TOP ALBUMS OF OCTOBER 2009
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 12629 airplays from 138 different DJs
1. "So Dark You See," John Gorka [Red House, new]
2. "House Of Cards," James Keelaghan [Borealis, new]
3. "Big Mystery," Dana And Susan Robinson [Thresshold, 8/09]
3. "Zama Zama," Battlefield Band [Temple, 9/09]
5. "500 Miles: The Blue Rock Sessions," Cliff Eberhardt [Red House, 9/09]
6. "No Worries Now," Joel Mabus [Fossil, 8/09]
7. "Blood And Candle Smoke," Tom Russell [Shout Factory, 9/09]
7. "True Love Don't Weep," James Hill And Anne Davison [Borealis, 4/09]
9. "The List," Rosanne Cash [Manhattan, new]
10. "Bonfires," Zoe Mulford [Azalea City, new]
11. "Across The Troubled Wave," David Ferrard [Alter Road, 9/09]
12. "The Little Spinner," Janet Bates [Self, 9/09]
13. "Time Stands Still," Chris Smither [Signature, 9/09]
14. "True Stories," Martin Simpson [Compass, 9/09]
15. "Hello, Stranger," Catie Curtis [Compass, 8/09]
16. "Links In A Chain," Joe Jencks [Turtle Bear, 8/09]
16. "Many Moons," Robyn Landis [Brave Hearts, 5/09]
18. "Between Trains," Bop Ensemble [Cordova Bay, 8/09]
18. "Live At The Mauch Chunk Opera House," The Wailin' Jennys [Red House, 8/09]
18. "The Loving Kind," Nanci Griffith [Rounder, 6/09]
21. "Folksong," Sarah Lee Guthrie And Johnny Irion [Rte, 6/09]
22. "Speak," Kat Eggleston [Paperboat, 9/09]
23. "My Blue Garden," Annie And Rod Capps [Yellow Room, 6/09]
23. "Song Up In Her Head," Sarah Jarosz [Sugar Hill, 6/09]
25. "Better Times Will Come," Diana Jones [Proper, 5/09]
25. "Blooming," Kate MacLeod [Waterbug, new]
25. "Montgomery On My Mind," Arty Hill And The Long Gone Daddys [Cow
Island, new]
25. "Somedays The Song Writes You," Guy Clark [Dualtone, 9/09]
TOP SONGS OF OCTOBER 2009
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 12629 airplays from 138 different DJs
1. "I Think Of You" by John Gorka from "So Dark You See"
2. "House Of Cards" by James Keelaghan from "House Of Cards"
3. "Buckets Of Rain" by Bop Ensemble from "Between Trains"
3. "Ignorance And Privilege" by John Gorka from "So Dark You See"
3. "Safe Home" by James Keelaghan from "House Of Cards"
3. "When The Lilacs Are In Bloom" by Sarah Lee Guthrie And Johnny
Irion from "Folksong"
7. "Robber Barons" by Battlefield Band from "Zama Zama"
8. "Life Threads" by Lucy Kaplansky from "Life Threads (single)"
8. "When The Leaves Begin To Fall" by Cliff Eberhardt from "500 Miles:
The Blue Rock Sessions"
10. "Girl From The North Country" by Rosanne Cash from "The List"
11. "Dutchman" by John Gorka from "So Dark You See"
11. "Mississippi River Runnin' Backwards" by Tom Russell from "Blood
And Candle Smoke"
11. "Zephyr Wind" by Dana And Susan Robinson from "Big Mystery"
14. "Long Road" by Cliff Eberhardt from "500 Miles: The Blue Rock Sessions"
14. "Better Times Will Come" by Diana Jones from "Better Times Will Come"
14. "Ev'ry Night" by James Hill And Anne Davison from "True Love Don't Weep"
14. "When Fall Comes To New England" by Cheryl Wheeler from "Different Stripe"
18. "Circle Of Stone" by James Keelaghan from "House Of Cards"
18. "Delta Queen" by Dana And Susan Robinson from "Big Mystery"
18. "Whole Wide World" by John Gorka from "So Dark You See"
21. "500 Miles" by Rosanne Cash from "The List"
21. "Big Mystery" by Dana And Susan Robinson from "Big Mystery"
21. "The Loving Kind" by Nanci Griffith from "The Loving Kind"
21. "McConnville's" by James Keelaghan from "House Of Cards"
25. "Just Before I Go" by Zoe Mulford from "Bonfires"
TOP ARTISTS OF OCTOBER 2009
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 12629 airplays from 138 different DJs
1. John Gorka
2. James Keelaghan
3. Dana And Susan Robinson
3. Tom Russell
5. Battlefield Band
6. Cliff Eberhardt
7. Chris Smither
8. Joel Mabus
9. Rosanne Cash
10. James Hill And Anne Davison
10. Zoe Mulford
12. Martin Simpson
13. David Ferrard
13. Nanci Griffith
15. Janet Bates
16. Joe Jencks
17. Bob Dylan
17. Bop Ensemble
17. Cheryl Wheeler
17. The Wailin' Jennys
21. Catie Curtis
22. Guy Clark
22. Sarah Lee Guthrie And Johnny Irion
24. Johnsmith
24. Pete Seeger
24. Robyn Landis
TOP LABELS OF OCTOBER 2009
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 12629 airplays from 138 different DJs
1. Red House
2. Rounder
3. Borealis
4. Compass
5. Sugar Hill
6. Signature
7. Columbia
8. Waterbug
9. Appleseed
10. Temple
11. Smithsonian/Folkways
12. Philo
13. Shout Factory
14. Vanguard
15. Warner
16. Azalea City
17. Greentrax
18. Fossil
19. Manhattan
20. New West
21. Flying Fish
21. Rhino
21. Threshold
21. Turtle Bear
25. Cordova Bay
25. Dualtone
FOLK DJs - OCTOBER 2009
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 12629 airplays from 138 different DJs
Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allan Nelson (BBC, U.K.)
