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Top 42 tracks from Festival Radio as voted by the listeners for October 2010.  Why 42?  Because it is, of course, the answer to the ultimate question.

Artist – Track – Album

1. Bill Jones – The Handsome Cabin Boy – Turn To Me
2. April Verch – The Lonely Road Back Home – Steal the Blue
3. Afro Celt Sound System – North – Volume 3: Further In Time
4. Roosevelt Dime – Simple Man – Steamboat Soul
5. Kasey Chambers – Changed The Locks – On the Road with Kasey Chambers
6. John McSherry – The Maid Of Murlough – Soma
7. Brooks Williams – Last Chance Love – Baby-O!
8. The Bothy Band – Rosie Finn’s Favourite/ Over the Water to Charlie/ The Kid on the Mou – After Hours
9. Tim Easton – Black Hearted Ways – Break Your Mother’s Heart
10. David Bromberg – Shake Sugaree – Try Me One More Time
11. Tom Russell Band – Gallo del Cielo (with Ian Tyson) – Raw Vision
12. Roosevelt Dime – Jubilee – Steamboat Soul
13. Old Blind Dogs – Bogie’s Bonny Belle – The Gab o Mey
14. Red Molly – Foreign Lander – James
15. Billy Crockett – back on the horse – Wishing Sky
16. We’re About 9 – Trouble – Paperdust :: Stardust
17. The Steep Canyon Rangers – The Ghost Of Norma Jean – One Dime At A Time
18. Slainte Mhath – Bruice and the Troopers – Slainte Mhath
19. Paul Kelly – Song Of The Old Rake – A to Z
20. Rhonda Vincent – Last Time Loving You – Destination Life
21. Red Horse – Wayfaring Stranger – Red Horse
22. Great Big Sea – Hit the Ground and Run – Safe Upon The Shore
23. Frazey Ford – Blue Streak Mama – Obadiah
24. Doug Adamz – The Authentic Skulls of Pancho Villa – Bernardo’s Serenade
25. Dolly Parton – Fisherman’s Song – Born To The Breed: A Tribute To Judy Collins
26. Chanticleer – Didn’t It Rain – How Sweet the Sound: Spirituals & Traditional Gospel Music
27. Tamara Lewis – Don’t Look at the Mountain – Living Down River
28. The Paperboys – Waste Some Time – Molinos
29. The Horse Flies – Baghdad Children – Until the Ocean
30. Dervish – Boots of Spanish Leather – Spirit
31. Debra Cowan – The Night Owl Homeward Turns – Fond Desire Farewell
32. Dan Pelletier – Credit Report – Wild Heart Rodeo
33. The Subdudes – Poor Man’s Paradise – Street Symphony
34. Robert Plant – Central Two-O-Nine – Band of Joy
35. Greg Klyma – Cattle in the Cane – Pianomandonation
36. Caroline Herring – The Dozens – Golden Apples Of The Sun
37. Bert Jansch – Blackbird In The Morning – Dazzling Strange
38. Over the Rhine – Orphan Girl – Live From Nowhere Volume Two
39. Kris Drever – Patrick Spence – Black Water
40. Kate Campbell – Heart Of Hearts – Sing Me Out
41. Heidi Talbot – The Last Star – The Last Star
42. All Jigged Out – Fence Of Humour – Wish Hill

Top 42 tracks as voted by listeners to Festival Radio for September 2010.  Why 42?  Because it is the answer to the ultimate question, of course.

