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Top 20 Songs on Acoustic Pie, December 2011

Kelley Martin — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:59:14 +0000

Happy New Year!

San Diego’s own Sara Watkins topped the Acoustic Pie Top 20 list this month with a lovely song from her debut self-titled solo album. Sara is also the fiddler and lead vocalist for Nickel Creek. When she and her bandmates (brother Sean Watkins and mando player Chris Thile) were grade schoolers, I used to see them perform at That Pizza Place here in San Diego. They were the novelty act during the headliner’s breaks (John Moore, a fantastic multi-instrumentalist, flatpicker and songwriter). I remember thinking that Nickel Creek wasn’t a very good name for a band, even a little kids’ band. Shows how much I knew!

Thanks for voting and for listening everyone!

~Kelley
AcousticPie.com

Top 20 Songs on Acoustic Pie
December 2011
Artist ~ Song ~ Album

1. Sara Watkins ~ My Friend ~ Sara Watkins
2. Deb Talan ~ Tell Your Story Walking ~ A Bird Flies Out
3. Antje Duvekot ~ Long Way ~ The Near Demise of the High Wire Dancer
4. Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova ~ Falling Slowly ~ Once (Collector’s Edition)
5. Sonya Kitchell ~ Train ~ Words Came Back to Me
6. Krista Detor ~ Something Missing ~ A Dream in a Cornfield
7. Kris Kristofferson ~ What About Me ~ Broken Freedom Song: Live from San Francisco
8. Jim Croce ~ Lover’s Cross ~ The 50th Anniversary Collection (2 of 2)
9. Heather Styka ~ Every Chord ~ Travel and Teacups
10. Ellis Paul ~ Hurricane Angel ~ A Summer Night in Georgia
11. Devon Sproule ~ Stop by Anytime (Live) ~ Live in London
12. Ryanhood ~ Born to Run to You ~ The World Awaits
13. Mare Wakefield ~ Dear J ~ Meant to Be
14. Krista Detor ~ Lorca in Barcelona ~ Chocolate Paper Suites
15. Damien Rice ~ Grey Room ~ Live at Fingerprints: Warts and All
16. Abbie Gardner and Anthony da Costa ~ Someday ~ Bad Nights / Better Days
17. Talia Segal ~ Raggedy Andy ~ The Thing Itself
18. Meg Hutchinson ~ Gatekeeper ~ The Living Side
19. John Spillane ~ Gortatogort (The Farm) ~ My Dark Rosaleen and the Island of Dreams
20. Joe Jencks ~ Flame in the Darkness ~ The Candle and the Flame

Top 20 Songs on Acoustic Pie, Nov. 2011

Kelley Martin — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 02:43:47 +0000

I thought, when I began typing this newsletter, that Lisa Hannigan (voted in at no. 1 this month) was a brand new discovery for me. She’s an Irish singer/songwriter that I stumbled across while browsing eMusic last month. She has an arresting voice and uses intriguing, sparse arrangements in her songs. But I realized while reading her Wikipedia entry this very minute that she is the duet (and sometimes lead) vocalist for Damien Rice’s older works such as the haunting “9 Crimes”. Well, how fun! So she is definitely no newcomer to Acoustic Pie radio after all and, as attested by her spot in this month’s Top 20, her solo work is quite wonderful. You’ll hear four of the songs from her new album Passenger in the rotation on the Pie now and I’ve already chosen a slew of songs from her older album Sea Sew for future play.

No. 6 and no. 18 are from Christopher Dallman’s thoroughly delicious new EP album Light the Love. I love everything Chris does but this latest work is particularly enchanting.

San Diego artists are wonderfully represented on the list by two fine songwriters with gorgeous voices, Nathan Weldon (at no. 9) and Alex Woodard (no. 20).

Thanks for voting and thanks for listening!

