Festival Radio Top 38, April 2009

Top 38 tracks as rated by listeners of Festival Radio, April 2009.  Why 38?  Why not?

Position – Artist – Track – Album

  1. Bruce Cockburn – Tibetan Side of Town – Slice O Life
  2. Jimmie Dale Gilmore – So I’ll Run - Spinning Around the Sun
  3. Emmylou Harris and Mary Black – Green Rolling Hills of West Virginia – Singing Through the Hard Times: A Tribute to Utah Phillips
  4. Grada – Maria Letizia’s - Cloudy Day Navigation
  5. The Queensberry Rules – Sinking Town – The Black Dog & Other Stories
  6. The Tannahill Weavers – The Black Run Set – Live and In Session
  7. Sweet Bitters – Secret Scar – Sweet Bitters
  8. The Avett Brothers – Hand-Me-Down Time – Emotionalism
  9. Dervish – Grainne – Traveling Show
  10. Tom Russell Band – Navajo Rug (with Ian Tyson) – Raw Vision
  11. Sligo Rags – Riding on the Wexford Line – The Whiskey Never Lies
  12. Red Molly – Wayfaring Stranger – Love and Other Tragedies
  13. Debra Cowan – Cruel Was My Father – Fond Desire Farewell
  14. Simon & Garfunkel – The Times They Are A-Changin’ – Collected Works
  15. Tift Merritt – Virginia, No One Can Warn You - Bramble Rose
  16. Suzzy & Maggie Roche – God Bless The Artists - Zero Church
  17. Old Crow Medicine Show – Down Home Girl – Big Iron World
  18. Laura Marling – The Captain and the Hourglass – Alas I Cannot Swim
  19. Solas – John Riordan’s Heels/Hoban’s White House/The Lisnagun Jig – For Love and Laughter
  20. Rhonda Vincent and The Rage – Frankie Belle – Ragin’ Live
  21. Cheryl Wheeler – Spring – Driving Home
  22. Boiled In Lead – Menfi – Silver
  23. T Bone Burnett – Power of Love – Twenty Twenty
  24. Still on the Hill – Seven Pies – Ozark: A Celebration in Song
  25. Mike Quick – Get Right With Your Church – Rain
  26. Luka Bloom – Don’t be afraid of the light that shines within you – Eleven Songs
  27. Kris Delmhorst – Wasted Word – Songs for a Hurricane
  28. Craig Bickhardt – The Real Game – Brother to the Wind
  29. Corey Crowder – Southern Way – The Gold in the Sand
  30. Brian Ashley Jones – Free to Miss You – Courier
  31. Salamander Crossing – Sweetest Song – Passion Train
  32. Hem – Too Late to Turn Back Now – Funnel Cloud
  33. The Clumsy Lovers – Big Ball in Brooklyn – Make Yourself Known
  34. Adrienne Young – Room To Grow – Room to Grow
  35. Kate Walsh – Talk Of The Town – Tim’s House
  36. Shawn Mullins – House Of The Rising Sun – 9th Ward Picking Parlor
  37. Steve and Ruth Smith – Mountain Minuet - Dancin’ Cross the Strings
  38. Eilen Jewell – I’m Gonna Dress In Black – Sea Of Tears
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Top 41, Festival Radio, March 2009

Top 41 tracks, Festival Radio, March 2009.  Why 41?  For the same reason that our amps go to 11.  Not surprisingly, Celtic music dominates this month’s list, so, because I can, I’ve colored all the Celtic tracks green.

