Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
September 2019, Week 5

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of September 2019, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2414 plays from 72 playlists from 44 Folk DJs

  1: "Country Music - A Film By Ken Burns," Various Artists [Legacy, 9/2019] (29)
        "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels," Kitty Wells (3)
  2: "Every Single Star," Dori Freeman [Blue Hens, 9/2019] (17)
        "2 Step" (4)
        "All I Ever Wanted" (3)
  3: "When They Fall," Annie And Rod Capps [Maynard, 9/2019] (16)
        "Some Good" (4)
        "Myths and Miracles" (2)
        "This Little Apple" (2)
        "Patience" (2)
        "Brevity" (2)
        "When They Fall" (2)
  3: "Heart Land Again," Tim Grimm [Vault, 6/2019] (16)
        "Down The Road" (4)
        "Carter's Blues" (3)
        "Better Days" (2)
        "Staying in Love" (2)
        "That Old Man" (2)
  5: "While I'm Livin'," Tanya Tucker [Fantasy, 9/2019] (15)
        "Mustang Ridge" (4)
        "Hard Luck" (3)
        "The House That Built Me" (2)
  5: "Wildwood," Katie Dahl [Leaky Boat, 9/2019] (15)
        "Anna Lee" (4)
        "Worry My Friend" (3)
        "Good Northern Ground" (2)
        "Braver Than Me" (2)
        "Wildwood Girl" (2)
  7: "Songs Of Our Native Daughters," Our Native Daughters [Smithsonian/Folkways, 9/2019] (13/14)
        "Polly Ann's Hammer" (3)
        "Music and Joy" (2)
        "Black Myself" (2)
        "Lavi Difisil" (2)
  7: "Up Against The Sky," Dave Gunning [Self, 2/2019] (13)
        "Wish I Was Wrong" (3)
        "The Loyal Fisherman" (3)
        "All That's Yet To Come feat. Jamie Robinson" (2)
  7: "Words Of Love," Allison Lupton [Self, 3/2019] (13)
        "What Will I Dream" (4)
        "I Will Rise" (3)
        "Poverty Knock" (2)
  7: "Me And The Ghost Of Charlemagne," Amy Speace [Windbone, 9/2019] (13)
        "Me and the Ghost of Charlemagne" (4)
        "Kindness" (3)
        "This, And My Heart Beside" (2)
 11: "The Best Of Christine Lavin," Christine Lavin [Self, 9/2019] (11)
        "Happy Divorce Day" (2)
        "The Kind of Love You Never Recover From" (2)
 11: "Gonna Love Anyway," Louisa Branscomb [Compass, 6/2019] (11)
        "Steel Rails" (4)
        "Gonna Love Anyway" (3)
        "Barefoot Girl" (2)
 11: "Mint Condition," Caroline Spence [Rounder, 5/2019] (11)
        "Mint Condition" (3)
        "What You Don't Know" (2)
        "Sometimes A Woman Is An Island" (2)
 14: "Adobe Road," Cej [Gnosong, 8/2019] (10)
        "Adobe Road" (3)
        "No Man's Land" (2)
 14: "The Hard Stuff," Susan Gibson [Fortherecords, 9/2019] (10)
        "Wildflowers In The Weeds" (4)
        "Antiques" (2)
 14: "Honest," Ordinary Elephant [Berkalin, 4/2019] (10)
        "I Come From" (3)
        "Harriet" (2)
 17: "Come On Up to The House," Various Artists [Dualtone] (9)
        "Downtown Train," Courtney Marie Andrews (2)
 17: "How Far It Goes," The Refugees [Self, 9/2019] (9)
        "Turnagain Arm" (4)
        "No Easy Way Back" (2)
        "Sad Ass" (2)
 17: "Leylines," Rising Appalachia [Self, 5/2019] (9)
        "I Believe in Being Ready" (3)
        "Sadjuna" (2)
 17: "Tall Fiddler," Michael Cleveland [Compass, 7/2019] (9)
        "Old Time River Man" (2)
        "Me and Helen" (2)
 21: "As I Go Ramblin' Around," Nicholas Edward Williams [Earthtone, 7/2019] (8)
        "Happy Life" (2)
 21: "Common Man," Joe Iadanza [Self, 7/2019] (8)
        "Rainbow Shine" (2)
        "Reach High" (2)
 21: "Conspirators," Guy Forsyth And Jeska Bailey [Small And Nimble, 7/2019] (8)
        "The Things that Matter" (2)
 21: "Every Trip Around The Sun," Sharon Goldman [Self, 8/2019] (8)
        "Tuesday Morning Sun" (2)
 21: "Is It The Kiss," Ana Egge [Storysound, 8/2019] (8)
        "Rise Above" (2)
 21: "Old Ghosts And Lost Causes," Helene Cronin [Self, 9/2019] (8)
        "Careless with a Heart" (2)
 21: "Rearrange My Heart," Che Apalache [Free Dirt, 8/2019] (8)
        "The Dreamer" (4)
        "Rearrange My Heart" (2)
 21: "Toolshed," Ben Winship [Snake River, 7/2019] (8)
        "Ragged But Right" (2)
 21: "Talk To A Human," Terri Hendrix [Wilory, 8/2019] (8)
        "Worthy" (2)
        "Don't meddle in my mood" (2)