Andrew Doerr (KCSB-FM, CA)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM, NY)
Annie Keville (WVBR-FM, NY)
Art Menius (WMMT-FM, KY)
Arthur Berman (CiTR-FM, BC)
Arthur Dean (WCNI-FM, CT)
Arthur Elliott (4RED-FM, Australia)
Betsi Meissner (KXCI-FM, AZ)
Bill Hahn (WFDU-FM, NJ)
Bill Stuart (WFIT-FM, FL)
Blair Larsen (KUSU-FM & UPR, UT)
Bob Blackman (WKAR-FM, MI)
Bob Gregory (WRFL-FM, KY)
Bob McWilliams (XM, KANU-FM & KPR, KS)
Bob Weiser (WBRS-FM & WOMR-FM, MA)
Brenda Tacik (CJTR-FM, SK)
Bud Johnson (syndicated, AK)
Caroline Doctorow (WPKM-FM & WPKN-FM, CT)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chip Morgan (WMUD-LP, VT)
Chrisana McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Cindy Funk (WYSO-FM, OH)
Clytia Fuller (KZSC-FM, CA)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WSLR-FM, FL)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Ross (KACI-FM, OR)
Danny Watson (2MAX-FM, Australia)
David John (KTRU-FM, TX)
Deadwood Dick (KKUP-FM, CA)
Dennis Brunnenmeyer (KVMR-FM, CA)
Diane Crowe (WMCB-FM, MA)
Diane Karl (KBOO-FM etc, OR)
Dick Hermans (WHDD-FM, CT)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Doug Dick (WVGN-FM, VI)
Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM, OR)
Ed McDonald (WVMR-FM etc, WV)
Frank Gosar (KLCC-FM, OR)
Frank Hoppe (KCSN-FM, CA)
Gary Irving (WVUD-FM, DE)
Gaye Auxier (WDBX-FM, IL)
Gene Shay (WXPN-FM, PA)
Gerd Stassen (EVW, Germany)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Greg Schatzmann (CJLX-FM, ON)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Henry Hallett (KXCI-FM, AZ)
Jamie Hoover (KSUT-FM, CO)
Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA)
Jeff Robson (CJUM-FM, MB)
Jenny Flux (2AIR-FM, Australia)
Jeremy Butler (WUAL-FM & APR, AL)
Jim Blum (WKSU-FM etc, OH)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Jim Rogers (WIUP-FM, PA)
Johanna Halbeisen (WXOJ-FM, MA)
John & Maureen Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA)
John Bommarito (WFHR-FM, MI)
John Kalb (WSCL-FM, MD)
John Mazza (WNHU-FM, CT)
John McLaughlin (WMUC-FM, MD)
John Platt (WFUV-FM, NY)
John Trout (WYEP-FM, PA)
John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY)
Judith Gennett (KPSU, OR)
Juliet Youngren (WEFT-FM, IL)
Jürgen Kramer (ZuSa, Germany)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kate McNally (NHPR, NH)
Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA)
Ken Campbell (WSKG-FM, NY)
Ken Connors (WZNZ-AM, FL)
Ken Yavit (KBAC-FM, NM)
Kent Anderson (KCSC-FM, OK)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Kevin Vance (KALW-FM, CA)
Larry Hillberg (KVMR-FM, CA)
Larry Hoyt (WAER-FM, NY)
Laurel Paulson-Pierce (KRBS-FM, CA)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM, AR)
Leonard Epstein (KRFC-FM, CO)
Lyle D. Skinner (CJUM-FM, MB)
Maggie Ferguson (WXOU-FM, MI)
Mara Noelle (KVMR-FM & KFOK-LP, CA)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM, VT)
Mark Tobler (WTUL-FM, LA)
Mary Cliff (WAMU-FM, DC)
Mary Katherine Aldin (KPFK-FM, CA)
Mary Sue Twohy (XM)
Menachem Vinegrad (Upper Galilee-FM, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Fitzgerald (WEBR, VA)
Mike Kelsey (WFHB, IN)
Mitch Park (Kidnappers, New Zealand)
Naomi Soule and Terry Moses (KCLC-FM, MO)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Norman Whitman (WYSO-FM, OH)
Paul Stamler (KDHX-FM, MO)
Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-FM, NY)
Peter Kernast and John Bates (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Randall Auxier (WDBX-FM, IL)
Rhonda J. Miller (WXIN-FM, RI)
Rich Warren (WFMT-FM, XM & syndicated, IL)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM, WA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Rik James (KGLT-FM, MT)
Robert Resnik (VPR, VT)
Roger Wise (KGNU-FM, CO)
Roz Larman (KPFK-FM & syndicated, CA)
Simon Dillon (Phoenix FM, Australia)
Sonja Hedlund (WJFF, NY)
Sonny Ochs (WRPI-FM, NY)
Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO)
Steve Clarke (CHES-FM, ON)
Steve Edge (CITR-FM, BC)
Steve Harris (KRCC-FM, CO)
Steve Jerrett (KOPN-FM, MO)
Steve Pritchard (CKLN-FM, ON)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WHUS-FM, CT)
Susi Lanagan (PBS-FM, Australia)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Terry Hayden (WRPI-FM, NY)
Todd Tyson (The Point-FM, VT)
Tom Bingham (WCVF-FM, NY)
Tom Coxworth (CKUA-FM, AB)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Tom Martin-Erickson (WPR, WI)
Tom Pittman (KOOP & KUTX, TX)
Valerie Cormier (CITR-FM, BC)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC & syndicated, NY)
TOP ALBUMS OF SEPTEMBER 2009
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 13843 airplays from 144 different DJs
1. "No Worries Now," Joel Mabus [Fossil, 8/09]
2. "Live At The Mauch Chunk Opera House," The Wailin' Jennys [Red House, 8/09]
3. "Links In A Chain," Joe Jencks [Turtle Bear, 8/09]
4. "My Dusty Road," Woody Guthrie [Rounder, 8/09]
5. "Hello, Stranger," Catie Curtis [Compass, 8/09]
6. "Across The Troubled Wave," David Ferrard [Alter Road, new]
7. "Blood And Candle Smoke," Tom Russell [Shout Factory, 9/09]
8. "500 Miles: The Blue Rock Sessions," Cliff Eberhardt [Red House, new]
9. "Between Trains," Bop Ensemble [Cordova Bay, 8/09]
10. "Cold Pizza For Breakfast," Christine Lavin [Yellow Tail, new]
11. "Rollin' Along," Jonathan Edwards [Strictly Country, 7/08]
12. "Let The Bad Times Roll," Tom Chapin [Sundance, 6/09]
12. "Time Stands Still," Chris Smither [Signature, new]
14. "Live From Outer Space," Carla Ulbrich [Romantic Devil, new]
14. "My Blue Garden," Annie And Rod Capps [Yellow Room, 6/09]
14. "Song Up In Her Head," Sarah Jarosz [Sugar Hill, 6/09]
17. "Speak," Kat Eggleston [Paperboat, new]
18. "Pointing At The Sun," Cheryl Wheeler [Dias, 5/09]
19. "Peter, Paul And Mary," Peter, Paul And Mary [Warner, 1962]
20. "Everyone Is Someone," Dala [Campus, 6/09]
21. "High Wide And Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project," Loudon
Wainwright III [Proper, new]
22. "Hill Of Thieves," Cara Dillon [Charcoal, 1/09]
23. "Fishing Music II," Various Artists [Snake River, 7/09]
23. "Letters From A Flying Machine," Peter Mulvey [Signature, 8/09]
23. "Steelwork," Angelo M [Self, 6/09]
23. "Storm," Liz Meyer [Strictly Country, 2005]
