Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 12873 airplays from 144 different DJs
1: "Love And Fear," Tom Russell [Hightone, 2/06] (80)
"Stealing Electricity"
"Sound Of One Heart Breaking"
"Pugilist At 59"
"Ash Wednesday"
"K. C. Violin"
2: "Closer," Lui Collins [Waterbug, new] (77)
"Red Red Robin"
"All The Pretty Birds"
"Blood Red The Stain"
"Step Into The Water"
3: "Tulips For Lunch," Chuck Brodsky [Waterbug, new] (62)
"Liar Liar, Pants On Fire"
"Toast To The Woman In The Holler"
"Curse Of The Billy Goat"
"Point"
4: "My Remembrance Of You," Diana Jones [Newsong, new] (59)
"Pretty Girl"
"Hold On Me"
"Pony"
"My Beloved"
5: "Love Sweet Love," Lynn Miles [Red House, 4/05] (56)
"1000 Lovers"
"8 Hour Drive"
"Flames Of Love"
"Love Sweet Love"
6: "Break Me Open," Johnsmith [Blue Pine, new] (55)
"Back To The Mystery"
"Barefoot In The Dew"
"Cold Cold Ground"
"Pothole Season"
7: "Hope And Other Casualties," Mark Erelli [Signature, 3/06] (50)
"Seeds Of Peace"
"Imaginary Wars"
"Seasons Pass"
"Passing Through"
8: "I'm A Mountain," Sarah Harmer [Cold Snap, 11/05] (44)
"I'm A Mountain"
"Escarpment Blues"
"I Am Aglow"
9: "Your Daughters And Your Sons," Duhks [Sugar Hill, 2003] (34)
"Leather Winged Bat"
"Green Fields Of Glentown Medley"
"Trooper And The Maid"
10: "Little Willies," Little Willies [Milking Bull, new] (29)
"Roly Poly"
"Love Me"
10: "The Other Side Of The Glass," Paul Mills [Borealis, 2/06] (29)
"Last Steam Engine Train"
"Blues Is Like Shoes"
12: "The Day The River Sang," John Stewart [Appleseed, 2/06] (28)
"The Day The River Sang"
"New Orleans"
"East Of Denver"
13: "Flower Of Avalon," Tracy Grammer [Signature, 4/05] (27)
"Laughlin Boy"
"Hey Ho"
"Mother, I Climbed"
13: "Forerunner," The Cottars [Rounder, 1/06] (27)
"Waterlilly"
"Atlantic Blue"
13: "Paradise Hotel," Eliza Gilkyson [Red House, 8/05] (27)
"Man Of God"
"Borderline"
"Think About You"
16: "Take Me Back," April Verch [Rounder, 2/06] (25)
"7 Years"
"Grand Slaque"
17: "Flying An Unknown Flag," Pete Morton [Harbourtown, 2/06] (24)
"I'm In Love With Emily Dickinson"
"Another Train"
"Busker's Song"
17: "Generation Nation," Darol Anger's Republic Of Strings [Compass, new] (24)
"Ramblin' Barber"
"Chain Of Fools"
17: "She Waits For Night," Uncle Earl [Rounder, 7/05] (24)
"Take These Chains"
"Sugar Babe"
17: "Spooked," Marley's Ghost [Sage Arts, 2/06] (24)
"Sail Away Ladies"
"Wicked Messenger"
"Last Words"
21: "Born Into The Whisper," Various Artists [Waterbug, new] (23)
"Plea For A Good Night's Rest," Devon Sproule
"Talking Hurricane Refugee Blues," Gina Forsyth
21: "Love And Thirst," Joyce Andersen [Joyscream, 1/06] (23)
"Riding On A Train"
"Trusting Spring"
21: "My Better Self," Dar Williams [Razor & Tie, 9/05] (23)
"Comfortably Numb"
"Empire"
21: "Not Too Far From The Tree," Bryan Sutton [Sugar Hill, new] (23)
"Ragtime Annie"
"Bonaparte's Retreat"
21: "Pay The Devil," Van Morrison [Lost Highway, new] (23)
"Half As Much"
"There Stands The Glass"
"My Bucket's Got A Hole In It"
26: "Departure," The Mammals [Signature, 2/06] (22)
