Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
January 2003
Compiled by Richard Gillmann of KBCS-FM
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L
TOP ALBUMS AND SONGS OF JANUARY 2003
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 13966 airplays from 134 different DJs
1: "10," Kate Rusby [Compass] (94)
"I Wish" (17)
"Sir Eglamore" (10)
"Botany Bay" (8)
"Fairest Of All Yarrow" (8)
"I Wonder What Is Keeping My True Love" (8)
2: "Monuments," Kate Campbell [Large River] (42)
"How Much Can One Heart Hold" (10)
"New South" (9)
"Petrified House" (5)
3: "Sleeper," Terence Martin [Good Dog] (41)
"Way It Didn't Go" (8)
"23rd Street Runs Into Heaven" (6)
"All The Bricks In Baltimore" (5)
4: "Live," Alison Krauss And Union Station [Rounder] (40)
"Choctaw Hayride" (4)
"Let Me Touch You For Awhile" (4)
"Lucky One" (4)
5: "North Wind," Aengus Finnan [Borealis] (39)
"Rollin' Home" (9)
"Lost Jimmy Whelan" (5)
"Orphan Hand" (5)
"One Hand On The Radio" (4)
5: "Wheatfield With Crows," Tim Harrison [Second Avenue] (39)
"Wheatfield With Crows" (9)
"Home Boys" (6)
"There But For Fortune" (5)
"Sea-Fever" (4)
"Song Of The Wandering Aengus" (4)
7: "Stray Dogs," Rod Picott [Welding Rod] (38)
"Angels And Acrobats" (8)
"River Runs" (6)
"Circus Girl" (4)
"I Coulda Been The King" (4)
"Leaving Kind" (4)
8: "Moving Lightly Through This World," Beverly Smith And Carl Jones [Dittyville] (33)
"Carter's Blues" (6)
"Kitty Waltz" (5)
"Coal Miner's Blues" (4)
9: "Going Driftless: An Artist's Tribute To Greg Brown," Various Artists [Red House] (32)
"Lately," Lucinda Williams (5)
"Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home," Iris Dement (5)
"Sleeper," Eliza Gilkyson (4)
"Summer Evening," Gillian Welch (4)
10: "Fool's Paradise," Paul Kamm And Eleanore MacDonald [Freewheel] (31)
"I've Got To Know" (12)
"Lay Down" (4)
"Let Love Remain" (4)
10: "Paintbrush," Diane Zeigler [Self] (31)
"Ride That Rail" (7)
"Gentle Soldier Of My Soul" (6)
"Wild Mountain Thyme" (4)
12: "Milk Of The Moon," Greg Brown [Red House] (30)
"Lull It By" (9)
"Smell Of Coffee" (6)
"Little Excited" (3)
"Milk Of The Moon" (3)
"Telling Stories" (3)
13: "Avenue Of The Saints," Dana Robinson [Threshold] (28)
"Ain't No Cane" (5)
"This Town" (5)
"What Would Woody Do?" (5)
"Island" (4)
"Avenue Of The Saints" (3)
"Safe Home" (3)
13: "Music Party," Ken Waldman [Nomadic Press] (28)
"Chinese Breakdown" (7)
"Light Tonight" (5)
"Puff Adder's Stepdance / Dusty Miller / John Sharp's" (4)
"Greasy String" (3)
13: "Right Where I Should Be," Joyce Andersen [Joyscream] (28)
"Strange Elation" (5)
"There He Goes Coming Back" (5)
"I'm Ready" (3)
"Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot?" (3)
16: "The Dark," Guy Clark [Sugar Hill] (27)
"Arizona Star" (3)
"The Dark" (3)
"Mud" (3)
"Queenie's Song" (3)
16: "Gathering Of Spirits," Carrie Newcomer [Philo] (27)
"I Heard An Owl" (5)
"Gathering Of Spirits" (4)
"I'll Go Too" (4)
"Straight To The Point" (3)
"Things I've Gone And Done" (3)
16: "No Other Way," Mountain Heart [Skaggs Family] (27)
"Mountain Man" (5)
"Gambler's Blues" (4)
16: "Respond II," Various Artists [Signature] (27)
"Lonely When You're Gone," Rachael Davis (5)
"Mountain Top," Toshi Reagon (5)
"Chief," Patty Griffin (4)
"Lily," Joan Baez (3)
20: "Then Again," Deirdre Flint [Self] (26)
"Sister Catherine Claire" (7)
"Did You" (3)
"I Miss The 70s" (3)
"My Old Boyfriend's New Girlfriend" (3)
