Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
May 2020, Week 3

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of May 2020, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2863 plays from 97 playlists from 72 Folk DJs

  1: "2020," Eliza Gilkyson [Red House, 5/2020] (19)
        "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" (4)
        "Promises to Keep" (3)
        "Peace in Our Hearts" (3)
  2: "Highway Philosophers," Lara Herscovitch [La Rama, 4/2020] (17)
        "Now Here This" (3)
        "You USA" (3)
  2: "The Night You Wrote That Song: The Songs Of Mickey Newbury," Gretchen Peters [Scarlet Letter, 5/2020] (17)
        "San Francisco Mabel Joy" (3)
        "Just Dropped In" (3)
  2: "The Path Of Stones," John Doyle [Compass, 5/2020] (17)
        "The Path of Stones" (4)
        "Her Long Hair Flowing Down" (3)
  5: "Big Road," David Bromberg [Red House] (12)
        "Take This Hammer" (3)
        "The Hills of Isle au Haut" (2)
        "Standing in the Need of Prayer" (2)
        "Big Road" (2)
        "Medley - Maidens Prayer Blackberry Blossom" (2)
  5: "Character," Rachael Sage [Mpress, 5/2020] (12)
        "Bravery's On Fire" (5)
        "Blue Sky Days" (3)
        "Ohio" (2)
  5: "Headlight," Della Mae [Rounder, 2/2020] (12)
        "Headlight" (3)
        "Waiting For You" (2)
  5: "Nonet," The Mammals [Humble Abode, 5/2020] (12)
        "Radio Signal" (4)
        "East Side West Side" (3)
        "Coming Down Off Summer" (2)
        "California" (2)
  5: "The Perfect Plan," The Lowest Pair [Delicata, 5/2020] (12)
        "Wild Animals" (3)
        "Enemy of Ease" (2)
        "The Perfect Plan" (2)
        "Too Late Babe" (2)
 10: "Chicago Barn Dance," Special Consensus [Compass, 5/2020] (11)
        "Looking Out My Back Door" (5)
        "Chicago Barn Dance" (2)
 11: "Ashes In The Morning," Ken Dunn [Self, 2020] (10)
        "King High Tide" (2)
        "Talking Tales of Wandering" (2)
        "Red And Purple Too" (2)
 11: "Brother Sister," Watkins Family Hour [Family Hour, 4/2020] (10)
        "Lafayette" (2)
        "Keep it Clean" (2)
        "The Cure" (2)
 11: "Western Sun," Nell And Jim Band [Whippoorwill Arts, 5/2020] (10)
        "By Stars and Sunrise" (2)
        "In My Beautiful Dream" (2)
        "Woe Is Me" (2)
 14: "25 Trips," Sierra Hull [Rounder, 5/2020] (9)
        "How Long" (2)
        "Beautifully Out Of Place" (2)
 14: "Good Souls Better Angels," Lucinda Williams [Highway, 4/2020] (9)
        "Shadows & Doubts" (3)
        "Good Souls" (2)
        "Bad News Blues" (2)
 14: "Look Long," Indigo Girls [Rounder, 5/2020] (9)
        "Look Long" (3)
        "Howl At The Moon" (2)
 17: "The Family Songbook," The Haden Triplets [Thirty Tigers, 1/2020] (8)
        "Wildwood Flower" (2)
        "Ozark Moon" (2)
 17: "Me And The Ghost Of Charlemagne," Amy Speace [Windbone, 2020] (8)
        "Kindness" (2)
        "Ginger Ale And Lorna Doones" (2)
 17: "The Tree Of Forgiveness," John Prine [Oh Boy, 4/2020] (8)
        "I Have Met My Love Today" (2)
 17: "We Fit Together," Barry Oreck [Self, 5/2020] (8)
        "A Simple Song" (3)
        "A 60S Hippie's Psychedelic Nightmare" (2)
        "No Place to Run" (2)
 21: "Chasing The Sun," Bobtown [Self, 8/2019] (7)
        "Daughters Of The Dust" (2)
        "You Can Find the North" (2)
 21: "I Have Known Women - Songs by Si Kahn Celebrating Women's Lives & Struggles," Saro Lynch-Thomason & Sam Gleaves [Strictly Country, 5/2020] (7)
        "Aliens" (1)
 21: "A Long Way Back - The Songs Of Glimmer," Kim Richey [Yep Roc, 2020] (7)
        "The Way It Never Was" (3)
        "Can't Lose Them All" (2)
 21: "Mondegreens," Rachel Garlin [Self, 2020] (7)
        "Radio Silence" (2)
        "Capture Me" (2)
        "Earthquake Town" (2)
 21: "Prove It on Me," Rory Block [Stony Plain, 5/2020] (7)
        "Wayward Girl Blues" (2)
 26: "2020 Vision," Danny Schmidt [Self, 5/2020] (6)
        "2020 Vision" (6)
 26: "Bad For You," The Steeldrivers [Rounder, 2/2020] (6)
        "Falling Man" (2)
        "I Choose You" (2)
 26: "Bravado," Rose Cousins [Outside, 2/2020] (6)
        "The Fraud" (1)
 26: "The Far Si," Matt Watroba [Self, 2/2020] (6)
        "One Little Sip" (1)
 26: "Good Good Man," Vance Gilbert [Disismye, 1/2020] (6)
        "Flyby" (2)
 26: "Home," Billy Strings [Rounder, 5/2020] (6)
        "Freedom" (2)
 26: "Long Ago," Steve Howell, Dan Sumner & Jason Weinheimer [Out Of The Past] (6)
        "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" (2)
 26: "Lucky in Love," Antonio Andrade [Life Shakes, 5/2020] (6)
        "Ask a Man" (2)
 26: "Sorry State," Christopher Elliott [Self] (6)
        "Hercules and Einstein" (2)
 26: "Straight To Marrow," Clint Alphin [Self, 10/2019] (6)
        "Bless Your Heart" (2)
        "Should Have Loved" (2)
 26: "Waterfalls," Thomas Aaron Garlow [Self, 4/2020] (6)
        "Katie's Lullaby" (1)
 26: "Work My Claim," Brooks Williams [Red Guitar Blue, 3/2020] (6)
        "You Don't Know My Mind" (3)
        "King of California" (2)

