TOP ALBUMS AND SONGS OF DECEMBER 2002 Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists Based on 12937 airplays from 127 different DJs 1: "O Christmas Tree," Various Artists [Rounder] (81) "Christmas Is Near," Open Road (9) "Call Collect On Christmas," James King (8) "O Christmas Tree," Rhonda Vincent (7) "Christmas Time's A Comin'," Rhonda Vincent (6) "Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem," Alecia Nugent (5) 1: "Wonderland," Various Artists [Signature] (81) "American Noel," Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer (15) "River," Peter Mulvey (11) "This Ain't No Time Of Year To Be Alone," Mark Erelli (8) "Song For A Winter Night," Erica Wheeler (7) "Tree," Jim Henry (7) 3: "Christmas On The Mountain," Various Artists [Universal South] (66) "Bluegrass Christmas," Del McCoury Band (19) "Bah Humbug," Tim O'Brien (11) "Christmas Time On Rocky Top," Osborne Brothers (10) "Our 12 Days Of Bluegrass Christmas," Del McCoury, Mac Wiseman, Osborne Brothers (7) 4: "Last Month Of The Year," Magpie [Sliced Bread] (65) "Ballad Of Chanukah" (14) "Solstice Carol" (13) "No Room For You Inside" (7) "Last Month Of The Year" (5) 5: "North Wind," Aengus Finnan [Borealis] (49) "Rollin' Home" (10) "North Wind" (7) "Lost Jimmy Whelan" (5) "Moon On The Water" (5) "Swing Boys Swing" (5) 6: "Paintbrush," Diane Zeigler [Self] (48) "Gentle Soldier Of My Soul" (10) "Prickly Pine" (9) "With My Eyes Closed" (9) "Indian Paintbrush" (5) 7: "Gift Of The Magi," Darryl Purpose [Self] (47) "You Must Go Home For Christmas" (7) "Christmas In The Trenches" (5) "May It Be" (5) "Turn, Turn, Turn" (5) 8: "Winter's Grace," Laurie Lewis And Tom Rozum [Signature] (41) "Hot Buttered Rum" (10) "If We Make It Through December" (9) "Wintergrace" (5) 9: "Live," Alison Krauss And Union Station [Rounder] (40) "Stay" (6) "Choctaw Hayride" (5) "Down To The River To Pray" (4) "Take Me For Longing" (4) 10: "Sugar Plums," Various Artists [Sugar Hill] (39) "That White Christmas Song," Red Knuckles And The Trailblazers (6) "Away In A Manger," Jerry Douglas (5) "Christmas Lullaby," Doc Watson (5) "Making Plans," Tim O'Brien (5) "Christ Was Born In Bethlehem," Tim And Mollie O'Brien (4) 11: "Voices Of Winter," Herdman, Hills And Mangsen [Gadfly] (38) "Voices Of Winter/Red And Green" (7) "Frozen Logger/Proper Cup Of Coffee" (6) "Hanerot Halalu" (6) 12: "Filth And Fire," Mary Gauthier [Signature] (37) "Christmas In Paradise" (23) "Sugar Cane" (3) 13: "Dark," Guy Clark [Sugar Hill] (36) "Homeless" (5) "Dark" (4) "Magnolia Wind" (4) "Mud" (4) "Soldier S Joy 1864" (4) 14: "At The Turning Of The Year," Herdman, Hills And Mangsen [Hand And Heart] (34) "Solstice Round" (8) "At The Turning Of The Year" (6) "Years" (5) "Corn, Water And Wood" (4) 15: "Going Driftless: An Artist's Tribute To Greg Brown," Various Artists [Red House] (32) "Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home," Iris Dement (7) "2 Little Feet," Karen Savoca (4) "Small Dark Movie," Lucy Kaplansky (4) 15: "Tinsel Tunes," Various Artists [Sugar Hill] (32) "Sleigh Ride," Sam Bush (9) "Merry Christmas From The Family," Robert Earl Keen (5) "All I Want Is Marry For Christmas," Lonesome River Band (4) "Bring A Torch Jeanette Isabella," Chris Thile (4) 17: "Looking For The Moon," Tom Paxton [Appleseed] (31) "Looking For The Moon" (7) "Early Snow" (5) 18: "Winter Marquee," Nanci Griffith [Rounder] (30) "Listen To The Radio" (6) "Boots Of Spanish Leather" (4) "Good Night, New York" (4) "Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness" (4) "What's