Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
October 2019, Week 1

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of October 2019, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 4032 plays from 102 playlists from 77 Folk DJs

  1: "Up Against The Sky," Dave Gunning [Self, 2/2019] (25)
        "Celebrate the Crop" (5)
        "In The Time I Was Away" (4)
  2: "Greening The Dark," Debra Cowan [Muzzy House, 10/2019] (18)
        "Bones and Feathers" (5)
        "The Old Changing Way" (4)
        "Hills of Greenmore" (3)
        "Polly on the Shore" (3)
  3: "All That's Real," Gathering Sparks [Borealis, 10/2019] (17)
        "Bringing In The Light" (4)
        "Let My Love Open the Door" (3)
  4: "Bones And Gravity," Lizanne Knott [Good Dog Jake, 10/2019] (16)
        "Walk Away" (5)
        "Bones and Gravity" (4)
        "Emmylou" (3)
  4: "Wildwood," Katie Dahl [Leaky Boat, 9/2019] (16)
        "Breathing Room" (4)
        "Anna Lee" (3)
        "Helen" (2)
        "Oh Minnesota" (2)
  6: "Country Music: A Film by Ken Burns - ," Various Artists [Legacy, 10/2019] (15)
        "Will the Circle be Unbroken," Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (2)
        "Girl From the North Country," Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash (2)
        "Where've You Been," Kathy Mattea (2)
        "It's Might Dark to Travel," Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys (2)
        "Coal Miner's Daughter," Loretta Lynn (2)
  6: "Every Single Star," Dori Freeman [Blue Hens, 9/2019] (15)
        "2 Step" (3)
        "You Lie There" (3)
        "All I Ever Wanted" (3)
        "Darlin' Boy" (3)
  6: "Heart Land Again," Tim Grimm [Vault, 6/2019] (15)
        "Staying in Love" (3)
        "Carter's Blues" (2)
        "She Remembers" (2)
        "Perfect Getaway" (2)
  9: "If You Fall," Jaime Michaels [Frumdahart, 10/2019] (14)
        "If You Fall" (6)
        "Bag O' Bones" (3)
        "They Call Me Hank" (2)
 10: "Going To The Well," Linda McRae [42 Rpm, 9/2019] (13)
        "Man in the Bottom of the Well" (5)
        "Ashes to Ashes" (2)
        "Long Shadow Trail" (2)
 10: "Words Of Love," Allison Lupton [Self, 3/2019] (13)
        "Poverty Knock" (3)
        "When First I Went to Caledonia" (2)
        "What Will I Dream" (2)
        "Ontario Tune Set" (2)
        "Dusty Boots" (2)
 12: "Crowing Ignites," Bruce Cockburn [True North, 8/2019] (12)
        "Blind Willie" (7)
        "Sweetness and Light" (2)
        "Bardo Rush" (2)
 12: "While I'm Livin'," Tanya Tucker [Fantasy, 9/2019] (12)
        "High Ridin' Heroes" (3)
        "The Wheels Of Laredo" (2)
        "Rich" (2)
        "Mustang Ridge" (2)
 14: "Adobe Road," Cej [Gnosong, 8/2019] (11)
        "Buck Dancer's Dream" (3)
        "No Man's Land" (3)
        "Adobe Road" (2)
        "All Brand New" (2)
 14: "Due To The Darkness," The Gossamer Strings [Self, 10/2019] (11)
        "Due to the Darkness" (4)
        "Big Sky" (3)
        "Try Your Hand" (2)
        "Sandy Boys" (2)
 14: "Leylines," Rising Appalachia [Self, 5/2019] (11)
        "Harmonize" (2)
        "Shed Your Grace" (2)
        "Cuckoo" (2)
        "Resilient" (2)
 14: "Like The River Loves The Sea," Joan Shelley [No Quarter] (11)
        "The Fading" (4)
        "Coming Down For You" (2)
        "High On The Mountain" (2)
 18: "The Hard Stuff," Susan Gibson [Fortherecords, 9/2019] (10)
        "Wildflowers in the Weeds" (3)
        "8 X 10" (2)
        "Diagnostic Heart" (2)
 18: "Old Ghosts And Lost Causes," Helene Cronin [Self, 9/2019] (10)
        "Careless With A Heart" (2)
        "In A Kiss" (2)
        "Mongrels and Mutts" (2)
 18: "Paws Of A Bear," Sofia Talvik [Makaki, 7/2019] (10)
        "Take Me Home" (3)
        "California Snow" (2)
 18: "Rearrange My Heart," Che Apalache [Free Dirt, 8/2019] (10)
        "The Dreamer" (4)
        "Rock of Ages" (2)
        "Saludo Murguero & Maria" (2)
 18: "Talk To A Human," Terri Hendrix [Wilory, 8/2019] (10)
        "Worthy" (3)
        "The Water Is Wide" (2)
 23: "Dedicated To The Proposition," Spook Handy [Akashic, 5/2019] (9/10)
        "Pete Seeger's Life" (2)
 23: "Chasing The Sun," Bobtown [Self, 8/2019] (9)
        "American Girl" (3)
 23: "Griefcase," David Roche [Fireweed, 9/2019] (9)
        "Love Unending" (2)
        "Meet and Fall" (2)
        "The Cardinal's Perch" (2)
 23: "The Storyteller's Suitcase," Ellis Paul [Rosella, 10/2019] (9)
        "How You Say Goodbye" (2)
 23: "That We Could Find A Way To Be," Andrew Vannorstrand [Great Bear, 2019] (9)
        "Boy With Gray Eyes" (2)
        "Lesson Learned" (2)
 23: "Wahoo!," Cathy Fink And Marcy Marxer [Community, 10/2019] (9)
        "Wahoo!" (2)
        "High On A Mountain" (2)
        "Triskaidekaphobia" (2)
 23: "When They Fall," Annie And Rod Capps [Maynard, 9/2019] (9)
        "Brevity" (3)
        "When They Fall" (2)
        "Walking Through" (2)
 30: "Assiniboine And The Red," The Small Glories [Red House, 5/2019] (8)
        "Oh My Love" (3)
        "Sing" (2)
 30: "Fires For The Cold," Jonah Tolchin [Yep Roc, 9/2019] (8)
        "Roll Um Easy" (3)
        "Supermarket Rage" (2)
 30: "Gonna Love Anyway," Louisa Branscomb [Compass, 6/2019] (8)
        "Gonna Love Anyway" (2)
        "Freight Train for a Song" (2)
 30: "Gypsy," Eilen Jewell [Signature Sounds, 7/2019] (8)
        "Miles to Go" (2)
        "Fear" (2)
 30: "Honest," Ordinary Elephant [Berkalin, 4/2019] (8)
        "Rust Right Through" (2)
 30: "Me And The Ghost Of Charlemagne," Amy Speace [Windbone, 10/2019] (8)
        "Pretty Girls" (2)
        "Standing Rock Standing Here" (2)
        "Kindness" (2)
 30: "Songs Of Our Native Daughters," Our Native Daughters [Smithsonian/Folkways, 10/2019] (8)
        "Music and Joy" (2)
        "Polly Ann's Hammer" (2)
 30: "Time And Tides," Susan And Ray [Self, 10/2019] (8)
        "Muddy Waters" (3)
        "Sea of Heartbreak" (2)

