Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
2021
Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L
TOP ALBUMS of 2021
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 166591 plays from 5693 playlists from 192 Folk DJs
1: "On Solid Ground," Reggie Harris [Self, 4/2021] (417)
"Hello In There" (54)
"It's Who We Are" (54)
"On Solid Ground" (47)
"Standing in Freedom's Name" (39)
"All You Need Is Love" (37)
"High Over The Hudson" (37)
"It Isn't Nice" (28)
"My Working Bones" (28)
"Tree of Life" (27)
"Let's Meet up Early" (19)
"Sing Out, March On" (15)
"Come What May" (12)
2: "Gone," Tim Grimm [Vault, 2/2021] (407)
"Gone" (76)
"Dreaming of King Lear" (67)
"25 Trees" (61)
"Carry Us Away" (55)
"Cadillac Hearse" (50)
"A Dream" (35)
"Joseph Cross" (31)
"Laurel Pearl" (30)
3: "Changemakers," Crys Matthews [Self, 2/2021] (381)
"Exactly Where You Are" (65)
"Call Them In" (53)
"Changemakers" (51)
"Hope Revolution" (43)
"For the Women with Steel in Their Bones" (35)
"How Many More" (32)
"Signs of the Times" (22)
"Prodigal Son" (21)
"Selfless" (19)
"Safe" (14)
"Time MacHine" (13)
"This Kind of War" (12)
4: "Bucket List," John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 9/2021] (376)
"Bucket List" (64)
"Moonshiner" (43)
"Farmer" (35)
"Medicine Game" (30)
"Be Still" (29)
"Atonement" (21)
"The Other" (20)
"Art" (19)
"It's Not" (19)
"Out Here" (17)
"Finally" (15)
"Zilphia's Piano" (14)
"Ghost Town" (10)
"Used To" (10)
5: "Song To A Refugee," Diana Jones [Proper, 6/2021] (336)
"We Believe You" (71)
"Song to a Refugee" (49)
"I Wait For You" (37)
"El Chaparral" (30)
"The Life I Left Behind" (28)
"Ask a Woman" (25)
"Santiago" (23)
"The Sea Is My Mother" (19)
"Mama Hold Your Baby" (17)
"Love Song to a Bird" (16)
6: "Downhill From Everywhere," Jackson Browne [Inside, 6/2021] (331)
"A Human Touch" (56)
"The Dreamer" (45)
"Still Looking For Something" (44)
"My Cleveland Heart" (41)
"A Little Soon To Say" (36)
"Until Justice Is Real" (34)
"Love Is Love" (33)
"Downhill From Everywhere" (23)
"A Song For Barcelona" (11)
7: "First Farewell," Peggy Seeger [Red Grape, 4/2021] (329)
"The Invisible Woman" (68)
"How I Long For Peace" (63)
"Gotta Get Home By Midnight" (39)
"All In The Mind" (38)
"Dandelion and Clover" (25)
"Tree of Love" (25)
"Lullabies For Strangers" (21)
"We Are Here" (20)
"Lubrication" (13)
"The Puzzle" (12)
8: "Grit And Polish," Mark Schatz And Bryan McDowell [Patuxent, 5/2021] (318)
"Kensington Station" (50)
"My East Tennessee Home" (40)
"One Too Many Mornings" (37)
"There Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens" (27)
"The Girl I Love Don't Pay Me No Mind" (26)
"Cruso Flood" (25)
"Italy" (22)
"Muskrat" (18)
"First Snow of December/Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss" (15)
"West Virginia Reverie" (14)
"Papirosen/Maiden's Prayer" (13)
"Fiddle Medley" (12)
"Gardenia Waltz-Flop Eared Mule" (12)
9: "Distance And Time," Becky Buller [Dark Shadow, 2020] (305)
"Tell the Truth" (61)
"Don't Look Back" (45)
"More Heart, Less Attack" (31)
"Woodstock" (30)
"The Ride" (23)
"The Barber's Fiddle" (20)
"Head on Down the Line" (16)
"Inglewood Upon Stratford" (15)
"Salt and Light" (15)
"You Come Around" (13)
"I Dream In Technicolor" (12)
"Life Gets Up and Gets Gone" (12)
10: "Normal Isn't Normal Anymore," Rod Abernethy [Downstairs, 1/2021] (296)
"Normal Isn't Normal Anymore" (41)
"Oxford Town" (41)
"Just Around the Corner" (38)
"It's Always Something" (36)
"When Tobacco Was King" (22)
"Whiskey & Pie" (20)
"My Father Was A Quiet Man" (20)
"Just Get In The Car" (19)
"Changing" (18)
"Birds in the Chimney" (16)
"Over the Fence" (14)
11: "Just Over The Ridge," Lizzy Plotkin And Natalie Spears [Self, 2/2021] (282)
"Seasons Change" (69)
"Carry Me With You" (61)
"Sweet Song in the Tall Grass" (45)
"Blind Love Blues" (38)
"Tennessee" (37)
"Through the Window" (32)
12: "A Better Day A-Coming," Robin And Linda Williams [Self, 6/2021] (277)
"A Better Day A-Coming" (82)
"Tower of Song" (31)
"Someday and Sometime" (25)
"Roses and Time" (22)
"Leaving Home" (19)
"Old Lovers Waltz" (18)
"We Don't Know What to Say" (13)
"Living Your Bad Name Down" (13)
"Jake and Jesus" (12)
"Life Has Its Little Ups And Downs" (12)
"Yodeling Johnny" (10)
13: "Be Ready When I Call You," Guy Davis [M.C., 5/2021] (270)
"Badonkadonk Train" (43)
"God's Gonna Make Things Over" (42)
"I Thought I Heard The Devil Call My Name" (38)
"Flint River Blues" (31)
"Got Your Letter In My Pocket" (30)
"Welcome to My World" (15)
"Be Ready When I Call You" (13)
"Palestine, Oh Palestine" (11)
14: "Time Out Session 1," The Accidentals [Self, 5/2021] (264)
"Wildfire" (78)
"All Shall Be Well" (61)
"Night Train" (44)
"Anyway" (43)
"Might As Well Be Gold" (36)
15: "Ballad Of A Bad Girl," Kate McDonnell [Dog-Eared Discs, 5/2021] (260)
"Ballad of a Bad Girl" (48)
"Pilgrim" (36)
"Dimming of the Day" (35)
"Long as I Can See the Light" (35)
"If I Knew" (27)
"Truth Be Told" (17)
"Sweet Virginia" (17)
"Berlin" (15)
"Father and Son" (13)
"Love Is the Damndest Thing" (12)
16: "There Used To Be Horses Here," Amy Speace [Windbone, 5/2021] (257)
"There Used To Be Horses Here" (61)
"Down the Trail" (30)
"Father's Day" (26)
"Don't Let Us Get Sick" (26)
"Hallelujah Train" (25)
"Give Me Love" (21)
"Shotgun Hearts" (16)
"River Rise" (15)
"One Year" (15)
"Mother Is a Country" (12)
17: "Stone By Stone," Tret Fure [Tomboy Girl, 1/2021] (253)
"Monuments" (60)
"Stone By Stone" (37)
"Old Tin Cup" (25)
"One More Game" (21)
"Far Too Fast" (18)
"Welcome to America" (18)
"Artist and the Writer" (16)
"Always, Forever And Now" (13)
"My First Guitar" (11)
18: "Red Maple Tree," Sloan Wainwright [Self, 3/2021] (252)
"In Times Like These" (38)
"Red Maple Tree" (38)
"We Are The People" (30)
"The Keeper" (29)
"When I Have Nothing" (27)
"Help Each Other Through" (22)
"Two Sticks" (18)
"Spirit Of Love" (11)
"In This House Two Heartbeats" (10)
"Here You Are" (10)
19: "The Village Out West: The Lost Tapes Of Alan Oakes," Various Artists [Smithsonian/Folkways, 10/2021] (246)
"The Billboard Song," Doc Watson (20)
"Searchin'," Kathy & Carol & Will Scarlett (16)
"Beaumont Rag," Hank Bradley & Rick Shubb (14)
"Oh Had I A Golden Thread," Larry Hanks & Roger Perkins (12)
"The Clouds Gwine Roll Away," Doc Watson (10)
"Write Me A Few of Yo Lines," Mississippi Fred McDowell (10)
"Baby Let Me Lay It On You," Guy Davis (10)
20: "Hourglass," Murray McLauchlan [True North, 6/2021] (237)
"Pandemic Blues" (54)
"America" (39)
"Hourglass" (28)
"The One Percent" (23)
"Shining City On A Hill" (17)
"I Live on a White Cloud" (15)
"A Thomson Day" (12)
