Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
July 2021, Week 1

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L


TOP ALBUMS of July 2021, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3410 plays from 113 playlists from 90 Folk DJs

  1: "Song To A Refugee," Diana Jones [Proper, 6/2021] (26)
        "We Believe You" (6)
        "Song to a Refugee" (5)
  2: "Hourglass," Murray McLauchlan [True North, 6/2021] (25)
        "America" (9)
        "Pandemic Blues" (4)
        "Hourglass" (4)
  3: "He Walked On," Tim O'Brien [Howdy Skies, 6/2021] (18)
        "I Breathe In" (5)
        "Sod Buster" (3)
  4: "Cold Rain And Snow," Jared Rabin [Self, 7/2021] (17)
        "Hey Mister Doctor" (3)
        "Most Any Diamond" (3)
        "Cold Rain and Snow" (3)
  5: "Grit And Polish," Mark Schatz And Bryan McDowell [Patuxent, 6/2021] (15)
        "Italy" (3)
        "Cruso Flood" (3)
        "My East Tennessee Home" (3)
        "There Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens" (2)
        "Kensington Station" (2)
  6: "Be Ready When I Call You," Guy Davis [M.C., 5/2021] (14)
        "Badonkadonk Train" (3)
        "I Thought I Heard The Devil Call My Name" (3)
        "Spoonful" (2)
        "I Got a Job in the City" (2)
  6: "Time Out Session 1," The Accidentals [Self, 5/2021] (14)
        "All Shall Be Well" (6)
        "Wildfire" (5)
        "Night Train" (3)
  8: "Changemakers," Crys Matthews [Self, 3/2021] (13)
        "Call Them In" (3)
        "Selfless" (3)
        "Hope Revolution" (3)
        "Exactly Where You Are" (2)
  9: "Don't You Marry No Railroad Man," JP Harris [Free Dirt, 6/2021] (12)
        "Closer to the Mill" (3)
        "Mole In The Ground" (2)
        "Wild Bill Jones" (2)
  9: "Streamliner," Jesse Brock [Sound Biscuit, 7/2021] (12)
        "Streamliner" (3)
        "Black Rock City" (2)
        "Hey, Spikedriver" (2)
 11: "Blue," Joni Mitchell [Reprise, 2002] (11/12)
        "A Case of You" (3)
        "California" (2)
        "Carey" (2)
        "River" (2)
 11: "Illuminations," Sean Della Croce [Pasadena, 2021] (11)
        "Illuminations" (4)
        "Catharine Street" (3)
        "In Confidence" (3)
 11: "Never Found A Way To Tame The Blues," Jon Shain And Fj Ventre [Flyin', 7/2021] (11)
        "Lord Have Mercy" (4)
        "Overnight From Memphis" (2)
 11: "New Century Suite," Michael J. Miles [Self, 2007] (11)
        "Vincent Black Lightning" (3)
        "When Things Go Wrong" (2)
        "Opus 821" (2)
        "Chicago Trilogy I: Blue" (2)
 15: "Ballad Of A Bad Girl," Kate McDonnell [Dog-Eared Discs, 5/2021] (10)
        "Pilgrim" (3)
        "Dimming of The Day" (2)
        "Ballad Of A Bad Girl" (2)
 15: "Jake Eddy," Jake Eddy [Self, 7/2021] (10)
        "Billy In The Lowground" (3)
        "Black Mountain Rag" (2)
        "Road to Columbus" (2)
 15: "Red Maple Tree," Sloan Wainwright [Self, 3/2021] (10)
        "We Are The People" (4)
        "Red Maple Tree" (2)
 18: "All This Time Running," Craig Cardiff [True North, 5/2021] (9)
        "All This Time Running" (3)
 18: "Borrowed Time," Joe Troop [Free Dirt, 7/2021] (9)
        "Red, White & Blues" (2)
        "Love Along the Way" (2)
        "Horizon" (2)
 18: "Light And Dark," Chris Ronald [Borealis, 6/2021] (9)
        "City Girl" (2)
        "Pacific Time" (2)
 18: "Outside Child," Allison Russell [Fantasy, 6/2021] (9)
        "Nightflyer" (3)
        "Persephone" (2)
 18: "They're Calling Me Home," Rhiannon Giddens [Nonesuch, 4/2021] (9)
        "I Shall Not Be Moved" (4)
        "Waterbound" (2)
 18: "We Can Hear Each Other," Erin Ash Sullivan [Willoughby, 6/2021] (9)
        "Train from Gary" (3)
        "Fireflies" (2)
 24: "Animal Communicator," Robin Bienemann [Self, 6/2021] (8)
        "Animal Communicator" (3)
        "Cowboy Boots" (3)
 24: "At the Bottom of a Canyon in the Branches of a Tree," Steve Dawson [Pravda, 7/2021] (8)
        "Forgiveness Is Nothing Like I Thought It Would Be" (2)
        "She Knew" (2)
 26: "Just Beyond The Shine," Peach & Quiet [Self] (7/8)
        "Flowers Grow" (2)
        "For My Love" (2)
        "There's a Very Good Chance" (2)
 26: "Bet On Love," Pharis And Jason Romero [Self, 5/2020] (7)
        "Old Chatelaine" (2)
        "Hometown Blues" (2)
 26: "The Fray," John Smith [Thirty Tigers, 3/2021] (7)
        "Eye To Eye" (5)
 26: "Joyful Banner Blazing," Maria Dunn [Distant Whisper, 1/2021] (7)
        "From Dublin With Love" (2)
        "Joyful Banner Blazing" (2)
        "Ontario Song" (2)
 26: "Migrants," Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra [Self, 6/2021] (7)
        "My Heart and Soul" (3)
        "Smokey Mountain Railway" (3)
 26: "Normal Isn't Normal Anymore," Rod Abernethy [Downstairs, 1/2021] (7)
        "When Tobacco Was King" (2)
        "Normal Isn't Normal Anymore" (2)
        "Oxford Town" (2)
 26: "Vivian Leva And Riley Calcagno," Vivian Leva And Riley Calcagno [Free Dirt, 3/2021] (7)
        "Will You" (3)

