TOP ALBUMS AND SONGS FOR DECEMBER 1997 Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists Based on 8964 airplays. 1: "Voices Of Winter," Herdman, Hills And Mangsen (85) "Voices Of Winter/Red And Green" (12) "Frozen Logger/Proper Cup Of Coffee" (8) "Hanerot Halalu" (7) "Hot Buttered Rum" (7) "Snow In The Street" (7) "Wintergrace" (6) "Lo, How A Rose" (5) "More Wood" (5) "Mister Santa" (4) "Mr. Santa" (4) "Raise The Dead Of Wintertime" (3) "Serving Girl's Holiday" (3) "Unto You This Night" (3) "Witch Hazel" (3) "Proper Cup Of Coffee" (2) "Rovin On A Winter's Night," Herdman, Hills, Mangsin (2) "A'rovin' On A Winter's Night" "Chickadee" "Dear Mr. Santa" "Joy Hath Love And Peace," Herman/Hills/Mangsen 2: "Weiss Christmas," Ilene Weiss (76) "Talkin' To The Wrong Guy" (14) "Santa Rap" (12) "Day A Baby Was Born" (8) "No Room At The Inn" (7) "Tree" (7) "It's That Time Again" (6) "Another Funky Xmas" (5) "His Initials" (4) "Harvest For The World" (3) "Take It All Away" (3) "Xmas At The South Pole" (3) "Christmas At The South Pole Tonight" (2) "Minute After Midnight" (2) 3: "12 Steps Of Christmas," Various Artists (46) "Menorah," Laura Berkson (7) "Christmas Is Homeless," Barabara Kessler (6) "Winter Solstice Blessing," Marcia Taylor (6) "12 Steps Of Christmas," Jon Campbell (5) "When Christmas Day Is Gone," Bill Petterson (4) "Christmas In The City," Jim Payne (3) "Dear Santa," Marilyn Manfra (3) "It's A Holiday," Mary Ann Rossoni (3) "Beginning With You," Atwater-Donnelly "Christmas Goose," Artisan "Cup Of Kindness," Bellaire And Dunn "If You're Not Dead," Ratsy "It Won't Be Christmas," John W Fuzek "J. P. Jones: Thanks And Praise," Compilation "Laura Berkson: Menorah," Compilation "Straw Against The Chill," Bob Franke "Thanks And Praise," Jp Jones 3: "Holiday Guitar," Dan Crary (46) "Carol Of The Bells" (14) "Christmas Blues A' Comin'" (6) "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (5) "Christmas Waltz-Fum, Fum, Fum" (4) "Jesu Bambino/The First Noel" (3) "Little Drummer Boy" (3) "Masters In This Hall" (3) "Coventry Carol/Patapan" (2) "Last Noel" (2) "Silver Bells" (2) "Christams Waltz/Fum, Fum Fum" "What Child Is This" 5: "What Do You Hear In These Sounds," Dar Williams (39) "Christians And The Pagans" (15) "Wilder Than Her" (11) "Are You Out There" (5) "As Cool As I Am" (4) "What Do You Hear In These Sounds" (3) "Christian And Pagan" 6: "Lipstick Lies And Gasoline," Fred Eaglesmith (37) "Thinking" (9) "Alcohol And Pills" (7) "Water In The Fuel" (7) "Time To Get A Gun" (3) "105" (2) "7 Shells" (2) "Drinking Too Much" (2) "Spookin' The Horses" (2) "Angel Of The Lord" "Get Me A Gun" "Pontiac" 7: "Tradition (Burns Sisters)," Burns Sisters (34) "Shaloo Shalom" (8) "Children Go Where I Send Thee" (7) "Songs We Love" (5) "This Christmas" (4) "O Come O Come Emmanuel" (3) "Silent Night" (3) "Golden Cradle" (2) "Tibetan Prayer For Peace" (2) 8: "Gabby Road," 4 Bitchin' Babes (29) "Cyberspace" (7) "Dyslexic" (4) "Chevy Impala" (3) "Nervous Wreck Of Edna Fitzgerald" (3) "Zensong" (3) "Breakfast Dishes" (2) "Ladies Against Fanny Floss" (2) "When I Wake Up From This Night" (2) "Crazy" "My Father" "Wild Berries" 9: "Midnight Salvage," Dana Robinson (28) "Shady Grove" (5) "Redpoll" (4) "Wishing Pool" (4) "Goodbye Mary Jane" (3) "Sadie" (3) "Stalk Your Calling" (3) "Midnight Salvage" (2) "Sweet Dream" (2) "Goodbye Miss Jane" "Goodye Mary Jane" 10: "Through The Bitter Frost And Snow," Susan