Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
March 2021, Week 1

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of March 2021, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3706 plays from 122 playlists from 92 Folk DJs

  1: "Gone," Tim Grimm [Vault, 3/2021] (32)
        "Cadillac Hearse" (5)
        "Carry Us Away" (5)
        "Joseph Cross" (4)
        "A Dream" (4)
        "Dreaming of King Lear" (4)
        "Laurel Pearl" (4)
  2: "Normal Isn't Normal Anymore," Rod Abernethy [Downstairs, 1/2021] (19)
        "Just Around The Corner" (4)
        "Whiskey & Pie" (3)
        "Oxford Town" (3)
  3: "Joyful Banner Blazing," Maria Dunn [Distant Whisper, 1/2021] (17)
        "Joyful Banner Blazing" (4)
  4: "Ellis Paul's Traveling Medicine Show, Vol. 1," Ellis Paul [Rosella, 2/2021] (16)
        "Cat's in the Cradle" (4)
        "Vincent" (3)
        "$20 Bill" (2)
        "If I Only Had a Brain" (2)
        "Angel From Montgomery" (2)
  4: "Jellyfish On The Moon," Lisa Jeanette [Self, 3/2021] (16)
        "Don't Blame Me" (6)
        "Darling Of The Muses" (3)
        "Jellyfish On The Moon" (3)
  6: "I'll Be Back Soon - Ep," Tiffany Williams [Self, 1/2021] (13)
        "California" (4)
        "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" (4)
        "If It Wasn't" (3)
        "Ticket to the Moon" (2)
  6: "Still Time," Karen Matheson [Compass, 1/2021] (13)
        "Cassiopeia Coming Through" (3)
        "The Aragon Mill" (2)
        "Laurel To A Wreath" (2)
  8: "Distance And Time," Becky Buller [Dark Shadow, 2020] (12)
        "Tell the Truth" (4)
        "Inglewood Upon Stratford" (2)
        "The Barber's Fiddle" (2)
  8: "Just Over The Ridge," Lizzy Plotkin And Natalie Spears [Self, 2/2021] (12)
        "Tennessee" (3)
        "Blind Love Blues" (3)
        "Sweet Song In the Tall Grass" (2)
        "Carry Me With You" (2)
  8: "Woman In Color," Raye Zaragoza [Rebel River, 10/2020] (12)
        "Ghosts of Houston Street" (3)
        "They Say" (3)
        "He Calls Me River" (3)
 11: "Lost Songs," Terry Kitchen [Urban Campfire, 2/2021] (11)
        "Nickel Bag" (2)
 11: "The Mando Chronicles," Peter Ostroushko [Red House, 2012] (11)
        "Monkey On a Dog Cart" (3)
        "Lantern in the Ditch" (2)
 13: "Lamentations," Rupert Wates [Bite, 2/2021] (10)
        "California One" (2)
        "Many Miles to Morning" (2)
        "Lamentations" (2)
        "From Where You Are" (2)
 14: "Chasing Echoes," Phil Henry [Board By Board, 10/2020] (9/10)
        "Pompei" (3)
        "There Be Monsters Here" (2)
        "What Good Is A Song" (2)
 14: "When I Wait For You," Dirk Powell [Compass, 9/2020] (9/10)
        "Aint Playing Pretty Polly" (4)
        "Everything is Alright" (2)
        "Olivia" (2)
 14: "The River Flows," John Hurlbut And Jorma Kaukonen [Self, 1/2021] (9)
        "Travelin'" (3)
        "People Get Ready" (3)
        "Kansas City Southern" (2)
 14: "Roots," Liam Purcell And Cane Mill Road [Trailhead, 1/2021] (9)
        "Carry You with Me" (2)
        "Intro" (2)
 14: "Tapered Point Of Stone," Eli West [Self, 3/2021] (9)
        "I Know Your Wandering Heart" (3)
 14: "We Go On," Katie Oates [Hollow Reed Arts, 1/2021] (9)
        "Bury Me on Beale Street" (2)
        "When the Morning Breaks" (2)
        "Than I Know" (2)
 14: "Solace In The Wild," Erin Ivey [Self, 1/2021] (9)
        "Lost Girl" (3)
        "Charleston" (2)
 14: "Boots No. 2 The Lost Songs, Vol. 1," Gillian Welch [Acony, 8/2020] (9/10)
        "Blind On The Inside" (2)
        "First Place Ribbon" (2)
        "Strange Isabella" (2)
 22: "Covers," Mo Kenney [Self, 3/2021] (8)
        "You Belong to Me" (2)
        "Thirteen" (2)
 22: "Ecstatic Bird In The Burning," Luke Concannon [The Movement, 2/2021] (8)
        "Doing Nothing" (5)
        "Grow Wild" (2)
 22: "Sacred Heart," Peter Ostroushko [Red House] (8)
        "Even The Ravens Mourn Over You" (2)
        "Medicine Bow" (2)
        "Three Crows" (2)
 22: "Stone By Stone," Tret Fure [Tomboy Girl, 1/2021] (8)
        "One More Game" (2)
 26: "Tangle Of Souls," Scott Cook [Self, 8/2020] (7/8)
        "Just Enough Empties" (2)
        "Put Your Good Foot in the Road" (2)
        "Say Can You See" (2)
 26: "Calla Lily," The Brother Brothers [Compass, 2021] (7)
        "The Road Runner Song" (3)
        "Waiting for a Star to Fall" (2)
        "On The Road Again" (2)
 26: "Come On Over," Domenic Cicala [Self, 2/2021] (7)
        "We Had It All" (2)
 26: "Deadstock: Uncollected Recordings 2005 - 2020," Jeffrey Foucault [Blueblade, 2021] (7)
        "There's a Destruction on This Land" (2)
        "Mesa, Arizona" (2)
        "Money Blues" (2)
 26: "In Our Voices," Moira Smiley And Voco [Self, 2/2021] (7)
        "Sing About It" (2)
        "Oh Susannah" (2)
 26: "Karen Bella," Karen Bella [Self, 3/2021] (7)
        "Indio" (2)
        "Fly" (2)
        "Needle In The Hay" (2)
 26: "Poets," Liz Simmons [Self, 3/2021] (7)
        "Who Knows Where the Time Goes" (3)
 26: "That's Life," Willie Nelson [Sony, 2/2021] (7)
        "I Won't Dance" (3)
        "That's Life" (3)

