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.
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.   The Horse Flies – Rafting (From My Front Door) – Until the Ocean
5.   Rachael Davis – Lonely When You’re Gone – Antebellum Queens
6.   Johnny Cash – Big River – Live From Austin, TX
7.   Railroad Earth – Hard Livin’ – Amen Corner
8.   The Chambers Brothers – People Get Ready – Vanguard – Roots of Folk
9.   Caren Armstrong – Savasana – Everything
10.   Traveling Wilburys – Last Night – Vol 1
11.   T-Bone Burnett – River of Love – Twenty Twenty
12.   Blind Boys of Alabama – I Shall not Walk Alone – Higher Ground
13.   Jethro Tull – Jack-In-The-Green – Songs From The Wood
14.   The Byrds – Wasn’t Born To Follow – There Is A Season
15.   Jason Wilber – Northern Lights Over Lewisburg Tennessee – Lazy Afternoon
16.   Bob Franke – Acid Polka – The Other Evening in Chicago
17.   Zoe Mulford – The American Wake – Roadside Saints
18.   Willy Porter – Big Yellow Pine – Willy Porter
19.   Tracy Grammer – Shadows of Evangeline – Flower of Avalon
20.   Paul Robeson – Don’t You Cry, My Honey – The Voice Of The Mississippi
21.   Buddy Mondlock – Poetic Justice – Poetic Justice
22.   Bruce Springsteen with the Sessions Band – My Oklahoma Home – Live In Dublin
23.   Pierce Pettis – Appalachian Bloodlines – Chase The Buffalo
24.   Johnsmith – Work In Progress - Kickin’ This Stone
25.   Over the Rhine – If a Song Could Be President – The Trumpet Child
26.   Maura O’Connell – Down Where the Drunkards Roll – Wandering Home
27.   Friction Farm – Reluctant Soldier – 34 degrees, 32 minutes
28.   Spook Handy – Heading For the Hague – Whatcha Gonna Do?
29.   Pine Leaf Boys – La Belle Josette – La Musique
30.   Junction Pool – William’s Waltz – Junction Pool
31.   John Denver – Rocky Mountain High – The Wildlife Concert
32.   The Kennedys – Give Me Back My Country – Better Dreams
Top 40 tracks of May 2008 as voted by listeners to Festival Radio
#Â Â Â 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” – Ships in the Forest
