Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
December 2020, Week 5

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of December 2020, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1634 plays from 58 playlists from 36 Folk DJs

  1: "The Longest Night Of The Year, Vol. 3," Various Artists [Hudson Harding, 12/2020] (20)
        "Let's Build That Lovin' Land," Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer (3)
        "Thank God the Liquor Stores Don't Close on Christmas Eve," Jon Shain & FJ Ventre (3)
        "It's That Time of Year," Ellis Delaney (3)
        "This Year," Susan & Ray (3)
  2: "Cabin Fever: Songs From The Quarantine," John McCutcheon [Appalsongs, 6/2020] (14)
        "The Night That John Prine Died" (4)
        "That's All" (2)
  3: "2020," Eliza Gilkyson [Red House, 5/2020] (11)
        "We Are Not Alone" (2)
        "Beautiful World of Mine" (2)
        "Peace in Our Hearts" (2)
        "My Heart Aches" (2)
  3: "Songs Doc Didn't Sing," Doc And Merle Watson [Fli, 10/2020] (11)
        "Windy & Warm" (2)
        "Below Freezing" (2)
        "Down Yonder" (2)
  5: "Bet On Love," Pharis And Jason Romero [Self, 5/2020] (10)
        "New Day" (3)
        "Bet On Love" (2)
        "A Bit Old School" (2)
  5: "Winter Wanderings," Sara Thomsen And Paula Pedersen [Self, 12/2020] (10)
        "Winter Wind" (2)
  7: "Woman In Color," Raye Zaragoza [Rebel River, 10/2020] (9)
        "He Calls Me River" (3)
        "They Say" (2)
  8: "When I Wait For You," Dirk Powell [Compass, 9/2020] (8)
        "I Ain't Playing Pretty Polly" (3)
        "Olivia" (2)
  9: "Back To The Earth," Adam Hurt [Ubiquitone, 11/2020] (7)
        "Backstep Cindy" (2)
  9: "Ghost Tattoo," Kristen Grainger And True North [Self, 6/2020] (7)
        "Keep the River on Your Right" (3)
        "When No One's Around" (2)
  9: "Mipso," Mipso [Rounder, 11/2020] (7)
        "Like You Never" (2)
        "Big Star" (2)
 12: "Long Time Passing," Kronos Quartet [Smithsonian, 9/2020] (6)
        "Turn Turn Turn" (2)
 12: "Spider Tales," Jake Blount [Free Dirt, 5/2020] (6)
        "Beyond This Wall" (2)
 12: "Tangle Of Souls," Scott Cook [Self, 8/2020] (6)
        "Say Can You See" (2)
 15: "And Laurie Lewis," Laurie Lewis [Spruce And Maple, 2020] (5/6)
        "You Are My Flower" (2)
        "Old Friend" (2)
 15: "Out Under The Sky," Chaise Lounge [Modern Songbook, 12/2020] (5/6)
        "The Soul Of A Man" (2)
        "Trimmin' The Tree" (2)
 15: "Come Darkness, Come Light," Mary Chapin Carpenter [Zoe, 2008] (5)
        "Come Darkness, Come Light" (1)
 15: "Home," Billy Strings [Rounder, 5/2020] (5)
        "Hollow Heart" (1)
 15: "More From The Levee," Chris Smither [Signature Sounds, 9/2020] (5)
        "Confirmation" (1)
 15: "Old Friends," Gathering Time [Treble-G, 2020] (5)
        "Hurry Sundown" (2)
 15: "The Onlies," Onlies [Self] (5)
        "Let Us Be Sweethearts Again" (1)
 15: "Stony Run," Ken And Brad Kolodner [Fenchurch, 2/2020] (5)
        "Dizzy Creek" (1)
 15: "'Tis The Season," Amy Gallatin [Happy Appy, 12/2020] (5)
        "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" (2)
 15: "Uncivil War," Shemekia Copeland [Alligator, 2020] (5)
        "Uncivil War" (4)
 15: "Winter's Grace," Laurie Lewis And Tom Rozum [Signature Sounds, 2011] (5)
        "If We Make It Through December" (2)
 15: "World On The Ground," Sarah Jarosz [Rounder, 6/2020] (5)
        "Hometown" (2)

TOP SONGS of December 2020, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1634 plays from 58 playlists from 36 Folk DJs

