Festival Radio Top 33, April 2010

Top tracks as voted by listeners to Festival Radio.  Why 33?  Why not?

Artist – Track – Album

  1. Martin Simpson – Greystones – True Stories
  2. Chris Stuart – Springhill Mine - Angels of Mineral Springs
  3. Shayna Zaid & The Catch – Bonita - Shayna Zaid & the Catch
  4. Lynn Marie and the Boxhounds – Rainy day Waltz – Party Dress
  5. Sarah McQuaid – West Virginia Boys – I Won’t Go Home ’til Morning
  6. Kasey Chambers – Pony – Wayward Angel
  7. Jon Shain – Yadkin River Blues – Times Right Now
  8. Maria Dunn – Katie Comes a-Callin’ – The Peddler
  9. Gillian Welch – Acony Bell – Revival
  10. Iain Campbell Smith – Maryanne – Ballads and Barsongs
  11. Traveling Wilburys – Handle With Care – Vol 1
  12. Guy Clark – Soldier’s Joy 1864 – The Dark
  13. Chris Vallillo – Darling Nellie Gray – Abraham Lincoln in Song
  14. Samuel James – the waters always changing but the river… – for rosa,maeve, and noreen
  15. The Elders – Moore St. Girls – American Wake
  16. Dry Branch Fire Squad – Miner’s Refrain – Live at the Newburyport Firehouse
  17. Catherine MacLellan – Everything’ll be alright – Water in the Ground
  18. Carolyn Currie – Hot For a House – Waves Of Silence
  19. Wild Carrot and the Roots Band – What Have You Done to Lift Somebody Up – Crowd Around the Mic
  20. Truckstop Souvenir – Stardust Motel – Under a Big Blue Sky
  21. Jill King – Beautiful World – Rain on Fire
  22. Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer – Tillman Co. – Drum Hat Buddha
  23. Smithfield Fair – The Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond – Scotland, Fair Scotland
  24. Mavis Staples – Down In Mississippi – We’ll Never Turn Back
  25. Dave Bordewey and Dave Young – Last Train and Ride – A New Day
  26. Arlo Guthrie with The Dillards – Ranger’s Command – 32 cents Postage Due
  27. The Wayfaring Strangers – When You Go Walking After Midnight – This Train
  28. Trillium – Staten Island/Red-Haired Boy/Liberty – Crossing the Stream
  29. The Mad Maggies – Il y a Un Bal - Skull and Magpies
  30. Christine Lavin – What Was I Thinking (1993-2007) – I Don’t Make This Stuff Up, I Just Make it Rhyme
  31. The Brombies – Midnight Blues – Live! at the Spitting Llamas Bluegrass Bar
  32. Tim O’Brien – Subterranean Homesick Blues – Red On Blonde
  33. Salamander Crossing – Fire in the Sky - Salamander Crossing