"Lying By The Sea" (12)
"Wishes" (12)
21: "Joyful Banner Blazing," Maria Dunn [Distant Whisper, 1/2021] (235)
"Joyful Banner Blazing" (60)
"Ontario Song" (30)
"Waltzing with the Angels" (30)
"From Dublin With Love" (24)
"Love Carries Me" (21)
"Heart in Hand" (20)
"Don't Think You Are Forgotten" (19)
"Beautiful Fools" (15)
"Secondhand Skates" (10)
22: "All This Time Running," Craig Cardiff [True North, 5/2021] (229)
"All This Time Running" (80)
"Yellowknife" (20)
"Don't Give Up" (20)
"Emm & May" (19)
"Dirty Old Town" (17)
"Greyhound, SK" (16)
23: "Ellis Paul's Traveling Medicine Show, Vol. 1," Ellis Paul [Rosella, 2/2021] (228)
"Angel From Montgomery" (39)
"$20 Bill" (33)
"Vincent" (25)
"Boys of Summer" (22)
"Cat's in the Cradle" (22)
"If I Only Had a Brain" (18)
"California" (15)
"Concrete River" (13)
"Over the Rainbow" (12)
"Day Tripper" (11)
24: "Until Now," Carrie Newcomer [Available Light, 8/2021] (223)
"Like Molly Brown" (42)
"A Long Way Up" (39)
"I Will Sing A New Song" (27)
"Throwing Rocks at the Moon" (25)
"When The Wolf Is At The Door" (24)
"I Give Myself to This" (18)
"The Handing Over Time" (17)
"My Dog" (12)
"On the Day You Were Born" (11)
25: "Long Time Coming," Sierra Ferrell [Rounder, 9/2021] (222)
"Jeremiah" (45)
"The Sea" (29)
"Silver Dollar" (25)
"West Virginia Waltz" (19)
"Bells of Every Chapel" (18)
"Give It Time" (17)
"Whispering Waltz" (17)
"In Dreams" (16)
"At The End Of The Rainbow" (16)
26: "," Various Artists [?] (221)
"Who Knows Where The Time Goes," 10,000 Maniacs (5)
26: "Renaissance," Valerie Smith [Bell Buckle, 9/2021] (221)
"The River Whispers" (29)
"Heartbreak Hill" (24)
"A Dollar Looked Mighty Good" (24)
"I'm Fine Bein' Me" (23)
"On That Train" (19)
"Heart of Sorrow" (16)
"I Found" (15)
"Unchained" (15)
"Dancing With The Stars" (11)
"The Great I Am" (10)
28: "They're Calling Me Home," Rhiannon Giddens [Nonesuch, 3/2021] (218)
"Waterbound" (59)
"I Shall Not Be Moved" (46)
"Calling Me Home" (24)
"Black as Crow" (19)
"Avalon" (14)
"Niwel Goes to Town" (13)
"Bully for You" (11)
29: "Cold Rain And Snow," Jared Rabin [Self, 7/2021] (216)
"Cold Rain and Snow" (52)
"Hey Mister Doctor" (29)
"Most Any Diamond" (27)
"Salt Creek" (23)
"Whiskey Before Breakfast" (21)
"Drone of Days" (16)
"My Coyote" (14)
"West Fork North Branch" (14)
"Moonshiner" (14)
30: "Woman In Color," Raye Zaragoza [Rebel River, 10/2020] (214)
"They Say" (44)
"Ghosts of Houston Street" (42)
"He Calls Me River" (28)
"Change Your Name" (22)
"Warrior" (20)
"Fight Like a Girl" (16)
"Rebel Soul" (14)
"Red" (12)
31: "He Walked On," Tim O'Brien [Howdy Skies, 6/2021] (213)
"I Breathe In" (36)
"That's How Every Empire Falls" (26)
"Sod Buster" (24)
"When You Pray" (17)
"He Walked On" (16)
"The Same Boat, Brother" (16)
"Nervous" (15)
"Five Miles In and One Mile Down" (13)
"Pushing On Buttons" (12)
"See You At the Funeral" (10)
32: "Been A Long Time," Si Kahn [Sliced Bread, 2000] (212)
"Dancing With The Johnson Boys" (30)
"Going Down To The Old Home Place" (22)
"Where the Song Never Ends" (21)
"Long Way To Harlan" (20)
"Hear That Sound" (19)
"Tarpaper Shacks" (18)
"Houses on the Hill" (17)
"Just a Lie" (17)
"Been A Long Time" (14)
"First Time Lover" (11)
"Grandma" (11)
"Brown Lung Blues" (10)
32: "Come Around," Rob Lutes [Lucky Bear, 5/2021] (212)
"That Bird Has My Wings" (55)
"Knives" (27)
"Come Around" (22)
"By and By" (21)
"Shediac Bridge" (15)
"Work of Art" (14)
"Fisherman's Rest" (13)
"Lightning" (13)
"In My Time Of Dyin" (12)
34: "Knew Things," Cliff Eberhardt [Self, 2/2021] (210)
"Because We Need You Now" (35)
"The Things I Left Behind" (34)
"Room In The City" (30)
"When We Were Kings" (22)
"Make Sure That It's Real" (18)
"Mr. Lucky" (17)
"Everyone's Wounded" (16)
"Pay for the Things That You Do" (11)
"Shake Hands with the Pain" (10)
34: "Outside Child," Allison Russell [Fantasy, 6/2021] (210)
"Nightflyer" (49)
"Persephone" (46)
"All Of The Women" (21)
"4th Day Prayer" (19)
"Little Rebirth" (18)
"Montreal" (15)
"Hy-Brasil" (15)
"The Runner" (10)
36: "Just Causes," Noel Paul Stookey [Neworld, 4/2021] (207)
"In These Times" (56)
"Not That Kind of Music" (27)
"Revolution" (16)
"America" (15)
"The Winner" (15)
37: "I'll Meet You Here," Dar Williams [Renew, 9/2021] (204)
"Time, Be My Friend" (36)
"You Give it All Away" (31)
"Today and Every Day" (31)
"Let the Wind Blow" (24)
"Magical Thinking" (24)
"Little Town" (15)
"You're Aging Well" (13)
"Sullivan Lane" (11)
"Berkeley" (11)
38: "Borrowed Time," Joe Troop [Free Dirt, 7/2021] (203)
"Love Along the Way" (41)
"Horizon" (31)
"Red, White & Blues" (27)
"Mercy For Migrants" (23)
"Hermano Migrante" (16)
"The Rise of Dreama Caldwell" (13)
"Heaven on Earth" (13)
"Purdy Little Rainbows" (12)
"Django's Palace" (10)
39: "Light And Dark," Chris Ronald [Borealis, 6/2021] (200)
"Still Turning" (40)
"Please Don't Come For Me Now" (33)
"City Girl" (28)
"Sunshine" (23)
"The Rock" (19)
"Pacific Time" (15)
"Bones" (11)
"As It Happens" (10)
39: "Solace In The Wild," Erin Ivey [Self, 1/2021] (200)
"Dust Bowl" (38)
"Blue Skies" (28)
"Lost Girl" (26)
"Jealousy" (21)
"Joy" (20)
"Honest Man" (19)
"Charleston" (16)
"Where Have You Been All My Life" (15)
41: "Other Voices, Other Rooms," Nanci Griffith [Elektra, 2004] (199)
"Speed of the Sound of Loneliness" (33)
"Across the Great Divide" (30)
"Boots of Spanish Leather" (19)
"Are You Tired of Me Darling" (11)
"Tecumseh Valley" (11)
42: "Vivian Leva And Riley Calcagno," Vivian Leva And Riley Calcagno [Free Dirt, 3/2021] (185)
"Will You" (48)
"On Account of You" (25)
"Biding All My Time" (20)
"On the Line" (19)
"Love and Chains" (15)
"Good and Gone" (15)
"Red Hen" (13)
43: "Why Wait!," Kate Taylor [Red House, 8/2021] (184)
"Good Day Sunshine" (28)
"Why Wait!" (24)
"I Will Follow" (19)
"Don't Knock" (18)
"He Caught the Katy" (17)
"Crystal Blue Persuasion" (16)
"I Got A Message" (14)
"The Glory of Love" (10)
44: "Sober Again," Jackson Grimm [Self, 8/2021] (183)
"Little Rock Canyon" (34)
"At My Feet" (25)
"Sailing Blues" (25)
"I Drink" (18)
"When I Fall" (17)
"Sober Again" (17)
"Katie Did Holler" (16)
"Caroline" (15)
45: "Calla Lily," The Brother Brothers [Compass, 2021] (182)
"On the Road Again" (52)
"The Road Runner Song" (32)
"The Calla Lily Song" (23)
"Circles" (22)
"Waiting for a Star to Fall" (18)
"The Chase" (16)
46: "We Shall Stay Here," Paul Kaplan [Old Coat, 5/2021] (181)
"These Are The Days" (33)
"Little Boxes" (27)
"The Voice Of Pete" (22)
"Life on This Planet" (19)
"Survival" (13)
"After the Fire" (12)
"If I Had Half an Acre" (10)
"Traffic Jam In The Zocalo" (10)
"The Frozen Blogger" (10)