TOP SONGS of July 2021, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3410 plays from 113 playlists from 90 Folk DJs

1. "America" (9)
     from "Hourglass" (Murray McLauchlan)
2. "Happy Independence Day" (8)
     from "Happy Independence Day - single" (Josie Bello)
3. "4th of July" (6)
     from "The Waking Hour" (David Francey)
     also "These Times We're Living In - A Red House Anthology" (David Francey)
3. "Five Alarm Fire on the 4th of July" (6)
     from "The Storyteller's Suitcase" (Ellis Paul)
3. "All Shall Be Well" (6)
     from "Time Out Session 1" (The Accidentals)
3. "Man On The Levee" (6)
     from "Songs of the Oregon Trail" (Michael McNevin)
7. "4th of July" (5)
     from "King of California" (Dave Alvin)
7. "4th of July, Asbury Park" (5)
     from "Courier" (Richard Shindell)
7. "I Breathe In" (5)
     from "He Walked On" (Tim O'Brien)
7. "Roses On the 4th of July" (5)
     from "Clock Without Hands" (Nanci Griffith)
7. "Song to a Refugee" (5)
     from "Song To A Refugee" (Diana Jones)
7. "We Believe You" (5)
     from "Song To A Refugee" (Diana Jones)
7. "Wildfire" (5)
     from "Time Out Session 1" (The Accidentals)
14. "Eye To Eye" (3/5)
     from "The Fray" (John Smith)

TOP ARTISTS of July 2021, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3410 plays from 113 playlists from 90 Folk DJs

