TOP ALBUMS NOVEMBER 2009
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 14469 airplays from 149 different DJs

1: “So Dark You See,” John Gorka [Red House, 10/09] (92)
2: “A Friend Of A Friend,” Dave Rawlings Machine [Acony, new] (66)
3: “Bonfires,” Zoe Mulford [Azalea City, 10/09] (65)
4: “House Of Cards,” James Keelaghan [Borealis, 10/09] (61)
5: “Live In ‘65,” Pete Seeger [Appleseed, 11/09] (59)
6: “Bird Song,” Heather Masse [Red House, 11/09] (56)
6: “New Blue Day,” Jory Nash [Thin Man, 10/09] (56)
8: “True Stories,” Martin Simpson [Compass, 9/09] (51)
9: “Big Mystery,” Dana And Susan Robinson [Threshold, 8/09] (48)
10: “Golden Apples Of The Sun,” Caroline Herring [Signature, 11/09] (47)
11: “Music From The Atlantic Fringe,” The Unwanted [Compass, new] (39)
11: “Shimmer,” Pieta Brown [Red House, new] (39)
13: “500 Miles: The Blue Rock Sessions,” Cliff Eberhardt [Red House, 9/09] (38)
13: “No Worries Now,” Joel Mabus [Fossil, 8/09] (38)
13: “Zama Zama: Try Your Luck,” Battlefield Band [Temple, 9/09] (38)
16: “Live At The Mauch Chunk Opera House,” The Wailin’ Jennys [Red House, 8/09] (37)
17: “Links In A Chain,” Joe Jencks [Turtle Bear, 8/09] (36)
17: “Time Stands Still,” Chris Smither [Signature, 9/09] (36)
19: “The List,” Rosanne Cash [Manhattan, 10/09] (35)
19: “Points Of View,” Anne Hills [Appleseed, 11/09] (35)
21: “Many Moons,” Robyn Landis [Brave Hearts, 5/09] (34)
22: “Gravity Of Grace,” Johnsmith [Blue Pine, 6/09] (33)
22: “Hymns And Hers,” Oliver Schroer [Borealis, new] (33)
24: “Between Trains,” Bop Ensemble [Cordova Bay, 8/09] (32)
24: “Hello, Stranger,” Catie Curtis [Compass, 8/09] (32)
26: “High Wide And Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project,” Loudon Wainwright III [Proper, 8/09] (31)
27: “Saints & Scoundrels,” Sharon Shannon [Compass, new] (30)
28: “Everyone Is Someone,” Dala [Campus, 6/09] (27)
28: “Red Shoes And Golden Hearts,” Buskin And Batteau [Nouveau Retro Media, 5/09] (27)
28: “Speak,” Kat Eggleston [Paperboat, 9/09] (27)
31: “Across The Troubled Wave,” David Ferrard [Alter Road, 9/09] (26)
31: “Blooming,” Kate MacLeod [Waterbug, 10/09] (26)
31: “The Songs Of Woody Guthrie, Vol. 1 And 2,” Joel Rafael [Inside, 9/09] (26)
31: “The Sweeter The Juice,” Laura Love And Orville Johnson [Octoroon Biography, 9/09] (26)
35: “Blood And Candle Smoke,” Tom Russell [Shout Factory, 9/09] (25)
35: “Folksong,” Sarah Lee Guthrie And Johnny Irion [RTE 8, 6/09] (25)
35: “Hill Of Thieves,” Cara Dillon [Charcoal, 1/09] (25)
38: “Pointing At The Sun,” Cheryl Wheeler [Dias, 5/09] (24)
38: “True Love Don’t Weep,” James Hill And Anne Davison [Borealis, 4/09] (24)
38: “Uncorked,” Al Stewart With Dave Nachmanoff [Wallaby Trails Recordings, 9/09] (24)
41: “Circles Around Me,” Sam Bush [Sugar Hill, 10/09] (23)
42: “Somedays The Song Writes You,” Guy Clark [Dualtone, 9/09] (22)
42: “Song Up In Her Head,” Sarah Jarosz [Sugar Hill, 6/09] (22)
42: “Susanville,” The Dixie Bee-Liners [Pinecastle, new] (22)
42: “Things About Comin’ My Way: A Tribute To The Music Of The Mississippi Sheiks,” Various Artists [Black Hen, 10/09] (22)
46: “Let The Bad Times Roll,” Tom Chapin [Sundance, 6/09] (21)
46: “Letters From A Flying Machine,” Peter Mulvey [Signature, 8/09] (21)
46: “The Loving Kind,” Nanci Griffith [Rounder, 6/09] (21)
49: “La Part Du Feu,” Le Vent Du Nord [Borealis, 10/09] (20)
49: “The Little Spinner,” Janet Bates [Self, 9/09] (20)
51: “The Village: A Celebration of the Music of Greenwich Village,“m Various Artists [429, new] (19)
52: “Deep In The Shade,” Steep Canyon Rangers [Rebel, 10/09] (18)
52: “Gauntlet,” Nathan Rogers [Borealis, 8/09] (18)
52: “Ghost Of The Knoxville Girl,” Doug And Telisha Williams [No Evil, new] (18)
52: “My Dusty Road,” Woody Guthrie [Rounder, 8/09] (18)
52: “Natural Forces,” Lyle Lovett [Curb/Lost Highway, 10/09] (18)
52: “Steelwork,” Angelo M [Self, 6/09] (18)
52: “Thanksgiving,” Si Kahn [Strictly Country, 2007] (18)
52: “Untold,” John McCutcheon [Appalsongs, new] (18)
60: “Alright Now,” David Mallett [North Road, new] (17)
60: “Return To The Dream,” Return To The Dream [Self, new] (17)
60: “Whatcha Gonna Do,” Claire Lynch [Rounder, 9/09] (17)
63: “We Came To Sing,” Holly Near And Emma’s Revolution [Calico Tracks, 9/09] (16)
63: “Able Baker Charlie And Dog,” Joe Crookston [Self, 2/08] (16)
63: “My Blue Garden,” Annie And Rod Capps [Yellow Room, 6/09] (16)
63: “Rollin’ Along,” Jonathan Edwards [Strictly Country, 7/08] (16)
63: “Somewhere In The Middle,” Liz Longley [Self, 7/09] (16)
63: “Under The Radar,” Jay Linden [Self, new] (16)
69: “After The War,” Rod MacDonald [Blue Flute, 2/09] (15)
70: “Better Times Will Come,” Diana Jones [Proper, 5/09] (14)
70: “Dream City: Essential Recordings, 1997-2006,” Greg Brown [Red House, 7/09] (14)
70: “Music Here Tonight,” Michael Jerling [Fool’s Hill, 10/09] (14)
70: “Promise,” Corinne West [Make, 9/09] (14)
70: “Sea Of Tears,” Eilen Jewell [Signature, 4/09] (14)
70: “Tremolo,” The Pines [Red House, 8/09] (14)

