Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
September 2020, Week 1

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of September 2020, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2685 plays from 93 playlists from 75 Folk DJs

  1: "Old Friends," Gathering Time [Treble-G, 2020] (29)
        "You Were On My Mind" (4)
        "If You Could Read My Mind" (4)
        "Ripple" (4)
  2: "Tangle Of Souls," Scott Cook [Self, 8/2020] (19)
        "Say Can You See" (5)
        "Put Your Good Foot in the Road" (3)
        "Just Enough Empties" (3)
  3: "Cabin Fever: Songs From The Quarantine," John McCutcheon [Appalsongs, 6/2020] (15)
        "Front Line" (2)
        "Control" (2)
        "Hallelujah Morning" (2)
        "Six Feet Away" (2)
  4: "The Dirt And The Stars," Mary Chapin Carpenter [Lambent Light, 8/2020] (13)
        "Asking for a Friend" (3)
        "American Stooge" (3)
        "Between The Dirt And The Stars" (3)
        "Secret Keepers" (2)
  4: "Welcome Home," Michael And Nell [Roseheart, 8/2020] (13)
        "Day's Gonna Come" (5)
        "Election Year Rag" (4)
        "Boss Called A Meeting" (2)
  6: "Classic Labor Songs," Various Artists [Smithsonian/Folkways, 2006] (12)
        "Casey Jones," Pete Seeger & The Almanac Singers (2)
        "Union Maid," Harmony Sisterhood Band (2)
  7: "100 Summers," James Lee Baker [Self, 9/2020] (9)
        "100 Summers" (3)
  7: "Bet On Love," Pharis And Jason Romero [Self, 5/2020] (9)
        "Hometown Blues" (3)
        "New Day" (2)
  7: "Imagine We Have Wings," Jane Godfrey [Self, 9/2020] (9)
        "The Moon Tonight" (3)
        "Daggett Lake Revisited" (2)
  7: "Total Freedom," Kathleen Edwards [Dualtone, 9/2020] (9)
        "Ashes To Ashes" (2)
        "Who Rescued Who" (2)
  7: "Western Swing And Waltzes And Other Punchy Songs," Colter Wall [La Honda, 8/2020] (9)
        "Big Iron" (4)
        "Diamond Joe" (2)
        "High & Mighty" (2)
  7: "Possum Came To Town," The Barbaloots [Anything Is Possumable, 8/2020] (9)
        "Curly Sue" (3)
        "Catfish Wish" (2)
 13: "2020," Eliza Gilkyson [Red House, 5/2020] (8)
        "Peace in Our Hearts" (2)
        "Promises to Keep" (2)
 13: "Alternative Facts And Other White Lies," Mike Glick [Self, 6/2020] (8)
        "Alternative Facts" (2)
        "A Workers Song" (2)
 13: "I Have Known Women - Songs by Si Kahn Celebrating Women's Lives & Struggles," Saro Lynch-Thomason & Sam Gleaves [Strictly Country, 5/2020] (8)
        "Truck Driving Woman" (2)
 13: "When I Wait For You," Dirk Powell [Compass, 9/2020] (8)
        "I Ain't Playing Pretty Polly" (3)
 13: "World On The Ground," Sarah Jarosz [Rounder, 6/2020] (8)
        "Johnny" (2)
        "Hometown" (2)
 18: "Another Sky," Kelly's Lot [Self, 2020] (7)
        "The Irish Luck" (2)
        "Butterfly" (2)
 18: "Aragon Mill: The Bluegrass Sessions," Si Kahn And The Looping Brothers [Strictly Country, 2013] (7)
        "Aragon Mill" (4)
 18: "Kiss of the Diamondback," Gurf Morlix [Rootball, 9/2020] (7)
        "Geniuses" (3)
 18: "Lift Me Up," Rob Kneisler [Berserk Lion, 9/2020] (7)
        "Still, the Salmon Run" (2)
 18: "Long Day In The Milky Way," Kris Delmhorst [CEN, 8/2020] (7)
        "The Horses" (2)
 23: "...But I'd Rather Be With You," Molly Tuttle [Compass, 8/2020] (6)
        "Standing on the Moon" (2)
        "She's a Rainbow" (2)
 23: "Hands And Knees," Two Bird Stone [Wondermore, 2020] (6)
        "Hands and Knees" (1)
 23: "Hwy 17 Revisited," Penne Sandbeck [Self, 6/2020] (6)
        "Mermaids" (2)
 23: "This Land: Woody Guthrie's America," John McCutcheon [Appalsongs, 2011] (6)
        "Mail Myself to You" (1)
 23: "More From The Levee," Chris Smither [Signature Sounds, 9/2020] (6)
        "Caveman" (2)
        "Lonely Time" (2)
 23: "Old Road New Again," The Dillards [Pinecastle, 9/2020] (6)
        "Always Gonna Be You" (2)
 23: "Summer Again," Last Chance [Self, 9/2020] (6)
        "Broken Fence" (2)
 23: "Undercover," Bronwynne Brent [Self, 7/2020] (6)
        "Big Talker" (2)
 23: "Begin Again," Lyn Koonce [Self, 9/2020] (6)
        "Foot Stompin'" (4)
 23: "Where The Wind Blows - Dove Tia O Vento," Beppe Gambetta [Borealis] (6)
        "Wise Old Man" (3)

