Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
March 2021, Week 4

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of March 2021, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3173 plays from 106 playlists from 88 Folk DJs

  1: "ALBUM:Let My People Go! - A Jewish & African American Celebration of Freedom," Various Artists [?] (35/39)
        "This Land Is Your Land," Harry Belafonte (2)
  2: "Gone," Tim Grimm [Vault, 3/2021] (29)
        "25 Trees" (8)
        "Carry Us Away" (6)
        "Dreaming of King Lear" (5)
        "Cadillac Hearse" (4)
  3: "Changemakers," Crys Matthews [Self, 3/2021] (28)
        "Exactly Where You Are" (8)
        "Call Them In" (4)
        "Changemakers" (4)
  4: "Vivian Leva And Riley Calcagno," Vivian Leva And Riley Calcagno [Free Dirt, 3/2021] (21)
        "On Account of You" (3)
        "Love and Chains" (3)
        "Will You" (3)
        "On the Line" (3)
  5: "Still Woman Enough," Loretta Lynn [Legacy, 3/2021] (17)
        "Still Woman Enough" (3)
  6: "Normal Isn't Normal Anymore," Rod Abernethy [Downstairs, 1/2021] (16)
        "When Tobacco Was King" (5)
        "Changing" (3)
        "Just Get In The Car" (2)
        "Birds In The Chimney" (2)
  7: "+1," Mike Barnett [Compass, 3/2021] (14)
        "Born To Be With You" (4)
        "Righteous Bell" (4)
        "Hollow City" (2)
        "Anna Marie" (2)
  7: "Mississippi River Suite," Michael J. Miles [Right Turn On Red, 3/2021] (14)
        "Mississippi Greens" (3)
        "Sundial Suite - Rondeau" (2)
        "Which Side Are You on? Enough" (2)
  9: "Deadstock: Uncollected Recordings 2005 - 2020," Jeffrey Foucault [Blueblade, 2021] (13)
        "Ghost Repeater" (5)
        "Shadows Tumble" (2)
        "Money Blues" (2)
  9: "Ellis Paul's Traveling Medicine Show, Vol. 1," Ellis Paul [Rosella, 2/2021] (13)
        "$20 Bill" (4)
        "California" (2)
        "Angel from Montgomery" (2)
        "Boys of Summer" (2)
 11: "Boulevard," Rod MacDonald [Blue Flute, 1/2021] (12)
        "Red Sky Morning" (2)
        "In Every Dream" (2)
        "Train I'm On" (2)
        "Miles The Frog" (2)
 11: "Calla Lily," The Brother Brothers [Compass, 2021] (12)
        "On the Road Again" (3)
        "The Calla Lily Song" (2)
        "The Chase" (2)
        "My Holy Way" (2)
 11: "Just Over The Ridge," Lizzy Plotkin And Natalie Spears [Self, 2/2021] (12)
        "Seasons Change" (4)
        "Carry Me With You" (3)
        "Tennessee" (3)
 14: "Desert Ghosts," Jaspar Lepak [Self, 3/2021] (11)
        "Black and White Dress" (2)
        "Ever Gonna Fly" (2)
        "Floating" (2)
        "Why Should The Devil" (2)
 14: "Ecstatic Bird In The Burning," Luke Concannon [The Movement, 2/2021] (11)
        "Join The Liberation" (3)
        "Coventry" (2)
 16: "Tapered Point Of Stone," Eli West [Self, 3/2021] (10)
        "Three Links of Chain" (2)
        "Brick in the Road" (2)
 17: "Joyful Banner Blazing," Maria Dunn [Distant Whisper, 1/2021] (9)
        "Heart in Hand" (3)
        "Beautiful Fools" (3)
 17: "Distance And Time," Becky Buller [Dark Shadow, 2020] (9)
        "You Come Around" (2)
        "Don't Look Back" (2)
 17: "Solace In The Wild," Erin Ivey [Self, 1/2021] (9)
        "Joy" (2)
        "Lost Girl" (2)
        "Blue Skies" (2)
 20: "Jellyfish On The Moon," Lisa Jeanette [Self, 3/2021] (8)
        "Top of the Ferris Wheel" (3)
        "Darling of the Muses" (2)
 20: "The Midnight Broadcast," Peter Case [Bandaloop, 3/2021] (8)
        "Fare Well to the Gold" (2)
        "When I Was a Cowboy" (2)
        "Early Roman Kings" (2)
 20: "On The Loose," The Squirrel Hillbillies [Self, 1/2021] (8)
        "Old Dry Bones" (4)
        "Stink Bug Family Reunion & Semi-Formal Ball" (2)
 20: "Poets," Liz Simmons [Self, 3/2021] (8)
        "When the Waters Rise" (2)
        "Night in the City" (2)
 24: "Daddy's Country Gold," Melissa Carper [MAE, 3/2021] (7)
        "Back When" (2)
        "You're Still My Love" (2)
 24: "Illuminations," Sean Della Croce [Pasadena, 2021] (7)
        "Catherine Street" (3)
 24: "Salvation," Megan Lacy [Self, 3/2021] (7)
        "Carolina" (4)
 24: "Still Time," Karen Matheson [Compass, 1/2021] (7)
        "Orphan Girl" (2)
        "Cassiopeia Coming Through" (2)
 24: "String Of Pearls," Annabelle Chvostek [Mqgv, 3/2021] (7)
        "Halfway Through" (2)
        "String Of Pearls" (2)
 24: "We Go On," Katie Oates [Hollow Reed Arts, 1/2021] (7)
        "Luray Women" (2)
 30: "The Burnt Pines," The Burnt Pines [Self, 1/2021] (6)
        "Mother on the Mountain" (2)
 30: "Closer," Lui Collins [Waterbug, 2006] (6)
        "Red Red Robin" (3)
        "Spring!" (2)
 30: "Cuttin' Grass, Vol. 2," Sturgill Simpson [Thirty Tigers, 2021] (6)
        "Tennessee" (3)
 30: "The Fray," John Smith [Thirty Tigers, 3/2021] (6)
        "The Fray" (2)
 30: "Hold The Line," Hardened And Tempered [Self, 1/2021] (6)
        "Breaker, Breaker" (2)
 30: "Lamentations," Rupert Wates [Bite, 2/2021] (6)
        "From where you are" (2)
 30: "These 13," Jimbo Mathus And Andrew Bird [Thirty Tigers, 3/2021] (6)
        "Bell Witch" (3)
 30: "Woman In Color," Raye Zaragoza [Rebel River, 10/2020] (6)
        "Ghosts of Houston Street" (3)

