Ewan MacColl – AcousticMusicScene.com https://acousticmusicscene.com Wed, 06 Oct 2021 18:02:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Remembering Robin Morton, 1939-2021 https://acousticmusicscene.com/2021/10/06/remembering-robin-morton-1939-2021/ Wed, 06 Oct 2021 18:02:41 +0000 http://acousticmusicscene.com/?p=11822 Robin Morton, who played an integral and pioneering role in traditional Celtic music as a founding member of Boys of the Lough, manager of Scotland’s Battlefield Band, avid song collector, and founder & owner of the Scottish label Temple Records, died on Oct. 1, 2021. He was 81.

Robin Morton (l.) with Michael Kornfeld during the 2013 APAP Conference in New York City (Photo: John Chicherio)
Robin Morton (l.) with Michael Kornfeld during the 2013 APAP Conference in New York City (Photo: John Chicherio)
I was so saddened to hear of his sudden passing. I met Robin Morton a decade or so ago at an Association of Performing Arts Presenters, now Professionals (APAP) conference in New York City. We struck up a friendship across the miles, and he retained my PR services over the years to help promote select concerts for the Battlefield Band on this side of the pond. My heart goes out to Robin’s life partner Alison Kinnaird, a gifted glass sculptor & harpist.

Born on December 24, 1939, Robin Morton grew up in Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. His dad was a jazz enthusiast and turned him on to jazz as a child. Morton tried to play the cornet during his youth and also developed an interest in skiffle music before The Liverpool Spinners, among others, began to spark his interest in folk music around 1959. He regularly watched the weekly Hootennny TV show that emanated from Edinburgh, Scotland and featured such folk artists as Martin Carthy and Archie Fisher. While living briefly in Manchester, he also picked up the guitar around that time.

After returning home to Portadown, he began frequenting a nearby pub, where he’d occasionally sing traditional songs during singer sessions. Later, while at Queens University in Belfast studying social work, Morton became involved in the Glee Club led by Phil Coulter, in whose shows he performed a few times (primarily Woody Guthrie songs). He also launched a folk society there in 1963, although he left it and the university after a year to continue his studies at London School of Economics. While in London, he befriended Ewan MacColl, who helped to spur his interest in collecting traditional folk songs.

Upon returning to Belfast, Morton worked in child psychiatry for a while and also helped to launch the Ulster Folk Music Society. He sought to pair music and song together, rather than just separate instrumental and singing sessions, as was the norm. It was through the folk music society that Morton met Cathal McConnell and Tommy Gunn. The three would launch the traditional Irish folk group Boys of the Lough, named after a reel that they enjoyed playing, in 1967. MacColl and Peggy Seeger arranged the band’s first tour. Morton performed and toured with the seminal band, through various personnel changes, for a dozen years.

Morton also collected songs from Ulster and compiled them in a book entitled Folk Songs Sung in Ulster that was published in 1970, along with two albums featuring recordings of traditional singers. Late that year, he moved to Edinburgh.

During the late 1970s, Morton, who had previously worked as a producer for Topic Records, opened a recording studio and established Temple Records, a label devoted to acoustic Scottish (and some Irish) traditional music. Based in a converted church in the village of Temple, near Edinburgh, the label’s mission is “to release music that reflects a great, proud, timeless tradition.” Its first album was Alison Kinnaird’s The Harp Key (1978). Temple Records has released a number of classic, groundbreaking and seminal recordings over the years by such artists as Marie Ni Chathasaigh, John McCusker, Brian McNeill, Flora McNeill, and Christine Primrose. But, perhaps, the most notable act on its roster is Battlefield Band, a group that Morton also managed for more than 40 years — until his passing.

Founded in 1969 and performing under the banner “Forward with Scotland’s Past,” Battlefield Band performs an inspired mix of ancient and modern traditional music and songs. “What the internationally renowned Irish band, the Chieftains, have done for traditional Irish music, Battlefield Band are doing for the music of Scotland,” according to Billboard magazine.

Robin Morton was a passionate champion for the music that he loved. Through the years, in many different capacities (including a short stint as director of the Edinburgh Folk Festival from 1986-1988), he did so much to preserve, produce and promote traditional Scottish folk music – and, more broadly, traditional Celtic music. He left an indelible mark and will be sorely missed.

