Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
June 2021, Week 3

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of June 2021, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3235 plays from 108 playlists from 84 Folk DJs

  1: "Grit And Polish," Mark Schatz And Bryan McDowell [Patuxent, 6/2021] (22)
        "Muskrat" (4)
        "The Girl I Love Don't Pay Me No Mind" (3)
        "My East Tennessee Home" (3)
  2: "There Used To Be Horses Here," Amy Speace [Windbone, 5/2021] (20)
        "Father's Day" (13)
  3: "Animal Communicator," Robin Bienemann [Self, 6/2021] (17)
        "TMI" (7)
  3: "Light And Dark," Chris Ronald [Borealis, 6/2021] (17)
        "City Girl" (4)
        "Sunshine" (3)
        "Bones" (3)
  5: "Be Ready When I Call You," Guy Davis [M.C., 5/2021] (15)
        "Got Your Letter In My Pocket" (4)
        "God's Gonna Make Things Over" (3)
        "Be Ready When I Call You" (2)
        "Badonkadonk Train" (2)
  5: "On Solid Ground," Reggie Harris [Self, 4/2021] (15)
        "Standing In Freedom's Name" (5)
        "On Solid Ground" (3)
        "All You Need Is Love" (2)
        "Tree of Life" (2)
  7: "Ballad Of A Bad Girl," Kate McDonnell [Dog-Eared Discs, 5/2021] (12)
        "Father and Son" (6)
        "Pilgrim" (2)
        "Sweet Virginia" (2)
        "Ballad of a Bad Girl" (2)
  7: "First Farewell," Peggy Seeger [Red Grape, 4/2021] (12)
        "The Invisible Woman" (5)
        "Gotta Get Home By Midnight" (3)
  7: "Outside Child," Allison Russell [Fantasy, 6/2021] (12)
        "Hy-Brasil" (4)
        "Little Rebirth" (3)
        "Montreal" (2)
        "Nightflyer" (2)
  7: "Red Maple Tree," Sloan Wainwright [Self, 3/2021] (12)
        "The Keeper" (7)
        "Red Maple Tree" (2)
  7: "Songs Of A Simple Life," Merle Monroe [Pinecastle, 6/2021] (12)
        "Harlan Darlin" (4)
        "Shelby Tell Me" (2)
        "Goodbye Marie" (2)
        "Hello Sunshine" (2)
 12: "Bang At The Door," Donna Herula [Self, 5/2021] (10)
        "Jackson" (2)
        "Bang At The Door" (2)
        "The Soul of a Man" (2)
 12: "Everybody Wants My Hat," Marc Black [Suma, 5/2021] (10)
        "Tears of Joy" (5)
 12: "Undertaker's Songbook," Sons Of The Never Wrong [Sons, 5/2021] (10)
        "Muddy Muddy River" (2)
 15: "All This Time Running," Craig Cardiff [True North, 5/2021] (9)
        "Yellowknife" (2)
        "Decorated" (2)
        "Moon" (2)
 15: "Changemakers," Crys Matthews [Self, 3/2021] (9)
        "Hope Revolution" (2)
        "Call Them In" (2)
        "Prodigal Son" (2)
 15: "Echo Land," Bùmarang [Fallen Tree, 6/2021] (9)
        "Weasel" (2)
 15: "Knew Things," Cliff Eberhardt [Self, 5/2021] (9)
        "Make Sure That It's Real" (2)
        "When We Were Kings" (2)
        "The Things I Left Behind" (2)
 15: "Let Us Sing," Andy And Judy [Self, 6/2021] (9)
        "There's Freedom in Hope" (2)
        "What Would Pete Do?" (2)
 15: "They're Calling Me Home," Rhiannon Giddens [Nonesuch, 4/2021] (9)
        "I Shall Not Be Moved" (4)
 15: "We Can Hear Each Other," Erin Ash Sullivan [Willoughby, 6/2021] (9)
        "Train From Gary" (3)
        "Spring Come Running" (2)
        "Fireflies" (2)
 22: "Don't You Marry No Railroad Man," JP Harris [Free Dirt, 6/2021] (8)
        "Closer To The Mill" (2)
        "Barbry Ellen" (2)
 22: "He Walked On," Tim O'Brien [Howdy Skies, 6/2021] (8)
        "When You Pray" (2)
 22: "I Wanna Start A Band," Britton Patrick Morgan [Hill Country, 5/2021] (8)
        "When I Think About You" (3)
        "Baxter, KY" (2)
 22: "Shame And Sedition," Lula Wiles [Smithsonian/Folkways, 5/2021] (8)
        "Do You Really Want The World To End" (2)
 22: "Time Out Session 1," The Accidentals [Self, 5/2021] (8)
        "Anyway" (3)
        "All Shall Be Well" (2)
        "Might As Well Be Gold" (2)
 22: "The Waylon Sessions," Shannon McNally [Compass, 6/2021] (8)
        "Waltz ME To Heaven" (2)
 28: "Cycles," Rachel Baiman [Signature Sounds, 5/2021] (7)
        "When You Bloom" (2)
        "Ships in the Night" (2)
        "Joke's On Me" (2)
 28: "Parallel Lives," David Mallett [Flying Fish] (7)
        "My Old Man" (3)
        "Daddy's Oldsmobile" (2)
 28: "Sharecropper's Son," Robert Finley [Easy Eye Sound, 6/2021] (7)
        "Sharecropper's Son" (3)
        "My Story" (2)
 28: "Songs Of Our Native Daughters," Our Native Daughters [Smithsonian/Folkways, 2/2020] (7)
        "Slave Driver" (3)
        "Moon Meets the Sun" (2)
 28: "Song To A Refugee," Diana Jones [Proper, 6/2021] (7)
        "We Believe You" (4)