23. "Tremolo," The Pines [Red House, 8/09]
TOP SONGS OF SEPTEMBER 2009
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 13843 airplays from 144 different DJs
1. "100 Miles" by Catie Curtis from "Hello, Stranger"
2. "If I Had A Hammer" by Peter, Paul And Mary from "Peter, Paul And Mary"
3. "Deeper Well" by The Wailin' Jennys from "Live At The Mauch Chunk
Opera House"
4. "500 Miles" by Peter, Paul And Mary from "Peter, Paul And Mary"
4. "Don't Call Me Stranger" by Chris Smither from "Time Stands Still"
4. "Every Kind Of Blues" by Angelo M from "Steelwork"
7. "Buckets Of Rain" by Bop Ensemble from "Between Trains"
7. "Leaving On A Jet Plane" by Peter, Paul And Mary from "Album 1700"
7. "Peace Like A River" by Bop Ensemble from "Between Trains"
10. "500 Miles" by Cliff Eberhardt from "500 Miles: The Blue Rock Sessions"
10. "Hard Times Come Again No More" by David Ferrard from "Across The
Troubled Wave"
10. "Joe Hill" by Joe Jencks from "Links In A Chain"
10. "Links In A Chain" by Joe Jencks from "Links In A Chain"
14. "Alligator Ate Her Poodle" by Joel Mabus from "No Worries Now"
14. "Cotton" by Sam Baker from "Cotton"
14. "Hello Stranger" by Catie Curtis from "Hello, Stranger"
14. "On A Wing And A Prayer" by Peter Mulvey from "Letters From A
Flying Machine"
14. "Surprise, Surprise" by Chris Smither from "Time Stands Still"
14. "We Will Adjust" by Tom Chapin from "Let The Bad Times Roll"
20. "Tell Me True" by Sarah Jarosz from "Song Up In Her Head"
20. "Am I Right" by Joel Mabus from "No Worries Now"
20. "Cold Pizza For Breakfast Redux" by Christine Lavin from "Cold
Pizza For Breakfast"
20. "Dynamite Bill" by Peter Mulvey from "Letters From A Flying Machine"
20. "East Of Woodstock, West Of Viet Nam" by Tom Russell from "Blood
And Candle Smoke"
20. "Good Thing She Can't Read My Mind" by Christine Lavin from "Cold
Pizza For Breakfast"
TOP ARTISTS OF SEPTEMBER 2009
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 13843 airplays from 144 different DJs
1. Peter, Paul And Mary
2. Joel Mabus
3. Joe Jencks
4. Woody Guthrie
5. The Wailin' Jennys
6. Tom Russell
7. Catie Curtis
8. Cheryl Wheeler
8. Chris Smither
10. Bop Ensemble
11. David Ferrard
12. Cliff Eberhardt
13. Bob Dylan
13. Pete Seeger
15. Christine Lavin
16. New Lost City Ramblers
17. Carla Ulbrich
17. Jonathan Edwards
17. Loudon Wainwright III
20. Annie And Rod Capps
20. Peter Mulvey
20. Tom Chapin
23. Sarah Jarosz
24. Nanci Griffith
25. Kat Eggleston
TOP LABELS OF SEPTEMBER 2009
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 13843 airplays from 144 different DJs
1. Rounder
2. Red House
3. Compass
4. Smithsonian/Folkways
5. Sugar Hill
6. Signature
7. Warner
8. Columbia
9. Vanguard
10. Appleseed
11. Borealis
12. Strictly Country
13. Turtle Bear
14. Philo
15. Greentrax
16. Fossil
17. Folk-Legacy
18. Waterbug
19. Rhino
20. Cordova Bay
21. Flying Fish
22. Green Linnet
23. Bear Family
23. New West
25. Proper
25. Shanachie
FOLK DJs - SEPTEMBER 2009
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 13843 airplays from 144 different DJs
Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Andrew Doerr (KCSB-FM, CA)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM, NY)
Annie Keville (WVBR-FM, NY)
Art Menius (WMMT-FM, KY)
Arthur Berman (CiTR-FM, BC)
Arthur Dean (WCNI-FM, CT)
Arthur Elliott (4RED-FM, Australia)
Betsi Meissner (KXCI-FM, AZ)
Bill Hahn (WFDU-FM, NJ)
Bill Stuart (WFIT-FM, FL)
Bill Wagman (KDVS-FM, CA)
Blair Larsen (KUSU-FM & UPR, UT)
Bob Blackman (WKAR-FM, MI)
Bob Gregory (WRFL-FM, KY)
Bob McWilliams (XM, KANU-FM & KPR, KS)
Bob Weiser (WBRS-FM & WOMR-FM, MA)
Brenda Tacik (CJTR-FM, SK)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Bud Johnson (syndicated, AK)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chip Morgan (WMUD-LP, VT)
Chrisana McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Cindy Funk (WYSO-FM, OH)
Clytia Fuller (KZSC-FM, CA)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WSLR-FM, FL)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Ross (KACI-FM, OR)
Danny Watson (2MAX-FM, Australia)
David John (KTRU-FM, TX)
Deadwood Dick (KKUP-FM, CA)
Dennis Brunnenmeyer (KVMR-FM, CA)
Diane Crowe (WMCB-FM, MA)
Diane Karl (KBOO-FM etc, OR)
Dick Hermans (WHDD-FM, CT)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Doug Dick (WVGN-FM, VI)
Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM, OR)
Ed McDonald (WVMR-FM etc, WV)
Frank Gosar (KLCC-FM, OR)
Frank Hoppe (KCSN-FM, CA)
Gaye Auxier (WDBX-FM, IL)
Gene Shay (WXPN-FM, PA)
Gerd Stassen (EVW, Germany)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Glen Hatchell (WMNF-FM, FL)
Greg Schatzmann (CJLX-FM, ON)
Greg Shaya (WCWS-FM, OH)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Henry Hallett (KXCI-FM, AZ)
Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA)
Jeff Robson (CJUM-FM, MB)
Jenny Flux (2AIR-FM, Australia)
Jeremy Butler (WUAL-FM & APR, AL)
Jim Blum (WKSU-FM etc, OH)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Jim Rogers (WIUP-FM, PA)
Johanna Halbeisen (WXOJ-FM, MA)
John & Maureen Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA)
John Bommarito (WFHR-FM, MI)
John Kalb (WSCL-FM, MD)
John Mazza (WNHU-FM, CT)
John McLaughlin (WMUC-FM, MD)
John Platt (WFUV-FM, NY)
John Trout (WYEP-FM, PA)
John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY)
Judith Gennett (KPSU, OR)
Jürgen Kramer (ZuSa, Germany)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kate McNally (NHPR, NH)
Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA)
Ken Campbell (WSKG-FM, NY)
Ken Connors (WZNZ-AM, FL)
Ken Yavit (KBAC-FM, NM)
Kent Anderson (KCSC-FM, OK)
Kevin Vance (KALW-FM, CA)
Larry Hillberg (KVMR-FM, CA)
Larry Hoyt (WAER-FM, NY)
Laurel Paulson-Pierce (KRBS-FM, CA)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM, AR)
Leonard Epstein (KRFC-FM, CO)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Lyle D. Skinner (CJUM-FM, MB)
Maggie Ferguson (WXOU-FM, MI)
Mara Noelle (KVMR-FM & KFOK-LP, CA)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM, VT)
Mark Tobler (WTUL-FM, LA)
Mary Cliff (WAMU-FM, DC)
Mary Katherine Aldin (KPFK-FM, CA)
Mary Sue Twohy (XM)
Matt Watroba (WDET-DM, MI)
Mel DeYoung (WPSU-FM, PA)