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AcousticMusicScene.com Hosts Showcases at SERFA Conference https://acousticmusicscene.com/2016/05/15/acousticmusicscene-com-hosts-showcases-at-serfa-conference/ Sun, 15 May 2016 12:45:34 +0000 http://acousticmusicscene.com/?p=8734 More than 200 people will converge on the Montreat Conference Center in Montreat, North Carolina, just off the Blue Ridge Parkway, near Asheville, May 18-22, 2016 for the ninth annual Southeast Regional Folk Alliance (SERFA) Conference featuring contemporary and traditional folk music, networking and learning opportunities. AcousticMusicScene.com will host late-night song swaps.

A regional affiliate of Folk Alliance International, SERFA (www.serfa.org) exists to promote, develop and celebrate the diverse heritage of roots and indigenous music, dance, storytelling and related arts in the Southeastern United States. Its annual conference is a primary means of doing that. This is the sixth consecutive year that it is being held at the same location — a beautiful and tranquil spot nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains. This year’s conference opens with a barbecue, followed by a barn dance and an open mic on Wednesday night, and concludes on Sunday morning with a farewell breakfast.

Peggy Seeger is Conference Keynoter

Peggy Seeger
Peggy Seeger
Noted folksinger and songwriter Peggy Seeger will deliver a keynote address on Friday and will also receive a Kari Estrin Founding President’s Award for Outstanding Contributions to Music and Culture in the Southeast. Although she has lived in England for many years, Seeger, 81, called Asheville, NC home during part of the 1990s. She has 23 solo recordings to her credit and has been part of more than 100 more with other artists. She has also written music for films, television and radio, published a songbook featuring 150 of her more than 200 songs, and is writing a memoir that is due out next year. She is the widow of Ewan MacColl, with whom she played a major role in the British folksong revival, singing and lecturing for 35 years on the role of folk songs in the world, developing a “radio ballad” folk form, running a folk music club, forming their own record label, and producing an annual political satire revue. She also collaborated with MacColl, Alan Lomax and Edith Fowke on books of folk songs called The New City Songster. A new biography entitled Peggy Seeger: A Life of Music, Love and Politics, by Jean Friedman, is scheduled for release this coming winter.

Others to be honored for their contributions to music and culture in the Southeast include Jim Magill. founding director of the Swannanoa Gathering and outgoing SERFA board member, Jennifer Pickering, founding and current executive director of LEAF Community Arts, and Phil Jamison, who has dedicated more than 40 years to calling and researching dance.

Workshops Organized by Tracks; Controversial HB2 Legislation to be Discussed

A number of 75-minute workshops during the conference will be organized by tracks: Business, Dance, Motivational/The Road, Performance/Accompaniment, Promotion/Gigs, Recording and Songwriting. Seeger will lead one entitled Songwriting – Those Controversial Issues.

Controversy has swirled around the state of North Carolina of late with the recent passage and signing into law of the Public Facilities and Private Security Act, HB2, which discriminates against people based on sexual orientation and gender status. The SERFA board of directors recently unanimously adopted a statement that reads in part: “The backroom politics that created and passed HB2 is a blight on the face of North Carolina, and SERFA is proud to stand with the majority of not only North Carolina citizens, but the American people in general, businesses, artists and religious leaders who are advocates of equal rights for all, and against HB2. SERFA will continue to welcome all regardless of sexual preference, identity or gender, without regard to religion, nationality or race. We encourage unity and decry legislation that fosters discrimination, prejudice and fear.” During the conference, activist singer-songwriters Tret Fure and Si Kahn will facilitate discussions on Collaborative Songwriting: Writing a Social Justice Song Against HB2 and Local Voices for Justice: SERFA and HB2.

Besides the workshops and panel discussions, there will be a house concert presenters peer group meeting, yoga sessions led by singer-songwriter Caroline Cotter, communal meals, and, of course, a lot of music.