TOP SONGS of September 2020, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2685 plays from 93 playlists from 75 Folk DJs

1. "Say Can You See" (7)
     from "Tangle Of Souls" (Scott Cook)
1. "Songs Stay Sung" (7)
     from "Songs Stay Sung - single" (Zoe Mulford with Windborne)
3. "I'll Be Here In The Morning" (6)
     from "I'll Be Here In The Morning - single" (Tracy Grammer)
4. "They Say" (5)
     from "Woman In Color" (Raye Zaragoza)
5. "Aragon Mill" (4)
     from "Aragon Mill: The Bluegrass Sessions" (Si Kahn & The Looping Brothers)
5. "Big Iron" (4)
     from "Western Swing And Waltzes And Other Punchy Songs" (Colter Wall)
5. "Foot Stompin'" (4)
     from "Begin Again" (Lyn Koonce)
5. "If It Wasn't" (4)
     from "If It Wasn't - single" (Tiffany Williams & Jonathan Dean)
5. "If You Could Read My Mind" (4)
     from "Old Friends" (Gathering Time)
5. "Ripple" (4)
     from "Old Friends" (Gathering Time)
5. "Working Man" (4)
     from "This Much Is True" (Byrd & Street)
5. "You Were On My Mind" (4)
     from "Old Friends" (Gathering Time)
13. "100 Summers" (3)
     from "100 Summers" (James Lee Baker)
13. "Eight Miles High" (3)
     from "Noon" (Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon)
13. "American Stooge" (3)
     from "The Dirt And The Stars" (Mary Chapin Carpenter)

TOP ARTISTS of September 2020, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2685 plays from 93 playlists from 75 Folk DJs

1. Gathering Time (29)
        "Old Friends" (29)
2. John McCutcheon (27)
        "Cabin Fever: Songs From The Quarantine" (14)
        "This Land: Woody Guthrie's America" (5)
3. Scott Cook (22)
        "Tangle Of Souls" (19)
4. Si Kahn (18)
        "Aragon Mill: The Bluegrass Sessions" (7)
        "Courage" (3)
5. Justin Townes Earle (17)
        "Harlem River Blues" (5)
        "The Good Life" (3)
        "Midnight At The Movies" (3)
5. Pete Seeger (17)
        "American Industrial Ballads" (3)
        "Songs of Hope and Struggle" (3)
7. Mary Chapin Carpenter (14)
        "The Dirt And The Stars" (13)
8. Bob Dylan (12)
        "Rough And Rowdy Ways" (6)
        "via YouTube.com" (3)
9. Joe Jencks (11)
        "The Forgotten" (5)
10. The Barbaloots (9)
        "Possum Came To Town" (9)
10. Chris Smither (9)
        "More From The Levee" (6)
10. Colter Wall (9)
        "Western Swing And Waltzes And Other Punchy Songs" (9)
10. Eliza Gilkyson (9)
        "2020" (7)
10. James Lee Baker (9)
        "100 Summers" (9)
10. Jane Godfrey (9)
        "Imagine We Have Wings" (9)
10. Joan Baez (9)
        "75th Birthday Celebration" (1)
10. Kate Rusby (9)
        "Hand Me Down" (5)
10. Kathleen Edwards (9)
        "Total Freedom" (9)
10. Michael And Nell (9)
        "Welcome Home" (9)
10. Pharis And Jason Romero (9)
        "Bet On Love" (9)
10. Sarah Jarosz (9)
        "World On The Ground" (8)
22. Byrd & Street (8)
        "This Much Is True" (4)
        "Love Circles 'Round" (3)
22. Dirk Powell (8)
        "When I Wait For You" (8)
22. Mike Glick (8)
        "Alternative Facts And Other White Lies" (8)
22. Zoe Mulford with Windborne (8)
        "Songs Stay Sung - single" (7)
26. Richard thompson (7/16)
        "Celtschmerz" (6)
        "Rumor And Sigh" (4)
26. Darrell Scott (7)
        "Modern Hymns" (2)
26. Gillian Welch (7)
        "Boots No. 2 The Lost Songs, Vol. 1" (3)
26. Gurf Morlix (7)
        "Kiss of the Diamondback" (7)
26. Jamie Anderson (7)
        "Songs From Home EP" (4)
26. Kelly's Lot (7)
        "Another Sky" (7)
26. Kris Delmhorst (7)
        "Long Day In The Milky Way" (7)
26. Molly Tuttle (7)
        "...But I'd Rather Be With You" (6)
26. Rob Kneisler (7)
        "Lift Me Up" (7)
26. Saro Lynch-Thomason & Sam Gleaves (7)
        "I Have Known Women - Songs by Si Kahn Celebrating Women's Lives & Struggles" (7)