Menachem Vinegrad (Upper Galilee-FM, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Fitzgerald (WEBR, VA)
Mike Flynn (KUAF-FM & syndicated, AR)
Mike Regenstreif (CKUT-FM, QC)
Mitch Park (Kidnappers, New Zealand)
Naomi Soule and Terry Moses (KCLC-FM, MO)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Norman Whitman (WYSO-FM, OH)
Paul Stamler (KDHX-FM, MO)
Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-FM, NY)
Peter Kernast and John Bates (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Randall Auxier (WDBX-FM, IL)
Rhonda J. Miller (WXIN-FM, RI)
Rich Pietrzak (WPRK-FM, FL)
Rich Warren (WFMT-FM, XM & syndicated, IL)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM, WA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Robert Resnik (VPR, VT)
Roger Wise (KGNU-FM, CO)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM, NJ)
Roz Larman (KPFK-FM & syndicated, CA)
Simon Dillon (Phoenix FM, Australia)
Sonja Hedlund (WJFF, NY)
Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO)
Steve Clarke (CHES-FM, ON)
Steve Edge (CITR-FM, BC)
Steve Harris (KRCC-FM, CO)
Steve Jerrett (KOPN-FM, MO)
Steve Pritchard (CKLN-FM, ON)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Sue Kessell (WNUR-FM, IL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WHUS-FM, CT)
Susi Lanagan (PBS-FM, Australia)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Terry Carpenter (WTJU-FM, VA)
Terry Fatseas (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Terry Hayden (WRPI-FM, NY)
Tish McCarthy (WEFT-FM, IL)
Todd Tyson (The Point-FM, VT)
Tom Bingham (WCVF-FM, NY)
Tom Coxworth (CKUA-FM, AB)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Tom Martin-Erickson (WPR, WI)
Tom Pittman (KOOP & KUTX, TX)
Valerie Cormier (CITR-FM, BC)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC & syndicated, NY)
TOP ALBUMS OF AUGUST 2009
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 15350 airplays from 140 different DJs
1. "Live At The Mauch Chunk Opera House," The Wailin' Jennys [Red House, new]
2. "My Blue Garden," Annie And Rod Capps [Yellow Room, 6/09]
3. "No Worries Now," Joel Mabus [Fossil, new]
4. "Rollin' Along," Jonathan Edwards [Strictly Country, 7/08]
5. "Let The Bad Times Roll," Tom Chapin [Sundance, 6/09]
6. "Cotton," Sam Baker [Music Road, 7/09]
6. "Tremolo," The Pines [Red House, new]
8. "Hello, Stranger," Catie Curtis [Compass, new]
9. "Gauntlet," Nathan Rogers [Borealis, new]
9. "Pointing At The Sun," Cheryl Wheeler [Dias, 5/09]
9. "Song Up In Her Head," Sarah Jarosz [Sugar Hill, 6/09]
12. "Everyone Is Someone," Dala [Campus, 6/09]
13. "Gravity Of Grace," Johnsmith [Blue Pine, 6/09]
14. "Tales Of '69," Arlo Guthrie [Rising Son, 7/09]
15. "Letters From A Flying Machine," Peter Mulvey [Signature, new]
15. "Storm," Liz Meyer [Strictly Country, 2005]
17. "Dream City: Essential Recordings, 1997-2006," Greg Brown [Red House, 7/09]
17. "The Loving Kind," Nanci Griffith [Rounder, 6/09]
19. "Blood And Candle Smoke," Tom Russell [Shout Factory, new]
20. "Fishing Music II," Various Artists [Snake River, new]
20. "Wild Horses," TR Ritchie [Apex, 6/09]
22. "Dirty Little Secret," Cary Cooper [Self, 5/09]
22. "Postcards," Beyond The Pale [Borealis, new]
24. "The Crow," Steve Martin [Self, 1/09]
24. "Pride Of New York," Pride Of New York [Compass, new]
24. "Townes," Steve Earle [New West, 5/09]
TOP SONGS OF AUGUST 2009
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 15350 airplays from 140 different DJs
1. "My Blue Garden" by Annie And Rod Capps from "My Blue Garden"
2. "Hello Stranger" by Catie Curtis from "Hello, Stranger"
2. "Serenity Road" by Annie And Rod Capps from "My Blue Garden"
4. "Deeper Well" by The Wailin' Jennys from "Live At The Mauch Chunk
Opera House"
5. "Driving" by The Wailin' Jennys from "Live At The Mauch Chunk Opera House"
6. "Am I Right" by Joel Mabus from "No Worries Now"
6. "Cotton" by Sam Baker from "Cotton"
8. "Levi Blues" by Dala from "Everyone Is Someone"
8. "Pointing At The Sun" by Cheryl Wheeler from "Pointing At The Sun"
8. "Spike Driver Blues" by The Pines from "Tremolo"
8. "Summertime" by The Wailin' Jennys from "Live At The Mauch Chunk Opera House"
8. "Toe The Line" by Ben Bullington from "White Sulphur Springs"
13. "Coming Into Los Angeles" by Arlo Guthrie from "Tales Of '69"
13. "Unbelievable Motorcycle Tale" by Arlo Guthrie from "Tales Of '69"
13. "We Will Adjust" by Tom Chapin from "Let The Bad Times Roll"
16. "Honey, Sugar, Baby, Mine" by Annie And Rod Capps from "My Blue Garden"
16. "Pray Tell" by The Pines from "Tremolo"
18. "East Of Woodstock, West Of Viet Nam" by Tom Russell from "Blood
And Candle Smoke"
18. "Jewel Of Paris" by Nathan Rogers from "Gauntlet"
18. "Kids In The Square" by Peter Mulvey from "Letters From A Flying Machine"
18. "Moon" by Sam Baker from "Cotton"
18. "Red Light, Green Light" by Jonathan Edwards from "Rollin' Along"
18. "Ring That Bell" by Johnsmith from "Gravity Of Grace"
18. "Tell Me True" by Sarah Jarosz from "Song Up In Her Head"
25. "100 Miles" by Catie Curtis from "Hello, Stranger"
TOP ARTISTS OF AUGUST 2009
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 15350 airplays from 140 different DJs
1. The Wailin' Jennys
2. Mike Seeger
3. Annie And Rod Capps
4. Joel Mabus
5. New Lost City Ramblers
6. Catie Curtis
6. Jonathan Edwards
8. Cheryl Wheeler
9. Arlo Guthrie
9. The Pines
11. Sam Baker
12. Tom Chapin
13. Johnsmith
14. Nathan Rogers
15. Sarah Jarosz
16. Dala
17. Greg Brown
17. Richard Shindell
19. Nanci Griffith
20. Tom Russell
21. Bob Dylan
21. Peter Mulvey
23. Liz Meyer
24. David Wilcox
24. Pete Seeger
TOP LABELS OF AUGUST 2009
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 15350 airplays from 140 different DJs
1. Rounder
2. Red House
3. Compass
4. Sugar Hill
5. Signature
6. Smithsonian/Folkways
7. Folk-Legacy
8. Borealis
9. Columbia
10. Appleseed
11. Strictly Country
12. Vanguard
13. Green Linnet
14. Fossil
14. Rhino
16. Yellow Room
17. Music Road
17. Nonesuch
19. Greentrax
19. Philo
21. Dias
22. Warner
23. Capitol
23. Shanachie
25. Sundance
FOLK DJs - AUGUST 2009
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 15350 airplays from 140 different DJs
Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM, NY)
Annie Keville (WVBR-FM, NY)
Art Menius (WMMT-FM, KY)
