Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
August 2021, Week 3

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of August 2021, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2655 plays from 92 playlists from 72 Folk DJs

  1: "The Canvas Before Us," Joy Zimmerman [Self, 8/2021] (30)
        "Let Us Not Close Our Hearts" (4)
        "Prairie Wind" (4)
  2: "Other Voices, Other Rooms," Nanci Griffith [Elektra, 2004] (27)
        "Speed of the Sound of Loneliness" (6)
        "Across the Great Divide" (4)
  3: "Downhill From Everywhere," Jackson Browne [Inside, 7/2021] (22)
        "A Human Touch" (4)
        "Downhill From Everywhere" (4)
        "A Little Soon To Say" (3)
        "The Dreamer" (3)
        "Love Is Love" (3)
  4: "Why Wait!," Kate Taylor [Red House, 8/2021] (21)
        "Why Wait!" (4)
        "The Glory of Love" (3)
        "Don't Knock" (3)
        "Good Day Sunshine" (3)
  5: "A Better Day A-Coming," Robin And Linda Williams [Self, 6/2021] (19)
        "A Better Day A-Coming" (6)
        "Someday and Sometime" (5)
  6: "One Fair Summer Evening," Nanci Griffith [MCA, 8/2021] (17)
        "Love at the Five and Dime" (4)
        "Looking for the Time" (3)
  7: "Depreciated," John R. Miller [Rounder, 8/2021] (16)
        "Faustina" (4)
        "Half Ton Van" (4)
        "Shenandoah Shakedown" (2)
        "Lookin' Over My Shoulder" (2)
  8: "Sober Again," Jackson Grimm [Self, 8/2021] (14)
        "At My Feet" (4)
        "I Drink" (3)
        "Little Rock Canyon" (2)
        "Katie Did Holler" (2)
  8: "Song To A Refugee," Diana Jones [Proper, 6/2021] (14)
        "Ask A Woman" (2)
        "The Last Words" (2)
        "We Believe You" (2)
        "Song to a Refugee" (2)
        "The Life I Left Behind" (2)
 10: "Come Around," Rob Lutes [Lucky Bear, 6/2021] (13)
        "Knives" (3)
        "Shediac Bridge" (2)
        "That Bird Has My Wings" (2)
        "Fisherman's Rest" (2)
        "Lightning" (2)
 11: "Last Of The Better Days Ahead," Charlie Parr [Smithsonian/Folkways, 8/2021] (12)
        "Anaconda" (3)
        "Walkin Back From Wilmar" (2)
        "817 Oakland Avenue" (2)
 11: "Sun And Moon," Trevor Tchir [Self, 8/2021] (12)
        "Batchawana Bay" (4)
        "Poet and the Poor Boy" (2)
        "Iron Mountain" (2)
 11: "Until Now," Carrie Newcomer [Available Light, 8/2021] (12)
        "Throwing Rocks at the Moon" (4)
        "Like Molly Brown" (3)
        "A Long Way Up" (2)
 14: "Grit And Polish," Mark Schatz And Bryan McDowell [Patuxent, 6/2021] (11)
        "Kensington Station" (2)
        "Gardenia Waltz-Flop Eared Mule" (2)
        "My East Tennessee Home" (2)
 14: "The Last Of The True Believers," Nanci Griffith [Philo, 8/2021] (11)
        "Banks Of The Pontchartrain" (5)
        "Love at the Five & Dime" (2)
 16: "Ballad Of A Bad Girl," Kate McDonnell [Dog-Eared Discs, 5/2021] (10)
        "Pilgrim" (4)
        "If I Knew" (3)
        "Love Is the Damndest Thing" (2)
 16: "Chimney Swifts," Brad Kolodner [Self, 8/2021] (10)
        "Foggy Mountain Special" (4)
        "Catalpa Hop" (3)
 16: "Hourglass," Murray McLauchlan [True North, 6/2021] (10)
        "Pandemic Blues" (4)
        "Wishes" (2)
 16: "Lone Star State Of Mind," Nanci Griffith [MCA, 8/2021] (10)
        "From A Distance" (3)
        "Ford Econoline" (2)
        "Lone Star State of Mind" (2)
        "There's a Light Beyond These Woods" (2)
 16: "Watchhouse," Watchhouse [Thirty Tigers, 8/2021] (10)
        "Beautiful Flowers" (5)
 21: "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself," Colin Hay [Compass, 8/2021] (9)
        "Wichita Lineman" (2)
        "Many Rivers to Cross" (2)
 21: "Triage," Rodney Crowell [Thirty Tigers, 7/2021] (9)
        "I'm All About Love" (2)
        "Something Has To Change" (2)
        "Transient Global Amnesia Blues" (2)
 23: "Eden And Her Borderlands," Anya Hinkle [Organic, 8/2021] (8)
        "What's It Gonna Take" (2)
        "Merciful Dawn" (2)
 23: "Intersection," Nanci Griffith [Hell No, 2012] (8)
        "Never Going Back" (2)
        "Bethlehem Steel" (2)
 23: "Little Love Affairs," Nanci Griffith [MCA] (8)
        "Outbound Plane" (3)
        "Gulf Coast Highway" (2)
        "I Wish It Would Rain" (2)
 23: "Storms," Nanci Griffith [MCA, 8/2021] (8)
        "It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go" (6)
        "Listen To The Radio" (2)
 27: "Adeline," Adeline [Self, 6/2021] (7)
        "Stoney Fork" (2)
        "Hickory" (2)
 27: "Be Ready When I Call You," Guy Davis [M.C., 5/2021] (7)
        "Got Your Letter in My Pocket" (1)
 27: "Borrowed Time," Joe Troop [Free Dirt, 7/2021] (7)
        "Love Along The Way" (3)
        "Purdy Little Rainbows" (2)
 27: "Cold Rain And Snow," Jared Rabin [Self, 7/2021] (7)
        "Hey Mister Doctor" (2)
        "Most Any Diamond" (2)
 27: "From A Distance - The Very Best Of Nanci Griffith," Nanci Griffith [Self, 8/2021] (7)
        "From A Distance" (1)
 27: "How I Hear It," Jeremy Stephens [Rebel, 8/2021] (7)
        "Sockeye" (2)
        "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" (2)
 27: "Midnight Carnival," Mark Germino [Red Parlor] (7)
        "Traveling Man" (2)
 27: "Other Voices Too," Nanci Griffith [Elektra, 8/2021] (7)
        "Wall Of Death" (1)
 27: "Streamliner," Jesse Brock [Sound Biscuit, 7/2021] (7)
        "Shuckin' the Corn" (2)
        "Streamliner" (2)
 27: "Time Out Session 1," The Accidentals [Self, 5/2021] (7)
        "Wildfire" (2)
        "Might as Well Be Gold" (2)
 27: "Treasure Of Love," The Flatlanders [Rack 'Em, 7/2021] (7)
        "Treasure Of Love" (2)
        "Mama Does The Kangaroo" (2)
 27: "Tricks Of The Trade," Malcolm Holcombe [Need To Know, 8/2021] (7)
        "Into the Sunlight" (2)

