Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
July 2019, Week 1

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of July 2019, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3827 plays from 108 playlists from 84 Folk DJs

  1: "Heart Land Again," Tim Grimm [Vault, 6/2019] (27)
        "Better Days" (7)
        "That Old Man" (5)
        "Perfect Getaway" (4)
  2: "Assiniboine And The Red," The Small Glories [Red House, 5/2019] (19)
        "Alberta" (5)
        "Don't Back Down" (4)
        "Winnipeg" (3)
        "Sing" (3)
  3: "Honest," Ordinary Elephant [Berkalin, 4/2019] (17)
        "If I Am Being Honest" (3)
  3: "It's A Dog's Life," Si Kahn And The Looping Brothers [Strictly Country, 6/2019] (17)
        "Government On Horseback" (5)
        "Gulf of Mexico" (3)
  3: "Leylines," Rising Appalachia [Self, 5/2019] (17)
        "I Believe in Being Ready" (3)
        "Harmonize" (3)
  3: "The Storyteller's Suitcase," Ellis Paul [Rosella, 7/2019] (17)
        "Five Alarm Fire on the 4th of July" (7)
        "Slingshot" (3)
        "The Storyteller's Suitcase" (3)
  7: "Songs Of Our Native Daughters," Our Native Daughters [Smithsonian/Folkways, 7/2019] (15)
        "Polly Ann's Hammer" (3)
        "Music and Joy" (2)
        "I Knew I Could Fly" (2)
        "Barbados" (2)
        "You're Not Alone" (2)
  8: "Gonna Love Anyway," Louisa Branscomb [Compass, 6/2019] (14)
        "Gone" (3)
        "Freight Train for a Song" (2)
        "Blackbird in the Rain" (2)
  8: "The Great Irish Songbook," Dervish [Rounder, 7/2019] (14)
        "The Galway Shawl" (4)
        "Down by the Sally Gardens" (2)
        "The West Coast of Clare" (2)
        "The May Morning Dew" (2)
 10: "Dedicated To The Proposition," Spook Handy [Akashic, 5/2019] (13)
        "Always Have A Song To Sing" (3)
        "If I Had A Hammer" (3)
        "Better Way" (2)
 11: "Oklahoma," Keb' Mo' [Concord, 6/2019] (12)
        "This Is My Home" (4)
        "Beautiful Music" (3)
        "Don't Throw It Away" (2)
 11: "Rings Around Saturn," Marion Halliday [Self, 7/2019] (12)
        "Still Burning" (3)
        "Greening Time" (2)
        "If Statues Could Speak" (2)
 11: "Caravan Of Dawn," The Levins [Self, 5/2019] (12)
        "The Story I Can Hear" (3)
        "Sing Along" (2)
 14: "_," Various Artists [?] (11/12)
        "_-N/S-," A Taste Of Soca (7)
 14: "Conspirators," Guy Forsyth And Jeska Bailey [Small And Nimble, 7/2019] (11)
        "The Things That Matter" (3)
        "Mercy Now" (2)
 14: "A Fireproof House Of Sunshine," Hackensaw Boys [Free Dirt, 6/2019] (11)
        "Factory Blues" (3)
        "Late Night Kitchen" (3)
        "Pass Unloving Eyes" (2)
        "You Act Like My Friend" (2)
 14: "The Heritage Hall Sessions," James Gordon [Borealis, 6/2019] (11)
        "Dreaming of a Dream" (3)
        "You Want To Feel Heard" (3)
        "10" (2)
 14: "In My Pocket," Brooksie Wells [Down Home Diva, 5/2019] (11)
        "Love On" (3)
        "Maybe Not" (2)
        "Honeysuckle" (2)
 14: "Visions," Alice Howe [Know Howe, 5/2019] (11)
        "Twilight" (3)
        "Too Long At The Fair" (2)
 14: "What Will We Do," Lula Wiles [Smithsonian/Folkways, 7/2019] (11)
        "Independence Day" (5)
        "Leave Me Now" (2)
 21: "As I Go Ramblin' Around," Nicholas Edward Williams [Earthtone, 7/2019] (10)
        "Mississippi John" (4)
        "Ramblin' Around" (2)
        "Eve of Fog" (2)
 22: "Patty Griffin," Patty Griffin [Thirty Tigers, 3/2019] (9)
        "Coins" (2)
        "Hourglass" (2)
 23: "Front Porch," Joy Williams [Sensibility, 2019] (8)
        "Canary" (3)
        "Front Porch" (2)
 23: "This Little Town," The W Lovers [Self, 6/2019] (8)
        "This Little Town" (5)
 23: "There Is No Other," Rhiannon Giddens [Nonesuch, 5/2019] (8)
        "I'm On My Way" (3)
        "Brown Baby" (2)
 23: "Tim O'Brien Band," Tim O'Brien [Howdy Skies, 3/2019] (8)
        "Drunkard's Walk" (2)
        "Hop Down Reel / Johnny Doherty's Reel" (2)
        "Amazing Love" (2)
 23: "Unfortunate Point Of View," Katherine Rondeau [Self, 1/2019] (8)
        "What's That I Hear" (2)
 23: "When You're Ready," Molly Tuttle [Compass, 3/2019] (8)
        "Clue" (2)
 23: "Even The Sparrow," Kelly Hunt [Rare Bird, 4/2019] (8)
        "Back to Dixie" (2)
        "Across the Great Divide" (2)
 30: "Big Sky Blues," Cosmos Dream [Icebird, 2019] (7)
        "Grandma's Always Online" (3)
 30: "Dirigo Attitude," Sara Trunzo [Self, 4/2019] (7)
        "I Believe in Unity" (2)
 30: "Fire Out Of Stone," Chuck Hawthorne [3 Notches, 7/2019] (7)
        "Such Is Life" (3)
        "Arrowhead & Porcupine Claw" (2)
        "I Will Fight No More Forever" (2)
 30: "Free And Fine," Jordi Baizan [Berkalin, 7/2019] (7)
        "Pictures On The Wall" (2)
 30: "In Sevens," Kora Feder [Self, 3/2019] (7)
        "No Answers" (2)
 30: "Many A Moon," James Hill And Anne Janelle [Borealis, 6/2019] (7)
        "Heart-Shaped Tattoo" (2)
 30: "The Question," Anna Tivel [Fluff And Gravy, 2019] (7)
        "Anthony" (2)
 30: "Sway EP," The Dashboard Hula Girls [Self] (7)
        "Sway" (3)
        "Summertime" (2)
        "Joe Hill" (2)
 30: "Smoke And Ashes," The Lonely Heartstring Band [Rounder, 2/2019] (7)
        "The Other Side" (2)

