Top 45 for Festival Radio, February 2010. Why 45? Because we go the extra mile at Festival Radio. Well, actually, because 40 through 45 are really in a virtual tie.
#. Artist – Track – Album
- Strawbs – Lay Down - A History of Progressive Folk
- Moody Bluegrass – Ride My See Saw – Moody Bluegrass
- Jessie Murphy In The Woods – In The Woods - Eight Belles
- Sharon Shannon – The wild west wagon train – Saints & Scoundrels
- The Roe Family Singers – My Poor Son - The Earth and All that Is In It
- The Handsome Family – After We Shot the Grizzly – Last Days of Wonder
- Michael Martin Murphy – Wildfire - Buckaroo Blue Grass II
- Chuck Brodsky – The Come Heres & The Been Heres – Two Sets
- Brad Colerick – Leave It All Behind - When I’m Gone
- Alyse Black – Blood and Wine – Hold Onto This
- Jed Marum – Broom of the Cowdenknowes – Lonestar Banjo
- The Kennedys – Life Is Large – Positively Live!
- Wild Carrot and the Roots Band – Blue Bottle Tree – Crowd Around the Mic
- Switchback – The Mayfly Dance – Ghosts Of The River Folk
- Rachel Harrington – Shoeless Joe – The Bootlegger’s Daughter
- Feufollet – Je M’en Vas Dans Le Chemin – Cow Island Hop
- Elizabeth Nicholson & Stringed Migration – Lord Thomas – Fly Not Yet
- The Cottars – Fare Thee Well, Northumberland & the Purple Wave – Feast
- Cat Stevens – Morning Has Broken (1971) – The Very Best Of Cat Stevens
- Trillium – Jenny Lind Polka/Swedish Polka – Crossing the Stream
- Pete Seeger – Peat Bog Soldiers - Live In ‘65
- Jer Coons – I Want You Back (Jackson 5 cover) – Bonus Track
- Jakob’s Hollow – Skylah’s Lullaby – The Legend of Bobby the Kid
- Catherine MacLellan – Take a Break – Water in the Ground
- We’re About 9 – Maryland, 1987 – Paperdust :: Stardust
- Trillium – Schule Agra (Johnny’s Gone For a Soldier) – Crossing the Stream
- Rachel Kilgour – Cheap Grace – 2008-2009 Music to Life Finalists
- Marie Knight – A Little More Faith – Let Us Get Together: A Tribute to Reverend Gary Davis
- Bill Miller – Eagle Must Fly Free - Raven in The Snow
- Marc Cohn – Silver Thunderbird – The Very Best Of Marc Cohn
- Laurie Lewis – Tell Me True – Blossoms
- The Kennedys – Gypsy Rose – Songs of the Open Road
- Jake Shimabukuro – While My Guitar Gently Weeps – Best of Woodsongs Volume Three
- Bruce Springsteen with the Sessions Band – Eyes On The Prize – Live In Dublin
- The Blind Boys Of Alabama – People Get Ready – Higher Ground
- The Waterboys – Fisherman’s Blues – The Best of The Waterboys 81-90
- The Duhks – Du Temps Que J’Etais Jeune – The Duhks
- Switchback – Stellar Jay’s Wing – Ghosts Of The River Folk
- Silly Sisters (Maddy Prior and June Tabor) – Rosie Anderson – No More to the Dance
- Loreena McKennitt – Full Circle - From Istanbul To Athens
- Janis Ian – Baby, I’ve Been Thinking – Classic Protest Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
- Flook – On One Beautifull Day – Haven
- Eilen Jewell – I’m Gonna Dress In Black – Sea Of Tears
- The Byrds – He Was A Friend Of Mine (Previously Unissued Live Version – Mono) – There Is A Season
- Anais Mitchell – Before the Eyes of Storytelling Girls – Hymns for the Exiled
Top 35 tracks as rated by listeners of Festival Radio for January 2010. Why 35? Why not?
