Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
March 2021, Week 5

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of March 2021, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2191 plays from 72 playlists from 55 Folk DJs

  1: "Jellyfish On The Moon," Lisa Jeanette [Self, 3/2021] (26)
        "Never Been To War" (4)
  2: "," Various Artists [Signature Sounds Recordings 2001, 3/2021] (21/22)
        "Cocktail Swing," Cocktail Swing (5)
  3: "Gone," Tim Grimm [Vault, 3/2021] (18)
        "Dreaming of King Lear" (7)
        "Carry Us Away" (3)
  4: "Changemakers," Crys Matthews [Self, 3/2021] (17)
        "For the Women with Steel in Their Bones" (5)
        "Call Them In" (4)
        "Changemakers" (3)
        "Exactly Where You Are" (3)
  5: "Just over the Ridge - EP," Lizzy Plotkin & Natalie Spears [Self] (12)
        "Blind Love Blues" (3)
        "Season Change" (2)
        "Carry Me with You" (2)
        "Tennessee" (2)
        "Through The Window" (2)
  6: "," Various Artists [Columbia 2020] (10)
        "Gaslighter," March March (1)
  6: "Still Woman Enough," Loretta Lynn [Legacy, 3/2021] (10)
        "Still Woman Enough" (3)
        "Old Kentucky Home" (2)
        "Where No One Stands Alone" (2)
  8: "Boulevard," Rod MacDonald [Blue Flute, 1/2021] (9)
        "Miles The Frog" (3)
        "Train I'm On" (2)
  8: "Evidence Of Hope," Friction Farm [Self, 3/2021] (9)
        "There Will Always Be" (3)
        "Work" (2)
 10: "Ellis Paul's Traveling Medicine Show, Vol. 1," Ellis Paul [Rosella, 2/2021] (8)
        "Angel From Montgomery" (2)
 10: "Normal Isn't Normal Anymore," Rod Abernethy [Downstairs, 1/2021] (8)
        "Oxford Town" (2)
 10: "Poets," Liz Simmons [Self, 3/2021] (8)
        "Adventurer" (2)
        "Poets" (2)
 10: "Tapered Point Of Stone," Eli West [Self, 3/2021] (8)
        "Tapered Point of Stone" (2)
 10: "All The Good Times (Are Past And Gone)," Gillian Welch [Acony] (8)
        "Hello in There" (2)
        "All The Good Times Are Past And Gone" (2)
 15: "Down the Streets of My Old Neighborhood," Peter Ostroushko [Rounder] (7/9)
        "B-O-R-S-C-H-T" (3)
        "Down the Streets of My Old Neighborhood" (2)
        "Rose of Old Red Wing" (2)
 15: "," Various Artists [Columbia 1992] (7/8)
        "Driving Home," Spring (1)
 15: "The Burnt Pines," The Burnt Pines [Self, 1/2021] (7)
        "Diamonds" (2)
 15: "Distance And Time," Becky Buller [Dark Shadow, 2020] (7)
        "More Heart, LessAttack" (3)
        "The Ride" (2)
 15: "The Path Of Stones," John Doyle [Compass, 5/2020] (7)
        "The Rambler From Clare" (2)
 15: "Stone By Stone," Tret Fure [Tomboy Girl, 1/2021] (7)
        "One More Game" (2)
        "Stone by Stone" (2)
 15: "Vivian Leva And Riley Calcagno," Vivian Leva And Riley Calcagno [Free Dirt, 3/2021] (7)
        "Will You" (2)
        "Red Hen" (2)
 15: "Woman In Color," Raye Zaragoza [Rebel River, 10/2020] (7)
        "Ghosts of Houston Street" (2)
 15: "World On The Ground," Sarah Jarosz [Rounder, 6/2020] (7)
        "Hometown" (3)
        "What Do I Do" (3)
 24: "Joyful Banner Blazing," Maria Dunn [Distant Whisper, 1/2021] (6)
        "Joyful Banner Blazing" (3)
 24: "Sluz Duz Music," Peter Ostroushko [Rounder] (6)
        "Burnt Biscuit Breakdown" (2)
 24: "Waterlines," Zoe Fitzgerald Carter [Self, 3/2021] (6)
        "Like a Drum" (2)
 24: "Whispers and Sighs," David Olney & Anana Kaye [Schoolkids] (6)
        "My Favorite Goodbye" (2)

TOP SONGS of March 2021, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2191 plays from 72 playlists from 55 Folk DJs