47: "Streamliner," Jesse Brock [Sound Biscuit, 6/2021] (180)
"Black Rock City" (40)
"Streamliner" (31)
"Hey, Spikedriver" (25)
"Big Mon" (19)
"Nobody Loves Me" (10)
"Shuckin' the Corn" (10)
47: "Uppity," Laura Love [Octoroon Biography, 7/2021] (180)
"Heart of Nat Turner" (48)
"Two of Us" (32)
"Why Don't You" (26)
"Bayou" (17)
"Uppity" (15)
"Gentle" (14)
"23 & Me" (13)
"To Be Fine" (13)
49: "Don't You Marry No Railroad Man," JP Harris [Free Dirt, 6/2021] (179)
"Country Blues" (28)
"House Carpenter" (28)
"Mole In The Ground" (22)
"Wild Bill Jones" (21)
"Barbry Ellen" (17)
"Otto Wood" (15)
"Closer to the Mill" (14)
"Old Bangum" (11)
"Last Chance" (10)
50: "The Fray," John Smith [Thirty Tigers, 3/2021] (176)
"Eye To Eye" (59)
"To the Shore" (22)
"Friends" (12)
"The Fray" (12)
"Sanctuary" (11)
"Star-Crossed Lovers" (11)
51: "Tapered Point Of Stone," Eli West [Self, 3/2021] (175)
"Johnny Wombat" (23)
"Brick in the Road" (21)
"Tapered Point of Stone" (20)
"I Know Your Wandering Heart" (16)
"The Hearth" (15)
"Sweet Marie" (14)
"Three Links of Chain" (14)
"Ginny's Little Longhorn" (12)
"West Fork Gals" (10)
51: "When We Wander," Jesse Terry [Self, 3/2021] (175)
"Strangers In Our Town" (26)
"Hymn of a Summer Night" (25)
"When We Wander" (25)
"If I Were The Moon" (22)
"Hanging the Stars" (18)
"Ghost Stories" (11)
"Just Out of Your Sight" (10)
"Pretty Good Hand" (10)
53: "Renewal," Billy Strings [Rounder, 10/2021] (174)
"Know It All" (28)
"This Old World" (27)
"Heartbeat Of America" (16)
"The Fire On My Tongue)" (13)
"Hellbender" (13)
"Secrets" (13)
"Fire Line" (12)
"In The Morning Light" (11)
"Red Daisy" (10)
53: "Jellyfish On The Moon," Lisa Jeanette [Self, 3/2021] (174)
"Don't Blame Me" (26)
"Jellyfish On The Moon" (26)
"Top Of The Ferris Wheel" (23)
"Darling Of The Muses" (18)
"Never Been To War" (17)
"Still You Choose Love" (14)
"Sky Don't Fall" (13)
55: "A Beautiful Sound," Cosy Sheridan [Self, 9/2021] (172)
"It's Gonna Get Better" (33)
"Where Have You Gone Bluebird?" (27)
"Ramblin Round" (24)
"All You Gotta Do Is Be Happy" (14)
"Come on Back" (11)
"A Beautiful Sound" (11)
"How We Come Apart" (10)
"What If It Will Be Ok?" (10)
56: "Bet On Love," Pharis And Jason Romero [Self, 5/2020] (169)
"Bet On Love" (47)
"Roll On My Friend" (21)
"Hometown Blues" (21)
"New Day" (17)
"We All Fall" (12)
"Right in the Garden" (11)
"New Caledonia" (10)
"Old Chatelaine" (10)
56: "Still Woman Enough," Loretta Lynn [Legacy, 3/2021] (169)
"Keep On The Sunny Side" (30)
"Still Woman Enough" (24)
"Honky Tonk Girl" (20)
"One's On The Way" (18)
"Old Kentucky Home" (17)
"Coal Miner's Daughter Recitation" (11)
"I Saw The Light" (11)
58: "Boulevard," Rod MacDonald [Blue Flute, 1/2021] (167)
"Miles The Frog" (39)
"Song for Bob" (26)
"Train I'm On" (18)
"In Every Dream" (14)
"Everybody's Leaving Town" (11)
58: "We Go On," Katie Oates [Hollow Reed Arts, 1/2021] (167)
"Luray Women" (23)
"Here in Gastonia" (20)
"Some Sweet Day" (19)
"Bury Me On Beale Street" (17)
"We Go On" (14)
"Why Are the Guns Still Firing" (12)
"By the Side of the Road" (11)
60: "Lamentations," Rupert Wates [Bite, 2/2021] (166)
"California One" (25)
"Lamentations" (22)
"From Where You Are" (20)
"The Carnival Waltz" (16)
"Waiting for a Friend of Mine" (15)
"Many Miles to Morning" (12)
"And You Shall Have the World" (10)
61: "The Canvas Before Us," Joy Zimmerman [Self, 8/2021] (165)
"Prairie Wind" (27)
"Not Enough Time" (19)
"Where Will You Stand" (16)
"If Your Life Were a Movie" (16)
"Women Who Walked on Water" (13)
"Beware The Short Story" (12)
"Let Us Not Close Our Hearts" (11)
"Measure My Heart" (11)
62: "Hold The Line," Hardened And Tempered [Self, 1/2021] (158)
"When the Harvest Comes" (26)
"Hold The Line" (25)
"Magnolia" (24)
"The Republican River" (17)
"Counting the Cars" (15)
"Wide Awake at Midnight" (13)
"Beer Bottles And Broken Hearts" (13)
"Crossroads" (13)
"Breaker, Breaker" (12)
63: "Watchhouse," Watchhouse [Thirty Tigers, 7/2021] (157)
"New Star" (41)
"Beautiful Flowers" (35)
"Wondrous Love" (21)
"Belly Of The Beast" (19)
"Nightbird" (10)
63: "We Can Hear Each Other," Erin Ash Sullivan [Willoughby, 6/2021] (157)
"Fireflies" (35)
"Train From Gary" (26)
"Ducks In A Row" (23)
"Radio Show" (17)
"Fabric" (15)
"Spring Come Running" (11)
65: "Chinook Waltz," Over The Moon [Borealis, 10/2021] (156)
"Someday Soon" (32)
"Lonesome Bluebird" (29)
"Darcy Farrow" (22)
"They Can't Blackout The Moon" (22)
"John Ware" (12)
"When She Rides" (10)
66: "Poets," Liz Simmons [Self, 3/2021] (155)
"Who Knows Where the Time Goes" (34)
"My Love Lies in the Ground" (23)
"When the Waters Rise" (22)
"Night in the City" (19)
"Home from the Storm" (13)
"Sailing in to Shore" (12)
"Poets" (11)
"Adventurer" (11)
"This Old Heart of Mine" (10)
67: "Evidence Of Hope," Friction Farm [Self, 3/2021] (154)
"There Will Always Be" (27)
"No Regrets" (27)
"Work" (21)
"Scarecrows" (14)
"I Am A Mother" (14)
"Luck Or Providence" (12)
"Robin" (11)
68: "Annamania," Anna Elizabeth Laube [Ah...Pockets!, 4/2021] (152)
"Sweet Boy From Minnesota" (34)
"All My Runnin'" (21)
"Already There" (21)
"Please Let It Rain In California Tonight" (18)
"Tree" (17)
"Jardim da Estrela" (10)
68: "Be Here For A While," Shane Cook And The Woodchippers [Shane Cook, 10/2021] (152)
"The Little Contortionist" (25)
"Kyle's Fiddle" (21)
"Charlie's Bounce" (17)
"Journey With Me" (17)
"Old Dangerfield" (11)
70: "Right Where I Am," Jonathan Edwards [Rising, 10/2021] (151)
"Right Where I Am" (61)
"50 Years" (28)
"There Comes A Time" (13)
"Stingray Shuffle" (12)
"Drop + Roll" (12)
"Burn It All" (11)
"Scars of Love" (10)
71: "When I Wait For You," Dirk Powell [Compass, 9/2020] (150)
"I Ain't Playing Pretty Polly" (40)
"Everything is Alright" (29)
"Olivia" (28)
"The Little Things" (14)
"The Bright Light of Day" (10)
72: "World On The Ground," Sarah Jarosz [Rounder, 6/2020] (149)
"Hometown" (46)
"Orange and Blue" (18)
"I'll Be Gone" (18)
"What Do I Do" (17)
"Little Satchel" (16)
"Eve" (10)
"Pay It No Mind" (10)
73: "All About The Timing," Roland Roberts [Self, 1/2021] (145)
"Beautiful Soul" (37)
"Picture On The Wall" (35)
"All About The Timing" (26)
"Rambling Joe" (16)
74: "Echo Land," Bůmarang [Fallen Tree, 6/2021] (144)
"Weasel" (23)
"Perry Merry" (19)
"Single Girl" (19)
"Song of the Rose" (14)
"Mullingar Lea Set" (11)
"The Road to Shigawake" (11)
"Searching for Lambs" (10)
74: "The Road Ahead," Ray Lambiase [Raytone, 9/2021] (144)
"The Road Ahead" (33)
"I Need You" (20)
"In Jail For My Birthday" (15)
"A Dragon In My Wagon" (13)
"If Angels Were Cowgirls With Wings" (13)