Official and Guerilla Showcases Abound

A number of artists have been selected by a panel of judges to present official showcases on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights from 7:15-10:30 p.m. Slated to perform on Thursday are Si Kahn, Sam Gleaves, Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer, Bruce Michael Miller, Tish Hinojosa, Martyn Joseph, Christie Lenee, BettySoo and Victor & Penny. Friday’s official showcase lineup features No Fuss and Feathers, Lipbone Redding, Kirsten Maxwell, Lyal Strickland, Jon Shain & FJ Ventre, The Gather Rounders, Clint Alphin, Letters to Abigail and Rebecca Loebe. Saturday’s showcase artists include Mark Mandeville and Raianne Richards, David Roth, Gene and Gayla Mills, Ian Foster, Bob Sinclair and the Big Deals, Lowell Levinger – Banana from the Youngbloods, Dave Curley and Mari Black World Fiddle Ensemble. Persons not registered for the conference can attend these showcases on Thursday, Friday and Saturday for $12 each night or $25 for all three nights.

Following the official showcases, late-night guerilla showcases will take place in various meeting rooms between 10:40 p.m. and 2 a.m. AcousticMusicScene.com, which has had a presence at the SERFA Conference for the past five years, will host late-night showcases on Thursday and Friday, May 19 and 20, overnight. These will take the form of song swaps.

Here’s the AcousticMusicScene.com showcase schedule:

Thursday Night, May 19:

10:40 Mass. Appeal: Dan & Faith, Rob Lytle, Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards, Steven Pelland

11:30 Women’s Voices: Meg Braun, Caroline Cotter, Judy Kass

12:00 A Trio of Duos: Fraser & Girard, Victor & Penny, The YaYas

12:30 Young Folk: Erika Kulnys, Kirsten Maxwell, Mike Tedesco

1:00 Strings & Songs: Dave Curley, Eric Lee, Kristin Rebecca

1:30 Last Round: Lorraine Conard, Karyn Oliver, Jeff Talmadge

Friday Night, May 20:

10:40 O Canada: Bob Ardern, Shawna Caspi, Ian Foster, Suzie Vinnick (with Cheryl Prashker on percussion)

11:30 NY/NJ Artists: Robin Greenstein, Mara Levine, Dennis McDoNoUgh!

12:00 Carolina Guys: Eric Bannan, Wes Collins, Todd Hoke

12:30 Austin Songwriters: BettySoo, Steve Brooks, Tom Meny

1:15 Nashville Cats: Clint Alphin, Anne E. DeChant, Claudia Nygaard, Becky Warren

Also during the conference, a number of artists will visit a local elementary school to share songs with youngsters and give them a chance to play instruments and learn about the various types of folk instruments and the styles of music they create.

12970789_10154095052438334_9036152953014127648_oSERFA conference programming is designed to afford participants opportunities to have some downtime, meet other attendees in informal situations such as meals and impromptu jams and even take naps, yet still get a lot out of it, said Estrin. “Last year, many commented on how refreshed and energized they felt leaving SERFA, which was one of our goals.”

Editor’s Note: In addition to hosting an AcousticMusicScene.com showcase, I will be part of two workshop panel discussions in the Promotion/Gigs track: Making Technology Work for You – Creating an Internet Identity, and Music Journalism – What Makes You Interesting. I will also again be a mentor offering advice and counsel on public relations, strategic communications, artist bios and one-sheets, website content and social media, and other topics of interest to performing artists and presenters. I am a Folk Alliance International board member and also serve as vice president of the Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) board of directors.

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Top Albums and Songs of November 2015 (FOLKDJ-L) https://acousticmusicscene.com/2015/12/02/top-albums-and-songs-of-november-2015-folkdj-l/ Wed, 02 Dec 2015 06:33:11 +0000 http://acousticmusicscene.com/?p=8478 Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl (Compass) was the most-played album on folk radio during November 2015, while “I Am an Immigrant” by Jesse Palidofsky and “Take Me Home” by Free the Honey were reportedly the most—played songs. So say charts compiled by Richard Gillmann from radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an electronic discussion group for DJs and others interested in all folk-based music on the radio. The monthly Top Albums and Songs charts are posted on AcousticMusicScene.com with permission. To view them, click on the headline.]]> Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl (Compass) was the most-played album on folk radio during November 2015 (as it was in September), while “I Am an Immigrant” by Jesse Palidofsky and “Take Me Home” by Free The Honey (the young western Colorado-based Americana quartet that had both the top album and song in October) were reportedly the most—played songs. So say charts compiled by Richard Gillmann from radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an electronic discussion group for DJs and others interested in all folk-based music on the radio.

The November 2015 FOLKDJ-L charts are based on 14,132 airplays from 150 different DJs. Label and release date appear in brackets below, while the number of reported spins is shown in parentheses. The charts are posted on AcousticMusicScene.com with permission.