"Alone On The Homestead"
"Follow Me To Carthage"
26: "Half Of My Crime," Annie Gallup [Waterbug, 3/06] (22)
"14 Days Of Rain"
"3rd Person"
26: "Se," Lunasa [Compass, 2/06] (22)
"Cullybacky Hop"
"Black River"
29: "40 Days," Wailin' Jennys [Red House, 2004] (21)
"Old Man"
"Beautiful Dawn"
29: "Black Cadillac," Rosanne Cash [Capitol, 1/06] (21)
"World Unseen"
"God Is In The Roses"
29: "Red Letter Day," The Gibson Brothers [Sugar Hill, 1/06] (21)
"Barn Song"
"Lonesome Number One"
29: "Scarecrow's Lament," Russ Rentler [Self, new] (21)
"Scarecrow's Lament"
"Crossing The Tiber"
29: "Skunkmello," Guy Davis [Red House, new] (21)
"Blackberry Ramble"
"Chocolate Man"
34: "Cry Love," Albert And Gage [Moon House, new] (20)
"In The Mornin"
"Cry Love"
35: "Back Home In Sulphur Springs," Norman And Nancy Blake [Dualtone, 1/06] (19)
"More Good Women Gone Wrong"
35: "Blues And Lamentations," Kate Campbell [Large River, 8/05] (19)
"Miles And Miles Of Blues"
"New Blues"
35: "Cornbread Nation," Tim O'Brien [Sugar Hill, 8/05] (19)
"Hold On"
"House Of The Rising Sun"
35: "Here To Sing," Bonnie Koloc [Self, 2/06] (19)
"Little Red Rooster"
"Red Hot Red"
35: "I Sing The Body Acoustic," Joe Giacoio [Romantic Devil, 2/06] (19)
"God Knows"
35: "Try A Little Kindness," Bobby Osborne [Rounder, new] (19)
"Long Black Train"
"Hard Times"
41: "Citation," Scott Miller And The Commonwealth [Sugar Hill, new] (18)
"Only Road"
"On A Roll"
41: "Fiddler's Green," Tim O'Brien [Sugar Hill, 8/05] (18)
"Buffalo Skinners"
"Early Morning Rain"
41: "Giants," Donal Hinely [Scuffletown, 11/05] (18)
"Giants"
41: "Mercy," Sam Baker [Self, new] (18)
"Baseball"
"Change"
41: "Moonshine Boogie," Two High String Band [Blue Corn, new] (18)
"Listen To The Rhododendron"
"Nobody Calls From Vegas, Just To Say Hello"
46: "Bound For The Living," Corinne West [Make, 2004] (17)
"It's Your Time"
46: "Garden Of Days," Jamie Byrd [Rooster Dog, 12/05] (17)
"Gonna Build Me A Barn"
"In A Mirror"
46: "Inside The Thunder," Dougie MacLean [Dunkeld, 2/06] (17)
"Beside You"
"It's Not For Me"
46: "Old Simplicity," Niamh Parsons [Green Linnet, 2/06] (17)
"Peddler"
"No Telling"
46: "Sometimes A Journey," Peter Verity [Plastic Bag, new] (17)
"Healing Rain"
"Mississippi Ride"
51: "The Back Fields," Tim Grimm [Wind River, 10/05] (16)
"Sometimes Trouble Is A Gift"
"The Back Fields"
51: "Before The Separation," Freebo [Poppabo, 1/06] (16)
"It Goes By Fast"
51: "Blissville," Jeff Talmadge [Corazong, 1/06] (16)
"40 Days Of Rain"
"Driving To Blissville"
51: "Blues Guitar Women," Various Artists [Ruf, 11/05] (16)
"In My Girlish Days," Memphis Minnie
51: "Even The Lost Creek," Laura Cortese [Self, 2/06] (16)
"Blackbirds And Thrushes"
"Bluejays"
51: "Hidden Land," Bela Fleck And The Flecktones [Columbia, new] (16)
"Fugue From Prelude And Fugue No. 20"
"Whistle Tune"
51: "Radiator," Brianna Lane [Pay My Rent, 1/06] (16)
"Good Guys"
"When I Get There"
58: "9th Ward Pickin' Parlor," Shawn Mullins [Vanguard, 2/06] (15)
"Blue As You"
"Cold Black Heart"
