Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
July 2021, Week 2

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of July 2021, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2916 plays from 102 playlists from 81 Folk DJs

  1: "Song To A Refugee," Diana Jones [Proper, 6/2021] (30)
        "El Chaparral" (5)
        "I Wait For You" (5)
        "The Life I Left Behind" (5)
        "We Believe You" (5)
        "Song to a Refugee" (4)
  2: "Hourglass," Murray McLauchlan [True North, 6/2021] (26)
        "Pandemic Blues" (7)
  3: "Grit And Polish," Mark Schatz And Bryan McDowell [Patuxent, 6/2021] (23)
        "Cruso Flood" (5)
        "Kensington Station" (4)
        "There Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens" (3)
        "My East Tennessee Home" (3)
  4: "New Century Suite," Michael J. Miles [Self, 2007] (19)
        "Vincent Black Lightning" (6)
        "Firefly Sonata I" (3)
        "Chicago Trilogy I: Blue" (3)
        "When Things Go Wrong" (3)
  5: "Streamliner," Jesse Brock [Sound Biscuit, 7/2021] (18)
        "Black Rock City" (5)
        "Streamliner" (4)
        "Hey, Spikedriver" (4)
  6: "Don't You Marry No Railroad Man," JP Harris [Free Dirt, 6/2021] (17)
        "Country Blues" (4)
        "Barbry Ellen" (3)
        "House Carpenter" (3)
  7: "Never Found A Way To Tame The Blues," Jon Shain And Fj Ventre [Flyin', 7/2021] (15)
        "Woodsmoke" (3)
        "Lord Have Mercy" (2)
        "Keep Your Head Above Water" (2)
        "Outraged" (2)
  8: "Cold Rain And Snow," Jared Rabin [Self, 7/2021] (13)
        "Salt Creek" (3)
        "Cold Rain and Snow" (3)
        "Whiskey For Breakfast" (2)
  8: "He Walked On," Tim O'Brien [Howdy Skies, 6/2021] (13)
        "When You Pray" (4)
        "Ready On the Firing Line" (2)
        "That's How Every Empire Falls" (2)
        "El Comedor" (2)
  8: "This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1," Woody Guthrie [Smithsonian/Folkways, 1997] (13)
        "This Land Is Your Land" (6)
 11: "Let's Get Away," Kalinec And Kj [Berkalin, 7/2021] (12)
        "Let's Get Away" (4)
        "I Don't Know" (2)
        "Paint" (2)
        "Reach Out" (2)
 11: "We Can Hear Each Other," Erin Ash Sullivan [Willoughby, 6/2021] (12)
        "Fireflies" (3)
        "Radio Show" (2)
        "Ducks In A Row" (2)
 13: "Be Ready When I Call You," Guy Davis [M.C., 5/2021] (11)
        "God's Gonna Make Things Over" (2)
        "Be Ready When I Call You" (2)
        "Got Your Letter In My Pocket" (2)
        "Badonkadonk Train" (2)
 13: "Red Maple Tree," Sloan Wainwright [Self, 3/2021] (11)
        "In Times Like These" (3)
        "When I Have Nothing" (2)
        "Red Maple Tree" (2)
 15: "Wild Beat The Wings," John Flynn [Self, 7/2021] (10)
        "An American Cage" (2)
        "Circle of Love" (2)
        "The Song of My Becoming" (2)
 15: "Light And Dark," Chris Ronald [Borealis, 6/2021] (10)
        "The Rock" (2)
        "City Girl" (2)
        "Please Don't Come For Me Now" (2)
 17: "Adeline," Various Artists [?] (9)
        "Red Prairie Dawn," Sam Alison, Chris Coole, Adrian Gross, Mark Kilianski & John Showman (2)
        "Paul David," John Showman, Chris Coole, Adrian Gross, Sam Allison, Mark Killanski (2)
        "Hickory" (2)
 17: "Borrowed Time," Joe Troop [Free Dirt, 7/2021] (9)
        "Red, White, Blues" (2)
        "Hermano Migrante" (2)
        "Mercy For Migrants" (2)
 17: "Outside Child," Allison Russell [Fantasy, 6/2021] (9)
        "Persephone" (2)
 17: "Treasure Of Love," The Flatlanders [Rack 'Em, 7/2021] (9)
        "She Belongs To Me" (2)
        "She Smiles Like a River" (2)
 21: "Ballad Of A Bad Girl," Kate McDonnell [Dog-Eared Discs, 5/2021] (8)
        "Pilgrim" (3)
        "Sweet Virginia" (2)
        "Ballad of a Bad Girl" (2)
 21: "Madison Archives," Frank Evans And Ben Plotnick [Self, 6/2021] (8)
        "Felicity's Reel" (2)
 21: "Time Out Session 1," The Accidentals [Self, 5/2021] (8)
        "Might as Well Be Gold" (3)
        "Wildfire" (3)
 21: "Sometimes I Feel Too Much," Cosy Sheridan [cosysheridan.com, 2016] (8)
        "Woody Guthrie Watch Over Me" (7)
 25: "All This Time Running," Craig Cardiff [True North, 5/2021] (7)
        "Dirty Old Town" (2)
        "Don't Give Up" (2)
 25: "Echo Land," Bùmarang [Fallen Tree, 6/2021] (7)
        "Song of the Rose" (2)
 25: "Gone," Tim Grimm [Vault, 3/2021] (7)
        "Laurel Pearl" (3)
        "Dreaming Of King Lear" (2)
 25: "Jake Eddy," Jake Eddy [Self, 7/2021] (7)
        "Black Mountain Rag" (3)
 25: "Migrants," Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra [Self, 6/2021] (7)
        "Going Out West" (2)
 25: "Our Better Angels," Jesse Palidofsky [Azalea City, 7/2021] (7)
        "I Am an Immigrant" (2)
 25: "Souvenirs," John Prine [Oh Boy, 4/2020] (7)
        "Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore" (2)
 25: "Where And When," Kelly's Lot [Self, 5/2021] (7)
        "Jealous Hearted Blues" (3)
 25: "Keep Hoping MacHine Running: Songs of Woody Guthrie," Alastair Moock [Moockshake] (7)
        "So Long, It's Been Good To Know Yuh" (7)
 25: "Undertaker's Songbook," Sons Of The Never Wrong [Sons, 5/2021] (7)
        "Higher Ground" (2)

