Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
January 2020, Week 5

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of January 2020, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1786 plays from 57 playlists from 40 Folk DJs

  1: "Treat A Stranger Right," Frank And Allie Lee [Bake Tone, 1/2020] (14)
        "Lost John" (4)
        "Sugar Babe" (2)
        "Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right" (2)
  2: "Recollections/Revolutions," Windborne [Wand'ring Feet, 1/2020] (11)
        "Fire in the Hole" (2)
  3: "Come On Up To the House: Women Sing Waits 2019 Dualtone," Various Artists [Dualtone] (9)
        "Ol' 55," Allison Moorer & Shelby Lynne (3)
  4: "Pete," Pete Seeger [Living Music, 1996] (7)
        "If It Can't Be Reduced" (1)
  4: "Pharmakon," Humbird [Green Thumb, 2019] (7)
        "48 Hours" (2)
        "Eve Boards a Train" (2)
  4: "Bones And Gravity," Lizanne Knott [Good Dog Jake, 10/2019] (7)
        "Hurricane" (2)
  4: "Even the Sparrow 2019 Rare Bird Records," Kelly Hunt [Rare Bird] (7)
        "Sunshine Long Overdue" (2)
        "Even the Sparrow" (2)
  8: "Heart Land Again," Tim Grimm [Vault, 6/2019] (6)
        "Better Days" (3)
  8: "Hello Stranger," Eliza Meyer [Self, 1/2020] (6)
        "Workin' Girl Blues" (2)
  8: "Old Tin," Erynn Marshall And Carl Jones [Dittyville, 1/2020] (6)
        "Old Tin" (2)
  8: "Tall Fiddler," Michael Cleveland [Compass, 7/2019] (6)
        "Arkansas" (2)
 12: "When You're Ready," Molly Tuttle [Compass, 3/2019] (5/6)
        "Take the Journey" (2)
 12: "Love And Fire," Annette Wasilik [Azalea City, 1/2020] (5)
        "Deception in the Glass" (1)
 12: "Me And The Ghost Of Charlemagne," Amy Speace [Windbone, 2020] (5)
        "This And My Heart Beside" (2)
 12: "Heroes And Sparrows," Kevin Brown [Self, 10/2019] (5/6)
        "For Goodness Sake" (2)
        "The Stone Walls of Ireland" (2)
 16: "Acorns," Ben Winship [Snake River, 7/2019] (4)
        "Katy Bar the Door" (1)
 16: "Best Of The Rest," Si Kahn [Strictly Country, 10/2019] (4)
        "Curtains of Old Joe's House" (1)
 16: "The Butcher Shoppe - EP 2019 ," Della Mae [Rounder] (4)
        "Bluebird Blackbird" (1)
 16: "Change in the Weather," Janiva Magness [Blue Elan] (4)
        "Lodi" (1)
 16: "Circadian," Letitia Vansant [Self, 1/2020] (4)
        "You Can't Put My Fire Out" (2)
 16: "Good Good Man," Vance Gilbert [Disismye, 1/2020] (4)
        "Good Good Man" (1)
 16: "The Great Irish Songbook," Dervish [Rounder, 2020] (4)
        "The May Morning Dew" (2)
 16: "Honest," Ordinary Elephant [Berkalin, 4/2019] (4)
        "I Come From" (2)
 16: "Making Life Sweet," The Early Risers [Itchy Sabot, 11/2019] (4)
        "Making Life Sweet" (2)
        "Walking" (2)
 16: "Patty Griffin," Patty Griffin [Thirty Tigers, 3/2019] (4)
        "The Wheel" (2)
 16: "Songs Of Our Native Daughters," Our Native Daughters [Smithsonian/Folkways, 1/2020] (4)
        "Blood and Bones" (1)

TOP SONGS of January 2020, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1786 plays from 57 playlists from 40 Folk DJs