~Kelley
AcousticPie.com

Top 20 Songs on Acoustic Pie
November 2011
Artist ~ Song ~ Album

1. Lisa Hannigan ~ Knots ~ Passenger
2. John Zambricki ~ As Is ~ Zambricki
3. Krista Detor ~ Icarus ~ Cover Their Eyes
4. Sarah Jaffe ~ Swelling ~ Suburban Nature
5. Tracy Chapman ~ Remember the Tinman ~ New Beginning
6. Tom Prasado-Rao ~ Peace Be Still ~ Goodnight Regret
7. Christopher Dallman ~ Hard to Breathe ~ Light the Love
8. Tom Kimmel ~ Never Saw Blue Like That ~ Never Saw Blue
9. Nathan Welden ~ Good Times ~ One Step Closer to You
10. Hannah Fair ~ Fancy Things ~ Hannah Fair
11. Deb Talan ~ Tell Your Story Walking ~ A Bird Flies Out
12. Suzanne Vega ~ Bound ~ Close-Up Vol 1, Love Songs
13. Storyhill ~ Highlight ~ Storyhill
14. Sonya Kitchell ~ Train ~ Words Came Back to Me
15. Krista Detor ~ Something Missing ~ A Dream in a Cornfield
16. Jorge Drexler ~ Telon ~ Amar la Trama
17. Gordon Lightfoot ~ For Lovin’ Me ~ Early Morning Rain
18. Christopher Dallman ~ Light the Love ~ Light the Love
19. Barnaby Bright ~ Gravity ~ Gravity
20. Alex Woodard ~ Reno ~ Alex Woodard

Top 20 Songs on Acoustic Pie, October 2011

Kelley Martin — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:54 +0000

Hi, everybody!

It was quite a mix of old and new favorites voted into the Top 20 this month.

I’ve been playing favorites from Antje Duvekot’s (at no. 1) newest albums on the Pie since I heard her opening for Ellis Paul (no. 4) in 2006. But Jason Collett at no. 2 is a newcomer to Acoustic Pie this month, a Canadian singer/songwriter recommended by a Canadian listener. They’re both wonderful!

Thanks for listening and for voting!

~Kelley
AcousticPie.com
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Top 20 Songs on Acoustic Pie Radio
October 2011
Artist ~ Song ~ Album

1. Antje Duvekot ~ Vertigo ~ The Near Demise of the High Wire Dancer
2. Jason Collett ~ Honey I Don’t Know ~ Pony Tricks
3. Gigi Leung ~ Scorn ~ 2002 Warner Prestige – Hong Kong Best
4. Ellis Paul ~ Waking Up to Me ~ The Day After Everything Changed
5. Lara Herscovitch ~ Get Over You ~ Tribes Hill: We’re All Here
6. Girlyman ~ St. Peter’s Bones ~ Joyful Sign
7. Emma Hill ~ Clumsy Seduction ~ Clumsy Seduction
8. Deb Talan ~ Unraveling ~ A Bird Flies Out
9. Ani DiFranco ~ Way Tight ~ Red Letter Year
10. Syd ~ Here’s a Love Song ~ Week Days, Weak Knees
11. Sarah Kenvyn ~ This Is the Sea ~ This Is the Sea
12. Rachel Garlin ~ Bound to be Mountains ~ Bound to Be Mountains
13. Kimmie Rhodes ~ Start Saying Goodbye ~ Dreams of Flying
14. Girlyman ~ Everything’s Easy ~ Somewhere Different Now
15. Patty Griffin ~ Trapeze ~ Patty Griffin: Live from the Artists Den
16. Lori McKenna ~ If He Tried ~ Lorraine
17. Karine Polwart ~ Rivers Run ~ This Earthly Spell (Expanded Edition)
18. Jonathan Byrd ~ Wild Ponies ~ Cackalack
19. The Civil Wars ~ 20 Years ~ Barton Hollow
20. Matt Nathanson ~ Angel ~ At the Point

Top 20 Songs on Acoustic Pie, Sept. 2011

Kelley Martin — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 21:58:09 +0000

What I’m most struck by when looking over the Top 20 songs this month is the wide array of sources from which these songs came to me. I saw Steve Meckfessel (no. 1 this month) at a guerrilla showcase at a Far-West conference. I became captivated with The Swell Season (no. 2) while watching the movie “Once” in which they starred. I’ve been a fan of Kelly Mulhollan’s music (of the duo Still on the Hill at no. 3) since I met Kelly in the 9th grade back in Oklahoma.