TOP SONGS of March 2021, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3706 plays from 122 playlists from 92 Folk DJs

1. "Call Them In" (9)
     from "Call Them In" (Crys Matthews)
     also "Changemakers" (Crys Matthews)
2. "Don't Blame Me" (6)
     from "Jellyfish On The Moon" (Lisa Jeanette)
2. "Will You" (6)
     from "Vivian Leva And Riley Calcagno" (Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno)
2. "A Woman's Place" (6)
     from "Everything Changes" (Sara Thomsen)
5. "Cadillac Hearse" (5)
     from "Gone" (Tim Grimm)
5. "Carry Us Away" (5)
     from "Gone" (Tim Grimm)
5. "Doing Nothing" (5)
     from "Ecstatic Bird In The Burning" (Luke Concannon)
5. "In My Home" (5)
     from "In My Home - single" (Jaime Michaels)
5. "Pushing Forward" (5)
     from "Pushing Forward" (Wes Weddell & Ailisa Newhall)
10. "Aint Playing Pretty Polly" (4)
     from "When I Wait For You" (Dirk Powell)
10. "California" (4)
     from "I'll Be Back Soon - Ep" (Tiffany Williams)
10. "Cat's in the Cradle" (4)
     from "Ellis Paul's Traveling Medicine Show, Vol. 1" (Ellis Paul)
10. "A Dream" (4)
     from "Gone" (Tim Grimm)
10. "Dreaming of King Lear" (4)
     from "Gone" (Tim Grimm)
10. "Ever Gonna Fly" (4)
     from "Desert Ghosts" (Jaspar Lepak)

TOP ARTISTS of March 2021, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3706 plays from 122 playlists from 92 Folk DJs