TOP SONGS of September 2019, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2414 plays from 72 playlists from 44 Folk DJs

1. "Down The Road" (5)
     from "Heart Land Again" (Tim Grimm)
2. "2 Step" (4)
     from "Every Single Star" (Dori Freeman)
2. "Anna Lee" (4)
     from "Wildwood" (Katie Dahl)
2. "The Dreamer" (4)
     from "Rearrange My Heart" (Che Apalache)
2. "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" (4)
     from "Country Music - A Film by Ken Burns" (Kitty Wells)
2. "Me and the Ghost of Charlemagne" (4)
     from "Me And The Ghost Of Charlemagne" (Amy Speace)
2. "Mustang Ridge" (4)
     from "While I'm Livin'" (Tanya Tucker)
2. "Some Good" (4)
     from "When They Fall" (Annie & Rod Capps)
2. "Steel Rails" (4)
     from "Gonna Love Anyway" (Louisa Branscomb)
2. "Turnagain Arm" (4)
     from "How Far It Goes" (The Refugees)
2. "What Will I Dream" (4)
     from "Words Of Love" (Allison Lupton)
2. "Wildflowers In The Weeds" (4)
     from "The Hard Stuff" (Susan Gibson)
2. "Wish I Was Wrong" (4)
     from "Up Against The Sky" (Dave Gunning)
14. "Adobe Road" (3)
     from "Adobe Road" (Cej)
14. "All I Ever Wanted" (3)
     from "Every Single Star" (Dori Freeman)
14. "Carter's Blues" (3)
     from "Heart Land Again" (Tim Grimm)
14. "Daughters of the Dust" (3)
     from "Chasing The Sun" (Bobtown)
14. "Gonna Love Anyway" (3)
     from "Gonna Love Anyway" (Louisa Branscomb)
14. "Hard Luck" (3)
     from "While I'm Livin'" (Tanya Tucker)
14. "I Believe in Being Ready" (3)
     from "Leylines" (Rising Appalachia)
14. "I Come From" (3)
     from "Honest" (Ordinary Elephant)

TOP ARTISTS of September 2019, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2414 plays from 72 playlists from 44 Folk DJs

