(part 1 of 3)

Date:  Mon, 3 Jan 2011 18:40:21 -0800
From:  Richard Gillmann <richard@NWFOLK.COM>
Subject: Top Songs of 2010

Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 161868 airplays from 195 different DJs

1. “Peace Will Rise” (69)
    by Si Kahn
    from “Courage”
2. “I Am A Child” (68)
    by Red Horse
    from “Red Horse”
3. “Otis Is Flying” (65)
    by Si Kahn
    from “Courage”
4. “The Garden” (62)
    by Ruth Moody
    from “The Garden”
5. “A Crooked Road” (60)
    by Darrell Scott
    from “A Crooked Road”
6. “Cornbread And Butterbeans” (59)
    by Carolina Chocolate Drops
    from “Genuine Negro Jig”
7. “Tear My Stillhouse Down” (57)
    by Red Molly
    from “James”
7. “Wayfaring Stranger” (57)
    by Red Horse
    from “Red Horse”
9. “Blue Chalk” (55)
    by Red Horse
    from “Red Horse”
10. “Amaranth” (52)
    by The Honey Dewdrops
    from “These Old Roots”
10. “Highway 71” (52)
    by 3 Penny Acre
    from “Highway 71”
10. “Playing The Old Songs” (52)
    by Si Kahn
    from “Courage”
13. “Gulf Coast Highway” (51)
    by Red Molly
    from “James”
13. “Rose Tattoo” (51)
    by Ellis Paul
    from “The Day After Everything Changed”
13. “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive” (51)
    by Red Molly
    from “James”
16. “Hard To Change” (50)
    by Meg Hutchinson
    from “The Living Side”
16. “Trouble In Your Mind” (50)
    by Carolina Chocolate Drops
    from “Genuine Negro Jig”
18. “500 Miles” (49)
    by Rosanne Cash
    from “The List”
18. “Where Is My Little Cabin Home” (49)
    by Kathy Kallick Band
    from “Between The Hollow And The High-Rise”
20. “Home” (48)
    by Louise Mosrie
    from “Home”
21. “How Can I Keep From Singing” (47)
    by Laurie Lewis
    from “Blossoms”
22. “Before And After” (46)
    by Carrie Newcomer
    from “Before And After”
22. “House Of Cards” (46)
    by James Keelaghan
    from “House Of Cards”
22. “Sail Away To The Sea” (46)
    by The Once
    from “The Once”
25. “I Was A Bird” (45)
    by Mary Chapin Carpenter
    from “The Age Of Miracles”
25. “New Shoes” (45)
    by Joy Kills Sorrow
    from “Darkness Sure Becomes This”
27. “The High Road Home” (44)
    by Jack Williams
    from “The High Road Home”
27. “John Riley” (44)
    by Grada
    from “Natural Angle”
29. “80 Acres” (43)
    by Tim Grimm
    from “Farm Songs”
29. “Battle Of Blair Mountain” (43)
    by Louise Mosrie
    from “Home”
31. “Hurricane Angel” (42)
    by Ellis Paul
    from “Day After Everything”
31. “On This Old Farm” (42)
    by Si Kahn
    from “Courage”
31. “Rex’s Blues” (42)
    by Carrie Rodriguez
    from “Love And Circumstance”
34. “Annalee” (41)
    by Ellis Paul
    from “Day After Everything Change”
34. “Bluest Blue Eyes” (41)
    by The Honey Dewdrops
    from “If The Sun Will Shine”
34. “Fiddler’s Bend” (41)
    by Stephanie Bettman And Luke Halpin
    from “It All Comes Back To Love”
34. “Ooh I Love My Coffee” (41)
    by Marc Black
    from “Pictures Of The Highway”
    also “We’re All Here”
34. “Troubled Mind” (41)
    by Red Molly
    from “James”
34. “Wild Horse” (41)
    by Red Horse
    from “Red Horse”
40. “Last Call” (40)
    by Red Molly
    from “James”
40. “Sailing Off To The Yankee Land” (40)
    by Karan Casey And John Doyle
    from “Exiles Return”
42. “Ghost Of Tom Joad” (39)
    by Solas
    from “The Turning Tide”
42. “Our Time Again” (39)
    by Jory Nash
    from “New Blue Day”
42. “Sometimes In This Country” (39)
    by Crooked Still
    from “Some Strange Country”
42. “Welcome In Another Year” (39)
    by Zoe Mulford
    from “Bonfires”
46. “Dyin’ To Be Born Again” (38)
    by Harlem Parlour Music Club
    from “Salt Of The Earth”
46. “Fly Away Free” (38)
    by The Honey Dewdrops
    from “If The Sun Will Shine”
46. “Frank Delandry” (38)
    by Brooks Williams
    from “Baby O!”
46. “Wait A Minute” (38)
    by Eric Brace And Peter Cooper
    from “Master Sessions”
50. “Hugo’s Big Reel” (37)
    by Solas
    from “The Turning Tide”
50. “I Hear Them All” (37)
    by Dave Rawlings Machine
    from “A Friend Of A Friend”
50. “Little Fire” (37)
    by Patty Griffin
    from “Downtown Church”
50. “Wandering Boy” (37)
    by The Honey Dewdrops
    from “If The Sun Will Shine”
54. “Can’t Let Go” (36)
    by Red Molly
    from “James”
54. “Diamonds And Rust” (36)
    by Judy Collins
    from “Paradise”
54. “High Wide And Handsome” (36)
    by Loudon Wainwright III
    from “High Wide And Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project”
54. “Sweet Tooth” (36)
    by Dave Rawlings Machine
    from “A Friend Of A Friend”
58. “17 Cents” (35)
    by The Infamous Stringdusters
    from “Things That Fly”
58. “Bells Of Harlem” (35)
    by Dave Rawlings Machine
    from “A Friend Of A Friend”
58. “By My Silence” (35)
    by Ellen Bukstel And Nick Annis
    from “By My Silence”
    also “Daddy’s Little Girl”
58. “Half Of What We Know” (35)
    by Crooked Still
    from “Some Strange Country”
58. “I Was An Oak Tree” (35)
    by Jonathan Byrd
    from “Waterbug Anthology 9”
    also “Cackalack”
58. “If Not Now” (35)
    by Carrie Newcomer
    from “Before And After”
58. “Mercury Blues” (35)
    by Jackson Browne And David Lindley
    from “Love Is Strange”
58. “Your Baby Ain’t Sweet Like Mine” (35)
    by Carolina Chocolate Drops
    from “Genuine Negro Jig”
***continued…...

