***July 27, 2010
Ben Bedford named one of the 50 most significant Folk singer-songwriters of the past 50 years by Rich Warren on The Midnight Special (WFMT 98.7-Chicago)- Click here to read the original blog.
Ben Bedford was named one of the 50 most significant singer-songwriters of the past 50 years by Rich Warren on his radio program, The Midnight Special, last Saturday, July 24. The Midnight Special airs each Saturday night on Chicago’s WFMT 98.7 and is syndicated across the country, as well as broadcast on Sirius-XM satellite radio. The list, which includes Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Steve Goodman, John Prine, Gordon Lightfoot, Judy Collins, Cheryl Wheeler, Diana Jones, John Gorka, and Townes Van Zandt, among others, was subsequently posted on Sunday, July 25 to The Chicago Tribune website by journalist Eric Zorn. The list appears on Zorn’s blog “Change of Subject: Observations, Reports, Tips, Referrals, and Tirades”. The list appears below as it appears on Zorn’s blog, in ALPHABETICAL order and includes Warren’s pick for each songwriter’s most significant song.
Top 50 folkies of the last 50 years, one man’s list
Rich Warren’s 50 most significant singer-songwriters of folk in the last 50 years, in alphabetical order, as presented on last night’s “Midnight Special” broadcast of WFMT-FM 98.7:
1. Ben Bedford (Lincoln’s Man)
2. Eric Bogle (And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda)
3. Gordon Bok (Turning Toward the Morning)
4. Greg Brown (Rexroth’s Daughter / Ring Around the Moon)
5. Jonathan Byrd (The Ballad of Larry)
6. Dave Carter (Gentle Arms of Eden / When I Go)
7. Harry Chapin (Mr. Tanner)
8. Leonard Cohen (Suzanne)
9. Judy Collins (Albatross)
10. Iris DeMent (Our Town)
11. Kitty Donohoe (There Are No Words)
12. Bob Dylan (Blowin’ in the Wind)
13. Bob Franke (Hard Love)
14. Steve Goodman (City of New Orleans)
15. John Gorka (Love Is Our Cross to Bear / Temporary Road)
16. Diana Jones (Pony / Cracked and Broken)
17. Connie Kaldor (Grandmother’s Song)
18. James Keelaghan (Cold Missouri Waters)
19. Gordon Lightfoot (Ballad of the Yarmouth Castle / Canadian Railroad Trilogy)
20. Ewan MacColl (Joy of Living / First Time Ever I Saw Your Face)
21. Don McLean (American Pie / Vincent)
22. John McCutcheon (Christmas in the Trenches)
23. Suzanne McDermott (The 3 Dreams of J. Robert Oppenheimer)
24. David Mallett (The Garden Song)
25. Anais Mitchell (Two Kids / Before the Eyes of Story Telling Girls)
26. Joni Mitchell (Both Sides Now)
27. Pete Morton (Another Train)
28. Peter Mulvey (Rise)
29. Carrie Newcomer (There Is a Tree)
30. Phil Ochs (Crucifixion)
31. Kristina Olsen (Yellow Piper / Dangerous)
32. Tom Paxton (Ramblin’ Boy / Last Thing on My Mind)
33. Utah Phillips (Goodnight Loving Trail / Touch Me)
34. John Prine (Paradise / Hello in There)
35. Rich Prezioso of Small Potatoes (1,000 Candles, 1,000 Cranes)
36. Garnet Rogers (All That Is)
37. Stan Rogers (Mary Ellen Carter /Northwest Passage / House of Orange /
Barrett’s Privateers / Jeanie-C)
38. Pete Seeger (Turn, Turn, Turn / Waist Deep in the Big Muddy)
39. Danny Schmidt (Stained Glass)
40. Richard Shindell (Are You Happy Now / Reunion Hill)
41. Patrick Sky (Sometimes I Wonder)
42. Michael Smith (The Dutchman)
43. Ian Tyson (Ian & Sylvia) (Four Strong Winds)
44. Townes Van Zandt (Pancho & Lefty)
45. Jerry Jeff Walker (Mr. Bojangles)
46. Susan Werner (Barbed Wire Boys / May I Suggest)
47. Cheryl Wheeler (Arrow)
48. Dar Williams (February)
49. Robin & Linda Williams with Jerome Clark (Don’t Let Me Come Home a Stranger)
Number 50? Rich is leaving it up to listeners to decide:
***July 5, 2010
Bedford’s album, Land of the Shadows, stays on the Euro Americana charts for another month-http://www.euroamericanachart.nl/charts.html
Ben Bedford’s second album, Land of the Shadows, has stayed on the Euro Americana charts for another month, falling to number 18 for the month of July, 2010. The album peaked last month at number 12. For July, Larkin Poe tops the charts followed by Fred Eaglesmith at number 2, Darrel Scott at number 3, Judy Collins at number 14, Terri Hendrix at number 19 and Natalie Merchant at 21. The Euro Americana chart is a 25 position monthly chart and is compiled by DJs, journalists, retailers, promoters and other people interested in Americana music from all over Europe. The site is facilitated by Nico Druyf in Hoorn, Netherlands.
***June 5, 2010
Bedford lands on Euro Americana charts- http://www.euroamericanachart.nl/0610.html
Land of the Shadows, the second album by singer-songwriter Ben Bedford reaches number 12 on the Euro Americana charts for the month of June, 2010. Bedford’s first album, Lincoln’s Man, reached the chart in 2009, peaking at number 23. Other artsist on the chart for this month include Sally Spring at number 1, Mary Gauthier at number 3, Merle Haggard at number 6, John Hiatt at number 11, David Olney at number 16, Mark Erelli and Jeffrey Foucault at number 17 and Si Kahn at number 23. The Euro Americana chart is a 25 position monthly chart and is compiled by DJs, journalists, retailers, promoters and other people interested in Americana music from all over Europe. The site is facilitated by Nico Druyf in Hoorn, Netherlands.