Festival Radio Top 45, February 2010

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

  1. Strawbs – Lay Down - A History of Progressive Folk
  2. Moody Bluegrass – Ride My See Saw – Moody Bluegrass
  3. Jessie Murphy In The Woods – In The Woods - Eight Belles
  4. Sharon Shannon – The wild west wagon train – Saints & Scoundrels
  5. The Roe Family Singers – My Poor Son - The Earth and All that Is In It
  6. The Handsome Family – After We Shot the Grizzly – Last Days of Wonder
  7. Michael Martin Murphy – Wildfire - Buckaroo Blue Grass II
  8. Chuck Brodsky – The Come Heres & The Been Heres – Two Sets
  9. Brad Colerick – Leave It All Behind - When I’m Gone
  10. Alyse Black – Blood and Wine – Hold Onto This
  11. Jed Marum – Broom of the Cowdenknowes – Lonestar Banjo
  12. The Kennedys – Life Is Large – Positively Live!
  13. Wild Carrot and the Roots Band – Blue Bottle Tree – Crowd Around the Mic
  14. Switchback – The Mayfly Dance – Ghosts Of The River Folk
  15. Rachel Harrington – Shoeless Joe – The Bootlegger’s Daughter
  16. Feufollet – Je M’en Vas Dans Le Chemin – Cow Island Hop
  17. Elizabeth Nicholson & Stringed Migration – Lord Thomas – Fly Not Yet
  18. The Cottars – Fare Thee Well, Northumberland & the Purple Wave – Feast
  19. Cat Stevens – Morning Has Broken (1971) – The Very Best Of Cat Stevens
  20. Trillium – Jenny Lind Polka/Swedish Polka – Crossing the Stream
  21. Pete Seeger – Peat Bog Soldiers - Live In ’65
  22. Jer Coons – I Want You Back (Jackson 5 cover) – Bonus Track
  23. Jakob’s Hollow – Skylah’s Lullaby – The Legend of Bobby the Kid
  24. Catherine MacLellan – Take a Break – Water in the Ground
  25. We’re About 9 – Maryland, 1987 – Paperdust :: Stardust
  26. Trillium – Schule Agra (Johnny’s Gone For a Soldier) – Crossing the Stream
  27. Rachel Kilgour – Cheap Grace – 2008-2009 Music to Life Finalists
  28. Marie Knight – A Little More Faith – Let Us Get Together: A Tribute to Reverend Gary Davis
  29. Bill Miller – Eagle Must Fly Free - Raven in The Snow
  30. Marc Cohn – Silver Thunderbird – The Very Best Of Marc Cohn
  31. Laurie Lewis – Tell Me True – Blossoms
  32. The Kennedys – Gypsy Rose – Songs of the Open Road
  33. Jake Shimabukuro – While My Guitar Gently Weeps – Best of Woodsongs Volume Three
  34. Bruce Springsteen with the Sessions Band – Eyes On The Prize – Live In Dublin
  35. The Blind Boys Of Alabama – People Get Ready – Higher Ground
  36. The Waterboys – Fisherman’s Blues – The Best of The Waterboys 81-90
  37. The Duhks – Du Temps Que J’Etais Jeune – The Duhks
  38. Switchback – Stellar Jay’s Wing – Ghosts Of The River Folk
  39. Silly Sisters (Maddy Prior and June Tabor) – Rosie Anderson – No More to the Dance
  40. Loreena McKennitt – Full Circle - From Istanbul To Athens
  41. Janis Ian – Baby, I’ve Been Thinking – Classic Protest Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
  42. Flook – On One Beautifull Day – Haven
  43. Eilen Jewell – I’m Gonna Dress In Black – Sea Of Tears
  44. The Byrds – He Was A Friend Of Mine (Previously Unissued Live Version – Mono) – There Is A Season
  45. Anais Mitchell – Before the Eyes of Storytelling Girls – Hymns for the Exiled

Festival Radio Top 35, January 2010

Top 35 tracks as rated by listeners of Festival Radio for January 2010.  Why 35?  Why not?