1. Dori Freeman (19)
        "Every Single Star" (17)
1. Tim Grimm (19)
        "Heart Land Again" (13)
        "Heart Land" (3)
3. Bruce Springsteen (17/23)
        "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions" (5)
        "Nebraska" (4)
        "Western Stars" (4)
        "Born in the U.S.A." (3)
        "Working On A Dream" (3)
4. Amy Speace (16)
        "Me And The Ghost Of Charlemagne" (12)
        "How to Sleep In a Stormy Boat 2013 Wind Bone Records" (3)
4. Annie And Rod Capps (16)
        "When They Fall" (16)
6. Katie Dahl (15)
        "Wildwood" (15)
6. Tanya Tucker (15)
        "While I'm Livin'" (15)
8. Ben Winship (14)
        "Toolshed" (8)
        "Acorns" (6)
8. Christine Lavin (14)
        "The Best Of Christine Lavin" (10)
8. Dave Gunning (14)
        "Up Against The Sky" (13)
8. The New Lost City Ramblers (14)
        "The Early Years, 1958-1962" (4)
        "There Ain't No Way Out" (3)
12. Allison Lupton (13)
        "Words Of Love" (13)
13. Ana Egge (12)
        "Is It The Kiss" (8)
14. Our Native Daughters (11/13)
        "Songs Of Our Native Daughters" (13)
14. Bob Dylan (11)
        "Together Through Life" (3)
14. Caroline Spence (11)
        "Mint Condition" (11)
14. Grateful Dead (11)
        "Workingman's Dead" (3)
14. Guy Forsyth And Jeska Bailey (11)
        "Conspirators" (7)
14. Louisa Branscomb (11)
        "Gonna Love Anyway" (11)
14. Rhiannon Giddens (11)
        "There Is No Other" (4)
21. Cej (10)
        "Adobe Road" (10)
21. Che Apalache (10)
        "Rearrange My Heart" (8)
21. Ordinary Elephant (10)
        "Honest" (10)
21. Rising Appalachia (10)
        "Leylines" (9)
21. Susan Gibson (10)
        "The Hard Stuff" (10)
21. Terri Hendrix (10)
        "Talk To A Human" (7)

TOP LABELS of September 2019, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2414 plays from 72 playlists from 44 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (57)
1. Smithsonian/Folkways (57)
3. Compass (47)
4. Legacy (44)
5. Columbia (34)
6. Red House (31)
7. Signature Sounds (25)
8. Borealis (19)
8. Elektra (19)
8. Vault (19)
11. Rhino (17)
11. Sugar Hill (17)
13. Capitol (16)
13. Nonesuch (16)
15. Blue Hens (14)
15. Dualtone (14)
15. Fantasy (14)
15. Free Dirt (14)
15. Universal (14)
15. Yep Roc (14)
21. Leaky Boat (13)
21. Sony (13)
23. Thirty Tigers (11/13)
23. BMG (11)
23. Philo (11)

FOLK DJs - September 2019, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2414 plays from 72 playlists from 44 Folk DJs

Arthur Berman (CiTR-FM & podcast, BC)
Artie Martello (WIOX-FM & bluesandrootsradio.com, NY)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
David John (KEOS-FM & KAXE-FM, MN)
Greg Priddy (WJCU-FM, OH)
Greg Torrington (stingray.com, QC)
Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM & podcast, OH)
John Platt (WFUV-FM, NY)
John Sillberg (CKOL-FM, ON)
John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ)
Jon Colcord (Syndicated, NH)
Jon Whitsell (KBAC-FM, NM)
Kai Schafft (WVBR-FM, NY)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kate McNally (New Hampshire Public Radio)
Kelly Walker (WTSU-FM & podcast, AL)
Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM, AR)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Lyle D. Skinner (CKJS-AM, MB)
Mara Noelle (KVMR-FM, CA)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDH-FM, VT)
Mark Tobler (WTUL-FM, LA)
Mary Sue Twohy (SiriusXM & folk.org)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Mike Sakarias & Anne Fuller (KRNN-FM, AK)
Naomi Soule & Terry Moses (KCLC-FM, MO)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Rachel Anne Goodman (KSQD-FM, CA)
Rich Warren (WFMT-FM & syndicated, IL)
Rik James (KGLT-FM, MT)
Robert Resnik (Vermont Public Radio)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Sue Kessell (WNUR-FM, IL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WHUS-FM & WWUH-FM, CT)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM & syndicated, NY)