That I Hear" (3) 19: "Bah Humbug," Various Artists [Greentrax] (29) "Christmas Morning," Loudon Wainwright III (6) "12 Days Of Christmas," Bill Barclay (4) "Christmas Carol," Tom Lehrer (3) 20: "Monuments," Kate Campbell [Large River] (28) "New South" (7) "Strangeness Of The Day" (6) "Corn In A Box" (4) 20: "Speed Of Trees," Ellis Paul [Philo] (28) "Speed Of Trees" (6) "God's Promise" (5) "Eighteen" (4) "Words" (3) 22: "Will The Circle Be Unbroken, V3," Nitty Gritty Dirt Band [Capitol] (27) "Catfish John" (6) "Take Me In Your Lifeboat" (3) "There Is A Time - Rodney Dillard And Ricky Skaggs" (3) 23: "How Like The Holly," Joel Mabus [Fossil] (26) "How Like The Holly" (7) "Children Go Where I Send Thee" (6) "Let's Do Christmas Right" (6) 24: "Farewells And Fantasies," Phil Ochs [Rhino] (25) "Here's To The State Of Mississippi" (3) 24: "Soul Of A Wanderer," Jed Marum [Boston Road] (25) "Desolation Island" (3) "Sons Of Liberty" (3) "Soul Of A Wanderer" (3) 26: "Affected By The Moon," Chuck Pyle [Self] (24) "Cowboy's Christmas Dream" (7) "Affected By The Moon" (5) "Blue Train" (4) 27: "Blue Country Heart," Jorma Kaukonen [Columbia] (23) "Big River Blues" (4) "Blue Railroad Train" (4) "Just Because" (4) "Blues Stay Away From Me" (3) 27: "Classic Mountain Songs," Various Artists [Smithsonian/Folkways] (23) "Barbry Ellen," Jean Ritchie (4) 29: "My Dixie Home," Jim Mills [Sugar Hill] (22) "Blackjack" (5) "Tragic Romance" (4) "My Dixie Home" (3) 30: "Mercury's Wings," Karen Mal [Boars Nest] (21) "Mercury's Wings" (6) "Beyond The Headlights" (4) "Where The Seeds Are Found" (4) 30: "Then Again," Deirdre Flint [Self] (21) "Grandma's House" (5) "Food" (3) 32: "1000 Kisses," Patty Griffin [Ato] (20) "Making Pies" (8) "Chief" (5) "Rain" (3) 32: "Drawn From The Well," Kate MacLeod And Kat Eggleston [Wind River] (20) "Measure For Measure" (5) "Go To The Water" (3) 32: "Imagine," Eva Cassidy [Blix Street] (20) "Imagine" (9) "Early Morning Rain" (3) 35: "All Day Every Day," Bill Hilly Band [Borealis] (19) "Moonshiner" (4) "Bulkley Valley Home" (3) "How Ya Gonna Keep 'em Down On The Farm" (3) 35: "Bells Of Dublin," Chieftains [RCA] (19) "Bells Of Dublin" (6) "Rebel Jesus," Jackson Browne With The Chieftains (4) 37: "Drum Hat Buddha," Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer [Signature] (18) "Gentle Arms Of Eden" (7) "Gentle Soldier Of My Soul" (3) "I Go Like The Raven" (3) 37: "Gathering Of Spirits," Carrie Newcomer [Philo] (18) "Gathering Of Spirits" (7) 37: "No Other Way," Mountain Heart [Skaggs Family] (18) "How Strong Do My Walls Have To Be" (4) "Mountain Man" (4) "On My Way Back To You" (4) 37: "Silvery Moon," Aoife Clancy [Appleseed] (18) "There Is Hope" (5) "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" (3) 37: "Singing On Streets Of Gold," IIIrd Tyme Out [Chateau] (18) "Dream" (5) "I Can Hear Them Singing Over There" (3) "Light At The River" (3) 37: "Stray Dogs," Rod Picott [Welding Rod] (18) "Angels And Acrobats" (3) "River Runs" (3) 43: "10," Kate Rusby [Compass] (17) "Sir Eglamore" (5) 43: "Between The Breaks...Live!," Stan Rogers [Fogarty's Cove] (17) "First Christmas" (11) "Witch Of The Westmorland" (3) 43: "Hillbilly Holiday," Various Artists [Rhino] (17) "Christmas Time's A Comin'," Bill Monroe (3) "Reindeer Boogie," Hank Snow (3) 43: "Just One Wish," Winifred Horan [Shanachie] (17) "Into Your Eyes / Django Tango" (5) "Princess And The Frog" (4) 43: "Live 1975," Bob Dylan [Columbia] (17) "Blowin' In The Wind" (3) "Mr. Tambourine