Remember the old mp3.com site? Thousands and thousands of free MP3s by independent artists – if you had the patience to wade through them all. That’s where I found Syd (no. 9) and that song “Here’s a Love Song” is one of the longest running songs on the stream, dating from around 2002. I’m glad you still like it!

Many artists (or their labels) send me CDs which I fall in love with. I like to browse eMusic.com for new music. And, lastly, what would I do without my friends and listeners who find and recommend music to me! A special debt of gratitude to Jimmy G. who introduced me to at *least* four of the songwriters on this list alone. If you’re not a fan of Chinese pop ballads (Gigi Leung at no. 17), you have him to thank ;)

Thanks for reading and thanks for voting for your favorites this month!

~Kelley
AcousticPie.com

Top 20 Songs on Acoustic Pie
September 2011
Artist ~ Song ~ Album

1.   Steve Meckfessel ~ The Shape I’m In ~ Under Beautiful Skies
2.   The Swell Season ~ Two Tongues ~ Strict Joy [Deluxe Edition]
3.   Still on the Hill ~ Take Me to the Other Side ~ Ozark: A Celebration in Song
4.   Putnam Smith ~ Far out to Sea ~ We Could Be Beekeepers
5.   Sarah Jarosz ~ Edge of a Dream ~ Song up in Her Head
6.   Kerry Patrick Clark ~ Lullaby ~ On the Road to Human Being
7.   Joe Crookston ~ Everything Here Is Good ~ Darkling & The BlueBird Jubilee
8.   Forest Sun ~ Twenty Toes in the Sand ~ For the Story
9.   Syd ~ Here’s a Love Song ~ Week Days, Weak Knees
11. Rita Hosking ~ Indian Giver ~ Burn
12. John Spillane ~ Gortatogort (The Farm) ~ My Dark Rosaleen and the Island of Dreams
13. John Gorka ~ Wisheries ~ The Company You Keep
14. James Blunt ~ Wisemen ~ Hear Music XM Radio Sessions Vol 1
15. Jackson Browne ~ Enough of the Night ~ Solo Acoustic Vol. 2
16. Ingrid Michaelson ~ Morning Lullabies ~ Slow the Rain
17. Gigi Leung ~ Scorn ~ 2002 Warner Prestige – Hong Kong Best
18. Chris Pureka ~ 3 a.m. ~ Driving North
19. Anais Mitchell ~ Before the Eyes of Storytelling Girls ~ Hymns for the Exiled
20. Abbie Gardner and Anthony da Costa ~ Crazy in Love ~ Bad Nights / Better Days

Top 20 Songs on Acoustic Pie, August 2011

Kelley Martin — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:42:09 +0000

I’d known about Ellis (at no. 1 this month) for several years but it wasn’t until I saw her live at Sisters Folk Festival last year that I fell in love with her and her music. Definitely one of the most engaging performers I’ve ever seen. That laugh! You can’t help but laugh along. Catch a show if you can and try out the rest of that latest album Right on Time ~ it’s great. Gosh, there are a lot of links in this paragraph. But, if you’re not all clicked out, here are some of my snapshots from that festival.

I’m always drawn to live performance recordings. In the singer/songwriter world they tend to be less production-oriented and more acoustic. There are three live songs voted into the Top 20 this month: Damien Rice (no. 2), Kris Kristofferson (no. 5), The Kennedys (no. 15).