TOP SONGS of June 2021, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3235 plays from 108 playlists from 84 Folk DJs

1. "Father's Day" (13)
     from "There Used To Be Horses Here" (Amy Speace)
2. "My Father's Eye" (8)
     from "Five Fingers" (Leah Kaufman)
3. "The Keeper" (7)
     from "Red Maple Tree" (Sloan Wainwright)
3. "My Cleveland Heart" (7)
     from "My Cleveland Heart" (Jackson Browne)
     also "Downhill From Everywhere" (Jackson Browne)
3. "My Old Man" (7)
     from "No Big Surprise" (Steve Goodman)
3. "O My Fathers" (7)
     from "O My Fathers - single" (Kray Van Kirk)
     also "The Midnight Commander" (Kray Van Kirk)
3. "TMI" (7)
     from "Animal Communicator" (Robin Bienemann)
8. "Father and Son" (6)
     from "Ballad Of A Bad Girl" (Kate McDonnell)
8. "Father's Day" (6)
     from "Cackalack" (Jonathan Byrd)
8. "For My Boys" (6)
     from "A Landscape Of Ghosts" (Rob Siegel)
8. "For What It's Worth" (6)
     from "For What It's Worth - single" (Tom Prasada-Rao)
8. "Grandfather Walks" (6)
     from "Grandfather Walks - single" (Bruce T Carrol)
8. "My Father's Train" (6)
     from "Folkest" (Denise Jordan Finley)
14. "A Better Day A-Coming" (5)
     from "A Better Day A Coming - single" (Robin & Linda Williams)
14. "City Girl" (5)
     from "Light And Dark" (Chris Ronald)

TOP ARTISTS of June 2021, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3235 plays from 108 playlists from 84 Folk DJs