21: "Drawn From The Well," Kate MacLeod And Kat Eggleston [Wind River] (25)
"Measure For Measure" (8)
"2 Sisters" (4)
"Go To The Water" (3)
"Good Ship In Order" (3)
21: "Women Gather," Sweet Honey In The Rock [Earthbeat!] (25)
"Women Gather" (6)
"Ballad Of The Sit-Ins" (5)
"Fly" (3)
"Voice Of The Innocent" (3)
23: "Burger After Church," Waybacks [Fiddling Cricket] (24)
"Down From Iona" (5)
"Saltflat Rhapsody" (5)
"Turkish Stalemate" (5)
"Police Dog Blues" (4)
23: "Down The Old Plank Road," Chieftains [RCA Victor] (24)
"Cindy" (3)
"Don't Let Your Deal Go Down" (3)
"Katie Dear" (3)
25: "Courier," Richard Shindell [Signature] (23)
"Willin'" (6)
"Ballad Of Mary Magdalen" (3)
"The Courier" (3)
25: "Filth And Fire," Mary Gauthier [Signature] (23)
"Long Way To Fall" (7)
"Camelot Motel" (4)
"Christmas In Paradise" (3)
25: "This Side," Nickel Creek [Sugar Hill] (23)
"Smoothie Song" (9)
"This Side" (4)
28: "Looking For The Moon," Tom Paxton [Appleseed] (22)
"Looking For The Moon" (5)
"Come Away With Me" (3)
"Me And A Couple Of Angels" (3)
28: "Will The Circle Be Unbroken, V3," Nitty Gritty Dirt Band [Capitol] (22)
"Catfish John" (2)
30: "Drum Hat Buddha," Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer [Signature] (21)
"Gentle Arms Of Eden" (9)
"Ordinary Town" (4)
"Gentle Soldier Of My Soul" (3)
30: "Greatest Story Never Told," John McCutcheon [Red House] (21)
"Not In My Name" (12)
30: "Postcards," Cathy Fink And Marcy Marxer [Community] (21)
"Long Time Travelin'" (5)
"Here Is The Chorus" (3)
33: "Cold Wind," Open Road [Rounder] (20)
"Cold Wind" (5)
"What A Way To Go" (5)
"Kanesville" (3)
33: "Failer," Kathleen Edwards [Zoe] (20)
"Hockey Skates" (7)
"One More Song The Radio Won't Like" (4)
"6 O'Clock News" (3)
"Westby" (3)
33: "Morning Star," Tom, Betty And Nathan Druckenmiller [Little Cat] (20)
"Will The Circle Be Unbroken" (4)
33: "Resolution Of Something," Mustard's Retreat [Self] (20)
"Down The River" (4)
"Road Back Home To You" (4)
33: "That's How I Walk," Stephen Fearing [Philo] (20)
"Black Silk Gown" (4)
"Town Called Jesus" (4)
33: "Window Of Time," Lonesome River Band [Doobie Shea] (20)
"Stray Dogs And Alley Cats" (5)
"Down The Line" (3)
"How I Long To Be In The Mountains" (3)
"Tomahawk" (3)
"Tune Of A 20 Dollar Bill" (3)
39: "All Day Every Day," Bill Hilly Band [Borealis] (19)
"Christophe" (3)
"Francis" (3)
39: "Halos And Horns," Dolly Parton [Sugar Hill] (19)
"Dagger Through The Heart" (4)
"Halos And Horns" (4)
"These Old Bones" (4)
39: "O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack," Various Artists [Mercury] (19)
"I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow," Soggy Bottom Boys (5)
"Down To The River To Pray," Alison Krauss (3)
39: "Tanglewood Tree," Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer [Signature] (19)
"Mountain" (6)
"Crocodile Man" (5)
39: "There Was A Time," Tom Pacheco [Appleseed] (19)
"What About Us" (6)
"What We Left Behind" (4)
"Saint Christopher And The Cornfield" (3)
39: "Thumb Thump," Joel Mabus [Fossil] (19)
"Shake Them Hard Luck Blues" (4)
"East St. Louis" (3)
45: "Blue Country Heart," Jorma Kaukonen [Columbia] (18)
"Blue Railroad Train" (4)
"Red River Blues" (3)
45: "Come Along Carmelita," Cris Cuddy [Self] (18)
"Checkout Girl" (6)
"Henry Morgan The Pirate" (4)
"Way Out West" (3)
45: "Glen Duncan," Glen Duncan [Oms] (18)
"Mountain Hornpipe" (5)
"Footprints In The Snow" (3)
45: "Love And Transportation," Short Sisters [Black Socks] (18)
"Waldo" (5)