Man" (3) 43: "Midnight And Lonesome," Buddy Miller [Hightone] (17) "Quecreek" (5) "I Can't Get Over You" (3) "Midnight And Lonesome" (3) 43: "There Was A Time," Tom Pacheco [Appleseed] (17) "There Was A Time" (5) "What About Us" (3) 43: "Tiger Tattoo," Andrew Calhoun [Waterbug] (17) "Joy" (4) "Goin' Down To See John Prine" (3) 43: "Tradition," Burns Sisters [Philo] (17) "Shaloo Shalom" (5) "This Christmas" (3) 52: "Window Of Time," Lonesome River Band [Doobie Shea] (16) "Stray Dogs And Alley Cats" (7) "Down The Line" (3) 52: "Anglicana," Eliza Carthy [Topic] (16) "Just As The Tide Was Flowing" (4) "Willow Tree" (3) 52: "Bluegrass And White Snow," Patty Loveless [Epic] (16) "Bluegrass, White Snow" (7) "Christmas Day At My House" (4) 52: "Thumb Thump," Joel Mabus [Fossil] (16) "Shake Them Hard Luck Blues" (5) "Brady" (3) 52: "We 3 Kings," Roches [MCA] (16) "Sleigh Ride" (3) 52: "When I Go," Dave Carter With Tracy Grammer [Signature] (16) "When I Go" (7) "Don't Tread On Me" (3) 58: "Blues, Rags And Hollers," Koerner, Ray And Glover [Red House] (15) "It's All Right" (3) 58: "Christmas Island," Leon Redbone [August] (15) "Frosty The Snowman" (4) 58: "Greatest Story Never Told," John McCutcheon [Red House] (15) "Not In My Name" (6) "Greatest Story Never Told" (3) 58: "Woodeye," Joel Rafael Band [Self] (15) "1913 Massacre" (3) 62: "Route 10," Special Consensus [Pinecastle] (14) "Amy And Trevor" (5) "I'll Believe The Lie" (3) "Say You Ll Stay In My Arms" (3) 62: "Angels Of Mineral Springs," Chris Stuart [Backcountry] (14) "Elvis Stays Home" (4) "Slow Dancing At Evangeline's" (3) 62: "Christmas," Bruce Cockburn [Columbia] (14) "I Saw 3 Ships" (4) "Mary Had A Baby" (4) 62: "Runaway Soul," Ruthie Foster [Blue Corn] (14) "Woke Up This Morning" (4) "Death Came A-Knockin'" (3) "Walk On" (3) 62: "Traveler," Johnsmith [Self] (14) "Up In County Down" (4) "Part-Time Angels" (3) 67: "Blue," Joni Mitchell [Reprise] (13) "River" (9) 67: "Blue Madonna," Jane And Gord [Self] (13) "Blue Madonna" (6) 67: "Christmas Heritage," Heritage [Koch] (13) "Newgrange" (3) 67: "Lake Effect," Liz Carroll [Green Linnet] (13) "Jump Ball/Whipple Hill/How We Spent Christmas" (4) 67: "Milk Of The Moon," Greg Brown [Red House] (13) "Telling Stories" (3) 67: "Shadows On The Ground," Kieran Kane [Dead Reckoning] (13) "Mountain Song" (4) "Will You Miss Me" (4) 67: "Tanglewood Tree," Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer [Signature] (13) "Mountain" (4) "Crocodile Man" (3) "Tanglewood Tree" (3) 67: "'twas On A Night Like This," Cathy Barton, Dave Para, The Patons [Folk-Legacy] (13) "'twas On A Night Like This" (2) 67: "When I See Winter Return," William Pint And Felicia Dale [Waterbug] (13) "Quant Je Voi Yver Retorner And Trees Are All Bare" (3) "Trees Are All Bare" (3) 67: "Wintersongs," John McCutcheon [Rounder] (13) "Christmas Tree Seller's Waltz," Triakel (2) TOP SONGS OF DECEMBER 2002 Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists Based on 12937 airplays from 127 different DJs 1. "American Noel" (26) by Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer from "Wonderland" also "Gentle Arms Of Eden" 2. "Christmas In Paradise" (25) by Mary Gauthier from "Filth And Fire" 3. "Christmas In The Trenches" (22) by John McCutcheon from "Live At Wolf Trap" also "Winter Solstice" 4. "Bluegrass Christmas" (21) by Del McCoury Band from "Christmas On The Mountain" 5. "Christians And The Pagans" (19) by Dar Williams from "Mortal City" 6. "Ballad Of Chanukah" (15) by Magpie from "Last