TOP SONGS of July 2019, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3827 plays from 108 playlists from 84 Folk DJs

1. "Five Alarm Fire on the 4th of July" (8)
     from "The Storyteller's Suitcase" (Ellis Paul)
2. "Better Days" (7)
     from "Heart Land Again" (Tim Grimm)
3. "4th Of July" (5)
     from "King of California" (Dave Alvin)
3. "Alberta" (5)
     from "Assiniboine And The Red" (The Small Glories)
3. "Government On Horseback" (5)
     from "It's A Dog's Life" (Si Kahn & The Looping Brothers)
3. "I'm On My Way" (5)
     from "There Is No Other" (Rhiannon Giddens)
3. "Independence Day" (5)
     from "What Will We Do" (Lula Wiles)
3. "This Little Town" (5)
     from "This Little Town" (The W Lovers)
3. "That Old Man" (5)
     from "Heart Land Again" (Tim Grimm)
10. "4th Of July" (4)
     from "Promised Land" (Gina Forsyth)
10. "Don't Back Down" (4)
     from "Assiniboine And The Red" (The Small Glories)
10. "The Galway Shawl" (4)
     from "The Great Irish Songbook" (Dervish)
10. "This Is My Home" (4)
     from "Oklahoma" (Keb' Mo')
10. "Mississippi John" (4)
     from "As I Go Ramblin' Around" (Nicholas Edward Williams)

TOP ARTISTS of July 2019, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3827 plays from 108 playlists from 84 Folk DJs

1. Tim Grimm (31)
        "Heart Land Again" (27)
2. Pete Seeger (22)
        "The Smithsonian Folkways Collection" (9)
        "Clearwater Classics" (3)
2. Si Kahn And The Looping Brothers (22)
        "It's A Dog's Life" (17)
4. The Small Glories (21)
        "Assiniboine And The Red" (17)
5. Ellis Paul (20)
        "The Storyteller's Suitcase" (15)
5. Ordinary Elephant (20)
        "Honest" (17)
7. Rising Appalachia (18)
        "Leylines" (17)
7. Spook Handy (18)
        "Dedicated To The Proposition" (13)
        "Pete, Woody & Me - Volume I: Keep The Flame Alive" (3)
9. The Levins (16)
        "Caravan Of Dawn" (11)
        "Livethe Levins" (3)
9. Our Native Daughters (16)
        "Songs Of Our Native Daughters" (13)
11. Dervish (15)
        "The Great Irish Songbook" (14)
12. Louisa Branscomb (14)
        "Gonna Love Anyway" (14)
12. Lula Wiles (14)
        "What Will We Do" (10)
14. John McCutcheon (13/20)
        "To Everyone In All The World" (9)
        "Ghost Light" (4)
14. Keb' Mo' (13)
        "Oklahoma" (12)
16. Marion Halliday (12)
        "Rings Around Saturn" (12)
16. Patty Griffin (12)
        "Patty Griffin" (9)
18. Reggie Harris (11/12)
        "Live@Sirius XM" (7)
        "Ready To Go" (5)
18. Alice Howe (11)
        "Visions" (11)
18. Brooksie Wells (11)
        "In My Pocket" (11)
18. Guy Forsyth And Jeska Bailey (11)
        "Conspirators" (11)
18. Hackensaw Boys (11)
        "A Fireproof House Of Sunshine" (11)
18. James Gordon (11)
        "The Heritage Hall Sessions" (11)
24. Bob Dylan (10)
        "Dylan" (2)
24. Joni Mitchell (10)
        "Blue" (2)
24. Kelly Hunt (10)
        "Even The Sparrow" (8)
24. Nicholas Edward Williams (10)
        "As I Go Ramblin' Around" (10)
28. Rhiannon Giddens (9/10)
        "Live @Sirius XM" (5)
        "There Is No Other" (4)
28. Carrie Newcomer (9)
        "The Point Of Arrival" (5)
28. The Dashboard Hula Girls (9)
        "Sway EP" (7)
28. Joel Rafael (9)
        "Rose Avenue" (5)
28. Joy Williams (9)
        "Front Porch" (8)
28. Molly Tuttle (9)
        "When You're Ready" (8)
28. Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi (9)
        "There Is No Other" (4)
28. Stan Rogers (9)
        "The Very Best Of Stan Rogers" (4)