5.   Kallet, Epstein and Cicone – “Holy Now” – heart walk
6.   Paul Robeson – “Don’t You Cry, My Honey” – The Voice Of The Mississippi
7.   Blind Boys of Alabama – “I Shall not Walk Alone” – Higher Ground
8.   Eliza Carthy – “Benjamin Bowmaneer” – Rice
9.   Pamela Ward and Paul Cherrington – “Iris & Daffodils” – Sail on By
10.   Emmylou Harris – “Goodbye” – Wrecking Ball
11.   Jason Wilber – “Northern Lights Over Lewisburg Tennessee” – Lazy Afternoon
12.   Diana Jones – “Pretty Girl” – My Remembrance of You
13.   Toni Price – “Gravy” – Talk Memphis
14.   Spook Handy – “Heading For the Hague” – Whatcha Gonna Do?
15.   Over the Rhine – “If a Song Could Be President” – The Trumpet Child
16.   Nathan – “The Wind” – Key Principles
17.   Lunasa – “Morning Nightcap [New Version]” – The Story So Far
18.   Buddy Mondlock – “Poetic Justice” – Poetic Justice
19.   Laura Love – “The Cuckoo” – NeGrass
20.   Claudia Russell – “Ready to Receive” – Ready to Receive
21.   Tom Rush – “Lost My Drivin’ Wheel” – The Very Best of Tom Rush: No Regrets
22.   Kate Campbell with Spooner Oldham – “Terrible Mercy” – For the Living of These Days
23.   John Prine – “Space Monkey” – Live On Tour
24.   Bruce Hornsby & The Range – “The River Runs Low” – The Way It Is
25.   Tommy Emmanuel, CGP – “I Go To Rio” – Center Stage
26.   The Kennedys – “Light My Way” – Better Dreams
27.   Karan Casey – “Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye” – Ships in the Forest
28.   Arlington Priest – “Almost Home” – The Memory of Your Company
29.   Andy McKee – “Ebon Coast” – The Gales of Gnomeria
30.   The Tannahill Weavers – “The Cruel Brither” – Live and In Session
31.   The Brombies – “It’s Better To Have Loved and Lost” – Live! at the Spitting Llamas Bluegrass Bar
32.   Antoine Dufour – “The Hidden Moon” – Existence
33.   Tim Harrison – “Homeboys” – Wheatfield With Crows
34.   Tammy Rogers & Don Heffington – “John’s Tune” – In the Red
35.   Boldwood – “Three Sea Captains/The Seven Stars” – Feet, don’t fail me now
36.   Alecia Nugent – “My First Mistake” – Bluegrass Hits
37.   Paul Thorn – “Even Heroes Die” – Mission Temple Fireworks Stand
38.   Greg Greenway – “Highway 4 am (Driving)” – Standing on the Side of Love
39.   Friction Farm – “Reluctant Soldier” – 34 degrees, 32 minutes
40.   Afro Celt Sound System – “Sene’ (Working the Land)” – Volume 5: Anatomic
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 Harris – “Goodbye” – Wrecking Ball
6.   California Guitar Trio – “Bohemian Rhapsody” – Fly on the Wall-Lost Tracks from Studio A
7.   Andrew McKnight – “Safe Home” – Something Worth Standing For
8.   Leo Kottke – “Too Fast” – One Guitar, No Vocals
9.   Greg Brown – “Downtown” – If I Had Known: Essential Recordings, 1980-1996
10.   Patty Larkin – “Good Thing” – Angels Running
11.   Juluka – “Ibhola Lethu” – The Best Of Juluka
12.   John McCutcheon – “Mrs. Clara Sullivan’s Letter” – Seeds: The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Volume 3
13.   Bob Franke – “Love Bravely, Elizabeth” – The Other Evening in Chicago
14.   Patrick Woods – “Morning Wind” – Woodchopper’s Ball
15.   Kim and Reggie Harris – “Down By The Riverside” – Get on Board: Underground Railroad and Civil Rights Freedom Songs Volume 2
16.   Karen Matheson – “O Mhairi’s tu mo Mhairi” – downriver
17.   Jack Williams – “Laughing in the Face of the Blues” – Laughing in the Face of the Blues
18.   Todd Snider – “Betty Was Black (and Willie was White)” – Happy To Be Here
19.   Robinella and the CC String Band – “I Can’t Believe You’re In Love With Me” – Blanket For My Soul
20.   Mark Heard – “Waiting For A Reason” – Dry Bones Dance
21.   John Gorka – “Unblindfold the Referee” – Writing in the Margins
22.   Andrew McKnight – “Wind Whispers Your Name” – Something Worth Standing For
