Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
December 2020, Week 4

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of December 2020, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2980 plays from 96 playlists from 69 Folk DJs

  1: "Midwinter," Peter Mayer [Blue Boat, 2005] (25)
        "The Longest Night" (5)
        "Where Is the Light" (5)
  2: "Winter Wanderings," Sara Thomsen And Paula Pedersen [Self, 12/2020] (22)
        "Longest Night" (4)
        "Song for a Winter's Night" (3)
  3: "The Longest Night Of The Year, Vol. 3," Various Artists [Hudson Harding, 12/2020] (21)
        "Solstice Dreams," Amelia Krinke (6)
        "Gray Christmas," Gordonville, Usa (3)
        "Thank God the Liquor Stores Don't Close on Christmas Eve," Jon Shain & FJ Ventre (3)
  4: "The Bells of Dublin," The Chie [RCA, 12/2020] (17)
        "The Bells Of Dublin" (2)
  5: "Woman In Color," Raye Zaragoza [Rebel River, 10/2020] (14)
        "They Say" (4)
        "He Calls Me River" (2)
        "Ghosts Of Houston Street" (2)
        "Warrior" (2)
  6: "Old Friends," Gathering Time [Treble-G, 2020] (13)
        "A Hazy Shade of Winter" (3)
        "If You Could Read My Mind" (3)
        "Turn Turn Turn" (3)
        "Hurry Sundown" (2)
  7: "The Tide Of Winter," Runa [Self, 12/2020] (11)
        "Runa" (2)
        "Please To See The King" (2)
        "Brightest & Best-Gaudete-Noel Novelet" (2)
  8: "Out Under The Sky," Chaise Lounge [Modern Songbook, 12/2020] (10)
        "Trimmin' the Tree" (4)
        "Who Doesn't Like Christmas" (4)
  9: "A Midwinter Night's Dream," Loreena McKennitt [Quinlan Road, 2008] (9)
        "In the Bleak Midwinter" (2)
 10: "At The Turning Of The Year," Herdman, Hills & Mangsen [Hand And Heart, 2005] (8)
        "At the Turning of the Year" (2)
        "Years" (2)
        "Solstice Round" (2)
 10: "The Gift of the Magi," Darryl Purpose [Gambler's Grace, 12/2020] (8)
        "American Noel" (2)
 10: "How Like The Holly," Joel Mabus [Fossil, 1999] (8)
        "Children Go Where I Send Thee" (1)
 13: "Come Darkness, Come Light," Mary Chapin Carpenter [Zoe, 2008] (7/8)
        "Christmas Time In the City" (2)
        "Come Darkness, Come Light" (2)
 13: "Bethlehem," Storyhill [Story Hills, 12/2020] (7)
        "The Hills Are Bare at Bethlehem" (2)
        "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" (2)
 13: "Ghost Tattoo," Kristen Grainger And True North [Self, 6/2020] (7)
        "Ghost of Abuelito" (2)
 13: "Jaroso," Darrell Scott [Full Light, 11/2020] (7)
        "Fiddler Jones" (2)
 13: "Light Of The Stable," Emmylou Harris [Warner, 1979] (7)
        "Light of the Stable" (4)
        "The First Noel" (2)
 13: "The Longest Night of the Year vol. 1 Hudson Harding," Various Artists [Hudson Harding] (7)
        "Santa and Elvis," Mark Stepakoff (2)
 13: "The Longest Night Of The Year, Vol. 2," Various Artists [Hudson Harding, 11/2019] (7)
        "The Universal Holiday Greeting," Christine Lavin & The Mistletones (2)
 13: "The First Christmas Morning," Dan Fogelberg [Morning Sky] (7)
        "At Christmas Time" (2)
 21: "Another Sky," Kelly's Lot [Self, 2020] (6)
        "Christmas Is Calling" (4)
 21: "Cabin Fever: Songs From The Quarantine," John McCutcheon [Appalsongs, 6/2020] (6)
        "The Night That John Prine Died" (2)
        "Front Line" (2)
 21: "Christmas Day on Planet Earth," Lennie Gallant [Self, 12/2020] (6)
        "Christmas Day on Planet Earth" (5)
 21: "Christmas Morning," Silent Winters [Fallen Tree, 12/2019] (6)
        "I Heard The Bells On Christmas" (2)
 21: "It's Christmas Time in the City," Ed Sweeney [Self, 12/2020] (6)
        "It's Christmas Time" (1)
 21: "Just One Angel," Christine Lavin And Friends [Yellow Tail, 2010] (6)
        "These Ornaments" (1)
 21: "Just Like Leaving," Bella White [Self, 9/2020] (6)
        "Not to Blame" (2)
 21: "Just A Little Rain," Ray Cardwell [Bonfire, 11/2020] (6)
        "You Can't Send Me Flowers" (1)
 21: "Winter," Willowgreen [Self] (6)
        "Are You Burning Little Candle" (1)
 21: "Winter Solstice," John McCutcheon [Rounder, 1999] (6)
        "Winter Solstice" (2)
        "Christmas in the Trenches" (2)
 21: "Winter Stories," Judy Collins & Jonas Fjeld [Wildflower, 12/2019] (6)
        "The Fallow Way" (2)
        "Winter Stories" (2)
 21: "Distance And Time," Becky Buller [Dark Shadow, 2020] (6)
        "Don't Look Back" (2)
 21: "A Very Kacey Christmas," Kacey Musgraves [Mercury, 2016] (6)
        "A Willie Nice Christmas" (3)
        "Christmas Makes Me Cry" (2)
 21: "Wintersong," Various Artists [Rounder] (6)
        "Wintersong," John McCutcheon (2)