TOP SONGS of October 2019, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 4032 plays from 102 playlists from 77 Folk DJs

1. "Blind Willie" (7)
     from "Crowing Ignites" (Bruce Cockburn)
2. "Bones and Feathers" (6)
     from "Greening The Dark" (Debra Cowan)
2. "If You Fall" (6)
     from "If You Fall" (Jaime Michaels)
4. "Celebrate the Crop" (5)
     from "Up Against The Sky" (Dave Gunning)
4. "Man in the Bottom of the Well" (5)
     from "Going To The Well" (Linda McRae)
4. "Walk Away" (5)
     from "Bones And Gravity" (Lizanne Knott)
7. "Bones and Gravity" (4)
     from "Bones And Gravity" (Lizanne Knott)
7. "Breathing Room" (4)
     from "Wildwood" (Katie Dahl)
7. "Bringing In The Light" (4)
     from "All That's Real" (Gathering Sparks)
7. "Careless With A Heart" (4)
     from "Old Ghosts And Lost Causes" (Helene Cronin)
7. "The Dreamer" (4)
     from "Rearrange My Heart" (Che Apalache)
7. "Due to the Darkness" (4)
     from "Due To The Darkness" (The Gossamer Strings)
7. "The Fading" (4)
     from "Like The River Loves The Sea" (Joan Shelley)
7. "Ferris Wheel" (4)
     from "Up Against The Sky" (Dave Gunning)
7. "Hills of Greenmore" (4)
     from "Greening The Dark" (Debra Cowan)
7. "In The Time I Was Away" (4)
     from "Up Against The Sky" (Dave Gunning)
7. "The Old Changing Way" (4)
     from "Greening The Dark" (Debra Cowan)
7. "Polly on the Shore" (4)
     from "Greening The Dark" (Debra Cowan)