Artist – Track – Album

1. John McSherry – The Maid Of Murlough – Soma
2. Yusuf – Maybe There’s a World – An Other Cup
3. Jeff Black – Standing Still – Mining
4. Clannad – Coinleach Glas An Fhomhair – Greatest Hits
5. John Gorka – I Don t Feel Like A Train – Temporary Road
6. Louise Mosrie – I Love This World – Home
7. Jake Shimabukuro – Misty – Gently Weeps
8. Kim Beggs – Summertime Lonesome Blues – Blue Bones
9. Great Big Sea – Hit the Ground and Run – Safe Upon The Shore
10. Caroline Herring – The Dozens – Golden Apples Of The Sun
11. Richard Thompson – Big Sun Falling in the River – Dream Attic
12. Heidi Talbot – The Last Star – The Last Star
13. Tom Granata – Does Your Mother Know – Left Foot Lightfoot
14. Paul Thorn – You’re Not the Only One – Pimps And Preachers
15. Neptune’s Car – Lighthouse Keeper – Strawberry Moon
16. Robert Plant – Central Two-O-Nine – Band of Joy
17. Natalie Merchant – The Janitor’s Boy – Leave Your Sleep
18. Mark Olson – Bluebell Song – Many Colored Kite
19. Luka Bloom – Dreams in America – Dreams in America
20. Dave Schramm – Sister Rose – Folk und die Folgen
21. Bow Thayer – Harpoon Song – Shooting Arrows at the Moon
22. Steeleye Span – Cam Ye’Oer Frae France (live) – A History of Progressive Folk
23. Peter Himmelman – Weight Of The Wait – Flown This Acid World
24. Noah Earle – The Sky’s On Fire – This is the Jubilee
25. Martyn Joseph – Please Sir – Don’t Talk About Love (Live ’92 – ’02)
26. The Horse Flies – Baghdad Children – Until the Ocean
27. Basia Bulat – Snakes and Ladders – Oh, My Darling
28. Al Stewart with Dave Nachmanoff – Bed-sitter Images – Uncorked
29. We’re About 9 – Trouble – Paperdust :: Stardust
30. Susan McKeown and Lorin Sklamberg – Bridget – Saints and Tzadiks
31. Putnam Smith – Postcard to Mom and Dad – Goldrush
32. Heather Masse – I Don’t Wanna Wake Up – Bird Song
33. Bert Jansch – Blackbird In The Morning – Dazzling Stranger
34. Tamara Lewis – Don’t Look at the Mountain – Living Down River
35. Johnny Flynn – The Box – A Larum
36. Jason Harrod – Messed Up Everywhere Blues – Bright As You
37. David Gray – Only the Wine – Foundling
38. Chris Kasper – One False Move – Chasing Another Sundown
39. Old Blind Dogs – Bogie’s Bonny Belle – The Gab o Mey
40. Kate Walsh – Tonight – Tim’s House
41. Magnolia Sisters – Le Pays des Etrangers – Chers Amis
42. Hey Mavis – Knock Me Off My Feet – Red Wine

The Top 29 tracks as rated by listeners of Festival Radio.  Why 29?  Why not?  Oh, by the way crimestoppers, you can have a say in the list every month by rating songs using the live365 player.  On the new player, hover over the album cover graphic and then choose thumbs up or down from the track options.

Artist – Track – Album

1. R.E.M. – Wall of Death – Beat The Retreat (Songs by Richard Thompson)
2. Old Blind Dogs – Bogie’s Bonny Belle – The Gab o Mey
3. Jonathan Rundman – Librarian – Public Library
4. Robert Earl Keen – Mariano – The Party Never Ends – Songs You Know From The Tunes You Can’t Remember
5. Hey Mavis – Sister Mary – Red Wine
6. Pierce Pettis – Tip of My Tongue – Everything Matter
7. Loreena Mckennitt – The Gates Of Istanbul – From Istanbul To Athens
8. Dan Pelletier – Credit Report – Wild Heart Rodeo
9. Black Prairie – Across The Black Prairie – Feast of the Hunters’ Moon
10. Noah Earle – The Sky’s On Fire – This is the Jubilee
11. Mick McAuley and Winifred Horan – To Make You Feel My Love – Serenade
12. The Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir – I Said I Wasn’t Gonna Tell Nobody – Jubilation III
13. The Twangtown Paramours – Might As Well Be You – The Twangtown Paramours
14. Kathryn Williams – 50 White Lines – The Quickening
15. Johnny Cash – Folsom Prison Blues – Live From Austin, TX
16. Catherine MacLellan – Isabel’s Song – Water in the Ground
17. Doug Folkins – King Henry’s Good Times – Another Last Call
18. Dolly Parton – Linda Ronstadt – Emmylou Harris – Lover’s Return – Trio II
19. Cry Cry Cry – Fall On Me – Cry Cry Cry
20. Red Molly – Lookin’ For Trouble – James
21. Lost Dogs – You Gotta Move – Scenic Routes
22. The Literary Greats – Show Me the Coast – Ocean, Meet the Valley
23. Fairport Convention – Tam Lin – Meet on the Ledge – The Classic Years 1967-75
24. Deirdre Flint – 1-900-Score a Date – Then Again
25. Daniel Christian – California Song – Hold Your Breath
26. Angel Band – Same Boat – Hope Is On The Way
27. The Pentangle – House Carpenter – Basket of Light
28. Kate & Anna McGarrigle – I Eat Dinner – Heartbeats Accelerating
29. Eddi Reader – Silent Bells – Love Is The Way