Top Albums of November 2015

Joy of Living CD cover

1: Joy Of Living: A Tribute To Ewan MacColl, Various Artists [Compass, 10/15] (75)
2: Just For The Love Of It, Happy Traum [happytraum.com, 7/15] (63)
3: Fine Bloom, Free The Honey [freethehoney.com, 9/15] (57)
4: So Familiar, Steve Martin And Edie Brickell [Rounder, 10/15] (55)
5: Pompadour, Tim O’Brien [Howdy Skies, 10/15] (54)
6: Ain’t We Brothers,” Sam Gleaves [Community, 11/15] (46)
6: The Cutting Edge: 1965-1966 (box set), Bob Dylan [Columbia, new] (46)
8: Foxhounds, Kathy Kallick Band [Live Oak, new] (44)
9: At Home: The Maine Tour, Noel Paul Stookey [Neworld, 9/15] (43)
10: The Ultimate Guide To Scottish Folk, Various Artists [ARC, 10/15] (41)
11: Knockout Rose, Boxcar Lilies [boxcarlilies.com, 9/15] (40)
12: The Tennessee Sessions, The Swamp Brothers [Itchy Sabot, 7/15] (39)
13: Third Street, Peter Mayer [Blue Boat, 11/14] (38)
14: Sorrows And Glories, Red Moon Road [redmoonroad.com, 9/15] (36)
15: Ready For The Storm, Lori Lieberman [Drive On, 10/15] (33)
16: Blues For Country, The Nouveaux Honkies [tnhband.com, 9/15] (31)
16: The Fiddle Preacher, Otter Creek [ottercreekduo.com, 8/15] (31)
18: Gone Like The Cotton, The Cox Family [Rounder, 10/15] (29)
18: North East Rising Sun, Brooksie Wells [Down Home Diva, 10/15] (29)
20: Get Together: Banana Recalls Youngbloods Classics, Lowell Levinger [Grandpa Raccoon, 9/15] (28)
20: Round Trip, Beppe Gambetta And Tony McManus [Borealis, 8/15] (28)
22: Hard Cry Moon, Donna Ulisse [Hadley, 9/15] (27)
23: Nashville Obsolete, Dave Rawlings Machine [Acony, 9/15] (26)
23: So Far, So Good, David Roth [Wind River, 6/15] (26)
25: Dreams And Ghosts: A Family Album, Avery Hill [averyhilltunes.com, 7/15] (25)
26: Joe Hill’s Last Will, John McCutcheon [Appalsongs, 5/15] (24)
26: Kokomo Kidd, Guy Davis [M. C., 9/15] (24)
28: Dancing Toward The Light, Jesse Palidofsky [Azalea City, 7/14] (23)
28: Radio, Steep Canyon Rangers [Rounder, 8/15] (23)
28: Road Be Kind, Andy Cohen [Earwig, 9/15] (23)
31: Anna Laube, Anna Elizabeth Laube [Pockets, 5/15] (22)
31: Skin And Bone, Mark Brown [Self, 6/15] (22)
31: The Song Of The Banjo, Alison Brown [Compass, 10/15] (22)
31: A Thousand Hands, Chris Rosser [Hollow Reed Arts, 10/14] (22)
35: Tomorrow’s Child, Jonathan Edwards [Rising, 6/15] (20)
36: Friend Like Me, Steve Howell And The Mighty Men [Out Of The Past, new] (19)
36: If Not Now When, Freebo [Poppabo, 4/15] (19)
38: Grandma’s Got A Boombox, Sandy Ross [sandyross.com, 5/15] (18)
