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Festival Radio top  37  tracks for March 2011 as voted by listeners

Artist – Track  - Album

1. Johanna Divine – Been Gone Awhile – Mile-High Rodeo
2. Shaun Cromwell – The Gristmill – Folk-Worn Prose
3. Mavis Staples – Too Close / On My Way To Heaven – You Are Not Alone
4. Nick Masullo – Hang Up Your Phone – Some Kind of Sign
5. Joyce Andersen – Sound of Hearts – Love and Thirst
6. Tom Juravich – Power in a Union – Altar Of The Bottom Line
7. Railroad Earth – Too Much Information – Railroad Earth
8. Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper – Dixie Special – Fired Up
9. Katie McGarry – Sailors – Katie McGarry
10. John Wesley Harding – Kill The Messenger – Why We Fight
11. Gillian Welch – Wrecking Ball – Soul Journey
12. The Duhks – Dance Hall Girls – The Duhks
13. David Stoddard – Parfrey’s Glen – Get Off My Lawn
14. Eddie From Ohio – Very Short Fuse – Portable EFO Show
15. 5 Chinese Brothers – Let’s Kill Saturday Night – Let’s Kill Saturday Night
16. TriBeCaStan – Dizzy In The Dunes – 5 Star Cave
17. Laura Marling – Devil’s Spoke – I Speak Because I Can
18. Joel Rafael – Plane Wreck at Los Gatos – The Songs of Woody Guthrie, Volume I
19. Al Stewart with Dave Nachmanoff – Last Days of the Century/Constantinople/Last Days (Medley) – Uncorked
20. Whirligig – Revolution Earth – Spin
21. Over the Rhine – All My Favorite People – The Long Surrender
22. Greg Brown – The Foggy, Foggy Dew – Honey In The Lion’s Head
23. Grace Griffith – Quiet Land / Innisfree – Grace
24. Capercaillie – Shelter – Beautiful Wasteland
25. T With The Maggies – Farewell Farewell – T With The Maggies
26. T With The Maggies – Biodh Orm Anocht – T With The Maggies
27. Wolfstone – Glanglass – Pick of Litte
28. Patrick Street – The Set / La Cardeuse – The Best of Patrick Street
29. Lunasa – Casu – The Story So Far
30. Donal O’Connor and John McSherry – Muneira d’Anton – Tripswitch
31. Ben Sands – Writing a Song for You – Better Already
32. The Rankin Family – Christy Campbell Medley – North Country
33. The Malarkeys – The Old Wild Boar – Bloody Brilliant
34. Donal Clancy – The Castle of Dromore/Sonny Brogan’s – Close to Home
35. Paul Brady – The Homes Of Donegal – The Paul Brady Songbook
36. Battlefield Band – Ballarat Jig/Eadar I ‘s Leodhas – Zama Zama …try your luck…
37. Black 47 – Maria’s Wedding – Live in New York City

Top 20 tracks as rated by listeners to Festival Radio:

Artist – Track- Album

1. Lunasa – The Wounded Hussar – The Kinnitty Sessions
2. Andrew and Noah VanNorstrand – Lady Pole (Or A Night At Lost-Hope) – All The Good Summers
3. Paul Brady – The Homes Of Donegal – The Paul Brady Songbook
4. Les Triaboliques – Hora Anicuta Draga / Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood – Rivermudtwilight
5. Adam Rafferty – Harlem – Chameleon
6. The Innocence Mission – Bright As Yellow – Glow
7. Mumford & Sons – Thistle & Weeds – Sigh No More
8. Paper Aeroplanes – Freewheel – The Day We Ran Into The Sea
9. Miriam Makeba – Jol’ Inkomo – TransAmerica
10. Lau – Dear Prudence – Arc Light
11. Jaime Michaels – Eyes Front – The Man With the Time Machine
12. Connie Dover – Miss Lillian Williams – If Ever I Return
13. Jaime Michaels – Wish on the Moon – The Man With the Time Machine
14. Heather Masse – Mittens – Bird Song
15. The Twangtown Paramours – Simple & True – The Twangtown Paramours
16. Jadea Kelly – Walking Wounded – Eastbound Platform
17. The Rankin Family – You Feel The Same Way Too – Endless Seasons
18. Arthur Lee Land – Monet Sky – Happy Cow CD Single
19. David Bromberg – Last Date – Live in New York 1982
20. Johnny Flynn – Barnacled Warship – Been Listening

Remember that top tracks are selected by your votes while listening to the station.  The people will not and cannot be ignored!

Top 35 tracks as rated by listeners of Festival Radio, January 2011. Why 35? Because. You’re more than welcome to bump the number up by listening and rating tracks yourself.