Artist – Track – Album

  1. The Mavericks – Melbourne Mambo – Trampoline
  2. Tempest – Battle Mountain Breakdown – Balance
  3. Patti Witten – Admit It – Sycamore Tryst
  4. The Cottars – Byker Hill – Forerunner
  5. Melinda Crawford – The Comrie Croft Waltz – The Wandering Suitcase of Stirling
  6. Chumbawamba – Add Me – The Boy Bands Have Won
  7. RJ Cowdery – Down to the Water - One More Door
  8. Gaelic Storm – Rocky Road To Dublin/Kid on the Mountain – Gaelic Storm
  9. Clannad – An Gleann – Landmarks
  10. Cherish the Ladies – The Limerick Lassies Set - At Home
  11. The Bothy Band – Rosie Finn’s Favourite/ Over the Water to Charlie/ The Kid on the Mou – After Hours
  12. Al Stewart – Hanno the Navigator – Sparks of Ancient Light
  13. Donal Hinely – Shattered Glass – Blue State Boy
  14. Alan & John Kelly – The One That Was Lost / The Hag’s Purse/The Black Rogue – Celtic Compass
  15. Matt Molloy, Paul Brady and Tommy Peoples – The Rainy Day/The Grand Canal (Reels) – Molloy, Brady, Peoples
  16. June Tabor – Bonny May – The Folk Collection
  17. Martin Simpson – Little Musgrave – Prodigal Son
  18. The Rankin Family – Fare Thee Well Love – North Country
  19. The McKrells – Geraldines Thinking Of Galway – Live
  20. Rosheen – Taming the Steed – Musique Celtique
  21. Knot Fibb’n – Fibbin’ Jigs: Markettown Jig/Beauties of Ireland/Humors of Castlelyons - Knot Loitering
  22. Silly Wizard – The Blackbird - Joyful Noise – Celtic Favorites from Green Linnet
  23. Emily Smith – Caledonia – Too Long Away
  24. Bill Jones – Mist Covered Mountains – Turn to Me
  25. Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbuck – Carthy’s Reel – The Folk Collection
  26. Molly’s Revenge – Emmet’s Hedgehog – The Western Shore
  27. Liz Carroll and John Doyle – A Pound A Week Rise – Double Play
  28. Karen Ashbrook & Paul Oorts – Lamentation for the Fallen Heroes of Waterloo – Celtic Cafe
  29. Great Big Sea – The Night Pat Murphy Died – Rant and Roar
  30. Danny Carthy – Little Balls of Twine - Stand Look Around You
  31. The Tannahill Weavers – The Black Run Set - Live and In Session
  32. Karan Casey – Maidin Luan Chincise – Ships in the Forest
  33. Gibb Todd – Belle of Byron Bay - Goin’ Home
  34. Tempest – Top Of The Hill – 15th Anniversary Collection: Disc 3 Stage
  35. Runrig – Satellite Flood – Beat the Drum
  36. Fairport Convention – Matty Groves – Meet on the Ledge: The Classic Years (1967-1975)
  37. Natalie MacMaster – Hey, Johnny Cope! – My Roots are Showing
  38. Grace Griffith – Black is the Color - Sands of Time
  39. Danu – The Wonder Hornpipe – The Impish Hornpipe – The Road Less Traveled
  40. John Whelan – There Were Roses - Celtic Crossroads
  41. The Electrics – Irish Rover – The Electrics
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Top 15, Festival Radio, February 2008

February 2008 Top 15, Festival Radio.  Only 15 songs made the cut this time, as rated by Festival Radio listeners.  So use those up and down buttons, people!

Artist – Track – Album

1. The Waybacks – Good Enough – Loaded
2. Lawrence Blatt – Just Before Dawn – Fibonacci’s Dream
3. Lynn Miles – Unravel – Unravel
4. Leo Kottke – Morning Is The Long Way Home – One Guitar, No Vocals
5. Karine Polwart – Sorrowlessfield – This Earthly Spell
6. Cowboy Junkies – The Water Is Wide – Rarities, B-Sides and Slow, Sad Waltzes
7. Vanessa Peters and Ice Cream on Mondays – Okay From Now On – Sweetheart Keep Your Chin Up
8. Emmylou Harris – Wrecking Ball – Wrecking Ball
9. Vance Gilbert – Whatever Louise Wants – Up On Rockfield
10. Vanessa Peters and Ice Cream on Mondays – The Grammar of a Sinking Ship - Sweetheart Keep Your Chin Up
11. Blue Highway – Marbletown – Marbletown
12. Bex Marshall – Kitchen Table – Kitchen Table
13. Steve Goodman – You Better Get It While You Can (the Ballad of Carl Martin) – Anthology: No Big Surprise
14. Carrie Newcomer – Love Like An Immigrant – An Angel At My Shoulder
15. Loreena McKennitt – The Mummers’ Dance – Nights From The Alhambra

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Festival Radio Top 42, January 2009

Top 42 tracks as voted by the listeners of Festival Radio, January 2009.  Why 42?  Because it is the answer to the ultimate question.

