Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
May 2020, Week 5

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of May 2020, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1819 plays from 63 playlists from 42 Folk DJs

  1: "The Night You Wrote That Song: The Songs Of Mickey Newbury," Gretchen Peters [Scarlet Letter, 5/2020] (12)
        "Frisco Depot" (3)
        "She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye" (2)
  2: "Spider Tales," Jake Blount [Free Dirt, 5/2020] (9/16)
        "Beyond This Wall" (2)
        "Brown Skin Baby" (2)
        "Rocky Road to Dublin" (2)
        "The Angels Done Bowed Down" (2)
  3: "Ghosts Of West Virginia," Steve Earle And The Dukes [New West, 2020] (8)
        "It's About Blood" (2)
        "Time Is Never On Our Side" (2)
        "Heaven Ain't Goin' Nowhere" (2)
  3: "Western Sun," Nell And Jim Band [Whippoorwill Arts, 5/2020] (8)
        "By Stars and Sunrise" (2)
  5: "The_Human_Condition," Valerie Smith [Self] (7/8)
        "If Ever We Should Meet Again" (2)
        "Just As Long As You Love Me" (2)
        "That's All" (2)
  5: "Big Blue Sky In The Morning," Barbara Jo Kammer [Self, 5/2020] (7)
        "Free Again" (2)
        "Cheap Whiskey" (2)
  5: "Look Long," Indigo Girls [Rounder, 5/2020] (7)
        "Country Radio" (2)
        "Look Long" (2)
  5: "The Loud Album," Carla Ulbrich [Self, 4/2020] (7)
        "Fat Elvis" (3)
  5: "Seven," Lizzy Hardingham [Self] (7)
        "Shallow Brown" (2)
        "Lizzy Hardingham" (2)
 10: "Dylan," Bob Dylan [Columbia, 2007] (6)
        "Brownsville Girl" (1)
 10: "Ghost Tattoo," Kristen Grainger And True North [Self, 5/2020] (6)
        "Lonesome LA Cowboy" (2)
 12: "Chicago Barn Dance," Special Consensus [Compass, 5/2020] (5)
        "Lake Shore Drive" (2)
 12: "I Have Known Women: Songs by Si Kahn Celebrating Women's Lives & Struggles," Saro Lynch-Thomason & Sam Gleaves [Strictly Country, 5/2020] (5)
        "The Border" (1)
 12: "The Path Of Stones," John Doyle [Compass, 5/2020] (5)
        "The Rambler from Clare" (1)
 15: "2020," Eliza Gilkyson [Red House, 5/2020] (4)
        "Promises to Keep" (1)
 15: "Edge Of America," Crowes Pasture [crowespastureduo.com, 2017] (4)
        "Catch The Wind" (2)
 15: "Headlight," Della Mae [Rounder, 2/2020] (4)
        "Headlight" (2)
 15: "Heartbreaker Please," Teddy Thompson [Thirty Tigers, 2020] (4)
        "Teddy Thompson" (2)
 15: "Highway Philosophers," Lara Herscovitch [La Rama, 4/2020] (4)
        "Rise" (1)
 15: "Little Lion," Teghan Devon [Self] (4)
        "Little Lion" (2)
        "Greiving Fire" (2)
 15: "Nonet," The Mammals [Humble Abode, 5/2020] (4)
        "East Side West Side" (1)
 15: "Reunions," Jason Isbell [Thirty Tigers] (4)
        "Only Children" (2)
 15: "Time Traveler," Jason Wilber [Wilbertone, 5/2020] (4)
        "The Old Ones" (1)
 15: "We Fit Together," Barry Oreck [Self, 5/2020] (4)
        "A Simple Song" (2)

TOP SONGS of May 2020, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1819 plays from 63 playlists from 42 Folk DJs

1. "From A Distance" (5)
     from "From A Distance - single" (Valerie Smith)
2. "Cheap Whiskey" (3)
     from "Big Blue Sky In The Morning" (Barbara Jo Kammer)
2. "Fat Elvis" (3)
     from "The Loud Album" (Carla Ulbrich)
2. "Frisco Depot" (3)
     from "The Night You Wrote That Song: The Songs Of Mickey Newbury" (Gretchen Peters)