TOP SONGS of July 2021, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2916 plays from 102 playlists from 81 Folk DJs

1. "So Long, It's Been Good To Know Yuh" (9)
     from "Keep Hoping MacHine Running: Songs of Woody Guthrie" (Alastair Moock)
     also "Keep Hoping MacHine Running" (Alastair Moock)
1. "Woody Guthrie Watch Over Me" (9)
     from "Sometimes I Feel Too Much" (Cosy Sheridan)
3. "Pandemic Blues" (8)
     from "Hourglass" (Murray McLauchlan)
3. "Song To Woody" (8)
     from "Crowes Pasture" (Crowes Pasture)
5. "This Land Is Your Land" (6)
     from "This Land Is Your Land" (Johnsmith)
5. "Out Past Yesterday" (6)
     from "Out Past Yesterday - single" (Ina May Wool)
     also "Rewrite The Ending" (Ina May Wool)
5. "Vincent Black Lightning" (6)
     from "New Century Suite" (Michael J. Miles)
8. "Black Rock City" (5)
     from "Streamliner" (Jesse Brock)
8. "Cruso Flood" (5)
     from "Grit And Polish" (Mark Schatz & Bryan McDowell)
8. "El Chaparral" (5)
     from "Song To A Refugee" (Diana Jones)
8. "I Found" (5)
     from "I Found - single" (Valerie Smith)
8. "I Wait For You" (5)
     from "Song To A Refugee" (Diana Jones)
8. "July" (5)
     from "Pearls" (Dave Fry)
8. "The Life I Left Behind" (5)
     from "Song To A Refugee" (Diana Jones)

TOP ARTISTS of July 2021, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2916 plays from 102 playlists from 81 Folk DJs