TOP LABELS of July 2019, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3827 plays from 108 playlists from 84 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (85)
2. Smithsonian/Folkways (69)
3. Red House (57)
4. Borealis (53)
5. Compass (52)
6. Signature Sounds (31)
7. Sugar Hill (30)
7. Vault (30)
9. Warner (27)
10. Columbia (25)
10. Thirty Tigers (25)
12. Berkalin (23)
13. Strictly Country (20)
13. True North (20)
15. Rebel (18)
16. New West (17)
16. Nonesuch (17)
18. Vanguard (16)
18. Waterbug (16)
20. Akashic (15/16)
20. Appleseed (15)
20. Free Dirt (15)
20. Pinecastle (15)
20. Reprise (15)
20. Rhino (15)
20. Sony (15)

FOLK DJs - July 2019, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3827 plays from 108 playlists from 84 Folk DJs

Abby Parks (WLJS-FM, AL)
Amy Luncan (WYSO-FM, OH)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM, NY)
Arthur Berman (CiTR-FM & podcast, BC)
Arthur Dean (WCNI-FM, CT)
Artie Martello (WIOX-FM & bluesandrootsradio.com, NY)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bill Stuart (WFIT-FM, FL)
Bill Wagman (KDVS-FM, CA)
Bob Brown (WNMC-FM, MI)
Bob Heyer (WWOV-LP, WV)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Brenda Tacik (CJTR-FM, SK)
Bruce Cameron (CAME-FM)
Bruce Swan (WRFR-LP & soundcloud.com, CT)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris Denerley (beyondradio.co.uk, MixCloud)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Murphy (folkfrontier.com, NH)
Dave Hardy (live365.com)
David John (KAXE-FM, MN)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR)
Diane Karl (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Doug Lewis Show (WQCS-FM, FL)
Ed Mellnik (KBOO-FM, OR)
Eddie O'Strange (Wellington Access Radio, New Zealand)
Fred Frawley (WMPG-FM, ME)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Greg Torrington (stingray.com, QC)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
James Sereda (WUSB-FM, NY)
Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA)
Jeremy Butler (Alabama Public Radio)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Jim Monaghan (WDHA-FM, NJ)
Jim Welsh (Radio Summerhall & MixCloud, UK)
John Mazza (WNHU-FM, CT)
John Patterson (newbedfordfolkfestival.com & podcast, VT)
John Platt (WFUV-FM, NY)
John Sillberg (CKOL-FM, ON)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA)
Jon Colcord (Syndicated, NH)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY)
Judy & Dennis Cook (WOBC-FM)
Justin Helmer (KVSC-FM, MN)
Kate McNally (New Hampshire Public Radio)
Katherine Rondeau ()
Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM, AR)
Lyle D. Skinner (CKJS-AM & CJUM-FM, MB)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDH-FM, VT)
Mark Pedersen (WOJB-FM, WI)
Mark Tobler (WTUL-FM, LA)
Mary Sue Twohy (SiriusXM & folk.org)
Matt Watroba (WKAR-FM, MI)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers, New Zealand)
Naomi Soule & Terry Moses (KCLC-FM, MO)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Ray Baumler (WRUR-FM, NY)
Rich Warren (WFMT-FM & syndicated, IL)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM, PA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM & radiofreeamerica.com, UT)
Rik James (KGLT-FM, MT)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Steve Pritchard (CIUT-FM, ON)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Sue Kessell (WNUR-FM, IL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WHUS-FM & WWUH-FM, CT)
Susi Lanagan (PBS-FM, Australia)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM, NY)