1. "Dreaming of King Lear" (8)
     from "Gone" (Tim Grimm)
2. "A Woman's Place" (6)
     from "Everything Changes" (Sara Thomsen)
3. "For the Women with Steel in Their Bones" (5)
     from "Changemakers" (Crys Matthews)
3. "More Heart, Less Attack feat. Becky Buller,More Heart" (5)
     from "Distance And Time" (Becky Buller)
     also "Less Attack feat. Becky Buller" (Becky Buller)
3. "Waterbound" (5)
     from "Waterbound - single" (Rhiannon Giddens)
6. "Call Them In" (4)
     from "Changemakers" (Crys Matthews)
6. "Goodbye Again" (4)
     from "Come On Over" (Domenic Cicala)
6. "Strangers In This Land" (4)
     from "Strangers In This Land - single" (Ellen Bukstel)
9. "Across the Great Divide" (3)
     from "Across the Great Divide" (Kelly Hunt)
9. "Blind Love Blues" (3)
     from "Just over the Ridge - EP" (Lizzy Plotkin & Natalie Spears)
9. "B-O-R-S-C-H-T" (3)
     from "Down the Streets of My Old Neighborhood" (Peter Ostroushko)
9. "Calling Me Home" (3)
     from "They're Calling Me Home" (Rhiannon Giddens)
9. "Carry Us Away" (3)
     from "Gone" (Tim Grimm)
9. "A Case of You" (3)
     from "A Case of You" (Alice Howe)
9. "Changemakers" (3)
     from "Changemakers" (Crys Matthews)
9. "Darling Of The Muses" (3)
     from "Jellyfish On The Moon" (Lisa Jeanette)
9. "Ever Gonna Fly" (3)
     from "Ever Gonna Fly" (Jaspar Lepak)
9. "Exactly Where You Are" (3)
     from "Changemakers" (Crys Matthews)
9. "Good Morning" (3)
     from "Karen Bella" (Karen Bella)
9. "Gone" (3)
     from "Gone" (Tim Grimm)

TOP ARTISTS of March 2021, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2191 plays from 72 playlists from 55 Folk DJs

1. Peter Ostroushko (49)
        "Down the Streets of My Old Neighborhood" (9)
2. Lisa Jeanette (29)
        "Jellyfish On The Moon" (25)
3. Tim Grimm (23)
        "Gone" (18)
4. Crys Matthews (18)
        "Changemakers" (17)
5. Ellis Paul (14)
        "Ellis Paul's Traveling Medicine Show, Vol. 1" (8)
6. Gillian Welch (13)
        "All the Good Times are Past and Gone" (3)
7. Lizzy Plotkin & Natalie Spears (12)
        "Just Over The Ridge" (12)
8. Bob Dylan (10)
        "Blood On The Tracks" (2)
8. Friction Farm (10)
        "Evidence Of Hope" (9)
8. Loretta Lynn (10)
        "Still Woman Enough" (10)
8. Rhiannon Giddens (10)
        "They're Calling Me Home" (4)
        "Waterbound - single" (3)
8. Sarah Jarosz (10)
        "World On The Ground" (7)
13. Becky Buller (9)
        "Distance And Time" (7)
13. Eli West (9)
        "Tapered Point Of Stone" (8)
13. Emmylou Harris (9)
        "Songbird" (2)
13. John Doyle (9)
        "The Path Of Stones" (7)
13. Rod MacDonald (9)
        "Boulevard" (9)
18. Liz Simmons (8)
        "Poets" (8)
18. Raye Zaragoza (8)
        "Woman In Color" (7)
18. Rod Abernethy (8)
        "Normal Isn't Normal Anymore" (8)
21. Joni mitchell (7/9)
        "Live At The Second Fret" (6)
21. Bonny Light Horseman (7)
        "Bonny Light Horseman" (6)
21. The Burnt Pines (7)
        "The Burnt Pines" (7)
21. Sara Thomsen (7)
        "Everything Changes" (4)
21. Vivian Leva And Riley Calcagno (7)
        "Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno" (7)

TOP LABELS of March 2021, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2191 plays from 72 playlists from 55 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (70)
2. Compass (49)
3. Red House (47)
4. Smithsonian/Folkways (33)
5. Legacy (24)
6. Columbia (23)
7. Rhino (20)
8. Vault (19)
9. Signature Sounds (15)
9. Vanguard (15)
11. Acony (14)
11. Elektra (14)
13. Rebel (13)
14. Nonesuch (12)
15. Sugar Hill (11)
16. Appleseed (10)
16. Atlantic (10)
16. Borealis (10)
16. Sony (10)
20. Dark Shadow (9)
20. Free Dirt (9)
20. Warner (9)
20. Yep Roc (9)
24. Blue Flute (8)
24. Capitol (8)
24. Green Linnet (8)
24. Shanachie (8)

FOLK DJs - March 2021, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2191 plays from 72 playlists from 55 Folk DJs

Allen Mullen (KOCF-LP, OR)
Artie Martello (WIOX-FM & mostlyfolk.org, NY)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bill Wagman (KDRT-FM, CA)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
Bud Johnson (KNBA-FM & syndicated, AK)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Chuck Markowitz (WERU-FM, ME)
Cindy Funk (WYSO-FM, OH)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Murphy (folkfrontier.com, NH)
David John (MN)
Diane Karl (KBOO-FM, OR)
Ellen Stanley (KFAI-FM, MN)
Gordon Nash (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Heather Richard (WERU-FM, ME)
James Sereda (WUSB-FM, NY)
Jan Hall (CFRU-FM & syndicated, ON)
Jean Geiger & Eric Hardee (KBCS-FM, WA)
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 Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY)
Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Lyle D. Skinner (CKJS-AM, MB)
Mark Pedersen (WOJB-FM, WI)
Mary Anne Moorman (KBCS-FM, WA)
Mary Sue Twohy (SiriusXM & folk.org)
Matt Watroba (WKAR-FM, MI)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Kane (WBRS-FM, MA)
Michael Park (MixCloud & PRX, NY)
Michael S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers, New Zealand)
Paul Stamler (KDHX-FM, MO)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM, WA)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & syndicated, PA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Robert Resnik (Vermont Public Radio)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Steve Soucy (WERU-FM, ME)
Sue Kessell (WNUR-FM, IL)
Susi Lanagan (PBS-FM, Australia)
Wayne Greene (KZCC-LP & KZCW-LP, TX)