -- “Papa’s Mandolin” and “Wash Me Clean” -- during the finals held on Friday afternoon, May 6, as part of the 10th Annual SMAF in downtown Havre de Grace, Maryland. [To read the entire article, click on the headline.]

Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 05-06-11

Paul Simon's So Beautiful or So What has climbed into the top spot on the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, followed by albums by The Civil Wars, Bruce Cockburn, Abigail Washburn and Carrie Elkin. [To view the current Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline.]

Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 04-29-11

Bruce Cockburn's Small Source of Comfort continues to top the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart. Following it are albums by The Civil Wars, The Wailin' Jennys, Paul Simon and Abigail Washburn. [To view the Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline.]

Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 04-22-11

Bruce Cockburn's Small Source of Comfort continues to top the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart this week, wile albums by The Wailin' Jennys, Abigail Washburn, Carrie Elkin and Paul Simon round out the top five. [To view the current Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline]

Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 04-15-11

Bruce Cockburn's Small Source of Comfort continues to top the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart this week. Following it are albums by Bobby Long, The Wailin' Jennys, The Civil Wars, and Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion. [To view the current Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline.]

2011 Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Finalists Named

Thirty-two songwriters have been named as finalists in the 2011 Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Competition for Emerging Songwriters. Chosen from among 800 submissions from around the world, the finalists will perform their two submitted songs during the New Folk Concerts slated for Saturday and Sunday afternoons, May 28 and 29, as part of the Kerrville Folk Festival. [To read the article and see who the finalists are, click on the headline.]

Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 04-08-11

Bruce Cockburn's Small Source of Comfort continues to top the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart this week. It is followed by albums by Bobby Long, The Civil Wars, Don Gallardo and The Wailin' Jennys. [To view the current Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline.]

Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 03-24-11

Barton Hollow, the debut album by the folk-Americana duo The Civil Wars, continues to hold the #1 spot on the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart. Following it are albums by Bruce Cockburn, The Wailin' Jennys, Bobby Long and Malcolm Holcombe. [To view the current Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline.]

Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 03-18-11

The Civil Wars' Barton Hollow returns to the #1 position on the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart this week, followed by albums by The Wailin' Jennys, Bruce Cockburn, Jessica Lea Mayfield and Bobby Long. [To view the current Folk Top 50 albums chart, click on the headline.]