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Festival Radio top  37  tracks for March 2011 as voted by listeners

Artist – Track  - Album

1. Johanna Divine – Been Gone Awhile – Mile-High Rodeo
2. Shaun Cromwell – The Gristmill – Folk-Worn Prose
3. Mavis Staples – Too Close / On My Way To Heaven – You Are Not Alone
4. Nick Masullo – Hang Up Your Phone – Some Kind of Sign
5. Joyce Andersen – Sound of Hearts – Love and Thirst
6. Tom Juravich – Power in a Union – Altar Of The Bottom Line
7. Railroad Earth – Too Much Information – Railroad Earth
8. Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper – Dixie Special – Fired Up
9. Katie McGarry – Sailors – Katie McGarry
10. John Wesley Harding – Kill The Messenger – Why We Fight
11. Gillian Welch – Wrecking Ball – Soul Journey
12. The Duhks – Dance Hall Girls – The Duhks
13. David Stoddard – Parfrey’s Glen – Get Off My Lawn
14. Eddie From Ohio – Very Short Fuse – Portable EFO Show
15. 5 Chinese Brothers – Let’s Kill Saturday Night – Let’s Kill Saturday Night
16. TriBeCaStan – Dizzy In The Dunes – 5 Star Cave
17. Laura Marling – Devil’s Spoke – I Speak Because I Can
18. Joel Rafael – Plane Wreck at Los Gatos – The Songs of Woody Guthrie, Volume I
19. Al Stewart with Dave Nachmanoff – Last Days of the Century/Constantinople/Last Days (Medley) – Uncorked
20. Whirligig – Revolution Earth – Spin
21. Over the Rhine – All My Favorite People – The Long Surrender
22. Greg Brown – The Foggy, Foggy Dew – Honey In The Lion’s Head
23. Grace Griffith – Quiet Land / Innisfree – Grace
24. Capercaillie – Shelter – Beautiful Wasteland
25. T With The Maggies – Farewell Farewell – T With The Maggies
26. T With The Maggies – Biodh Orm Anocht – T With The Maggies
27. Wolfstone – Glanglass – Pick of Litte
28. Patrick Street – The Set / La Cardeuse – The Best of Patrick Street
29. Lunasa – Casu – The Story So Far
30. Donal O’Connor and John McSherry – Muneira d’Anton – Tripswitch
31. Ben Sands – Writing a Song for You – Better Already
32. The Rankin Family – Christy Campbell Medley – North Country
33. The Malarkeys – The Old Wild Boar – Bloody Brilliant
34. Donal Clancy – The Castle of Dromore/Sonny Brogan’s – Close to Home
35. Paul Brady – The Homes Of Donegal – The Paul Brady Songbook
36. Battlefield Band – Ballarat Jig/Eadar I ‘s Leodhas – Zama Zama …try your luck…
37. Black 47 – Maria’s Wedding – Live in New York City

Top 20 tracks as rated by listeners to Festival Radio:

Artist – Track- Album

1. Lunasa – The Wounded Hussar – The Kinnitty Sessions
2. Andrew and Noah VanNorstrand – Lady Pole (Or A Night At Lost-Hope) – All The Good Summers
3. Paul Brady – The Homes Of Donegal – The Paul Brady Songbook
4. Les Triaboliques – Hora Anicuta Draga / Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood – Rivermudtwilight
5. Adam Rafferty – Harlem – Chameleon
6. The Innocence Mission – Bright As Yellow – Glow
7. Mumford & Sons – Thistle & Weeds – Sigh No More
8. Paper Aeroplanes – Freewheel – The Day We Ran Into The Sea
9. Miriam Makeba – Jol’ Inkomo – TransAmerica
10. Lau – Dear Prudence – Arc Light
11. Jaime Michaels – Eyes Front – The Man With the Time Machine
12. Connie Dover – Miss Lillian Williams – If Ever I Return
13. Jaime Michaels – Wish on the Moon – The Man With the Time Machine
14. Heather Masse – Mittens – Bird Song
15. The Twangtown Paramours – Simple & True – The Twangtown Paramours
16. Jadea Kelly – Walking Wounded – Eastbound Platform
17. The Rankin Family – You Feel The Same Way Too – Endless Seasons
18. Arthur Lee Land – Monet Sky – Happy Cow CD Single
19. David Bromberg – Last Date – Live in New York 1982
20. Johnny Flynn – Barnacled Warship – Been Listening

Remember that top tracks are selected by your votes while listening to the station.  The people will not and cannot be ignored!

Top 35 tracks as rated by listeners of Festival Radio, January 2011. Why 35? Because. You’re more than welcome to bump the number up by listening and rating tracks yourself.

Artist – Track – Album

1. Paul Brady – Crazy Dreams – The Paul Brady Songbook
2. The Lowlands – Gamblin’ Soul – Bark and Twine
3. Freedy Johnston – Lonely Penny – Rain on the City
4. Childsplay – Soir Et Matin – Waiting For The Dawn
5. Joe Derrane & John McGann – The Bantry Lasses Molly On The Shore – - – Grove Lane
6. Fairport Convention – Matty Groves – Meet on the Ledge: The Classic Years (1967-1975)
7. Dromedary – Ukrainian Stomp – Live From The Make Believe
8. Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez – Don’t Speak in English – The New Bye & Bye
9. The Kruger Brothers – Once I Had a Sweetheart – Forever and a Day
10. Cherish the Ladies – The Cameronian Set: Tha M’Intinn Raoir…Duke of Gordon…The Cameronian…Lady of the House – One And All: The Best of Cherish The Ladies
11. Victoria Parks – Ballad of Uncle Davey – Wild English Rose
12. Kris Drever – Navigator – Black Water
13. Shaun Cromwell – Rust Belt Comet – Folk-Worn Prose
14. Joel Rafael – Danville Girl – The Songs of Woody Guthrie, Volume I
15. The Honey Dewdrops – Goodbye and Farewell – These Old Roots
16. April Smith and the Great Picture Show – Movie Loves A Screen – Songs for a Sinking Ship
17. Shaun Cromwell – Numbers Game – Folk-Worn Prose
18. Loreena McKennitt – The Lady Of Shalott – Nights From The Alhambra
19. Kate Jacobs – On My Monitor – Home Game
20. Rebecca Loebe – Her In That Dress – Mystery Prize
21. My Sweet Patootie – This Old Quilt – Patootified
22. Jonathan Byrd – I Was an Oak Tree – Cackalack
23. Joe Derrane – Gan Ainm/The Mooncoin Jig – Grove Lane
24. Geoff Bartley – Put The Big Stone Down – Put The Big Stone Down
25. Johnny Clegg – Give Me the Wonder – Human
26. The Weavers – If I Had a Hammer – Greatest Hits
27. Tift Merritt – The Things That Everybody Does – See You On The Moon
28. Ruth Moody – Cold Outside – The Garden
29. Red Molly – Poor Boy – James
30. Ralph McTell – The Girl From The Hiring Fair - Silver Celebration
31. Lisa Biales – Missing You – Closet Hippie
32. Jan Krist – Gravity – Curious
33. The Chieftains – Little Love Affairs (Nanci Griffith, vocal) – An Irish Evening
34. Basia Bulat – Go On – Heart Of My Own
35. Corin Raymond – Better Him Than Me – There Will Always Be A Small Time