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Top tracks as rated by listeners to Festival Radio, August 2008.  There was a 5-way tie at #44.

Artist - Track - Album

1.    Taj Mahal - Two-Step de Grand Mallet - Creole Bred - A Tribute to Creole & Zydeco
2.    Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Bhindi Bhagee - Global A Go-Go
3.    The Hooters - Karla With A K - One Way Home
4.    Chuck Brodsky - Letters in the Dirt - Two Sets
5.    Carrie Newcomer - Throw Me A Line - The Geography of Light
6.    The Schramms - Tell Me Again and Again - 2000 Weiss Beers From Home
7.    Kelley McCrae - Sparrow - Highrises In Brooklyn
8.    Grada - Mini minor - Endeavour
9.    Chris and Siobhan Nelson - Purple, White and Green - Day Has Dawned
10.    Joel Rafael - This Is My Country - Thirteen Stories High
11.    Harry Chapin - I Wanna Learn a Love Song - Greatest Stories Live
12.    Michelle Shocked - Uncloudy Day - ToHeavenURide
13.    Nels Andrews - Shoot Out the Stars - Off Track Betting
14.    Cathie Ryan - Erin’s Lovely Home - The Music Of What Happens
15.    the innocence mission - Oh Do Not Fly Away - small planes
16.    Old Blind Dogs - Tramps and Hawkers - Fit?
17.    Steve Goodman - The Dutchman - Anthology: No Big Surprise
18.    Linda Thompson - The World Is A Wonderful Place - Give Me A Sad Song
19.    Todd Snider - Fortunate Son - Peace Queer
20.    Steve Goodman - City Of New Orleans - Anthology: No Big Surprise
21.    Kim and Reggie Harris - Get On Board - Get on Board: Underground Railroad and Civil Rights Freedom Songs Volume 2
22.    Kate Rusby - The Fairest Of All Yarrow - 10
23.    Jesse Winchester - A Showman’s Life - The Best Of
24.    The Refugees - Unbound - Unbound
25.    One Riot One Ranger - I Think I’ll Fall in Love - Side Tracks
26.    Marie Knight - Lord I Feel Like Goin’ On - Let Us Get Together: A Tribute to Reverend Gary Davis
27.    Loreena McKennitt - The Mystic’s Dream - Nights From The Alhambra
28.    Jack Williams - Tomorrow is Such a Long Time - Don’t Let Go!
29.    The Horse Flies - Rafting (From My Front Door) - Until the Ocean
30.    Eleanor McEvoy - Music Of It All - Eleanor McEvoy
31.    Bill Morrissey - Will You Be My Rose? - something i saw or thought i saw
32.    Tim Grimm - This Hole - Holding Up the World
33.    Sloan Wainwright - There But For Fortune - Rediscovery
34.    Simon and Garfunkel - So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright - Bridge Over Troubled Water
35.    Paul Kelly - Please Leave Your Light On - Stolen Apples
36.    Oysterband - Bright Morningstar - Rise Above
37.    Noel Paul Stookey - Facets of the Jewel- Facets
38.    Al Petteway - Spindrift - Whispering Stones
39.    Steeleye Span - Spotted Cow - Below The Salt
40.    Michael Berkowitz - Fisherman’s Daughter - a song for every station
40.    Kasey Chambers - Barricades & Brickwalls - Barricades & Brickwalls
40.    The Horse Flies - Baghdad Children - Until the Ocean
40.    Feufollet - Cow Island Hop - Cow Island Hop
40.    Cowboy Junkies - Blue Moon Revisited (A Song For Elvis) - In The Time Before Llamas

Once again, I am overwhelmed by the great taste and variety of the songs rated by my listeners.