TOP SONGS of May 2020, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2863 plays from 97 playlists from 72 Folk DJs

1. "2020 Vision" (7)
     from "2020 Vision" (Danny Schmidt)
2. "Broken" (6)
     from "Broken - single" (Sofia Talvik)
2. "From A Distance" (6)
     from "From a Distance - single" (Valerie Smith)
4. "One Vote One Name" (5)
     from "One Vote One Name - single" (Joel Rafael)
4. "Bravery's On Fire" (5)
     from "Character" (Rachael Sage)
4. "Looking Out My Back Door" (5)
     from "Chicago Barn Dance" (Special Consensus)
7. "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" (4)
     from "2020" (Eliza Gilkyson)
7. "Helpless" (4)
     from "Helpless - single" (Molly Tuttle)
7. "The Path of Stones" (4)
     from "The Path Of Stones" (John Doyle)
7. "Radio Signal" (4)
     from "Nonet" (The Mammals)
11. "Blue Sky Days" (3)
     from "Character" (Rachael Sage)
11. "Chicago Barn Dance" (3)
     from "Chicago Barn Dance" (Special Consensus)
11. "East Side West Side" (3)
     from "Nonet" (The Mammals)
11. "False Prophet" (3)
     from "Rough And Rowdy Ways" (Bob Dylan)

TOP ARTISTS of May 2020, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2863 plays from 97 playlists from 72 Folk DJs

