Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
March 2003
Compiled by Richard Gillmann of KBCS-FM
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L
TOP ALBUMS AND SONGS OF MARCH 2003
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 14460 airplays from 134 different DJs
1: "Velvet Town," Louise Taylor [Signature] (52)
"Call My Name" (16)
"Something Like This" (8)
"If I Had My Dream" (5)
2: "Different Stripe," Cheryl Wheeler [Philo] (50)
"Gandhi/Buddha" (22)
"Quarter Moon" (4)
"Arrow" (3)
3: "Bona Fide," The Gibson Brothers [Sugar Hill] (45)
"That Bluegrass Music" (10)
"Railroad Line" (7)
"Open Road" (6)
"Ragged Man" (5)
3: "Coyote's Dream," Tim Grimm [Vault] (45)
"Coyote's Dream" (14)
"Slipped Away" (7)
"Browning Mountain" (6)
"Buffalo Skinners" (6)
"Little Bitty Ball" (6)
5: "Coming Down From Red Lodge," Peter Ostroushko [Red House] (44)
"President George W. Bush's Hornpipe" (11)
"Coming Down From Red Lodge" (10)
"Teelin Bay Waltz" (6)
6: "Beauty Of The Rain," Dar Williams [Razor And Tie] (41)
"Beauty Of The Rain" (8)
"Mercy Of The Fallen" (7)
"World's Not Falling Apart" (7)
"Fishing In The Morning" (5)
"One Who Knows" (5)
7: "Distant Shore," Karan Casey [Shanachie] (40)
"Another Day" (7)
"Curra Road" (5)
"Jute Mill Song" (5)
"Song Of Lies" (5)
"Bata Is Bothar" (4)
8: "Long Grazing Acre," Paddy Keenan And Tommy O'Sullivan [Compass] (38)
"The Lost And Found/ The Hag At The Churn/ The Wind Off The Lake" (6)
"Stranger To Himself" (5)
9: "Gravity, Grace And The Moon," Jeff Talmadge [Bozart] (37)
"Interstate Blues" (7)
"Beyond The Headlights" (5)
"Chasing Grace" (5)
"Photograph" (4)
"Rose Tattoo" (4)
10: "Chinatown," Be Good Tanyas [Nettwerk] (36)
"Reuben" (5)
"Midnight Moonlight" (4)
"Rowdy Blues" (4)
10: "Havana," John Stewart [Appleseed] (36)
"Who Stole The Soul Of Johnny Dreams" (10)
"Waiting For Castro To Die" (4)
10: "That's How I Walk," Stephen Fearing [Philo] (36)
"Black Silk Gown" (6)
"Glory Train" (6)
13: "Bluegrass Fiddle Album," Aubrey Haynie [Sugar Hill] (35)
"Bill Cheatham" (7)
"Buckner's Breakdown" (5)
"Long Cold Winter" (5)
"April's Reel" (4)
14: "Beat Avenue," Eric Andersen [Appleseed] (34)
"Under The Shadows" (8)
"Ain't No Time To Bleed" (5)
"Before Everything Changed" (4)
"Blue Rockin' Chair" (4)
"Salt On Your Skin" (4)
14: "Coldest Part Of Winter," Larry Sparks [Rebel] (34)
"Leavin' Me" (11)
"You Ain't Lived" (5)
"Lord, Show Me The Way" (4)
"Winter In Miami" (4)
16: "10," Kate Rusby [Compass] (33)
"I Wish" (5)
"Sir Eglamore" (4)
17: "Shape Of A Tear," Lynn Morris Band [Rounder] (30)
"Shape Of A Tear" (7)
"Gonna Have Love" (5)
"Good Love" (5)
"Don't Neglect The Rose" (3)
"Shoulder To Shoulder" (3)
17: "Smile," Mae Robertson [Lyric Partners] (30)
"Ships" (8)
"American Tune" (6)
"You Don't Know Me" (4)
"Lanterns On The Levee" (3)
19: "Nectar," Brooks Williams [Signature] (29)
"May You Never" (10)
"Yellow Hummingbird" (4)
"Great Big Sea" (3)
"Half The Grace" (3)
"Singing In The Dark" (3)
19: "The Wheel," David Olney [Loudhouse] (29)
"Now And Forever" (7)
"Voices On The Water" (5)
"Big Cadillac" (3)
"Revolution" (3)
19: "Where Roads Divide," Wildfire [Pinecastle] (29)
"Lord Knows I'm Drinking" (5)
"Love Will Make You Blind" (5)
"Somewhere Down The Road" (5)
"I Don't Know How To Fix It" (4)
22: "Goodnight Ginger," John McCusker [Compass] (28)
"Goodnight Ginger" (5)
"Oor Pal Davy" (5)
"Bold Privateer" (4)
"Leaving Friday Harbor" (3)
"McGoldrick's" (3)
22: "Trad," Colcannon [Oxford Road] (28)
