Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
June 2020, Week 5

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of June 2020, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2434 plays from 64 playlists from 45 Folk DJs

  1: "Nonet," The Mammals [Humble Abode, 5/2020] (18)
        "If You Could Hear Me Now" (5)
        "Radio Signal" (3)
  2: "Rough And Rowdy Ways," Bob Dylan [Columbia, 6/2020] (16)
        "Goodbye Jimmy Reed" (3)
        "I've Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You" (2)
        "Mother of Muses" (2)
        "Crossing the Rubicon" (2)
        "Key West" (2)
        "I contain multitudes" (2)
  3: "2020," Eliza Gilkyson [Red House, 5/2020] (15)
        "Promises to Keep" (4)
        "My Heart Aches" (2)
        "We Are Not Alone" (2)
        "Beautiful World Of Mine" (2)
        "Peace in Our Hearts" (2)
        "Beach Haven" (2)
  4: "World On The Ground," Sarah Jarosz [Rounder, 6/2020] (13)
        "Hometown" (3)
        "Johnny" (2)
        "Little Satchel" (2)
        "Orange And Blue" (2)
  5: "Big Road," David Bromberg Band [Red House, 4/2020] (10)
        "Take This Hammer" (3)
        "Roll on John" (2)
        "Standing in the Need of Prayer" (2)
  6: "Cabin Fever: Songs From The Quarantine," John McCutcheon [Appalsongs, 6/2020] (9)
        "The Night That John Prine Died" (5)
        "Earth" (2)
  7: "Bet On Love," Pharis And Jason Romero [Self, 5/2020] (8)
        "Hometown Blues" (4)
        "Bet On Love" (2)
        "Roll On My Friend" (2)
  7: "Ordinary Love," Ellis Delaney [Singing Crow, 6/2020] (8)
        "Bird on a Wire" (2)
        "The Finest Adventure" (2)
        "Happy Life" (2)
  9: "Ghosts Of West Virginia," Steve Earle And The Dukes [New West, 2020] (7/11)
        "Fastest Man Alive" (3)
        "John Henry Was a Steel Drivin' Man" (2)
  9: "Bad For You," The Steeldrivers [Rounder, 2/2020] (7)
        "I Choose You" (2)
        "Innocent Man" (2)
  9: "Songs Of Our Native Daughters," Our Native Daughters [Smithsonian/Folkways, 2/2020] (7)
        "Black Myself" (3)
  9: "Swingin' At The Savoy," Vi Wickam And Paul Anastasio [Self, 6/2020] (7)
        "St. James Infirmary Blues" (2)
  9: "Western Sun," Nell And Jim Band [Whippoorwill Arts, 5/2020] (7)
        "Hurricane" (1)
 14: "25 Trips," Sierra Hull [Rounder, 5/2020] (6)
        "Father Time" (2)
 14: "Headlight," Della Mae [Rounder, 2/2020] (6)
        "The Odds of Getting Even" (2)
 14: "Look Long," Indigo Girls [Rounder, 5/2020] (6)
        "Look Long" (2)
        "Sorrow And Joy" (2)
 14: "Reunions," Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit [Southeastern, 2020] (6)
        "Dreamsicle" (2)
 18: "Bull Frogs Croon," Aoife O Donovan [Yep Roc] (5)
        "Lakes of Pontchartrain" (2)
 18: "Good Good Man," Vance Gilbert [Disismye, 1/2020] (5)
        "Another Great Day Above Ground" (2)
        "Flyby" (2)
 18: "Hello Stranger," Eliza Meyer [Self, 1/2020] (5)
        "Hello Stranger" (2)
        "Dad's Yard" (2)
 18: "I Have Known Women - Songs by Si Kahn Celebrating Women's Lives & Struggles," Saro Lynch-Thomason & Sam Gleaves [Strictly Country, 5/2020] (5)
        "Room For All" (1)
 18: "Keep On Walkin'," Julie And John Pennell [JPE, 6/2020] (5)
        "Your Body Never Forgets" (1)
 18: "Let Love Go On," Mark Dvorak [Ten Fingers, 2020] (5)
        "Old Friends" (2)
        "In The Shadow Of The Mountain" (2)
 18: "The Night You Wrote That Song: The Songs Of Mickey Newbury," Gretchen Peters [Scarlet Letter, 5/2020] (5)
        "Heaven Help the Child" (3)
 18: "The Path Of Stones," John Doyle [Compass, 5/2020] (5)
        "The Rambler from Clare" (2)
 18: "Vol. 1," Various Artists [Smithsonian/Folkways] (5)
        "Singing Slaves,Autobiography of Frederick Douglass," Ossie Davis (1)

TOP SONGS of June 2020, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2434 plays from 64 playlists from 45 Folk DJs

1. "If You Could Hear Me Now" (6)
     from "Nonet" (The Mammals)
2. "The Night That John Prine Died" (5)
     from "Cabin Fever: Songs From The Quarantine" (John McCutcheon)
     also "Cabin Fever" (John McCutcheon)
3. "Amen to the Freedom Rides" (4)
     from "Besos Kisses" (Colleen Kattau)
3. "Hometown Blues" (4)
     from "Bet On Love" (Pharis & Jason Romero)
3. "I Remember Everything" (4)
     from "I Remember Everything" (John Prine)
3. "Promises to Keep" (4)
     from "2020" (Eliza Gilkyson)
3. "Rose Garden" (4)
     from " Rose Garden - single" (Blueliner)
8. "Devil Put the Coal in the Ground" (3/4)
     from "Devil Put the Coal in the Ground" (Steve Earle)
8. "$20 Bill" (3)
     from "$20 Bill - single" (Tom Prasada-Rao)
8. "2020 Vision" (3)
     from "2020 Vision" (Danny Schmidt)
8. "Fastest Man Alive" (3)
     from "Ghosts Of West Virginia" (Steve Earle & The Dukes)
8. "Fine, Thank You!" (3)
     from "Fine, Thank You!" (Deborah Holland)
8. "George Floyd" (3)
     from "George Floyd - single" (Susan Pepper)
8. "Goodbye Jimmy Reed" (3)
     from "Rough And Rowdy Ways" (Bob Dylan)
8. "Heaven Help the Child" (3)
     from "The Night You Wrote That Song: The Songs Of Mickey Newbury" (Gretchen Peters)
8. "Hometown" (3)
     from "World On The Ground" (Sarah Jarosz)

