Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
January 2021, Week 2

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of January 2021, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2871 plays from 97 playlists from 80 Folk DJs

  1: "Distance And Time," Becky Buller [Dark Shadow, 2020] (30)
        "Don't Look Back" (6)
        "The Ride" (6)
  2: "Stone By Stone," Tret Fure [Tomboy Girl, 1/2021] (21)
        "Monuments" (6)
        "Stone By Stone" (6)
  3: "Manzanita," The Tony Rice Unit [Rounder, 1/2021] (16)
        "Manzanita" (4)
        "Old Train" (4)
  4: "Woman In Color," Raye Zaragoza [Rebel River, 10/2020] (14)
        "Change Your Name" (4)
        "They Say" (3)
        "Red" (2)
  5: "Hold The Line," Hardened And Tempered [Self, 1/2021] (13)
        "Magnolia" (5)
        "Hold The Line" (2)
        "The Republican River" (2)
        "When the Harvest Comes" (2)
  6: "Our Turn Now," Len Seligman [Emerging Light, 1/2021] (11/15)
        "You Are Home" (4)
        "Negativity Bias Blues" (2)
        "Our Turn Now" (2)
  6: "When I Wait For You," Dirk Powell [Compass, 9/2020] (11)
        "I Ain't Playing Pretty Polly" (3)
        "Olivia" (3)
        "The Silk Merchant's Daughter" (2)
  6: "Tony Rice Sings Gordon Lightfoot," Tony Rice [Rounder, 1/2021] (11)
        "Cold On The Shoulder" (3)
  9: "Cabin Fever: Songs From The Quarantine," John McCutcheon [Appalsongs, 6/2020] (10)
        "The Night That John Prine Died" (2)
        "Six Feet Away" (2)
 10: "Bet On Love," Pharis And Jason Romero [Self, 5/2020] (9)
        "Kind Girl" (2)
        "Bet On Love" (2)
 10: "Kitchen Days," Braden Gates [Borealis, 12/2020] (9)
        "New In Town" (2)
 10: "Learning To Listen," Susan Ellenton [Self, 1/2021] (9)
        "Yukon Women" (3)
        "Thank You for the Joy" (2)
 10: "Old Friends," Gathering Time [Treble-G, 2020] (9)
        "Old Friends" (2)
        "Hazy Shade of Winter" (2)
 10: "Tangle Of Souls," Scott Cook [Self, 8/2020] (9)
        "Put Your Good Foot in the Road" (4)
        "Say Can You See" (3)
 15: "2020," Eliza Gilkyson [Red House, 5/2020] (8)
        "Promises To Keep" (3)
        "Sooner or Later" (2)
 15: "As Long As I'm Dreaming," Laura Smith [Borealis, 1/2021] (8)
        "Jordy" (2)
        "Middle America" (2)
 15: "Ghost Tattoo," Kristen Grainger And True North [Self, 6/2020] (8)
        "Tattooed Love Song" (2)
        "Down in the Lonesome Draw" (2)
 15: "Night Flyer," Tony Rice [Rounder, 2008] (8)
        "Urge for Going" (2)
 19: "Chasing Echoes," Phil Henry [Board By Board, 10/2020] (7)
        "Pompei" (4)
 19: "Character," Rachael Sage [Mpress, 5/2020] (7)
        "Blue Sky Days" (2)
        "Damaged" (2)
 19: "The Coronavirus Sessions," George Mann [Running Scared, 11/2020] (7)
        "All Used Up" (2)
        "Seventy Miles From The Border" (2)
 19: "Shall We Hope," Tony Trischka [Shefa, 1/2021] (7)
        "On The Mississippi" (3)
 19: "Shadow Of The Cyclone," Aaron Nathans And Michael G. Ronstadt [Self, 10/2020] (7)
        "I Go Low" (2)
 24: "All About The Timing," Roland Roberts [Self, 1/2021] (6)
        "Beautiful Soul" (3)
        "All About The Timing" (2)
 24: "The Balladeer," Lori McKenna [Thirty Tigers, 7/2020] (6)
        "When You're My Age" (3)
        "Good Fight" (2)
 24: "Cuttin' Grass, Vol. 1," Sturgill Simpson [Thirty Tigers, 2021] (6)
        "I Don't Mind" (1)
 24: "Just A Little Rain," Ray Cardwell [Bonfire, 11/2020] (6)
        "Standing On The Rock" (3)
        "The Grass Is Greener" (2)
 24: "Mipso," Mipso [Rounder, 11/2020] (6)
        "Shelter" (2)
 24: "Over That Road I'm Bound," Joachim Cooder [Nonesuch, 11/2020] (6)
        "Morning Blues" (2)
        "When the Train Comes Along" (2)
 24: "The Pizza Tapes," Garcia Grisman Rice [Acoustic Disc] (6)
        "Rosalee McFall" (2)
 24: "Ring Them Bells," Joan Baez [Guardian, 1995] (6)
        "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" (2)
 24: "World On The Ground," Sarah Jarosz [Rounder, 6/2020] (6)
        "What Do I Do" (2)
 24: "Cold On The Shoulder," Tony Rice [Rounder] (6)
        "Muleskinner Blues" (2)