Artist – Track – Album

  1. Nanci Griffith – You Were On My Mind – Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back To Bountiful)
  2. Trillium – Schule Agra (Johnny’s Gone For a Soldier) – Crossing the Stream
  3. Peggy Seeger – Gonna Be An Engineer – Three Score and Ten
  4. Trillium – Jenny Lind Polka/Swedish Polka – Crossing the Stream
  5. The Mad Maggies – Luna Marie – Crazed and Enthused
  6. Leo Kottke – Morning Is The Long Way Home – One Guitar, No Vocals
  7. The Greencards – Lonesome Side Of Town – Viridian
  8. Steve Martin – Calico Train – The Crow – New Songs For The Five String Banjo
  9. Richard Shindell – State of the Union – Not Far Now
  10. We’re About 9 – Maryland, 1987 – Paperdust :: Stardust
  11. Mustard’s Retreat – Hard Times Come Again No More – Back to Back
  12. Susan Werner – Misery and Happiness – New Non-fiction
  13. Suzie Brown – Over & Done – Side Streets
  14. Sonia and Disappear Fear – Tango – Tango
  15. Kate Campbell – Trains Don’t Run From Nashville – Songs from the Levee
  16. Toni Price – #1 – Sol Power
  17. Susan McKeown and Lorin Sklamberg – Enniscorthy Fair – Saints and Tzadiks
  18. Kathleen Edwards – Copied Keys – Back To Me
  19. Rosanne Cash – Tennessee Flat Top Box – Hits 1979-1989
  20. Brad Colerick – Leave It All Behind – When I’m Gone
  21. Sloan Wainwright – Every Grain Of Sand – Rediscovery
  22. Mick McAuley and Winifred Horan – The Cafe Milou Jigs – Serenade
  23. Josh Ritter – You Don’t Make it Easy Babe – Hello Starling
  24. Johnsmith – The Times They are A-Changin – Gravity of Grace
  25. Ben Bedford – The Cherry Mine – Land of the Shadows
  26. Jessica Fichot – Le Grenier – Accordion Babes 2010
  27. 10,000 Maniacs – Stockton Gala Days – Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure & Unknown Recordings (Disc 1 – The Most Popular Recordings)
  28. Kim and Reggie Harris – Done Wit’ Driver’s Dribbin’ – Get on Board: Underground Railroad and Civil Rights Freedom Songs Volume 2
  29. Julie Miller – All my Tears – Broken Things
  30. Jake Shimabukuro – While My Guitar Gently Weeps – Best of Woodsongs Volume Three
  31. Silly Sisters (Maddy Prior and June Tabor) – Rosie Anderson – No More to the Dance
  32. Bob Dylan – Most Of The Time (alternate version, Oh Mercy) – Tell Tale Signs
  33. Alison Krauss & Union Station – The Lucky One – Live
  34. Bruce Springsteen with the Sessions Band – Eyes On The Prize – Live In Dublin
  35. 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.