TOP SONGS of August 2021, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2655 plays from 92 playlists from 72 Folk DJs

1. "It's A Hard Life Wherever You Go" (10)
     from "Storms" (Nanci Griffith)
1. "Love at the Five and Dime" (10)
     from "One Fair Summer Evening" (Nanci Griffith)
     also "The Last Of The True Believers" (Nanci Griffith)
3. "From A Distance" (9)
     from "Lone Star State Of Mind" (Nanci Griffith)
     also "One Fair Summer Evening" (Nanci Griffith)
4. "Speed of the Sound of Loneliness" (8)
     from "Other Voices, Other Rooms" (Nanci Griffith)
5. "Listen To The Radio" (7)
     from "Winter Marquee" (Nanci Griffith)
     also "Storms" (Nanci Griffith)
6. "Angels Of Our Better Nature" (6)
     from "Angels Of Our Better Nature - single" (Cosy Sheridan)
6. "A Better Day A-Coming" (6)
     from "A Better Day A-Coming" (Robin & Linda Williams)
6. "Ping" (6)
     from "Ping - single" (Skinner & T'witch)
6. "Someday and Sometime" (6)
     from "A Better Day A-Coming" (Robin & Linda Williams)
10. "Banks Of The Pontchartrain" (5)
     from "The Last Of The True Believers" (Nanci Griffith)
10. "Beautiful Flowers" (5)
     from "Watchhouse" (Watchhouse)
10. "Once in a Very Blue Moon" (5)
     from "One Fair Summer Evening" (Nanci Griffith)
10. "There's a Light Beyond These Woods" (5)
     from "Lone Star State Of Mind" (Nanci Griffith)
10. "Throwing Rocks at the Moon" (5)
     from "Until Now" (Carrie Newcomer)
15. "Across the Great Divide" (4)
     from "Other Voices, Other Rooms" (Nanci Griffith)

TOP ARTISTS of August 2021, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2655 plays from 92 playlists from 72 Folk DJs