( continued)
66. “Jezebel” (34)
    by Red Molly
    from “James”
66. “Paradise” (34)
    by John Prine
    from “John Prine”
    also “Coal Country Music”
66. “Scorpion” (34)
    by Red Horse
    from “Red Horse”
66. “Shoulders” (34)
    by Si Kahn
    from “Courage”
66. “Yellow Butter Moon” (34)
    by Doug Spears
    from “Welcome Home”
71. “False Lady” (33)
    by Karan Casey And John Doyle
    from “Exile’s Return”
71. “Horses” (33)
    by Dala
    from “Everyone Is Someone”
71. “Maid On The Shore” (33)
    by The Once
    from “The Once”
71. “People’s Highway” (33)
    by Tim Grimm
    from “Farm Songs”
75. “Better Angels” (32)
    by Storyhill
    from “Shade Of The Trees”
75. “Black Flowers” (32)
    by Red Molly
    from “James”
75. “Christians And The Pagans” (32)
    by Dar Williams
    from “Mortal City”
    also “Many Great Companions”
75. “Custodian” (32)
    by Si Kahn
    from “Courage”
75. “Foreign Lander” (32)
    by Red Molly
    from “James”
75. “Guitar” (32)
    by Guy Clark
    from “Somedays The Song Writes You”
75. “Lark In The Morning” (32)
    by Laurie Lewis
    from “Blossoms”
75. “Send Me A Letter” (32)
    by Joy Kills Sorrow
    from “Darkness Sure Becomes This City”
75. “What Are They Doing In Heaven Today?” (32)
    by Pat Wictor
    from “Living Ever-Lovin Live”
84. “Do No Harm” (31)
    by Carrie Newcomer
    from “Before And After”
84. “Dragonfly” (31)
    by Ellis Paul
    from “The Day After Everything Changed”
84. “Highway Song” (31)
    by Ruth And Max Bloomquist
    from “Turn Back A Page”
84. “Jailer Jailer” (31)
    by Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band
    from “Legacy”
84. “Kill My Sorrow” (31)
    by Joy Kills Sorrow
    from “Darkness Sure Becomes The City”
84. “Safe Home” (31)
    by James Keelaghan
    from “House Of Cards”
84. “Sanctuary” (31)
    by Red Horse
    from “Red Horse”
84. “Sands Of Mexico” (31)
    by The Chieftains Featuring Ry Cooder
    from “San Patricio”
84. “Sea Of Heartbreak” (31)
    by Rosanne Cash
    from “The List”
    also “Motherless Children”
84. “Sonny Brown” (31)
    by 3 Penny Acre
    from “Highway 71”
84. “Stomping Ground” (31)
    by The Honey Dewdrops
    from “If The Sun Will Shine”
84. “Straw Against The Chill” (31)
    by Mara Levine And Joe Jencks
    from “Straw Against The Chill”
    also “Hudson Harding Sampler, Vol. 4: Happy Holidays”
96. “Big Love” (30)
    by Carrie Rodriguez
    from “Love And Circumstance”
96. “Harlem River Blues” (30)
    by Justin Townes Earle
    from “Harlem River Blues”
96. “House Of Gold” (30)
    by Patty Griffin
    from “Downtown Church”
96. “If I Ever Get 10 Dollars” (30)
    by Jeni And Billy
    from “Longing For Heaven”
96. “If These Walls Could Talk” (30)
    by Red Horse
    from “Red Horse”
96. “Last Train To Clarksville” (30)
    by Grascals
    from “Famous Lefty Flynn S”
96. “Move Up” (30)
    by Patty Griffin
    from “Downtown Church”
96. “Passing Through” (30)
    by Catie Curtis
    from “Hello, Stranger”
    also “Long Night Moon”
96. “Same Old Grind” (30)
    by Ruth And Max Bloomquist
    from “Turn Back A Page”
96. “Song Up In Her Head” (30)
    by Sarah Jarosz
    from “Song Up In Her Head”
106. “Dutchman” (29)
    by John Gorka
    from “So Dark You See”
106. “Golden Vanity” (29)
    by Crooked Still
    from “Some Strange Country”
106. “Heart Of The Winter” (29)
    by Tim Grimm
    from “Farm Songs”
106. “Hutto” (29)
    by Si Kahn
    from “Courage”
106. “Kerrville Campfire Song” (29)
    by Pat Wictor
    from “Living Ever-Lovin’ LIVE”
106. “Lake Pontchartrain” (29)
    by Sally Spring
    from “Made Of Stars”
106. “Lucy” (29)
    by Chris Kokesh
    from “October Valentine”
106. “Nothing But The Whole Wide World” (29)
    by Jakob Dylan
    from “Women And Country”
106. “The Spokes Man” (29)
    by Craig Werth
    from “The Spokes Man”
106. “Thanksgiving” (29)
    by Si Kahn
    from “Thanksgiving”
106. “Walk Away From Love” (29)
    by Red Horse
    from “Red Horse”
106. “Waltzing’s For Dreamers” (29)
    by Carrie Rodriguez
    from “Love And Circumstance”
106. “We Are Each Other’s Angels” (29)
    by Katie Geddes
    from “We Are Each Other’s”
106. “We Can Only Listen” (29)
    by Ruth Moody
    from “The Garden”
106. “When I Heard Gypsy Davy Sing” (29)
    by Carrie Rodriguez
    from “Love And Circumstance”
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(to be continued….)

