Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
April 2020, Week 5

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of April 2020, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1520 plays from 32 playlists from 25 Folk DJs

  1: "Live At The Seagull Shop," Jud Caswell [Self, 3/2020] (9)
        "That's the Way We Climb" (3)
  2: "Facets Of Folk," Mara Levine [Self, 2018] (5/15)
        "Bitter Green" (2)
        "Tree Of Life" (2)
  2: "Everyday Street," Lucy Kaplansky [Self, 2018] (5)
        "Hallelujah" (1)
  2: "Headlight," Della Mae [Rounder, 2/2020] (5)
        "Like It When You're Home" (2)
  2: "Spider Tales," Jake Blount [Free Dirt, 4/2020] (5)
        "Boll Weevil" (1)
  6: "25 Trips," Sierra Hull [Rounder, 4/2020] (4)
        "Poison" (2)
  6: "The Path Of Stones," John Doyle [Compass, 4/2020] (4)
        "Teelin Harbour" (2)

TOP SONGS of April 2020, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1520 plays from 32 playlists from 25 Folk DJs

1. "From A Distance" (3)
     from "From A Distance" (Valerie Smith)
1. "If I Had A Hammer" (3)
     from "Songs of Hope and Struggle" (Pete Seeger)
1. "The Power Of The Land" (3)
     from "Refuge" (Sultans Of String)
1. "Teelin Harbour" (3)
     from "The Path Of Stones" (John Doyle)
1. "That's the Way We Climb" (3)
     from "Live At The Seagull Shop" (Jud Caswell)
1. "Water Is Life" (3)
     from "Song Like A Seed" (Sara Thomsen)

TOP ARTISTS of April 2020, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1520 plays from 32 playlists from 25 Folk DJs

1. Michael Johnathon (19)
        "Walden" (9)
        "Dazed And Confuzed" (3)
2. Pete Seeger (13/16)
        "The Smithsonian Folkways Collection" (8)
3. John Prine (11/21)
        "For Better, Or Worse" (8)
4. John McCutcheon (9/16)
        "To Everyone In All The World" (7)
        "Ghost Light" (4)
4. Jud Caswell (9)
        "Live At The Seagull Shop" (9)
6. Emma's Revolution (8)
        "Revolution Now" (5)
7. Mara Levine (7/30)
        "Facets Of Folk" (15)
        "Jewels And Harmony" (9)
        "Mara's Gems" (5)
7. Peter, Paul & Mary (7)
        "Carry It On" (3)
9. Cheryl Wheeler (6)
        "Different Stripe" (3)
9. Joe Jencks (6)
        "Poets, Philosophers Workers & Wanderers" (3)
9. Lucy Kaplansky (6)
        "Everyday Street" (5)

TOP LABELS of April 2020, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1520 plays from 32 playlists from 25 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (31)
2. Smithsonian/Folkways (23)
3. Compass (11)
4. Red House (10)
5. Warner (9)
6. Sugar Hill (7/8)
6. Vanguard (7)
8. Appleseed (6)
8. Atlantic (6)
8. Free Dirt (6)
8. Rhino (6)

FOLK DJs - April 2020, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1520 plays from 32 playlists from 25 Folk DJs

Bob Sherman (WFUV-FM, NY)
Dave Hardy (live365.com)
Diane Crowe (WMCB-LP, MA)
Fred Frawley (WMPG-FM, ME)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Jan Hall (CFRU-FM & syndicated, ON)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
John Patterson (Podcast, VT)
John Platt (WFUV-FM, NY)
John Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM)
Lyle D. Skinner (CJUM-FM, MB)
Mara Noelle (KVMR-FM, CA)
Mary Sue Twohy (SiriusXM & folk.org)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers, New Zealand)
Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-FM, NY)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM, PA)
Steven Morrison (KBOO-FM, OR)
Susi Lanagan (PBS-FM, Australia)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)
Valerie Smith (WLIJ-FM & syndicated, TN)
Wayne Greene (KZCC-LP & KZCW-LP, TX)