Mckeown And Lindsey Horner (25) "Auld Lang Syne" (7) "Through The Bitter Frost And Snow" (4) "Bold Orion" (2) "Green Grow'th The Holly" (2) "When All The Songs Were Sad" (2) "All Hallows" "Christ Child" "Coventry Carol" "Dun Oiche Ud I Mbeithil" "Orion," Susan Mckeown "Song Of Forgetting" "There Is No Rose" "Winter King" 11: "Snow Angels," Various Artists (24) "Little Drummer Boy," Louise Taylor (5) "Children Go Where I Send Thee," Joan Osborn (4) "Holly And The Ivy," Jim Infantino And Jonatha Brooke (4) "Silent Night," Catie Curtis (4) "Miriam," Pierce Pettis (3) "O Come All Ye Faithful," Kevin Connelly (3) "Sans Day Carol," Grace Griffith 11: "Window Shopper's Christmas," 5 Chinese Brothers (24) "Dept. Store Santa Claus Strike" (6) "Fruitcake Song" (4) "Age Old Story" (3) "And To All A Good Night" (3) "Honky Tonk Christmas" (3) "Make The Rafters Ring" (2) "Christmas On Interstate 80" "Making Angels In The Sand" "O Little Town Of Bethlehem" 13: "Christmas (Bruce Cockburn)," Bruce Cockburn (23) "Mary Had A Baby" (5) "Early On One Christmas Morn" (4) "Go Tell It On The Mountain" (3) "Adeste Fidelis" (2) "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear" "Jesus Ahatonnia" "Joy To The World" "Les Anges Dans Nos Campagnes" "O Little Town Of Bethlehem" "Riu Riu Chiu / I Saw 3 Ships" "Shepherds" "Silent Night" 13: "Reunion Hill," Richard Shindell (23) "Next Best Western" (4) "Reunion Hill" (4) "I Saw My Youth Today" (3) "Beyond The Iron Gate" (2) "Easy Street" (2) "Money For Floods" (2) "Smiling" (2) "Weather" (2) "Darkness, Darkness" "May" 13: "Sugar Plums," Various Artists (23) "Christ Was Born In Bethlehem," Tim And Mollie O'brien (4) "Christmas Time's A Comin," Peter Rowan (3) "Silent Night," Seldom Scene (3) "Carpenter's Shop," Bluegrass Cardinals (2) "Christmas Lullaby," Doc Watson (2) "Medley: The First Noel, It Came Upon A Midnight Clear, Joy To The World," Doyle Lawson And Quicksilver (2) "That White Christmas Song," Red Knuckles (2) "Away In A Manger," Jerry Douglas "Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem," John Starling "Nothing But A Child," Robin And Linda Williams "Santa Bring My Baby Back To Me," Ranch Romance "What Child Is This," Dan Crary 16: "Blanket," Terry Kitchen (21) "Michael" (5) "Kid Who Looks Like Me" (4) "German Violin" (3) "Lightning Strikes" (3) "Big Sister" (2) "3 If By Air" "Everything Makes Me Cry These Days Except The Rolling Stones" "Homesick Angel" "I Can't Remember Life Before I Got Here" 16: "Tinsel Tunes," Various Artists (21) "Sleigh Ride," Sam Bush (6) "Christmas Swing," Chesapeake (4) "Merry Christmas From The Family," Robert Earl Keen Jr (3) "I'll Be Home For Christmas," Brother Boys (2) "Last Month Of The Year," Fairfield 4 And Nashville Bluegrass Band (2) "All I Want Is Mary For Christmas," Lonesome River Band "Christmas Is Coming To Town," Laurel Canyon Ramblers "In The Bleak Midwinter," Mollie O'brien "On A Quiet Night," Psychograss 18: "Blue Ridge Mountain Holiday," Various Artists (20) "Breaking Up Christmas," Benton And Larry Flippen (5) "Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem," Bob Kogut And Dana "Cluck Old Hen," Tommy Jarrell, Kyle Creed, Paul Sutphin And Mac Snow "Cotton-Eyed Joe," Chubby Wise "Cradle In Bethlehem," Bass Mountain Boys "First Noel," Wild And Blue "Frosty The Snowman," Mitch Harrell Et Al "John Brown's Dream," Da Costa Woltz "Let Me Fall," Camp Creek Boys "Little Maggie," Ernest