Artist – Track – Album
- Nanci Griffith – You Were On My Mind – Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back To Bountiful)
- Trillium – Schule Agra (Johnny’s Gone For a Soldier) – Crossing the Stream
- Peggy Seeger – Gonna Be An Engineer – Three Score and Ten
- Trillium – Jenny Lind Polka/Swedish Polka – Crossing the Stream
- The Mad Maggies – Luna Marie – Crazed and Enthused
- Leo Kottke – Morning Is The Long Way Home – One Guitar, No Vocals
- The Greencards – Lonesome Side Of Town – Viridian
- Steve Martin – Calico Train – The Crow – New Songs For The Five String Banjo
- Richard Shindell – State of the Union – Not Far Now
- We’re About 9 – Maryland, 1987 – Paperdust :: Stardust
- Mustard’s Retreat – Hard Times Come Again No More – Back to Back
- Susan Werner – Misery and Happiness – New Non-fiction
- Suzie Brown – Over & Done – Side Streets
- Sonia and Disappear Fear – Tango – Tango
- Kate Campbell – Trains Don’t Run From Nashville – Songs from the Levee
- Toni Price – #1 – Sol Power
- Susan McKeown and Lorin Sklamberg – Enniscorthy Fair – Saints and Tzadiks
- Kathleen Edwards – Copied Keys – Back To Me
- Rosanne Cash – Tennessee Flat Top Box – Hits 1979-1989
- Brad Colerick – Leave It All Behind – When I’m Gone
- Sloan Wainwright – Every Grain Of Sand – Rediscovery
- Mick McAuley and Winifred Horan – The Cafe Milou Jigs – Serenade
- Josh Ritter – You Don’t Make it Easy Babe – Hello Starling
- Johnsmith – The Times They are A-Changin – Gravity of Grace
- Ben Bedford – The Cherry Mine – Land of the Shadows
- Jessica Fichot – Le Grenier – Accordion Babes 2010
- 10,000 Maniacs – Stockton Gala Days – Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure & Unknown Recordings (Disc 1 – The Most Popular Recordings)
- Kim and Reggie Harris – Done Wit’ Driver’s Dribbin’ – Get on Board: Underground Railroad and Civil Rights Freedom Songs Volume 2
- Julie Miller – All my Tears – Broken Things
- Jake Shimabukuro – While My Guitar Gently Weeps – Best of Woodsongs Volume Three
- Silly Sisters (Maddy Prior and June Tabor) – Rosie Anderson – No More to the Dance
- Bob Dylan – Most Of The Time (alternate version, Oh Mercy) – Tell Tale Signs
- Alison Krauss & Union Station – The Lucky One – Live
- Bruce Springsteen with the Sessions Band – Eyes On The Prize – Live In Dublin
- Battlefield Band – Three Brothers – Zama Zama …try your luck…
Keep listening and rating the songs, crimestoppers. If you use the Live365 player, use the thumbs up and thumbs down buttons to make your votes. Songs people like really do stay in the playlist for longer, so your vote counts. Vote early and often.
Here’s a sneak peek at what the listeners like on Festival Christmas. If this doesn’t convince you about the great variety to be found there, nothing will. Here are the Top 42 Songs on Festival Christmas, as selected by listener interaction:
Artist – Track – Album
- Ruthie & the Wranglers – Songs of Christmas – Creme de la Creme – First Serving
- Dianne Williams – Midwinter – Oasis Acoustic Volume 37
- David Parmley and Continental Divide – Christmas at the Old Homeplace – A Pinecastle Christmas Gathering
- Over the Rhine – Thank You My Angel – The Darkest Night of the Year
- Odetta – Mary Had a Baby – Gonna Let It Shine, A Concert For The Holidays
- Bonnie Rideout – Eric Rigler – Maggie Sansone – Al Petteway – O Come, O Come Emmanuel – God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen – A Scottish Christmas
- Take 6 – Amen! – He Is Christmas
- Sarah McLachlan – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas – Wintersong
