Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 13073 airplays from 145 different DJs
1: "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions," Bruce Springsteen [Columbia, 4/06] (167)
"Mrs. McGrath"
"Old Dan Tucker"
"O Mary Don't You Weep"
"Pay Me My Money Down"
"Erie Canal"
"Eyes On The Prize"
"John Henry"
2: "My Remembrance Of You," Diana Jones [Newsong, 3/06] (59)
"Pony"
"Pretty Girl"
"Willow Tree"
"Hold On Me"
3: "Roadside Saints," Zoe Mulford [Azalea City, new] (47)
"Elegy"
"American Wake"
"Gone Is Gone"
4: "Sail Away: The Songs Of Randy Newman," Various Artists [Sugar Hill, 5/06] (43)
"Rider In The Rain," Reckless Kelly And Joe Ely
"Political Science," Duhks
"Sail Away," Tim O'Brien
5: "Cottonwood," Brad Colerick [Back, new] (42)
"Cottonwood"
"Come What May"
"Fire On The River"
6: "Break Me Open," Johnsmith [Blue Pine, 4/06] (41)
"21 Miles"
"Back To The Mystery"
"Honest Truth"
7: "Being There," Steve Gillette And Cindy Mangsen [Compass, 4/06] (37)
"Hurricane"
"Kid With The Comic Book"
"Road Through The Woods"
7: "Love And Fear," Tom Russell [Hightone, 2/06] (37)
"Stealing Electricity"
"Pugilist At 59"
"All The Fine Young Ladies"
9: "Bob Dylan Uncovered," Various Artists [Paradiddle, 4/06] (36)
"One Too Many Mornings," Caroline Doctorow
"If You Gotta Go, Go Now," Cadillac Moon
"Girl From The North Country," Drew Olsen
10: "Wild Card," James Reams, Walter Hensley, And The Barons Of Bluegrass [Mountain Redbird, new] (33)
"Road To Columbus"
"Wild Card"
"I Caught A Keeper"
11: "Liberty Tree," Liberty Tree [Hudson Harding, new] (32)
"My 2 Sons"
"Deja Vu"
11: "Unsung," Slaid Cleaves [Rounder, new] (32)
"Everette"
"Call It Sleep"
13: "All The Roadrunning," Mark Knopfler And Emmylou Harris [Warner, new] (30)
"This Is Us"
"All The Roadrunning"
"Beachcombing"
13: "Closer," Lui Collins [Waterbug, 4/06] (30)
"Red Red Robin"
"Blood Red The Stain"
"Someone To Come Home To"
15: "Spooked," Marley's Ghost [Sage Arts, 2/06] (29)
"Sail Away Ladies"
"Get Off The Track"
16: "Lost John Dean," Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch And Fats Kaplin [Compass, 5/06] (27)
"Monkey Jump"
"I Can't Wait"
16: "Skunkmello," Guy Davis [Red House, 4/06] (27)
"Blackberry Ramble"
"Natural Born Eas' Man"
"Hooking Bull At The Landing"
18: "From The Pasture To The Future," The Waybacks [Compass, 4/06] (26)
"Blacksmith"
"Motorway"
18: "Take Me Back," April Verch [Rounder, 2/06] (26)
"Tom, Brad And Alice"
"Wings To Fly"
18: "Tulips For Lunch," Chuck Brodsky [Waterbug, 2/06] (26)
"Liar Liar Pants On Fire"
"2 Left Feet"
21: "Vista," David Wilcox [W. A. R, new] (24)
"Get On"
"Same Shaker"
22: "Big Dream Boulevard," Antje Duvekot [Black Wolf, new] (23)
"Judas"
"Anna"
22: "Little Willies," Little Willies [Milking Bull, 3/06] (23)
"Roll On"
"Roly Poly"
"I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive"
22: "Personal File," Johnny Cash [Columbia, new] (23)
"Galway Bay"
25: "Ghost Repeater," Jeffrey Foucault [Signature, 5/06] (22)
"Mesa, Arizona"
"Americans In Corduroys"
25: "The Great Divide," Eric Taylor [Blue Ruby, 1/06] (22)
"The Great Divide"
"Just Short Of The Line"
25: "Mama's Hand: Bluegrass and Mountain Songs About Mother," Various Artists [Rounder, 2002] (22)
"Mama's Gonna Stay," Hazel Dickens And Alice Gerrard
25: "New Day," Claire Lynch [Rounder, 3/06] (22)
"Only Passing Through"
"I Believe In Forever"
29: "Hope And Other Casualties," Mark Erelli [Signature, 3/06] (21)
"Seeds Of Peace"
"Passing Through"
29: "I'm A Mountain," Sarah Harmer [Cold Snap, 11/05] (21)
"I Am Aglow"
"How Deep In The Valley"
29: "Love Sweet Love," Lynn Miles [Red House, 4/05] (21)
"This Is The Night"
"1000 Lovers"
32: "Canoesongs 2," Various Artists [Portage, new] (20)
"Eskimo Roll," Nancy White
32: "Flower Of Avalon," Tracy Grammer [Signature, 4/05] (20)
"Mother, I Climbed"
"Laughlin Boy"
32: "Live At Coalesce," Darryl Purpose With Julie Beaver [Gambler's Grace, new] (20)
"Singer/Songwriter Heaven"
"Ghost Of Crazy Horse"
32: "Not Forgotten," Malcolm Holcombe [Self, new] (20)