(continued—part 3 of 3)

121. “Angel From Montgomery” (28)
    by John Prine
    from “In Person And On Stage”
121. “Backroads” (28)
    by Louise Mosrie
    from “Home”
121. “Better Times Will Come” (28)
    by Diana Jones
    from “Better Times Will Come”
121. “Christmas In The Trenches” (28)
    by John McCutcheon
    from “Live At Wolf Trap”
    also “Winter Solstice”
121. “Don’t Mind Me” (28)
    by Red Horse
    from “Red Horse”
121. “Hit ‘em Up Style” (28)
    by Carolina Chocolate Drops
    from “Genuine Negro Jig”
121. “I’m Fine” (28)
    by Patty Larkin
    from “25”
121. “Keep It Clean” (28)
    by Mollie O’Brien And Rich Moore
    from “Saints And Sinners”
121. “Lighthouse Keeper” (28)
    by Neptune’s Car
    from “Strawberry Moon”
121. “Red Light” (28)
    by Hey Mavis
    from “Red Wine”
121. “Samuel Mason” (28)
    by Andrew And Noah Van Norstrand
    from “All The Good Summers”
121. “We Traveled So Far” (28)
    by Mary Chapin Carpenter
    from “The Age Of Miracles”
121. “Whole Wide World” (28)
    by John Gorka
    from “So Dark You See”
121. “You Got The Silver” (28)
    by Crooked Still
    from “Some Strange Country”

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 roughly
two-thirds of the songs actually posted.

The Top Albums list is sorted in descending order by number of
plays recorded for each album.  Within an album, the more
popular tracks that were played are 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/topfolk/.

If you’re a DJ and your playlists aren’t being counted and you think
they should be, please email me at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Richard Gillmann                         http://nwfolk.com
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