Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
May 2019, Week 5

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of May 2019, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1900 plays from 75 playlists from 42 Folk DJs

  1: "Honest," Ordinary Elephant [Berkalin, 4/2019] (16)
        "The War" (7)
        "Scars We Keep" (4)
        "If I Am Being Honest" (2)
  2: "Rose Avenue," Joel Rafael [Inside, 5/2019] (15)
        "Out On A Fine Line" (3)
        "Strong" (2)
        "Abraham, Martin and John" (2)
        "Glory Bound" (2)
        "Under Our Skin" (2)
        "Float Down Stream" (2)
  3: "The Storyteller's Suitcase," Ellis Paul [Rosella, 5/2019] (13)
        "You'll Never Be This Young Again" (3)
        "Five Alarm Fire on the 4th of July" (2)
        "The Battle Of Charlottesville" (2)
        "Slingshot" (2)
  4: "Tim O'Brien Band," Tim O'Brien [Howdy Skies, 3/2019] (11)
        "Pastures of Plenty" (6)
        "Wind" (3)
  5: "Easy Money," Old Man Luedecke [True North, 5/2019] (10)
        "I Wanna Go" (2)
        "Wake Up Call" (2)
        "Le Ciel est Noir" (2)
  5: "Visions," Alice Howe [Know Howe, 5/2019] (10)
        "Twilight" (4)
        "What We Got Is Gold" (2)
        "Still on My Mind" (2)
  5: "What Will We Do," Lula Wiles [Smithsonian/Folkways, 5/2019] (10)
        "Shaking as It Turns" (3)
  8: "Leylines," Rising Appalachia [Self, 5/2019] (9)
        "Speak Out" (2)
        "Shed Your Grace" (2)
  8: "Standard Deviation," Danny Schmidt [Live Once, 3/2019] (9)
        "Blue-Eyed Hole In Time" (3)
        "Standard Deviation" (2)
 10: "Front Porch," Joy Williams [Sensibility, 2019] (8)
        "Canary" (3)
        "Look How Far We've Come" (2)
 10: "In Sevens," Kora Feder [Self, 3/2019] (8)
        "I'd Be a Maria" (2)
        "Automatic Times" (2)
        "No Answers" (2)
 12: "Even The Sparrow," Kelly Hunt [Rare Bird, 4/2019] (7)
        "Bird Song" (3)
        "Fingernail Moon" (2)
 12: "Rise Sun," The Infamous Stringdusters [Tape Time, 2019] (7)
        "Cloud Valley" (1)
 12: "Songs Of Our Native Daughters," Our Native Daughters [Smithsonian/Folkways, 5/2019] (7)
        "Polly Ann's Hammer" (2)
 15: "Allison De Groot And Tatiana Hargreaves," Allison De Groot And Tatiana Hargreaves [Free Dirt, 3/2019] (6)
        "Melinda" (2)
        "Wabash Blues" (2)
 15: "Caravan Of Dawn," The Levins [Self, 5/2019] (6)
        "The Story I Can Hear" (3)
        "Sorrow Inside Joy" (2)
 15: "Patty Griffin," Patty Griffin [Thirty Tigers, 3/2019] (6)
        "Mama's Worried" (1)
 15: "The Point Of Arrival," Carrie Newcomer [Available Light, 2/2019] (6)
        "The Point of Arrival" (1)
 15: "Smoke And Ashes," The Lonely Heartstring Band [Rounder, 2/2019] (6)
        "The Way It All Began" (2)
 15: "When You're Ready," Molly Tuttle [Compass, 3/2019] (6)
        "Sit Back and Watch It Roll" (1)
 15: "To Everyone In All The World," John McCutcheon [Appalsongs, 1/2019] (6)
        "If I Had a Hammer" (1)
 22: "2," The Lark And The Loon [Self, 5/2019] (5)
        "Change Our Tune" (1)
 22: "Autumn of the World," The Resonant Rogues [Self] (5)
        "Dueling with the Demons" (3)
 22: "In My Pocket," Brooksie Wells [Down Home Diva, 5/2019] (5)
        "Love On" (2)
 22: "Mint Condition," Caroline Spence [Rounder, 5/2019] (5)
        "Sit Here and Love Me" (2)
 22: "The Smithsonian Folkways Collection," Pete Seeger [Smithsonian/Folkways, 2019] (5)
        "Which Side Are You On?" (1)
 22: "Ten: The Errant Night," Runa [Self, 3/2019] (5)
        "Torn Screen Door" (2)
 22: "Closing The Gap," Molsky's Mountain Drifters [Tree Frog, 3/2019] (5)
        "I get my whiskey from rockingham" (1)

TOP SONGS of May 2019, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1900 plays from 75 playlists from 42 Folk DJs