23.   Tom Paxton – “How Beautiful Upon The Mountain” – Comedians & Angels
24.   Paul Simon – “Born At The Right Time” – Concert in the Park
25.   Kate Campbell – “Wrought Iron Fences” – The Portable Kate Campbell
26.   David Bromberg – “East virginia” – Try Me One More Time
27.   Cowboy Junkies – “Bea’s Song (River Song Trilogy: Part 2)” – Lay It Down
28.   The Clumsy Lovers – “Save For You” – Smart Kid
29.   John Prine – “Space Monkey” – Live On Tour
30.   Jeff Talmadge – “Photograph” – Gravity Grace and the Moon
31.   The Bobs – “The Tight Pants Tango” – Get Your Monkey Off My Dog
32.   Patrick Fitzsimmons – “Beautiful Jane” – Live: The Birthday Shows
33.   The Otters – “Come On In My Kitchen” – Nature of the Beat
34.   Johnny Clegg & Savuka – “The Crossing (Osiyeza)” – Heat, Dust & Dreams
35.   James Keelaghan – “Sweetgrass Moon” – A Recent Future
36.   Charlotte Kendrick – “Best of Me” – North of New York
37.   Bruce Cockburn – “All the Diamonds in the World” – Circles In The Stream
38.   Alastair Moock – “Cloudsplitter” – Fortune Street
39.   Carla Ulbrich – “Corny Schlocky Sappy Songs” – Professional Smart Aleck
40.   Ruthie Foster – “Hole In My Pocket” – Runaway Soul
40.   The Byrds – “Hickory Wind” – There Is A Season
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 10 (disc 1)
3. J. J. Cale & Eric Clapton – Don’t Cry Sister – The Road To Escondido
4. Lea – Brand New Life – Great Big World
5. Roy Zimmerman – Glory Bound Train (full song) – Faulty Intelligence
6. Pat Wicter – Heaven Is So High – Heaven Is So High
7. Dave Potts – $12.99 – $12.99
8. Donna Hughes – Sad Old Train – Gaining Wisdom
9. Richard Thompson – Wall of Death – Watching the Dark
10. Jake Armerding – Hole in the Sky (Mandolin Man) – Walking On The World
11. Carey Creed – Peace of Wild Things – Peace Of Wild Things
12. Smithfield Fair – Sheep in the Road – 20 for 20
13. Ellis Paul – The World Ain’t Slowing Down – Essentials
14. Chuck E. Costa – Peace Is War – Where The Songs Come From
15. Rachel Bissex – No More Songs – In White Light
16. Laura Love – Can’t Understand – NeGrass
17. Jed Marum – Lakes of Ponchartrain – The Soul of a Wanderer
18. Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer – Gun-Metal Eyes – Seven Is The Number
19. Susan Werner – I Will Have My Portion – The Gospel Truth
20. The Kennedys – Late Night Grande Hotel – Songs of the Open Road
21. Tracy Grammer – April Come She Will – Book Of Sparrows
22. Austin & Elliott – Truth That Hurts – 13 Songs Plus
23. Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem – Butter and Egg Man – Cocktail Swing
24. Donna Hughes – Not Any More – Gaining Wisdom
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, TX
2. Stan Bozek – “Vaquero” – Solo
3. Knot Fibb’n – “The Catholic Boy/Fiddler’s Green” – Knot Loitering
4. Carol Noonan – “Emma” – Somebody’s Darling: Songs of War, Loss and Remembrance
5. Grey Eye Glances – “Halfway Back” – Eventide
6. Suzzy & Maggie Roche – “Who Cares” – These Times We’re Living In
7. Mark Knopfler – “Done With Bonaparte” – Golden Heart
8. Hannah Blaylock & Edens Edge – “White Oak Trees” – Lights of Home
9. Claudia Russell – “Aurora” – Ready to Receive
10. Christine Kane – “(No Such Thing As) Girls Like That” – Rain And Mud And Wild And Green
11. The Stringbusters – “Holiday For Strings” – Rhapsody in Uke
12. Greg Greenway – “I Love Everybody” – Weightless
13. The Byrds – “Wild Mountain Thyme” – There Is A Season
14. The Burns Sisters band – “Democracy” – Wild Bouquet
15. Steve Robinson – “Please Emmalene” – Undercurrent
16. Bruce Cockburn – “The Whole Night Sky” – The Charity of Night
17. Anonymous 4 with Darol Anger and Mike Marshall – “I’m On My Journey Home” – Gloryland
18. Michael Kelsey – “Rain Whispers” – The Woodchopper’s Ball
