Ten albums from Art Menius Radio in the FAI Top 50 albums for 2024
You did it! I greatly appreciate your plays and reports that landed 10 albums promoted by Art Menius Radio among the Top 50 for 2024 on the FAI Charts. The digital only “Dreaming of Hassan Playing” by Mike Laureanno tied for #13 Song of the year despite not appearing on a monthly Top Songs chart.…
2024 was an amazing year for the artists Art Menius Radio promoted
Folk Alliance International Folk Chart Top Albums 54 albums appeared on the chart including: Two #1 albums (Interpretations Vol 1 by Alice DiMicele and Bluegrass Sings Paxton) Three #2 albums (American Patchwork Quartet; From China to Appalachia by Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer, and Chou Tian; and Labor Day by Si Kahn and George Mann) Ten Top 5 albums 17…
Art Menius on Folk Music Ontario Podcast
I appreciated being a guest on Folk Music Ontario’s Refolkus podcast with Rosalyn Dennett. FMO writes: “Today, we are releasing the first episode in our series, ‘On the Air’, where we explore the wonderful world of radio. In this week’s episode, we chat with Art Menius about the specialized field of folk radio promotion. “Art…
Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy release video for “Woman of the House (ft. Rhiannon Giddens)”
Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy have released a video for “Woman of the House (ft Rhiannon Giddens)” sung in Scots Gaelic from their new album Canvas, which debuted at #30 on the NACC Folk Chart today.
40 Years Ago Today My Life Changed
Forty years ago today on March 5, 1983, just turned 28, what became my life began. Leaving agricultural history, I headed 5 hours west in my red Ford Escort on I-40 to start work in roots music. My destination was Maggie Valley, NC, where a University of Florida football player named Burt Reynolds once had…
Pat Guadagno’s 1964 and Snow White Memories from Irene Kelley debut in FAI Album Chart Top Ten
Veteran troubadour Pat Guadagno’s sixth album, 1964, debuted in the FAI Folk Album Chart for January 2023 at #7.”The well-traveled troubadour breathes new life into old chestnuts and delivers them straight to the heart of his audience” – NY Times. Irene Kelley’s long awaited album, Snow White Memories, also made its first appearance on the…
Benny Bleu, Kate MacLeod, and My Politic make an immediate impact with NACC Chart reporters, Irene Kelley and Pam Gadd climb bluegrass charts
The three Music Meeting Directory charts measure initial interest by NACC Chart reporters of all formats, not just folk. That makes them an unusual venue with Top 200 and folk recordings measured together. Thus, all folk recording appearances are excellent leading indicators of future airplay. For February 14, releases from Benny Bleu, My Politic, and…
New to Radio from Art Menius Radio this week
New to folk radio from Art Menius Radio – Missouri Folklore: Songs & Stories from Home by My Politic and “Black Waters,” the second installment of The Jean Ritchie Experience by Kate MacLeod with Paul Hammerton and John Bryant
5th Edition of Free Folk Radio Promotion Ebook available now
You can now download the free ebook by Art Menius of Art Menius Radio on how to promote to folk radio. The most comprehensive guide of its kind.
Three top ten albums from Art Menius Radio on FAI Folk Chart for the year 2022
That these positions directly reflect your airplay give them their meaning. These excellent artists and I deeply appreciate your support of these recordings on the year end FAI Folk Charts. TOP ALBUMS OF 2022 FAI CHART 2 Janis Ian – The Light at the End of the Line4 Lucy Kaplansky – The Last Days of…
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