TOP SONGS of March 2021, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3173 plays from 106 playlists from 88 Folk DJs

1. "25 Trees" (8)
     from "Gone" (Tim Grimm)
1. "Exactly Where You Are" (8)
     from "Changemakers" (Crys Matthews)
3. "Transatlantic" (7)
     from "Transatlantic - single" (Aoife O'Donovan)
4. "Carry Us Away" (6)
     from "Gone" (Tim Grimm)
4. "Which Side Are You on? Enough" (6)
     from "Mississippi River Suite" (Michael J. Miles)
6. "Call Them In" (5)
     from "Changemakers" (Crys Matthews)
6. "Dreaming of King Lear" (5)
     from "Gone" (Tim Grimm)
6. "Ghost Repeater" (5)
     from "Deadstock: Uncollected Recordings 2005 - 2020" (Jeffrey Foucault)
     also "Deadstock" (Jeffrey Foucault)
9. "$20 Bill" (4)
     from "Ellis Paul's Traveling Medicine Show, Vol. 1" (Ellis Paul)
9. "Born To Be With You" (4)
     from "+1" (Mike Barnett)
9. "Cadillac Hearse" (4)
     from "Gone" (Tim Grimm)
9. "Carolina" (4)
     from "Salvation" (Megan Lacy)
9. "Changemakers" (4)
     from "Changemakers" (Crys Matthews)
9. "Even This Is Going to Pass" (4)
     from "Even This Is Going to Pass - single" (Eliot Bronson)
9. "Ever Gonna Fly" (4)
     from "Desert Ghosts" (Jaspar Lepak)

TOP ARTISTS of March 2021, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3173 plays from 106 playlists from 88 Folk DJs

