Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
December 2019, Week 2

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of December 2019, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3265 plays from 110 playlists from 86 Folk DJs

  1: "The Longest Night Of The Year, Vol. 2," Various Artists [Hudson Harding, 11/2019] (24)
        "The Universal Holiday Greeting," Christine Lavin & the Mistletones (3)
        "We Teach Them How," Emily Kurn (3)
  2: "Winter Stories," Judy Collins & Jonas Fjeld [Wildflower, 12/2019] (22)
        "Northwest Passage" (6)
        "The Fallow Way" (4)
        "Mountain Girl" (3)
  3: "Recollections/Revolutions," Windborne [Wand'ring Feet, 12/2019] (20)
        "Fox Went Out On A Chilly Night" (4)
        "Way Down to Shawneetown" (3)
  4: "Come On Up To The House: Women Sing Waits," Various Artists [Dualtone, 9/2019] (14)
        "House Where Nobody Lives," Iris Dement (3)
        "Time," Rosanne Cash (3)
        "Ruby's Arms," Patty Griffin (2)
  5: "Lines And Spaces," Heather Pierson [Vessel, 11/2019] (13)
        "Goodness Knows" (2)
        "Drink and Dance" (2)
        "Get Up on That Horse Again" (2)
        "Lines and Spaces" (2)
  6: "The Best of the Rest," Si Kahn [Strictly Country] (12)
        "Sailing to Alaska" (2)
        "Sixteen" (2)
        "The Senator" (2)
        "Gentle With Me Darling" (2)
  6: "Up Against The Sky," Dave Gunning [Self, 2/2019] (12)
        "Beyond the Day" (4)
        "Horse for Sale" (2)
        "Wish I Was Wrong" (2)
  8: "The Storyteller's Suitcase," Ellis Paul [Rosella, 12/2019] (11)
        "The Storyteller's Suitcase" (5)
  9: "Catching Rain," Peter Mayer [Blue Boat, 11/2019] (10)
        "Looking for Dorothy" (2)
        "Beautiful Child of the World" (2)
  9: "Honest," Ordinary Elephant [Berkalin, 4/2019] (10)
        "Jenny & James" (3)
        "The War" (3)
 11: "If You're Going To The City," Various Artists [Fat Possum, 12/2019] (9/11)
        "Ever Since The World Ended," Loudon Wainwright III (3)
        "Parchman Farm," Richard Thompson (2)
 11: "the longest night of the year II," Various Artists [Hudson Harding] (9)
        "Parting Through," Craig Werth (2)
 11: "Making Life Sweet," The Early Risers [Itchy Sabot, 11/2019] (9)
        "This Changes Everything" (3)
        "Oh My God" (2)
        "Making Life Sweet" (2)
 11: "Rearrange My Heart," Che Apalache [Free Dirt, 8/2019] (9)
        "Over in Glory New Swing" (2)
        "Rearrange My Heart" (2)
        "The Dreamer" (2)
 11: "Straight To Marrow," Clint Alphin [Self, 10/2019] (9)
        "Bless Your Heart" (2)
        "Nobody's Perfect" (2)
        "Should Have Loved" (2)
 11: "Heart Land Again," Tim Grimm [Vault, 6/2019] (9)
        "Perfect Getaway" (3)
        "Carter's Blues" (2)
 17: "Even The Sparrow," Kelly Hunt [Rare Bird, 4/2019] (8)
        "Fingernail Moon" (3)
        "Across The Great Divide" (2)
        "How Long" (2)
 17: "Going To The Well," Linda McRae [42 Rpm, 9/2019] (8)
        "Dimming Of The Day" (2)
        "Heroes" (2)
        "Man in the Bottom of the Well" (2)
 17: "Gonna Love Anyway," Louisa Branscomb [Compass, 6/2019] (8)
        "Gone" (3)
        "Barefoot Girl" (2)
 17: "Songs Of Our Native Daughters," Our Native Daughters [Smithsonian/Folkways, 12/2019] (8)
        "I Knew I Could Fly" (3)
        "You're Not Alone" (2)
 21: "Country Music - A Film by Ken Burns," Various Artists [Sony] (7/9)
        "Me And Bobby McGee," Kris Kristofferson (1)
 21: "Bones And Gravity," Lizanne Knott [Good Dog Jake, 10/2019] (7)
        "Emmylou" (2)
        "Walk Away" (2)
        "Caroline" (2)
 21: "Chasing The Sun," Bobtown [Self, 8/2019] (7)
        "Daughters Of The Dust" (3)
        "American Girl" (2)
 21: "Coyote," Catherine MacLellan [Self, 10/2019] (7)
        "Coyote" (2)
        "Sweet By And By" (2)
 21: "Every Single Star," Dori Freeman [Blue Hens, 9/2019] (7)
        "Like I Do" (2)
 21: "Greening The Dark," Debra Cowan [Muzzy House, 10/2019] (7)
        "Bones and Feathers" (2)
        "The Old Changing Way" (2)
 21: "Holly Head," Kate Rusby [Pure] (7)
        "Mistletoe Bough" (2)
 21: "How Far It Goes," The Refugees [Self, 9/2019] (7)
        "This Christmas" (3)
 21: "Mama's Biscuits," Kirby Heard [Self, 11/2019] (7)
        "Meet Me At The Gate" (2)
        "Slingshot" (2)
 21: "Sketches," Natalie MacMaster [Linus Entertainment, 10/2019] (7)
        "Judy's Dance" (2)
        "Professor Blackie" (2)
 21: "Visions," Alice Howe [Know Howe, 5/2019] (7)
        "Lovin' In My Baby's Eyes" (2)
        "You Just Never Know" (2)
 21: "When They Fall," Annie And Rod Capps [Maynard, 9/2019] (7)
        "Some Good" (2)
        "Brevity" (2)

