Top 38 tracks as rated by listeners of Festival Radio, April 2009. Why 38? Why not?
Position – Artist – Track – Album
- Bruce Cockburn – Tibetan Side of Town – Slice O Life
- Jimmie Dale Gilmore – So I’ll Run - Spinning Around the Sun
- Emmylou Harris and Mary Black – Green Rolling Hills of West Virginia – Singing Through the Hard Times: A Tribute to Utah Phillips
- Grada – Maria Letizia’s - Cloudy Day Navigation
- The Queensberry Rules – Sinking Town – The Black Dog & Other Stories
- The Tannahill Weavers – The Black Run Set – Live and In Session
- Sweet Bitters – Secret Scar – Sweet Bitters
- The Avett Brothers – Hand-Me-Down Time – Emotionalism
- Dervish – Grainne – Traveling Show
- Tom Russell Band – Navajo Rug (with Ian Tyson) – Raw Vision
- Sligo Rags – Riding on the Wexford Line – The Whiskey Never Lies
- Red Molly – Wayfaring Stranger – Love and Other Tragedies
- Debra Cowan – Cruel Was My Father – Fond Desire Farewell
- Simon & Garfunkel – The Times They Are A-Changin’ – Collected Works
- Tift Merritt – Virginia, No One Can Warn You - Bramble Rose
- Suzzy & Maggie Roche – God Bless The Artists - Zero Church
- Old Crow Medicine Show – Down Home Girl – Big Iron World
- Laura Marling – The Captain and the Hourglass – Alas I Cannot Swim
- Solas – John Riordan’s Heels/Hoban’s White House/The Lisnagun Jig – For Love and Laughter
- Rhonda Vincent and The Rage – Frankie Belle – Ragin’ Live
- Cheryl Wheeler – Spring – Driving Home
- Boiled In Lead – Menfi – Silver
- T Bone Burnett – Power of Love – Twenty Twenty
- Still on the Hill – Seven Pies – Ozark: A Celebration in Song
- Mike Quick – Get Right With Your Church – Rain
- Luka Bloom – Don’t be afraid of the light that shines within you – Eleven Songs
- Kris Delmhorst – Wasted Word – Songs for a Hurricane
- Craig Bickhardt – The Real Game – Brother to the Wind
- Corey Crowder – Southern Way – The Gold in the Sand
- Brian Ashley Jones – Free to Miss You – Courier
- Salamander Crossing – Sweetest Song – Passion Train
- Hem – Too Late to Turn Back Now – Funnel Cloud
- The Clumsy Lovers – Big Ball in Brooklyn – Make Yourself Known
- Adrienne Young – Room To Grow – Room to Grow
- Kate Walsh – Talk Of The Town – Tim’s House
- Shawn Mullins – House Of The Rising Sun – 9th Ward Picking Parlor
- Steve and Ruth Smith – Mountain Minuet - Dancin’ Cross the Strings
- Eilen Jewell – I’m Gonna Dress In Black – Sea Of Tears
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
- The Mavericks – Melbourne Mambo – Trampoline
- Tempest – Battle Mountain Breakdown – Balance
- Patti Witten – Admit It – Sycamore Tryst
- The Cottars – Byker Hill – Forerunner
- Melinda Crawford – The Comrie Croft Waltz – The Wandering Suitcase of Stirling
- Chumbawamba – Add Me – The Boy Bands Have Won
- RJ Cowdery – Down to the Water - One More Door
- Gaelic Storm – Rocky Road To Dublin/Kid on the Mountain – Gaelic Storm
- Clannad – An Gleann – Landmarks
- Cherish the Ladies – The Limerick Lassies Set - At Home
- The Bothy Band – Rosie Finn’s Favourite/ Over the Water to Charlie/ The Kid on the Mou – After Hours
- Al Stewart – Hanno the Navigator – Sparks of Ancient Light
- Donal Hinely – Shattered Glass – Blue State Boy
- Alan & John Kelly – The One That Was Lost / The Hag’s Purse/The Black Rogue – Celtic Compass
- Matt Molloy, Paul Brady and Tommy Peoples – The Rainy Day/The Grand Canal (Reels) – Molloy, Brady, Peoples
- June Tabor – Bonny May – The Folk Collection
- Martin Simpson – Little Musgrave – Prodigal Son
- The Rankin Family – Fare Thee Well Love – North Country
- The McKrells – Geraldines Thinking Of Galway – Live
- Rosheen – Taming the Steed – Musique Celtique
- Knot Fibb’n – Fibbin’ Jigs: Markettown Jig/Beauties of Ireland/Humors of Castlelyons - Knot Loitering
- Silly Wizard – The Blackbird - Joyful Noise – Celtic Favorites from Green Linnet
- Emily Smith – Caledonia – Too Long Away
- Bill Jones – Mist Covered Mountains – Turn to Me
- Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbuck – Carthy’s Reel – The Folk Collection
- Molly’s Revenge – Emmet’s Hedgehog – The Western Shore
- Liz Carroll and John Doyle – A Pound A Week Rise – Double Play
- Karen Ashbrook & Paul Oorts – Lamentation for the Fallen Heroes of Waterloo – Celtic Cafe
- Great Big Sea – The Night Pat Murphy Died – Rant and Roar
- Danny Carthy – Little Balls of Twine - Stand Look Around You
- The Tannahill Weavers – The Black Run Set - Live and In Session
- Karan Casey – Maidin Luan Chincise – Ships in the Forest
- Gibb Todd – Belle of Byron Bay - Goin’ Home
- Tempest – Top Of The Hill – 15th Anniversary Collection: Disc 3 Stage
- Runrig – Satellite Flood – Beat the Drum
- Fairport Convention – Matty Groves – Meet on the Ledge: The Classic Years (1967-1975)
- Natalie MacMaster – Hey, Johnny Cope! – My Roots are Showing
- Grace Griffith – Black is the Color - Sands of Time
- Danu – The Wonder Hornpipe – The Impish Hornpipe – The Road Less Traveled
- John Whelan – There Were Roses - Celtic Crossroads
- The Electrics – Irish Rover – The Electrics
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
Top 42 tracks as voted by the listeners of Festival Radio, January 2009. Â Why 42? Â Because it is the answer to the ultimate question.
Artist – Track – Album
- The Chieftains – Deserted Soldier (with Mary Chapin Carpenter) – Tears of Stone
- Shawn Mullins – Cold Black Heart – 9th Ward Picking Parlor
- Bill Evans and Megan Lynch – Sleeping Lady – Let’s Do Something
- Over The Rhine – Ohio – Ohio
- Madeleine Peyroux – Dance Me To The End Of Love – Careless Love
- Eddie From Ohio – Walkin’ In Jerusalem – Portable EFO Show
- Corinne West – Lost & Found - Second Sight
- Richard Berman – The Son Who Stayed Behind – Now and Then
- One Riot One Ranger – I Didn’t Know – Flat City Nights
- Jonathan Byrd & Dromedary – The River Girl – The Sea and The Sky
- Hugh Morrison – Dun Eistein – Under a Texas Skye
- David Bromberg – Wee Midnight Hour Blues – Live New York City 1982
- Cry Cry Cry – Cold Missouri Waters – Cry Cry Cry
- Bruce Hornsby & The Range – Mandolin Rain – The Way It Is
- Jeff Black – Island – Mining
- Christine Lavin – Good Thing He Can’t Read My Mind - I Don’t Make This Stuff Up, I Just Make it Rhyme
- Brooks Williams – Weary of the Moon – Live/Solo
- Jimmy LaFave – On A Bus To St. Cloud – Texoma
- Grand Drive – A Little Like You – Grand Drive
- Beoga – Forscarbaken/ Mickey The Pipes/ Trip To Cullenstown - Mischief
- Altan – The Sunset – The Best of Altan
- Vance Gilbert – Whatever Louise Wants – Up On Rockfield
- Robert Earl Keen – Shades Of Gray – Live From Austin TX
- Paul Brady – The Lakes of Pontchartrain (New Recording) – Nobody Knows
- Crooked Still – Tell Her to Come Back Home – Still Crooked
- Andrew McKnight – Times We’re Living In – Something Worth Standing For
- All Jigged Out – The All-Knowing Salmon: McArthur Road – Wish Hill
- Paul Kelly – Beggar On The Street Of Love – A to Z Downloads
- Nerissa & Katryna Nields – This Train – Sister Holler
- The Roe Family Singers – Lizabeth Brown – The Earth and All that Is In It
- Carrie Newcomer – Love Like An Immigrant – An Angel At My Shoulder
- Judy Collins – I Can’t Cry Hard Enough – Portrait of an American Girl
- We’re About 9 – For One More – Paperdust :: Stardust
- Linda Thompson – Day After Tomorrow – Versatile Heart
- Simon & Garfunkel – I Am A Rock - Live From New York City, 1967
- Woody Guthrie – Sinking of the Reuben James – The Asch Recordings Vol. 1
- Cheryl Wheeler – Estate Sale – Circles & Arrows
- Buddy Mondlock – Comin’ Down In The Rain – Poetic Justice
- The Rankin Family – The River – Endless Seasons
- Po’ Girl – Skies of Grey – Home To You
- Malcolm Holcombe – Sparrows and Sparrows – Not Forgotten
- Blind Boys of Alabama – Many Rivers to Cross – Higher Ground
Top 39, Festival Radio, December 2008, as rated by listeners.
