Red Horse -- the debut album of the trio of the same name that features Red House recording artists Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka and Lucy Kaplansky -- now holds the top slot on the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart. The Folk Top 50 is posted here with permission. [To view the current Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, click on the headline.]
Albums by Tim O'Brien, Red Horse (the new trio comprised of Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka and Lucy Kaplansky), and Crooked Still remain in the top three spots on the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart this week. Releases by Mollie O'Brien & Rich Moore and Sally Spring climbed into the #4 and #5 positions, respectively. The Folk Top 50 is posted here with permission. [To view the current Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, click on the headline.]
Mary Chapin Carpenter's The Age of Miracles continues in the top spot on the Roots Music Report's Folk Radio Chart this week. Rounding out the top five are albums by Crooked Still, Mary Gauthier, Mumford & Sons and Jakob Dylan. The Folk Top 50 is posted here with permission. [To view the current Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, click on the headline.]
Mary Chapin Carpenter's The Age of Miracles continues in the top spot on the Roots Music Report's Folk Radio Chart this week. Rounding out the top five are albums by Ruth Moody, Mary Gauthier, Crooked Still and Jakob Dylan. The Folk Top 50 is posted here with permission. [To view the current Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, click on the headline.]
Mary Chapin Carpenter's The Age of Miracles moved into the top spot on the Roots Music Report's Folk Radio Chart this week, while Ruth Moody's The Garden dropped to #2. Rounding out the top five were albums by Jakob Dylan, Mary Gauthier and Crooked Still. The Folk Top 50 is posted here with permission. [To view the current Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, click on the headline.]
After topping the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart for more than two months, Carolina Chocolate Drops' Negro Spiritual Jig dropped to the #21 position this week, while albums by Ruth Moody, Mary Gauthier and Mary Chapin Carpenter climbed into the #1- #3 slots. The Folk Top 50 chart is posted here with permission. [To view the latest Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, click on the headline.]
Albums by Carolina Chocolate Drops and Ruth Moody retain the #1 and #2 spots on this week's Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, while Storyhill's Shade of the Trees moves up to #3. Rounding out the top ten are albums by Mary Gauthier, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Jakob Dylan, Nathaniel Rateliff, Mumford & Sons, Anais Mitchell and Red Molly. The latest Folk chart, based on spin totals reported by music directors and folk DJs, is posted on AcousticMusicScene.com with permission. [To see the current Top 50 Folk Album Chart, click on the headline.]
Carolina Chocolate Drops' album Genuine Negro Jig retains the top spot on this week's Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, while Ruth Moody's The Garden and Red Molly's James are in the #2 and #3 positions. The latest Folk chart, based on spin totals reported by music directors and folk DJs, is posted on AcousticMusicScene.com with permission. [To see the current Top 50 Folk Album Chart, click on the headline.]
In a popular music landscape where today’s talented singer-songwriters are often ignored, it’s a little miracle to listen to radio stations — usually small, publicly-run or independent — that promote songwriters who might fall between the cracks. Among the many wonderful DJs out there supporting independent singer-songwriters in markets across the U.S., one of the most well-known and well-listened to is John Platt, host of “Sunday Breakfast” on New York’s WFUV. Sharon Goldman recently elicited his thoughts about the singer-songwriter scene for her blog, Songwriting Scene. Her Q & A interview with him is reprinted here with permission. [To read the Q &A with John Platt, click on the headline.].
Jakob Dylan's Women and Children and Anais Mitchell's Hadestown move up to the #2 and #3 positions, respectively, this week on the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, while Carolina Chocolate Drops' Genuine Negro Jig remains #1. The latest Folk chart, based on spin totals reported by music directors and folk DJs, is posted on AcousticMusicScene.com with permission. [To see the current Top 50 Folk Album Chart, click on the headline.]
Carolina Chocolate Drops' album Genuine Negro Jig retains the top position on the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart this week, while Red Molly's James climbs into the second position and Mumford & Sons' Gentlemen of the Road remains number three. The latest Folk chart, based on spin totals reported by music directors and folk DJs, is posted on AcousticMusicScene.com with permission. [To see the current Top 50 Folk Album Chart, click on the headline.]
Carolina Chocolate Drops' album Genuine Negro Jig retains the top position on the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart this week, while Jakob Dylan's Women and Country and Mumford & Sons' Gentlemen of the Road climb into the second and third positions. Rounding out the top five albums are Carrie Newcomer's Before and After and Red Molly's James. The latest Folk chart, based on spin totals reported by music directors and folk DJs, is posted on AcousticMusicScene.com with permission. [To see the current Top 50 Folk Album Chart, click on the headline.]