38: Anywhere But Utah: Songs of Joe Hill, Bucky Halker [Revolting, 8/15] (18)
38: Emerald, Dar Williams [Self, 5/15] (18)
38: Songs Of Heart And Home, Greg Blake [gregblakemusic.com, 9/15] (18)
42: Nobody’s Flag, Wes Weddell Band [Dusty Shadows, 9/15] (17)
42: Servant Of Love, Patty Griffin [PGM, 10/15] (17)
42: Shifted, Harpeth Rising [Grimm Rising, 8/15] (17)
42: Woven, Jenna Moynihan [Self, 10/15] (17)
46: The Turning Point, Tim Grimm [Cavalier, 2013] (16)
46: Coffee Creek, The Slocan Ramblers [slocanramblers.com, 7/15] (16)
46: Tangled Country, The Honey Dewdrops [thehoneydewdrops.com, 3/15] (16)
46: Things That Can’t Be Undone, Corb Lund [New West, 10/15] (16)
50: Cold And Bitter Tears: The Songs Of Ted Hawkins, Various Artists [Wixen, 10/15] (15)
50: I Am American, Michael Troy [Self, 10/15] (15)
50: “I Am An Immigrant” (single), Jesse Palidofsky [Azalea City, new] (15)
50: Road Signs, Mike Laureanno [University Studios, 9/15] (15)
50: Shadow Trails, Linda McRae [Borealis, 9/15] (15)
50: A Silent Song, Archie Fisher [Red House, 9/15] (15)
50: Sundown Over Ghost Town, Eilen Jewell [Signature, 5/15] (15)
57: Beg And Borrow, Battlefield Band [Temple, 8/15] (14)
57: Hillary Rollins presents Christine Lavin And Friends: Live At McCabe’s, Christine Lavin [christinelavin.com, 9/15] (14)
57: Frankie And The No-Go Road, Rita Hosking [ritahosking.com, 9/15] (14)
57: Further West, Hungrytown [Listen Here!, 5/15] (14)
57: Manannan’s Cloak, Barrule [Easy On The Record, 5/15] (14)
57: Melissa Ferrick, Melissa Ferrick [Right On, 7/15] (14)
57: Old Time Reverie, Mipso [Robust, 10/15] (14)
57: Salt As Wolves, Jeffrey Foucault [Blueblade, new] (14)
57: That’s What They Say, Brad Vickers And His Vestapolitans [Manhattone, new] (14)
57: Welcome Day, Cindy Kallet And Grey Larsen [Sleepy Creek, 9/15] (14)
67: Beating Around The Bush, Bill Keith [Green Linnet, 1993] (13)
67: Domestic Eccentric, Old Man Luedecke [True North, 7/15] (13)
67: Don’t Mourn – Organize!: Songs Of Labor Songwriter Joe Hill, Various Artists [Smithsonian/Folkways, 1990] (13)
67: The Farwells, The Farwells [Tin Halo, 9/15] (13)
67: The Immigrant And The Orphan, The John Byrne Band [Self, 9/15] (13)
67: An Offering, Amanda Pearcy [Self, 9/15] (13)
67: One, Natalie MacMaster And Donnell Leahy [Linus, 4/15] (13)
67: Panhandle Rambler, Joe Ely [Rack ’em, 9/15] (13)
67: The Ragpicker String Band, The Ragpicker String Band [Yellow Dog, 8/15] (13)
67: Silver Lining, Efrat [efratmusic.com, 10/15] (13)
67: Something More Than Free, Jason Isbell [Southeastern, 7/15] (13)