"Ale Is Dear/The Glass Of Beer" (9)
"Benjamin Bowmaneer" (5)
"Wealthy Squire" (4)
"Alan Tyne Of Harrow" (3)
"Hunt The Cat/ The Hatter From Nenagh" (3)
24: "Banjo Special," Various Artists [Merriweather] (27)
"On My Way To Somewhere," Arnie Naiman, Brian Taheny, Chris Coole And Chris Quinn (4)
"Old Dangerfield," Chris Quinn (3)
"Waltonian Sunset," Arnie Naiman (3)
24: "Home," Dixie Chicks [Columbia] (27)
"Travelin' Soldier" (14)
"Long Time Gone" (6)
24: "New Deal," Tony Trischka Band [Rounder] (27)
"Hand Me My Banjo Down" (7)
"Hymn For Dreams That Don't Come True" (4)
"Earl's Breakdown" (3)
"Northern Falling" (3)
"Quasi Qoto" (3)
27: "Sleeper," Terence Martin [Good Dog] (26)
"All The Bricks In Baltimore" (6)
"Way It Didn't Go" (5)
"Sleeper On A Westbound Train" (3)
"Wooden Nickels" (3)
28: "B-Sides And Confessions," Jeff Black [Dualtone] (25)
"Gold Heart Locket" (10)
"Same Old River" (4)
"Slip" (3)
28: "Greatest Story Never Told," John McCutcheon [Red House] (25)
"Not In My Name" (19)
"One In A Million" (3)
28: "Modern Art," Tom Russell [Hightone] (25)
"Bus Station" (6)
"Modern Art" (6)
"Muhammad Ali" (3)
28: "What Should Have Been," Honi Deaton And Dream [Cmg] (25)
"Run Boys Run" (6)
"Loose Talk" (3)
"Sally Flatt" (3)
32: "Live," Alison Krauss And Union Station [Rounder] (24)
"But You Know I Love You" (4)
"Boy Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn" (3)
32: "Where Have All The Flowers Gone?: The Songs Of Pete Seeger," Various Artists [Appleseed] (24)
"Waist Deep In The Big Muddy," Dick Gaughan (4)
"Blessed Be The Nation," Studs Turkel (3)
"Where Have All The Flowers Gone," Tommy Sands With Dolores Keane And Vedran Smailovic (3)
34: "Images Of Women Vol. 1," Robin Greenstein [Windy] (23)
"Cotton Mill Girls" (4)
"Katie Dear" (4)
"Know You Rider" (4)
34: "Jubilee," Harry Manx And Kevin Breit [Northern Blues] (23)
"Take This Hammer" (5)
"Diving Duck Blues" (4)
34: "Mambo Sinuendo," Ry Cooder And Manuel Galban [Nonesuch] (23)
"Mambo Sinuendo" (4)
"Bodas De Oro" (3)
"Monte Adentro" (3)
"Patricia" (3)
34: "Silvery Moon," Aoife Clancy [Appleseed] (23)
"There Is Hope" (5)
"Banks Of The Sweet Primroses" (3)
38: "Full Circle," Marty Raybon [Doobie Shea] (22)
"Home Run Man" (6)
"Prayer Bells Of Heaven" (6)
"Down The Road" (5)
"Everything" (4)
"Summertown Road" (4)
38: "Collateral Damage," Jim Page [Self] (22)
"Collateral Damage" (8)
"Who Are They And Why Do They Hate Us?" (5)
"My American Name" (4)
38: "Fool's Paradise," Paul Kamm And Eleanore MacDonald [Freewheel] (22)
"I've Got To Know" (12)
"Josephine" (4)
38: "No Other Way," Mountain Heart [Skaggs Family] (22)
"How Strong Do My Walls Have To Be" (4)
"Lee Highway Blues" (4)
"Mountain Man" (4)
"Ramblin Heart" (3)
38: "Starting Over," Ronnie Bowman [Sugar Hill] (22)
"Rye Whiskey" (5)
"One Life" (4)
"What She Didn't Say" (4)
"Rise Above" (3)
"Starting Over" (3)
43: "Red=Luck," Patty Larkin [Vanguard] (21)
"Home" (4)
"St. Augustine" (3)
"Too Bad" (3)
44: "Eileen Ivers And Immigrant Soul," Eileen Ivers And Immigrant Soul [Koch] (20)
"Craic With Jack" (5)
"Darlin' Corey" (5)
"Parting Of Friends" (4)
"Afro Jig" (3)
"Paddy In Zululand" (3)
44: "Failer," Kathleen Edwards [Zoe] (20)
"Hockey Skates" (4)
"12 Bellevue" (3)
"One More Song The Radio Won't Like" (3)
44: "Women Gather," Sweet Honey In The Rock [Earth Beat] (20)
"Let Us Rise In Love" (4)
"Voice Of The Innocent" (4)
"Women Gather" (4)
47: "Celtic Compass," Various Artists [Compass] (19)
