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Top 40 Tracks as rated by listeners to Festival Radio for November 2009:

Artist – Track – Album

1. Jimmie Dale Gilmore – Blue Moon Waltz – After Awhile
2. Julie Miller – All my Tears – Broken Things
3. Norman & Nancy Blake – Happy Little Home In Arkansas – Back Home In Sulphur Springs
4. Kris Drever – Braw Sailin’ On the Sea – Black Water
5. David Bromberg – Wee Midnight Hour Blues - Live New York City 1982
6. Pamela Ward and Paul Cherrington – Sail On By – Sail on By
7. The Notting Hillbillies – Railroad Worksong – Missing… presumed having a good time
8. Leadbelly – Goodnight Irene – Genius of Folk
9. Buffy Sainte-Marie – To the Ends of the World – Running For The Drum
10. Peter, Paul And Mary – Leaving On A Jet Plane – The Very Best Of Peter, Paul And Mary
11. Peter Case – Blue Distance – Who’s Gonna Go Your Crooked Mile?
12. Arlo Guthrie – If You Would Just Drop By - Tales of ‘69
13. Molly’s Revenge – The Long Drive – The Western Shore
14. Mark Stepakoff – Little Black Dress – Some Assembly Required
15. Jon Brooks – The Crying of The Times – Moth Nor Rust
16. Buskin & Batteau – Red Shoes and Golden Hearts – Red Shoes and Golden Hearts
17. Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah – The Essential Leonard Cohen
18. The High Kings – The Rocky Road To Dublin – The High Kings
19. Mavis Staples – Waiting for My Child – Live: Hope at the Hideout
20. Maura O’Connell – There’s No Good Day For Dying – Don’t I Know
21. The Innocence Mission – Follow Me – Birds of My Neighborhood
22. The Foremen – Godzilla Has a Midlife Crisis – The Best of the Foremen
23. Woody Guthrie – Jesus Christ – Classic Protest Songs From Smithsonian Folkways
24. Tom Russell – The Eyes of Roberto Duran – The Long Way Around
25. Steve Goodman – The Dutchman – Anthology: No Big Surprise
26. Smithfield Fair – Radio - The Longing
27. Loudon Wainwright III – Daughter - Strange Weirdos
28. Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus of Dreams – Everyone Has A Broken Heart – The Great Unravel
29. David Bromberg – Levee Camp Moan – Try Me One More Time
30. Woody Guthrie – This Land is Your Land (extra verse) – The Asch Recordings Vol. 1 – This Land is Your Land
31. The Waybacks – The River – Loaded
32. Susan McKeown & Lorin Sklamberg – Heart’s Blood – Saints & Tzadiks
33. Paul Simon – Kodachrome – Concert In The Park
34. Nia Morgan – Silent Times - Nia Morgan
35. Michael Stanley Band – Falling In Love Again – Right Back at Ya (1971-1983)
36. Lara Herskovitch – Here Comes the Sun – Through a Frozen Midnight Sky
37. The Kennedys – Chimes of Freedom – Half A Million Miles
38. Josh Ritter – Leaving – Golden Age of Radio
39. Eddie From Ohio – Imagine Me – Portable EFO Show
40. The Byrds – Positively 4Th Street (Live) – There Is A Season

This month listeners seemed to really like some of the older tunes, so I have marked the recent releases with red type to distinguish them from the herd.   I appreciate that they are digging on Woody Guthrie, Leonard Cohen, Mavis Staples and The Byrds.  I also like the love for the Michael Stanley Band, one of the favorite bands of my youth.

Top 42 tracks for October 2009, for Festival Radio.  Why 42?  Why not?

Artist – Track – Album

1. Willy Porter – How To Rob A Bank – How To Rob A Bank
2. Tiller’s Folly – Reels – A Ripple in Time
3. Norman & Nancy Blake – While the Band is Playing Dixie – Rising Fawn Gathering
4. The Clumsy Lovers – Danielle – Make Yourself Known
5. Tom Chapin – Love Lasts Long – Let the Bad Times Roll
6. Thomas Loefke, Norland Wind – An Saighdiuir Treigthe – Celtic Sampler Summer
7. Thea Gilmore – Icarus Wind – Liejacker
8. Steve Robinson – Road to Ruin – Undercurrent
9. Sligo Rags – Blind Mary – The Whiskey Never Lies
10. Paul Thorn – Mission Temple Fireworks Stand – Mission Temple Fireworks Stand
11. Lynne Hanson – Wayfaring Stranger – Things I Miss
12. The Love Hall Tryst – Jack in the Green – Songs of Misfortune
13. Dave Carter with Tracy Grammer – When I Go – When I Go
14. Christine Lavin – Attractive Stupid People – Cold Pizza for Breakfast
15. The Be Good Tanyas – Out of the Wilderness – Hello Love
16. Tommy Emmanuel – House Of The Rising Sun – Center Stage
17. Tom Paxton – Dance In The Kitchen – Comedians & Angels
18. Red Molly – Beaumont Rest Stop – Love and Other Tragedies
19. Joni Mitchell – Both Sides, Now – Hits
20. Switchback – The Death of William Henry – Falling Water River
21. Red Stick Ramblers – Morning Blues – My Suitcase Is Always Packed
22. Melody Gardot – Les Etoiles – My One And Only Thrill
23. Brad Colerick – Nashville - When I’m Gone
24. Zydecosis – Walk This Way – Zydeco All Night
25. Oysterband – The Early Days of a Better Nation – Pearls from the Oysters
26. Mary-Chapin Carpenter – Middle Ground - Shooting Straight in the Dark
27. La Esperanza – Los Borrachos – Mondo Flamenco
28. The Kennedys – Chimes of Freedom – Half A Million Miles
29. Joe Crookston – Mending Walls – Able Baker Charlie and Dog
30. Fred Eaglesmith – Sweet Corn – Tinderbox
31. Alyse Black – Up in the Air (Not Too Late) – Hold Onto This
32. Matt Molloy, Paul Brady and Tommy Peoples – Mick Finns/The Blachthorn (Reels) – Molloy, Brady, Peoples
33. Mark Heard – Everything Is Alright – Dry Bones Dance
34. Caren Armstrong – Origami – Everything
35. Barry & Holly Tashian – Worry Doesn’t Worry Me – Long Story Short
36. Susan McKeown & Lorin Sklamberg – Buenos Aires – Saints & Tzadiks
37. Paul Benoit – Leave It As It Lies – Bluebird
38. Peter, Paul And Mary – Blowin’ In The Wind – The Very Best Of Peter, Paul And Mary
39. Mara Levine – Last Thing On My Mind – Mara’s Gems
40. Debra Cowan – Salisbury Plain – Fond Desire Farewell
41. Caroline Herring – The Great Unknown – Golden Apples Of The Sun
42. Battlefield Band – The Auchengeich Disaster – Zama Zama …try your luck…