19. Richard Shindell – “The Next Best Western” – Reunion Hill
20. Kris Drever – “Harvest Gypsies” – Black Water
21. John Denver – “Follow Me / Leaving On A Jet Plane” – An Evening With John Denver
22. Gene Keller – “Big Boys” – Every Song the Mockingbird Knows
23. Mindy Smith – “Jolene” – One Moment More
24. Karen Mal – “Matt Hyland” – Dark Eyed Sailor
25. Ralston – “Everybody But You” – Carwreck Conversations
26. Tom Russell – “Stealing Electricity” – Love and Fear
27. Work of the Weavers – “Long Time Gone (Hudie Ledbetter Was a Hell of a Man)” – We’re Still Here
28. Emmylou Harris – “The Pearl” – Red Dirt Girl
I know it’s late, but here are the Top 40 for May 2007 for the Online Folk Festival:
Artist – Track – Album
1. Julie Miller – Dancing Girl – Blue Pony
2. Donna Hughes – Sad Old Train – Gaining Wisdom
3. Norman & Nacy Blake – Don’t Fear The Neo-Cons – Back Home In Sulphur Springs
4. Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer – 236-6132 – Drum Hat Buddha
5. James McMurtry – Walk Between the Raindrops – Walk Between the Raindrops
6. Emmylou Harris – The Pearl – Red Dirt Girl
7. Dan Fogelberg – The Reach – The Innocent Age
8. Grey DeLisle – Joanna – Iron Flowers EP
9. Bill Jones – A Brisk Young Sailor – Turn To Me
10. Simon & Garfunkel – El Condor Pasa – Old Friends Live On Stage
11. Joyce Andersen – Filled With Love – Love and Thirst
12. Jason Wilber – Down in Russell Square – Lazy Afternoon
13. Deirdre Flint – 1-900-Score a Date – Then Again
14. Wayne Greene – Grandma’s Pump Organ – Himself
15. The Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir – Soon Ah Will Be Done – Jubilation IV-Acapella
16. Obo Addy – Evening at Kaneshie Market – The Rhythm of Which a Chief Walks Gracefully
17. Ashley Maher – Seven – Flying Over Bridges
18. The Four Bitchin Babes – Just ask your doctor – Hormonal Imbalance
19. Michael Kelsey – Rain Whispers – The Woodchopper’s Ball
20. Kate Rusby & Kathryn Roberts – Hunting the Hare – Kate Rusby & Kathryn Roberts
21. David Bromberg – Shake Sugaree – Try me one more time
22. Abigail Washburn – Single Drop of Honey – Song of the Traveling Daughter
23. Tracy Grammer – Laughlin Boy – Flower of Avalon
24. Third Road Home – Here With You Today – Venus in Retrograde
25. Simon & Garfunkel – America – Old Friends Live On Stage
26. Outback – Dingo Go – Baka
27. Leonard Cohen – Take This Waltz – The Essential Leonard Cohen
28. The Love Hall Tryst – Jack in the Green – Songs of Misfortune
29. The Byrds – Wasn’t Born To Follow – There Is A Season
30. John Gorka – Unblindfold the Referee – Writing in the Margins
31. Solas – Who’s in the What Now – Reunion – A Decade of Solas
32. Pieta Brown – Precious Game – In the Cool
33. Johnny Cash – Ballad Of Barbara – Live from Austin, TX
34. David Mallett – Dulcimer – Midnight on the Water (Live)
35. Robert Earl Keen – Shades Of Gray – Live From Austin TX (2004)
36. Erik Balkey – What Good Am I? – My Sacred Heart
37. Tom Paxton – My Last Love Song – Live At McCabe’s February 23, 1991
38. Pierce Pettis – My Life Of Crime – Making Light Of It
39. John Prine – Morning Train – Fair & Square
40. Emily Maguire – Falling on My Feet – Radio Sampler
This list, created entirely by the listeners clicking on what they like, is fantastic. It includes singer/songwriters, gospel, world folk, bluegrass, folk/pop, folk/rock, alt-country, straight county, acoustic blues, traditional, instrumental folk, and a cappella folk, as well as songs dealing with political topics. Artists are from the US, England, Canada, Africa, and Australia. This list, for me, validates everything I’ve been trying to do by presenting a station that plays a wide variety of folk-related genres, because it shows me that there are people listening who like each type of folky music that I’m playing.