TOP SONGS of December 2020, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2980 plays from 96 playlists from 69 Folk DJs

1. "The Christians and the Pagans" (9)
     from "Mortal City" (Dar Williams)
     also "Many Great Companions" (Dar Williams)
2. "Mrs. Claus" (8)
     from "Mrs. Claus - single" (Lisa Jeanette)
3. "Christmas Day on Planet Earth" (7)
     from "Christmas Day on Planet Earth" (Lennie Gallant)
3. "Christmas in the Trenches" (7)
     from "Winter Solstice" (John McCutcheon)
5. "Longest Night" (6)
     from "Winter Wanderings" (Sara Thomsen & Paula Pedersen)
5. "Solstice Dreams" (6)
     from "The Longest Night of the Year, Vol. 3" (Amelia Krinke)
7. "American Noel" (5)
     from "American Noel" (Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer)
7. "Christmas in Paradise" (5)
     from "Filth And Fire" (Mary Gauthier)
7. "Christmas is Calling" (5)
     from "Another Sky" (Kelly's Lot)
7. "First Christmas" (5)
     from "Between The Breaks...Live!" (Stan Rogers)
7. "The Longest Night" (5)
     from "Midwinter" (Peter Mayer)
7. "River" (5)
     from "Blue" (Joni Mitchell)
7. "Where Is the Light" (5)
     from "Midwinter" (Peter Mayer)
14. "The December Letter" (4)
     from "The December Letter - single" (Aoife Scott)
14. "Don't Let the Door Hit You On the Way Out" (4)
     from "Don't Let the Door Hit You On the Way Out - single" (Jim Page)

TOP ARTISTS of December 2020, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2980 plays from 96 playlists from 69 Folk DJs