1. Tim Grimm (35)
        "Gone" (29)
2. Crys Matthews (31)
        "Changemakers" (28)
3. Vivian Leva And Riley Calcagno (21)
        "Vivian Leva And Riley Calcagno" (21)
4. Ellis Paul (19)
        "Ellis Paul's Traveling Medicine Show, Vol. 1" (13)
5. Loretta Lynn (17)
        "Still Woman Enough" (17)
6. Rod Abernethy (15)
        "Normal Isn't Normal Anymore" (15)
7. Michael J. Miles (14)
        "Mississippi River Suite" (13)
8. The Brother Brothers (13)
        "Calla Lily" (12)
8. Jaspar Lepak (13)
        "Desert Ghosts" (11)
8. Jeffrey Foucault (13)
        "Deadstock: Uncollected Recordings 2005 - 2020" (12)
11. John Smith (12)
        "The Fray" (6)
        "Kickin' This Stone" (3)
11. Mike Barnett (12)
        "+1" (10)
13. Dirk Powell (11)
        "When I Wait For You" (4)
        "Time Again" (3)
13. Lizzy Plotkin And Natalie Spears (11)
        "Just Over The Ridge" (11)
13. Luke Concannon (11)
        "Ecstatic Bird In The Burning" (11)
13. Rod MacDonald (11)
        "Boulevard" (11)
17. Eli West (10)
        "Tapered Point Of Stone" (10)
18. Aoife O'Donovan (9)
        "Transatlantic - single" (6)
18. Becky Buller (9)
        "Distance And Time" (8)
18. David Olney (9)
        "The Stone" (3)
18. Erin Ivey (9)
        "Solace In The Wild" (7)
18. John McCutcheon (9)
        "Gonna Rise Again" (2)
18. Kate Wolf (9)
        "Gold In California" (2)
18. Lisa Jeanette (9)
        "Jellyfish On The Moon" (8)
18. Maria Dunn (9)
        "Joyful Banner Blazing" (9)
18. Pete Seeger (9)
        "Songs of Hope and Struggle" (2)
27. Altan (8)
        "Local Ground" (5)
27. Joe Crookston (8)
        "Darkling & The Bluebird Jubilee" (2)
27. Liz Simmons (8)
        "Poets" (8)
27. Peter Case (8)
        "The Midnight Broadcast" (8)
27. Rhiannon Giddens (8)
        "They're Calling Me Home" (4)
27. Richard Thompson (8)
        "Acoustic Classics II" (2)
27. The Squirrel Hillbillies (8)
        "On The Loose" (8)
27. Sturgill Simpson (8)
        "Cuttin' Grass, Vol. 2" (6)
27. Tret Fure (8)
        "Stone By Stone" (5)

TOP LABELS of March 2021, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3173 plays from 106 playlists from 88 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (71)
2. Compass (66)
3. Smithsonian/Folkways (45)
4. Sugar Hill (33)
5. Red House (31)
6. Legacy (27)
6. Vault (27)
8. Appleseed (25)
8. Free Dirt (25)
10. Columbia (24)
11. Thirty Tigers (21)
12. Elektra (19)
12. Signature Sounds (19)
14. Philo (17)
15. Rhino (16)
15. Warner (16)
17. Nonesuch (14)
18. Blue Flute (12)
18. Rebel (12)
18. Reprise (12)
18. Yep Roc (12)

FOLK DJs - March 2021, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3173 plays from 106 playlists from 88 Folk DJs

Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Allen Mullen (KOCF-LP, OR)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM, NY)
Art Menius (WCOM-LP, NC)
Arthur Berman (CiTR-FM & podcast, BC)
Artie Martello (mostlyfolk.org & podcast, 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, UK)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Dan Murphy (folkfrontier.com, NH)
Dan Robinson (Wisconsin Public Radio)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
David John (KAXE-FM, MN)
Dennis Brunnenmeyer (KVMR-FM, CA)
Diane Crowe (WMCB-LP, MA)
Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR)
Diane Karl (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
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)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jane Gerlach (WERU-FM, ME)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Jim Welsh (Radio Summerhall & MixCloud, UK)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com & podcast, SC)
John Patterson (Podcast, VT)
John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ)
Jon Colcord (Syndicated, NH)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM & podcast, NY)
Juergen Kramer (Radio ZuSa, Germany)
Justin Helmer (KVSC-FM, MN)
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 (KPFA-FM & soundcloud.com, CA)
Laura Chartier (KNBA-FM & syndicated, AK)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM, AR)
Lyle D. Skinner (CKJS-AM & CJUM-FM, MB)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDH-FM, VT)
Matt Watroba (WKAR-FM, MI)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Kane (WBRS-FM, MA)
Michael Park (MixCloud & PRX, NY)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers & acousticrainbow.com, New Zealand)
Naomi Soule & Terry Moses (KCLC-FM, MO)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-FM, NY)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Peter Thompson (KALW-FM, CA)
Rachel Anne Goodman (KSQD-FM, CA)
Ray Naylor (WPPM-FM, PA)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM, WA)
Richard Gordon (WVUD-FM & WRCT-FM, DE)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Sara Trunzo (WERU-FM, ME)
Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Susi Lanagan (PBS-FM, Australia)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Terry Fatseas (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Tom Coxworth (CKUA-FM, AB)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM & syndicated, NY)
Wayne Greene (KZCC-LP & KZCW-LP, TX)