San Diego is represented by the lovely Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek (no. 10), Angela Correa (no. 13), and we always lay claim to Tom Waits, too (I especially love that song at no. 9). Waits moved to San Diego as a child and as a adult had his first paying gig at the Heritage nightclub where he worked as a doorman. According to Wikipedia ;)

Thanks for listening to the Pie and for voting for your favorites!

~Kelley
AcousticPie.com

Top 20 Songs
Acoustic Pie Radio
August 2011

Artist ~ Song ~ Album

1. Ellis ~ Coming Home to You ~ Right on Time
2. Damien Rice ~ I Remember ~ Live at Fingerprints: Warts and All
3. Teitur ~ Amanda’s Dream ~ Poetry & Aeroplanes
4. Susan Gibson ~ Passin’ Through ~ Tightrope
5. Kris Kristofferson ~ Moment of Forever ~ Broken Freedom Song: Live from San Francisco
6. David Gray ~ Kathleen ~ Draw the Line
7. Dan Baker ~ Day’s First Dream ~ Sad Song Junkie
8. Colin Devlin ~ The Heart Won’t Be Denied ~ Democracy of One
9. Tom Waits ~ In Between Love ~ The Early Years Vol. 2
10. Sara Watkins ~ Where Will You Be ~ Sara Watkins
11. Jennifer Leonhardt ~ Dido ~ Minstrel’s Daughter
12. The Ashley Gang ~ Confession ~ A Girl in Oklahoma
13. Angela Correa ~ Saint Dinan ~ Correatown
14. Tom Waits ~ Grapefruit Moon ~ Closing Time
15. The Kennedys ~ Distant Thunder ~ Positively Live
16. Christopher Dallman ~ Hollow High ~ Race the Light
17. Alphaeus Taylor ~ War and the Widow ~ War and the Widow
18. William Fitzsimmons ~ I Kissed a Girl ~ Derivatives
19. Karine Polwart ~ Rivers Run ~ This Earthly Spell (Expanded Edition)
20. Justin Roth ~ The Last Time ~ Now You Know

Top 20 Songs on Acoustic Pie, July 2011

Kelley Martin — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:39:33 +0000

How fun to see Peter Bradley Adams voted into the top spot on this month’s Top 20. I saw him open for Griffin House this month here in San Diego and it was a wonderful show. I have lots of Peter’s work in the stream; I love his sound and his acoustic arrangements. Griffin is promising an acoustic album soon. I’ll look forward to sharing more of his songs with you.

Do you know who the Court Yard Hounds are (at no. 3)? That’s 2/3 of the Dixie Chicks. The two sisters Emily & Martie wrote or co-wrote all of the songs on their debut album and it’s a beauty.

Three favorite San Diego songwriters made the list: Jordan Reimer (no. 6), Carlos Olmeda (no. 7) and Angela Correa (no. 9).

Thanks for listening! Thanks for voting!

~Kelley
AcousticPie.com
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Top 20 Songs on Acoustic Pie
July 2011

Artist ~ Song ~ Album

1. Peter Bradley Adams ~ Full Moon Song ~ Between Us
2. Lara Herscovitch ~ Get Over You ~ Tribes Hill: We’re All Here
3. Court Yard Hounds ~ April’s Love ~ Court Yard Hounds
4. Sarah Jaffe ~ Wreaking Havoc ~ Suburban Nature
5. Chris Kokesh ~ Planting a Garden in October ~ October Valentine
6. Jordan Reimer ~ String Quartet Live at Lestats ~ www.jordanreimer.com
7. Carlos Olmeda ~ A Girl Downstairs ~ Learning to Walk
8. Betty Soo ~ What We’ve Got ~ Heat Sin Water Skin
9. Angela Correa ~ Saint Dinan ~ Correatown
10. Ryan Adams ~ Damn, Sam (I Love a Woman that Rains) ~ Heartbreaker
11. Meg Hutchinson ~ Hopeful Things ~ The Living Side
12. Julie Feeney ~ Love is a Tricky Thing ~ Pages
13. Hayward Williams ~ Thunder Road ~ Another Sailor’s Dream
14. Gordon Lightfoot ~ I’m Not Saying ~ Early Morning Rain
15. Forest Sun ~ Twenty Toes in the Sand ~ For the Story
16. Ellis Paul ~ Words ~ The Speed of Trees
17. Deb Talan ~ A Kinder Columbus ~ Sincerely
18. Abbie Gardner and Anthony da Costa ~ Someday ~ Bad Nights / Better Days
19. William Fitzsimmons ~ From the Water ~ Gold in the Shadow
20. Sarah Jaffe ~ Swelling ~ Suburban Nature