1. Diana Jones (29)
        "Song To A Refugee" (27)
2. Murray McLauchlan (27)
        "Hourglass" (24)
3. Mark Schatz And Bryan McDowell (23)
        "Grit And Polish" (23)
4. Michael J. Miles (20)
        "New Century Suite" (19)
5. Jesse Brock (19)
        "Streamliner" (18)
6. Jon Shain And Fj Ventre (17)
        "Never Found A Way To Tame The Blues" (15)
6. Tim O'Brien (17)
        "He Walked On" (13)
8. Guy Davis (13)
        "Be Ready When I Call You" (11)
8. Jared Rabin (13)
        "Cold Rain And Snow" (13)
10. Crowes Pasture (12)
        "Crowes Pasture" (5)
        "Song To Woody - single" (3)
10. Erin Ash Sullivan (12)
        "We Can Hear Each Other" (12)
10. John Flynn (12)
        "Wild Beat The Wings" (10)
10. Kalinec And Kj (12)
        "Let's Get Away" (12)
14. Cosy Sheridan (11)
        "Sometimes I Feel Too Much" (7)
14. Johnsmith (11)
        "This Land Is Your Land" (6)
        "The Fray" (3)
14. Sloan Wainwright (11)
        "Red Maple Tree" (11)
14. Tim Grimm (11)
        "Gone" (7)
18. Alastair Moock (10)
        "Keep Hoping MacHine Running" (6)
18. Chris Ronald (10)
        "Light And Dark" (9)
18. JP Harris (10)
        "Don't You Marry No Railroad Man" (10)
18. Pete Seeger (10)
        "Pete" (3)
22. John Prine (9/18)
        "Souvenirs" (7)
        "Fair And Square" (3)
        "German Afternoons" (3)
22. Allison Russell (9)
        "Outside Child" (9)
22. The Flatlanders (9)
        "Treasure Of Love" (9)
22. Joe Troop (9)
        "Borrowed Time" (9)
22. Kate McDonnell (9)
        "Ballad Of A Bad Girl" (8)
27. The Accidentals (8)
        "Time Out Session 1" (8)
27. Jake Eddy (8)
        "Jake Eddy" (7)
27. Jesse Palidofsky (8)
        "Our Better Angels" (7)
27. John McCutcheon (8)
        "This Land: Woody Guthrie's America" (3)
27. Kelly's Lot (8)
        "Where And When" (7)

TOP LABELS of July 2021, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2916 plays from 102 playlists from 81 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (60)
2. Smithsonian/Folkways (46)
3. True North (42)
4. Free Dirt (41)
5. Compass (31)
6. Borealis (29)
7. Red House (28)
8. Sugar Hill (24)
8. Thirty Tigers (24)
10. Columbia (22)
11. Signature Sounds (21)
12. Patuxent (20)
13. Appleseed (18)
13. Sound Biscuit (18)
15. Capitol (16)
15. Fantasy (16)
17. Sony (15)
18. Proper (14)
19. Elektra (13)
19. Howdy Skies (13)
19. Warner (13)

FOLK DJs - July 2021, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2916 plays from 102 playlists from 81 Folk DJs

Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Allen Mullen (KOCF-LP, OR)
Annie Keville (WVBR-FM, NY)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
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)
Brenda Tacik (CJTR-FM, SK)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM & WHFB-FM, IN)
Chris Denerley (beyondradio.co.uk, UK)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Cindy Funk (WYSO-FM, OH)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Murphy (folkfrontier.com, NH)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM, GA)
David John (KAXE-FM, MN)
Dennis Brunnenmeyer (KVMR-FM, CA)
Diane Karl (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Eddie O'Strange (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 Hall (CFRU-FM & syndicated, ON)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jim Canales (WWSP-FM, WI)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Joe Pszonek (KRAJ-FM & podcast, SC)
John Platt (WFUV-FM, NY)
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 & KPFA-FM, CA)
Laura Chartier (KNBA-FM)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM, AR)
Lyle D. Skinner (CJUM-FM & CKJS-AM, MB)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM, OR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDH-FM, VT)
Mark Sahlgren and Darcy Wilkin (WMUK-FM)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Park (MixCloud & PRX, NY)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers, New Zealand)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Peter Thompson (KALW-FM, CA)
Ray Naylor (WPPM-FM, PA)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM, WA)
Richard Gordon (WVUD-FM, DE)
Robert Resnik (Vermont Public Radio)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Sara Trunzo (WERU-FM, ME)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WWUH-FM, CT)
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, NY)
Wayne Greene (KEOS-FM, TX)