1. John Prine (29)
        "The Tree Of Forgiveness" (8)
        "Souvenirs" (4)
2. Eliza Gilkyson (20)
        "2020" (18)
3. Gretchen Peters (18)
        "The Night You Wrote That Song: The Songs Of Mickey Newbury" (17)
3. John Doyle (18)
        "The Path Of Stones" (17)
3. Lara Herscovitch (18)
        "Highway Philosophers" (17)
6. Bob Dylan (15)
        "Dylan" (3)
        "Rough And Rowdy Ways" (3)
7. The Mammals (14)
        "Nonet" (12)
8. Della Mae (13)
        "Headlight" (12)
8. Lucinda Williams (13)
        "Good Souls Better Angels" (9)
8. Special Consensus (13)
        "Chicago Barn Dance" (10)
11. The Lowest Pair (12)
        "The Perfect Plan" (12)
11. Rachael Sage (12)
        "Character" (12)
13. Danny Schmidt (11)
        "2020 Vision" (6)
13. Indigo Girls (11)
        "Look Long" (9)
13. Little Richard (11)
        "Here's Little Richard" (2)
16. Amy Speace (10)
        "Me And The Ghost Of Charlemagne" (8)
16. Carla Ulbrich (10)
        "The Loud Album" (6)
16. Ken Dunn (10)
        "Ashes In The Morning" (10)
16. Nell And Jim Band (10)
        "Western Sun" (10)
16. Watkins Family Hour (10)
        "Brother Sister" (10)
21. Billy Strings (9)
        "Home" (6)
21. Sierra Hull (9)
        "25 Trips" (9)
23. Barry Oreck (8)
        "We Fit Together" (8)
23. The Haden Triplets (8)
        "The Family Songbook" (8)
23. Kim Richey (8)
        "A Long Way Back - The Songs Of Glimmer" (7)
23. Pete Seeger (8)
        "Songs of Hope and Struggle" (2)
23. Rachel Garlin (8)
        "Mondegreens" (7)
23. Rory Block (8)
        "Prove It on Me" (7)
23. Stevie Wonder (8)
        "Songs in the Key of Life" (4)
23. Valerie Smith (8)
        "From a Distance - single" (4)
        "The Human Condition" (3)

TOP LABELS of May 2020, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2863 plays from 97 playlists from 72 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (88)
2. Compass (59)
3. Red House (55)
4. Oh Boy (24)
5. Sugar Hill (23)
5. Yep Roc (23)
7. Thirty Tigers (22)
8. Borealis (20)
8. Smithsonian/Folkways (20)
10. Columbia (18)
11. New West (17/19)
12. La Rama (16)
13. Free Dirt (14)
14. Waterbug (13)
15. Scarlet Letter (12)
15. Vanguard (12)
17. Rebel (11)
17. Signature Sounds (11)
17. Stony Plain (11)
17. Warner (11)

FOLK DJs - May 2020, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2863 plays from 97 playlists from 72 Folk DJs

Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM, NY)
Art Menius (WCOM-LP, NC)
Artie Martello (WIOX-FM & podcast, NY)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bob Heyer (WWOV-LP, WV)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Brenda Tacik (CJTR-FM, SK)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM & radiofreeamerica.com, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-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)
Diane Crowe (WMCB-LP, MA)
Diane Karl (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Eddie O'Strange (kiwifolk.com-FM & Wellington Access Radio, New Zealand)
Fred Frawley (WMPG-FM, ME)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Greg Torrington (stingray.com)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
James Sereda (WUSB-FM, NY)
Jan Hall (CFRU-FM & soundcloud.com, ON)
Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA)
Jeannie Holton (WMNF-FM, FL)
Jeff Zolitor (KZYX-FM, CA)
Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)
Jim Monaghan (WDHA-FM, NJ)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, NJ)
John Mazza (WNHU-FM, CT)
John Platt (WFUV-FM, NY)
John Sillberg (CKOL-FM, ON)
John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA)
Jon Colcord (Syndicated, NH)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY)
Juergen Kramer (Radio ZuSa, Germany)
Kai Schafft (WVBR-FM, NY)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM & radiofreeamerica.com, IL)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM, AR)
Lyle D. Skinner (CKJS-AM & CJUM-FM, MB)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDH-FM, VT)
Mark Tobler (WTUL-FM, LA)
Matt Watroba (WKAR-FM, MI)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Park (MixCloud & PRX, NY)
Michael Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers & acousticrainbow.com, New Zealand)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Porzio (Cox Cable, VA)
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 & syndicated, PA)
Robert Resnik (Vermont Public Radio)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Sonny Ochs (WIOX-FM, NY)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Susi Lanagan (PBS-FM, Australia)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Valerie Smith (WLIJ-FM & syndicated, TN)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM & syndicated, NY)