TOP SONGS of December 2019, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3265 plays from 110 playlists from 86 Folk DJs

1. "Northwest Passage" (6)
     from "Winter Stories" (Judy Collins & Jonas Fjeld)
2. "The Storyteller's Suitcase" (5)
     from "The Storyteller's Suitcase" (Ellis Paul)
3. "Beyond the Day" (4)
     from "Up Against The Sky" (Dave Gunning)
3. "The Fallow Way" (4)
     from "Winter Stories" (Judy Collins & Jonas Fjeld)
3. "Fox Went Out On A Chilly Night" (4)
     from "Recollections/Revolutions" (Windborne)
3. "Rise" (4)
     from "Rise - single" (Carol Crittenden)
3. "Snowing on Raton" (4)
     from "If You Fall" (Jaime Michaels)
3. "Your Favorite Christmas Song" (4)
     from "Longest Night Of The Year Volume 2" (Mark Stepakoff)
9. "Bad Moon Rising" (3)
     from "Change in the Weather" (Janiva Magness)
9. "Bringing In The Light" (3)
     from "All That's Real" (Gathering Sparks)
9. "This Changes Everything" (3)
     from "Making Life Sweet" (The Early Risers)
9. "This Christmas" (3)
     from "How Far It Goes" (The Refugees)

TOP ARTISTS of December 2019, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3265 plays from 110 playlists from 86 Folk DJs

1. Windborne (20)
        "Recollections/Revolutions" (20)
2. Si Kahn (19)
        "The Best of the Rest" (12)
        "It's A Dog's Life" (4)
3. Dave Gunning (17)
        "Up Against The Sky" (11)
3. Judy Collins & Jonas Fjeld (17)
        "Winter Stories" (17)
5. Bob Dylan (14)
        "Dylan" (2)
5. Ellis Paul (14)
        "The Storyteller's Suitcase" (10)
5. Peter Mayer (14)
        "Catching Rain" (10)
8. Heather Pierson (13)
        "Lines And Spaces" (12)
9. Kate Rusby (11)
        "Holly Head" (7)
9. Sofia Talvik (11)
        "Paws Of A Bear" (4)
        "When Winter Comes" (4)
        "Christmas Train - single" (3)
11. Che Apalache (10)
        "Rearrange My Heart" (9)
11. Clint Alphin (10)
        "Straight To Marrow" (9)
11. Joel Mabus (10)
        "Time And Truth" (5)
11. Keb' Mo' (10)
        "Oklahoma" (6)
11. Ordinary Elephant (10)
        "Honest" (10)
16. Catherine MacLellan (9)
        "Coyote" (7)
16. Christine Lavin (9)
        "The Best Of Christine Lavin" (3)
        "The Longest Night of the Year, Vol. 2" (3)
16. Cosy Sheridan (9)
        "Grand Design" (2)
16. The Early Risers (9)
        "Making Life Sweet" (9)
16. John McCutcheon (9)
        "To Everyone In All The World" (2)
16. Linda McRae (9)
        "Going To The Well" (8)
16. Patty Griffin (9)
        "Patty Griffin" (3)
16. Pete Seeger (9)
        "The Smithsonian Folkways Collection" (3)
16. Rhiannon Giddens (9)
        "There Is No Other" (5)
16. Tim Grimm (9)
        "Heart Land Again" (6)
        "Heart Land" (3)
16. Weavers (9)
        "Carnegie Hall Concert" (4)
27. Bobtown (8)
        "Chasing The Sun" (7)
27. Debra Cowan (8)
        "Greening The Dark" (7)
27. Dori Freeman (8)
        "Every Single Star" (7)
27. Katherine Rondeau (8)
        "Unfortunate Point Of View" (5)
27. Kelly Hunt (8)
        "Even The Sparrow" (8)
27. Lizanne Knott (8)
        "Bones And Gravity" (7)
27. Louisa Branscomb (8)
        "Gonna Love Anyway" (7)
27. Natalie MacMaster (8)
        "Sketches" (7)
27. Our Native Daughters (8)
        "Songs Of Our Native Daughters" (8)
27. Tommy Sands (8)
        "Fair Play To You All" (5)
27. Willie Nelson (8)
        "Ride Me Back Home" (5)