Artist – Track – Album
- Leonard Cohen – Take This Waltz – The Essential Leonard Cohen
- Hugh Morrison – Dun Eistein – Under a Texas Skye
- Brooks Williams – Weary of the Moon – Live/SoloÂ
- Sligo Rags – Suite for a Drunken Sailor – Whiskey Never Lies
- Jimmy LaFave – On A Bus To St. Cloud – TexomaÂ
- Red Molly – Honey on My Grave – Love and Other Tragedies
- Pete And Maura Kennedy – Wall Of Death – River Of Fallen Stars
- The Malvinas – On a Limb – Love Hope & Transportation
- Kip White – Lonesome Tree – Places
- Bob Dylan – Red River Shore (unreleased, Time Out Of Mind) – Tell Tale Signs
- Alastair Moock – Fishing Tales – Fortune Street
- Yusuf – Maybe There’s a World – An Other Cup
- Grada – River – Cloudy Day Navigation
- Diana Jones – Pony – My Remembrance of You
- Caroline Doctorow – Birmingham Sunday – Another Country: The Songs of Mimi and Richard Farina
- Bruce Hornsby & The Range – Mandolin Rain – The Way It Is
- Vance Gilbert – Whatever Louise Wants – Up On Rockfield
- Mary Fahl – In the Great Unknown – The Other Side of Time
- Wolfstone – This Girl – This Strange Place
- Still on the Hill – Otis and Ocie – Ozark: A Celebration in Song
- Joni Mitchell – Raised On Robbery – Hits
- Jackson Browne – Enough Of The Night – Solo Acoustic Volume 2
- Enter the Haggis – Another Round – Northampton
- The Burns Sisters – I Am a Patriot – Wild Bouquet
- The Strangelings – Matty Groves – Season of the Witch
- Martin Simpson – Kit’s Tune – When A Knight Won His Spurs – Prodigal Son
- Reverend Gary Davis – Samson and Delilah – Vanguard: Roots of Folk
- Michael Johnathon – Bells of Cold November – Homestead
- The Steep Canyon Rangers – Call The Captain – Lovin’ Pretty Women
- Patty Griffin – Useless Desires – Impossible Dream
- Andrew Calhoun & Campground – Uncle Billy – Bound To Go
- Trampled By Turtles – Trouble – Trouble
- One Riot One Ranger – I Didn’t Know – Flat City Nights
- The Avett Brothers – Shame – Emotionalism
- Paul Simon – Proof – Concert in the Park
- The Mammals – Solo Le Pido A Dios – Departure
- U2 – Jesus Christ – Folkways: A Vision Shared – A Tribute to Woody Guthrie & Leadbelly
- The Rankin Family – The River – Endless Seasons
- Mavis Staples – Why Am I Treated So Bad – Live: Hope at the Hideout
This year’s top 40 Christmas tunes, as voted by listeners of Festival Christmas, to brighten your Christmas Eve.
