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Top 32 rated songs by listeners to Festival Radio, June 2008.  Why 32?  Listeners only rated 32 songs.
Rank - Artist - Song - Album
1.    Kris Delmhorst - Sea Fever - Strange Conversation
2.    Ian & Sylvia - Early Morning Rain - Vanguard - Roots of Folk
3.    Lauren Lapointe - Here Comes The Rain Again - Butterfly
4.    [...]

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Top 40 tracks of May 2008 as voted by listeners to Festival Radio
#    Artist - “Track” - Album
1.    Enter the Haggis - “Down With The Ship” - Live From Northampton
2.    Rachael Davis - “Lonely When You’re Gone” - Antebellum Queens
3.    Kathy Mattea - “Green Rolling Hills” - Coal
4.    Karan Casey - “Dunlavin Green” - [...]

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Top 41 songs, as rated by listeners of Festival Radio.  Why 41?  There’s a tie at #40.
Artist - “Track” - Album
1.    Joe Crookston - “Hands Metal and Wood” - Able Baker Charlie and Dog
2.    The Hooters - “Time Stand Still” - Time Stand Still
4.    Terri Hendrix - “Jim Thorpe’s Blues” - The Spiritual Kind
5.    Emmylou [...]

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The Top 24 songs of December 2007, as rated by listeners to Festival Radio. Why 24? Listeners only rated 24 songs.
Rank- Artist -Song - Album
1. Eliza Carthy - Breathe - Angels & Cigarettes 2. Railroad Earth - Long Way to Go - Live From Studio A Volume [...]

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Listenership has hit a summer lull for the Online Folk Festival, so we have only a Top 28 for you for July:
Artist - “Song” - Album
1. Johnny Cash - “Ballad Of Barbara” - Live from Austin, TX2. Stan Bozek - “Vaquero” - Solo3. Knot Fibb’n - [...]

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I know it’s late, but here are the Top 40 for May 2007 for the Online Folk Festival:
Artist - Track - Album1. Julie Miller - Dancing Girl - Blue Pony 2. Donna Hughes - Sad Old Train - Gaining Wisdom3. Norman & Nacy Blake - Don’t [...]

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I’m constantly amazed by the ability of Online Folk Festival listeners to catch on to all the great indies and lesser-known artists by selecting them into the Top 40 (well, this month the Top 42)
Artist - “Song” - Album
1. Robin Flower and Libby McLaren - “Andrei’s First Waltz in America” - Steelhead in the [...]

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As rated by listeners to the Online Folk Festival. Not surprisingly, there’s a lot of Celtic music on the list. Who woulda thunk it?
Artist - Song - Album
1. Mark Erelli - Theresa - The Memorial Hall Recordings2. Railroad Earth - Long Way To Go - Elko 3. [...]

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Received this via e-mail today:
Hi Greg
Just a quick note to say a big thank you to you and yourlisteners for voting our track “The Black Dog” into the February Top 40 at No.17! We’re thrilled that people are enjoying our stuff and thanks once again forall of your support, it is priceless. Hopefully we can [...]

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Online Folk Festival Top 40February 2007Based on listener ratings
Artist - Song - Album1. Cara Dillon - Garden Valley - After the Morning 2. Karen Ashbrook & Paul Oorts - Breton Dance/Star of Munster - Celtic Cafe3. Victoria Williams - Train Song (Demise Of The Caboose) - [...]

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