TOP LABELS of September 2020, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2685 plays from 93 playlists from 75 Folk DJs

1. Smithsonian/Folkways (68)
2. Rounder (67)
3. Compass (50)
4. Red House (36)
5. Columbia (28)
6. Sugar Hill (26)
6. Treble-G (26)
8. Strictly Country (21)
9. Appalsongs (20)
9. Pinecastle (20)
11. Thirty Tigers (19)
12. Borealis (18)
13. Sony (17)
13. Vanguard (17)
15. Free Dirt (14)
16. Bloodshot (13)
16. Warner (13)
18. Rhino (12)
19. Appleseed (11)
19. Legacy (11)
19. New West (11)
19. Nonesuch (11)
19. Roseheart (11)
19. Signature Sounds (11)

FOLK DJs - September 2020, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2685 plays from 93 playlists from 75 Folk DJs

Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM, NY)
Artie Martello (powerfolk.org & mostlyfolk.org, NY)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bob Sherman (WFUV-FM, NY)
Brenda Tacik (CJTR-FM, SK)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Bruce Swan (WRFR-LP, CT)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris Denerley (beyondradio.co.uk, MixCloud)
Cindy Funk (WYSO-FM, OH)
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)
David John (KAXE-FM, MN)
Dennis Brunnenmeyer (KVMR-FM, CA)
Diane Crowe (WMCB-LP, MA)
Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR)
Diane Karl (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Eddie O'Strange (kiwifolk.com-FM & Wellington Access Radio, New Zealand)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Greg Priddy (WJCU-FM, OH)
Greg Torrington (stingray.com)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
James Sereda (WUSB-FM, NY)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com)
Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, NJ)
John Patterson (CODA-FM & podcast)
John Platt (WFUV-FM, NY)
John Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA)
John Sillberg (CKOL-FM, ON)
John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ)
Jon Colcord (Syndicated, NH)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY)
Juergen Kramer (Radio ZuSa, Germany)
Justin Helmer (KVSC-FM, MN)
Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM, AR)
Lyle D. Skinner (CKJS-AM & CJUM-FM, MB)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDH-FM, VT)
Matthew Baya (WERU-FM, ME)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Park (MixCloud & PRX, NY)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers & folknortheast.com, New Zealand)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM & WWII-FM, NJ)
Peter Thompson (KALW-FM, CA)
Ray Baumler (WRUR-FM, NY)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM, WA)
Richard Gordon (WVUD-FM & syndicated, DE)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Rik Palieri (WBTV-LP, VT)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Ron Lewis (WNUR-FM, IL)
Sonny Ochs (WIOX-FM, NY)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Susi Lanagan (PBS-FM, Australia)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM & syndicated, NY)
Wayne Greene (KZCC-LP & KZCW-LP, TX)