Festival Christmas Top 42 – Mid-December Edition

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

  1. Ruthie & the Wranglers – Songs of Christmas – Creme de la Creme – First Serving
  2. Dianne Williams – Midwinter – Oasis Acoustic Volume 37
  3. David Parmley and Continental Divide – Christmas at the Old Homeplace – A Pinecastle Christmas Gathering
  4. Over the Rhine – Thank You My Angel – The Darkest Night of the Year
  5. Odetta – Mary Had a Baby – Gonna Let It Shine, A Concert For The Holidays
  6. Bonnie Rideout – Eric Rigler – Maggie Sansone – Al Petteway – O Come, O Come Emmanuel – God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen – A Scottish Christmas
  7. Take 6 – Amen! – He Is Christmas
  8. Sarah McLachlan – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas – Wintersong
  9. Evelyn Cox – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Charlie Daniels and Friends – Joy to the World
  10. Boys of the Lough – Sankt Staffan han rider / Christmas Day in the Morning / Trettondagsmarschen – Midwinter Night’s Dream
  11. Aoife Ni Fhearraigh – Seact Sualci Na Maighdine Muire – Narada Presents: The Best of Celtic Christmas
  12. The Jambalaya Cajun Band – Jingle Bell Rock – Alligator Stomp, Volume 4- Cajun Christmas
  13. October Project – Silent Night  – Silent Night
  14. The Jumbalaya Cajun Band – Joy to the World – Alligator Stomp, Volume 4- Cajun Christmas
  15. The Grascals – Christmas Time’s A Comin’ – Charlie Daniels and Friends – Joy to the World
  16. The Gypsy Hombres – Sleigh Ride – Django Bells
  17. The Clumsy Lovers – Snoopy’s Christmas – A Winter’s Night
  18. Leslie Ritter and Scott Petito – In the Bleak Midwinter – This Christmas Morning
  19. Loreena McKennitt – Noel Nouvelet – A Midwinter Night’s Dream
  20. Dan Crary – Christmas Waltz/Fum, Fum, Fum – Holiday Guitar – Christmas
  21. Tropical Flavor Steel Drum Band – Feliz Navidad – Island Christmas
  22. Pat Wictor – The Quiet of the Snow – Hudson Harding Sampler Volume 1- Happy Holidays
  23. Loreena McKennitt – Coventry Carol – A Midwinter Night’s Dream
  24. Johnnie Allan – It’s Christmas in Louisiana – Alligator Stomp, Volume 4- Cajun Christmas
  25. John Fahey – Medley: Hark the Herald Angels Sing; O Come All Ye Faithful – Christmas Guitar
  26. The Hayburners – Your Winter Weather – Hudson Harding Sampler, Volume 3 — Happy Holidays
  27. The Bobs – Mambo, Santa, Mambo – Too Many Santas
  28. The Blind Boys of Alabama – Joy To The World (featuring Aaron Neville) – Go Tell It On The Mountain
  29. Robert Earl Keen- Merry Christmas From the Family – Tinsel Tunes – more holiday treats from Sugar Hill
  30. John Fahey – The Skater’s Waltz – Christmas Guitar
  31. Anuna – Noel Nouvelet – Christmas Memories
  32. Steve Glotzer – Children Go Where I Send Thee – Acoustic Christmas
  33. Ottmar Liebert – Festival (of 7 lights) – Poets & Angels
  34. Johnny Cunningham – King Holly, King Oak – The Very Best of Celtic Christmas
  35. Belton Richard – Please Come Home for Christmas – Alligator Stomp, Vol. 4: Cajun Christmas
  36. Phil Keaggy – I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus – A Christmas Gift
  37. Eva Cassidy – It’s Not the Presents – A Holiday Feast- Creme de la Creme
  38. yThe Christmas Jug Band – Lonesome Reindeer Blues – Uncorked
  39. Boys of the Lough – The Mummer’s Jig / Christmas Eve – Midwinter Night’s Dream
  40. Jethro Tull – A Winter Snowscape – The Jethro Tull Christmas Album
  41. Bittersweet and Briers – No Shelter for Mary/What Child Is This? – A Conner Prairie Christmas
  42. Adam Rafferty – We Three Kings – A Christmas Guitar Celebration

Festival Radio Top 40, November 2009

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.