"Sparrows And Sparrows"
"Steady Heart"
36: "3d," Casey Driessen [Sugar Hill, new] (19)
"Jerusalem Ridge"
36: "She Waits For Night," Uncle Earl [Rounder, 7/05] (19)
"Walkin' In My Sleep"
"Take These Chains"
38: "Departure," The Mammals [Signature, 2/06] (18)
"Alone On The Homestead"
"Kiss The Break Of Day"
38: "A Nod To Bob," Various Artists [Red House, 2001] (18)
"Love Minus Zero/No Limit," Eliza Gilkyson
"Delia," Spider John Koerner And Dave Ray
38: "Patch Of Blue," Dee Carstensen [Exit 9, new] (18)
"Cocoon"
"Patch Of Blue"
38: "West Of The West," Dave Alvin [Yep Roc, new] (18)
"Tramps And Hawkers"
38: "World's On Fire," Crooked Jades [Self, 3/06] (18)
"Sandy Boys"
43: "The Back Fields," Tim Grimm [Wind River, 10/05] (17)
"My Turn"
43: "Black Cadillac," Rosanne Cash [Capitol, 1/06] (17)
"Black Cadillac"
"God Is In The Roses"
43: "Folk Is The New Black," Janis Ian [Cooking Vinyl, 2/06] (17)
"Folk Is The New Black"
"Great Divide"
43: "Laughing In The Face Of The Blues," Jack Williams [Wind River, 10/05] (17)
"Buckets Of Rain"
"Life Is Sweet"
43: "Let 'er Go, Boys," Michael Cleveland [Rounder, new] (17)
"Hello City Limits"
"Dark As The Night, Blue Ass The Day"
43: "Solace For The Lonely," Robinella [Dualtone, 2/06] (17)
"Down The Mountain"
"Solace For The Lonely"
43: "Strange Conversation," Kris Delmhorst [Signature, new] (17)
"Strange Conversation"
"Galuppi Baldessare"
43: "Your Daughters And Your Sons," Duhks [Sugar Hill, 2003] (17)
"Rock Of Ages"
"Leather Winged Bat"
51: "Celebration Of Life," Various Artists [Skaggs Family, new] (16)
"John The Revelator," Doyle Lawson And Quicksilver
51: "Lucky For Some," Dick Gaughan [Greentrax, 4/06] (16)
"Devil And Pastor Jack"
"Whatever Happened"
51: "No Direction Home," Bob Dylan [Columbia, 8/05] (16)
"Masters Of War"
54: "Case For Case: A Tribute To The Songs Of Peter Case," Various Artists [Hungry For, 4/06] (15)
"Blue Distance," Maura O'Connell
54: "Knuckleball Suite," Peter Mulvey [Signature, 4/06] (15)
"Knuckleball Suite"
"You And Me And The 10 Thousand Things"
54: "Say I Am You," The Weepies [Nettwerk, 3/06] (15)
"Gotta Have You"
"World Spins Madly On"
54: "Something In The Water," Sally Shuffield [Self, new] (15)
"Arkansas River Flow"
"Lost Highway"
54: "Wide Open," Mountain Heart [Skaggs Family, 2/06] (15)
"Town That Isn't There"
59: "Albannach," Whistlebinkies [Greentrax, new] (14)
"Coronach"
"Loch Ness Monster"
59: "Living With War," Neil Young [Reprise, new] (14)
"Flags Of Freedom"
"Let's Impeach The President"
59: "Paradise Hotel," Eliza Gilkyson [Red House, 8/05] (14)
"Requiem"
59: "Seeds: The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Vol. 3," Pete Seeger & Friends [Appleseed, 2003] (14)
"Bring Them Home," Pete Seeger And Friends
59: "Shining Through," Tena Moyer [DocRoc, 4/06] (14)
"Company Man"
"Too Wonderful For Words"
59: "The Waking Hour," David Francey [Red House, 2004] (14)
"The Waking Hour"
65: "40 Days," Wailin' Jennys [Red House, 2004] (13)
"Beautiful Dawn"
65: "Boxing Mirror," Alejandro Escovedo [Back Porch, new] (13)
"Boxing Mirror"
65: "Daybreak: Fainne An Lae," Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh [Compass, 3/06] (13)
"Emigrant's Farewell"
65: "Deceiving Blues," Johnson, Miller And Dermody [Orb Discs, 4/06] (13)
"Some Of These Days"
65: "For You Only," Rachel Ries [Waterbug, 8/05] (13)
"Lonely Spires"
"Our Summertime"
65: "Forerunner," The Cottars [Rounder, 1/06] (13)
"Hold On"
65: "Lone Prairie," Matt Brown [Self, 3/06] (13)
"Fine Times At Our House"
65: "Mightier Than The Sword," John McCutcheon [Appalsongs, 2005] (13)
"Our Flag Was Still There"
65: "Miles From Home," Jed Marum [Boston Road, 2/05] (13)
"Last Day In May"
"Chickahominy River"
65: "Song Of The Traveling Daughter," Abigail Washburn [Nettwerk, 8/05] (13)
"Sometimes"
65: "This Old Road," Kris Kristofferson [New West, 3/06] (13)
"Last Thing To Go"
65: "Underdog," Wishing Chair [Self, 5/05] (13)
"Outlaw Wedding"