Arthur Berman (CiTR-FM, BC)
Arthur Dean (WCNI-FM, CT)
Arthur Elliott (4RED-FM, Australia)
Bill Hahn (WFDU-FM, NJ)
Bill Stuart (WFIT-FM, FL)
Bill Wagman (KDVS-FM, CA)
Blair Larsen (KUSU-FM & UPR, UT)
Bob Blackman (WKAR-FM, MI)
Bob Gregory (WRFL-FM, KY)
Bob McWilliams (XM, KANU-FM & KPR, KS)
Bob Weiser (WBRS-FM & WOMR-FM, MA)
Brenda Tacik (CJTR-FM, SK)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Bud Johnson (syndicated, AK)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chip Morgan (WMUD-LP, VT)
Chrisana McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Cindy Funk (WYSO-FM, OH)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WSLR-FM, FL)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Ross (KACI-FM, OR)
Danny Watson (2MAX-FM, Australia)
David John (KTRU-FM, TX)
Dennis Brunnenmeyer (KVMR-FM, CA)
Diane Crowe (WMCB-FM, MA)
Diane Karl (KBOO-FM etc, OR)
Dick Hermans (WHDD-FM, CT)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Doug Dick (WVGN-FM, VI)
Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM, OR)
Ed McDonald (WVMR-FM etc, WV)
Frank Gosar (KLCC-FM, OR)
Frank Hoppe (KCSN-FM, CA)
Fred Dolan (WJCU-FM, OH)
Gaye Auxier (WDBX-FM, IL)
Gene Shay (WXPN-FM, PA)
Gerd Stassen (EVW, Germany)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Ginger Hopper (KBCS-FM, WA)
Greg Schatzmann (CJLX-FM, ON)
Hal Durden (KBCS-FM, WA)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Henk de Weerd (5EBI-FM, Australia)
Henry Hallett (KXCI-FM, AZ)
Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA)
Jeff Robson (CJUM-FM, MB)
Jenny Flux (2AIR-FM, Australia)
Jeremy Butler (WUAL-FM & APR, AL)
Jim Blum (WKSU-FM etc, OH)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Jim Rogers (WIUP-FM, PA)
Joe Colvin (WYSO-FM, OH)
John Bommarito (WFHR-FM, MI)
John Kalb (WSCL-FM, MD)
John Mazza (WNHU-FM, CT)
John McLaughlin (WMUC-FM, MD)
John Platt (WFUV-FM, NY)
John Trout (WYEP-FM, PA)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY)
Judith Gennett (KPSU, OR)
Jürgen Kramer (ZuSa, Germany)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kate McNally (NHPR, NH)
Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA)
Ken Campbell (WSKG-FM, NY)
Ken Connors (WZNZ-AM, FL)
Ken Yavit (KBAC-FM, NM)
Kent Anderson (KCSC-FM, OK)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Kevin Vance (KALW-FM, CA)
Larry Hillberg (KVMR-FM, CA)
Larry Hoyt (WAER-FM, NY)
Laurel Paulson-Pierce (KRBS-FM, CA)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Lee Larcheveque (WMUA-FM, MA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM, AR)
Leonard Epstein (KRFC-FM, CO)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Lyle D. Skinner (CJUM-FM, MB)
Maggie Ferguson (WXOU-FM, MI)
Mara Noelle (KVMR-FM & KFOK-LP, CA)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM, VT)
Mark Tobler (WTUL-FM, LA)
Mary Cliff (WAMU-FM, DC)
Mary Katherine Aldin (KPFK-FM, CA)
Mary Sue Twohy (XM)
Matt Watroba (WDET-DM, MI)
Mel DeYoung (WPSU-FM, PA)
Menachem Vinegrad (Upper Galilee-FM, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Fitzgerald (WEBR, VA)
Mike Flynn (KUAF-FM & syndicated, AR)
Mitch Park (Kidnappers, New Zealand)
Naomi Soule and Terry Moses (KCLC-FM, MO)
Norbert Sarsfield (KRUI-FM, IA)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Norman Whitman (WYSO-FM, OH)
Pamela Smith (WPKN-FM, CT)
Paul Stamler (KDHX-FM, MO)
Peter Kernast and John Bates (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Randall Auxier (WDBX-FM, IL)
Rhonda J. Miller (WXIN-FM, RI)
Rich Pietrzak (WPRK-FM, FL)
Rich Warren (WFMT-FM, XM & syndicated, IL)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM, WA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Rob Killam (WFIT-FM, FL)
Robert Resnik (VPR, VT)
Roger Wise (KGNU-FM, CO)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM, NJ)
Roz Larman (KPFK-FM & syndicated, CA)
Simon Dillon (Phoenix FM, Australia)
Sonja Hedlund (WJFF, NY)
Sonny Ochs (WRPI-FM, NY)
Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO)
Steve Clarke (CHES-FM, ON)
Steve Edge (CITR-FM, BC)
Steve Harris (KRCC-FM, CO)
Steve Jerrett (KOPN-FM, MO)
Steve Pritchard (CKLN-FM, ON)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WHUS-FM, CT)
Susi Lanagan (PBS-FM, Australia)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Terry Hayden (WRPI-FM, NY)
Todd Tyson (The Point-FM, VT)
Tom Bingham (WCVF-FM, NY)
Tom Coxworth (CKUA-FM, AB)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Tom Martin-Erickson (WPR, WI)
Tom Pittman (KOOP & KUTX, TX)
Valerie Cormier (CITR-FM, BC)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC & syndicated, NY)
TOP ALBUMS OF JULY 2009
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 13816 airplays from 144 different DJs
1. "Song Up In Her Head," Sarah Jarosz [Sugar Hill, 6/09]
2. "Gravity Of Grace," Johnsmith [Blue Pine, 6/09]
3. "Pointing At The Sun," Cheryl Wheeler [Dias, 5/09]
4. "Dream City: Essential Recordings, 1997-2006," Greg Brown [Red House, 7/09]
5. "The Loving Kind," Nanci Griffith [Rounder, 6/09]
6. "Electric Dirt," Levon Helm [Vanguard, 6/09]
7. "The Crow," Steve Martin [Self, 1/09]
8. "Goldrush," Putnam Smith [Itchy Sabot, 6/09]
9. "Townes," Steve Earle [New West, 5/09]
10. "Shelter Valley Blues," Rick Shea [Tres Pescadores, new]
11. "Is It Me?," Jim Photoglo [Grifftone, 5/09]
12. "Sara Watkins," Sara Watkins [Nonesuch, 4/09]
13. "Love Broke The Fall," Byrd And Street [Self, 12/08]
13. "Songs... With Repercussions," Ronny Cox [Wind River, 5/09]
15. "White Sulphur Springs," Ben Bullington [Self, 11/08]
16. "Dakota Lullaby," Albert And Gage [Moon House, 6/09]
16. "Wild Horses," TR Ritchie [Apex, new]
18. "America's Waiting," John Flynn [Self, new]
19. "Sea Of Tears," Eilen Jewell [Signature, 4/09]
20. "Dirty Little Secret," Cary Cooper [Self, 5/09]
20. "Old Jawbone," Euphonia [Self, 2/09]
22. "Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away," Slaid Cleaves [Music Road, 4/09]
22. "The Near Demise of the High Wire Dancer," Antje Duvekot [Black Wolf, 3/09]
24. "The Company You Keep," Alison Brown [Compass, 4/09]
25. "Better Times Will Come," Diana Jones [Proper, 5/09]
25. "Chicken Ain't Chicken," The Sweetback Sisters [Signature, 6/09]
25. "Secret, Profane And Sugarcane," Elvis Costello [Hear, 6/09]