- Evelyn Cox – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Charlie Daniels and Friends – Joy to the World
- Boys of the Lough – Sankt Staffan han rider / Christmas Day in the Morning / Trettondagsmarschen – Midwinter Night’s Dream
- Aoife Ni Fhearraigh – Seact Sualci Na Maighdine Muire – Narada Presents: The Best of Celtic Christmas
- The Jambalaya Cajun Band – Jingle Bell Rock – Alligator Stomp, Volume 4- Cajun Christmas
- October Project – Silent Night – Silent Night
- The Jumbalaya Cajun Band – Joy to the World – Alligator Stomp, Volume 4- Cajun Christmas
- The Grascals – Christmas Time’s A Comin’ – Charlie Daniels and Friends – Joy to the World
- The Gypsy Hombres – Sleigh Ride – Django Bells
- The Clumsy Lovers – Snoopy’s Christmas – A Winter’s Night
- Leslie Ritter and Scott Petito – In the Bleak Midwinter – This Christmas Morning
- Loreena McKennitt – Noel Nouvelet – A Midwinter Night’s Dream
- Dan Crary – Christmas Waltz/Fum, Fum, Fum – Holiday Guitar – Christmas
- Tropical Flavor Steel Drum Band – Feliz Navidad – Island Christmas
- Pat Wictor – The Quiet of the Snow – Hudson Harding Sampler Volume 1- Happy Holidays
- Loreena McKennitt – Coventry Carol – A Midwinter Night’s Dream
- Johnnie Allan – It’s Christmas in Louisiana – Alligator Stomp, Volume 4- Cajun Christmas
- John Fahey – Medley: Hark the Herald Angels Sing; O Come All Ye Faithful – Christmas Guitar
- The Hayburners – Your Winter Weather – Hudson Harding Sampler, Volume 3 — Happy Holidays
- The Bobs – Mambo, Santa, Mambo – Too Many Santas
- The Blind Boys of Alabama – Joy To The World (featuring Aaron Neville) – Go Tell It On The Mountain
- Robert Earl Keen- Merry Christmas From the Family – Tinsel Tunes – more holiday treats from Sugar Hill
- John Fahey – The Skater’s Waltz – Christmas Guitar
- Anuna – Noel Nouvelet – Christmas Memories
- Steve Glotzer – Children Go Where I Send Thee – Acoustic Christmas
- Ottmar Liebert – Festival (of 7 lights) – Poets & Angels
- Johnny Cunningham – King Holly, King Oak – The Very Best of Celtic Christmas
- Belton Richard – Please Come Home for Christmas – Alligator Stomp, Vol. 4: Cajun Christmas
- Phil Keaggy – I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus – A Christmas Gift
- Eva Cassidy – It’s Not the Presents – A Holiday Feast- Creme de la Creme
- yThe Christmas Jug Band – Lonesome Reindeer Blues – Uncorked
- Boys of the Lough – The Mummer’s Jig / Christmas Eve – Midwinter Night’s Dream
- Jethro Tull – A Winter Snowscape – The Jethro Tull Christmas Album
- Bittersweet and Briers – No Shelter for Mary/What Child Is This? – A Conner Prairie Christmas
- Adam Rafferty – We Three Kings – A Christmas Guitar Celebration
Top 40 Tracks as rated by listeners to Festival Radio for November 2009:
Artist – Track – Album
- Jimmie Dale Gilmore – Blue Moon Waltz – After Awhile
- Julie Miller – All my Tears – Broken Things
- Norman & Nancy Blake – Happy Little Home In Arkansas – Back Home In Sulphur Springs
- Kris Drever – Braw Sailin’ On the Sea – Black Water
- David Bromberg – Wee Midnight Hour Blues - Live New York City 1982
- Pamela Ward and Paul Cherrington – Sail On By – Sail on By
- The Notting Hillbillies – Railroad Worksong – Missing… presumed having a good time
- Leadbelly – Goodnight Irene – Genius of Folk
- Buffy Sainte-Marie – To the Ends of the World – Running For The Drum
- Peter, Paul And Mary – Leaving On A Jet Plane – The Very Best Of Peter, Paul And Mary
- Peter Case – Blue Distance – Who’s Gonna Go Your Crooked Mile?