Artist – Track – Album

  1. The Chieftains – Deserted Soldier (with Mary Chapin Carpenter) – Tears of Stone
  2. Shawn Mullins – Cold Black Heart – 9th Ward Picking Parlor
  3. Bill Evans and Megan Lynch – Sleeping Lady – Let’s Do Something
  4. Over The Rhine – Ohio – Ohio
  5. Madeleine Peyroux – Dance Me To The End Of Love – Careless Love
  6. Eddie From Ohio – Walkin’ In Jerusalem – Portable EFO Show
  7. Corinne West – Lost & Found - Second Sight
  8. Richard Berman – The Son Who Stayed Behind – Now and Then
  9. One Riot One Ranger – I Didn’t Know – Flat City Nights
  10. Jonathan Byrd & Dromedary – The River Girl – The Sea and The Sky
  11. Hugh Morrison – Dun Eistein – Under a Texas Skye
  12. David Bromberg – Wee Midnight Hour Blues – Live New York City 1982
  13. Cry Cry Cry – Cold Missouri Waters – Cry Cry Cry
  14. Bruce Hornsby & The Range – Mandolin Rain – The Way It Is
  15. Jeff Black – Island – Mining
  16. Christine Lavin – Good Thing He Can’t Read My Mind - I Don’t Make This Stuff Up, I Just Make it Rhyme
  17. Brooks Williams – Weary of the Moon – Live/Solo
  18. Jimmy LaFave – On A Bus To St. Cloud – Texoma
  19. Grand Drive – A Little Like You – Grand Drive
  20. Beoga – Forscarbaken/ Mickey The Pipes/ Trip To Cullenstown - Mischief
  21. Altan – The Sunset – The Best of Altan
  22. Vance Gilbert – Whatever Louise Wants – Up On Rockfield
  23. Robert Earl Keen – Shades Of Gray – Live From Austin TX
  24. Paul Brady – The Lakes of Pontchartrain (New Recording) – Nobody Knows
  25. Crooked Still – Tell Her to Come Back Home – Still Crooked
  26. Andrew McKnight – Times We’re Living In – Something Worth Standing For
  27. All Jigged Out – The All-Knowing Salmon: McArthur Road – Wish Hill
  28. Paul Kelly – Beggar On The Street Of Love – A to Z Downloads
  29. Nerissa & Katryna Nields – This Train – Sister Holler
  30. The Roe Family Singers – Lizabeth Brown – The Earth and All that Is In It
  31. Carrie Newcomer – Love Like An Immigrant – An Angel At My Shoulder
  32. Judy Collins – I Can’t Cry Hard Enough – Portrait of an American Girl
  33. We’re About 9 – For One More – Paperdust :: Stardust
  34. Linda Thompson – Day After Tomorrow – Versatile Heart
  35. Simon & Garfunkel – I Am A Rock - Live From New York City, 1967
  36. Woody Guthrie – Sinking of the Reuben James – The Asch Recordings Vol. 1
  37. Cheryl Wheeler – Estate Sale – Circles & Arrows
  38. Buddy Mondlock – Comin’ Down In The Rain – Poetic Justice
  39. The Rankin Family – The River – Endless Seasons
  40. Po’ Girl – Skies of Grey – Home To You
  41. Malcolm Holcombe – Sparrows and Sparrows – Not Forgotten
  42. Blind Boys of Alabama – Many Rivers to Cross – Higher Ground
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Top 39, Festival Radio, December 2008

Top 39, Festival Radio, December 2008, as rated by listeners.