Top Songs of November 2015

1. “I Am An Immigrant” (16)

Jesse Palidofsky
Jesse Palidofsky

by Jesse Palidofsky
from “I Am An Immigrant (single)”
1. “Take Me Home” (16)
by Free The Honey
from Fine Bloom
3. “Food On The Table” (15)
by The Swamp Brothers
from The Tennessee Sessions
4. “So Familiar” (14)
by Steve Martin And Edie Brickell
from So Familiar
5. “Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald” (13)
by Gordon Lightfoot
from Gord’s Gold Vol 2
6. “Alice’s Restaurant” (12)
by Arlo Guthrie
from Alice’s Restaurant
6. “Another Round” (12)
by Steve Martin And Edie Brickell
from So Familiar
6. “Go Down To The Water” (12)
by Tim O’Brien
from Pompadour
9. “Dirty Old Town” (10)
by Steve Earle
from Joy Of Living: A Tribute To Ewan MacColl
10. “Ain’t We Brothers” (9)
by Sam Gleaves
from Ain’t We Brothers
10. “Beauty In These Broken Bones” (9)
by Red Moon Road
from Sorrows And Glories
10. “Blues For Country” (9)
by The Nouveaux Honkies
from Blues For Country
10. “By Degrees” (9)
by Mark Erelli
from By Degrees
10. “Church Street Blues” (9)
by Happy Traum
from Just For The Love Of It
10. “The Fiddle Preacher” (9)
by Otter Creek
from The Fiddle Preacher
10. “Freeborn Man” (9)
by Paul Brady
from Joy Of Living: A Tribute To Ewan MacColl
10. “Hello And Goodbye” (9)
by Avery Hill
from Dreams And Ghosts: A Family Album
10. “She Belongs To Me” (9)
by Bob Dylan
from The Cutting Edge: 1965-1966 (box set)
10. “Water Is Wise” (9)
by Tim O’Brien
from Pompadour
10. “Weekend” (9)
by Dave Rawlings Machine
from Nashville Obsolete
21. “Angel In The Ashes” (8)
by Sam Gleaves
from Ain’t We Brothers
21. “Darkness Darkness” (8)
by Lowell Levinger
from Get Together: Banana Recalls Youngbloods Classics
21. “Highway 61 Revisited” (8)
by Bob Dylan
from The Cutting Edge: 1965-1966 (box set)
21. “Honey Blues” (8)
by Free The Honey
from Fine Bloom
21. “It Could Have Been The Mandolin” (8)
by Donna Ulisse
from Hard Cry Moon
21. “Snowflakes” (8)
by Kathy Kallick Band
from Foxhounds
21. “Thanksgiving Song” (8)
by Mary Chapin Carpenter
from Come Darkness, Come Light
21. “There But For Fortune” (8)
by Phil Ochs
from Early Years
21. “Working Shoes” (8)
by Sam Gleaves
from Ain’t We Brothers

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Top Albums and Songs of September 2015 (FOLKDJ-L) https://acousticmusicscene.com/2015/10/02/top-albums-and-songs-of-september-2015-folkdj-l/ Fri, 02 Oct 2015 17:21:50 +0000 http://acousticmusicscene.com/?p=8398 Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl was the most-played album on folk radio during September 2015, closely followed by Songs of Heart and Home by Greg Blake — who was also the month’s most-played artist. “House Carpenter” by Low Lily, the string and vocal trio formerly known as Annalivia, was September’s most-played song — closely followed by “Get Together” by Lowell Levinger, formerly of The Youngbloods. So say charts compiled by Richard Gillmann from radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an electronic discussion group for DJs and others interested in all folk-based music on the radio.

Joy of Living features new interpretations of songs by Ewan MacColl, godfather of the first British folk revival
Joy of Living features new interpretations of songs by Ewan MacColl, godfather of the first British folk revival
Released to mark the centenary of Ewan MaColl’s birth and produced by his sons Calum and Neill, Joy of Living is a two-CD set featuring new interpretations of songs by the godfather of the first British folk revival. MacColl wrote such classic songs as “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” “Dirty Old Town,” “The Shoals of Herring,” and the tribute’s title track. Artists include Damien Dempsey, Martin Carthy, The Unthanks, Seth Lakeman, Marry Waterson, Dick Gaughan, Billy Bragg, Chaim Tannenbaum, Steve Earle, Eliza Carthy, Jarvis Cocker, Paul Buchanan, Paul Brady, Norma Waterson, Martin Simpson, Christy Moore, Karine Polwart, Kathryn Williams, Jack Steadman & Jamie MacColl (Bombay Bicycle Club), Rufus and Martha Wainwright, and David Gray.

The September 2015 FOLKDJ-L charts are based on 13, 054 airplays from 138 different DJs from the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia. Label and release date appear in brackets below, while the number of reported spins is shown in parentheses. The charts are posted on AcousticMusicScene.com, with permission.