East, Lawrence Love, Fred Cockerham, And Mac Snow "Our Special Guest," South Ocean String Band "Squirrel Heads And Gravy," Brian Grim "Stuck In The Chimney," Fred Travers "What Child Is This," South Ocean String Band "Winter Wonderland," Wild And Blue "You'll Never Be The Same," Jeanette Williams And Clearwater 18: "Bluegrass Rules," Ricky Skaggs (20) "Get Up John" (6) "Little Maggie" (6) "If I Lose" (4) "Drunken Driver" "Rank Stranger" "Somehow Tonight" "Think Of What You've Done," Ricky Skaggs And 18: "Catie Curtis," Catie Curtis (20) "Soulfully" (5) "Do Unto Others" (2) "Falling Silent In The Dark" (2) "Forgiveness" (2) "Heroes" (2) "I Still Want To" (2) "River Winding" (2) "Come To Me" "Don't Cry Anymore" "Larry" 18: "Heritage (Eileen Mcgann)," Eileen Mcgann (20) "There'll Be More Joy" (5) "Faithful Johnny" (4) "Blackwaterside" (3) "Lord Franklin" (3) "Beggin' I Will Go/Etc" "Lowlands" "Matty Groves" "My Grief On The Sea" "Rolling Of The Stones" 18: "Panning For Gold," Rik Palieri (20) "Hills Of Old Vermont" (4) "Panning For Gold" (3) "Plant A Tree" (3) "Child Of The Sixties" (2) "Coffee On My Mind" (2) "Good Morning Blues" (2) "You're Just A Car" (2) "Eleanor Rigby" "Trip" 23: "7 Sisters," Brooks Williams (19) "Winter Moon" (7) "Rich Tonight" (3) "Some Fine Day" (2) "Threadbare Soul" (2) "7 Sisters" "Hello Heartbreak" "Miles Away" "Mother Earth," Brookes Williams "Nothing At All" 23: "Each Little Thing," Sharon Shannon (19) "Mouth Of The Tobique" (5) "Bag Of Cats" (2) "Bonnie Mulliagan" (2) "Kids" (2) "Libertango" (2) "Each Little Thing" "El Meracado Testaccio" "Ivory And The Quill" "Leaving Brittany" "Micho Russell's Set" "Ratlin Island" 23: "El Corazon," Steve Earle (19) "Christmas In Washington" (10) "Fort Worth Blues" (2) "Taneytown" (2) "Telephone Road" (2) "If You Fall" "Nyc" "Other Side Of Town" 23: "Festival Of Light," Various Artists (19) "Light Up The World," Himmelman/Broza (4) "Rock Of Ages," Marc Cohen (4) "Bikkurim," Masada String Trio (2) "Erev Shel Shoshanim," John Mccutcheon (2) "Oi Tata," Don Byron (2) "1902," Mels Featuring John Leventhal "Avinu," Rebbe Soul "Dybbuk Shers," Klezmatics "Festival Of Light," New Troubadours "Shir Amami," Jane Siberry 23: "Gone From Danger," Joan Baez (19) "If I Wrote You" (7) "Fishing" (2) "Lily" (2) "Money For Floods" (2) "Reunion Hill" (2) "Who Do You Think I Am" (2) "February" "Mercy Bound" 23: "Ride," Louise Taylor (19) "Blue Norther" (4) "Too Tired To Leave" (4) "Angelee" (2) "Maria" (2) "Run The Wild Country / Maria" (2) "Your Face" (2) "Ride The Wild Country" "Rollaway Car" "Shiny Dime" 29: "Slant 6 Mind," Greg Brown (18) "Billy From The Hills" (3) "Spring And All" (3) "Whatever It Was" (3) "Loneliness House" (2) "Vivid" (2) "Down At The Mill" "Dusty Woods" "Enough," Gerg Brown "Mose Allison Played Here" "Speaking In Tongues" 30: "Bygone Christmas," Artisan (17) "Old Year Now Away Is Fled" (4) "Holly And The Ivy" (3) "Personent Hodie" (3) "My Father's Custom" (2) "Angel Gabriel From Heaven Came" "Boar's Head Carol" "Coventry Carol" "Under The Mistletoe" "While Shepherds Watched" 30: "Darryl Purpose," Darryl Purpose (17) "You Must Go Home For Christmas" (9) "If I Were A Betting Man" "Last Great Kiss Of The 20th C" "Last Kiss Of The 20th Century" "Mr Schwinn" "Same River Twice" "Singer/Songwriter Heaven" "Sweet Baby James" "What Was I Thinking" 30: "Rhyme Schemes," Joel Mabus (17) "Bubba's 3 B's" (5) "Chairman Of The