Artist – Track – Album

  1. Leonard Cohen – Take This Waltz – The Essential Leonard Cohen
  2. Hugh Morrison – Dun Eistein – Under a Texas Skye
  3. Brooks Williams – Weary of the Moon – Live/Solo 
  4. Sligo Rags – Suite for a Drunken Sailor – Whiskey Never Lies
  5. Jimmy LaFave – On A Bus To St. Cloud – Texoma 
  6. Red Molly – Honey on My Grave – Love and Other Tragedies
  7. Pete And Maura Kennedy – Wall Of Death – River Of Fallen Stars
  8. The Malvinas – On a Limb – Love Hope & Transportation
  9. Kip White – Lonesome Tree – Places
  10. Bob Dylan – Red River Shore (unreleased, Time Out Of Mind) – Tell Tale Signs
  11. Alastair Moock – Fishing Tales – Fortune Street
  12. Yusuf – Maybe There’s a World – An Other Cup
  13. Grada – River – Cloudy Day Navigation
  14. Diana Jones – Pony – My Remembrance of You
  15. Caroline Doctorow – Birmingham Sunday – Another Country: The Songs of Mimi and Richard Farina
  16. Bruce Hornsby & The Range – Mandolin Rain – The Way It Is
  17. Vance Gilbert – Whatever Louise Wants – Up On Rockfield
  18. Mary Fahl – In the Great Unknown – The Other Side of Time
  19. Wolfstone – This Girl – This Strange Place
  20. Still on the Hill – Otis and Ocie – Ozark: A Celebration in Song
  21. Joni Mitchell – Raised On Robbery – Hits
  22. Jackson Browne – Enough Of The Night – Solo Acoustic Volume 2
  23. Enter the Haggis – Another Round – Northampton
  24. The Burns Sisters – I Am a Patriot – Wild Bouquet
  25. The Strangelings – Matty Groves – Season of the Witch
  26. Martin Simpson – Kit’s Tune – When A Knight Won His Spurs – Prodigal Son
  27. Reverend Gary Davis – Samson and Delilah – Vanguard: Roots of Folk
  28. Michael Johnathon – Bells of Cold November – Homestead
  29. The Steep Canyon Rangers – Call The Captain – Lovin’ Pretty Women
  30. Patty Griffin – Useless Desires – Impossible Dream
  31. Andrew Calhoun & Campground – Uncle Billy – Bound To Go
  32. Trampled By Turtles – Trouble – Trouble
  33. One Riot One Ranger – I Didn’t Know – Flat City Nights
  34. The Avett Brothers – Shame – Emotionalism
  35. Paul Simon – Proof – Concert in the Park
  36. The Mammals – Solo Le Pido A Dios – Departure
  37. U2 – Jesus Christ – Folkways: A Vision Shared – A Tribute to Woody Guthrie & Leadbelly
  38. The Rankin Family – The River – Endless Seasons
  39. Mavis Staples – Why Am I Treated So Bad – Live: Hope at the Hideout
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Festival Christmas Top 40

This year’s top 40 Christmas tunes, as voted by listeners of Festival Christmas, to brighten your Christmas Eve.