TOP LABELS of December 2019, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3265 plays from 110 playlists from 86 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (67)
2. Compass (41)
3. Hudson Harding (35)
4. Columbia (33)
4. Smithsonian/Folkways (33)
6. Red House (30)
7. Free Dirt (23)
8. Rhino (22)
8. Signature Sounds (22)
10. Borealis (21)
11. Sugar Hill (18)
11. Yep Roc (18)
13. Sony (17)
14. Elektra (16)
14. Strictly Country (16)
14. Wand'ring Feet (16)
14. Wildflower (16)
18. Thirty Tigers (15)
19. Dualtone (14)
20. Berkalin (13)

FOLK DJs - December 2019, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3265 plays from 110 playlists from 86 Folk DJs

Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM, NY)
Art Menius (WCOM-LP, NC)
Arthur Berman (CiTR-FM & podcast, BC)
Arthur Dean (WCNI-FM, CT)
Artie Martello (WIOX-FM & bluesansrootsradio.com, NY)
Barbara Dean (WRPI-FM, MA)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bob Brown (WNMC-FM, MI)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
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)
Cindy Funk (WYSO-FM, OH)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Murphy (folkfrontier.com, NH)
Dan Robinson (Wisconsin Public Radio)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Dennis Brunnenmeyer (KVMR-FM, CA)
Diane Karl (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Doug Dick (WQCS-FM)
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 Hall (CFRU-FM & soundcloud.com, ON)
Jan Vanderhorst (CKPC-AM, ON)
Jeremy Butler (Alabama Public Radio)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Jim Welsh (Radio Summerhall, Israel)
Joe Pszonek (WNTI-FM, NJ)
John Mazza (WNHU-FM, CT)
John Patterson (Podcast, VT)
John Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA)
John Sillberg (CKOL-FM, ON)
John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ)
Jon Colcord (Syndicated, NH)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY)
Judy & Dennis Cook (WOBC-FM, OH)
Juergen Kramer (Radio ZuSa, Germany)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM & radiofreeamerica.com, IL)
Kevin Vance (KALW-FM & soundcloud.com, CA)
Larry Hoyt (WAER-FM, NY)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM, AR)
Lyle D. Skinner (CKJS-AM & CJUM-FM, MB)
Mara Noelle (KVMR-FM, CA)
Mark Michaelis (WNCS-FM & WGDR-FM, VT)
Mark Sahlgren and Darcy Wilkin (WMUK-FM, MI)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Sakarias & Anne Fuller (KRNN-FM, AK)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers, New Zealand)
Naomi Soule & Terry Moses (KCLC-FM, MO)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Hefti (KUBU-LP & live365.com, CA)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Rachel Anne Goodman (KSQD-FM, CA)
Ray Baumler (WRUR-FM, NY)
Ray Naylor (WPPM-FM, PA)
Rich Warren (WFMT-FM & syndicated, IL)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM, PA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM & radiofreeamerica.com, UT)
Rik James (KGLT-FM, MT)
Robert Resnik (Vermont Public Radio)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Sonny Ochs (WIOX-FM, NY)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WWUH-FM & WHUS-FM, CT)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM, NY)
Wayne Greene (KZCC-LP & KZCW-LP, TX)