Top Albums of September 2015

1: Joy Of Living: A Tribute To Ewan MacColl, Various Artists
[Compass, new] (86)
2: Songs Of Heart and Home, Greg Blake [gregblakemusic.com, new] (78)
3: Get Together: Banana Recalls Youngbloods Classics, Lowell
Levinger [Grandpa Raccoon, new] (60)
4: Dreams and Ghosts: A Family Album, Avery Hill
[averyhilltunes.com, 7/15] (59)
5: Round Trip, Beppe Gambetta and Tony McManus [Borealis, new] (55)
6: Shifted, Harpeth Rising [Grimm Rising, 8/15] (53)
7: If Not Now, When, Freebo [Poppabo, 4/15] (49)
7: The Song Of The Banjo, Alison Brown [Compass, new] (49)
7: A Thousand Hands, Chris Rosser [Hollow Reed Arts, 10/14] (49)
10: Kokomo Kidd, Guy Davis [M. C., new] (47)
10: Third Street, Peter Mayer [Blue Boat, 11/14] (47)
12: Walking Into White, Sarah McQuaid [Waterbug, 8/15] (42)
13: A Silent Song, Archie Fisher [Red House, new] (41)
14: So Far, So Good, David Roth [Wind River, 6/15] (40)
15: Low Lily, Low Lily [lowlily.com, 8/15] (38)
16: Domestic Eccentric, Old Man Luedecke [True North, 7/15] (37)
16: Joe Hill’s Last Will, John McCutcheon [Appalsongs, 5/15] (37)
18: Hillary Rollins Presents Christine Lavin and Friends: Live at
McCabe’s
, Christine Lavin [christinelavin.com, new] (34)
19: Leaving Soon, Crow and The Canyon [crowandthecanyon.com, 6/15] (33)
20: Bright Shadow, Ana Egge [Grace/Parkinsong, 5/15] (32)
20: The Post-American Century, Terry Kitchen [Urban Campfire, new] (32)
20: Rembrandt Afternoons, Tret Fure [Tomboy Girl, new] (32)
20: Road Signs, Mike Laureanno [University Studios, new] (32)
24: Old Time Reverie, Mipso [Robust, new] (31)
24: The Promise Of The Sowing, Dan Schatz [Folk-Legacy, 8/15] (31)
24: Tomorrow’s Child, Jonathan Edwards [Rising, 6/15] (31)
27: The Farwells, The Farwells [Tin Halo, new] (30)
27: Frankie and The No-Go Road, Rita Hosking [Self, new] (30)
27: Radio, Steep Canyon Rangers [Rounder, 8/15] (30)
30: Ballads Long and Short, John Roberts And Debra Cowan [Golden
Hind, 7/15] (29)
31: Deep End Sessions, Vol. 2, Jesse Milnes And Emily Miller
[emmyandjesse.com, 7/15] (26)
32: Over and Even, Joan Shelley [No Quarter, new] (25)
32: Postmodern Man, Clint Alphin [Ernest Engine Songs, 6/15] (25)
32: Too Big World, Bumper Jacksons [bumperjacksons.com, 6/15] (25)
32: With A Lampshade On, The Dustbowl Revival [Signature, 7/15] (25)
36: Emerald, Dar Williams [Self, 5/15] (23)
36: Grandma’s Got A Boombox, Sandy Ross [sandyross.com, 5/15] (23)
38: Temporary Things, Clara Baker [Self, 6/15] (22)
39: Ordinary Band, Katie Dahl [Waterbug, 6/15] (21)
40: Dinas, Calan [Sain, 6/15] (20)
41: Dancin’ In The Kitchen, Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer [Community,
3/15] (19)
41: Rural Electrification, Peter Keane [Little Hat, 6/15] (19)
43: Road Be Kind, Andy Cohen [Earwig, new] (18)
43: Watkins Family Hour, Watkins Family Hour [Self, 7/15] (18)
43: When I’m Free, Hot Rize [Ten In Hand, 9/14] (18)
46: Further West, Hungrytown [Listen Here!, 5/15] (17)
46: Lost Time, Dave Alvin And Phil Alvin [Yep Roc, new] (17)
46: Precious Memories, Sue Massek [Strictly Country, 4/15] (17)
46: So Far, David Myles [Little Tiny, new] (17)
46: Soul of a Man, Adam Michael Rothberg [amrsounds.com, 4/15] (17)
46: Tangled Country, The Honey Dewdrops [thehoneydewdrops.com, 3/15] (17)
46: Banjo & Fiddle: Tunes from the North, Songs from the South,
Karrnnel Sawitsky and Daniel Koulack [hearthmusic.com, 3/15] (17)
53: Still She Will Fly (EP), Heather Pierson Acoustic Trio [Vessel,
5/15] (16)
53: 1896, Peter Spencer [Self, 2011] (16)
53: Della Mae, Della Mae [Rounder, 5/15] (16)
53: Pop Songs for Elk, Hillfolk Noir [Self, 6/15] (16)
57: Beautiful You, The Waifs [Compass, 8/15] (15)
57: Coffee Creek, The Slocan Ramblers [slocanramblers.com, 7/15] (15)
57: Morning in a New Machine, Dubl Handi [dublhandimusic.com, 6/15] (15)
57: Nashville Obsolete, Dave Rawlings Machine [Acony, new] (15)
57: The Shape of Things Gone Missing, The Shape of Things to Come,
Martha Scanlan [Up On The Divide, 4/15] (15)
57: Sorrow Bound, Kaia Kater [Kingswood, 6/15] (15)
57: Stumbling Towards The Light, Eric Bannan [Self, 7/15] (15)
64: The Faster It Goes, The Railsplitters [therailsplitters.com, 5/15] (14)
64: The Trackless Woods, Iris DeMent [Flariella, 8/15] (14)
64: Treehouse, Kevin Dooley [Stormcrow, 7/15] (14)
67: A Gathering of Moments II, David Tamulevich [Yellow Room, 8/15] (13)
67: Rise, Andrea Zonn [Compass, 9/15] (13)
67: Something More Than Free, Jason Isbell [Southeastern, 7/15] (13)
67: Southern Girl, Joanne Rand [Self, new] (13)
67: A Wanderer I’ll Stay, Pharis and Jason Romero [Lula, 3/15] (13)