Artist – Track – Album

1. Paul Brady – Crazy Dreams – The Paul Brady Songbook
2. The Lowlands – Gamblin’ Soul – Bark and Twine
3. Freedy Johnston – Lonely Penny – Rain on the City
4. Childsplay – Soir Et Matin – Waiting For The Dawn
5. Joe Derrane & John McGann – The Bantry Lasses Molly On The Shore – - – Grove Lane
6. Fairport Convention – Matty Groves – Meet on the Ledge: The Classic Years (1967-1975)
7. Dromedary – Ukrainian Stomp – Live From The Make Believe
8. Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez – Don’t Speak in English – The New Bye & Bye
9. The Kruger Brothers – Once I Had a Sweetheart – Forever and a Day
10. Cherish the Ladies – The Cameronian Set: Tha M’Intinn Raoir…Duke of Gordon…The Cameronian…Lady of the House – One And All: The Best of Cherish The Ladies
11. Victoria Parks – Ballad of Uncle Davey – Wild English Rose
12. Kris Drever – Navigator – Black Water
13. Shaun Cromwell – Rust Belt Comet – Folk-Worn Prose
14. Joel Rafael – Danville Girl – The Songs of Woody Guthrie, Volume I
15. The Honey Dewdrops – Goodbye and Farewell – These Old Roots
16. April Smith and the Great Picture Show – Movie Loves A Screen – Songs for a Sinking Ship
17. Shaun Cromwell – Numbers Game – Folk-Worn Prose
18. Loreena McKennitt – The Lady Of Shalott – Nights From The Alhambra
19. Kate Jacobs – On My Monitor – Home Game
20. Rebecca Loebe – Her In That Dress – Mystery Prize
21. My Sweet Patootie – This Old Quilt – Patootified
22. Jonathan Byrd – I Was an Oak Tree – Cackalack
23. Joe Derrane – Gan Ainm/The Mooncoin Jig – Grove Lane
24. Geoff Bartley – Put The Big Stone Down – Put The Big Stone Down
25. Johnny Clegg – Give Me the Wonder – Human
26. The Weavers – If I Had a Hammer – Greatest Hits
27. Tift Merritt – The Things That Everybody Does – See You On The Moon
28. Ruth Moody – Cold Outside – The Garden
29. Red Molly – Poor Boy – James
30. Ralph McTell – The Girl From The Hiring Fair - Silver Celebration
31. Lisa Biales – Missing You – Closet Hippie
32. Jan Krist – Gravity – Curious
33. The Chieftains – Little Love Affairs (Nanci Griffith, vocal) – An Irish Evening
34. Basia Bulat – Go On – Heart Of My Own
35. Corin Raymond – Better Him Than Me – There Will Always Be A Small Time

Top 24 tracks for Festival Radio for November 2010.  Why 24? Because the listeners have spoken and thus shall it be.

Artist – Track – Album

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

Top 30 for Festival Radio as determined by listener feedback for Festival Radio for July 2010

Artist – Track – Album

1. Robert Rolfe Feddersen – “Pearls To Swine” – Milkman
2. Great Big Sea – “Dear Home Town” – Safe Upon The Shore
3. Tin Bird Choir – “Treat You Right” – Barn Rock
4. Robinella and the CC Stringband – “No Saint, No Prize” – Robinella and the CC Stringband
5. Ben Winship & David Thompson – “Old Bamboo (with John Lowell)” – Fishing Music II
6. Adler & Hearne – “How Can We Be Friends” – To The Heart
7. Wendy Wall – “Fool’s Gold” – The Road to Paradise
8. Scott and Michelle Dalziel – “Gravel Roads” – Thinking Out Loud
9. Stephanie Bettman and Luke Halpin – “Buttonwillow” – It All Comes Back to Love
10. The Lowlands – “Pack of Seeds” – Bark and Twine
11. Smithfield Fair – “The Mist Covered Mountains of Home” – Scotland, Fair Scotland
12. Dave Bordewey and Dave Young – “Lord Franklin” – A New Day
13. The Stringbusters – “Me, Myself and I” - Rhapsody in Uke
14. Tom Granata – “Black Day In July” – Left Foot Lightfoot
15. John Whelan – “Skimming the Surface” – Celtic Crossroads
16. Gordie Tentrees – “Mercy or Sin” – Mercy or Sin
17. Joe Crookston – “Wandering Shepherd” – Able Baker Charlie and Dog
18. Catherine MacLellan – “Isabel’s Song” – Water in the Ground
19. Patty Larkin – “Open Arms” – 25
20. Moody Bluegrass – “Your Wildest Dreams” – Moody Bluegrass
21. Melina Gerges – “Salam” – CD Single
22. Great Lake Swimmers – “Stealing Tomorrow” – Lost Channels
23. Buddy and Julie Miller – “What You Gonna Do Leroy” – Written in Chalk
24. The Infamous Stringdusters – “The Way I See You Now” – The Infamous Stringdusters
25. Chuck Brodsky – “Seven Miles Upwind” – Color Came One Day
26. Paul Kamm & Eleanore MacDonald – “To Let The Light In” – From The Fire
27. Louise Mosrie – “I Love This World” – Home
28. Johnny Flynn – “The Box” – A Larum
29. Simon & Garfunkel – “The Boxer” – Bridge Over Troubled Water
30. Julie Clark – “Growin’ Up” – Change Your Mind