"My Favorite Beer Is Whiskey" (11)
"Three Chords Worth of Tears" (10)
76: "Tangle Of Souls," Scott Cook [Self, 8/2020] (142)
"Say Can You See" (37)
"Put Your Good Foot in the Road" (28)
"Just Enough Empties" (14)
"Tangle Of Souls" (10)
"Passin' Through" (10)
"Leave A Light On" (10)
77: "Industrial Strength Bluegrass," Various Artists [Smithsonian/Folkways, 4/2021] (141)
"Mountain Strings," Sierra Hull (22)
"Readin', Rightin', Route 23," Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers (19)
"Family Reunion," Rhonda Vincent & Caleb Daugherty (15)
"Baby Blue Eyes," Vince Gill (13)
"We'll Head Back to Harlan," Bobby Osborne (10)
78: "Desert Ghosts," Jaspar Lepak [Self, 3/2021] (139)
"Ever Gonna Fly" (43)
"Why Should the Devil" (20)
"Santa Fe" (11)
"The Thing About Mountains" (11)
"The Road Fades" (10)
79: "Undertaker's Songbook," Sons Of The Never Wrong [Sons, 5/2021] (137)
"Muddy Muddy River" (35)
"Higher Ground" (26)
"Set Us To Prayin'" (11)
"Oh Chocolay" (10)
80: "Depreciated," John R. Miller [Rounder, 8/2021] (136)
"Half Ton Van" (27)
"Faustina" (22)
"Shenandoah Shakedown" (18)
"Borrowed Time" (18)
"Motor's Fried" (15)
81: "Cabin Fever: Songs From The Quarantine," John McCutcheon [Appalsongs, 6/2020] (135)
"The Night That John Prine Died" (25)
"Six Feet Away" (20)
"Hallelujah Morning" (13)
"Front Line" (12)
81: "Day By Day," Norman Blake [Smithsonian/Folkways, 10/2021] (135)
"My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains" (32)
"Montcalm and Wolfe" (16)
"Old Joe's March" (16)
"I'm Free Again" (15)
"The Dying Cowboy" (12)
"When the Roses Bloom" (11)
"Just Tell Them That You Saw Me" (11)
"Time" (10)
83: "Bang At The Door," Donna Herula [Self, 5/2021] (134)
"Bang At The Door" (15)
"Jackson" (14)
"Who's Been Cookin' in My Kitchen" (13)
"Movin' Back Home" (12)
"Pass the Biscuits" (12)
"Promise Me" (11)
"Black Ice" (10)
84: "My Bluegrass Heart," Béla Fleck [Renew/Bmg, 9/2021] (133)
"Vertigo" (14)
"This Old Road" (13)
"Wheels Up" (12)
"Baptist Pumpkin Farm" (10)
"Boulderdash" (10)
85: "+1," Mike Barnett [Compass, 3/2021] (132)
"Born To Be With You" (33)
"Righteous Bell" (15)
"Somewhere In the Middle" (14)
"The Breath And The Bow" (11)
"Hollow City" (10)
"Fire In the Hole" (10)
85: "Awake," Mala Oreen [Tourbo, 10/2021] (132)
"Ragged Queen" (31)
"Soldier On" (18)
"Moon Same Moon" (17)
"Breathing Hope" (11)
"Threshold" (10)
87: "I'll Be Back Soon - Ep," Tiffany Williams [Self, 1/2021] (131)
"You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" (53)
"California" (28)
"Ticket to the Moon" (28)
"If It Wasn't" (21)
88: "Tricks Of The Trade," Malcolm Holcombe [Need To Know, 8/2021] (130)
"Money Train" (16)
"Into the Sunlight" (15)
"On Tennessee Land" (14)
"Good Intentions" (14)
"Higher Ground" (14)
"Damn Rainy Day" (12)
"Tricks of the Trade" (11)
"Misery Loves Company" (10)
89: "Dylan," Bob Dylan [Columbia, 2007] (129)
"Song to Woody" (10)
89: "Never Found A Way To Tame The Blues," Jon Shain And Fj Ventre [Flyin', 7/2021] (129)
"Keep Your Head Above the Water" (20)
"Lord Have Mercy" (19)
"Woodsmoke" (15)
"Candle in the Window" (15)
"Outraged" (12)
"Overnight From Memphis" (11)
91: "Rewrite The Ending," Ina May Wool [Self, 10/2021] (127)
"Going Through The Pictures" (21)
"Rewrite the Ending" (21)
"Out Past Yesterday" (21)
"Cigarettes and Chocolate Candy" (15)
"Lincoln on the Streets of New York" (11)
"Time Of Trouble" (11)
92: "," Various Artists [Red House, 2021] (125)
"c MONDAY 12 July 2021, 9 pm," W (15)
"C Monday ," W (10)
92: "Old Friends," Gathering Time [Treble-G, 2020] (125)
"If You Could Read My Mind" (17)
"Turn! Turn! Turn!" (15)
"Ripple" (15)
"Get Together" (14)
"Old Friends" (10)
"Abraham, Martin & John" (10)
"Carry On" (10)
94: "Cycles," Rachel Baiman [Signature Sounds, 5/2021] (123)
"Joke's On Me" (26)
"Rust Belt Fields" (24)
"Ships in the Night" (20)
"When You Bloom" (16)
"Wyoming Wildflowers" (13)
"Cycles" (10)
94: "Sun And Moon," Trevor Tchir [Self, 8/2021] (123)
"Iron Mountain" (27)
"Poet and the Poor Boy" (19)
"Patch of Green" (13)
"Batchawana Bay" (12)
"Starting Clean" (12)
"Gwendolyn" (11)
96: "Beating The Odds," Eric Lambert [Woodpicker Tunes, 10/2021] (122)
"Beating the Odds" (26)
"The Weight" (14)
"Mother Earth" (12)
"I'll Dance When I'm A Hundred" (11)
"Let's All Get In The Way" (11)
96: "Ecstatic Bird In The Burning," Luke Concannon [The Movement, 2/2021] (122)
"Grow Wild" (27)
"The Hummingbird" (23)
"Doing Nothing" (21)
"Join The Liberation" (18)
"Coventry" (16)
96: "Last Of The Better Days Ahead," Charlie Parr [Smithsonian/Folkways, 8/2021] (122)
"817 Oakland Avenue" (29)
"Last of the Better Days Ahead" (20)
"Anaconda" (13)
"Walking Back From Willmar" (13)
"On Fading Away" (10)
99: "Let's Get Happy Together," Maria Muldaur With Tuba Skinny [Stony Plain, 4/2021] (121)
"Be Your Natural Self" (21)
"Let's Get Happy Together" (19)
"I Like You Best of All" (16)
"Swing You Sinners" (14)
"Some Sweet Day" (12)
"Patience and Fortitude" (10)
99: "Shall We Hope," Tony Trischka [Shefa, 1/2021] (121)
"Carry Me Over The Sea" (17)
"This Favored Land" (14)
"O Captain! My Captain!" (13)
"On the Mississippi" (12)
"Leaving This Lonesome Land" (10)
99: "Songs Doc Didn't Sing," Doc And Merle Watson [Fli, 10/2020] (121)
"Fisher's Hornpipe" (30)
"Windy & Warm" (14)
"Down Yonder" (13)
"Below Freezing" (12)
102: "Songs Of Our Native Daughters," Our Native Daughters [Smithsonian/Folkways, 2/2020] (117)
"Music and Joy" (16)
"Polly Ann's Hammer" (16)
"Moon Meets the Sun" (15)
"Black Myself" (12)
"I Knew I Could Fly" (11)
103: "Eden And Her Borderlands," Anya Hinkle [Organic, 7/2021] (116)
"Hills of Swannanoa" (21)
"I Belong To The Band" (21)
"What's It Gonna Take" (13)
"Lady Luck" (13)
"That's How Every Empire Falls" (12)
"Road of the Winds" (12)
103: "Illuminations," Sean Della Croce [Pasadena, 2021] (116)
"Catharine Street" (34)
"Illuminations" (23)
"In Confidence" (15)
103: "Back To The Earth," Adam Hurt [Ubiquitone, 11/2020] (116)
"Lily of the Valley Rocking in the Weary Land" (17)
"Backstep Cindy" (15)
"Waiting for the Boatsman" (12)
"Pony Boy" (11)
"Bowback" (10)
"John Henry" (10)
106: "Chimney Swifts," Brad Kolodner [Self, 8/2021] (115)
"Chimney Swifts" (18)
"Catalpa Hop" (16)
"Ants in the Honey Jar" (12)
"Foggy Mountain Special" (12)
106: "Fiddler's Pastime," Bronwyn Keith-Hynes [Sugar Petunia, 2021] (115)
"Last Train" (28)
"Natchez Whistle" (28)
"Hello Trouble" (21)
"North Garden" (10)
108: "All The Good Times (Are Past And Gone)," Gillian Welch And David Rawlings [Acony, 3/2021] (114)
"Jackson" (18)
"Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss" (15)