1. Peter Ostroushko (45)
        "The Mando Chronicles" (11)
        "Sacred Heart" (8)
2. Tim Grimm (33)
        "Gone" (32)
3. Ellis Paul (24)
        "Ellis Paul's Traveling Medicine Show, Vol. 1" (16)
        "It's A Mean World - single" (4)
4. Maria Dunn (20)
        "Joyful Banner Blazing" (16)
5. Rod Abernethy (19)
        "Normal Isn't Normal Anymore" (19)
6. Bob Dylan (18)
        "1970" (5)
        "The Best of the Original Mono Recordings" (3)
7. John McCutcheon (16)
        "Cabin Fever: Songs From The Quarantine" (7)
7. Karen Matheson (16)
        "Still Time" (13)
7. Lisa Jeanette (16)
        "Jellyfish On The Moon" (16)
10. Tiffany Williams (15/17)
        "I'll Be Back Soon - Ep" (9)
        "Tiffany Williams live" (6)
10. Buffy Sainte-Marie (15/16)
        "Best of Buffy Sainte-Marie" (5)
        "Power In The Blood" (4)
10. Gillian Welch (15)
        "Boots No. 2 The Lost Songs, Vol. 1" (6)
        "Boots No. 1: The Official Revival Bootleg" (4)
13. Raye Zaragoza (14)
        "Woman In Color" (10)
14. Anne Feeney (13)
        "Dump The Bosses Off Your Back" (5)
        "Have You Been to Jail for Justice" (5)
14. Lizzy Plotkin And Natalie Spears (13)
        "Just Over The Ridge" (12)
16. Dar Williams (12)
        "The Green World" (3)
17. Becky Buller (11)
        "Distance And Time" (11)
17. Bill Staines (11)
        "The First Million Miles" (3)
        "Tracks And Trails" (3)
17. Dirk Powell (11)
        "When I Wait For You" (10)
20. John Prine (10)
        "I Remember Everything" (2)
20. Scott Cook (10)
        "Tangle Of Souls" (8)
20. Terry Kitchen (10)
        "Lost Songs" (10)
23. Phil Henry (9/10)
        "Chasing Echoes" (10)
23. Crys Matthews (9)
        "Call Them In" (6)
        "Changemakers" (3)
23. Eli West (9)
        "Tapered Point Of Stone" (9)
23. Erin Ivey (9)
        "Solace In The Wild" (7)
23. Joe Jencks (9)
        "Poets, Philosophers, Workers And Wanderers" (5)
23. John Hurlbut And Jorma Kaukonen (9)
        "The River Flows" (8)
23. Katie Oates (9)
        "We Go On" (9)
23. Liam Purcell And Cane Mill Road (9)
        "Roots" (9)
23. Lynn Miles (9)
        "We'll Look For Stars" (6)
23. Pete Seeger (9)
        "Songs of Hope and Struggle" (2)
23. Rupert Wates (9)
        "Lamentations" (9)

TOP LABELS of March 2021, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3706 plays from 122 playlists from 92 Folk DJs

1. Red House (78)
2. Rounder (76)
3. Compass (71)
4. Smithsonian/Folkways (63)
5. Vault (34)
6. Warner (32)
7. Columbia (31)
8. Signature Sounds (25)
9. Borealis (22)
9. Legacy (22)
11. Vanguard (21)
12. Rhino (18)
13. Thirty Tigers (17/32)
13. Appleseed (17)
13. Sugar Hill (17)
16. Philo (16)
16. Rebel (16)
18. Free Dirt (15)
18. Rosella (15)
20. Capitol (14)
20. Distant Whisper (14)
20. Nonesuch (14)

FOLK DJs - March 2021, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3706 plays from 122 playlists from 92 Folk DJs

Abby Parks (WLJS-FM, AL)
Allegra Thompson (KALW-FM, CA)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM, NY)
Artie Martello (WIOX-FM & bluesandrootsradio.com, NY)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bill Wagman (KDRT-FM, CA)
Bob Heyer (WWOV-LP, WV)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bob Sherman (WFUV-FM, NY)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
Brenda Tacik (CJTR-FM, SK)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris Denerley (beyondradio.co.uk, UK)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Chuck Markowitz (WERU-FM, ME)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Murphy (folkfrontier.com, NH)
Dan Robinson (Wisconsin Public Radio)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM, GA)
David John (KAXE-FM, MN)
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)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Gordon Nash (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Graham & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Greg Priddy (WJCU-FM, OH)
Greg Torrington (stingray.com, QC)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
James Sereda (WUSB-FM, NY)
Jan Hall (CFRU-FM & soundcloud.com, ON)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA)
Jeannie Holton & Cohosts (WMNF-FM, FL)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
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 & podcast, SC)
John Platt (WFUV-FM, NY)
John Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA)
John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ)
Jon Colcord (Syndicated, NH)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kate McNally (New Hampshire Public Radio)
Kelly Walker (WTSU-FM & podcast, AL)
Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Kevin Vance (KALW-FM & soundcloud.com, CA)
Laura Chartier (KNBA-FM & syndicated, AK)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM, MA)
Lyle D. Skinner (CKJS-AM & CJUM-FM, MB)
Mara Noelle (KVMR-FM, CA)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDH-FM, VT)
Matt Watroba (WKAR-FM, MI)
Matthew Baya (WERU-FM, ME)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Kane (WBRS-FM, MA)
Michael Park (PRX, NY)
Michael S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers & folknortheast.com, New Zealand)
Naomi Soule & Terry Moses (KCLC-FM, MO)
Ned Johnston (WERU-FM, ME)
Norm Mast & Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Stamler (KDHX-FM, MO)
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)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Rik Palieri (WBTV-LP, VT)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Steven Morrison (KBOO-FM, OR)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Susi Lanagan (PBS-FM, Australia)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Tom Coxworth (CKUA-FM, AB)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM & syndicated, NY)