Top Songs…

1. “Thanksgiving” (17)
    by Si Kahn
    from “Thanksgiving”
2. “Bird Song” (15)
    by Heather Masse
    from “Bird Song”
2. “House Of Cards” (15)
    by James Keelaghan
    from “House Of Cards”
4. “I Think Of You” (14)
    by John Gorka
    from “So Dark You See”
4. “Our Time Again” (14)
    by Jory Nash
    from “New Blue Day”
6. “Cotton Eyed Joe/Ruby” (13)
    by Laura Love And Orville Johnson
    from “The Sweeter The Juice”
6. “God Don’t Know Me Anymore” (13)
    by Jory Nash
    from “New Blue Day”
8. “Lovin’ You Still” (12)
    by Pieta Brown
    from “Shimmer”
8. “Pennsylvania” (12)
    by Anne Hills
    from “Points Of View”
10. “Diamonds In The Sky” (11)
    by Pieta Brown
    from “Shimmer”
10. “Long Road” (11)
    by Cliff Eberhardt
    from “500 Miles: The Blue Rock Sessions”
10. “Ruby” (11)
    by Dave Rawlings Machine
    from “A Friend Of A Friend”
10. “Safe Home” (11)
    by James Keelaghan
    from “House Of Cards”
10. “Sweet Tooth” (11)
    by Dave Rawlings Machine
    from “A Friend Of A Friend”
10. “White Buffalo” (11)
    by Joe Jencks
    from “Links In A Chain”
16. “Ignorance And Privilege” (10)
    by John Gorka
    from “So Dark You See”
16. “Look Up, Look Down” (10)
    by Martin Simpson
    from “True Stories”
16. “Monkey And The Engineer” (10)
    by Dave Rawlings Machine
    from “A Friend Of A Friend”
19. “Bells Of Harlem” (9)
    by Dave Rawlings Machine
    from “A Friend Of A Friend”
19. “How’s About You” (9)
    by Dave Rawlings Machine
    from “A Friend Of A Friend”
19. “I Hear Them All” (9)
    by Dave Rawlings Machine
    from “A Friend Of A Friend”
19. “Just Before I Go” (9)
    by Zoe Mulford
    from “Bonfires”
19. “Night Into Day” (9)
    by John Gorka
    from “So Dark You See”
19. “Out On The Western Plains” (9)
    by Unwanted
    from “Music From The Atlantic”
19. “Scotch Pine” (9)
    by Johnsmith
    from “Gravity Of Grace”
19. “Trouble In Mind” (9)
    by John Gorka
    from “So Dark You See”
19. “True Colors” (9)
    by Caroline Herring
    from “Golden Apples Of The Sun”

Top Artists….

1. John Gorka
2. Pete Seeger
3. Zoe Mulford
4. James Keelaghan
5. Dave Rawlings Machine
6. Martin Simpson
7. Dana And Susan Robinson
8. Heather Masse
8. Jory Nash
10. Joel Mabus
11. Anne Hills
12. John McCutcheon
13. Caroline Herring
14. Joe Jencks
15. Battlefield Band
15. The Wailin’ Jennys
17. Cheryl Wheeler
17. Chris Smither
17. Cliff Eberhardt
17. Greg Brown
21. Tom Russell
22. Pieta Brown
22. The Unwanted
24. Johnsmith
24. Loudon Wainwright III
26. Oliver Schroer
27. Guy Clark
27. Peter Mulvey
27. Rosanne Cash
27. Sarah Lee Guthrie And Johnny Irion
31. Bob Dylan
31. Bop Ensemble
33. Arlo Guthrie
33. Catie Curtis
33. Dala
33. Robyn Landis
33. Si Kahn
33. Woody Guthrie
39. Nanci Griffith
40. Lyle Lovett
40. Tim O’Brien