Top Songs of September 2015

1. “House Carpenter” (21)
by Low Lily
from Low Lily
2. “Get Together” (19)
by Lowell Levinger
from Get Together: Banana Recalls Youngbloods Classics
3. “Wind Stole My Song” (17)
by Chris Rosser
from A Thousand Hands
4. “Hey Porter” (14)
by Greg Blake
from Songs of Heart and Home
5. “Summer Wages” (13)
by Greg Blake
from Songs of Heart and Home
6. “Hello And Goodbye” (12)
by Avery Hill
from Dreams and Ghosts: A Family Album
6. “Remembering My Password” (12)
by Christine Lavin
from Hillary Rollins presents Christine Lavin and Friends:
Live at McCabe’s

8. “Bonnie Mulligan’s” (11)
by Beppe Gambetta And Tony McManus
from Round Trip
8. “Carolina In The Pines” (11)
by Alison Brown
from The Song of the Banjo
8. “Does Joni Mitchell Ever Mow the Lawn” (11)
by David Roth
from So Far, So Good
8. “Kokomo Kidd” (11)
by Guy Davis
from Kokomo Kidd
8. “Northern Spy” (11)
by Low Lily
from Low Lily
13. “30-Foot Trailer” (9)
by Eliza Carthy
from Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl
13. “Canticle Of The Sun” (9)
by Sarah McQuaid
from Walking Into White
13. “Dirty Old Town” (9)
by Steve Earle
from Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl
13. “Down In The Water” (9)
by Mipso
from Old Time Reverie
13. “Field” (9)
by Mike Laureanno
from Road Signs
13. “Gentle On My Mind” (9)
by Crow and The Canyon
from Leaving Soon
13. “Hard Times” (9)
by Peter Spencer
from 1896
13. “So Much More To Home” (9)
by Terry Kitchen
from The Post-American Century
21. “Brighter Than the Blues” (8)
by Joan Shelley
from Over and Even
21. “Darkness Darkness” (8)
by Lowell Levinger
from Get Together: Banana Recalls Youngbloods Classics
21. “Doherty’s” (8)
by Beppe Gambetta And Tony McManus
from Round Trip
21. “Freedom” (8)
by Tret Fure
from Rembrandt Afternoons
21. “God Save The Watchman” (8)
by Avery Hill
from Dreams and Ghosts: A Family Album
21. “Hippie From Olema” (8)
by Lowell Levinger
from Get Together: Banana Recalls Youngbloods Classics
21. “Lord of the May” (8)
by Archie Fisher
from A Silent Song
21. “Moving On Song” (8)
by Norma Waterson
from Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl
21. “Rollin’ To You” (8)
by Harpeth Rising
from Shifted
21. “She Loves My Dog More Than Me” (8)
by Freebo
from If Not Now When
21. “Sweet Thames Flow Softly” (8)
by Rufus And Martha Wainwright
from Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl
21. “Time After Time” (8)
by Alison Brown
from The Song of the Banjo
21. “Tomorrow’s Child” (8)
by Jonathan Edwards
from Tomorrow’s Child
21. “Tomorrow’s Train” (8)
by Peter Mayer
from Third Street

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