Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
November 2020, Week 4

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of November 2020, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2843 plays from 101 playlists from 79 Folk DJs

  1: "Woman In Color," Raye Zaragoza [Rebel River, 10/2020] (18)
        "They Say" (5)
        "Change Your Name" (3)
  2: "The Onlies," The Onlies [Self, 11/2020] (13/15)
        "All Young" (2)
        "Still Looking for You" (2)
        "A Few More Years Shall Roll" (2)
        "Diamond Joe" (2)
        "Going Across the Sea" (2)
  2: "Just A Little Rain," Ray Cardwell [Bonfire, 11/2020] (13)
        "Thief In The Night" (3)
        "Grass Is Greener" (2)
        "Rising Sun" (2)
        "Take Me To The River" (2)
  4: "Old Friends," Gathering Time [Treble-G, 2020] (12)
        "Carry On" (2)
        "At Seventeen" (2)
  5: "Chasing Echoes," Phil Henry [Board By Board, 10/2020] (11)
        "There Be Monsters Here" (3)
        "I wish I knew you then" (2)
        "What Good Is A Song" (2)
  5: "Pretty Free," Justin Farren [Self, 10/2020] (11)
        "Eyes Be Healed" (3)
        "Fixer Upper" (2)
  5: "Songs Doc Didn't Sing," Doc And Merle Watson [Fli, 10/2020] (11)
        "Windy & Warm" (4)
        "John Henry/worried Blues" (2)
  5: "Brave The Storm," Last Year's Man [Self, 11/2020] (11)
        "Brave the Storm" (3)
        "The Valley Of Jehoshaphat" (2)
        "The Dark End of the Road" (2)
  9: "Back To The Earth," Adam Hurt [Ubiquitone, 11/2020] (10)
        "Backstep Cindy" (3)
        "Waiting for the Boatsman" (3)
        "Kentucky Winder" (2)
  9: "Commonplaces," Partington And Sweeney [Ed Sweeney, 11/2020] (10)
        "New England's Daughter" (3)
        "Young but Daily a Growing" (2)
        "Like Bread Upon The Water" (2)
        "Times A Getting Hard Boys" (2)
  9: "Come Darkness, Come Light," Mary Chapin Carpenter [Zoe, 2008] (10)
        "Thanksgiving Song" (10)
  9: "Flyover Country," Susan Werner [Self, 10/2020] (10)
        "To Be There" (3)
        "Why Why Why" (2)
  9: "Jaroso," Darrell Scott [Full Light, 11/2020] (10)
        "Evangelina" (2)
        "Life Is Cheap" (2)
        "There's a Stone Around My Belly" (2)
  9: "Boots No. 2 The Lost Songs, Vol. 1," Gillian Welch [Acony, 8/2020] (10)
        "Tear My Stillhouse Down" (1)
 15: "Ghost Tattoo," Kristen Grainger And True North [Self, 6/2020] (9)
        "Keep the River on Your Right" (3)
 15: "I Can Still Hear You," Suzzy Roche And Lucy Wainwright Roche [Storysound, 10/2020] (9)
        "I Can Still Hear You" (4)
        "I Think I Am A Soul" (2)
 15: "Mipso," Mipso [Rounder, 11/2020] (9)
        "Caroline" (3)
 15: "Tangle Of Souls," Scott Cook [Self, 8/2020] (9)
        "Put Your Good Foot in the Road" (2)
        "Rollin' To You" (2)
 15: "Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 3," Gillian Welch [Acony, 11/2020] (9)
        "Cowboy Rides Away" (2)
 20: "Another Sky," Kelly's Lot [Self, 2020] (8)
        "I Will Find You Again" (2)
        "Butterfly" (2)
 20: "The Prettiest Bird," Susan Pepper [Ballad, 2020] (8)
        "Looking Up" (3)
 20: "Soul River," Matthew Alexander [Caravan, 10/2020] (8)
        "Steel Rail Blues" (2)
        "Days of Old San Juan" (2)
 20: "Alice's Restaurant," Arlo Guthrie [Warner, 2015] (8)
        "Alice's Restaurant" (5)
 20: "Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967)," Joni Mitchell [Rhino, 9/2020] (8)
        "Day After Day" (1)
 25: "100 Summers," James Lee Baker [Self, 9/2020] (7/8)
        "100 Summers" (3)
 25: "Begin Again," Lyn Koonce [Self, 9/2020] (7)
        "These Days" (2)
        "If I Needed You" (2)
 25: "Cabin Fever: Songs From The Quarantine," John McCutcheon [Appalsongs, 6/2020] (7)
        "Six Feet Away" (2)
        "Hallelujah Morning" (2)
        "The Night That John Prine Died" (2)
 25: "Chasing Rabbits," Terra Spencer [Self, 11/2020] (7)
        "Manitoba Maple" (3)
        "Training To Fly" (2)
 25: "The Gleam III (The Third Gleam)," The Avett Brothers [Loma Vista, 8/2020] (7)
        "I Should've Spent The Day With My Family" (3)
 25: "Imagine We Have Wings," Jane Godfrey [Self, 9/2020] (7)
        "The Moon Tonight" (2)
        "Move on in Love" (2)
 25: "Johnny Cash & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra," Johnny Cash [Columbia, 11/2020] (7)
        "Girl From The North Country" (2)
 25: "The Last Waltz," The Band [Rhino, 1978] (7)
        "Shadows and Light" (1)
 25: "Shadow Of The Cyclone," Aaron Nathans And Michael G. Ronstadt [Self, 10/2020] (7)
        "I Go Low" (2)
        "Carry a Tune" (2)