Artist – Song – Album
- Boys of the Lough – That Night in Bethlehem – Midwinter Night’s Dream
- The Peasall Sisters – Hark The Herald Angels Sing – A Holiday EP From Dualtone
- Don Peris – Christmas Time Is Here – brighter visions from afar
- Ottmar Liebert – Shepherd’s Nite Watch – Poets & Angels
- Steve Bell – Come Thou Long Expected Jesus – The Feast
- Robby Hecht – Best That I Do – Hudson Harding Sampler, Volume 3 — Happy Holidays
- Anuna – Gaudete – Christmas Memories
- Solas – The Snows Fall Away – A Winter’s Tale
- Odetta – Somebody Talking bout Jesus – Gonna Let It Shine
- Dan Fogelberg – The First Christmas Morning – The First Christmas Morning
- Jesse Colin Young – What Child Is This? -Â Songs For Christmas
- Donna Germano – Il Est Ne – Oasis Acoustic Volume 37
- Don Peris – O Come All Ye Faithful – brighter visions from afar
- Christine Lavin and the Mistletones – Dona Nobis Pacem – Runaway Christmas Tree
- The Arrogant Worms – Santa’s Gonna Kick Your Ass – Christmas Turkey
- Woody Phillips – Deck the Halls – A Toolbox Christmas
- Woody Phillips – Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy – A Toolbox Christmas
- Sixpence None The Richer – Christmas For Two – The Dawn Of Grace
- Emmylou Harris – Beutiful Star of Bethlehem – Light of the Stable – Christmas Album
- David DeBoy – Aluminum Christmas Tree – Oasis Acoustic Volume 37
- Brave Combo – O Christmas Tree -It’s Christmas, Man
- Bernice Lewis – It’s About Peace – Hudson Harding Sampler Volume 1- Happy Holidays
- Loreena McKennitt – God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Abdelli version) – A Midwinter Night’s Dream
- Bonnie Rideout – Eric Rigler – Maggie Sansone – Al Petteway – Rock Thee O’ Child – Christ Child’s Lullaby – A Scottish ChristmasÂ
- Dan Crary – The Last Noel – Holiday Guitar – Christmas
- Siucra – The Cherry Tree Carol – A Very Siucra Christmas
- Rosie Thomas – Why Can’t It Be Christmastime All Year – A Very Rosie Christmas
- The Crossing – Emmanuel (reprise) – The Court of a King
- Catie Curtis – Lo How a Rose E’er Blooming – Hear the Angels Sing: Holiday Greetings From Rykodisk
- Ruben Romero And Robert Notkoff – Jingle Bell Rhumba – Christmas In Santa Fe
- Belton Richard – Blue Christmas – Alligator Stomp, Vol. 4: Cajun Christmas
- Berroguetto – Nadal De Luintra – Putumayo World Christmas
- Johnnie Allan – It’s Christmas in Louisiana – Alligator Stomp, Volume 4- Cajun Christmas
- Cathie Ryan – It Came Upon a Midnight Clear – Narada’s Best of Celtic Christmas
- Eric Rigler and Scarlet Rivera – Hark! The Herald Angels Sing – Christmas in Ireland
- Verdier, Taylor & Prendergast – The Wassail Song / Connaughtman’s Rambles – Celtic Christmas
- Patty Loveless – Bluegrass, White Snow – Bluegrass & White Snow
- Mindy Smith – Away In A Manger – My Holiday
- Loreena McKennitt – Emmanuel – A Midwinter Night’s Dream
- Aimee Mann – Whatever Happened to Christmas – One More Drifter in the Snow
Top 45 for November 2008, Festival Radio, as determined by listener ratings
Artist - Track – Album
- John Cowan – With A Memory Like Mine – New Tattoo
- The Mammals – Solo Le Pido A Dios – Departure
- Fort Pastor – March Out - Beautiful Imperfection
- Gypsy Soul – Blackbird – beneath the covers: a rediscovery
- Still on the Hill – Weaning House – Ozark: A Celebration in Song
- Samuel James – Love & Mumbly-Peg – Songs Famed for Sorrow and Joy
- Lynn Miles – Last Night – Slightly Haunted
- Yusuf – Maybe There’s a World – An Other Cup
- Steve Robinson – Road to Ruin – Undercurrent
- Melinda Crawford – Sailor’s Wife/Lady Elisabeth Cole’s Reef/Cowboy Jig – Wandering Suitcase of Stirling
- John Flynn – Benediction – Dragon