1. Nanci Griffith (158)
        "Other Voices, Other Rooms" (25)
        "One Fair Summer Evening" (17)
        "The Last Of The True Believers" (11)
        "Lone Star State Of Mind" (10)
2. Joy Zimmerman (31)
        "The Canvas Before Us" (30)
3. Jackson Browne (23)
        "Downhill From Everywhere" (22)
4. Kate Taylor (21)
        "Why Wait!" (21)
5. Robin & Linda Williams (20)
        "A Better Day A-Coming" (18)
6. John R. Miller (17)
        "Depreciated" (16)
7. Carrie Newcomer (15)
        "Until Now" (12)
8. Bob Dylan (14)
        "New Morning" (3)
8. Jackson Grimm (14)
        "Sober Again" (14)
10. Charlie Parr (13)
        "Last Of The Better Days Ahead" (12)
10. Diana Jones (13)
        "Song To A Refugee" (13)
10. Rob Lutes (13)
        "Come Around" (13)
10. Trevor Tchir (13)
        "Sun And Moon" (12)
14. Brad Kolodner (12)
        "Chimney Swifts" (10)
15. Colin Hay (11)
        "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself" (9)
15. Murray McLauchlan (11)
        "Hourglass" (10)
17. Kate McDonnell (10)
        "Ballad Of A Bad Girl" (10)
17. Mark Schatz And Bryan McDowell (10)
        "Grit And Polish" (10)
19. Joni Mitchell (9)
        "Hits" (2)
19. Laura Love (9)
        "Uppity" (6)
19. Rodney Crowell (9)
        "Triage" (9)
19. Watchhouse (9)
        "Watchhouse" (9)
19. Yola (9)
        "Stand For Myself" (6)
24. The Accidentals (8)
        "Time Out Session 1" (7)
24. Annie Gallup (8)
        "Oh Everything" (6)
24. Anya Hinkle (8)
        "Eden And Her Borderlands" (8)
24. Della Mae (8)
        "Family Reunion" (4)
        "Headlight" (3)
24. Tim Easton (8)
        "You Don't Really Know Me" (6)
29. Poco (7/9)
        "From The Inside" (2)
29. Adeline (7)
        "Adeline" (7)
29. Cosy Sheridan (7)
        "Angels Of Our Better Nature - single" (5)
29. Darin & Brooke Aldridge (7)
        "This Life We're Livin'" (5)
29. Erin Ash Sullivan (7)
        "We Can Hear Each Other" (6)
29. The Flatlanders (7)
        "Treasure Of Love" (7)
29. Guy Davis (7)
        "Be Ready When I Call You" (7)
29. Jared Rabin (7)
        "Cold Rain And Snow" (7)
29. Jeremy Stephens (7)
        "How I Hear It" (7)
29. Jesse Brock (7)
        "Streamliner" (7)
29. Jesse Palidofsky (7)
        "Our Better Angels" (6)
29. Joe Troop (7)
        "Borrowed Time" (7)
29. Malcolm Holcombe (7)
        "Tricks Of The Trade" (7)
29. Mark Germino (7)
        "Midnight Carnival" (7)
29. Rachel Baiman (7)
        "Cycles" (4)
29. Skinner & T'witch (7)
        "Ping - single" (6)

TOP LABELS of August 2021, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2655 plays from 92 playlists from 72 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (73)
2. Elektra (54)
3. MCA (43)
4. Compass (42)
5. Red House (36)
6. Columbia (34)
7. Smithsonian/Folkways (33)
8. Thirty Tigers (31)
9. Philo (23)
10. Sugar Hill (22)
11. Signature Sounds (19)
12. True North (17)
13. Free Dirt (16)
13. Inside (16)
13. Rebel (16)
16. BMG (15)
17. Pinecastle (14)
17. Vault (14)
17. Warner (14)
20. Borealis (12)
20. New West (12)
20. Patuxent (12)
20. Reprise (12)
20. Yep Roc (12)

FOLK DJs - August 2021, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2655 plays from 92 playlists from 72 Folk DJs

Abby Parks (WLJS-FM, AL)
Allen Mullen (KOCF-LP, OR)
Arthur Berman (CiTR-FM & podcast, BC)
Artie Martello (WIOX-FM, NY)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bill Wagman (KDRT-FM, CA)
Bob Heyer (WWOV-LP, WV)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM & WHFB-FM, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Clint Harding (KOPN-FM, MO)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Murphy (folkfrontier.com, NH)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
David John (KAXE-FM & KEOS-FM, MN)
Diane Karl (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Fred Frawley (WMPG-FM, ME)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Gordon Nash (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Greg Priddy (WJCU-FM, OH)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Howard Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
Jan Hall (CFRU-FM & syndicated, ON)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA)
Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com & podcast, SC)
John Platt (WFUV-FM, NY)
John Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA)
John Sillberg (CKOL-FM, ON)
Jon Colcord (Syndicated, NH)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY)
Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Larry Hoyt (WAER-FM, NY)
Lyle D. Skinner (CKJS-AM & CJUM-FM, MB)
Mara Noelle (KVMR-FM, CA)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM, OR)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDH-FM, VT)
Matthew Baya (WERU-FM, ME)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Park (PRX, NY)
Michael S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers, New Zealand)
Ned Johnston (WERU-FM, ME)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Ray Naylor (WPPM-FM, PA)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM, WA)
Richard Gordon (WVUD-FM & WRCT-FM, DE)
Rick Chael (KKFI-FM, MO)
Robert Resnik (Vermont Public Radio)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO)
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 B. Moses & Naomi Soule (KCLC-FM, MO)
Tom Coxworth (CKUA-FM, AB)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)