TOP ARTISTS of October 2019, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 4032 plays from 102 playlists from 77 Folk DJs

1. Dave Gunning (27)
        "Up Against The Sky" (25)
2. Debra Cowan (20)
        "Greening The Dark" (18)
2. Tim Grimm (20)
        "Heart Land Again" (12)
        "Heart Land" (3)
4. Christine Lavin (19/20)
        "Spaghettification" (10)
        "The Best Of Christine Lavin" (5)
5. Cej (18)
        "Adobe Road" (11)
        "Clovis Man" (4)
6. Michael Johnathon (17/23)
        "Dazed And Confuzed" (8)
        "Pirate" (4)
        "Songs of Rural America" (4)
6. John McCutcheon (17/22)
        "To Everyone In All The World" (9)
        "Ghost Light" (5)
        "Joe Hill's Last Will" (3)
6. David Roche (17)
        "Griefcase" (9)
        "Last Day On This Earth" (4)
6. Gathering Sparks (17)
        "All That's Real" (17)
6. Katie Dahl (17)
        "Wildwood" (16)
6. Linda McRae (17)
        "Going To The Well" (13)
12. Bruce Cockburn (16)
        "Crowing Ignites" (12)
12. Dori Freeman (16)
        "Every Single Star" (15)
12. Lizanne Knott (16)
        "Bones And Gravity" (16)
15. Allison Lupton (15)
        "Words Of Love" (13)
15. Ian & Sylvia (15)
        "The Lost Tapes" (7)
17. Jaime Michaels (14)
        "If You Fall" (14)
18. Spook Handy (13/15)
        "Dedicated To The Proposition" (10)
        "Pete, Woody & Me - Volume I: Keep The Flame Alive" (3)
18. Annie And Rod Capps (13)
        "When They Fall" (9)
18. The Highwaymen (13)
        "The Highwomen" (6)
        "The Cambridge Tapes" (5)
18. Terri Hendrix (13)
        "Talk To A Human" (10)
22. Che Apalache (12)
        "Rearrange My Heart" (10)
22. Ellis Paul (12)
        "The Storyteller's Suitcase" (9)
22. Helene Cronin (12)
        "Old Ghosts And Lost Causes" (9)
22. Rising Appalachia (12)
        "Leylines" (11)
22. Tanya Tucker (12)
        "While I'm Livin'" (12)
27. Ana Egge (11)
        "Is It The Kiss" (6)
27. Cathy Fink And Marcy Marxer (11)
        "Wahoo!" (9)
27. The Gossamer Strings (11)
        "Due To The Darkness" (11)
27. Joan Shelley (11)
        "Like The River Loves The Sea" (11)
27. Tom Russell (11)
        "October In The Railroad Earth" (7)
32. Lisa Bastoni (10)
        "How We Want To Live" (6)
        "How We Want To Love" (3)
32. Ordinary Elephant (10)
        "Honest" (8)
32. Runa (10)
        "Ten: The Errant Night" (7)
32. Sofia Talvik (10)
        "Paws Of A Bear" (10)
32. Susan Gibson (10)
        "The Hard Stuff" (10)
37. Joel Mabus (9/21)
        "Different Hymnals" (7)
        "Ukulele Crimes" (6)
        "Time And Truth" (5)
37. Pete Seeger (9/13)
        "The Smithsonian Folkways Collection" (9)
37. Si Kahn And The Looping Brothers (9/12)
        "It's A Dog's Life" (11)
37. Andrew Vannorstrand (9)
        "That We Could Find A Way To Be" (9)
37. Bobtown (9)
        "Chasing The Sun" (8)
37. Eilen Jewell (9)
        "Gypsy" (8)
37. Joe Jencks (9)
        "The Forgotten" (3)
37. John Prine (9)
        "The Tree Of Forgiveness" (6)
37. Jonah Tolchin (9)
        "Fires For The Cold" (8)
37. Louisa Branscomb (9)
        "Gonna Love Anyway" (8)
37. Lula Wiles (9)
        "What Will We Do" (7)
37. The Small Glories (9)
        "Assiniboine And The Red" (8)