TOP SONGS of November 2020, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2843 plays from 101 playlists from 79 Folk DJs

1. "Thanksgiving Song" (10)
     from "Come Darkness, Come Light" (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
2. "Thanksgiving" (7)
     from "Thanksgiving" (Si Kahn)
3. "Alice's Restaurant" (5)
     from "Alice's Restaurant" (Arlo Guthrie)
3. "The Finest Adventure" (5)
     from "Ordinary Love" (Ellis Delaney)
3. "They Say" (5)
     from "Woman In Color" (Raye Zaragoza)
6. "Birches" (4)
     from "Night Train" (Bill Morrissey)
6. "I Can Still Hear You" (4)
     from "I Can Still Hear You" (Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche)
6. "Let Me Tell You What I Think" (4)
     from "Let Me Tell You What I Think - single" (Ordinary Elephant)
6. "Windy & Warm" (4)
     from "Songs Doc Didn't Sing" (Doc & Merle Watson)
10. "100 Summers" (3/4)
     from "100 Summers" (James Lee Baker)
10. "The One Percent" (3)
     from "The One Percent - single" (Murray McLauchlan)
10. "Backstep Cindy" (3)
     from "Back To The Earth" (Adam Hurt)
10. "Brave the Storm" (3)
     from "Brave The Storm" (Last Year's Man)
10. "Caroline" (3)
     from "Mipso" (Mipso)
10. "Change Your Name" (3)
     from "Woman In Color" (Raye Zaragoza)

TOP ARTISTS of November 2020, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2843 plays from 101 playlists from 79 Folk DJs