TOP SONGS of January 2021, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2871 plays from 97 playlists from 80 Folk DJs

1. "Hold Each Other Up" (7)
     from "Hold Each Other Up - single" (Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer)
1. "Monuments" (7)
     from "Stone By Stone" (Tret Fure)
3. "Don't Look Back" (6)
     from "Distance And Time" (Becky Buller)
3. "Stone By Stone" (6)
     from "Stone By Stone" (Tret Fure)
5. "Magnolia" (5)
     from "Hold The Line" (Hardened & Tempered)
5. "Quarantine" (5)
     from "Quarantine - single" (Crowes Pasture)
5. "The Ride" (5)
     from "Distance And Time" (Becky Buller)
8. "Change Your Name" (4)
     from "Woman In Color" (Raye Zaragoza)
8. "Cold On The Shoulder" (4)
     from "Tony Rice Sings Gordon Lightfoot" (Tony Rice)
8. "Gone" (4)
     from "Gone - single" (Tim Grimm)
8. "How We Come Apart" (4)
     from "How We Come Apart - single" (Cosy Sheridan)
8. "Manzanita" (4)
     from "Manzanita" (The Tony Rice Unit)
8. "Melt Me Down" (4)
     from "Melt Me Down - single" (Jordi Baizan)
8. "Old Train" (4)
     from "Manzanita" (The Tony Rice Unit)
8. "Pompei" (4)
     from "Chasing Echoes" (Phil Henry)

TOP ARTISTS of January 2021, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2871 plays from 97 playlists from 80 Folk DJs