Top 20 Songs on Acoustic Pie, June 2011

Kelley Martin — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 22:50:54 +0000

I was never crazy about that Jackson Browne song that was so popular when I was a kid “Doctor My Eyes”. And I remember hearing “The Pretender” in high school but it never struck a chord with me. But the Jackson Browne album coming in at no. 1 this month, the two volume 2008 live album Solo Acoustic, is a gem. I’ve played five of the songs on the Pie so far this year and I’m happy to see that you all are enjoying them, too.

The no. 4 song is from Lori McKenna’s new album “Lorraine” ~ also a winner! One of Lori’s earlier songs also made the list this month at no. 12.

San Diego local luminaries Cathryn Beeks and Carlos Olmeda were voted in at no. 13 and 19. Carlos’s “A Devil Like Me” is an all-time favorite song of mine. You’ll find it on CD Baby here.

Thanks, everyone, for voting and for listening!

~Kelley
AcousticPie.com

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Top 20 Songs
Acoustic Pie Radio
June 2011

1. Jackson Browne ~ Enough of the Night ~ Solo Acoustic Vol. 2
2. Krista Detor ~ More than I Dare Say ~ The Silver Wood Wintersongs
3. Craig Werth ~ Beside the Tree ~ Hudson Harding Sampler, Volume 5
4. Lori McKenna ~ All I Ever Do ~ Lorraine
5. Gretchen Peters ~ Ghost ~ Burnt Toast and Offerings
6. Chuck E. Costa ~ Amazing Grace ~ Tribes Hill: We’re All Here
7. Alex Valentine ~ Tardis Heart ~ Tardis Heart
8. Shannon Wurst ~ White Walls ~ What’s More Honest Than a Song
9. William Fitzsimmons ~ I Kissed a Girl ~ Derivatives
10. Ellis ~ Close to You ~ Right on
11. Chasing June ~ Beautiful Mess ~ Under the Slate Grey Sky
12. Lori McKenna ~ You Are Loved ~ Pieces of Me
13. Cathryn Beeks Ordeal ~ This Time Next Year ~ Mood Swing
14. Bruce Cockburn ~ Pacing the Cage ~ Slice O Life ~ Live Solo
15. Rachael Yamagata ~ Elephants ~ Elephants…Teeth Sinking Into Heart
16. Patty Griffin ~ Burgundy Shoes ~ Children Running Through
17. Jonathan Byrd ~ Father’s Day ~ Cackalack
18. Jack Williams ~ Hand Me Down ~ The High Road Home
19. Carlos Olmeda ~ A Devil Like Me ~ Sensitive Groove
20. Amy Speace ~ Ghost ~ Land Like a Bird

Top 20 Songs on Acoustic Pie, May 2011

Kelley Martin — Tue, 31 May 2011 19:58:14 +0000

Here are the Top 20 Songs on Acoustic Pie Radio for May! Listeners seemed to be connecting with the classic singer/songwriters in the genre this month voting for Tom Waits (no. 2), Arlo Guthrie (no. 6), Patty Griffin (no. 11) and Jackson Browne (no. 13).

Jason Mraz squeaked in at no. 20 to represent our local San Diego artists.

Thanks, as always, for listening to the Pie and for taking the time to vote for your favorites!