1. "Lost John" (4)
     from "Treat A Stranger Right" (Frank & Allie Lee)
2. "They Lied" (3/4)
     from "Dogs Are Watching Us" (Jay Mankita)
2. "Better Days" (3)
     from "Heart Land Again" (Tim Grimm)
2. "We Shall Overcome" (3)
     from "Classic Folk Music From Smithsonian Folkways" (Pete Seeger)
2. "You Can't Put My Fire Out" (3)
     from "Circadian" (Letitia Vansant)

TOP ARTISTS of January 2020, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1786 plays from 57 playlists from 40 Folk DJs

1. David Olney (19)
        "Robbery and Murder" (4)
        "The Stone" (3)
2. Frank And Allie Lee (16)
        "Treat A Stranger Right" (12)
3. Pete Seeger (15/22)
        "Pete" (7)
4. Windborne (12)
        "Recollections/Revolutions" (11)
5. John Prine (9)
        "John Prine" (2)
5. Tim Grimm (9)
        "Heart Land Again" (6)
7. Shawn Colvin (7/8)
        "Steady On 2019 SLCRecordings" (5)
7. Ben Winship (7)
        "Acorns" (4)
        "Toolshed" (3)
7. Eliza Meyer (7)
        "Hello Stranger" (6)
7. Humbird (7)
        "Pharmakon" (7)
7. Kelly Hunt (7)
        "Even the Sparrow 2019 Rare Bird Records" (4)
        "Even The Sparrow" (3)
7. The Kingston Trio (7)
        "Goin' Places" (2)
7. Lizanne Knott (7)
        "Bones And Gravity" (5)
14. Erynn Marshall And Carl Jones (6)
        "Old Tin" (6)
14. Michael Cleveland (6)
        "Tall Fiddler" (6)

TOP LABELS of January 2020, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1786 plays from 57 playlists from 40 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (38)
2. Smithsonian/Folkways (31)
3. Compass (21)
4. Red House (17)
5. Bake Tone (15)
6. Columbia (14)
6. Sugar Hill (14)
8. Capitol (10)
8. Warner (10)
10. Borealis (9)
10. Rhino (9)
10. Signature Sounds (9)
10. Thirty Tigers (9)
10. Vanguard (9)
10. Vault (9)
16. Free Dirt (8)
16. Waterbug (8)
18. Greentrax (7/8)
18. Appleseed (7)
18. Green Thumb (7)
18. Living Music (7)
18. Rare Bird (7)
18. Reprise (7)
18. Wand'ring Feet (7)
25. Berkalin (6)
25. Dittyville (6)
25. Good Dog Jake (6)
25. Nonesuch (6)
25. Oh Boy (6)
25. Verve (6)

FOLK DJs - January 2020, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1786 plays from 57 playlists from 40 Folk DJs

Arthur Berman (CiTR-FM & podcast, BC)
Artie Martello (WIOX-FM, NY)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
Caroline Doctorow (WPKN-FM, CT)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Chris Denerley (CORR-FM & beyondradio.co.uk)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Cindy Funk (WYSO-FM, OH)
Dan Robinson (Wisconsin Public Radio)
David John (KAXE-FM & KBXE-FM, MN)
Diane Crowe (WMCB-LP, MA)
Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Fred Frawley (WMPG-FM, ME)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Jan Vanderhorst (CKPC-AM, ON)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Jim Welsh (Radio Summerhall & MixCloud, UK)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY)
Jon Whitsell (KBAC-FM, NM)
Juergen Kramer (Radio ZuSa, Germany)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Lyle D. Skinner (CJUM-FM, MB)
Mark Tobler (WTUL-FM, LA)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & MixCloud, Israel)
Mike Sakarias & Anne Fuller (KRNN-FM, AK)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers, New Zealand)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Ray Naylor (WPPM-FM, PA)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM, PA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM & radiofreeamerica.com, UT)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Sue Kessell (WNUR-FM, IL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WWUH-FM, CT)
Susi Lanagan (PBS-FM, Australia)
Terry Fatseas (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM & syndicated, NY)