Bored" (4) "Crooked Novenber" (2) "Druggist" (2) "Tight Old Arkansas" (2) "Fiddlers Reply" "Say Cheese" 33: "John Flynn," John Flynn (16) "Who's Whose" (4) "Old Paint" (2) "Thin Air" (2) "When The Angels Aren't There" (2) "2 Letters" "As She Goes" "Emily" "I Want You To Want Me" "Letter" "Origami Roses" 33: "Look Out," One Fell Swoop (16) "7 Solid Days-Film At 11" (3) "Good Heart" (3) "Gas And Food" (2) "Hairless Chihuahua" (2) "Bitter End" "Crazy Wild Eyed Preacher Man" "Feet Of Clay" "Next Big Thing" "Sad State Of Affairs" "Sinkhole" 33: "Silver And Gold," Claire Lynch (16) "Hey Lonesome" (3) "Hitchcock Railway" (3) "I'm Goin' Up" (3) "If Wishes Were Horses" (2) "Out Among The Stars" (2) "Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring" (2) "Sweetheart, Darlin' Of Mine" 33: "We 3 Kings," Roches (16) "Break Forth O Beauteous Heavenly Light" (2) "Jingle Bells" (2) "Angels We Have Heard On High, Joy To The World" "Christmas Passing Through" "Deck The Halls" "First Nowell" "For Onto Us A Child Is Born" "Frosty The Snowman" "Good King Wenceslas" "Here We Come A Carolling" "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear" "Joy To The World" "Star Of Wonder" "Xmas Passing Through" 37: "Beaupre's Home," Hart Rouge (15) "Destination" (3) "On The Edge" (2) "Sunset On Louisianne" (2) "Grain De Mil" "I Go Out Walking" "La Claire Fontaine" "Lifting My Heart" "Love At The 5 And Dime" "Micmac Song" "Smaragdos Margara" "Vichten" 37: "Celtic Christmas," Various Artists (15) "Galician Carol," Carlos Nunez (2) "Listen To The River," Luka Bloom (2) "Lully Lullay," Nightnoise (2) "Christmas Eve Reel," Dordan "Ciara," Luka Bloom "Divinum Mysterium And Venite Adoremus," Kim Robertson "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," Emily Mitchell "Leanbh Ghil Mhilis," Dordan "Sails Of Galway," Snuffy Walden "Star Of County Down," Kevin Burke And Micheal O Domhnaill "Third Carol For A Christmas Day," Maighread Ni Dhomhnaill And Donal Lunny "Winters End," Liam O'flynn 37: "Christmastime In The Trailerpark," Y'all (15) "Christmas In Indiana" (6) "Christmastime In The Trailerpark" (5) "Okey-Dokey Christmas" (4) 37: "Dangerous Spirits," Ray Wylie Hubbard (15) "Dangerous Spirits" (3) "Last Train To Amsterdam" (3) "Hey That's All Right" (2) "If Heaven Is Not A Place To Go" (2) "Resurrection" (2) "Ballad Of The Crimson Kings" "Crimson Dragon Tattoo" "Without Love" 37: "Doin' My Time," Aubrey Haynie (15) "40 Years Of Trouble" (2) "Dark Hollow" (2) "Foolin' Around" (2) "Forty Years Of Trouble" (2) "Leavin' Rosine" (2) "Cherokee Shuffle" "Montgomery Bell" "Red Apple Rag" "Trouble In Mind" "Turkey In The Straw" 37: "End Of The Summer," Dar Williams (15) "If I Wrote You" (3) "End Of The Summer" (2) "My Friends" (2) "Party Generation" (2) "Teenagers, Kick Our Butts" (2) "Are You Out There" "Bought And Sold" "Friends" "What Do You Hear In These Sounds" 37: "Made In Cork," Patrick Street (15) "Up To Your Neck In Sand" (4) "Bring Back The Child/Paidin O'rafferty" (2) "Her Mantle So Green" (2) "When Adam Was In Paradise" (2) "Coalminer/Etc" "Midnight Ramble / The Bogman / The Old Stage" "Spanking Maggie From The Ross" "Where Lilies Bloom," Patrick St "Winding Stairs" 37: "Superman's Midlife Crisis," Joe Giacoio (15) "Get Back To Work" (6) "Night Games" (2) "Women's Clothing" (2) "Count To 3" "Dr. Frankenstein's Dating Service" "Jury Of My Peers" "Man's Hair Is His Castle" "Superman's Midlife Crisis"