Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 09-24-10
Tim O'Brien's Chicken & Egg continues to top the Roots Music Report's Folk Radio Chart this week, while Terence Martin's The Last Black and White TV jumps into the second position. Many of the albums on this week's Folk Top 50 are new to the chart.
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Quick Q & A with Tim O’Brien
Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Tim O’Brien has been making waves in bluegrass, country, folk and roots music circles for some time. His latest release, Chicken & Egg, is currently the #1 album on the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart (which is posted in the Acoustic Radio Waves section on AcousticMusicScene.com). And O’Brien is among the nominees for International Bluegrass Music Association‘s Male Vocalist of the Year, one of the awards and honors to be presented by the IBMA on Sept. 30 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN. A two-time past recipient of that honor, O’Brien also has previously been recognized by the IBMA for Album of the Year and Song of the Year and received a Grammy Award...
Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 09-17-10
Tim O'Brien's Chicken & Egg tops the Roots Music Report's Folk Radio Chart this week, followed by albums by Red Horse, Frazey Ford, The John Hartford Stringband and Mumford & Sons. New or returning this week on the Folk Top 50 are albums by The YaYas, LJ Booth, Suzie Vinnick, Joe Crookston, Cheryl Wheeler, Anne & Pete Sibley, Dala, Caroline Herring, The Once, Natalie Merchant, 3 Penny Acre, Hey Mavis, John McVey, Phil Selway, Julian Moon, Sam Buckingham, Ruth Moody, Jennie DeVoe and Ellis Paul.
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Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 09-03-10
Red Horse - the debut album by the contemporary folk trio of Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka and Lucy Kaplansky - continues in the top spot on the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart. Albums by Tim O'Brien, Frazey Ford, Mollie O'Brien & Rich Moore, and The John Hartford Stringband follow. This week's Folk Top 50 is posted here with permission.
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Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 08-27-10
Red Horse - the debut album by the contemporary folk trio of Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka and Lucy Kaplansky - returns to the top spot on the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart. Albums by Tim O'Brien, Frazey Ford, The John Hartford Stringband and Crooked Still follow. This week's Folk Top 50 is posted here with permission.
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Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 08-20-10
Tim O'Brien's Chicken & Egg continues to top the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, followed by albums by Red Horse, The John Hartford Stringband, Frazey Ford and Ashley Wells. Last week's Folk Top 50 is posted here with permission.
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Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 08-13-10
Tim O'Brien's Chicken & Egg tops this week's Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, followed by albums by Red Horse, The John Hartford Stringband, Crooked Still and Frazey Ford. The Folk Top 50 is posted here with permission.
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Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 07-30-10
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.
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Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 7-23-10
Albums by Tim O'Brien, Red Horse (the new trio comprised of Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka and Lucy Kaplansky), and Crooked Still continued in the top three spots on the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart last week. Releases by The John Hartford Stringband and Donovan climbed into the #4 and #5 positions, respectively. The Folk Top 50 is posted here with permission.
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Editor's Note: This chart is being posted here later than usual since I just returned last night from the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, where AcousticMusicScene.com joined with Tribes Hill to host late-night song swaps under a big white tent.
Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 07-16-10
Albums by Tim O'Brien, Red Horse (the new trio comprised of Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka and Lucy Kaplansky), and Crooked Still retain the top three spots on the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart this week. Releases by Sally Spring and Mary Chapin Carpenter are in the fourth and fifth positions. The Folk Top 50 is posted here with permission.
[To view the current Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, click on the headline.]
Editor's Note: Next week's chart will be posted late since I will be attending -- and hosting late-night song swaps at -- the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival.
Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 07-09-10
Tim O'Brien's Chicken & Egg has climbed into the top spot on this week's Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, while Red Horse -- the debut album by the new trio comprised of Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka and Lucy Kaplansky -- is #2 and Crooked Still's Some Strange Country is #3. The Folk Top 50 is posted here with permission.
[To view the current Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, click on the headline.]
Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, 07-02-10
Mary Chapin Carpenter's The Age of Miracles continues in the top spot on the Roots Music Report's Folk Radio Chart, while Jakob Dylan's Women and Country and Tim O'Brien's Chicken & Egg moved into the #2 and #3 positions, respectively, last week. The Folk Top 50 is posted here with permission.
[To view the current Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, click on the headline.]
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