"All The Good Times Are Past And Gone" (14)
"Ginseng Sullivan" (14)
"Abandoned Love" (13)
"Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie" (12)
"Hello in There" (12)
109: "Our Turn Now," Len Seligman [Emerging Light, 1/2021] (113)
"Our Turn Now" (27)
"True Helpful And Kind" (16)
"Negativity Bias Blues" (12)
"You Are Home" (11)
"This Little Light" (11)
110: "The River Flows," John Hurlbut And Jorma Kaukonen [Self, 1/2021] (112)
"Travelin'" (29)
"People Get Ready" (22)
"Across The Borderline" (16)
"The Ballad of Easy Rider" (12)
"Kansas City Southern" (12)
110: "Still Time," Karen Matheson [Compass, 1/2021] (112)
"The Aragon Mill" (21)
"The Diamond Ring" (20)
"Still Time" (10)
112: "Learning To Listen," Susan Ellenton [Self, 1/2021] (111)
"Yukon Women" (29)
"My Father's Trees" (13)
"Let Yourself Dream" (13)
"Right Here" (11)
113: "Deadstock: Uncollected Recordings 2005 - 2020," Jeffrey Foucault [Blueblade, 2021] (108)
"Mesa, Arizona" (16)
"Money Blues" (16)
"Shadows Tumble" (10)
"Ghost Repeater" (10)
"There's a Destruction on This Land" (10)
"Geese Fly By" (10)
114: "Lost Songs," Terry Kitchen [Urban Campfire, 2/2021] (107)
"Nickel Bag" (12)
"The Nederland Waltz" (12)
"Here's to Us" (11)
114: "Mississippi River Suite," Michael J. Miles [Right Turn On Red, 3/2021] (107)
"Mississippi River Suite, Part 1" (12)
"Mississippi Overture" (11)
"Which Side Are You On?: Dilemma" (10)
"Which Side Are You on? Enough" (10)
114: "Wild Beat The Wings," John Flynn [Self, 7/2021] (107)
"Circle of Love" (29)
"Stranger In A Strange Land" (14)
"The Song of My Becoming" (13)
"Space Station" (13)
117: "I Wanna Start A Band," Britton Patrick Morgan [Hill Country, 5/2021] (105)
"When I Think About You" (21)
"Time Just Goes Away" (19)
"Baxter Kentucky" (13)
"Bad Tom Smith" (11)
"Baxter, KY" (10)
118: "Raise The Roof," Robert Plant And Alison Krauss [Rounder, 11/2021] (104)
"Can't Let Go" (25)
"It Don't Bother Me" (11)
"You Led Me To The Wrong" (11)
119: "2020," Eliza Gilkyson [Red House, 5/2020] (103)
"Peace in Our Hearts" (29)
"Promises To Keep" (13)
"Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" (11)
"Beautiful World of Mine" (10)
119: "Flyover Country," Susan Werner [Self, 10/2020] (103)
"To Be There" (29)
"Barn Radio" (27)
"Eldorado" (12)
"Snake Oil" (12)
"Wine Bottles" (10)
119: "New Century Suite," Michael J. Miles [Self, 2007] (103)
"Chicago Trilogy II: Purple" (27)
"Vincent Black Lightning" (21)
"When Things Go Wrong" (19)
119: "The Painter," Michael Johnathon [Poetman, 3/2021] (103)
"Vincent in the Rain" (25)
"The Statement" (22)
"The Painter" (17)
"Blues Tonight" (10)
119: "Roots," Liam Purcell And Cane Mill Road [Trailhead, 1/2021] (103)
"Born a Cowboy" (16)
"Flames" (15)
"That's the Way the World Works Son" (13)
"Intro" (13)
"Down the Hill" (12)
"Carry You with Me" (12)
"Roots" (10)
"My Old Banjo" (10)
124: "Ghost Tattoo," Kristen Grainger And True North [Self, 6/2020] (102)
"Down in the Lonesome Draw" (22)
"Keep the River on Your Right" (21)
"Tattooed Love Song" (16)
124: "Stops Time," Brooksie Wells [Down Home Dive, 11/2021] (102)
"I'm A Believer" (20)
"Three Songs From Home" (20)
"Snakes In The Trees" (15)
"Early Morning Rain" (15)
"Tend the Nets" (13)
126: "Everybody Wants My Hat," Marc Black [Suma, 5/2021] (101)
"Everybody Wants My Hat" (22)
"Tears of Joy" (21)
"The Architect Blame the Builder" (14)
"Red Red Robin" (12)
126: "Let's Get Away," Kalinec And Kj [Berkalin, 7/2021] (101)
"Let's Get Away" (19)
"Home In Scotland" (13)
"What's Left Over" (11)
"I Don't Know" (10)
"When You Say Nothing At All" (10)
"Reach Out" (10)
"Where Do Old Lovers Go" (10)
126: "That Spell," Andrea Von Kampen [Fantasy, 9/2021] (101)
"Celilo" (24)
"That Spell" (15)
"Take Back Thy Gift" (13)
"Water Flowing Downward" (12)
"The Wait" (10)
129: "A Dark Murmuration Of Words," Emily Barker [Everyone Sang, 9/2020] (100)
"The Woman Who Planted Trees" (36)
"MacHine" (27)
"Strange Weather" (10)
129: "Madison Archives," Frank Evans And Ben Plotnick [Self, 6/2021] (100)
"Golden Slippers" (17)
"Piker's Breakdown" (17)
"The Ballad Of John Mac" (12)
"Port City Stomp" (12)
129: "We Just Need Love," Efrat [Self, 9/2021] (100)
"Which Side Are You On" (35)
"We Just Need Love" (27)
"Let Go" (17)
"Meditation" (11)
129: "Grenadine And Kerosene," Carolyn Shulman [Self, 5/2021] (100)
"Across The Borderline" (17)
"Grenadine & Kerosene" (16)
"Double Stars" (13)
129: "Markology Ii," Mark O'Connor [Omac, 4/2021] (100)
"Goin' Home" (15)
"Alabama Jubilee" (14)
"Ease With The Breeze" (14)
"Salt Creek" (13)
"Beaumont Rag" (13)
"On Top of the World" (10)
134: "Just Like Leaving," Bella White [Self, 9/2020] (99)
"Gutted" (32)
"Just Like Leaving" (16)
"Not To Blame" (16)
134: "Shame And Sedition," Lula Wiles [Smithsonian/Folkways, 5/2021] (99)
"Television" (24)
"Wake Up" (14)
"Oh My God" (13)
"In Dreams" (12)
134: "Turning Over Stones," Bett Padgett [Ceilidhe's, 10/2021] (99)
"500 Miles" (13)
"When Winter Comes to Call" (12)
"The Storm" (10)
137: "Be A Better Me," George Ensle [Puffbunny, 10/2021] (98)
"Be a Better Me" (27)
"The Unknown Soldier" (12)
"Scarecrow" (10)
137: "Blues Ballads Cowboy Songs," Peter Keane [Self, 10/2021] (98)
"Clay Pigeons" (19)
"Weary Blues" (15)
"Almost Gone" (15)
"Dry Bread" (12)
137: "Mipso," Mipso [Rounder, 11/2020] (98)
"Hourglass" (21)
"Shelter" (19)
"Never Knew You Were Gone" (14)
"Big Star" (12)
"Caroline" (10)
137: "On The Loose," The Squirrel Hillbillies [Self, 1/2021] (98)
"Old Dry Bones" (15)
"Bury Me Green" (14)
"On the Loose" (14)
"Fat Cat Skinny Cat" (14)
"Dharma Jane" (11)
141: "Blue," Joni Mitchell [Reprise, 2002] (97)
"River" (21)
"A Case of You" (15)
141: "The Tree Of Forgiveness," John Prine [Oh Boy, 4/2020] (97)
"When I Get to Heaven" (33)
"Summer's End" (17)
143: "Treasure Of Love," The Flatlanders [Rack 'Em, 7/2021] (96)
"Sittin' on Top of the World" (14)
"She Belongs to Me" (13)
"She Smiles Like a River" (12)
"Mama Does the Kangaroo" (10)
144: "Family Reunion," Della Mae [Self, 8/2021] (95)
"The Way It Was Before" (18)
"You Don't Have to Do That" (16)
"These Songs" (14)
"Ride Away" (12)
"Dry Town" (12)
144: "Our Better Angels," Jesse Palidofsky [Azalea City, 7/2021] (95)
"Give Thanks" (26)
"I Am an Immigrant" (24)
"One Candle" (11)
146: "Bright Side Of A Rainy Day," Sloan Wainwright [Self, 9/2021] (94)
"Bright Side of a Rainy Day" (18)
"If You Want To Be Happy" (15)
"Thinkin' Outside the Box" (11)
"My Hometown" (10)
146: "Spider Tales," Jake Blount [Free Dirt, 5/2020] (94)
"Where Did You Sleep Last Night" (16)
"Roustabout" (13)