TOP LABELS of October 2019, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 4032 plays from 102 playlists from 77 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (58)
2. Smithsonian/Folkways (50)
3. Compass (48)
4. Borealis (40)
5. Red House (33)
6. Signature Sounds (26)
7. Legacy (23)
8. Columbia (21)
8. Yep Roc (21)
10. True North (19)
11. Free Dirt (18)
12. Berkalin (17)
12. Thirty Tigers (17)
12. Vault (17)
15. Blue Hens (16)
15. Elektra (16)
15. Leaky Boat (16)
18. Nonesuch (15)
19. Good Dog Jake (14)
19. Oh Boy (14)
19. Rhino (14)
22. 42 Rpm (13)
22. Appalsongs (13)
22. Frumdahart (13)
22. Gnosong (13)
22. Muzzy House (13)
27. Mountain Fever (12)
27. Philo (12)
27. Stony Plain (12)
30. Akashic (11/14)
30. Strictly Country (11/13)
30. Fantasy (11)
33. Capitol (10)
33. Community (10)
33. No Quarter (10)
33. Pinecastle (10)
33. Sony (10)
33. Sugar Hill (10)
39. Fossil (9/20)
39. Appleseed (9)
39. Great Bear (9)
39. Rebel (9)
39. Rosella (9)

FOLK DJs - October 2019, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 4032 plays from 102 playlists from 77 Folk DJs

Abby Parks (WLJS-FM, AL)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Arthur Berman (CiTR-FM & podcast, BC)
Artie Martello (powerfolk.org & mostlyfolk.org, NY)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bob Brown (WNMC-FM, MI)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
Brenda Tacik (CJTR-FM, SK)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Bruce Swan (WRFR-LP & soundcloud.com, CT)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM & radiofreeamerica.com, 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 Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Murphy (folkfrontier.com, NH)
Dan Robinson (Wisconsin Public Radio)
Dave Hardy (live365.com)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR)
Diane Karl (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Doug Adamz (KTAL-LP, NM)
Doug Dick (WQCS-FM, FL)
Eddie O'Strange (kiwifolk.com-FM & Wellington Access Radio, New Zealand)
Fred Frawley (WMPG-FM, ME)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Greg Priddy (WJCU-FM, OH)
Greg Torrington (WALL-FM & stingray.com)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Jan Vanderhorst (CKPC-AM, ON)
Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA)
Jeremy Butler (Alabama Public Radio)
Jim Canales (WWSP-FM, WI)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Jim Welsh (Radio Summerhall & MixCloud, UK)
John Mazza (WNHU-FM, CT)
John Patterson (Podcast, CA)
John Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA)
John Sillberg (CKOL-FM, ON)
John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ)
Jon Colcord (Syndicated, NH)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM & soundcloud.com, NY)
Juergen Kramer (Radio ZuSa, Germany)
Kate McNally (New Hampshire Public Radio)
Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM & radiofreeamerica.com, IL)
Kevin Vance (KALW-FM & soundcloud.com, CA)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM, AR)
Lyle D. Skinner (CKJS-AM & CJUM-FM, MB)
Mark Michaelis (WNCS-FM & WGDR-FM, VT)
Matt Watroba (WKAR-FM, MI)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Kane (WBRS-FM, MA)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers, New Zealand)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Hefti (KUBU-LP & live365.com, CA)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Ray Baumler (WRUR-FM, NY)
Ray Naylor (WPPM-FM, PA)
Rich Warren (WFMT-FM & syndicated, IL)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM, PA)
Rik James (KGLT-FM, MT)
Rob Killam (WFIT-FM, FL)
Robert Resnik (Vermont Public Radio)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM & syndicated, NJ)
Sonny Ochs (WIOX-FM, NY)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Steve Pritchard (CIUT-FM, ON)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)