October 2009 Top 42, Festival Radio

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…

Festsival Radio Top 42, September 2009

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

  1. Over the Rhine – Born – Drunkard’s Prayer
  2. Peter, Paul And Mary – Blowin’ In The Wind – The Very Best Of Peter, Paul And Mary
  3. Johnny Cash – Personal Jesus – American IV: The Man Comes Around
  4. Diana Jones – Ballad of the Poor Child – Better Times Will Come
  5. Mark Heard – Everything Is Alright – Dry Bones Dance
  6. Deirdre Flint – Food – Then Again
  7. Judy Collins – Mountain Girl – Philadelphia Folk Festival – Celebration Highlights From The 40th Anniversary Festival
  8. Christine Lavin – Attractive Stupid People – Cold Pizza for Breakfast
  9. Kris Delmhorst – To The Wire – Shotgun Singer
  10. Susan McKeown & Lorin Sklamberg – Heart’s Blood – Saints & Tzadiks
  11. Gibson Brothers – Bottomland – Ring The Bell
  12. Chuck Brodsky – The Come Heres & The Been Heres – Two Sets
  13. David Stoddard – River of Love – Get Off My Lawn
  14. Cry Cry Cry – Shades of Gray – Cry Cry Cry
  15. Caroline Herring – The Dozens – Golden Apples Of The Sun
  16. Red Molly – Beaumont Rest Stop - Love and Other Tragedies
  17. Lisa Biales – Where the Buckwheat Blooms – Chasing Away the Blues
  18. Doop and the Inside Outlaws – Prove It All Night – Everett Belcher
  19. Dogan Mehmet – Wraggle Taggle Gypsies – Gypsyhead
  20. Byrd & Street – My Airplane in the Backyard – Love Broke the Fall
  21. Alison Krauss & Union Station – When You Say Nothing At All – Alison Krauss + Union Station Live
  22. Tom Russell – Santa Ana Wind – Blood & Candle Smoke
  23. Tom Prasada-Rao – Star In Her Crown – The Way of the World
  24. Susan McKeown & Lorin Sklamberg – Buenos Aires – Saints & Tzadiks
  25. Sarah Siskind – Reasons to Love – Say It Louder
  26. Joni Mitchell – Both Sides, Now – Hits
  27. Sandy Denny – Learning the Game – No More Sad Refrains: The Anthology
  28. Rhythm Angels – Until It Comes Around Again – Girls Like Us
  29. Paul Brady – Nobody Knows – Nobody Knows
  30. Patty Larkin – Good Thing – Angels Running
  31. Nick Humphrey – Logging Katahdin Stream – A Few of Mine
  32. Maddy Prior – Dives and Lazarus – Seven For Old England
  33. John Gorka – I Know – I Know
  34. John Flynn – Reggie’s Question ( What’s in a Name) - America’s Waiting
  35. Eastmountainsouth – Show Me the River – Eastmountainsouth
  36. Doug Folkins – Calico Girl – Another Last Call
  37. Christina Stewart – Dean Ba ba mo Leanabh – Kist O Dreams
  38. Chris Vallillo – Hard Times Come Again No More – Abraham Lincoln in Song
  39. Carrie Newcomer – The Rooms My Mother Made – My Father’s Only Son
  40. Bruce Springsteen – You’re Missing – The Rising
  41. Atwater – Donnelly – Sweet Fern – The Blackest Crow
  42. Arlo Guthrie – Hurry to Me - Tales of ’69

Festival Radio Top 40, August 2009

Top 4o tracks for August 2009 from Festival Radio, as determined by listener ratings:

Artist – “Track” – Album

  1. Tommy Emmanuel – “And So It Goes” - Center Stage
  2. The Hooters – “Driftin’ Away” - Out Of Body
  3. Nerissa & Katryna Nields – “Ticket to My House” - Love and China
  4. The Kennedys – “I Found a Road” – Better Dreams
  5. Carolann Solebello – “Dance With Me” – Glass of Desire
  6. Christine Lavin – “What Was I Thinking (1993-2007)” – I Don’t Make This Stuff Up, I Just Make it Rhyme
  7. Tom Russell Band – “Outbound Plane” – Poor Man’s Dream
  8. Simon & Garfunkel – “Richard Cory” – Live From New York City, 1967
  9. Mozaik – “The Ballad Of Rennardine / Johhny Cuig” – Changing Trains
  10. Moody Bluegrass – “Your Wildest Dreams” – Acoustic Rainbow #22
  11. Loreena McKennitt – “The Mystic’s Dream” – Nights From The Alhambra
  12. Jakob’s Hollow – “Devil’s Den” – The Legend of Bobby the Kid
  13. Susan McKeown and Lorin Sklamberg – “Heart’s Blood” - Saints and Tzadiks
  14. Michael Stanley – “Waltzing’s For Dreamers” – Live In Tangiers
  15. Kelley McRae – “Sparrow” – Highrises In Brooklyn
  16. Blame Sally – “Hurricane” – Night of 1000 Stars
  17. Craig Bickhardt – “Brother To The Wind” – Brother to the Wind
  18. Smithfield Fair – “Where the Rippling Waters Flow” – The Longing
  19. Ralston Bowles – “Draper” – Carwreck Conversations
  20. Melinda Crawford – “Twixt Ye Twine Ye Even So” – The Wandering Suitcase of Stirling
  21. James Keelaghan – “The Constant Lovers” – A Few Simple Verses
  22. Martyn Joseph – “This Is Us” – Don’t Talk About Love (Live ’92 – ’02)
  23. Johnny Cash – “Where Did We Go Right” – Live From Austin, TX
  24. Tom Chapin – “We Will Adjust” – Let the Bad Times Roll
  25. Nanci Griffith – “Cotton” – The Loving Kind
  26. The McKrells – “Bittersweet and Barbed Wire” – Hit The Ground Running
  27. Lori McKenna – “The Ledge” – Bittertown
  28. Lisa Biales – “Where the Buckwheat Blooms” – Chasing Away the Blues
  29. Bruce Springsteen with the Sessions Band – “Pay Me My Money Down” – Live in Dublin
  30. Pete Seeger – “Walking Down Death Row” - Sowing the Seeds – The 10th Anniversary
  31. Maura O’Connell – “There’s No Good Day For Dying” – Don’t I Know
  32. Kate Campbell – “Visions of Plenty” – Visions of Plenty
  33. Jake Armerding – “Assassination Blues” – Walking On The World
  34. Andrew Calhoun & Campground – “Sandy land” – Bound To Go
  35. Scott Miller & The Commonwealth – “Ciderville Saturday Night” – Upside Downside
  36. Pete And Maura Kennedy – “Life Goes On Without You” – River Of Fallen Stars
  37. Nanci Griffith – “Year Down In New Orleans” - Once In A Very Blue Moon
  38. Mick McAuley and Winifred Horan – “After the Gold Rush” – Serenade
  39. Grey Eye Glances – “The Lost Coast” – GEG Live
  40. 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 – Festival Radio, July 2009