1. "The War" (8)
     from "Honest" (Ordinary Elephant)
2. "Pastures of Plenty" (6)
     from "Tim O'Brien Band" (Tim O'Brien)
3. "Scars We Keep" (4)
     from "Honest" (Ordinary Elephant)
3. "Twilight" (4)
     from "Visions" (Alice Howe)
5. "Abraham, Martin and John" (3)
     from "Rose Avenue" (Joel Rafael)
5. "Bird Song" (3)
     from "Even The Sparrow" (Kelly Hunt)
5. "Blue-Eyed Hole In Time" (3)
     from "Standard Deviation" (Danny Schmidt)
5. "Canary" (3)
     from "Front Porch" (Joy Williams)
5. "Dueling with the Demons" (3)
     from "Autumn of the World" (The Resonant Rogues)
5. "Out On A Fine Line" (3)
     from "Rose Avenue" (Joel Rafael)
5. "Shaking as It Turns" (3)
     from "What Will We Do" (Lula Wiles)
5. "Sit Here & Love Me" (3)
     from "Mint Condition" (Caroline Spence)
5. "The Story I Can Hear" (3)
     from "Caravan Of Dawn" (The Levins)
5. "Touch a Name on the Wall" (3)
     from "The Naked Truth" (Joel Mabus)

TOP ARTISTS of May 2019, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1900 plays from 75 playlists from 42 Folk DJs

1. Pete Seeger (27)
        "Live@Sirius" (8)
        "The Smithsonian Folkways Collection" (5)
2. Joel Rafael (18)
        "Rose Avenue" (15)
2. Ordinary Elephant (18)
        "Honest" (16)
4. John McCutcheon (15/16)
        "Live@Sirius" (8)
        "To Everyone In All The World" (5)
5. Ellis Paul (14)
        "The Storyteller's Suitcase" (12)
6. Alice Howe (12)
        "Visions" (10)
6. Molly Tuttle (12)
        "Live@Sirius XM" (6)
        "When You're Ready" (6)
6. Old Man Luedecke (12)
        "Easy Money" (10)
9. Rising Appalachia (11)
        "Leylines" (9)
9. Tim O'Brien (11)
        "Tim O'Brien Band" (10)
11. Danny Schmidt (10)
        "Standard Deviation" (9)
11. Lula Wiles (10)
        "What Will We Do" (10)
11. Patty Griffin (10)
        "Patty Griffin" (6)
14. Bob Dylan (8)
        "Dylan" (2)
14. The Infamous Stringdusters (8)
        "Rise Sun" (7)
14. Joy Williams (8)
        "Front Porch" (8)
14. Kelly Hunt (8)
        "Even The Sparrow" (7)
14. Kora Feder (8)
        "In Sevens" (8)
14. The Levins (8)
        "Caravan Of Dawn" (6)
14. Our Native Daughters (8)
        "Songs Of Our Native Daughters" (6)
21. Emma's Revolution (7/9)
        "Live@Sirius" (5)
21. Allison De Groot And Tatiana Hargreaves (7)
        "Allison De Groot And Tatiana Hargreaves" (6)
21. Eliza Gilkyson (7)
        "Land Of Milk And Honey" (2)
21. The Lonely Heartstring Band (7)
        "Smoke And Ashes" (6)
21. The Resonant Rogues (7)
        "Autumn of the World" (5)
21. Runa (7)
        "Ten: The Errant Night" (5)
21. Si Kahn And The Looping Brothers (7)
        "It's A Dog's Life" (4)
21. Susan Werner (7)
        "NOLA Susan Werner Goes to New Orleans" (2)

TOP LABELS of May 2019, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1900 plays from 75 playlists from 42 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (48)
2. Smithsonian/Folkways (38)
3. Appleseed (27)
4. Red House (23)
5. Berkalin (12)
5. Compass (12)
5. Thirty Tigers (12)
5. True North (12)
9. Nonesuch (11/12)
9. Inside (11)
9. Sugar Hill (11)
12. Columbia (10)
12. Free Dirt (10)
12. Howdy Skies (10)
12. Signature Sounds (10)
12. Yep Roc (10)
17. Live Once (9)
17. Vanguard (9)
19. Atlantic (8)
19. Warner (8)
21. Elektra (7)
21. Know Howe (7)
21. New West (7)
21. Rosella (7)
21. Sensibility (7)

FOLK DJs - May 2019, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1900 plays from 75 playlists from 42 Folk DJs

Angela Page (WJFF-FM, NY)
Arthur Berman (CiTR-FM & podcast, BC)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
Bruce Swan (WRFR-LP & soundcloud.com, CT)
Bud Johnson (KNBA-FM & syndicated, AK)
Chris Denerley (beyondradio.co.uk, MixCloud)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Dan Robinson (simplyfolk.org, WI)
David John (KAXE-FM & KBLT-FM, MN)
Diane Crowe (WMCB-LP, MA)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Doug Adamz (KTAL-LP, NM)
Fred Frawley (WMPG-FM, ME)
Friedrich Hog (UK)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
James Sereda (WUSB-FM, NY)
Jan Hall (CFRU-FM & soundcloud.com, ON)
Jan Vanderhorst (CKPC-AM, ON)
Jeremy Butler (Alabama Public Radio)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
John Platt (WFUV-FM, NY)
John Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY)
Jon Whitsell (KBAC-FM, NM)
Kelly Walker (WTSU-FM & podcast, AL)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM & radiofreeamerica.com, IL)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Lyle D. Skinner (CJUM-FM, MB)
Mary Sue Twohy (SiriusXM & folk.org)
Michael Kane (WBRS-FM, MA)
Michael Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers, New Zealand)
Rachel Anne Goodman (KSQD-FM, CA)
Ray Naylor (WPPM-FM, PA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM & radiofreeamerica.com, UT)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM, NJ)
Sonny Ochs (WIOX-FM, NY)
Sue Kessell (WNUR-FM, IL)
Susi Lanagan (PBS-FM, Australia)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)