"Another Train," Poozies (4)
"Arthur McBride And The Sergeant," Paul Brady (3)
"I Wish," Kate Rusby (3)
47: "Evolve," Ani Difranco [Righteous Babe] (19)
"Evolve" (8)
47: "Jeannie Kendall," Jeannie Kendall [Rounder] (19)
"Love Chooses You" (4)
"That's What Your Love Does To Me" (4)
"I Wonder Where You Are Tonight" (3)
47: "Monuments," Kate Campbell [Large River] (19)
"How Much Can One Heart Hold" (5)
"Corn In A Box" (3)
"Joe Louis' Furniture" (3)
"New South" (3)
"Walk Among Stones" (3)
47: "Right Where I Should Be," Joyce Andersen [Joyscream] (19)
"Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot" (7)
"Saddle Up The Storm" (4)
47: "'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered," Jim And Jesse McReynolds [Pinecastle] (19)
"'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered" (5)
"Before I Met You" (3)
"Cora Is Gone" (3)
53: "3 Rooms," Eddie From Ohio [Virginia Soul] (18)
"Candido And American" (3)
"Number 6 Driver" (3)
53: "My Dixie Home," Jim Mills [Sugar Hill] (18)
"Goin Back To The Blue Ridge Mountains" (4)
"Tragic Romance" (4)
"Country Blues" (3)
53: "O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack," Various Artists [Mercury] (18)
"I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow," Soggy Bottom Boys (7)
53: "Old And In The Gray," Old And In The Gray [Acoustic Disc] (18)
"Good Old Boys" (7)
"Barefoot Nellie" (5)
"When The Springtime Comes Again" (4)
53: "Speed Of Trees," Ellis Paul [Philo] (18)
"God's Promise" (5)
53: "Woodeye," Joel Rafael Band [Inside] (18)
"Danville Girl" (3)
"I Ain't Got No Home" (3)
59: "Classic Blues," Various Artists [Smithsonian/Folkways] (17)
"Don't Lie Buddy," Leadbelly And Josh White (3)
"Mule Riding Blues," Big Bill Broonzy (3)
59: "Crazy: The Demo Sessions," Willie Nelson [Sugar Hill] (17)
"I Gotta Get Drunk" (5)
59: "Crossing," Tim O'Brien [Alula] (17)
"Talkin' Cavan" (4)
"Ireland's Green Shore" (3)
59: "Live At The Charleston Music Hall," Ricky Skaggs And Kentucky Thunder [Skaggs Family] (17)
"Black Eyed Suzie" (3)
59: "My Shoes," Tret Fure [Tomboy Girl] (17)
"Hawk And The Dove" (5)
59: "Out Of The Blue," Tom Prasada-Rao [Ahimsa] (17)
"See Myself In You" (5)
"Is There Anybody Here" (3)
"When Angels Sing" (3)
65: "Avenue Of The Saints," Dana Robinson [Threshold] (16)
"What Would Woody Do?" (4)
"Love Beyond" (3)
"This Town" (3)
65: "Dreamsicles," Dreamsicles [Self] (16)
"In My Life" (6)
"Do Re Mi" (4)
65: "East To West," Baka Beyond [Narada] (16)
"Ra-Li-O" (4)
"Rakish Paddy" (4)
65: "Fever," Steve Brooks [Self] (16)
"Terrorists Have Won" (8)
"Normal No More" (4)
"Fever" (3)
65: "Hail To The Chief," John McCutcheon [Appalsongs] (16)
"Ashcroft's Army" (5)
"Hail To The Chief" (5)
65: "North Wind," Aengus Finnan [Borealis] (16)
"One Hand On The Radio" (3)
"Rollin' Home" (3)
TOP SONGS OF MARCH 2003
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 14460 airplays from 134 different DJs
1. "Gandhi/Buddha" (22)
by Cheryl Wheeler
from "Different Stripe"
2. "Not In My Name" (20)
by John McCutcheon
from "Greatest Story Never Told"
3. "Call My Name" (16)
by Louise Taylor
from "Velvet Town"
4. "Coyote's Dream" (14)
by Tim Grimm
from "Coyote's Dream"
4. "Travelin' Soldier" (14)
by Dixie Chicks
from "Home"
6. "Cruel War" (12)
by Bethany And Peter Yarrow
from "Cruel War"
6. "I've Got To Know" (12)
by Paul Kamm And Eleanore MacDonald
from "Fool's Paradise"
8. "Coming Down From Red Lodge" (11)
by Peter Ostroushko
from "Coming Down From Red Lodge"