TOP ARTISTS of May 2020, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1819 plays from 63 playlists from 42 Folk DJs

1. Bob Dylan (14)
        "Dylan" (6)
1. Valerie Smith (14)
        "The_Human_Condition" (8)
        "From A Distance - single" (4)
3. Gretchen Peters (12)
        "The Night You Wrote That Song: The Songs Of Mickey Newbury" (10)
4. Jake Blount (11/17)
        "Spider Tales" (16)
5. Carla Ulbrich (10)
        "The Loud Album" (7)
        "Inside Jokes: Songs from Quarantine" (3)
6. John Prine (9)
        "Aimless Love" (2)
6. Steve Earle And The Dukes (9)
        "Ghosts Of West Virginia" (8)
8. Barbara Jo Kammer (8)
        "Big Blue Sky In The Morning" (7)
8. Indigo Girls (8)
        "Look Long" (7)
8. Mark Erelli (8)
        "Exclusive Live Field Recording" (3)
8. Nell And Jim Band (8)
        "Western Sun" (8)
12. Magpie (7)
        "When We Stand Together" (4)
13. Emmylou Harris (6)
        "At the Ryman" (2)
13. Joan Baez (6)
        "The Complete A&M Recordings" (1)
13. Kristen Grainger And True North (6)
        "Ghost Tattoo" (6)
13. Special Consensus (6)
        "Chicago Barn Dance" (5)

TOP LABELS of May 2020, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1819 plays from 63 playlists from 42 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (49)
2. Red House (38)
3. Compass (28)
4. Columbia (21)
5. Sugar Hill (20)
6. Proper (19/22)
6. Philo (19)
8. Free Dirt (15/19)
8. Smithsonian/Folkways (15)
10. Shanachie (13/17)
10. New West (13)
10. Rhino (13)
13. Borealis (12)
14. Thirty Tigers (11/15)
14. Pinecastle (11)
14. Signature Sounds (11)
17. Vanguard (10)
18. Rebel (9/13)
19. Mercury (7/8)
19. Legacy (7)
19. Mountain Home (7)
19. Sony (7)
19. Strictly Country (7)
24. Capitol (6)
24. Nonesuch (6)
24. Oh Boy (6)
24. Scarlet Letter (6)
24. True North (6)
24. Warner (6)

FOLK DJs - May 2020, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1819 plays from 63 playlists from 42 Folk DJs

Armin Heurich (WVBR-FM, NY)
Artie Martello (WIOX-FM & bluesandrootsradio.com, NY)
Bob Heyer (WWOV-LP, WV)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
Brenda Tacik (CJTR-FM, SK)
Bruce Swan (WPKN-FM & WRFR-LP, CT)
Bud Johnson (KNBA-FM & syndicated, AK)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM & radiofreeamerica.com, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Cindy Funk (WYSO-FM, OH)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Robinson (Wisconsin Public Radio)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Eddie O'Strange (kiwifolk.com-FM & Wellington Access Radio, New Zealand)
Fred Frawley (WMPG-FM, ME)
Greg Priddy (WJCU-FM, OH)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
James Sereda (WUSB-FM, NY)
Jan Hall (CFRU-FM & soundcloud.com, ON)
Jeannie Holton (WMNF-FM, FL)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, NJ)
John Sillberg (CKOL-FM, ON)
Jon Colcord (Syndicated, NH)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kelly Walker (WTSU-FM & podcast, AL)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM, AR)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDH-FM, VT)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers, New Zealand)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-FM, NY)
Rachel Anne Goodman (KSQD-FM, CA)
Ray Baumler (WRUR-FM, NY)
Ray Naylor (WPPM-FM, PA)
Rob Killam (WFIT-FM, FL)
Robert Resnik (Vermont Public Radio)
Sonny Ochs (WIOX-FM, NY)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Steven Morrison (KBOO-FM, OR)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)