~Kelley
AcousticPie.com

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Top 20 Songs on Acoustic Pie
May 2011

Artist ~ Song ~ Album

1. Richard Shindell ~ Bye Bye ~ Not Far Now
2. Tom Waits ~ Grapefruit Moon ~ Closing Time
3. Kris Delmhorst ~ Strange Conversation ~ Strange Conversation
4. Hayward Williams ~ Thunder Road ~ Another Sailor’s Dream
5. Ellis Paul ~ Nothing Left to Take ~ The Day After Everything Changed
6. Arlo Guthrie with the University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra ~ Darkest Hour ~ In Times Like These
7. Sarah Jaffe ~ Swelling ~ Suburban Nature
8. Jack Williams ~ Hand Me Down ~ The High Road Home
9. Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova ~ If You Want Me ~ Once (Collector’s Edition)
10. Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer ~ Snake-handlin Man ~ Seven is the Number
11. Patty Griffin ~ Trapeze ~ Patty Griffin: Live from the Artists Den
12. Joe Crookston ~ Caitlin at the Window ~ Darkling & The BlueBird Jubilee
13. Jackson Browne ~ My Stunning Mystery Companion ~ Solo Acoustic Vol. 2
14. Deb Talan ~ Rocks and Water ~ A Bird Flies Out
15. Chris Kokesh ~ Risk My Heart ~ October Valentine
16. Cheryl Wheeler ~ Grey and Green ~ Pointing at the Sun
17. Xavier Rudd ~ Partnership ~ Solace
18. Kimmie Rhodes ~ Start Saying Goodbye ~ Dreams of Flying
19. John Spillane ~ Gortatogort (The Farm) ~ My Dark Rosaleen and the Island of Dreams
20. Jason Mraz ~ Plain Jane ~ Hear Music XM Radio Sessions Vol 1

Top 20 Songs on Acoustic Pie, April 2011

Kelley Martin — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 20:00:11 +0000

I don’t remember “Snake-Handlin’ Man” (no. 11) ever making it into the Top 20 before last month. A lot of you actually change the station when it comes on. The lyrics are provocative, even downright odd ~ a religious framework with some none-too-godly sensual undertones ~ and Dave Carter plays a raucous banjo-style, in-your-face guitar riff throughout. (Hmmm, that’s not a banjo in there, is it?? You can check it out for yourself here. ) Maybe that’s why so many of you change the station?

Snake-Handlin’ Man was also the title of Dave Carter’s debut solo album released in 1995. The word is that he came to hate the album and wouldn’t reprint it when the first run sold out. It’s great though! So there was a lot of controversy after he died in 2002 about whether those of us lucky enough to own the original CD should share it with other fans. I remember reading irate postings on fan forums when a copy would show up on eBay. His partner Tracy Grammer did eventually release a new version as the album Seven which has most of the original songs but in the new arrangements which she and Dave had re-recorded before his death. It is quite wonderful, too, and apparently only available for purchase currently via iTunes .

Two ladies with San Diego ties are in the Top 20 this month: The fascinating Lindsey Troy (currently of LA) at no. 4 and the quirky and prolific Amber Rubarth (resident of NYC, at the moment) at no. 20.

Thanks for listening and for voting for your favorite songs!