- Ashley Maher – Dream Rhymes – Pomegranate
- Laienda – Flicker & Fly – EP
- The Byrds – Positively 4Th Street (Live) – There Is A Season
- The Strangelings – Matty Groves – Season of the Witch
- Shawn Mullins – Cold Black Heart – 9th Ward Picking Parlor
- Peggy Seeger – The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Three Score and Ten
- Lori McKenna – Paper Wings and Halo (live) – Paper Wings and Halo (rerelease)
- Jeni & Billy – Ain’t Got Time For Trouble Blues – Jewell Ridge Coal
- Jackson Browne – The Arms Of Night – Time The Conqueror
- Enter the Haggis – Another Round – Northampton
- Terence Martin – The Way It Didn’t Go – Sleeper
- Grada – The Queen and the Soldier – Cloudy Day NavigationÂ
- Cathie Ryan – The Wild Flowers – The Farthest Wave
- Boiled In Lead – The Rushes Green – Silver
- All Jigged Out – It Is – Wish Hill
- Scott and Michelle Dalziel – Topanga Canyon – Thinking Out Loud
- Ruthie Foster – Walk On – Runaway Soul
- Robinella and the CC Stringband – Mornin’ Dove – Robinella and the CC Stringband
- Martin Simpson – The Granemore Hare – Prodigal Son
- Mark Heard – Some Folks’ World – Victims Of The Age
- Loreena McKennitt – Santiago – Nights From The Alhambra
- The Levellers – Death Loves Youth – Letters From The Underground
- Darrell Scott – Out Among the Stars – Modern Hymns
- Bert Jansch – The Old Triangle – The Black Swan
- Steve Forbert – Train Whistle Blues – Any Old Time: Songs of Jimmie Rodgers
- Pete Seeger – Throw Away That Shad Net – At 89
- Moxy Fruvous – Pisco Bandito – The “C” Album
- The Malvinas – On a Limb – Love Hope & Transportation
- Karen Matheson – I will not wear the willow – downriver
- Emily Kurn – Light the Lamp – I’m Just Like You
- Eddie From Ohio – Walk Humbly, Son – This is Me
- David Bromberg – New Lee Highway Blues - Live in New York 1982
- Clive Batkin and Joel McDermott – Sweet Lady Gumbo – G-Force Trousers
- Anuna – Kells - Celtic Origins
Festival Radio, Top 43 tracks as voted by listeners, October 2008. Why 43? A tie at 40.
Artist – Track – Album
- Matt Molloy, Paul Brady and Tommy Peoples – The Crosses Of Annagh/McFaddens Handsome Daughter (Reels) – Molloy, Brady, Peoples
- Colleen Kattau – Royally Oily – Hail to the Thieves Volume III
- Greg Trooper – This I’d Do – Make It Through This World
- Dave Sharp – Hard Travellin – Hard Travellin’
- Bruce Springsteen – Mansion On The Hill – Nebraska
- Bruce Cockburn – Child of the Wind – Nothing But A Burning Light
- Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys – Blues du saoulard – The Best of Louisiana Music
- Baka Beyond – Bokissa – Rhythm Tree
- Â Ben Sollee – A Few Honest Words – Learning to Bend
- Â Beausoleil – Maman Rosin Boudreaux – Hey Mardi Gras
- Vance Gilbert – Some Great Thing – Up on Rockfield
- Pete Seeger – Waist Deep In The Big Muddy – At 89
- Oscar Lopez – Aires de Otros Mundos – Seduction
- The Infamous Stringdusters – Glass Elevator – The Infamous Stringdusters
- Greg Greenway – Sick and Tired – Standing on the Side of Love
- Front Range – Two Empty Arms (And One Broken Heart) – Back to Red River
- Alison Krauss & Union Station – But You Know I Love You – Alison Krauss & Union Station – Live
- Solas – There Is A Time – For Love and Laughter
- Karine Polwart – Waterlily – Faultlines
- Jeff Black – Same Old River – B-Sides and Confessions, Vol. 1
- Elizabeth Nicholson & Stringed Migration – Paddy Fahey’s/Cape Breton Reel – Fly Not Yet
- Darrell Scott – Out Among the Stars – Modern Hymns
- Bellowhead – Fakenham Fair – Matachin
- Tom Rush – River Song – No Regrets: The Very Best Of Tom Rush
- Sligo Rags – Suite for a Drunken Sailor – Whiskey Never Lies