Month Of The Year" 7. "River" (14) by Peter Mulvey from "Wonderland" 8. "River" (13) by Joni Mitchell from "Blue" also "Hits" 8. "Solstice Carol" (13) by Magpie from "Last Month Of The Year" 10. "Bah Humbug" (12) by Tim O'Brien from "Christmas On The Mountain" 10. "Rollin' Home" (12) by Aengus Finnan from "North Wind" 12. "Christmas Carol" (11) by Nerissa And Katryna Nields from "Love And China" also "Wonderland" 12. "Christmas Time On Rocky Top" (11) by Osborne Brothers from "Christmas On The Mountain" 12. "First Christmas" (11) by Stan Rogers from "Between The Breaks...Live!" 12. "Merry Christmas From The Family" (11) by Robert Earl Keen from "Tinsel Tunes" also "Gringo Honeymoon" 16. "Christmas In The City" (10) by Jeff Talmadge from "Christmas In The City" 16. "Christmas In Washington" (10) by Steve Earle from "El Corazon" also "Concerts For A Land Mine Free World" 16. "Christmas Is Near" (10) by Open Road from "O Christmas Tree" 16. "Christmas Time's A Comin'" (10) by Rhonda Vincent from "O Christmas Tree" 16. "Gentle Soldier Of My Soul" (10) by Diane Zeigler from "Paintbrush" 16. "Hot Buttered Rum" (10) by Laurie Lewis And Tom Rozum from "Winter's Grace" 16. "If We Make It Through December" (10) by Laurie Lewis And Tom Rozum from "Winter's Grace" 16. "No Room For You Inside" (10) by Magpie from "Last Month Of The Year" 24. "Christmas Time's A Comin'" (9) by Bill Monroe from "Music Of Bill Monroe" also "Hillbilly Holiday" 24. "Imagine" (9) by Eva Cassidy from "Imagine" 24. "Prickly Pine" (9) by Diane Zeigler from "Paintbrush" 24. "Sleigh Ride" (9) by Sam Bush from "Tinsel Tunes" 24. "Song For A Winter Night" (9) by Erica Wheeler from "Wonderland" 24. "This Ain't No Time Of Year To Be Alone" (9) by Mark Erelli from "Wonderland" 24. "Tree" (9) by Jim Henry from "Wonderland" 24. "With My Eyes Closed" (9) by Diane Zeigler from "Paintbrush" TOP ARTISTS OF DECEMBER 2002 Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists Based on 12937 airplays from 127 different DJs 1. Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer (81) 2. Herdman, Hills And Mangsen (74) 2. Magpie (74) 4. Darryl Purpose (69) 5. Alison Krauss (66) 6. Bob Dylan (64) 6. John McCutcheon (64) 8. Aengus Finnan (60) 9. Laurie Lewis And Tom Rozum (54) 10. Diane Zeigler (51) 10. Joel Mabus (51) 12. Phil Ochs (50) 13. Stan Rogers (49) 14. Guy Clark (45) 15. Nanci Griffith (44) 16. Kate Campbell (43) 16. Mary Gauthier (43) 18. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (42) 19. Greg Brown (41) 19. Tom Paxton (41) 21. Ellis Paul (40) 22. Bruce Cockburn (36) 22. Harvey Reid (36) 24. Country Gentlemen (35) 24. Del McCoury Band (35) 24. Kate Rusby (35) TOP LABELS OF 01/02/03 Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists Based on 12937 airplays from 127 different DJs 1. Rounder (650) 2. Sugar Hill (357) 3. Signature (275) 4. Columbia (208) 5. Red House (206) 6. Philo (156) 7. Compass (135) 8. Rhino (129) 9. Rebel (126) 9. Appleseed (126) 9. Warner (126) 12. Green Linnet (124) 13. Borealis (100) 14. Shanachie (99) 15. Greentrax (90) 15. Smithsonian/Folkways (90) 17. Sliced Bread (88) 18. Flying Fish (80) 19. Pinecastle (75) 20. Gadfly (74) 21. Elektra (73) 22. Vanguard (71) 23. Capitol (62) 24. Hightone (51) 24. Waterbug (51) 26. MCA (49) 27. Reprise (47) 28. Topic (42) 29. RCA (41) 30. Copper Creek (40) 30. Fossil (40) 32. Prime (38) 33. Fogarty's Cove (35) 33. Hay Holler (35) 35. Woodpecker (32) 35. Maggie's (32) 37. Mercury (31) 37. Wind River (31) 39. Atlantic (30) 39. Epic (30)