1. Diana Jones (27)
        "Song To A Refugee" (25)
1. Murray McLauchlan (27)
        "Hourglass" (25)
3. Nanci Griffith (25)
        "One Fair Summer Evening" (9)
        "Clock Without Hands" (5)
3. Tim O'Brien (25)
        "He Walked On" (18)
5. Joni Mitchell (19)
        "Blue" (12)
6. Jared Rabin (17)
        "Cold Rain And Snow" (17)
7. Guy Davis (15)
        "Be Ready When I Call You" (14)
8. The Accidentals (14)
        "Time Out Session 1" (14)
8. Jesse Brock (14)
        "Streamliner" (12)
8. John McCutcheon (14)
        "Mail Myself To You" (3)
8. Mark Schatz And Bryan McDowell (14)
        "Grit And Polish" (14)
8. Michael J. Miles (14)
        "New Century Suite" (11)
        "Mississippi River Suite" (3)
13. Crys Matthews (13)
        "Changemakers" (13)
14. Rhiannon Giddens (12)
        "They're Calling Me Home" (7)
        "Freedom Highway" (3)
15. Allison Russell (11)
        "Outside Child" (9)
15. Ellis Paul (11)
        "The Storyteller's Suitcase" (6)
        "Ellis Paul's Traveling Medicine Show, Vol. 1" (3)
15. Emmylou Harris (11)
        "Red Dirt Girl" (2)
15. John Prine (11)
        "The Tree Of Forgiveness" (3)
15. Jon Shain And Fj Ventre (11)
        "Never Found A Way To Tame The Blues" (11)
15. Sean Della Croce (11)
        "Illuminations" (11)
15. Sloan Wainwright (11)
        "Red Maple Tree" (10)
15. Steve Dawson (11)
        "At the Bottom of a Canyon in the Branches of a Tree" (8)
23. David Francey (10)
        "The Waking Hour" (5)
23. Jake Eddy (10)
        "Jake Eddy" (10)
23. Kate McDonnell (10)
        "Ballad Of A Bad Girl" (10)
26. Bob Dylan (9)
        "Live 1962-1966: Rare Performances From The Copyright Collections" (2)
26. Chris Ronald (9)
        "Light And Dark" (9)
26. Craig Cardiff (9)
        "All This Time Running" (9)
26. Erin Ash Sullivan (9)
        "We Can Hear Each Other" (9)
26. Joe Troop (9)
        "Borrowed Time" (9)
26. Josie Bello (9)
        "Happy Independence Day - single" (8)
26. JP Harris (9)
        "Don't You Marry No Railroad Man" (9)
26. Sarah Jarosz (9)
        "Blue Heron Suite" (3)
        "World On The Ground" (3)

TOP LABELS of July 2021, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3410 plays from 113 playlists from 90 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (67)
2. True North (39)
3. Compass (37)
4. Smithsonian/Folkways (35)
5. Columbia (31)
5. Red House (31)
7. Borealis (30)
7. Signature Sounds (30)
9. Free Dirt (29)
9. Nonesuch (29)
11. Proper (28)
12. Thirty Tigers (21/30)
12. Elektra (21)
14. Sugar Hill (20)
15. Howdy Skies (18)
16. Legacy (17)
16. Reprise (17)
16. Warner (17)
19. M.C. (13)
19. Philo (13)
19. Sound Biscuit (13)
19. Vanguard (13)

FOLK DJs - July 2021, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3410 plays from 113 playlists from 90 Folk DJs

Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Allen Mullen (KOCF-LP, OR)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM, NY)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
Arthur Dean (WCNI-FM, CT)
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)
Brad Edmondson (WVBR-FM, NY)
Brenda Tacik (CJTR-FM, SK)
Bud Johnson (KNBA-FM & syndicated, AK)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris Denerley (beyondradio.co.uk, UK)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Christian Leathers (WERU-FM, ME)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Dan Murphy (folkfrontier.com, NH)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM, GA)
David John (KAXE-FM, MN)
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)
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 & syndicated, ON)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jane Gerlach (WERU-FM, ME)
Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA)
Jeannie Holton (WMNF-FM, FL)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Jim Welsh (Radio Summerhall, UK)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com & podcast, SC)
John Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA)
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)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM, AR)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Lyle D. Skinner (CJUM-FM & CKJS-AM, MB)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM, OR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, MA)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDH-FM, VT)
Mark Sahlgren and Darcy Wilkin (WMUK-FM)
Matthew Baya (WERU-FM, ME)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers & acousticrainbow.com, New Zealand)
Ned Johnston (WERU-FM, ME)
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