Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
November 2019, Week 5

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of November 2019, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1587 plays from 54 playlists from 33 Folk DJs

  1: "The Best of the Rest," Si Kahn [Strictly Country, 11/2019] (16)
        "I Have Seen Freedom" (3)
        "In The Spinning Mill" (2)
        "Sailing to Alaska" (2)
        "The Senator" (2)
        "Down On Merrimack River" (2)
  2: "Making Life Sweet," The Early Risers [Itchy Sabot, 11/2019] (11)
        "Making Life Sweet" (4)
        "Red Bird" (3)
        "My Town" (2)
  3: "Lines And Spaces," Heather Pierson [Vessel, 11/2019] (10)
        "Take the Time" (3)
        "Lines And Spaces" (2)
        "Where Will You Go" (2)
  4: "How We Want To Live," Lisa Bastoni [Self, 2019] (7/8)
        "Take the Wheel" (2)
  5: "Greening The Dark," Debra Cowan [Muzzy House, 10/2019] (6)
        "The Old Changing Way" (3)
  5: "Heroes And Sparrows," Kevin Brown [Self, 10/2019] (6)
        "When I Go Out At Night" (2)
  5: "Home," Billy Strings [Rounder, 11/2019] (6)
        "Taking Water" (2)
  5: "Mama's Biscuits," Kirby Heard [Self, 11/2019] (6)
        "Montgomery County" (3)
  9: "Acorns," Ben Winship [Snake River, 7/2019] (5)
        "Pilgrim" (2)
  9: "Coyote," Catherine MacLelland [Self] (5)
        "Out of Nowhere" (1)
  9: "If You Fall," Jaime Michaels [Frumdahart, 10/2019] (5)
        "So It Goes" (1)
  9: "Recollections/Revolutions," Windborne [Wand'ring Feet, 11/2019] (5)
        "Ain't No Grave" (1)
  9: "Wildwood," Katie Dahl [Leaky Boat, 9/2019] (5)
        "Wildwood Girl" (2)
  9: "Words Of Love," Allison Lupton [Self, 3/2019] (5)
        "When First I Went To Caledonia" (1)
 15: "Due To The Darkness," The Gossamer Strings [Self, 10/2019] (4)
        "Train on the Island" (3)
 15: "Family Wars," EmiSunshine and The Rain [Little Blackbird] (4)
        "Family Wars" (3)
 15: "No Ceiling," Dick Weissman [Self, 11/2019] (4)
        "Chez Vladimir" (1)
 15: "Rearrange My Heart," Che Apalache [Free Dirt, 8/2019] (4)
        "The Dreamer" (3)
 15: "Tim O'Brien Band," Tim O'Brien [Howdy Skies, 3/2019] (4)
        "Wind" (2)
 15: "Today Again," Fred Arcoleo [Rally Folk, 11/2019] (4)
        "When I'm Gone" (2)
 15: "Toolshed," Ben Winship [Snake River, 7/2019] (4)
        "Ragged but Right" (1)
 15: "Wahoo!," Cathy Fink And Marcy Marxer [Community, 10/2019] (4)
        "Morgan Megan" (1)

TOP SONGS of November 2019, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1587 plays from 54 playlists from 33 Folk DJs

1. "Making Life Sweet" (4)
     from "Making Life Sweet" (The Early Risers)
2. "Alice's Restaurant" (3)
     from "Alice's Restaurant" (Arlo Guthrie)
2. "Down On Merrimack River" (3)
     from "Best of the rest: Si's personal picks from the 5-CD box set Si Kahn at 75" (Si Kahn & The Kruger Brothers)
2. "The Dreamer" (3)
     from "Rearrange My Heart" (Che Apalache)
2. "Family Wars" (3)
     from "Family Wars" (EmiSunshine & The Rain)
2. "I Have Seen Freedom" (3)
     from "The Best of the Rest" (Si Kahn)
2. "Montgomery County" (3)
     from "Mama's Biscuits" (Kirby Heard)
2. "The Old Changing Way" (3)
     from "Greening the Dark - EP" (Debra Cowan)
2. "Red Bird" (3)
     from "Making Life Sweet" (The Early Risers)
2. "Take the Time" (3)
     from "Lines And Spaces" (Heather Pierson)
2. "Train on the Island" (3)
     from "Due To The Darkness" (The Gossamer Strings)

TOP ARTISTS of November 2019, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1587 plays from 54 playlists from 33 Folk DJs

1. Si Kahn (21)
        "The Best of the Rest" (16)
2. The Early Risers (12)
        "Making Life Sweet" (11)
2. Windborne (12)
        "Recollections/Revolutions" (5)
        "Lay Around That Shack" (3)
        "Recollections and Revolutions" (3)
4. Ben Winship (11)
        "Acorns" (5)
        "Toolshed" (4)
5. Heather Pierson (10)
        "Lines And Spaces" (10)
6. Lisa Bastoni (9)
        "How We Want To Live" (8)
6. Tom Paxton (9)
        "Boat In The Water" (1)
8. Allison Lupton (7)
        "Words Of Love" (4)
8. Billy Strings (7)
        "Home" (6)
8. Kevin Brown (7)
        "Heroes And Sparrows" (6)
11. Debra Cowan (6)
        "Greening The Dark" (6)
11. Jaime Michaels (6)
        "If You Fall" (5)
11. Joel Mabus (6)
        "Different Hymnals" (1)
11. Joel Rafael (6)
        "Exclusive Live Studio Recording" (3)
11. John McCutcheon (6)
        "22 Days" (1)
11. Katie Dahl (6)
        "Wildwood" (5)
11. Kirby Heard (6)
        "Mama's Biscuits" (6)
11. Tim O'Brien (6)
        "Tim O'Brien Band" (3)

TOP LABELS of November 2019, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1587 plays from 54 playlists from 33 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (32)
2. Compass (23)
3. Red House (19/20)
3. Strictly Country (19)
5. Columbia (17)
6. Borealis (12)
7. Itchy Sabot (11)
8. Sugar Hill (9/11)
8. Free Dirt (9)
8. Philo (9)
11. Vessel (8)
11. Yep Roc (8)
13. Signature Sounds (7)
13. Snake River (7)
15. Appleseed (6)
15. Flying Fish (6)
15. Muzzy House (6)
15. Smithsonian/Folkways (6)

FOLK DJs - November 2019, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1587 plays from 54 playlists from 33 Folk DJs

Artie Martello (folk.org & podcast, NY)
Barbara Dean (WRPI-FM, MA)
Bob Brown (WNMC-FM, MI)
Bob Heyer (WWOV-LP, WV)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
Brenda Tacik (CJTR-FM, SK)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Bud Johnson (KNBA-FM & syndicated, AK)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
David John (KAXE-FM, MN)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Doug Dick (WQCS-FM, FL)
Fred Frawley (WMPG-FM, ME)
Greg Priddy (WJCU-FM, OH)
Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA)
Jeannie Holton & Cohosts (WMNF-FM, FL)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
John Mazza (WNHU-FM, CT)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM, CO)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Lyle D. Skinner (CJUM-FM, MB)
Mike Sakarias & Anne Fuller (KRNN-FM, AK)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers, New Zealand)
Ray Baumler (WRUR-FM, NY)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM, PA)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM, NJ)
Sonny Ochs (WIOX-FM, NY)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WWUH-FM, CT)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)