~Kelley
www.AcousticPie.com

Top 20 Songs on Acoustic Pie
April 2011
Artist ~ Song ~ Album

1. Teitur ~ I Was Just Thinking ~ Poetry & Aeroplanes
2. Danny Schmidt ~ Make Right the Time ~ part ii ~ Make Right the Time
3. Joe Crookston ~ Everything Here Is Good ~ Darkling & The BlueBird Jubilee
4. Lindsey Troy ~ The Falling of Leaves ~ Bruises
5. Bruce Cockburn ~ Child of the Wind ~ Slice O Life ~ Live Solo
6. Louise Mosrie ~ Maybe I’m Your Angel ~ Home
7. Kesang Marstrand ~ Bodega Rose ~ Bodega Rose
8. Arlo Guthrie with the University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra ~ Darkest Hour ~ In Times Like These
9. John Gorka ~ Wisheries ~ The Company You Keep
10. James Blunt ~ Carry You Home ~ All the Lost Souls
11. Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer ~ Snake-handlin Man ~ Seven is the Number
12. Cheryl Wheeler ~ Addicted ~ Cheryl Wheeler
13. Landon Pigg ~ Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop ~ The Boy Who Never
14. Brooker and Bullen ~ Dark Place ~ Reciprocity
15. Ben Lee ~ Ripe ~ Ripe
16. Peter Bradley Adams ~ I’ll Forget You (Radio Mix) ~ www.peterbradleyadams.com
17. Matt Nathanson ~ Loud ~ Still Waiting for Spring
18. Joe Crookston ~ Caitlin at the Window ~ Darkling & The BlueBird Jubilee
19. Craig Werth ~ My Way or the Highway ~ The Spokes Man
20. Amber Rubarth ~ Loud Nonsense (and Whispered Secrets…) ~ New Green Lines

Top 20 Songs on Acoustic Pie, March 2011

Kelley Martin — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:13:29 +0000

Happy Cesar Chavez Day!

Here are the Top 20 Songs for March 2011 as voted on by online listeners. I was happy to see that John Gorka’s “Wisheries” squeaked in at number 20 as it is such a pretty song with the sweetest rhymes. You can read the lyrics here. That album also has the gorgeous WWII themed song “Let Them In”. The origin of the lyrics is a little vague but they were in the possession of a nurse who served in the Philippines during the war. Here’s a video of John performing “Let Them In” .

The storage space for the Acoustic Pie stream is *very* tight right now! Be sure and vote for your favorites (and your not-so-favorites) to let me know which songs I should keep in the rotation (or not :)

Jason Mraz (no. 2) is the only San Diego artist to make the Top 20 this month but what a fine representative he is! A beautiful voice and a beautiful wordsmith, too.

Thanks for reading and thanks for listening, everyone!

~Kelley
AcousticPie.com

Top 20 Songs on Acoustic Pie Radio
March 2011
Artist ~ Song ~ Album

1. Patty Griffin ~ Moon Song ~ Patty Griffin: Live from the Artists Den
2. Jason Mraz ~ Plain Jane ~ Hear Music XM Radio Sessions, Vol 1
3. SONiA & disappear fear ~ Who I Am (Say Amen) ~ Blood, Bones and Baltimore
4. Richard Shindell ~ A Juggler Out In Traffic ~ Not Far Now
5. The Kennedys ~ Angels Cry ~ Positively Live
6. James Taylor ~ New Hymn ~ (Live)
7. Jackson Browne ~ These Days ~ Solo Acoustic, Vol.1
8. Emily Picha ~ Divisidero ~ Westerly
9. Catherine MacLellan ~ Dark Dream Midnight ~ Dark Dream Midnight
10. Kimya Dawson ~ Will You Be Me? ~ My Cute Fiend Sweet Princess
11. Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer ~ Snake-handlin Man ~ Seven is the Number
12. Storyhill ~ Dangerous Weapon ~ Shade of the Trees
13. Sarah Jaffe ~ Swelling ~ Suburban Nature
14. Peter Bradley Adams ~ From the Sky (from Traces) ~ Free EP
15. Girlyman ~ St. Peter’s Bones ~ Joyful Sign
16. Andy Whittle ~ Apple Tree ~ Old Fashioned Dream
17. Suzanne Vega ~ Gypsy ~ Close-Up Vol 1, Love Songs
18. Steve Meckfessel ~ The Shape I’m In ~ Under Beautiful Skies
19. Sacha Sacket ~ How Low? ~ Lovers & Leaders
20. John Gorka ~ Wisheries ~ The Company You Keep