1. Tony Rice (53)
        "Tony Rice Sings Gordon Lightfoot" (9)
        "Night Flyer" (8)
2. Joan Baez (49)
        "Whistle Down The Wind" (5)
3. Becky Buller (28)
        "Distance And Time" (28)
4. Tret Fure (25)
        "Stone By Stone" (21)
5. The Tony Rice Unit (22)
        "Manzanita" (16)
        "Unit of Measure" (3)
6. Raye Zaragoza (14)
        "Woman In Color" (14)
7. Hardened And Tempered (13)
        "Hold The Line" (13)
7. John McCutcheon (13)
        "Cabin Fever: Songs From The Quarantine" (10)
7. Pete Seeger (13)
        "Headlines And Footnotes: A Collection Of Topical Songs" (3)
10. Eliza Gilkyson (12)
        "2020" (8)
10. John Prine (12)
        "Souvenirs" (3)
12. Len Seligman (11/15)
        "Our Turn Now" (15)
12. The Bluegrass Album Band (11/12)
        "The Bluegrass Album, Vol. 3: California Connection 1983 " (4)
12. Dirk Powell (11)
        "When I Wait For You" (11)
15. Sarah Jarosz (10)
        "World On The Ground" (6)
15. Scott Cook (10)
        "Tangle Of Souls" (9)
15. Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer (10)
        "Hold Each Other Up - single" (7)
18. Aaron Nathans And Michael G. Ronstadt (9)
        "Shadow Of The Cyclone" (7)
18. Bob Dylan (9)
        "Blood On The Tracks" (3)
18. Braden Gates (9)
        "Kitchen Days" (9)
18. Gathering Time (9)
        "Old Friends" (9)
18. Gillian Welch (9)
        "Boots No. 2 The Lost Songs, Vol. 1" (4)
        "Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 3" (3)
18. Kristen Grainger And True North (9)
        "Ghost Tattoo" (8)
18. Laura Smith (9)
        "As Long As I'm Dreaming" (8)
18. Pharis And Jason Romero (9)
        "Bet On Love" (9)
18. Susan Ellenton (9)
        "Learning To Listen" (9)
27. Cosy Sheridan (8)
        "How We Come Apart - single" (4)
27. George Mann (8)
        "The Coronavirus Sessions" (7)
27. Norman Blake & Tony Rice (8)
        "Blake & Rice" (4)
        "Norman Blake & Tony Rice 2" (3)
27. Tony Trischka (8)
        "Shall We Hope" (7)

TOP LABELS of January 2021, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2871 plays from 97 playlists from 80 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (134)
2. Red House (42)
3. Borealis (38)
4. Smithsonian/Folkways (37)
4. Sugar Hill (37)
6. Compass (31)
7. Columbia (26)
8. Dark Shadow (24)
9. Thirty Tigers (22)
10. Rhino (19)
11. Rebel (18)
12. Capitol (17)
12. Nonesuch (17)
12. Tomboy Girl (17)
15. Signature Sounds (16)
15. Warner (16)
17. Vanguard (15)
18. Emerging Light (11/15)
18. Acoustic Disc (11)
18. Legacy (11)
18. Oh Boy (11)

FOLK DJs - January 2021, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2871 plays from 97 playlists from 80 Folk DJs

Abby Parks (WLJS-FM, AL)
Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM, NY)
Artie Martello (bluesandrootsradio.com & 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)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris Denerley (beyondradio.co.uk, MixCloud)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Cindy Funk (WYSO-FM, OH)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Murphy (folkfrontier.com, NH)
Dan Robinson (Wisconsin Public Radio)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
David John (KAXE-FM, MN)
Diane Karl (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Doug Adamz (KTAL-LP, NM)
Eddie O'Strange (kiwifolk.com-FM & Wellington Access Radio, New Zealand)
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)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
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)
Jim Welsh (Radio Summerhall & MixCloud, UK)
John Platt (WFUV-FM, NY)
John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ)
Jon Colcord (Syndicated, NH)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM & syndicated, NY)
Juergen Kramer (Radio ZuSa, Germany)
Justin Helmer (KVSC-FM, MN)
Kaia Fowler (WORT-FM)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Kevin Vance (KALW-FM & KPFA-FM, CA)
Laura Chartier (KNBA-FM & syndicated, AK)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM, MN)
Lyle D. Skinner (CKJS-AM & CJUM-FM, MB)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDH-FM, VT)
Mark Pedersen (WOJB-FM, WI)
Mark Tobler (WTUL-FM, LA)
Matthew Baya (WERU-FM, ME)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Park (PRX, NY)
Michael S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers, New Zealand)
Naomi Soule & Terry Moses (KCLC-FM, MO)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Phil Norris (WERU-FM, ME)
Ray Naylor (WPPM-FM, PA)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM, WA)
Richard Gordon (WVUD-FM & syndicated, DE)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Steve Soucy (WERU-FM, ME)
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)