"Other Shore" (4)
"Waiting" (3)
45: "Traveler," Johnsmith [Self] (18)
"I Will Fly" (3)
"Part-Time Angels" (3)
50: "Different Stripe," Cheryl Wheeler [Philo] (17)
"Gandhi/Buddha" (4)
"Arrow" (3)
"Northern Girl" (3)
"Walk Around Downtown" (3)
50: "Fiddlers 4," Fiddlers 4 [Compass] (17)
"E. St. Louis Todalo" (5)
"You Little Wild Thing" (3)
50: "Home," Dixie Chicks [Columbia] (17)
"Long Time Gone" (3)
"More Love" (3)
50: "Imagine," Eva Cassidy [Blix Street] (17)
"Imagine" (7)
"Who Knows Where The Time Goes" (3)
50: "Midnight And Lonesome," Buddy Miller [Hightone] (17)
"Please Send Me Someone To Love" (3)
"Showman's Life" (3)
50: "Runaway Soul," Ruthie Foster [Blue Corn] (17)
"Woke Up This Mornin'" (5)
"Death Came A Knockin'" (4)
"Hole In My Pocket" (3)
50: "Winter Marquee," Nanci Griffith [Rounder] (17)
"2 For The Road" (3)
57: "10 Thousand Mornings," Peter Mulvey [Signature] (16)
"Inner City Blues" (5)
57: "Big Water," Anni Clark [Annitime] (16)
"Big Water" (5)
"Kickapoo" (3)
57: "Fast Folk: A Community Of Singers And Songwriters," Various Artists [Smithsonian/Folkways] (16)
"30 Thousand Men," Steve Forbert (2)
57: "Glory," Suzanne McDermott [Continental Song City] (16)
"Devil" (4)
"Goose Steppin'" (3)
"Pendulum" (3)
57: "Hard Game Of Love," Doyle Lawson And Quicksilver [Sugar Hill] (16)
"Nightingale" (4)
"Blue Train" (3)
"Hard Game Of Love" (3)
57: "Home," James Keelaghan [Appleseed] (16)
"Red-Winged Blackbird" (6)
"Sing My Heart Home" (3)
"Stonecutter" (3)
57: "Nectar," Brooks Williams [Signature] (16)
"Yellow Hummingbird" (4)
57: "Silvery Moon," Aoife Clancy [Appleseed] (16)
"Across The Blue Mountains" (4)
"Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" (3)
57: "Speed Of Trees," Ellis Paul [Philo] (16)
"God's Promise" (4)
"If You Break Down" (4)
"Speed Of Trees" (3)
57: "Starting Over," Ronnie Bowman [Sugar Hill] (16)
"Stone Cold Blue" (3)
"What She Didn't Say" (3)
57: "Wonderland," Various Artists [Signature] (16)
"Song For A Winter Night," Erica Wheeler (4)
"American Noel," Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer (3)
68: "Dreamer Or Believer," Harvey Reid [Woodpecker] (15)
"Lonesome As Can Be" (3)
68: "Fashionably Late," Linda Thompson [Rounder] (15)
"Dear Mary" (5)
"No Telling" (4)
68: "My Dixie Home," Jim Mills [Sugar Hill] (15)
"My Dixie Home" (5)
68: "Old Dominion Masters," Jim And Jesse McReynolds [Pinecastle] (15)
"God Bless America Again" (2)
68: "Visions Of Love," Robin And Linda Williams [Sugar Hill] (15)
"I'll Twine 'mid The Ringlets" (4)
68: "Where Have All The Flowers Gone?: The Songs Of Pete Seeger," Various Artists [Appleseed] (15)
"Kisses Sweeter Than Wine," Bonnie Raitt And Jackson Browne (2)
TOP SONGS OF JANUARY 2003
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 13966 airplays from 134 different DJs
1. "I Wish" (17)
by Kate Rusby
from "10"
2. "Not In My Name" (13)
by John McCutcheon
from "Greatest Story Never Told"
3. "I've Got To Know" (12)
by Paul Kamm And Eleanore MacDonald
from "Fool's Paradise"
4. "Chief" (11)
by Patty Griffin
from "1000 Kisses"
also "Respond II"
5. "Gentle Arms Of Eden" (10)
by Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer
from "Drum Hat Buddha"
5. "How Much Can One Heart Hold" (10)
by Kate Campbell
from "Monuments"
5. "Lucky One" (10)
by Alison Krauss And Union Station
from "Live"
also "New Favorite"
5. "Sir Eglamore" (10)
by Kate Rusby
from "10"
9. "I Wonder What Is Keeping My True Love" (9)
