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. [To view the latest Folk and Roots Country Top 50 albums charts, click on the headline.]
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. [To view the current Folk and Roots Country Top 50 albums charts, click on the headline.]
Up Like the Clouds, the debut album from Dubl Handi, an old-time acoustic roots duo that is a major player in the popular revival of Appalachian old-time music in Brooklyn, New York, was the most-played album on folk radio during February 2013. Named after a washboard company from the 1800s, Dubl Handi features banjo player Hillary Hawke and mult-instrumental percussionist Brian Geltner. "Everything We Had Was Good," sung by Dublin-born and New York-based singer-songwriter and folksinger Susan McKeown, was the top song, according to charts compiled from radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an electronic discussion group for DJs and others interested in all folk-based music on the radio. [To view the charts, click on the headline.]
Veteran Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly's Spring and Fall tops the Roots Music Report folk radio airplay chart for a second week, while renowned British guitarist and songwriter Richard Thompson's Electric moves into the #1 spot on the roots country chart. [To view the current Folk and Roots Country Top 50 albums charts, click on the headline.]
Albums by Pieta Brown and Darrell Scott top the Roots Music Report Top 100 Folk and Roots Country Albums Charts for 2012, respectively. Roots Music Report compiles weekly radio airplay charts for various roots-related genres. These are based on spin totals reported by music directors and DJs from more than 400 terrestrial and Internet radio stations. Like those weekly charts, these annual ones are posted on AcousticMusicScene..com with permission. {To view the charts, Click on the headline.]
Privateering , an album by British guitarist and songwriter Mark Knopfler (of Dire Straits fame), continues to top the Roots Music Report folk radio airplay chart this week. Cabin Fever by Alberta, Canada-born singer-songwriter Corb Lund moves back into the #1 position on the roots country chart. [To view the current Folk and Roots Country Top 50 albums charts, click on the headline.]
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 retains the #1 position on the roots country chart. [To view the current Folk and Roots Country Top 50 albums charts, click on the headline.]
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 retains the #1 position on the roots country chart. [To view the current Folk and Roots Country Top 50 albums charts, click on the headline.]
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. [To view the current Folk and Roots Country Top 50 albums charts, click on the headline.]
Albums by British guitarist and songwriter Mark Knopfler (of Dire Straits fame) and Alberta-born singer-songwriter Corb Lund retained the top spots in the Roots Music Report folk and roots country radio charts last week. Photo of Mark Knopfler by Fabio Lovino. [To view the current Folk and Roots Country Top 50 albums charts, click on the headline.]
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." [To view the Top Folk Albums of 2012 chart, click on the headline.]
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. [To view the Top Albums and Songs charts for December 2012, click on the headline.]