TOP ARTISTS of June 2020, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2434 plays from 64 playlists from 45 Folk DJs

1. Bob Dylan (24)
        "Rough And Rowdy Ways" (16)
2. John McCutcheon (20)
        "Cabin Fever" (9)
        "This Fire" (3)
2. John Prine (20)
        "I Remember Everything" (4)
        "Souvenirs" (3)
2. The Mammals (20)
        "Nonet" (18)
5. Eliza Gilkyson (18)
        "2020" (15)
6. Steve Earle And The Dukes (15/18)
        "Ghosts Of West Virginia" (11)
        "Devil Put the Coal in the Ground" (3)
7. Sarah Jarosz (14)
        "World On The Ground" (13)
8. Sweet Honey in the Rock (11/13)
        "Live For Sirius XM" (4)
        "Breaths" (3)
        "#Love In Evolution" (3)
9. Pharis And Jason Romero (10)
        "Bet On Love" (8)
10. David Bromberg Band (9)
        "Big Road" (9)
10. Ellis Delaney (9)
        "Ordinary Love" (8)
10. Nanci Griffith (9)
        "Other Voices, Other Rooms" (3)
13. Judy Collins (8)
        "Forever" (2)
13. Our Native Daughters (8)
        "Songs Of Our Native Daughters" (7)
13. Vance Gilbert (8)
        "Good Good Man" (5)
16. Mike Glick (7/9)
        "Alternate Facts & Other White Lies" (3)
16. Danny Schmidt (7)
        "2020 Vision" (3)
        "A Prayer For The Sane" (3)
16. Indigo Girls (7)
        "Look Long" (6)
16. Nell And Jim Band (7)
        "Western Sun" (7)
16. The Steeldrivers (7)
        "Bad For You" (7)
21. Crys Matthews (6)
        "These Old Hands" (3)
21. Dave Van Ronk (6)
        "A Chrestomathy" (1)
21. Della Mae (6)
        "Headlight" (6)
21. Ellis Paul (6)
        "The Storyteller's Suitcase" (2)
21. Greg Brown (6)
        "The Poet Game" (2)
21. Neil Young (6)
        "Try" (2)
21. Pete Seeger (6)
        "American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 1" (1)
21. Saro Lynch-Thomason & Sam Gleaves (6)
        "I Have Known Women - Songs by Si Kahn Celebrating Women's Lives & Struggles" (5)
21. Sierra Hull (6)
        "25 Trips" (6)
21. Stan Rogers (6)
        "Fogarty's Cove" (2)
21. Vi Wickam And Paul Anastasio (6)
        "Swingin' At The Savoy" (4)

TOP LABELS of June 2020, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2434 plays from 64 playlists from 45 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (99)
2. Red House (50)
2. Smithsonian/Folkways (50)
4. Columbia (46)
5. Compass (36)
6. New West (21)
7. Elektra (18)
7. Vanguard (18)
9. Sugar Hill (17)
10. Oh Boy (16)
10. Warner (16)
12. Yep Roc (14)
13. Waterbug (13/49)
13. Rhino (13/16)
13. Appleseed (13)
16. Appalsongs (12)
16. Philo (12)
18. ARC (11)
18. Flying Fish (11)
18. Signature Sounds (11)
21. Humble Abode (10)
21. Rebel (10)
23. BMG (9)
23. Borealis (9)
23. MCA (9)
23. Nonesuch (9)
23. RCA (9)
23. Sony (9)

FOLK DJs - June 2020, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2434 plays from 64 playlists from 45 Folk DJs

Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bob Sherman (WFUV-FM, NY)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
Caroline Doctorow (WPKN-FM, CT)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM & radiofreeamerica.com, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Murphy (folkfrontier.com, NH)
David John (KAXE-FM & KBXR-FM, MN)
Diane Karl (KBOO-FM, OR)
Doug Adamz (KTAL-LP, NM)
Fred Frawley (WMPG-FM, ME)
Greg Priddy (WJCU-FM, OH)
Greg Torrington (stingray.com)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jim Welsh (Radio Summerhall & MixCloud, UK)
John Platt (WFUV-FM, NY)
John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ)
Jon Colcord (Syndicated, NH)
Judy & Dennis Cook (WOBC-FM, OH)
Juergen Kramer (Radio ZuSa, Germany)
Kate McNally (New Hampshire Public Radio)
Kelly Walker (WTSU-FM & podcast, AL)
Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM & radiofreeamerica.com, IL)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Lyle D. Skinner (CKJS-AM, MB)
Mary Sue Twohy (SiriusXM & folk.org)
Matt Watroba (WKAR-FM, MI)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Park (MixCloud & PRX, NY)
Michael S. Stock (WLRN-FM)
Paul Stamler (KDHX-FM, MO)
Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-FM, NY)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Rachel Anne Goodman (KSQD-FM, CA)
Rich Warren (WFMT-FM & syndicated, IL)
Richard Gordon (WVUD-FM, DE)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM & radiofreeamerica.com, UT)
Robert Resnik (Vermont Public Radio)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM, NJ)