- Arlo Guthrie – If You Would Just Drop By - Tales of ‘69
- Molly’s Revenge – The Long Drive – The Western Shore
- Mark Stepakoff – Little Black Dress – Some Assembly Required
- Jon Brooks – The Crying of The Times – Moth Nor Rust
- Buskin & Batteau – Red Shoes and Golden Hearts – Red Shoes and Golden Hearts
- Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah – The Essential Leonard Cohen
- The High Kings – The Rocky Road To Dublin – The High Kings
- Mavis Staples – Waiting for My Child – Live: Hope at the Hideout
- Maura O’Connell – There’s No Good Day For Dying – Don’t I Know
- The Innocence Mission – Follow Me – Birds of My Neighborhood
- The Foremen – Godzilla Has a Midlife Crisis – The Best of the Foremen
- Woody Guthrie – Jesus Christ – Classic Protest Songs From Smithsonian Folkways
- Tom Russell – The Eyes of Roberto Duran – The Long Way Around
- Steve Goodman – The Dutchman – Anthology: No Big Surprise
- Smithfield Fair – Radio - The Longing
- Loudon Wainwright III – Daughter - Strange Weirdos
- Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus of Dreams – Everyone Has A Broken Heart – The Great Unravel
- David Bromberg – Levee Camp Moan – Try Me One More Time
- Woody Guthrie – This Land is Your Land (extra verse) – The Asch Recordings Vol. 1 – This Land is Your Land
- The Waybacks – The River – Loaded
- Susan McKeown & Lorin Sklamberg – Heart’s Blood – Saints & Tzadiks
- Paul Simon – Kodachrome – Concert In The Park
- Nia Morgan – Silent Times - Nia Morgan
- Michael Stanley Band – Falling In Love Again – Right Back at Ya (1971-1983)
- Lara Herskovitch – Here Comes the Sun – Through a Frozen Midnight Sky
- The Kennedys – Chimes of Freedom – Half A Million Miles
- Josh Ritter – Leaving – Golden Age of Radio
- Eddie From Ohio – Imagine Me – Portable EFO Show
- 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
- Willy Porter – How To Rob A Bank – How To Rob A Bank
- Tiller’s Folly – Reels – A Ripple in Time
- Norman & Nancy Blake – While the Band is Playing Dixie – Rising Fawn Gathering
- The Clumsy Lovers – Danielle – Make Yourself Known
- Tom Chapin – Love Lasts Long – Let the Bad Times Roll
- Thomas Loefke, Norland Wind – An Saighdiuir Treigthe – Celtic Sampler Summer
- Thea Gilmore – Icarus Wind – Liejacker
- Steve Robinson – Road to Ruin – Undercurrent
- Sligo Rags – Blind Mary – The Whiskey Never Lies
- Paul Thorn – Mission Temple Fireworks Stand – Mission Temple Fireworks Stand
- Lynne Hanson – Wayfaring Stranger – Things I Miss
- The Love Hall Tryst – Jack in the Green – Songs of Misfortune
- Dave Carter with Tracy Grammer – When I Go – When I Go
- Christine Lavin – Attractive Stupid People – Cold Pizza for Breakfast
- The Be Good Tanyas – Out of the Wilderness – Hello Love
- Tommy Emmanuel – House Of The Rising Sun – Center Stage
- Tom Paxton – Dance In The Kitchen – Comedians & Angels
- Red Molly – Beaumont Rest Stop – Love and Other Tragedies
- Joni Mitchell – Both Sides, Now – Hits
- Switchback – The Death of William Henry – Falling Water River
- Red Stick Ramblers – Morning Blues – My Suitcase Is Always Packed
- Melody Gardot – Les Etoiles – My One And Only Thrill
- Brad Colerick – Nashville - When I’m Gone
- Zydecosis – Walk This Way – Zydeco All Night
- Oysterband – The Early Days of a Better Nation – Pearls from the Oysters
- Mary-Chapin Carpenter – Middle Ground - Shooting Straight in the Dark
- La Esperanza – Los Borrachos – Mondo Flamenco
- The Kennedys – Chimes of Freedom – Half A Million Miles
- Joe Crookston – Mending Walls – Able Baker Charlie and Dog
- Fred Eaglesmith – Sweet Corn – Tinderbox
- Alyse Black – Up in the Air (Not Too Late) – Hold Onto This
- Matt Molloy, Paul Brady and Tommy Peoples – Mick Finns/The Blachthorn (Reels) – Molloy, Brady, Peoples
- Mark Heard – Everything Is Alright – Dry Bones Dance
- Caren Armstrong – Origami – Everything
- Barry & Holly Tashian – Worry Doesn’t Worry Me – Long Story Short
- Susan McKeown & Lorin Sklamberg – Buenos Aires – Saints & Tzadiks
- Paul Benoit – Leave It As It Lies – Bluebird
- Peter, Paul And Mary – Blowin’ In The Wind – The Very Best Of Peter, Paul And Mary
- Mara Levine – Last Thing On My Mind – Mara’s Gems
- Debra Cowan – Salisbury Plain – Fond Desire Farewell
- Caroline Herring – The Great Unknown – Golden Apples Of The Sun
- Battlefield Band – The Auchengeich Disaster – Zama Zama …try your luck…
Top 42 tracks as rated by Festival Radio listeners for September 2009. Why 42? Becuase it’s the answer to the ultimate question, of course.
