Here are the 25 most-played new and reissued CD’s from Australian Blues/roots artists in the month of June 2012
This Month //(Place Last Month) //Artist//Album//(Label)
1 / (24) / THE VIOLENT LOVES / Willie’s Blues / (FTB Productions)
2 / (2) / MISSISSIPPI SHAKEDOWN / 5th / (Independent)
3 / (-) / JONNO ZILBER / Johnny Who / (Independent)
4 / (4) / WARD’S XPRESS / Five Lanes (Ep) / (Independent)
5 / (11) / DUKESY & THE HAZZARDS / Ain’t Coming Back To You / (Independent)
6 / (3) / PJ O’BRIEN / Jefferson Blues / (Independent / Only Blues Music)
7 / (5) / DALLAS FRASCA / Soundpainter / (SpankBetty)
8 / (-) / BLUESVILLE STATION / Step On The Gas / (Rough Rider Records)
9 / (6) / ALI PENNEY & THE MONEY MAKERS / Wait A Minute / (Independent)
10 / (1) / VARIOUS / The Blues Train – Train Trax Vol 3 / (Train Trax)
11 / (18) / THE JED ROWE BAND / The Ember And The Afterglow / (Independent)
12 / (10) / THE MOJO WEBB BAND / The Cat / (Emdub Records/Black Market Music)
13 / (9) / RAY BEADLE / Spellbound / (Ray Beadle Music)
14 / (8) / MARK EASTON / Grind / (Plastic Donut Records)
15 / (7) / MOONDOG’S GYPSY BLUES BAND / Dirty Girl / (Independent)
16 / (-) / BLUE HEAT / Live At The Continental / (Independent)
17 / (15) / 8 BALL AITKEN / Alive In Tamworth / (Independent)
18 / (-) / THE DETONATORS / Live At The East / (Independent)
19 / (-) / MIKE DE VELTA / Whiskey In The Mornin’ / (Independent)
20 / (-) / PAUL GREENE AND THE OTHER COLOURS / Behind The Stars / (ABC Music)
21 / (13) / TRANSVAAL DIAMOND SYNDICATE / Sins Of The Blessed / (Independent)
22 / (12) / JIMI HOCKING’S BLUES MACHINE / Live In The Moment / (Sommersault Music)
23 / (-) / ANNI PIPER / Chasin’ Tail / (Black Market Music)
24 / (21) / DAMN FINE GENTLEMEN / Damn Fine Gentlemen / (Independent)
25 / (14) / DARREN JACK / Better Place / (Independent)
This month’s chart compiled from playlists contributed by:
Alive 90.5 – Baulkham Hills, NSW – Ross Fear
BayFM 99.9 – Byron Bay, NSW – Anthony Moulay / Ken Hughes / Mary Canon / Gary Street / Les Taylor
Cairns FM89.1 – Cairns, Qld – Irene Barrett
Hawkesbury Radio 89.9 FM, Windsor, NSW – Cathy Vaughan
Jazz Radio 94.1FM, Surfers Paradise, Qld – Brian Elliott
RPP FM 98.7, Mornington, VIC – Ray Reid
Salty Dog Blues ‘n’ Roots – “Salty Dog” Dennis Trevarthen
Star FM – St Helens, Tas – Dave Barker
Three D Radio 93.7 FM Adelaide, SA – Mick Young
UUU FM Shoalhaven Community Radio – Nowra, NSW – Margaret Gillespie
2EAR FM 107.5 & 102.9 Moruya, NSW – Tony Jaggers
2RDJ FM 88.1 Burwood, NSW – Hugo Pfandler
2RRR 88.5 – Ryde, NSW – Colin Briscoe
3WAY 103.7 -Warrnambool, Vic – Martin Dunstan / Garry Dalton
4ZZZ 102.1 – Brisbane, Qld – Mark Doherty
4NSA FM 101.3 – Noosa Community Radio. Noosa Junction, Qld – Gerry Blain
5EFM – Victor Harbor, SA – Geoff Pegler
5GTR FM 100.1 – Mt. Gambier, SA – John Marshall / Dougie Baker
89.7 FM – Twin Cities FM Perth, WA – Derek Cromb / Duncan Smith
92.1 RTRFM – Perth, WA – Stephen Pike
98.9FM Brisbane, Qld – Shaun Bindley
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