Artist – Song – Album

  1. Boys of the Lough – That Night in Bethlehem – Midwinter Night’s Dream
  2. The Peasall Sisters – Hark The Herald Angels Sing – A Holiday EP From Dualtone
  3. Don Peris – Christmas Time Is Here – brighter visions from afar
  4. Ottmar Liebert – Shepherd’s Nite Watch – Poets & Angels
  5. Steve Bell – Come Thou Long Expected Jesus – The Feast
  6. Robby Hecht – Best That I Do – Hudson Harding Sampler, Volume 3 — Happy Holidays
  7. Anuna – Gaudete – Christmas Memories
  8. Solas – The Snows Fall Away – A Winter’s Tale
  9. Odetta – Somebody Talking bout Jesus – Gonna Let It Shine
  10. Dan Fogelberg – The First Christmas Morning – The First Christmas Morning
  11. Jesse Colin Young – What Child Is This? - Songs For Christmas
  12. Donna Germano – Il Est Ne – Oasis Acoustic Volume 37
  13. Don Peris – O Come All Ye Faithful – brighter visions from afar
  14. Christine Lavin and the Mistletones – Dona Nobis Pacem – Runaway Christmas Tree
  15. The Arrogant Worms – Santa’s Gonna Kick Your Ass – Christmas Turkey
  16. Woody Phillips – Deck the Halls – A Toolbox Christmas
  17. Woody Phillips – Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy – A Toolbox Christmas
  18. Sixpence None The Richer – Christmas For Two – The Dawn Of Grace
  19. Emmylou Harris – Beutiful Star of Bethlehem – Light of the Stable – Christmas Album
  20. David DeBoy – Aluminum Christmas Tree – Oasis Acoustic Volume 37
  21. Brave Combo – O Christmas Tree -It’s Christmas, Man
  22. Bernice Lewis – It’s About Peace – Hudson Harding Sampler Volume 1- Happy Holidays
  23. Loreena McKennitt – God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Abdelli version) – A Midwinter Night’s Dream
  24. Bonnie Rideout – Eric Rigler – Maggie Sansone – Al Petteway – Rock Thee O’ Child – Christ Child’s Lullaby – A Scottish Christmas 
  25. Dan Crary – The Last Noel – Holiday Guitar – Christmas
  26. Siucra – The Cherry Tree Carol – A Very Siucra Christmas
  27. Rosie Thomas – Why Can’t It Be Christmastime All Year – A Very Rosie Christmas
  28. The Crossing – Emmanuel (reprise) – The Court of a King
  29. Catie Curtis – Lo How a Rose E’er Blooming – Hear the Angels Sing: Holiday Greetings From Rykodisk
  30. Ruben Romero And Robert Notkoff – Jingle Bell Rhumba – Christmas In Santa Fe
  31. Belton Richard – Blue Christmas – Alligator Stomp, Vol. 4: Cajun Christmas
  32. Berroguetto – Nadal De Luintra – Putumayo World Christmas
  33. Johnnie Allan – It’s Christmas in Louisiana – Alligator Stomp, Volume 4- Cajun Christmas
  34. Cathie Ryan – It Came Upon a Midnight Clear – Narada’s Best of Celtic Christmas
  35. Eric Rigler and Scarlet Rivera – Hark! The Herald Angels Sing – Christmas in Ireland
  36. Verdier, Taylor & Prendergast – The Wassail Song / Connaughtman’s Rambles – Celtic Christmas
  37. Patty Loveless – Bluegrass, White Snow – Bluegrass & White Snow
  38. Mindy Smith – Away In A Manger – My Holiday
  39. Loreena McKennitt – Emmanuel – A Midwinter Night’s Dream
  40. Aimee Mann – Whatever Happened to Christmas – One More Drifter in the Snow
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November 2008 – Top 45 Festival Radio