Rank – Artist – Track – Album
- Over the Rhine – Born – Drunkard’s Prayer
- Peter, Paul And Mary – Blowin’ In The Wind – The Very Best Of Peter, Paul And Mary
- Johnny Cash – Personal Jesus – American IV: The Man Comes Around
- Diana Jones – Ballad of the Poor Child – Better Times Will Come
- Mark Heard – Everything Is Alright – Dry Bones Dance
- Deirdre Flint – Food – Then Again
- Judy Collins – Mountain Girl – Philadelphia Folk Festival – Celebration Highlights From The 40th Anniversary Festival
- Christine Lavin – Attractive Stupid People – Cold Pizza for Breakfast
- Kris Delmhorst – To The Wire – Shotgun Singer
- Susan McKeown & Lorin Sklamberg – Heart’s Blood – Saints & Tzadiks
- Gibson Brothers – Bottomland – Ring The Bell
- Chuck Brodsky – The Come Heres & The Been Heres – Two Sets
- David Stoddard – River of Love – Get Off My Lawn
- Cry Cry Cry – Shades of Gray – Cry Cry Cry
- Caroline Herring – The Dozens – Golden Apples Of The Sun
- Red Molly – Beaumont Rest Stop - Love and Other Tragedies
- Lisa Biales – Where the Buckwheat Blooms – Chasing Away the Blues
- Doop and the Inside Outlaws – Prove It All Night – Everett Belcher
- Dogan Mehmet – Wraggle Taggle Gypsies – Gypsyhead
- Byrd & Street – My Airplane in the Backyard – Love Broke the Fall
- Alison Krauss & Union Station – When You Say Nothing At All – Alison Krauss + Union Station Live
- Tom Russell – Santa Ana Wind – Blood & Candle Smoke
- Tom Prasada-Rao – Star In Her Crown – The Way of the World
- Susan McKeown & Lorin Sklamberg – Buenos Aires – Saints & Tzadiks
- Sarah Siskind – Reasons to Love – Say It Louder
- Joni Mitchell – Both Sides, Now – Hits
- Sandy Denny – Learning the Game – No More Sad Refrains: The Anthology
- Rhythm Angels – Until It Comes Around Again – Girls Like Us
- Paul Brady – Nobody Knows – Nobody Knows
- Patty Larkin – Good Thing – Angels Running
- Nick Humphrey – Logging Katahdin Stream – A Few of Mine
- Maddy Prior – Dives and Lazarus – Seven For Old England
- John Gorka – I Know – I Know
- John Flynn – Reggie’s Question ( What’s in a Name) - America’s Waiting
- Eastmountainsouth – Show Me the River – Eastmountainsouth
- Doug Folkins – Calico Girl – Another Last Call
- Christina Stewart – Dean Ba ba mo Leanabh – Kist O Dreams
- Chris Vallillo – Hard Times Come Again No More – Abraham Lincoln in Song
- Carrie Newcomer – The Rooms My Mother Made – My Father’s Only Son
- Bruce Springsteen – You’re Missing – The Rising
- Atwater – Donnelly – Sweet Fern – The Blackest Crow
- Arlo Guthrie – Hurry to Me - Tales of ‘69
Top 4o tracks for August 2009 from Festival Radio, as determined by listener ratings:
Artist – “Track” – Album
- Tommy Emmanuel – “And So It Goes” - Center Stage
- The Hooters – “Driftin’ Away” - Out Of Body
- Nerissa & Katryna Nields – “Ticket to My House” - Love and China