1. "Christmas Day on Planet Earth" (4)
     from "Christmas Day on Planet Earth - single" (LENNIE GALLANT with Black Umfolos)
1. "Gone" (4)
     from "Gone - single" (Tim Grimm)
1. "It's That Time of Year" (4)
     from "The Longest Night of the Year, Vol. 3" (Ellis Delaney)
1. "Let's Build That Lovin' Land" (4)
     from "The Longest Night of the Year, Vol. 3" (Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer)
1. "The Night That John Prine Died" (4)
     from "Cabin Fever: Songs From The Quarantine" (John McCutcheon)
     also "Cabin Fever" (John McCutcheon)
1. "Uncivil War" (4)
     from "Uncivil War" (Shemekia Copeland)
7. "$20 Bill" (3)
     from "$20 Bill - single" (Tom Prasada-Rao)
7. "Auld Lang Syne" (3)
     from "Celtic Christmas" (Dougie MacLean)
7. "The Daffodils Will Be Waiting" (3)
     from "The Longest Night Of The Year, Vol. 1" (Charlie Sheridan, Cosy With Koch)
7. "He Calls Me River" (3)
     from "Woman In Color" (Raye Zaragoza)
7. "I Remember Everything" (3)
     from "I Remember Everything" (John Prine)
7. "Keep the River on Your Right" (3)
     from "Ghost Tattoo" (Kristen Grainger & True North)
7. "Look Long" (3)
     from "Look Long" (Indigo Girls)
7. "Mercy Now" (3)
     from "Mercy Now" (Mary Gauthier)
7. "New Day" (3)
     from "Bet On Love" (Pharis & Jason Romero)
7. "Thank God the Liquor Stores Don't Close on Christmas Eve" (3)
     from "The Longest Night of the Year, Vol. 3" (Jon Shain)
7. "Welcome in Another Year" (3)
     from "Bonfires" (Zoe Mulford)

TOP ARTISTS of December 2020, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1634 plays from 58 playlists from 36 Folk DJs

1. Tony Rice (20)
        "Guitar" (3)
2. John McCutcheon (16)
        "Cabin Fever: Songs From The Quarantine" (14)
3. Charley Pride (13/16)
        "In Person" (3)
        "The Sensational Charley Pride" (3)
4. Eliza Gilkyson (11)
        "2020" (10)
4. John Prine (11)
        "I Remember Everything" (3)
6. Pharis And Jason Romero (10)
        "Bet On Love" (10)
6. Sara Thomsen And Paula Pedersen (10)
        "Winter Wanderings" (10)
8. Phil Ochs (9/14)
        "There But For Fortune" (5)
8. Mary Chapin Carpenter (9)
        "Come Darkness, Come Light" (5)
8. Odetta (9)
        "Essential Odetta" (2)
8. Raye Zaragoza (9)
        "Woman In Color" (9)
12. Dirk Powell (8)
        "When I Wait For You" (8)
12. Ellis Delaney (8)
        "The Longest Night of the Year, Vol. 3" (4)
        "Ordinary Love" (3)
14. Adam Hurt (7)
        "Back To The Earth" (7)
14. Doc And Merle Watson (7)
        "Songs Doc Didn't Sing" (7)
14. Kristen Grainger And True North (7)
        "Ghost Tattoo" (7)
14. Laura Smith (7)
        "Everything Is Moving" (3)
14. Michael Smith (7)
        "Michael Smith's The Gift of the Magi" (3)
14. Mipso (7)
        "Mipso" (7)
14. The Tony Rice Unit (7)
        "Manzanita" (3)
21. Gathering Time (6)
        "Old Friends" (5)
21. Jake Blount (6)
        "Spider Tales" (6)
21. Joni Mitchell (6)
        "Blue" (2)
21. Maria Dunn (6)
        "The Peddler" (2)
21. Scott Cook (6)
        "Tangle Of Souls" (6)
21. Tim Grimm (6)
        "Gone - single" (4)
21. Tom Prasada-Rao (6)
        "$20 Bill - single" (3)

TOP LABELS of December 2020, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1634 plays from 58 playlists from 36 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (82)
2. Hudson Harding (30)
3. Red House (22)
4. Smithsonian/Folkways (19)
5. Signature Sounds (15)
6. Borealis (14)
6. Compass (14)
8. Elektra (13/14)
8. Appalsongs (13)
10. Columbia (12)
11. Free Dirt (11)
11. Rebel (11)
11. Rhino (11)
11. Thirty Tigers (11)
15. Sugar Hill (10)
16. RCA (9/17)
16. Warner (9)
18. Bear Family (7/19)
18. Capitol (7/8)
20. Atlantic (6)
20. FLi (6)
20. Flying Fish (6)
20. Oh Boy (6)
20. Pinecastle (6)

FOLK DJs - December 2020, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1634 plays from 58 playlists from 36 Folk DJs

Arthur Berman (CiTR-FM & podcast, BC)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bob Sherman (WFUV-FM, NY)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
Bud Johnson (KNBA-FM & syndicated, AK)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Dan Robinson (Wisconsin Public Radio)
David John (KAXE-FM & KBXE-FM, MN)
Diane Karl (KBOO-FM, OR)
Fred Frawley (WMPG-FM, ME)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA)
Joe Pszonek (WNTI-FM, SC)
John Platt (WFUV-FM, NY)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY)
Juergen Kramer (Radio ZuSa, Germany)
Ken Nagelberg (WHYR-FM, LA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Lyle D. Skinner (CJUM-FM, MB)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Matt Watroba (WKAR-FM, MI)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Park (MixCloud & PRX, NY)
Michael S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers & folkalliance.org, New Zealand)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Peter Thompson (KALW-FM, CA)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & syndicated, PA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Susi Lanagan (PBS-FM, Australia)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)