Top 45 for November 2008, Festival Radio, as determined by listener ratings

Artist - Track – Album

  1. John Cowan – With A Memory Like Mine – New Tattoo
  2. The Mammals – Solo Le Pido A Dios – Departure
  3. Fort Pastor – March Out - Beautiful Imperfection
  4. Gypsy Soul – Blackbird – beneath the covers: a rediscovery
  5. Still on the Hill – Weaning House – Ozark: A Celebration in Song
  6. Samuel James – Love & Mumbly-Peg – Songs Famed for Sorrow and Joy
  7. Lynn Miles – Last Night – Slightly Haunted
  8. Yusuf – Maybe There’s a World – An Other Cup
  9. Steve Robinson – Road to Ruin – Undercurrent
  10. Melinda Crawford – Sailor’s Wife/Lady Elisabeth Cole’s Reef/Cowboy Jig – Wandering Suitcase of Stirling
  11. John Flynn – Benediction – Dragon
  12. Ashley Maher – Dream Rhymes – Pomegranate
  13. Laienda – Flicker & Fly – EP
  14. The Byrds – Positively 4Th Street (Live) – There Is A Season
  15. The Strangelings – Matty Groves – Season of the Witch
  16. Shawn Mullins – Cold Black Heart – 9th Ward Picking Parlor
  17. Peggy Seeger – The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Three Score and Ten
  18. Lori McKenna – Paper Wings and Halo (live) – Paper Wings and Halo (rerelease)
  19. Jeni & Billy – Ain’t Got Time For Trouble Blues – Jewell Ridge Coal
  20. Jackson Browne – The Arms Of Night – Time The Conqueror
  21. Enter the Haggis – Another Round – Northampton
  22. Terence Martin – The Way It Didn’t Go – Sleeper
  23. Grada – The Queen and the Soldier – Cloudy Day Navigation 
  24. Cathie Ryan – The Wild Flowers – The Farthest Wave
  25. Boiled In Lead – The Rushes Green – Silver
  26. All Jigged Out – It Is – Wish Hill
  27. Scott and Michelle Dalziel – Topanga Canyon – Thinking Out Loud
  28. Ruthie Foster – Walk On – Runaway Soul
  29. Robinella and the CC Stringband – Mornin’ Dove – Robinella and the CC Stringband
  30. Martin Simpson – The Granemore Hare – Prodigal Son
  31. Mark Heard – Some Folks’ World – Victims Of The Age
  32. Loreena McKennitt – Santiago – Nights From The Alhambra
  33. The Levellers – Death Loves Youth – Letters From The Underground
  34. Darrell Scott – Out Among the Stars – Modern Hymns
  35. Bert Jansch – The Old Triangle – The Black Swan
  36. Steve Forbert – Train Whistle Blues – Any Old Time: Songs of Jimmie Rodgers
  37. Pete Seeger – Throw Away That Shad Net – At 89
  38. Moxy Fruvous – Pisco Bandito – The “C” Album
  39. The Malvinas – On a Limb – Love Hope & Transportation
  40. Karen Matheson – I will not wear the willow – downriver
  41. Emily Kurn – Light the Lamp – I’m Just Like You
  42. Eddie From Ohio – Walk Humbly, Son – This is Me
  43. David Bromberg – New Lee Highway Blues - Live in New York 1982
  44. Clive Batkin and Joel McDermott – Sweet Lady Gumbo – G-Force Trousers
  45. Anuna – Kells - Celtic Origins
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Top 43, October 2008

Festival Radio, Top 43 tracks as voted by listeners, October 2008.  Why 43?  A tie at 40.

Artist – Track – Album

  1. Matt Molloy, Paul Brady and Tommy Peoples – The Crosses Of Annagh/McFaddens Handsome Daughter (Reels) – Molloy, Brady, Peoples
  2. Colleen Kattau – Royally Oily – Hail to the Thieves Volume III
  3. Greg Trooper – This I’d Do – Make It Through This World
  4. Dave Sharp – Hard Travellin – Hard Travellin’
  5. Bruce Springsteen – Mansion On The Hill – Nebraska
  6. Bruce Cockburn – Child of the Wind – Nothing But A Burning Light
  7. Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys – Blues du saoulard – The Best of Louisiana Music
  8. Baka Beyond – Bokissa – Rhythm Tree
  9.  Ben Sollee – A Few Honest Words – Learning to Bend
  10.  Beausoleil – Maman Rosin Boudreaux – Hey Mardi Gras
  11. Vance Gilbert – Some Great Thing – Up on Rockfield
  12. Pete Seeger – Waist Deep In The Big Muddy – At 89
  13. Oscar Lopez – Aires de Otros Mundos – Seduction
  14. The Infamous Stringdusters – Glass Elevator – The Infamous Stringdusters
  15. Greg Greenway – Sick and Tired – Standing on the Side of Love
  16. Front Range – Two Empty Arms (And One Broken Heart) – Back to Red River
  17. Alison Krauss & Union Station – But You Know I Love You – Alison Krauss & Union Station – Live
  18. Solas – There Is A Time – For Love and Laughter
  19. Karine Polwart – Waterlily – Faultlines
  20. Jeff Black – Same Old River – B-Sides and Confessions, Vol. 1
  21. Elizabeth Nicholson & Stringed Migration – Paddy Fahey’s/Cape Breton Reel – Fly Not Yet
  22. Darrell Scott – Out Among the Stars – Modern Hymns
  23. Bellowhead – Fakenham Fair – Matachin
  24. Tom Rush – River Song – No Regrets: The Very Best Of Tom Rush
  25. Sligo Rags – Suite for a Drunken Sailor – Whiskey Never Lies
  26. Markley & Balmer – Coattails – Markley & Balmer
  27. Lynne Hanson – Tears in your Rain – Eleven Months
  28. Loreena McKennitt – Santiago – Nights From The Alhambra
  29. John & Mary – The azalea festival – Victory Gardens
  30. David Wilcox – Waffle House – Live Songs & Stories 
  31. Robinella and the CC Stringband – Mornin’ Dove – Robinella and the CC Stringband
  32. Moya Brennan – Ancient Town – Two Horizons
  33. Martyn Joseph – Treasure The Questions – Thunder & Rainbows
  34. Johnsmith – Honest Truth – break me open
  35. Fairground Attraction – Fear is the enemy of love – Kawasaki Live In Japan 02.07.89
  36. The Chieftains – Siuil A Run (with Sissel) – Tears of Stone
  37. Johnny Clegg & Savuka – Great Heart – Third World Child
  38. Christine Lavin – A Shark in New York Waters (live) – I Don’t Make This Stuff Up, I Just Make it Rhyme
  39. Vigilantes of Love – Eleanor – Killing Floor
  40. Steve Goodman – Between The Lines – No Big Surprise: Anthology
  41. The Refugees – The Violin Song – Unbound
  42. Oysterband – Bright Morningstar – Rise Above
  43. Chris Stuart & Backcountry – Rider On This Train – Mojave River
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Festival Radio, Top 41, September 2008