58: "Immigrant Son," Drew Nelson [MacKinaw Harvest, 10/05] (15)
"Next Best Western"
"Lovely Day"
58: "My Life," Grace Griffith [Blix Street, new] (15)
"Cuckoo"
58: "New Day," Claire Lynch [Rounder, new] (15)
"Be Ready To Sail"
"Leavin' On That Evening Train"
58: "Sanctuary Road," Erik Balkey [Hudson Harding, 10/05] (15)
"Cut 'em Down"
58: "Say I Am You," The Weepies [Nettwerk, new] (15)
"Nobody Knows Me At All"
"Painting By Chagall"
58: "The Tide," Lucy Kaplansky [Red House, 9/05] (15)
"I've Just Seen A Face"
"The Tide"
65: "The Duhks," The Duhks [Sugar Hill, 2/05] (14)
"Dance Hall Girls"
"Death Came A Knockin"
65: "Fields Of Dreams And Glory," Dan McKinnon [Self, 1/06] (14)
"Aesops's Fables"
"Wandering Days"
65: "Folk Is The New Black," Janis Ian [Cooking Vinyl, 2/06] (14)
"Folk Is The New Black"
"Great Divide"
65: "Laughing In The Face Of The Blues," Jack Williams [Wind River, 10/05] (14)
"High Cotton"
"Laughing In The Face Of The Blues"
65: "Lonely Runs Both Ways," Alison Krauss And Union Station [Rounder, 2004] (14)
"Goodbye Is All We Have"
65: "Songlines," Derek Trucks Band [Columbia, new] (14)
"I Wish I Knew"
"I'll Find My Way"
65: "Wide Open," Mountain Heart [Skaggs Family, 2/06] (14)
"Wide Open"
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 12873 airplays from 144 different DJs
1. "Pretty Girl" (16)
by Diana Jones
from "My Remembrance Of You"
2. "Liar Liar, Pants On Fire" (15)
by Chuck Brodsky
from "Tulips For Lunch"
2. "Stealing Electricity" (15)
by Tom Russell
from "Love And Fear"
4. "Red Red Robin" (14)
by Lui Collins
from "Closer"
4. "Sound Of One Heart Breaking" (14)
by Tom Russell
from "Love And Fear"
6. "Seeds Of Peace" (12)
by Mark Erelli
from "Hope And Other Casualities"
7. "1000 Lovers" (11)
by Lynn Miles
from "Love Sweet Love"
7. "Pugilist At 59" (11)
by Tom Russell
from "Love And Fear"
9. "All The Pretty Birds" (10)
by Lui Collins
from "Closer"
9. "Back To The Mystery" (10)
by Johnsmith
from "Break Me Open"
9. "My Beloved" (10)
by Diana Jones
from "My Remembrance Of You"
12. "God Knows" (9)
by Joe Giacoio
from "I Sing The Body Acoustic"
12. "Hold On Me" (9)
by Diana Jones
from "My Remembrance Of You"
12. "I'm A Mountain" (9)
by Sarah Harmer
from "I'm A Mountain"
12. "Imaginary Wars" (9)
by Mark Erelli
from "Hope And Other Casualties"
12. "Man Of God" (9)
by Eliza Gilkyson
from "Paradise Hotel"
12. "Pony" (9)
by Diana Jones
from "My Remembrance Of You"
12. "Take These Chains" (9)
by Uncle Earl
from "She Waits For Night"
12. "Toast To The Woman In The Holler" (9)
by Chuck Brodsky
from "Tulips For Lunch"
20. "4 Chambered Heart" (8)
by Tom Russell
from "Love And Fear"
20. "Ash Wednesday" (8)
by Tom Russell
from "Love And Fear"
20. "Cullybacky Hop" (8)
by Lunasa
from "Se"
20. "Curse Of The Billy Goat" (8)
by Chuck Brodsky
from "Tulips For Lunch"
20. "The Day The River Sang" (8)
by John Stewart
from "The Day The River Sang"
20. "K. C. Violin" (8)
by Tom Russell
from "Love And Fear"
20. "New Orleans" (8)
by John Stewart
from "The Day The River Sang"
20. "Riding On A Train" (8)