"The Angels Done Bowed Down" (11)
146: "The Balladeer," Lori McKenna [Thirty Tigers, 7/2020] (94)
"When You're My Age" (26)
"Uphill" (18)
149: "I Am Of Ireland," Various Artists [Merrow, 8/2021] (92)
"I am of Ireland," Cathy Jordan & Seamie O'Dowd (25)
149: "Ordinary Love," Ellis Delaney [Singing Crow, 6/2020] (92)
"Now Is the Time" (23)
"Pie for Breakfast" (14)
"Better Angels" (11)
"The Finest Adventure" (10)
149: "Frame By Frame," T. Buckley [Fallen Tree, 11/2021] (92)
"Frame By Frame" (20)
"Before I Get to Turn Around" (15)
"Father's Child" (12)
"Holding My Place" (10)
TOP SONGS of 2021
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 166591 plays from 5693 playlists from 192 Folk DJs
1. "Wildfire" (106)
from "Time Out Session 1" (The Accidentals)
also "Vessel" (The Accidentals)
2. "Gone" (90)
from "Gone" (Tim Grimm)
also "Tim Grimm" (Tim Grimm)
3. "A Better Day A-Coming" (82)
from "A Better Day A-Coming" (Robin & Linda Williams)
4. "Gentle Arms Of Eden" (81)
from "Gentle Arms of Eden - single" (Darryl Purpose)
5. "All This Time Running" (80)
from "All This Time Running" (Craig Cardiff)
6. "We Believe You" (71)
from "Song To A Refugee" (Diana Jones)
7. "Call Them In" (69)
from "Changemakers" (Crys Matthews)
7. "The Invisible Woman" (69)
from "First Farewell" (Peggy Seeger)
7. "My Cleveland Heart" (69)
from "Downhill From Everywhere" (Jackson Browne)
10. "It's Who We Are" (68)
from "On Solid Ground" (Reggie Harris)
10. "Seasons Change" (68)
from "Just Over The Ridge" (Lizzy Plotkin & Natalie Spears)
12. "Dreaming of King Lear" (67)
from "Gone" (Tim Grimm)
12. "Jeremiah" (67)
from "Long Time Coming" (Sierra Ferrell)
also "Jeremiah Why'd You Do It" (Sierra Ferrell)
12. "Monuments" (67)
from "Stone By Stone" (Tret Fure)
12. "Waterbound" (67)
from "They're Calling Me Home" (Rhiannon Giddens)
16. "Exactly Where You Are" (65)
from "Changemakers" (Crys Matthews)
17. "There Used To Be Horses Here" (64)
from "There Used To Be Horses Here" (Amy Speace)
18. "All Shall Be Well" (63)
from "Time Out Session 1" (The Accidentals)
18. "Bucket List" (63)
from "Bucket List" (John McCutcheon)
18. "How I Long For Peace" (63)
from "First Farewell" (Peggy Seeger)
18. "Tell the Truth" (63)
from "Distance And Time" (Becky Buller)
22. "25 Trees" (61)
from "Gone" (Tim Grimm)
22. "Carry Me With You" (61)
from "Just Over The Ridge" (Lizzy Plotkin & Natalie Spears)
22. "Right Where I Am" (61)
from "Right Where I Am" (Jonathan Edwards)
25. "Joyful Banner Blazing" (60)
from "Joyful Banner Blazing" (Maria Dunn)
26. "Eye To Eye" (59)
from "The Fray" (John Smith)
26. "Heart of Nat Turner" (59)
from "Uppity" (Laura Love)
28. "A Human Touch" (58)
from "Downhill From Everywhere" (Jackson Browne)
28. "On the Road Again" (58)
from "Calla Lily" (The Brother Brothers)
30. "Ever Gonna Fly" (57)
from "Desert Ghosts" (Jaspar Lepak)
30. "That Bird Has My Wings" (57)
from "Come Around" (Rob Lutes)
32. "In These Times" (56)
from "Just Causes" (Noel Paul Stookey)
also "At Home: The Maine Tour" (Noel Paul Stookey)
32. "Pandemic Blues" (56)
from "Hourglass" (Murray McLauchlan)
34. "Nightflyer" (55)
from "Outside Child" (Allison Russell)
35. "Carry Us Away" (54)
from "Gone" (Tim Grimm)
35. "Hello In There" (54)
from "On Solid Ground" (Reggie Harris)
37. "Night Train" (53)
from "Time Out Session 1" (The Accidentals)
37. "Will You" (53)
from "Vivian Leva And Riley Calcagno" (Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno)
39. "Changemakers" (52)
from "Changemakers" (Crys Matthews)
39. "Cold Rain and Snow" (52)
from "Cold Rain And Snow" (Jared Rabin)
41. "Kensington Station" (51)
from "Grit And Polish" (Mark Schatz & Bryan McDowell)
41. "Love at the Five and Dime" (51)
from "One Fair Summer Evening" (Nanci Griffith)
also "The Last Of The True Believers" (Nanci Griffith)
41. "Pickaway" (51)
from "Blue Skies" (Greg Cahill & Don Stiernberg)
44. "Cadillac Hearse" (50)
from "Gone" (Tim Grimm)
45. "I Shall Not Be Moved" (49)
from "They're Calling Me Home" (Rhiannon Giddens)
45. "Persephone" (49)
from "Outside Child" (Allison Russell)
45. "Song to a Refugee" (49)
from "Song To A Refugee" (Diana Jones)
48. "Ballad of a Bad Girl" (48)
from "Ballad Of A Bad Girl" (Kate McDonnell)
48. "Bet On Love" (48)
from "Bet On Love" (Pharis & Jason Romero)
48. "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" (48)
from "I'll Be Back Soon - Ep" (Tiffany Williams)
51. "Don't Look Back" (47)
from "Distance And Time" (Becky Buller)
51. "The Dreamer" (47)
from "Downhill From Everywhere" (Jackson Browne)
51. "New Star" (47)
from "Watchhouse" (Watchhouse)
51. "On Solid Ground" (47)
from "On Solid Ground" (Reggie Harris)
55. "Hometown" (46)
from "World On The Ground" (Sarah Jarosz)
55. "I'm Still Standing" (46)
from "The Light At The End Of The Line" (Janis Ian)
also "Strictly Solo" (Janis Ian)
55. "Still Looking For Something" (46)
from "Downhill From Everywhere" (Jackson Browne)
58. "River" (45)
from "Going To The West" (Bill Staines)
also "The Whistle Of The Jay" (Bill Staines)
58. "Sweet Song in the Tall Grass" (45)
from "Just Over The Ridge" (Lizzy Plotkin & Natalie Spears)
58. "They Say" (45)
from "Woman In Color" (Raye Zaragoza)
61. "Because We Need You Now" (44)
from "Knew Things" (Cliff Eberhardt)
62. "Anyway" (43)
from "Time Out Session 1" (The Accidentals)
62. "Badonkadonk Train" (43)
from "Be Ready When I Call You" (Guy Davis)
62. "Hope Revolution" (43)
from "Changemakers" (Crys Matthews)
62. "Moonshiner" (43)
from "Bucket List" (John McCutcheon)
66. "Ghosts of Houston Street" (42)
from "Woman In Color" (Raye Zaragoza)
66. "God's Gonna Make Things Over" (42)
from "Be Ready When I Call You" (Guy Davis)
66. "Like Molly Brown" (42)
from "Until Now" (Carrie Newcomer)
66. "Which Side Are You On?: Dilemma" (42)
from "Mississippi River Suite" (Michael J. Miles)
70. "Black Rock City" (41)
from "Streamliner" (Jesse Brock)
70. "In Times Like These" (41)
from "Red Maple Tree" (Sloan Wainwright)
70. "I Remember Everything" (41)
from "I Remember Everything" (John Prine)
70. "Love Along the Way" (41)
from "Borrowed Time" (Joe Troop)
70. "My East Tennessee Home" (41)
from "Grit And Polish" (Mark Schatz & Bryan McDowell)
70. "Normal Isn't Normal Anymore" (41)
from "Normal Isn't Normal Anymore" (Rod Abernethy)
70. "Oxford Town" (41)
from "Normal Isn't Normal Anymore" (Rod Abernethy)
70. "Say Can You See" (41)
from "Tangle Of Souls" (Scott Cook)
70. "Today and Every Day" (41)
from "I'll Meet You Here" (Dar Williams)
79. "$20 Bill" (40)
from "$20 Bill - single" (Tom Prasada-Rao)
also "20 Dollar Bill - single" (Tom Prasada-Rao)