Top 41 tracks of September 2008 as voted by the listeners of Festival Radio.  Why 41?  Just to give you a little bit extra.  Our amps go to 11!  And, as a special bonus, I’ve highlighted all international acts (i.e., not from America) in red.

Artist – Track – Album

  1. Grace Griffith – Black is the Color – Sands of Time
  2. Paul Simon – Proof – Concert in the Park
  3. Clive Batkin and Joel McDermott – Sweet Lady Gumbo – G-Force Trousers
  4. Crooked Still – Tell Her to Come Back Home – Still Crooked
  5. The Refugees – The Violin Song – Unbound
  6. The Gordons – All My Tears – Our Time
  7. Angel Band – Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep – With Roots & Wings
  8. The Strangelings – Matty Groves – Season of the Witch
  9. Ellen Bukstel – Grow Up and Change the World – Daddy’s Little Girl
  10. David Wilcox – Waffle House – Live Songs & Stories
  11. Bert Jansch – The Old Triangle – The Black Swan
  12. The Waifs – Take It In – The Waifs
  13. The Sevens – Derrane’s Jig Set – Valiant
  14. Sandy Denny – It’ll Take A Long Time – No More Sad Refrains: The Anthology
  15. Ana Moura – Ouivi Dizer Que Aconteceu – Aconteceu
  16. Lúnasa – The Floating Crowbar – The Story So Far…
  17. Lynne Hanson – Tears in your Rain – Eleven Months
  18. Antoine Dufour – The Transcendent Mountain – Existence
  19. Solas – Merry Go Round – For Love and Laughter
  20. Neil Jacobs – Spanadonia – American Gypsy
  21. Lynne Hanson – Day Keeps Coming – Eleven Months
  22. The Kennedys – American Wish - Better Dreams
  23. Jeff Black – Same Old River – B-Sides and Confessions, Vol. 1
  24. Bruce Hornsby & The Range – Mandolin Rain – The Way It Is
  25. Anne Feeney – A Patriot’s Act – Mission Street Project: Make Levees — Songs From The Kitchen Table, Volume 2
  26. Eddie From Ohio – Walkin’ In Jerusalem – Portable EFO Show
  27. The Kennedys – Raging Eyes – Songs of the Open Road
  28. Steve Earle – Steve’s Hammer (For Pete) – Washington Square Serenade
  29. Salamander Crossing – Shotgun Down the Avalanche – Salamander Crossing
  30. Richie Havens – All Along The Watchtower – Philadelphia Folk Festival – Celebration Highlights From The 40th Anniversary Festival
  31. The Horse Flies – Baghdad Children – Until the Ocean
  32. Capercaillie – Oran Sugraidh – Roses And Tears
  33. Lynn Miles – Black Flowers – Unravel
  34. Fairport Convention – Wat Tyler – The Cropredy Box
  35. The Chieftains – Siuil A Run (with Sissel) – Tears of Stone
  36. Tom Paxton – I Like The Way You Look - Comedians & Angels
  37. The Tannahill Weavers – The Log Splitter Set – Live and In Session
  38. Sting & The Chieftains – Sisters Of Mercy – Tower of Song: The Songs of Leonard Cohen
  39. Cherish the Ladies – The Leader of the Band – At Home
  40. John Denver – Forest Lawn – An Evening With John Denver
  41. Claire Holley – Old Woman – Night Air
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Top 44, Festival Radio, August 2008

Top tracks as rated by listeners to Festival Radio, August 2008.  There was a 5-way tie at #44.