by Kate Rusby
from "10"
9. "Lull It By" (9)
by Greg Brown
from "Milk Of The Moon"
9. "New South" (9)
by Kate Campbell
from "Monuments"
9. "Rollin' Home" (9)
by Aengus Finnan
from "North Wind"
9. "Smoothie Song" (9)
by Nickel Creek
from "This Side"
9. "Wheatfield With Crows" (9)
by Tim Harrison
from "Wheatfield With Crows"
15. "30 Years Of Farming" (8)
by James King
from "30 Years Of Farming"
15. "Angels And Acrobats" (8)
by Rod Picott
from "Stray Dogs"
15. "Botany Bay" (8)
by Kate Rusby
from "10"
15. "Crazy In Alabama" (8)
by Kate Campbell
from "Visions Of Plenty"
15. "Fairest Of All Yarrow" (8)
by Kate Rusby
from "10"
15. "Home Boys" (8)
by Tim Harrison
from "Wheatfield With Crows"
15. "Measure For Measure" (8)
by Kate MacLeod And Kat Eggleston
from "Drawn From The Well"
15. "Way It Didn't Go" (8)
by Terence Martin
from "Sleeper"
15. "Wild Goose" (8)
by Kate Rusby
from "10"
24. "Ballad Of The Sit-Ins" (7)
by Sweet Honey In The Rock
from "Women Gather"
24. "Checkout Girl" (7)
by Cris Cuddy
from "Come Along Carmelita"
24. "Chinese Breakdown" (7)
by Ken Waldman
from "Music Party"
24. "Hockey Skates" (7)
by Kathleen Edwards
from "Failer"
24. "Imagine" (7)
by Eva Cassidy
from "Imagine"
24. "Long Way To Fall" (7)
by Mary Gauthier
from "Filth And Fire"
24. "Over You Now" (7)
by Kate Rusby
from "10"
24. "Paper Boy" (7)
by David Francey
from "Far End Of The Summer"
24. "Ride That Rail" (7)
by Diane Zeigler
from "Paintbrush"
24. "Sister Catherine Claire" (7)
by Deirdre Flint
from "Then Again"
24. "Take It From Dr. King" (7)
by Pete Seeger
from "Take It From Dr. King"
24. "When I Go" (7)
by Dave Carter With Tracy Grammer
from "When I Go"
24. "Willin'" (7)
by Richard Shindell
from "Courier"
TOP ARTISTS OF JANUARY 2003
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 13966 airplays from 134 different DJs
1. Jim And Jesse McReynolds (104)
2. Kate Rusby (99)
3. Greg Brown (86)
4. Alison Krauss (83)
5. Bob Dylan (67)
6. Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer (66)
7. Kate Campbell (62)
8. Hank Williams (58)
9. Nanci Griffith (55)
9. Sweet Honey In The Rock (55)
11. John McCutcheon (53)
11. Pete Seeger (53)
13. Aengus Finnan (47)
14. Tim Harrison (43)
15. Terence Martin (41)
16. Cheryl Wheeler (40)
17. Rod Picott (38)
18. Guy Clark (37)
18. Red Clay Ramblers (37)
18. Tom Russell (37)
18. Waybacks (37)
22. Joel Mabus (36)
22. Tom Paxton (36)
24. Beverly Smith And Carl Jones (35)
25. Dougie MacLean (34)
25. Emmylou Harris (34)
25. Iris Dement (34)
25. Nickel Creek (34)
25. Patty Larkin (34)
25. Paul Kamm And Eleanore MacDonald (34)
TOP LABELS OF JANUARY 2003
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 13966 airplays from 134 different DJs
1. Rounder (514)
2. Sugar Hill (377)
3. Red House (255)
4. Signature (222)
5. Columbia (213)
6. Compass (198)
7. Philo (175)
8. Appleseed (144)
9. Smithsonian/Folkways (132)
10. Flying Fish (128)
11. Rebel (123)
12. Pinecastle (119)
13. Shanachie (112)
14. Green Linnet (104)
15. Warner (100)
16. Vanguard (99)
17. Borealis (88)
18. Capitol (70)
18. Greentrax (70)
20. Rhino (69)
21. Hightone (62)
22. Elektra (60)
23. Mercury (57)
24. Reprise (48)
25. Topic (43)
26. MCA (38)
27. CMH (36)
27. Wind River (36)
29. Copper Creek (34)
29. Gadfly (34)
31. Hannibal (33)
32. RCA (32)
33. A&M (31)
33. Lost Highway (31)
33. Oms (31)
33. Waterbug (31)
37. Doobie Shea (30)
37. Epic (30)
37. Prime (30)
37. Razor & Tie (30)
37. Sliced Bread (30)