1. John McCutcheon (22)
        "Cabin Fever: Songs From The Quarantine" (6)
        "Winter Solstice" (4)
2. Sara Thomsen And Paula Pedersen (19)
        "Winter Wanderings" (19)
3. The Chie (17)
        "The Bells of Dublin" (17)
3. Raye Zaragoza (17)
        "Woman In Color" (8)
        "Woman in Color 2020 " (6)
        "Fight for You - 2017" (3)
5. John Prine (16)
        "The Tree Of Forgiveness" (5)
        "John Prine Christmas" (3)
        "Souvenirs" (3)
5. Peter Mayer (16)
        "Midwinter" (15)
7. Gathering Time (15)
        "Old Friends" (13)
8. Mary Chapin Carpenter (13/14)
        "Come Darkness, Come Light" (8)
9. Ellis Paul (12)
        "City of Silver Dreams 2014 " (5)
        "Ellis Paul's Traveling Medicine Show" (3)
9. Kate Rusby (12)
        "Holly Head" (3)
        "Sweet Bells" (3)
9. Loreena McKennitt (12)
        "A Midwinter Night's Dream" (7)
12. Dar Williams (11)
        "Mortal City" (5)
        "Many Great Companions" (3)
12. Joel Mabus (11)
        "How Like The Holly" (8)
12. Runa (11)
        "The Tide Of Winter" (9)
15. Chaise Lounge (10)
        "Out Under The Sky" (10)
15. Darryl Purpose (10)
        "The Gift of the Magi" (8)
15. Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer (10)
        "American Noel" (5)
        "American Noel 2008 " (5)
15. Gillian Welch (10)
        "Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 3" (4)
15. Joni Mitchell (10)
        "Blue" (5)
        "Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967)" (3)
15. Tony Rice (10)
        "Church Street Blues" (3)
21. Christine Lavin (9)
        "On My Way To Hooterville" (3)
21. Kristen Grainger And True North (9)
        "Ghost Tattoo" (7)
21. Lisa Jeanette (9)
        "Mrs. Claus - single" (7)
21. Ray Cardwell (9)
        "Just A Little Rain" (6)
21. Sofia Talvik (9)
        "When Winter Comes" (4)
26. Bruce Cockburn (8)
        "Christmas 1993 " (4)
        "Christmas" (3)
26. Willie Nelson (8)
        "Remember Me Vol. 1" (3)
28. Phil Ochs (7/12)
        "There But For Fortune" (4)
28. Andy Cohen (7)
        "Tryin' To Get Home" (5)
28. Becky Buller (7)
        "Distance And Time" (5)
28. Bett Padgett (7)
        "At The End Of The Day" (3)
        "If I Catch My Dream Song Of Ho" (3)
28. Bob Dylan (7)
        "Rough And Rowdy Ways" (2)
28. Charley Pride (7)
        "From Where I Stand" (3)
        "In Person" (3)
28. Cry Cry Cry (7)
        "Live at the Freight" (4)
28. Dan Crary (7)
        "Holiday Guitar" (4)
28. Dan Fogelberg (7)
        "The First Christmas Morning" (4)
28. Darrell Scott (7)
        "Jaroso" (6)
28. David Francey (7)
        "Skating Rink" (2)
28. Eileen Ivers (7)
        "An Nollaig" (5)
28. Herdman, Hills & Mangsen (7)
        "At The Turning Of The Year" (6)
28. John Gorka (7)
        "After Yesterday" (1)
28. John Hartford (7)
        "Aereo-Plain" (4)
28. Kelly's Lot (7)
        "Another Sky" (6)
28. Lennie Gallant (7)
        "Christmas Day on Planet Earth" (5)
28. Nowell Sing We Clear (7)
        "Nowell, Nowell, Nowell!" (2)
28. Slaid Cleaves (7)
        "Broke Down" (4)
28. Storyhill (7)
        "Bethlehem" (7)
28. Tony Trischka (7)
        "Glory Shone Around: A Christmas Collection 1995 " (6)

TOP LABELS of December 2020, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2980 plays from 96 playlists from 69 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (76)
2. Hudson Harding (52)
3. Signature Sounds (40)
4. Columbia (27)
4. Sugar Hill (27)
6. Blue Boat (24)
7. Compass (23)
8. Red House (21)
9. Warner (20)
10. Rhino (19)
11. Borealis (17)
11. RCA (17)
11. Smithsonian/Folkways (17)
14. Elektra (16)
15. Oh Boy (13)
15. Philo (13)
15. Pinecastle (13)
15. Thirty Tigers (13)
19. Acony (12)
19. BMG (12)
19. Rebel (12)

FOLK DJs - December 2020, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2980 plays from 96 playlists from 69 Folk DJs

Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM, NY)
Artie Martello (WIOX-FM & mostlyfolk.org, NY)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bob Heyer (WWOV-LP, WV)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bob Sherman (WFUV-FM, NY)
Brenda Tacik (CJTR-FM, SK)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris Denerley (beyondradio.co.uk, MixCloud)
Cindy Funk (WYSO-FM, OH)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Murphy (folkfrontier.com, NH)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM, GA)
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)
Fred Frawley (WMPG-FM, ME)
Gary Crouth (WYEP-FM, PA)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Graham & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Greg Priddy (WJCU-FM, OH)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
James Sereda (WUSB-FM, NY)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jim Canales (WWSP-FM, WI)
Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
John Patterson (Podcast, VT)
John Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA)
Jon Colcord (Syndicated, NH)
Justin Helmer (KVSC-FM, MN)
Kai Schafft (WVBR-FM, NY)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Kevin Vance (KPFA-FM & soundcloud.com, CA)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM, AR)
Lyle D. Skinner (CKJS-AM & CJUM-FM, MB)
Mara Noelle (KVMR-FM, CA)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDH-FM, VT)
Mark Pedersen (WOJB-FM, WI)
Mark Tobler (WTUL-FM, LA)
Matt Watroba (WKAR-FM, MI)
Matthew Baya (WERU-FM, ME)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnoteboo.com, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Park (MixCloud & PRX, NY)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers & folktunefinder.com, New Zealand)
Naomi Soule & Terry Moses (KCLC-FM, MO)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Stamler (KDHX-FM, MO)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Ray Naylor (WPPM-FM, PA)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & syndicated, PA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Susi Lanagan (PBS-FM, Australia)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)