79. "Angel From Montgomery" (40)
from "Ellis Paul's Traveling Medicine Show, Vol. 1" (Ellis Paul)
79. "I Ain't Playing Pretty Polly" (40)
from "When I Wait For You" (Dirk Powell)
79. "A Long Way Up" (40)
from "Until Now" (Carrie Newcomer)
79. "Miles The Frog" (40)
from "Boulevard" (Rod MacDonald)
79. "Still Turning" (40)
from "Light And Dark" (Chris Ronald)
79. "Transatlantic" (40)
from "Transatlantic - single" (Aoife O'Donovan)
86. "America" (39)
from "Hourglass" (Murray McLauchlan)
86. "Beautiful Flowers" (39)
from "Watchhouse" (Watchhouse)
86. "Gotta Get Home By Midnight" (39)
from "First Farewell" (Peggy Seeger)
86. "I Belong To The Band" (39)
from "Eden And Her Borderlands" (Anya Hinkle)
86. "Might As Well Be Gold" (39)
from "Time Out Session 1" (The Accidentals)
86. "Roses in November" (39)
from "Roses In November" (Tret Fure)
86. "Standing in Freedom's Name" (39)
from "On Solid Ground" (Reggie Harris)
86. "Sweet Boy From Minnesota" (39)
from "Annamania" (Anna Elizabeth Laube)
also "Anna Laube" (Anna Elizabeth Laube)
86. "This Time" (39)
from "This Time" (Ana Egge)
95. "One Too Many Mornings" (38)
from "Grit And Polish" (Mark Schatz & Bryan McDowell)
95. "All In The Mind" (38)
from "First Farewell" (Peggy Seeger)
97. "Across the Great Divide" (37/62)
from "Close To You" (Kate Wolf)
also "Weaver Of Visions" (Kate Wolf)
98. "100 Summers" (25/42)
from "Baker" (James Lee)
TOP ARTISTS of 2021
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 166591 plays from 5693 playlists from 192 Folk DJs
1. John McCutcheon (864)
"Bucket List" (370)
"Cabin Fever: Songs From The Quarantine" (114)
"To Everyone in All the World: A Celebration of Pete Seeger" (43)
"Water From Another Time" (23)
"Live At Wolf Trap" (22)
"Ghost Light" (19)
"Trolling For Dreams" (19)
"Gonna Rise Again" (18)
"Joe Hill's Last Will" (18)
"This Land: Woody Guthrie's America" (18)
"John McCutcheon's Four Seasons: Autumnsongs" (14)
"Wintersongs" (14)
"The Greatest Story Never Told" (12)
"Winter Solstice" (12)
2. Nanci Griffith (836)
"Other Voices, Other Rooms" (157)
"One Fair Summer Evening" (81)
"Other Voices Too" (56)
"The Last Of The True Believers" (53)
"Lone Star State Of Mind" (52)
"Once in a Very Blue Moon" (39)
"From A Distance - The Very Best Of Nanci Griffith" (36)
"The Loving Kind" (34)
"Flyer" (33)
"Storms" (31)
"Clock Without Hands" (24)
"Little Love Affairs" (24)
"Winter Marquee" (21)
"Intersection" (20)
"Live at the Kent State folk Festival" (17)
"Poet In My Window" (15)
"There's A Light Beyond These Woods" (15)
"Blue Roses From the Moons" (13)
"The MCA Years" (13)
3. Bob Dylan (790)
"Dylan" (127)
"Rough And Rowdy Ways" (64)
"Blood On The Tracks" (49)
"The Times They Are A-Changin'" (27)
"Nashville Skyline" (25)
"Blonde On Blonde" (20)
"New Morning" (20)
"Highway 61 Revisited" (19)
"Bringing It All Back Home" (17)
"Biograph" (16)
"More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 14" (16)
"John Wesley Harding" (14)
"The Best of the Original Mono Recordings" (13)
"Live 1964" (11)
"Springtime In New York" (11)
"1970" (10)
"Another Self Portrait" (10)
"Modern Times" (10)
"Oh Mercy" (10)
4. Tim Grimm (572)
"Gone" (402)
"Heart Land Again" (34)
"A Stranger In This Time" (27)
"Farm Songs" (26)
"The Turning Point" (20)
"Tim Grimm" (14)
"Thank You, Tom Paxton" (12)
"The Back Fields" (11)
5. Pete Seeger (503)
"Songs of Hope and Struggle" (99)
"Pete" (76)
"American Favorite Ballads, Vols. 1-5" (30)
"Headlines And Footnotes: A Collection Of Topical Songs" (27)
"The Smithsonian Folkways Collection" (21)
"American Industrial Ballads" (14)
"Live In '65" (13)
"God Bless The Grass" (12)
"If I Had A Hammer: Songs Of Hope & Struggle" (11)
6. John Prine (498)
"The Tree Of Forgiveness" (97)
"Souvenirs" (82)
"I Remember Everything" (40)
"Fair And Square" (30)
"John Prine" (28)
"The Missing Years" (26)
"Bruised Orange" (19)
"In Spite Of Ourselves" (17)
"Sweet Revenge" (14)
"German Afternoons" (12)
"For Better, Or Worse" (11)
7. Reggie Harris (487)
"On Solid Ground" (413)
"Ready To Go" (42)
"It's Who We Are - single" (18)
8. Jackson Browne (453)
"Downhill From Everywhere" (329)
"My Cleveland Heart - single" (28)
"Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1" (17)
"Running On Empty" (15)
9. Dar Williams (428)
"I'll Meet You Here" (204)
"Mortal City" (36)
"End Of The Summer" (21)
"Glasshouse Children" (18)
"Many Great Companions" (17)
"The Green World" (16)
"The Honesty Room" (14)
"In The Time Of Gods" (12)
"Emerald" (11)
"Out There Live" (11)
"Today and Every Day" (11)
10. Crys Matthews (423)
"Changemakers" (379)
"Call Them In - single" (17)
11. Ellis Paul (418)
"Ellis Paul's Traveling Medicine Show, Vol. 1" (217)
"The Storyteller's Suitcase" (50)
"It's A Mean World - single" (27)
"The Day After Everything Changed" (12)
"Travelin Medicine Show, Vol. 1" (12)
"Chasing Beauty" (11)
"City Of Silver Dreams" (10)
11. Tim O'Brien (418)
"He Walked On" (213)
"Red On Blonde" (32)
"Where The River Meets The Road" (23)
"The Crossing" (18)
"Traveler" (16)
"Tim O'Brien Band" (12)
"Cornbread Nation" (11)
"Fiddler's Green" (10)
"Two Journeys" (10)
13. Sloan Wainwright (414)
"Red Maple Tree" (251)
"Bright Side Of A Rainy Day" (94)
"Rediscovery" (21)
"Uncovering" (12)
14. Bill Staines (400)
"Going To The West" (48)
"The Whistle Of The Jay" (47)
"Beneath Some Lucky Star" (31)
"The First Million Miles" (31)
"The Second Million Miles" (28)
"Old Dogs" (27)
"Just Play One Tune More" (24)
"Bridges" (22)
"Live at the Ford Auditorium 4-4-93" (22)
"Tracks And Trails" (21)
"Journey Home" (19)
"One More River" (11)
"Look For The Wind" (11)
"October's Hill" (11)
15. Si Kahn (393)
"Been A Long Time" (210)
"Courage" (37)
"Thanksgiving" (28)
"The Best of the Rest" (24)
"In My Heart" (23)
"Bristol Bay" (12)
16. Diana Jones (390)
"Song To A Refugee" (326)
"My Remembrance Of You" (17)
17. Guy Davis (388)
"Be Ready When I Call You" (270)
"The Village Out West: The Lost Tapes of Alan Oakes" (17)
"Legacy" (15)
"Kokomo Kidd" (11)
18. Joni Mitchell (383)
"Blue" (86)
"Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967)" (54)
"Hits" (45)
"Ladies Of The Canyon" (18)
"Clouds" (14)
"For The Roses" (13)
"Miles of Aisles" (11)
19. Cosy Sheridan (378)
"A Beautiful Sound" (168)
"Sometimes I Feel Too Much" (37)
"Grand Design" (33)
"Angels Of Our Better Nature - single" (25)
"How We Come Apart - single" (22)
"Saturn Return" (14)
"Eros" (10)
20. Peggy Seeger (377)
"First Farewell" (325)
21. Robin And Linda Williams (368)
"A Better Day A-Coming" (271)
"The First Christmas Gift" (13)
"Back 40" (10)
22. Carrie Newcomer (364)