So, listeners, I thank you, and these artists thank you. Keep making me proud.
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 Riffles
2. Radio Tarifa – “Conductus” – Temporal
3. Tom Prasada-Rao – “Ashes of Love” – The Way of the World
4. Iris Dement – “That’s The Way Love Goes” – NPR Studio Cuts vol 1
5. Runrig – “Loch Lomond [Live]” – Beat the Drum
6. Bill Jones – “A Brisk Young Sailor” – Turn To Me
7. Ashley Maher – “Seven” – Flying Over Bridges
8. Annie Gallup – “Red Hair” – Swerve
9. Carol Noonan – “Emma” – Somebody’s Darling: Songs of War, Loss and Remembrance
10. No Fixed Abode – “Sunne Days” – Clearwater
11. Greg Trooper With The Flatirons – “Ireland” – Everywhere
12. Gillian Welch – “Look At Miss Ohio” – Soul Journey
13. Billy Bragg & Wilco – “California Stars” – Mermaid Avenue
14. Pat Wictor – “I Will Walk With You” – Heaven Is So High
15. Lucy Kaplansky – “Amelia” – Over the Hills
16. Jack Williams – “Lay Down By the Water” – Laughing in the Face of the Blues
17. Simon & Garfunkel – “El Condor Pasa” – Old Friends Live On Stage
18. Mary Fahl – “The Dawning of the Day” – The Other Side of Time
19. Ernie Hawkins – “Make Believe Stunt” – Rags & Bones
20. Carrie Newcomer – “Bowling Baby” – Betty’s Diner: The Best of Carrie Newcomer
21. Jeff Black – “Dark as a Dungeon” – The Appalachians: Companion to the Public Television Series
22. Emmylou Harris – “Bang the Drum Slowly” – Red Dirt Girl
23. Tim Harrison – “Prayer Watching” – Sara And The Sea
24. David Mallett – “Dulcimer” – Midnight on the Water (Live)
25. Chris Stuart – “Angels of Mineral Springs” – Angels of Mineral Springs
26. Bruce Cockburn – “All The Diamonds In The World” – Circles In The Stream
27. Donal Clancy – “Garrett Barry’s/The Rumours of Trim” – Close to Home
28. Hem – “The Fire Thief” – Eveningland
29. Wes Weddell – “Hills That I Call Home” – Songs To Get You From Here To There
30. David Bromberg – “Trying to get home” – Try me one more time
31. Christine Lavin – “Good Thing He Can’t Read My Mind” – Good Thing He Can’t Read My Mind
32. Richard Thompson – “1952 Vincent Black Lightning” – Austin City Limits: Live From Austin, TX: Richard Thompson
33. Emily Smith – “Fly We to Some Desert Isle” – The Complete Songs of Robert Tannahill
34. Dry Branch Fire Squad – “Going Up Home to Live in Green Pastures” – Live at the Newburyport Firehouse
35. Chanticleer – “My Soul Is A Witness” – How Sweet The Sound
36. Boiled in Lead – “Robin’s Complaint” – Antler Dance
37. Andy M. Stewart / Manus Lunny – “If I Never Spend a Morning Without You” – At It Again
38. Steve Brooks – “What Would Molly Do? (Molly Ivins Tribute)” – www.stevebrooks.com
39. Chuck Brodsky – “Bonehead Merkle” – The Baseball Ballads
40. Cathie Ryan – “As the Evening Declines” – The Farthest Wave
40. Aoife Clancy – “Banks of Sweet Primroses” – Silvery Moon
40. Andrew Calhoun – “A Hoosier in Paris” – Shadow of a Wing
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 Recordings
2. Railroad Earth – Long Way To Go – Elko
3. Julie Miller – By Way Of Sorrow – Blue Pony
4. Clive Batkin and Joel McDermott – Don’t Touch My Pig – G-Force Trousers
5. Tom Russell – St. Olav’s Gate – The Long Way Around