TOP SONGS OF JULY 2009
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 13816 airplays from 144 different DJs
1. "Ring That Bell" by Johnsmith from "Gravity Of Grace"
1. "Song Up In Her Head" by Sarah Jarosz from "Song Up In Her Head"
3. "The Loving Kind" by Nanci Griffith from "The Loving Kind"
4. "Scotch Pine" by Johnsmith from "Gravity Of Grace"
4. "Toe The Line" by Ben Bullington from "White Sulphur Springs"
6. "America's Waiting" by John Flynn from "America's Waiting"
6. "Tennessee Jed" by Levon Helm from "Electric Dirt"
8. "Summer Fly" by Cheryl Wheeler from "Pointing At The Sun"
8. "Tell Me True" by Sarah Jarosz from "Song Up In Her Head"
8. "Trono" by Cori Brewster from "Buffalo Street"
11. "Come On Up To The House" by Sarah Jarosz from "Song Up In Her Head"
11. "Long Hot Summer Days" by Sara Watkins from "Sara Watkins"
11. "Lull It By" by Greg Brown from "Dream City: Essential Recordings, 1997-2006"
14. "Across America" by Nanci Griffith from "The Loving Kind"
14. "Little Wheel Spin And Spin" by Buffy Sainte-Marie from "Running For The Dream"
14. "Mansinneedof" by Sarah Jarosz from "Song Up In Her Head"
14. "Money Changes Everything" by Nanci Griffith from "The Loving Kind"
14. "Pointing At The Sun" by Cheryl Wheeler from "Pointing At The Sun"
14. "Right Into Love" by Johnsmith from "Gravity Of Grace"
14. "Your Town Now" by Greg Brown from "Dream City: Essential Recordings, 1997-2006"
21. "Daddy Played The Banjo" by Steve Martin from "The Crow"
21. "Haleiwa Shuffle" by Rick Shea from "Shelter Valley Blues"
21. "In My Time Of Dyin" by The Lovell Sisters from "Time To Grow"
21. "Pancho And Lefty" by Steve Earle from "Townes"
21. "Serenity Road" by Annie And Rod Capps from "My Blue Garden"
TOP ARTISTS OF JULY 2009
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 13816 airplays from 144 different DJs
1. Sarah Jarosz
2. Greg Brown
3. Johnsmith
3. Nanci Griffith
5. Cheryl Wheeler
6. Bob Dylan
7. Pete Seeger
8. Levon Helm
9. Putnam Smith
10. Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer
11. John Flynn
12. Richard Shindell
13. Steve Martin
14. Ben Bullington
14. Steve Earle
16. Arlo Guthrie
16. Rick Shea
18. Jim Photoglo
19. Jorma Kaukonen
20. Buffy Sainte-Marie
20. Byrd And Street
20. Ronny Cox
20. Sara Watkins
20. Slaid Cleaves
25. Albert And Gage
TOP LABELS OF JULY 2009
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 13816 airplays from 144 different DJs
1. Rounder
2. Sugar Hill
3. Red House
4. Signature
5. Compass
6. Columbia
7. Vanguard
8. Appleseed
9. Smithsonian/Folkways
10. Borealis
11. Greentrax
12. Nonesuch
13. Green Linnet
14. Folk-Legacy
15. Shanachie
16. Dias
16. Yep Roc
18. New West
19. Flying Fish
20. Sony
20. Waterbug
22. Warner
23. Philo
24. Itchy Sabot
25. Rhino
FOLK DJs - JULY 2009
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 13816 airplays from 144 different DJs
Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Andrew Doerr (KCSB-FM, CA)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM, NY)
Annie Keville (WVBR-FM, NY)
Art Menius (WMMT-FM, KY)
Arthur Berman (CiTR-FM, BC)
Arthur Dean (WCNI-FM, CT)
Arthur Elliott (4RED-FM, Australia)
Betsi Meissner (KXCI-FM, AZ)
Bill Hahn (WFDU-FM, NJ)
Bill Stuart (WFIT-FM, FL)
Bill Wagman (KDVS-FM, CA)
Blair Larsen (KUSU-FM & UPR, UT)
Bob Blackman (WKAR-FM, MI)
Bob Gregory (WRFL-FM, KY)
Bob McWilliams (XM, KANU-FM & KPR, KS)
Bob Weiser (WBRS-FM & WOMR-FM, MA)
Brenda Tacik (CJTR-FM, SK)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Bud Johnson (syndicated, AK)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chip Morgan (WMUD-LP, VT)
Chrisana McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Cindy Funk (WYSO-FM, OH)
Clytia Fuller (KZSC-FM, CA)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WSLR-FM, FL)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Ross (KACI-FM, OR)
Danny Watson (2MAX-FM, Australia)
Dave Butler (KRSC-FM, OK)
David John (KTRU-FM, TX)
Deadwood Dick (KKUP-FM, CA)
Dennis Brunnenmeyer (KVMR-FM, CA)
Diane Crowe (WMCB-FM, MA)
Diane Karl (KBOO-FM etc, OR)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Doug Dick (WVGN-FM, VI)
Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM, OR)
Ed McDonald (WVMR-FM etc, WV)
Frank Gosar (KLCC-FM, OR)
Frank Hoppe (KCSN-FM, CA)
Gene Shay (WXPN-FM, PA)
Gerd Stassen (EVW, Germany)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Ginger Hopper (KBCS-FM, WA)
Greg Schatzmann (CJLX-FM, ON)
Hal Durden (KBCS-FM, WA)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Henry Hallett (KXCI-FM, AZ)
Jamie Hoover (KSUT-FM, CO)
Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA)
Jeff Robson (CJUM-FM, MB)
Jenny Flux (2AIR-FM, Australia)
Jeremy Butler (WUAL-FM & APR, AL)
Jim Blum (WKSU-FM etc, OH)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Jim Rogers (WIUP-FM, PA)
Joe Colvin (WYSO-FM, OH)
Johanna Halbeisen (WXOJ-FM, MA)
John Bommarito (WFHR-FM, MI)
John Kalb (WSCL-FM, MD)
John Mazza (WNHU-FM, CT)
John McLaughlin (WMUC-FM, MD)
John Platt (WFUV-FM, NY)
John Trout (WYEP-FM, PA)
John Wright (WLUW-FM, IL)
Judith Gennett (KPSU, OR)
Jürgen Kramer (ZuSa, Germany)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kate McNally (NHPR, NH)
Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA)
Ken Campbell (WSKG-FM, NY)
Ken Connors (WZNZ-AM, FL)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Kevin Vance (KALW-FM, CA)
Larry Hillberg (KVMR-FM, CA)
Larry Hoyt (WAER-FM, NY)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Lee Larcheveque (WMUA-FM, MA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM, AR)
Leonard Epstein (KRFC-FM, CO)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Lyle D. Skinner (CJUM-FM, MB)
Maggie Ferguson (WXOU-FM, MI)
Mara Noelle (KVMR-FM & KFOK-LP, CA)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM, VT)
Mark Tobler (WTUL-FM, LA)
Mary Cliff (WAMU-FM, DC)
Mary Sue Twohy (XM)
Matt Watroba (WDET-DM, MI)
Mel DeYoung (WPSU-FM, PA)
Menachem Vinegrad (Upper Galilee-FM, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Fitzgerald (WEBR, VA)
Mike Flynn (KUAF-FM & syndicated, AR)
Mike Regenstreif (CKUT-FM, QC)
Mitch Park (Kidnappers, New Zealand)
Naomi Soule and Terry Moses (KCLC-FM, MO)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Norman Whitman (WYSO-FM, OH)