by Joyce Andersen
from "Love And Thirst"
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 12873 airplays from 144 different DJs
1. Tom Russell 2. Lui Collins 3. Chuck Brodsky 4. Diana Jones 5. Johnsmith 6. Lynn Miles 7. Mark Erelli 8. Eliza Gilkyson 9. The Duhks 10. Tim O'Brien 11. Sarah Harmer 12. Doc Watson 13. Van Morrison 14. Cheryl Wheeler 14. Dar Williams 14. Greg Brown 17. Bob Dylan 17. John Gorka 17. Kate Campbell 17. Lunasa 21. Paul Mills 22. Annie Gallup 23. John Stewart 23. Lucy Kaplansky 25. April Verch 25. Little Willies 25. Pete Morton 28. Alison Krauss 28. The Mammals 28. Tim Grimm 28. Tracy Grammer 32. Townes Van Zandt 32. Alecia Nugent 32. The Cottars 32. Guy Davis 32. Uncle Earl 37. John McCutcheon 37. Marley's Ghost 37. Taj Mahal 40. Darol Anger's Republic Of Strings 40. The Gibson Brothers 40. Russ Rentler
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 12873 airplays from 144 different DJs
1. Rounder 2. Sugar Hill 3. Red House 4. Compass 5. Columbia 6. Waterbug 7. Signature 8. Philo 9. Hightone 10. Shanachie 11. Appleseed 12. Flying Fish 13. Green Linnet 14. Borealis 15. Warner 16. Vanguard 17. Smithsonian/Folkways 18. Capitol 19. Dualtone 19. Rebel 21. Wind River 22. Rhino 23. Pinecastle 24. Greentrax 25. Koch 25. Nettwerk 27. Blue Corn 28. Reprise 29. Lost Highway 30. RCA 30. Skaggs Family 32. Gadfly 32. MCA 34. New West 35. Folk-Legacy 36. CMH 37. Zoe 38. Elektra 39. Mercury 39. Sony These lists are compiled and posted to the FOLKDJ-L web site every month (since October 1997). The archive of past Top Album lists is available at http://folkradio.org (Mike Yuhas' FOLKDJ-L web site) and also, in an extended version, at http://nwfolk.com (my personal web site). The process of compiling the Top Albums list is automated (I do hand correct some obvious errors and typos). The results are based on playlists posted to FOLKDJ-L during the calendar month. I wrote a pair of programs that work with the Eudora email program's filtering feature. One program parses each playlist as it comes in and adds it to a spreadsheet. The second program processes the spreadsheet into a readable report. Playlists have to include artist, song and album name (label is optional) and be in a reasonably regular format for my program to be able to parse them. My programs wind up identifying 60% to 80% of the songs actually posted. The number of airplays listed for each album is the number that my programs caught, which is smaller than the actual number. The Top Albums list is sorted in descending order by number of plays recorded for each album. Within an album, the number of times each of the more popular tracks were played is shown. If a single DJ is the only one mostly playing an album, the count of plays is adjusted downwards; otherwise the raw counts are used. The top 70 albums are listed. A more detailed explanation is available at nwfolk.com. Richard Gillmann http://www.nwfolk.com Tuesday "Lunch With Folks" Noon-3pm richard@nwfolk.com KBCS (91.3 FM) - Bellevue, WA http://kbcs.fm