TOP ALBUMS OF APRIL 2009
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 13215 airplays from 145 different DJs

1: “Instead The Forest Rose To Sing,” Danny Schmidt [Red House, 3/09] (70)
    “Better Off Broke”
    “Granpa Built Bridges”
    “Swing Me Down”
    “Serpentine Cycle Of Money”
1: “Singing Through The Hard Times: A Tribute To Utah Phillips,” Various Artists [Righteous Babe, 2/09] (70)
    “Green Rolling Hills Of West Virginia,” Emmylou Harris And Mary Black
    “I Remember Loving You,” Tom Paxton
    “All Used Up,” John McCutcheon
3: “Classics,” Susan Werner [Self, 2/09] (60)
    “Hazy Shade Of Winter”
    “Turn Turn Turn”
    “Lonely People”
3: “Love Filling Station,” Jesse Winchester [Appleseed, new] (60)
    “Bless Your Foolish Heart”
    “Stand By Me”
    “Far Side Bank Of Jordan”
    “O What A Thrill”
5: “Not Far Now,” Richard Shindell [Signature, 4/09] (51)
    “Juggler Out In Traffic”
    “Get Up Clara”
    “Gethsemani Goodbye”
    “Mountain”
6: “Open Hand,” David Wilcox [What Are, new] (49)
    “Modern World”
    “Open Hand”
    “Dream Again”
    “Vow Of Silence”
7: “You Don’t Have To Like Them Both,” Eric Brace And Peter Cooper [Red Beet, 11/08] (48)
    “Yesterdays And Used To Bes”
    “Down To The Well”
    “I Know A Bird”
8: “The Company You Keep,” Alison Brown [Compass, 4/09] (46)
    “Forky On The Water”
    “Drawing Down The Moon”
    “Road West”
8: “Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away,” Slaid Cleaves [Music Road, new] (46)
    “Cry”
    “Green Mountains And Me”
    “Beautiful Thing”
8: “Sara Watkins,” Sara Watkins [Nonesuch, 4/09] (46)
    “Long Hot Summer Days”
    “Freiderick”
    “All This Time”
11: “The Near Demise of the High Wire Dancer,” Antje Duvekot [Black Wolf, 3/09] (41)
    “Long Way”
    “Bridge”
    “Ragdoll Princess And Junkyard Queens”
12: “Dusty Road To Beulah Land,” Drew Nelson [Waterbug, 4/09] (40)
    “Stranger”
    “Grandmother Moon”
    “True And Fine”
12: “A Stranger Here,” Ramblin’ Jack Elliott [Anti, 4/09] (40)
    “Soul Of A Man”
    “New Stranger Blues”
    “Richland Women Blues”
14: “Fascination,” The Greencards [Sugar Hill, new] (38)
    “Avenue”
    “Fascination”
    “Outskirts Of Blue”
15: “Throw Down Your Heart,” Bela Fleck [Rounder, 3/09] (37)
    “Kinetsa”
    “Jesus Is The Only Answer”
    “Kinesta”
16: “Sea Of Tears,” Eilen Jewell [Signature, new] (36)
    “Shakin’ All Over”
    “Fading Memory”
    “Sea Of Tears”
17: “Hit That Jive,” Shout Sister Shout [M. C., 4/09] (35)
    “Hit That Jive Jack”
    “It’s A Sin To Tell A Lie”
    “It’s Only A Paper Moon”
18: “Gentle As The Sun,” Naomi Sommers [American Melody, 10/08] (34)
    “2 Sparrows”
    “It’ll Be Alright”
    “Mama’s House”
18: “What I Know,” Tom Rush [Appleseed, 2/09] (34)
    “River Song”
    “Fall Into The Night”
20: “The Crow,” Steve Martin [Self, 1/09] (33)
    “Daddy Played The Banjo”
    “Freddie’s Lilt”
20: “Sweetheart Like You,” Guy Davis [Red House, 2/09] (33)
    “Steamboat Captain”
    “Sweetheart Like You”
20: “Texas,” Fred Smith [Self, 2008] (33)
    “Texas”
    “7 Ways”
    “God Bless America”
23: “32 Cents: Postage Due,” Arlo Guthrie With The Dillards [Rising Son, 3/09] (32)
    “So Long It’s Been Good To Know Yuh”
    “Ship In The Sky”
    “Tom Joad”
23: “Poseidon And The Bitter Bug,” Indigo Girls [Vanguard, new] (32)
    “Digging For Your Dream”
    “Love Of Our Lives”
    “Sugar Tongue”
25: “Eleven Songs,” Luka Bloom [Bar None, 3/09] (30)
    “Everyman”
    “Sunday”
    “Don’t Be Afraid Of The Light That Shines Within You”
25: “Mara’s Gems,” Mara Levine [Self, 3/09] (30)
    “Wild Rose Of The Mountain”
    “Last Thing On My Mind”
    “If I Were A Carpenter”