Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
December 2021, Week 5

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of December 2021, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1254 plays from 45 playlists from 32 Folk DJs

  1: "The Turning Year," Jennifer Cutting's Ocean Orchestra [Sunsign, 11/2021] (10)
        "The Turning Year: A New Year's Toast" (8)
  2: "Bucket List," John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 9/2021] (7)
        "Bucket List" (4)
  2: "J.D. Crowe & The New South," J. D. Crowe & The New South [Rounder] (7)
        "Old Home Place" (2)
  4: "Eden And Her Borderlands," Anya Hinkle [Organic, 8/2021] (6)
        "Road of the Winds" (2)
        "I Belong to the Band" (2)
  5: "Evergreen," Good Lovelies [Compass, 12/2021] (5/9)
        "Alison Brown Quartet & Joe Craven" (2)
  5: "Blues Ballads Cowboy Songs," Peter Keane [Self, 11/2021] (5)
        "Weary Blues" (2)
        "Cool Water" (2)
  5: "Insurrection Blues," Corey Harris [M.C., 11/2021] (5)
        "Insurrection Blues" (2)
        "Boats Up River" (2)
  8: "At The Turning Of The Year," Herdman, Hills & Mangsen [Hand And Heart, 2005] (4)
        "At The Turning Of The Year" (2)
  8: "Changemakers," Crys Matthews [Self, 3/2021] (4)
        "Changemakers" (2)
  8: "Chinook Waltz," Over The Moon [Borealis, 11/2021] (4)
        "Someday Soon" (1)
  8: "Christmas," Bruce Cockburn [Columbia, 1998] (4)
        "Go Tell It On the Mountain" (1)
  8: "Just One Angel," Christine Lavin And Friends [Yellow Tail, 2010] (4)
        "New New Year Year" (1)

TOP SONGS of December 2021, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1254 plays from 45 playlists from 32 Folk DJs

1. "The Turning Year: A New Year's Toast" (8)
     from "The Turning Year" (Jennifer Cutting's Ocean Orchestra)
2. "Bucket List" (4)
     from "Bucket List" (John McCutcheon)
3. "One Good Year" (3)
     from "Broke Down" (Slaid Cleaves)
3. "First Day of the Year" (3)
     from "On This Christmas Day" (Joe Newberry & April Verch)
3. "New Years Day" (3)
     from "Ashes And Roses" (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
3. "Old Home Place" (3)
     from "J.D. Crowe & The New South" (J. D. Crowe & The New South)
3. "On Christmas I Got Nothing" (3)
     from "Radio" (Chuck Brodsky)
3. "Same Old Lang Syne" (3)
     from "The Innocent Age" (Dan Fogelberg)
3. "Welcome in Another Year" (3)
     from "Bonfires" (Zoe Mulford)

TOP ARTISTS of December 2021, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1254 plays from 45 playlists from 32 Folk DJs

1. J. D. Crowe & The New South (16)
        "J.D. Crowe & The New South" (7)
2. Mary Chapin Carpenter (12)
        "Ashes And Roses" (3)
3. Bill Staines (11/26)
        "Just Play One Tune More" (5)
        "Bridges" (4)
        "Going To The West" (3)
        "Look For The Wind" (3)
3. Jennifer Cutting's Ocean Orchestra (11)
        "The Turning Year" (9)
5. John McCutcheon (10)
        "Bucket List" (7)
6. Nanci Griffith (9)
        "One Fair Summer Evening" (3)
        "Winter Marquee" (3)
7. Bruce Cockburn (7)
        "Christmas" (4)
8. Anne Feeney (6)
        "Have You Been to Jail for Justice" (3)
8. Anya Hinkle (6)
        "Eden And Her Borderlands" (6)
8. Béla Fleck (6)
        "Jingle All The Way" (3)
8. Dar Williams (6)
        "I'll Meet You Here" (3)
8. Michael Nesmith (6)
        "Loose Salute" (2)

TOP LABELS of December 2021, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1254 plays from 45 playlists from 32 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (54)
2. Columbia (30)
3. Red House (28)
4. Compass (18)
4. Smithsonian/Folkways (18)
6. Signature Sounds (15)
7. Borealis (12)
7. Rhino (12)
9. Bear Family (11)
9. Philo (11)
9. Sugar Hill (11)
12. Thirty Tigers (10)
13. Warner (8)
14. Elektra (7)
14. Organic (7)
14. Rebel (7)
17. Appleseed (6)
17. BMG (6)
17. Nonesuch (6)
17. True North (6)
17. Waterbug (6)

FOLK DJs - December 2021, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1254 plays from 45 playlists from 32 Folk DJs

Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
Arthur Berman (CiTR-FM & podcast, BC)
Artie Martello (mostlyfolk.org & podcast, NY)
Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM, PA)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
Carl Newman (WFVR-LP, VT)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Diane Karl (KBOO-FM, OR)
Ellen Stanley (KFAI-FM, MN)
Fred Frawley (WMPG-FM, ME)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Graham & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Jan Hall (CFRU-FM & syndicated, ON)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Jim Welsh (Radio Summerhall & MixCloud, UK)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY)
Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Lyle D. Skinner (CJUM-FM, MB)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM, OR)
Matthew Baya (WERU-FM, ME)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers & folktunefinder.com, New Zealand)
Paul Porzio (Cox Cable, VA)
Peter Thompson (KALW-FM, CA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WWUH-FM, CT)
Susi Lanagan (PBS-FM, Australia)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)