Top 16 songs as rated by Festival Radio listeners, July 2009.  Why 16?   Because I said so.

Artist – Track – Album

  1. Ariane Lydon – Come Clean My Chimney – Still She Moves
  2. Emily Smith – Old Mortality – Too Long Away
  3. Leonard Cohen – First We Take Manhattan – The Essential Leonard Cohen
  4. Johnny Cash – The Wanderer (U2 Starring Johnny Cash) – The Essential Johnny Cash
  5. The Band – Ophelia – Greatest Hits
  6. Steve Robinson – Road to Ruin – Undercurrent
  7. Red Molly – Beaumont Rest Stop – Love and Other Tragedies
  8. John Flynn – The Darker the Night ( The Brighter the Stars) – America’s Waiting
  9. Silly Sisters – Fine Horsemen – The Folk Collection
  10. Sandy Denny – Learning the Game – No More Sad Refrains: The Anthology
  11. Phil Ochs – Talking Pay TV - Classic Protest Songs From Smithsonian Folkways
  12. Corinne West – Roses to Rust – Second Sight
  13. Traveling Wilburys – Not Alone Any More – Vol 1
  14. Steppin’ In It – The Freightliner – Simple Tunes For Simple Times
  15. Tift Merritt – Stray Paper – Buckingham Solo
  16. The Kingston Trio – Hard Travelin’ – I’m Goin’ Home

Top 14, Festival Radio, June 2009

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

  1. Phil Hardy – The Long Drive Home Set – Revisited
  2. Lynn Marie and the Boxhounds – Rainy day Waltz – Party Dress
  3. Joe Crookston – Mending Walls – Able Baker Charlie and Dog
  4. The British Columbians – Going out on you – The British Columbians
  5. Sweet Bitters – Secret Scar – Sweet Bitters
  6. Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (with Dolly Parton) – Heavenly
  7. Uncle Earl – Take These Chains - She Waits For Night
  8. Old Blind Dogs – The breton & Galician Set – The Gab o Mey
  9. Jackson Browne – My Personal Revenge – World In Motion
  10. Randall Williams – War Stories – Praying For Land
  11. David Stoddard – Stuff – Get Off My Lawn
  12. Shawn Mullins – House Of The Rising Sun – 9th Ward Picking Parlor
  13. Eddi Reader – Dragonflies – Love Is The Way
  14. Gordie Tentrees – Fishing Fool – Bottleneck To Wire

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