- The Kennedys – “I Found a Road” – Better Dreams
- Carolann Solebello – “Dance With Me” – Glass of Desire
- Christine Lavin – “What Was I Thinking (1993-2007)” – I Don’t Make This Stuff Up, I Just Make it Rhyme
- Tom Russell Band – “Outbound Plane” – Poor Man’s Dream
- Simon & Garfunkel – “Richard Cory” – Live From New York City, 1967
- Mozaik – “The Ballad Of Rennardine / Johhny Cuig” – Changing Trains
- Moody Bluegrass – “Your Wildest Dreams” – Acoustic Rainbow #22
- Loreena McKennitt – “The Mystic’s Dream” – Nights From The Alhambra
- Jakob’s Hollow – “Devil’s Den” – The Legend of Bobby the Kid
- Susan McKeown and Lorin Sklamberg – “Heart’s Blood” - Saints and Tzadiks
- Michael Stanley – “Waltzing’s For Dreamers” – Live In Tangiers
- Kelley McRae – “Sparrow” – Highrises In Brooklyn
- Blame Sally – “Hurricane” – Night of 1000 Stars
- Craig Bickhardt – “Brother To The Wind” – Brother to the Wind
- Smithfield Fair – “Where the Rippling Waters Flow” – The Longing
- Ralston Bowles – “Draper” – Carwreck Conversations
- Melinda Crawford – “Twixt Ye Twine Ye Even So” – The Wandering Suitcase of Stirling
- James Keelaghan – “The Constant Lovers” – A Few Simple Verses
- Martyn Joseph – “This Is Us” – Don’t Talk About Love (Live ‘92 – ‘02)
- Johnny Cash – “Where Did We Go Right” – Live From Austin, TX
- Tom Chapin – “We Will Adjust” – Let the Bad Times Roll
- Nanci Griffith – “Cotton” – The Loving Kind
- The McKrells – “Bittersweet and Barbed Wire” – Hit The Ground Running
- Lori McKenna – “The Ledge” – Bittertown
- Lisa Biales – “Where the Buckwheat Blooms” – Chasing Away the Blues
- Bruce Springsteen with the Sessions Band – “Pay Me My Money Down” – Live in Dublin
- Pete Seeger – “Walking Down Death Row” - Sowing the Seeds – The 10th Anniversary
- Maura O’Connell – “There’s No Good Day For Dying” – Don’t I Know
- Kate Campbell – “Visions of Plenty” – Visions of Plenty
- Jake Armerding – “Assassination Blues” – Walking On The World
- Andrew Calhoun & Campground – “Sandy land” – Bound To Go
- Scott Miller & The Commonwealth – “Ciderville Saturday Night” – Upside Downside
- Pete And Maura Kennedy – “Life Goes On Without You” – River Of Fallen Stars
- Nanci Griffith – “Year Down In New Orleans” - Once In A Very Blue Moon
- Mick McAuley and Winifred Horan – “After the Gold Rush” – Serenade
- Grey Eye Glances – “The Lost Coast” – GEG Live
- Annie and Rod Capps – “Crocodile Man” – My Blue Garden
Just a reminder that when you listen to Festival Radio using the Live365 player that you help determine the Top 40 by using the thumbs up and thumbs down buttons. Generally, high rated songs stay in the playlist for much longer than unrated and low rated songs.
Top 16 songs as rated by Festival Radio listeners, July 2009. Why 16? Because I said so.