- Markley & Balmer – Coattails – Markley & Balmer
- Lynne Hanson – Tears in your Rain – Eleven Months
- Loreena McKennitt – Santiago – Nights From The Alhambra
- John & Mary – The azalea festival – Victory Gardens
- David Wilcox – Waffle House – Live Songs & StoriesÂ
- Robinella and the CC Stringband – Mornin’ Dove – Robinella and the CC Stringband
- Moya Brennan – Ancient Town – Two Horizons
- Martyn Joseph – Treasure The Questions – Thunder & Rainbows
- Johnsmith – Honest Truth – break me open
- Fairground Attraction – Fear is the enemy of love – Kawasaki Live In Japan 02.07.89
- The Chieftains – Siuil A Run (with Sissel) – Tears of Stone
- Johnny Clegg & Savuka – Great Heart – Third World Child
- Christine Lavin – A Shark in New York Waters (live) – I Don’t Make This Stuff Up, I Just Make it Rhyme
- Vigilantes of Love – Eleanor – Killing Floor
- Steve Goodman – Between The Lines – No Big Surprise: Anthology
- The Refugees – The Violin Song – Unbound
- Oysterband – Bright Morningstar – Rise Above
- Chris Stuart & Backcountry – Rider On This Train – Mojave River
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
- Grace Griffith – Black is the Color – Sands of Time
- Paul Simon – Proof – Concert in the Park
- Clive Batkin and Joel McDermott – Sweet Lady Gumbo – G-Force Trousers
- Crooked Still – Tell Her to Come Back Home – Still Crooked
- The Refugees – The Violin Song – Unbound
- The Gordons – All My Tears – Our Time
- Angel Band – Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep – With Roots & Wings
- The Strangelings – Matty Groves – Season of the Witch
- Ellen Bukstel – Grow Up and Change the World – Daddy’s Little Girl
- David Wilcox – Waffle House – Live Songs & Stories
- Bert Jansch – The Old Triangle – The Black Swan
- The Waifs – Take It In – The Waifs
- The Sevens – Derrane’s Jig Set – Valiant
- Sandy Denny – It’ll Take A Long Time – No More Sad Refrains: The Anthology
- Ana Moura – Ouivi Dizer Que Aconteceu – Aconteceu
- Lúnasa – The Floating Crowbar – The Story So Far…
- Lynne Hanson – Tears in your Rain – Eleven Months
- Antoine Dufour – The Transcendent Mountain – Existence
- Solas – Merry Go Round – For Love and Laughter
- Neil Jacobs – Spanadonia – American Gypsy
- Lynne Hanson – Day Keeps Coming – Eleven Months
- The Kennedys – American Wish - Better Dreams
- Jeff Black – Same Old River – B-Sides and Confessions, Vol. 1
- Bruce Hornsby & The Range – Mandolin Rain – The Way It Is
- Anne Feeney – A Patriot’s Act – Mission Street Project: Make Levees — Songs From The Kitchen Table, Volume 2
- Eddie From Ohio – Walkin’ In Jerusalem – Portable EFO Show
- The Kennedys – Raging Eyes – Songs of the Open Road
- Steve Earle – Steve’s Hammer (For Pete) – Washington Square Serenade
- Salamander Crossing – Shotgun Down the Avalanche – Salamander Crossing
- Richie Havens – All Along The Watchtower – Philadelphia Folk Festival – Celebration Highlights From The 40th Anniversary Festival
- The Horse Flies – Baghdad Children – Until the Ocean
- Capercaillie – Oran Sugraidh – Roses And Tears
- Lynn Miles – Black Flowers – Unravel
- Fairport Convention – Wat Tyler – The Cropredy Box
- The Chieftains – Siuil A Run (with Sissel) – Tears of Stone
- Tom Paxton – I Like The Way You Look - Comedians & Angels
- The Tannahill Weavers – The Log Splitter Set – Live and In Session
- Sting & The Chieftains – Sisters Of Mercy – Tower of Song: The Songs of Leonard Cohen
- Cherish the Ladies – The Leader of the Band – At Home
- John Denver – Forest Lawn – An Evening With John Denver
- Claire Holley – Old Woman – Night Air
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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