Paul Stamler (KDHX-FM, MO)
Paula Ascher (KZAS-LP, OR)
Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-FM, NY)
Peter Kernast and John Bates (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Randall Auxier (WDBX-FM, IL)
Rhonda J. Miller (WXIN-FM, RI)
Rich Pietrzak (WPRK-FM, FL)
Rich Warren (WFMT-FM, XM & syndicated, IL)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM, WA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Rob Killam (WFIT-FM, FL)
Robert Resnik (VPR, VT)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM, NJ)
Roz Larman (KPFK-FM & syndicated, CA)
Simon Dillon (Phoenix FM, Australia)
Sonja Hedlund (WJFF, NY)
Sonny Ochs (WRPI-FM, NY)
Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO)
Steve Clarke (CHES-FM, ON)
Steve Edge (CITR-FM, BC)
Steve Harris (KRCC-FM, CO)
Steve Jerrett (KOPN-FM, MO)
Steve Pritchard (CKLN-FM, ON)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Sue Kessell (WNUR-FM, IL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WHUS-FM, CT)
Susi Lanagan (PBS-FM, Australia)
Suzi Wollenberg (WVUD-FM, DE)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Terry Carpenter (WTJU-FM, VA)
Terry Fatseas (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Terry Hayden (WRPI-FM, NY)
Tish McCarthy (WEFT-FM, IL)
Todd Tyson (The Point-FM, VT)
Tom Bingham (WCVF-FM, NY)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Tom Martin-Erickson (WPR, WI)
Tom Pittman (KOOP & KUTX, TX)
Valerie Cormier (CITR-FM, BC)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC & syndicated, NY)
TOP ALBUMS OF 2008
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists Based on 166787 airplays from 200 different DJs
1. "Able Baker Charlie And Dog," Joe Crookston [Self, 2/08] 2. "Beautiful World," Eliza Gilkyson [Red House, 5/08] 3. "Love And Other Tragedies," Red Molly [Self, 5/08] 4. "Day After Tomorrow," Joan Baez [Razor And Tie, 9/08] 5. "Retold," Joel Mabus [Fossil, 1/08] 6. "Still Crooked," Crooked Still [Signature, 6/08] 7. "Coal," Kathy Mattea [Captain Potato, 4/08] 8. "10 Years Of European World Of Bluegrass," Various Artists [Strictly Country, 4/08] 9. "Modern Hymns," Darrell Scott [Appleseed, 8/08] 10. "Our Time," The Gordons [Inside Out, 6/08] 10. "Sunset Waltz," Pat Wictor [Risky Disc, 5/08] 12. "Holding Up The World," Tim Grimm [Vault, 5/08] 13. "Little Grey Sheep," Danny Schmidt [Waterbug, 2/08] 14. "Buena Vista," Robin And Linda Williams [Red House, 9/08] 15. "Chameleon," Tim O'Brien [Obus, 3/08] 16. "Unbound," The Refugees [Wabuho, 7/08] 17. "The Geography Of Light," Carrie Newcomer [Philo, 2/08] 18. "Better Dreams," The Kennedys [Appleseed, 1/08] 19. "Even Trade," Terence Martin [Good Dog, 4/08] 20. "Round My Door," Dana And Susan Robinson [Threshold, 3/08] 21. "All I Intended To Be," Emmylou Harris [Nonesuch, 6/08] 21. "Comedians And Angels," Tom Paxton [Appleseed, 2/08] 23. "Two Sets," Chuck Brodsky [Waterbug, 7/08] 24. "At 89," Pete Seeger [Appleseed, 9/08] 24. "Come Up Full," Meg Hutchinson [Red House, 3/08]
TOP SONGS OF 2008
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists Based on 166787 airplays from 200 different DJs
1. "I Am The Big Easy" by Ray Bonneville from "Goin By Feel"
2. "Logical Song" by Joe Crookston from "Able Baker Charlie And Dog"
3. "Bird By Bird" by Joe Crookston from "Able Baker Charlie And Dog"
3. "Unbound" by The Refugees from "Unbound"
3. "Wildewood Spring" by Eliza Gilkyson from "Beautiful World"
6. "American Tune" by Darrell Scott from "Modern Hymns"
7. "Mighty Storm" by The Duhks from "Fast Paced World"
8. "Emerald Street" by Eliza Gilkyson from "Beautiful World"
8. "Red Rooster In The Mash Pile" by Joe Crookston from "Able Baker Charlie And Dog"
8. "Summertime" by Red Molly from "Love And Other Tragedies"
11. "Green Rolling Hills" by Kathy Mattea from "Coal"
11. "There Is A Tree" by Carrie Newcomer from "The Geography Of Light"
13. "Great Correction" by Eliza Gilkyson from "Beautiful World"
14. "How Beautiful Upon The Mountain" by Tom Paxton from "Comedians And Angels"
15. "Pastures Of Plenty" by Dana And Susan Robinson from "Round My Door"
16. "Company Of Friends" by Danny Schmidt from "Little Grey Sheep"
16. "God Is God" by Joan Baez from "Day After Tomorrow"
18. "Tell Her To Come Back Home" by Crooked Still from "Still Crooked"
19. "Able Baker Charlie And Dog" by Joe Crookston from "Able Baker Charlie And Dog"
19. "He Came To Our Town" by Chuck Brodsky from "Two Sets"
19. "Wichita" by Red Molly from "Love And Other Tragedies"
22. "Give Me Back My Country" by The Kennedys from "Better Dreams"
22. "Party's Over" by Eliza Gilkyson from "Beautiful World"
22. "Praying For Land" by Randall Williams from "Praying For Land"
22. "Urge For Going" by Darrell Scott from "Modern Hymns"
TOP ARTISTS OF 2008
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists Based on 166787 airplays from 200 different DJs
1. Eliza Gilkyson
2. Pete Seeger
3. Bob Dylan
4. Joel Mabus
5. Tim O'Brien
6. Tom Paxton
7. Emmylou Harris
8. Joan Baez
9. Joe Crookston
10. Robin And Linda Williams
11. John McCutcheon
12. Red Molly
13. Crooked Still
14. Chuck Brodsky
15. Greg Brown
16. Utah Phillips
17. Carrie Newcomer
18. Duhks
19. Pat Wictor
20. Darrell Scott
20. Kathy Mattea
22. John Gorka
23. Tim Grimm
24. Danny Schmidt
25. The Kennedys
TOP LABELS OF 2008
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists Based on 166787 airplays from 200 different DJs
1. Rounder
2. Red House
3. Sugar Hill
4. Appleseed
5. Compass
6. Signature
7. Columbia
8. Waterbug
9. Philo
10. Smithsonian/Folkways
11. Vanguard
12. Greentrax
13. Warner
14. Borealis
15. Green Linnet
16. Rhino
17. Shanachie
18. Flying Fish
19. Nonesuch
20. Razor And Tie
21. Rebel
22. Capitol
23. Hightone
24. Fossil
25. RCA
FOLK DJs - 2008
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists Based on 166787 airplays from 200 different DJs
Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN), Allan Nelson (BBC, U.K.), Andrew Doerr (KCSB-FM, CA), Angela Page (WJFF-FM, NY), Annie Keville (WVBR-FM, NY), Art Menius (WMMT-FM, KY), Arthur Berman (CITR-FM, BC), Arthur Dean (WCNI-FM, CT), Arthur Elliott (4RED-FM, Australia), Ary Smith (WOBC-FM, OH), Barry Parks (2HHH-FM, Australia), Ben Sands (Clanrye-FM, Ireland), Betsi Meissner (KXCI-FM, AZ), Bill Hahn (WFDU-FM, NJ), Bill Stuart (WFIT-FM, FL), Bill Wagman (KDVS-FM, CA), Blair Larsen (KUSU-FM & UPR, UT), Bob Blackman (WKAR-FM, MI), Bob Gregory (WRFL-FM, KY), Bob McWilliams (XM, KANU-FM & KPR, KS), Bob Weiser (WBRS-FM & WOMR-FM, MA), Brenda Tacik (CJTR-FM, SK), Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia), Bruce Hayden (KVMR-FM, CA), Bryan French (KUMD-FM, MN), Bud Johnson (syndicated, AK), Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN), Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY), Chip Morgan (WMUD-FM, VT), Chrisana McGill (WSPN-FM, NY), Christian Rath (Radio Dreyeckland, Germany) Cindy Funk (WYSO-FM, OH) Cindy Murray-Hayden (KVMR-FM, CA) Clytia Fuller (KZSC-FM, CA) Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia) Craig Huegel (WSLR-FM, FL) Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX) Dan Ross (KACI-FM, OR) Danny Watson (2MAX-FM, Australia) Dave Butler (KRSC-FM, OK) David Fuente, Jr. (WKSU-FM, OH) David John (KTRU-FM, TX) David Sears (WBGU-FM, OH) Deadwood Dick (KKUP-FM, CA) Dennis Brunnenmeyer (KVMR-FM, CA) Diane Karl (KBOO-FM etc, OR) Diane Rae (KGPR-FM, MT) Dick Hermans (WHDD-FM, CT) Don Charles (KJZA-FM, AZ) Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR) Doug Dick (WVGN-FM, VI) Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM, OR) Ed McDonald (WVMR-FM etc, WV) Frank Gosar (KLCC-FM, OR) Frank Hoppe (KCSN-FM, CA) Fred Dolan (WJCU-FM, OH) Gary Harrison (KVMR-FM, CA) Gary Irving (WVUD-FM, DE) Gaye Auxier (WDBX-FM, IL) Gene Shay (WXPN-FM, PA) George Maida (WCVE-FM, VA) Gerd Stassen (EVW, Germany) Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC) Ginger Hopper (KBCS-FM, WA) Graham McDonald (ArtSound-FM, Australia) Graham Rice (WJFF-FM, NY) Greg Schatzmann (CJLX-FM, ON) Hal Durden (KBCS-FM, WA) Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA) Henk de Weerd (5EBI-FM, Australia) Henry Hallett (KXCI-FM, AZ) Jamie Hoover (KSUT-FM, CO) Jan Nary (4EB-FM, Australia) Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA) Jeff Brown (KTOO-FM, AK) Jeff Robson (CJUM-FM, MB) Jenny Flux (2AIR-FM, Australia) Jeremy Butler (WUAL-FM & APR, AL) Jesse Ballew (WJFF-FM, NY) Jessica Ellis-Wilson (WUMD-FM, MA) Jim Blum (WKSU-FM etc, OH) Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH) Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON) Jim Rogers (WIUP-FM, PA) Jim Sigler (KMST-FM, MO) Jo Beattie (CFUR-FM, BC) Joe Colvin (WYSO-FM, OH) Joe H. Takacs (WRFL-FM, KY) Joel Wortzman (CKLN-FM, ON) Johanna Halbeisen (WXOJ-FM, MA) John Bommarito (WFHR-FM, MI) John Kalb (WSCL-FM, MD) John Mazza (WNHU-FM, CT) John McLaughlin (WMUC-FM, MD) John Platt (WFUV-FM, NY) John Sincock (KBCS-FM, WA) John Trout (WYEP-FM, PA) John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ) John Wright (WLUW-FM, IL) Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY) Jonathan Mernit (WJFF-FM, NY) Jude & Mart Fowler (2HHH-FM, Australia) Judith Gennett (KPSU, OR) Juliet Youngren (WEFT-FM, IL) Jürgen Kramer (ZuSa, Germany) Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK) Kate McNally (NHPR, NH) Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA) Ken Campbell (WSKG-FM, NY) Ken Connors (WZNZ-AM, FL) Ken Yavit (KBAC-FM, NM) Kent Anderson (KCSC-FM, OK) Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL) Kevin Vance (KALW-FM, CA) Larry Hillberg (KVMR-FM, CA) Larry Hoyt (WAER-FM, NY) Larry Roberts (WGCS-FN, IN) Laurel Paulson-Pierce (KRBS-FM, CA) Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA) Laurie Niles (KZFR-FM, CA) Lee Larcheveque (WMUA-FM, MA) Len Holton (KUAR-FM, AR) Len Osland (CJUM-FM, MB) Leonard Epstein (KRFC-FM, CO) Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL) Lyle D. Skinner (CJUM-FM, MB) Maggie Ferguson (WXOU-FM, MI) Mara Noelle (KVMR-FM, CA) Mark D. Moss (WFMT network, IL) Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM, VT) Mark Pedersen (WOJB-FM, WI) Mark Tobler (WTUL-FM, LA) Mary Cliff (WAMU-FM, DC) Mary Sue Twohy (XM) Matt Watroba (WDET-DM, MI) Mel DeYoung (WPSU-FM, PA) Menachem Vinegrad (Upper Galilee-FM, Israel) Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY) Michael Stock (WLRN-FM, FL) Mike Fitzgerald (WEBR, VA) Mike Flynn (KUAF-FM & syndicated, AR) Mike Kelsey (WFHB, IN) Mike Regenstreif (CKUT-FM, QC) Mitch Park (Kidnappers, New Zealand) Naomi Soule and Terry Moses (KCLC-FM, MO) Nick DiBiasio (WICN-FM, MA) Norman Whitman (WYSO-FM, OH) Paul Hefti (cable FM, CA) Paul Stamler (KDHX-FM, MO) Paula Ascher (KZAS-LP, OR) Peggy Mitchell (WFSS-FM, NC) Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-FM, NY) Peter Kernast and John Bates (WTSR-FM, NJ) Peter Thompson (KALW-FM, CA) Rachel Rice (WVEW-FM, VT) Randall Auxier (WDBX-FM, IL) Randy Wynne (WMNF-FM, FL) Ray Baumler (WRUR-FM, NY) Rebecca Derry (WOBC-FM, OH) Rich Pietrzak (WPRK-FM, FL) Rich Warren (WFMT-FM, XM & syndicated, IL) Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM, WA) Rob Killam (WFIT-FM, FL) Robert Resnik (VPR, VT) Robyne Fawx (KDVS-FM, CA) Roger Wise (KGNU-FM, CO) Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM, NJ) Roz Larman (KPFK-FM & syndicated, CA) Sandy Stift (CJSR-FM, AB) Sean Donovan (KBCS-FM, WA) Sonja Hedlund (WJFF, NY) Sonny Ochs (WRPI-FM, NY) Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO) Steve Clarke (CHES-FM, ON) Steve Edge (CITR-FM, BC) Steve Harris (KRCC-FM, CO) Steve Jerrett (KOPN-FM, MO) Steve Pritchard (CKLN-FM, ON) Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL) Sue DuMond (KLOI-FM, WA) Sue Kessell (WNUR-FM, IL) Susan Forbes Hansen (WHUS-FM, CT) Susi Lanagan (PBS-FM, Australia) Suzi Wollenberg (WVUD-FM, DE) Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA) Terry Carpenter (WTJU-FM, VA) Terry Fatseas (2MCE-FM, Australia) Terry Hayden (WRPI-FM, NY) Tish McCarthy (WEFT-FM, IL) Todd Gross (WFIT-FM, FL) Todd Tyson (The Point-FM, VT) Tom Bingham (WCVF-FM, NY) Tom Coxworth (CKUA-FM, AB) Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM) Tom Martin-Erickson (WPR, WI) Tom Pittman (KOOP & KUTX, TX) Trevor Ruffell (Kidnappers, New Zealand) Valerie Cormier (CITR-FM, BC) Wanda Fischer (WAMC & syndicated, NY) Zak Marmalefsky (KWUR-FM, MO)