8. "Leavin' Me" (11)
by Larry Sparks
from "Coldest Part Of Winter"
8. "President George W. Bush's Hornpipe" (11)
by Peter Ostroushko
from "Coming Down From Red Lodge"
11. "Gold Heart Locket" (10)
by Jeff Black
from "B-Sides And Confessionals Vol. One"
11. "May You Never" (10)
by Brooks Williams
from "Nectar"
11. "That Bluegrass Music" (10)
by Gibson Brothers
from "Bona Fide"
11. "Who Stole The Soul Of Johnny Dreams" (10)
by John Stewart
from "Havana"
15. "Ale Is Dear/The Glass Of Beer" (9)
by Colcannon
from "Trad"
15. "Beauty Of The Rain" (9)
by Dar Williams
from "Beauty Of The Rain"
15. "Hand Me My Banjo Down" (9)
by Tony Trischka Band
from "New Deal"
15. "I Ain't Marching Anymore" (9)
by Phil Ochs
from "I Ain't Marching Anymore"
15. "I Wish" (9)
by Kate Rusby
from "10"
also "Celtic Compass"
15. "Masters Of War" (9)
by Bob Dylan
from "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan"
15. "Terrorists Have Won" (9)
by Steve Brooks
from "Fever"
15. "Universal Soldier" (9)
by Buffy Sainte-Marie
from "Troubadours Of The Folk Era Collection"
15. "Waist Deep In The Big Muddy" (9)
by Dick Gaughan
from "Sail On"
also "Where Have All The Flowers Gone?: The Songs Of Pete Seeger"
24. "City Of New Orleans" (8)
by Arlo Guthrie
from "Best Of Arlo Guthrie"
24. "Collateral Damage" (8)
by Jim Page
from "Collateral Damage"
24. "Cops Of The World" (8)
by Phil Ochs
from "Phil Ochs In Concert"
24. "Cotton Mill Girls" (8)
by Robin Greenstein
from "Images Of Women"
24. "Evolve" (8)
by Ani Difranco
from "Evolve"
24. "Interstate Blues" (8)
by Jeff Talmadge
from "Gravity, Grace And The Moon"
24. "Same Old River" (8)
by Jeff Black
from "B-Sides And Confessions"
24. "Ships" (8)
by Mae Robertson
from "Smile"
24. "Slipped Away" (8)
by Tim Grimm
from "Coyote's Dream"
24. "Something Like This" (8)
by Louise Taylor
from "Velvet Town"
24. "Under The Shadows" (8)
by Eric Andersen
from "Beat Avenue"
TOP ARTISTS OF MARCH 2003
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 14460 airplays from 134 different DJs
1. Bob Dylan (78)
2. Cheryl Wheeler (65)
2. John McCutcheon (65)
4. Dar Williams (63)
5. Pete Seeger (60)
6. Louise Taylor (56)
7. Alison Krauss (54)
8. Brooks Williams (53)
9. Jeff Talmadge (52)
9. Tim Grimm (52)
11. Phil Ochs (50)
12. Greg Brown (49)
12. Karan Casey (49)
14. Be Good Tanyas (46)
14. Gibson Brothers (46)
14. Nanci Griffith (46)
14. Patty Larkin (46)
14. Peter Ostroushko (46)
19. Tim O'Brien (45)
20. Doc Watson (44)
21. Eric Andersen (41)
21. Kate Rusby (41)
23. John Stewart (40)
24. Larry Sparks (39)
24. Tom Russell (39)
TOP LABELS OF MARCH 2003
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 14460 airplays from 134 different DJs
1. Rounder (581)
2. Sugar Hill (446)
3. Compass (219)
4. Red House (211)
5. Signature (200)
6. Appleseed (199)
7. Green Linnet (186)
8. Philo (185)
8. Shanachie (185)
10. Columbia (183)
11. Rebel (177)
12. Vanguard (151)
13. Smithsonian/Folkways (140)
14. Pinecastle (113)
15. Flying Fish (102)
16. Warner (87)
17. Hightone (77)
18. Elektra (73)
19. Capitol (70)
20. Rhino (69)
21. Borealis (65)
22. Greentrax (58)
23. MCA (54)
24. Razor And Tie (52)
25. Dualtone (47)
26. Doobie Shea (44)
27. Skaggs Family (43)
28. Curb (42)
28. Folk-Legacy (42)
30. Vault (41)
31. Copper Creek (40)
32. Blix Street (39)
32. RCA (39)
34. Bozart (36)
35. Mercury (34)
36. Reprise (33)
36. Sliced Bread (33)
38. Acoustic Disc (31)
38. Tomato (31)
40. A&M (28)
40. Merriweather (28)
40. Narada (28)
40. Topic (28)