1. Gillian Welch (27)
        "Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 3" (8)
        "Boots No. 2 The Lost Songs, Vol. 1" (4)
2. Arlo Guthrie (18)
        "Alice's Restaurant" (7)
        "Live In Sydney" (4)
2. Raye Zaragoza (18)
        "Woman In Color" (16)
4. The Onlies (15/16)
        "The Onlies" (15)
4. Darrell Scott (15)
        "Jaroso" (10)
6. Doc And Merle Watson (14)
        "Songs Doc Didn't Sing" (11)
6. Ray Cardwell (14)
        "Just A Little Rain" (13)
8. Bob Dylan (13)
        "Dylan" (5)
        "Rough And Rowdy Ways" (3)
8. Gathering Time (13)
        "Old Friends" (11)
8. Joni Mitchell (13)
        "Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967)" (7)
11. John McCutcheon (12)
        "Cabin Fever: Songs From The Quarantine" (7)
11. Last Year's Man (12)
        "Brave The Storm" (9)
11. Mary Chapin Carpenter (12)
        "Come Darkness, Come Light" (10)
14. Adam Hurt (11)
        "Back To The Earth" (10)
14. Justin Farren (11)
        "Pretty Free" (11)
14. Kristen Grainger And True North (11)
        "Ghost Tattoo" (9)
14. Phil Henry (11)
        "Chasing Echoes" (11)
14. Susan Werner (11)
        "Flyover Country" (10)
19. The Band (10)
        "The Last Waltz" (5)
        "Buan" (3)
19. Mipso (10)
        "Mipso" (9)
19. Partington And Sweeney (10)
        "Commonplaces" (10)
19. Scott Cook (10)
        "Tangle Of Souls" (9)
23. Bill Morrissey (9)
        "The Essential Collection" (3)
23. Johnny Cash (9)
        "Johnny Cash & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra" (5)
23. Matthew Alexander (9)
        "Soul River" (8)
23. Si Kahn (9)
        "Thanksgiving" (7)
23. Terra Spencer (9)
        "Chasing Rabbits" (7)
28. The Avett Brothers (8)
        "The Gleam III (The Third Gleam)" (7)
28. Dolly Parton (8)
        "Best of Dolly Parton" (2)
28. Gordon Lightfoot (8)
        "Summertime Dream" (2)
28. Kelly's Lot (8)
        "Another Sky" (8)
28. Susan Pepper (8)
        "The Prettiest Bird" (8)
28. Suzzy Roche And Lucy Wainwright Roche (8)
        "I Can Still Hear You" (8)

TOP LABELS of November 2020, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2843 plays from 101 playlists from 79 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (78)
2. Columbia (46)
3. Acony (26)
4. Thirty Tigers (25)
5. Red House (23)
6. Rhino (22)
6. Sugar Hill (22)
8. Signature Sounds (20)
8. Smithsonian/Folkways (20)
10. Compass (19)
10. Vanguard (19)
12. Rebel (17)
12. Warner (17)
14. Borealis (15)
15. Bonfire (14)
16. Full Light (13)
17. Legacy (12)
17. RCA (12)
17. Reprise (12)
20. Flying Fish (11)
20. Nonesuch (11)
20. Philo (11)

FOLK DJs - November 2020, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2843 plays from 101 playlists from 79 Folk DJs

Abby Parks (WLJS-FM, AL)
Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM, NY)
Art Menius (WCOM-LP, NC)
Artie Martello (WIOX-FM & bluesandrootsradio.com, NY)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bob Heyer (WWOV-LP, WV)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Brenda Tacik (CJTR-FM, SK)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris Denerley (beyondradio.co.uk, UK)
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)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM, GA)
David John (KEOS-FM & KAXE-FM, MN)
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)
Fred Frawley (WMPG-FM, ME)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Graham & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Greg Priddy (WJCU-FM, OH)
Greg Torrington (stingray.com)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
Jan Hall (CFRU-FM & soundcloud.com, ON)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jeff Zolitor (KZYX-FM, CA)
Jim Canales (WWSP-FM, WI)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Jim Welsh (Radio Summerhall & MixCloud, UK)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, NJ)
John Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA)
John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ)
Jon Colcord (Syndicated, NH)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY)
Kai Schafft (WVBR-FM, NY)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA)
Ken Nagelberg (WHYR-FM, LA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Kevin Vance (KPFA-FM & soundcloud.com, CA)
Laura Chartier (KNBA-FM & syndicated, AK)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM, AR)
Lyle D. Skinner (CJUM-FM & CKJS-AM, MB)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDH-FM, VT)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Park (MixCloud & PRX, NY)
Michael S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers, New Zealand)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Porzio (Cox Cable, VA)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Peter Thompson (KALW-FM, CA)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM, WA)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & syndicated, PA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Sonny Ochs (WIOX-FM, NY)
Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, MB)
Steven Morrison (KBOO-FM, OR)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Susi Lanagan (PBS-FM, Australia)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, PA)
Terry B. Moses & Naomi Soule (KCLC-FM, MO)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)