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 13073 airplays from 145 different DJs
1. "Mrs. McGrath" (23)
by Bruce Springsteen
from "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions"
2. "Old Dan Tucker" (20)
by Bruce Springsteen
from "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions"
3. "O Mary Don't You Weep" (19)
by Bruce Springsteen
from "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions"
3. "Pay Me My Money Down" (19)
by Bruce Springsteen
from "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions"
5. "Erie Canal" (15)
by Bruce Springsteen
from "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions"
6. "Dancing With My Mother" (12)
by Rachel Bissex
from "Don't Look Down"
6. "Elegy" (12)
by Zoe Mulford
from "Roadside Saints"
6. "Eyes On The Prize" (12)
by Bruce Springsteen
from "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions"
6. "John Henry" (12)
by Bruce Springsteen
from "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions"
10. "Froggie Went A Courtin" (11)
by Bruce Springsteen
from "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions"
10. "Pony" (11)
by Diana Jones
from "My Remembrance Of You"
10. "Rider In The Rain" (11)
by Reckless Kelly And Joe Ely
from "Sail Away: The Songs Of Randy Newman"
13. "American Wake" (10)
by Zoe Mulford
from "Roadside Saints"
13. "Cottonwood" (10)
by Brad Colerick
from "Cottonwood"
13. "Jesse James" (10)
by Bruce Springsteen
from "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions"
13. "One Too Many Mornings" (10)
by Caroline Doctorow
from "Bob Dylan Uncovered"
17. "Everette" (9)
by Slaid Cleaves
from "Unsung"
17. "My Oklahoma Home" (9)
by Bruce Springsteen
from "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions"
17. "Peace Call" (9)
by Eliza Gilkyson
from "Land Of Milk And Honey"
17. "Pretty Girl" (9)
by Diana Jones
from "My Remembrance Of You"
17. "Sail Away Ladies" (9)
by Marley's Ghost
from "Spooked"
22. "The Great Divide" (8)
by Eric Taylor
from "The Great Divide"
22. "Hold On Me" (8)
by Diana Jones
from "My Remembrance Of You"
22. "If You Gotta Go, Go Now" (8)
by Cadillac Moon
from "Bob Dylan Uncovered"
22. "Political Science" (8)
by Duhks
from "Sail Away: The Songs Of Randy Newman"
22. "Red Red Robin" (8)
by Lui Collins
from "Closer"
22. "Willow Tree" (8)
by Diana Jones
from "My Remembrance Of You"
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 13073 airplays from 145 different DJs
1. Bruce Springsteen 2. Bob Dylan 3. Pete Seeger 4. Diana Jones 5. Tom Russell 6. Johnny Cash 7. Zoe Mulford 8. Johnsmith 9. Nanci Griffith 10. Eliza Gilkyson 11. Brad Colerick 11. John McCutcheon 13. Chuck Brodsky 14. Steve Gillette And Cindy Mangsen 15. Tim O'Brien 16. Guy Davis 17. John Gorka 17. Slaid Cleaves 19. Greg Brown 20. Liberty Tree 21. Emmylou Harris 21. Marley's Ghost 23. Dave Alvin 23. Kris Delmhorst 25. Mark Knopfler And Emmylou Harris 26. Duhks 26. Lui Collins 26. Margaret MacArthur 29. April Verch 29. Lynn Miles 31. Antje Duvekot 31. Doc Watson 31. Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch And Fats Kaplin 34. David Wilcox 34. Iris DeMent 34. James Reams, Walter Hensley, And The Barons Of Bluegrass 34. Mark Erelli 38. Claire Lynch 38. Darryl Purpose 38. Eric Taylor 38. Jeffrey Foucault 38. The Mammals 38. The Waybacks
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 13073 airplays from 145 different DJs
1. Rounder 2. Columbia 3. Sugar Hill 4. Red House 5. Compass 6. Signature 7. Warner 8. Waterbug 9. Smithsonian/Folkways 10. Appleseed 10. Vanguard 12. Flying Fish 13. Hightone 13. Philo 15. Borealis 16. Greentrax 17. Green Linnet 18. Rhino 18. Shanachie 20. RCA 21. Dualtone 22. Capitol 22. Rebel 24. Sony 25. Wind River 26. Reprise 27. Nettwerk 27. Pinecastle 29. Elektra 30. Folk-Legacy 31. Mercury 32. MCA 33. Newsong 34. Hudson Harding 34. Skaggs Family 36. Nonesuch 36. Putumayo 38. Alligator 38. Arc 38. Blue Pine 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 (the official 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