TOP ALBUMS AND SONGS OF AUGUST 2012
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 12786 airplays from 144 different DJs

  1: “Mercy For The Dispossessed,” Geoff Bartley [Magic Crow, 7/12] (75)
      “Long Way Down To Harlan”
      “I’ve Endured”
      “Past Is Dead And Gone”
      “Everything’s 4 Sale”
  2: “These Old Dark Hills,” Robin And Linda Williams [Red House, 8/12] (64)
      “These Old Dark Hills”
      “Arizona”
      “Crossing The Bar”
      “My Lucky Day”
  3: “Silver Lining,” The Honey Dewdrops [thehoneydewdrops.com, 6/12] (60)
      “Let Me Sing”
      “Hills Of My Home”
      “One Kind Word”
      “Silver Lining”
  4: “Wilderness Songs And Bad Man Ballads,” Tim Grimm [Vault, 8/11] (55)
      “China”
      “Law And Order”
      “Rebecca Versailles”
      “Squaw”
  5: “Love Remembered, Love Forgot,” Buskin And Batteau [Nouveau
Retro, new] (53)
      “Single Wing”
      “In This Light”
      “3 Shots”
      “One Month Crazier Than You”
  6: “Waves,” Milkdrive [milkdrive.com, 6/12] (52)
      “Gargamel’s Cat”
      “Gulf Road”
      “Leavin”
      “Dear Prudence”
  7: “Turnaround,” Stan Rogers [Fogarty’s Cove, 1978] (46)
      “Dark Eyed Molly”
      “Bluenose”
      “Jeannie C”
      “Second Effort”
  8: “End Of The World,” David Greenberg And Harpeth Rising [Grimm
Rising, new] (45)
      “Nowhereland”
      “Evil Eye”
      “Goin’ Goin’ Gone”
      “Goin’ My Way”
  8: “The Promise Of Friday Night,” Twangtown Paramours [Inside Edge, 7/12] (45)
      “Widow Of The Mountain”
      “Chains”
      “Walks Like A Duck”
  8: “You Don’t Know Me,” Erin Thomas [Sound Artist, 4/12] (45)
      “You Don’t Know Me”
      “If You Were Mine”
      “Gone”
11: “Camilla,” Caroline Herring [Signature, new] (43)
      “Camilla”
      “Summer Song”
      “Black Mountain Lullaby”
12: “Release Your Shrouds,” Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys [Earthwork, 6/12] (42)
      “Hat’s Off”
      “Leaves And Pods”
      “My Side Of The Mountain”
13: “Between The Breaks…Live!,” Stan Rogers [Fogarty’s Cove, 1979] (37)
      “Witch Of The Westmorland”
      “Mary Ellen Carter”
      “White Collar Holler”
13: “Vicksburg Blues,” Butch Thompson And Pat Donohue [Red House, 8/12] (37)
      “Midnight Hour Blues”
      “Vicksburg Blues”
      “Sunday Rag”
15: “Depending On The Distance,” Jimmy LaFave [Music Road, new] (35)
      “Tomorrow Is A Long Time”
      “Clear Blue Sky”
      “Land Of Hope And Dreams”
16: “Caravan,” Burns And Kristy [Trespass, 6/12] (33)
      “Runaway Train”
      “Caravan”
      “All My Tears”
16: “Carry Me Back,” Old Crow Medicine Show [ATO, 7/12] (33)
      “Levi”
      “Mississippi Saturday Night”
      “Ain’t It Enough”
18: “Trouble I Wrought,” Bobtown [bobtownmusic.com, new] (32)
      “Don’t Fear The Reaper”
      “One Public Enemy”
      “Trouble I Wrought”
19: “Ashes And Roses,” Mary Chapin Carpenter [Zoe, 6/12] (30)
      “Soul Companion”
      “Learning The World”
      “What To Keep And What To Throw Away”
20: “Folk Remedies,” Steve Spurgin [Blue Night, 7/12] (29)
      “Whiskey Town”
      “Carolina In The Fall”
      “If I Never See Ireland Again”
20: “Hundred Dollar Valentine,” Chris Smither [Signature, 6/12] (29)
      “What They Say”
      “Place In Line”
20: “Testing For Rust,” Davey O [H3O, new] (29)
      “Miner’s Waltz”
      “Absence Of Madalaine”
      “Ev’ry Single Day”
23: “America Come Home,” Joel Rafael [Inside, new] (26)
      “America Come Home”
      “Go Tell The Savior”
23: “Heroes,” Willie Nelson [Legacy, 5/12] (26)
      “Roll Me Up”
      “Come On Up To The House”
23: “The Hills Of Ithaca,” The Burns Sisters [Sisters, new] (26)
      “The Hills Of Ithaca”
      “Prisoner Of The Promised Land”
26: “Somewhere Along The Road,” Runa [Self, new] (25)
      “Dreadful End Of Marianna For Sorcery”
      “Allison Cross”
27: “New Siberia,” Antje Duvekot [antjeduvekot.com, 4/12] (24)
      “Phoenix”
      “Into The City”
28: “Gravity,” Moors & McCumber [moorsandmccumber.com, 5/12] (22)
      “Quick As I Can”
      “Caged Bird”
      “Leaving For Cobh”
28: “Red Ducks,” Pesky J. Nixon [peskyjnixon.com, 5/12] (22)
      “Talk About Heaven”
      “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere”
30: “A Hundred Years From Now,” Neal And Leandra [Uncle Gus, 2/12] (21)
      “A Hundred Years From Now”
      “I’ve Been Everywhere”
      “One”
30: “Monticello,” The Hard Road Trio [Desert Night, 6/12] (21)
      “Crack In The Sky”
      “My Walden”
30: “Traveler,” Jerry Douglas [Entertainment One, 6/12] (21)
      “Boxer”
      “Duke And Cookie”
33: “Find The One,” The Coal Porters [Prima, new] (19)
      “Brand New Home”
      “Never Right His Wrong”
33: “Leaving Eden,” Carolina Chocolate Drops [Nonesuch, 2/12] (19)
      “I Truly Understand That You Love Another Man”
      “Leaving Eden”
33: “Light In The Sky,” Red Molly [redmolly.com, 10/11