Eliza Gilkyson's Roses At The End Of Time continues to top the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart. Albums by The Waifs, The Civil Wars, Paul Simon and Carrie Elkin follow it. [To view the latest Folk Top 50 albums chart, whose posting was delayed to the RMR's website server crashing for several days, click on the headline.]
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.]
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.
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.]
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.]
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.]
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]
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.].
Girlyman is a harmonic folk-pop duo whose music is a blend of contemporary acoustic, folk-rock and Americana that is filled with catchy melodies. The trio's latest album, Everything's Easy, was released this summer. Sharon Goldman recently interviewed one of Girlyman's members, Ty Greenstein. [To read Sharon's interview, click on the headline.]