6. Robert Earl Keen – Mr. Wolf And Mamabear – What I Really Mean
7. Runrig – Loch Lomond [Live] – Beat the Drum
8. Emmylou Harris – Bang the Drum Slowly – Red Dirt Girl
9. Oysterband – Dark Eyed Sailor – Freedom and Rain
10. Chuck Brodsky – Bonehead Merkle – The Baseball Ballads
11. Bob Dylan – Desolation Row – Highway 61 Revisited
12. Rise – Cold Glencoe – Uncertain Wonders
13. Chris Stuart and Backcountry – Dollar Bill Blues – Mojave River
14. The Crossing – There Were Roses – Dancing at the Crossroads
15. Mary Fahl – The Dawning of the Day – The Other Side of Time
16. James McMurtry – Levelland – Live in Aught-Three
17. Wolfstone – Glass & The Can – Pick of The Litter
18. Sam Pacetti & Gabriel Valla – Wildwood Flower – Union
19. John Batdorf – Home Again – Home Again
20. Ian Tyson – Road to Las Cruces – Songs From the Gravel Road
21. Deirdre Flint – Cheerleader – The Shuffleboard Queens
22. Odetta – If Anybody Asks You – Gonna Let it Shine
23. Brobdingnagian Bards – Greensleeves Medley – A Faire To Remember
24. Black 47 – Green Suede Shoes – Live in New York City
25. The Chieftains – Lilly Bolero/The White Cockade – An Irish Evening – Live At The Grand Opera House, Belfast
26. Hair of the Dog – Raggle Taggle Gypsy – Let It Flow
27. Alison Krauss and Union Station – A Living Prayer – Lonely Runs Both Ways
28. Buddy Miller – With God on Our Side – Universal United House of Prayer
29. Sean Doyle – The Flying Cloud – Light and the Half Light
30. Kate Campbell – Ave Maria Grotto – Sing Me Out
31. Gaelic Storm – Rocky Road To Dublin/Kid on the Mountain – Gaelic Storm
32. Oysterband – Blood Wedding – Holy Bandits
33. Mick McAuley and Winifred Horan – The Joyous Waltz – Serenade
34. Tiller’s Folly – Farewell to Ardoon – A Ripple In Time
35. Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies – Glad Rags Again – The Parish Notices
36. Grada – Diamantina Drover – Endeavour
37. Karan Casey – Distant Shore – Distant Shore
38. Iona – Reels – Heaven’s Bright Sun
39. Aoife Clancy – Banks of Sweet Primroses – Silvery Moon
40. Flogging Molly – Rebels Of The Sacred Heart – Drunken Lullabies
40. Fairport Convention – Who Knows Where the Time Goes? – Meet on the Ledge – The Classic Years 1967-75
40. Capercaillie – Finlay’s – Beautiful Wasteland
Received this via e-mail today:
Hi Greg
Just a quick note to say a big thank you to you and your
listeners 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 for
all of your support, it is priceless. Hopefully we can get higher in the charts
in the future!
We will be entering the studios in June to start
work on the follow up to ‘The Black Dog and Other Stories’ – due out in January
2008, again on Fellside Recordings. Hope all is well with you, we often call by
and listen in to your show and find it thoroughly enjoyable on each occasion -
Keep it up.
All the best to you and yours
Gary
The Queensberry Rules
Stoke-on-Trent, England
Getting exposure for talented bands like The Queensberry Rules that would otherwise fall through the cracks is one of the rewards of this job. And, for those of you who subscribe to emusic, I noticed that The Black Dog and Other Stories is now available for download there.
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