Artist – Track – Album

1.    Taj Mahal – Two-Step de Grand Mallet – Creole Bred – A Tribute to Creole & Zydeco
2.    Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros – Bhindi Bhagee – Global A Go-Go
3.    The Hooters – Karla With A K – One Way Home
4.    Chuck Brodsky – Letters in the Dirt – Two Sets
5.    Carrie Newcomer – Throw Me A Line – The Geography of Light
6.    The Schramms – Tell Me Again and Again – 2000 Weiss Beers From Home
7.    Kelley McCrae – Sparrow – Highrises In Brooklyn
8.    Grada – Mini minor – Endeavour
9.    Chris and Siobhan Nelson – Purple, White and Green – Day Has Dawned
10.    Joel Rafael – This Is My Country – Thirteen Stories High
11.    Harry Chapin – I Wanna Learn a Love Song – Greatest Stories Live
12.    Michelle Shocked – Uncloudy Day – ToHeavenURide
13.    Nels Andrews – Shoot Out the Stars – Off Track Betting
14.    Cathie Ryan – Erin’s Lovely Home – The Music Of What Happens
15.    the innocence mission – Oh Do Not Fly Away – small planes
16.    Old Blind Dogs – Tramps and Hawkers – Fit?
17.    Steve Goodman – The Dutchman – Anthology: No Big Surprise
18.    Linda Thompson – The World Is A Wonderful Place – Give Me A Sad Song
19.    Todd Snider – Fortunate Son – Peace Queer
20.    Steve Goodman – City Of New Orleans – Anthology: No Big Surprise
21.    Kim and Reggie Harris – Get On Board – Get on Board: Underground Railroad and Civil Rights Freedom Songs Volume 2
22.    Kate Rusby – The Fairest Of All Yarrow – 10
23.    Jesse Winchester – A Showman’s Life – The Best Of
24.    The Refugees – Unbound – Unbound
25.    One Riot One Ranger – I Think I’ll Fall in Love – Side Tracks
26.    Marie Knight – Lord I Feel Like Goin’ On – Let Us Get Together: A Tribute to Reverend Gary Davis
27.    Loreena McKennitt – The Mystic’s Dream – Nights From The Alhambra
28.    Jack Williams – Tomorrow is Such a Long Time – Don’t Let Go!
29.    The Horse Flies – Rafting (From My Front Door) – Until the Ocean
30.    Eleanor McEvoy – Music Of It All - Eleanor McEvoy
31.    Bill Morrissey – Will You Be My Rose? – something i saw or thought i saw
32.    Tim Grimm – This Hole – Holding Up the World
33.    Sloan Wainwright – There But For Fortune – Rediscovery
34.    Simon and Garfunkel – So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright – Bridge Over Troubled Water
35.    Paul Kelly – Please Leave Your Light On – Stolen Apples
36.    Oysterband – Bright Morningstar – Rise Above
37.    Noel Paul Stookey – Facets of the Jewel- Facets
38.    Al Petteway – Spindrift – Whispering Stones
39.    Steeleye Span – Spotted Cow – Below The Salt
40.    Michael Berkowitz – Fisherman’s Daughter – a song for every station
40.    Kasey Chambers – Barricades & Brickwalls – Barricades & Brickwalls
40.    The Horse Flies – Baghdad Children – Until the Ocean
40.    Feufollet – Cow Island Hop – Cow Island Hop
40.    Cowboy Junkies – Blue Moon Revisited (A Song For Elvis) – In The Time Before Llamas

Once again, I am overwhelmed by the great taste and variety of the songs rated by my listeners.

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