Artist – Track – Album
- Ariane Lydon – Come Clean My Chimney – Still She Moves
- Emily Smith – Old Mortality – Too Long Away
- Leonard Cohen – First We Take Manhattan – The Essential Leonard Cohen
- Johnny Cash – The Wanderer (U2 Starring Johnny Cash) – The Essential Johnny Cash
- The Band – Ophelia – Greatest Hits
- Steve Robinson – Road to Ruin – Undercurrent
- Red Molly – Beaumont Rest Stop – Love and Other Tragedies
- John Flynn – The Darker the Night ( The Brighter the Stars) – America’s Waiting
- Silly Sisters – Fine Horsemen – The Folk Collection
- Sandy Denny – Learning the Game – No More Sad Refrains: The Anthology
- Phil Ochs – Talking Pay TV - Classic Protest Songs From Smithsonian Folkways
- Corinne West – Roses to Rust – Second Sight
- Traveling Wilburys – Not Alone Any More – Vol 1
- Steppin’ In It – The Freightliner – Simple Tunes For Simple Times
- Tift Merritt – Stray Paper – Buckingham Solo
- The Kingston Trio – Hard Travelin’ – I’m Goin’ Home
Top 14 tracks as rated by listeners to Festival Radio. Why 14? Because listeners only rated 14 tracks. As TV’s Craig Ferguson would say: “I know!” So, if you’re using the Live365 player, please help me out by rating the songs that you dig, OK? Songs that get the big thumbs up from listeners tend to get left in the playlist. Please?
Artist – Track – Album
- Phil Hardy – The Long Drive Home Set – Revisited
- Lynn Marie and the Boxhounds – Rainy day Waltz – Party Dress
- Joe Crookston – Mending Walls – Able Baker Charlie and Dog
- The British Columbians – Going out on you – The British Columbians
- Sweet Bitters – Secret Scar – Sweet Bitters
- Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (with Dolly Parton) – Heavenly
- Uncle Earl – Take These Chains - She Waits For Night
- Old Blind Dogs – The breton & Galician Set – The Gab o Mey
- Jackson Browne – My Personal Revenge – World In Motion
- Randall Williams – War Stories – Praying For Land
- David Stoddard – Stuff – Get Off My Lawn
- Shawn Mullins – House Of The Rising Sun – 9th Ward Picking Parlor
- Eddi Reader – Dragonflies – Love Is The Way
- Gordie Tentrees – Fishing Fool – Bottleneck To Wire
Top 29 tracks, Festival Radio for May 2009. Why 29? Because the listeners rule.
Artist – Track – Album
- Mary-Chapin Carpenter – Down at the Twist and Shout – Shooting Straight in the Dark
- Bob Dylan – Tell Ol’ Bill (alternate version, North Country Soundtrack) – Tell Tale Signs
- Red Molly – Wayfaring Stranger - Love and Other Tragedies
- David Wilcox – Modern World – Open Hand
- Over the Rhine – All I Need Is Everything - Good Dog Bad Dog: The Home Recording
- Steve Goodman – Elvis Imitators - Anthology: No Big Surprise
- Nerissa & Katryna Nields – The Right Road - Sister Holler
- Kim Beggs – Up From the River – Wanderer’s Paean
- Mustard’s Retreat – Bowling Green – A Resolution of Something
- Leonard Cohen – Suzanne – The Essential Leonard Cohen
- Laura Gibson – Spirited – Beasts Of Seasons
- Jason Wilber – Lazy Afternoon – Lazy Afternoon
- Eilen Jewell – I’m Gonna Dress In Black – Sea Of Tears
- Diana Jones – Soldier Girl – Better Times Will Come
- Tim O’Brien – Man Gave Names To All The Animals – Red On Blonde
- Raul Malo – Moonlight Kiss – Lucky One
- Meg Braun – Open Wide – Tomboy Princess
- Crooked Still – Undone In Sorrow – Still Crooked
- Brian Ashley Jones – Free to Miss You – Courier
- Stephanie Bettman – The Only Way To Love You – Get Close To Me
- Kate Rusby – Sir Eglamore – Hourglass
- Buddy and Julie Miller – Gasoline And Matches – Written in Chalk
- Hem – Too Late to Turn Back Now – Funnel Cloud
- Bruce Cockburn – If A Tree Falls – Slice O Life
- James McMurtry – See the Elephant – Childish Things
- The Chieftains – Raglan Road (with Joan Osborne) – Tears of Stone
- Rhonda Vincent and The Rage – Jolene - Ragin’ Live
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