1. Mark Schatz And Bryan McDowell (22)
        "Grit And Polish" (22)
2. Amy Speace (20)
        "There Used To Be Horses Here" (19)
3. Chris Ronald (19)
        "Light And Dark" (17)
3. Reggie Harris (19)
        "On Solid Ground" (15)
        "Ready To Go" (3)
5. Robin Bienemann (18)
        "Animal Communicator" (17)
6. Peggy Seeger (17)
        "First Farewell" (12)
7. Grace Griffith (16)
        "Passing Through" (5)
        "Grace" (3)
        "Minstrel Song" (3)
7. Guy Davis (16)
        "Be Ready When I Call You" (15)
9. Merle Monroe (13)
        "Songs Of A Simple Life" (12)
10. Allison Russell (12)
        "Outside Child" (12)
10. Kate McDonnell (12)
        "Ballad Of A Bad Girl" (12)
10. Marc Black (12)
        "Everybody Wants My Hat" (9)
10. Sloan Wainwright (12)
        "Red Maple Tree" (12)
14. Sons Of The Never Wrong (11/13)
        "Undertaker's Songbook" (10)
        "On A Good Day...I Am" (3)
14. Crys Matthews (11)
        "Changemakers" (9)
14. David Mallett (11)
        "Parallel Lives" (7)
14. Ellis Paul (11)
        "Ellis Paul's Traveling Medicine Show, Vol. 1" (5)
14. John McCutcheon (11)
        "Ghost Light" (3)
14. Rhiannon Giddens (11)
        "They're Calling Me Home" (6)
        "Freedom Highway" (5)
14. Tim Grimm (11)
        "Gone" (6)
21. Britton Patrick Morgan (10)
        "I Wanna Start A Band" (8)
21. Diana Jones (10)
        "Song To A Refugee" (7)
21. Donna Herula (10)
        "Bang At The Door" (10)
21. Steve Goodman (10)
        "No Big Surprise" (5)
21. Tim O'Brien (10)
        "He Walked On" (8)
26. Andy And Judy (9)
        "Let Us Sing" (9)
26. Bob Dylan (9)
        "Dylan" (2)
26. Bùmarang (9)
        "Echo Land" (9)
26. Cliff Eberhardt (9)
        "Knew Things" (9)
26. Craig Cardiff (9)
        "All This Time Running" (9)
26. Erin Ash Sullivan (9)
        "We Can Hear Each Other" (9)
26. Jackson Browne (9)
        "My Cleveland Heart" (5)
26. Johnsmith (9)
        "The Fray" (3)
        "Gravity Of Grace" (3)
26. Jonathan Byrd (9)
        "Cackalack" (6)
26. Kray Van Kirk (9)
        "The Midnight Commander" (5)
        "O My Fathers - single" (3)
26. Leah Kaufman (9)
        "Five Fingers" (6)
26. Lula Wiles (9)
        "Shame And Sedition" (8)
26. Pete Seeger (9)
        "Songs of Hope and Struggle" (2)

TOP LABELS of June 2021, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3235 plays from 108 playlists from 84 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (68)
2. Smithsonian/Folkways (53)
3. Columbia (36)
4. Compass (34)
5. Red House (33)
6. Pinecastle (32)
7. Sugar Hill (30)
8. Borealis (29)
9. Waterbug (27)
10. Nonesuch (24)
11. True North (23)
12. Patuxent (21)
12. Philo (21)
14. Signature Sounds (19)
15. Elektra (18)
15. Legacy (18)
17. Free Dirt (17)
18. Fantasy (16)
18. Flying Fish (16)
20. Vanguard (15)
20. Windbone (15)

FOLK DJs - June 2021, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3235 plays from 108 playlists from 84 Folk DJs

Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Allen Mullen (KOCF-LP, OR)
Andrea Berman (Podcast, BC)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
Artie Martello (WIOX-FM & bluesandrootsradio.com, NY)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bob Heyer (WWOV-LP, WV)
Bob Sherman (WFUV-FM, NY)
Brenda Tacik (CJTR-FM, SK)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris Denerley (beyondradio.co.uk, UK)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM, GA)
David John (KEOS-FM & KAXE-FM, MN)
Diane Crowe (WMCB-LP, MA)
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)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jane Gerlach (WERU-FM, ME)
Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jim Canales (WWSP-FM, WI)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Jim Welsh (Radio Summerhall & MixCloud, UK)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com & podcast, SC)
John Patterson (berggrenfolk.com & podcast, VT)
John Sillberg (CKOL-FM, ON)
Jon Colcord (Syndicated, NH)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY)
Justin Helmer (KVSC-FM, MN)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Kevin Vance (KALW-FM & soundcloud.com, CA)
Larry Hoyt (WAER-FM, NY)
Laura Chartier (KNBA-FM & syndicated)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM, AR)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Lyle D. Skinner (CJUM-FM & CKJS-AM, MB)
Mara Noelle (KVMR-FM, CA)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM, OR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDH-FM, VT)
Mary Anne Moorman (KBCS-FM, WA)
Matt Watroba (WKAR-FM, MI)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Park (MixCloud & PRX, NY)
Michael S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers & acousticrainbow.com, New Zealand)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM)
Paul Porzio (Cox Cable, VA)
Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-FM, NY)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Ray Naylor (WPPM-FM, PA)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & WVUD-FM, PA)
Robert Resnik (Vermont Public Radio)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM, NJ)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WWUH-FM, CT)
Susi Lanagan (PBS-FM, Australia)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Terry Moses (KCLC-FM, MO)
Tom Coxworth (CKUA-FM, AB)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM & syndicated, NY)