"Until Now" (222)
"The Beautiful Not Yet" (27)
"The Point Of Arrival" (17)
"A Permeable Life" (15)
"Gathering Of Spirits" (12)
"The Geography Of Light" (11)
23. The Accidentals (363)
"Time Out Session 1" (264)
"Vessel" (57)
"Wildfire - single" (15)
"Time Out" (10)
24. Tret Fure (335)
"Stone By Stone" (241)
"Roses In November" (52)
25. Becky Buller (325)
"Distance And Time" (283)
25. Rhiannon Giddens (325)
"They're Calling Me Home" (172)
"Freedom Highway" (74)
"There Is No Other" (21)
"Tomorrow Is My Turn" (14)
27. Amy Speace (324)
"There Used To Be Horses Here" (254)
"Me And The Ghost Of Charlemagne" (23)
"How To Sleep In A Stormy Boat" (10)
"That Kind Of Girl" (10)
28. Emmylou Harris (322)
"Ramble In Music City: The Lost Concert" (61)
"Roses In The Snow" (17)
"At the Ryman" (13)
"Songbird" (12)
"Wrecking Ball" (12)
29. Mark Schatz And Bryan McDowell (316)
"Grit And Polish" (304)
30. Rod Abernethy (298)
"Normal Isn't Normal Anymore" (294)
31. Sarah Jarosz (289)
"World On The Ground" (149)
"Blue Heron Suite" (41)
"Song Up In Her Head" (25)
"Follow Me Down" (22)
"Undercurrent" (15)
32. Laura Love (282)
"Uppity" (180)
"She Loved Red" (44)
"NeGrass" (25)
"Heart Of Nat Turner - single" (12)
32. Lizzy Plotkin & Natalie Spears (282)
"Just Over The Ridge" (279)
34. Maria Dunn (278)
"Joyful Banner Blazing" (234)
"Gathering" (12)
"We Were Good People" (11)
35. Joan Baez (274)
"Ring Them Bells" (24)
"Whistle Down The Wind" (21)
"75th Birthday Celebration" (19)
"Gone From Danger" (14)
"Joan Baez 75th Birthday Celebration" (11)
"Farewell, Angelina" (10)
35. Tony Rice (274)
"Tony Rice Sings Gordon Lightfoot" (44)
"Night Flyer" (42)
"Church Street Blues" (34)
"California Autumn" (24)
"Me & My Guitar" (20)
"Native American" (16)
"Cold On The Shoulder" (14)
"Tony Rice Plays and Sings Bluegrass" (14)
"Guitar" (10)
37. Eliza Gilkyson (273)
"2020" (99)
"Secularia" (22)
"Land Of Milk And Honey" (20)
"Songs From The River Wind" (16)
"Your Town Tonight" (14)
"Hard Times In Babylon" (12)
"Paradise Hotel" (10)
"Roses At The End Of Time" (10)
38. Kate McDonnell (270)
"Ballad Of A Bad Girl" (258)
39. Murray McLauchlan (268)
"Hourglass" (224)
"Songs From The Street" (19)
40. Gillian Welch (266)
"Boots No. 1: The Official Revival Bootleg" (46)
"Boots No. 2 The Lost Songs, Vol. 1" (37)
"Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 3" (29)
"Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 2" (24)
"The Harrow And The Harvest" (23)
"Time (The Revelator)" (19)
"Soul Journey" (17)
"Hell Among The Yearlings" (15)
"All the Good Times" (10)
41. Billy Strings (265)
"Renewal" (172)
"Home" (66)
42. Valerie Smith (258)
"Renaissance" (212)
"I Found" (18)
43. Sierra Ferrell (257)
"Long Time Coming" (218)
"Jeremiah Why'd You Do It" (19)
44. Kate Wolf (252)
"Weaver Of Visions" (43)
"Close To You" (37)
"An Evening In Austin" (32)
"Give Yourself To Love" (26)
"Gold In California" (18)
"The Wind Blows Wild" (16)
"Back Roads" (14)
"Poet's Heart" (14)
"Lines on the Paper" (13)
45. John Smith (249)
"The Fray" (170)
"Hummingbird" (14)
"Gravity Of Grace" (11)
46. Cliff Eberhardt (245)
"Knew Things" (208)
47. Craig Cardiff (239)
"All This Time Running" (229)
48. Jesse Terry (237)
"When We Wander" (175)
"Peace" (33)
"Natural" (12)
49. The Chieftains (235)
"Voice Of Ages" (31)
"Down The Old Plank Road" (24)
"An Irish Evening" (20)
"The Long Black Veil" (17)
"The Essential Chieftains" (13)
"Further Down The Old Plank Road" (13)
"San Patricio" (10)
"Water From The Well" (10)
"The Wide World Over" (10)
49. Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer (235)
"Drum Hat Buddha" (70)
"Tanglewood Tree" (53)
"When I Go" (32)
"Little Blue Egg" (29)
"American Noel" (22)
49. Pharis And Jason Romero (235)
"Bet On Love" (168)
"A Wanderer I'll Stay" (14)
"A Passing Glimpse" (13)
"Sweet Old Religion" (12)
"Long Gone Out West Blues" (10)
52. Allison Russell (234)
"Outside Child" (208)
52. Tom Paxton (234)
"Looking For The Moon" (23)
"I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound: The Best Of Tom Paxton" (18)
"The Best of Tom Paxton" (13)
"Wearing the Time" (13)
"Comedians And Angels" (12)
"Ramblin' Boy" (11)
"Redemption Road" (11)
"The Very Best of Tom Paxton" (10)
54. Stan Rogers (231)
"Between The Breaks...Live!" (53)
"The Very Best Of Stan Rogers" (43)
"Northwest Passage" (33)
"Fogarty's Cove" (24)
"Home In Halifax" (17)
"Turnaround" (16)
"From Fresh Water" (13)
55. Loretta Lynn (228)
"Still Woman Enough" (165)
55. Raye Zaragoza (228)
"Woman In Color" (189)
"Woman in Color 2020 " (24)
57. Jared Rabin (227)
"Cold Rain And Snow" (216)
"No Direction" (10)
57. Susan Werner (227)
"Flyover Country" (103)
"Gospel Truth" (21)
"Hayseed" (15)
"Time Between Trains" (12)
"Last of the Good Straight Girls" (11)
59. Mary Chapin Carpenter (224)
"The Dirt And The Stars" (57)
"Come Darkness, Come Light" (36)
"One Night Lonely" (19)
"Between Here And Gone" (12)
"Sometimes Just The Sky" (12)
59. Rob Lutes (224)
"Come Around" (210)
59. Rod MacDonald (224)
"Boulevard" (166)
62. John Gorka (223)
"True In Time" (30)
"The Company You Keep" (20)
"Bright Side Of Down" (18)
"I Know" (15)
"Writing In The Margins" (15)
"So Dark You See" (14)
"Jack's Crows" (12)
"Before Beginning" (10)
"Land Of The Bottom Line" (10)
63. Greg Brown (221)
"If I Had Known: Essential Recordings, 1980-1996" (33)
"The Poet Game" (20)
"The Live One" (16)
"Milk Of The Moon" (15)
"Covenant" (10)
"In The Dark With You" (10)
63. Sturgill Simpson (221)
"Cuttin' Grass, Vol. 1" (69)
"Cuttin' Grass, Vol. 2" (65)
"The Ballad of Dood & Juanita" (43)
"Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, Vol. 2" (18)
65. Willie Nelson (220)
"That's Life" (72)
"The Willie Nelson Family" (34)
"Heroes" (10)
66. Chris Ronald (214)
"Light And Dark" (195)
"Fragments" (11)
66. Noel Paul Stookey (214)
"Just Causes" (163)
"At Home: The Maine Tour" (14)
68. Michael J. Miles (211)
"New Century Suite" (103)
"Mississippi River Suite" (102)
69. Doc Watson (210)
"Doc Watson" (37)
"Songs Doc Didn't Sing" (30)
"The Village Out West" (29)
"The Vanguard Years" (23)
"Live At Club 47" (11)
70. Judy Collins (207)
"Forever" (20)
"Who Knows Where The Time Goes" (16)
"The Very Best Of Judy Collins" (12)
"In My Life" (11)
70. Norman Blake (207)
"Day By Day" (132)
72. Guy Clark (204)
"Dublin Blues" (26)
"The Dark" (22)
"Keepers" (21)
"Somedays The Song Writes You" (15)
"Workbench Songs" (14)
"Boats To Build" (13)
"Old No. 1" (12)
"Cold Dog Soup" (11)
"Old Friends" (11)
"Craftsman" (10)
73. Erin Ivey (202)
"Solace In The Wild" (186)
"Solace in the Wild 2021 " (14)
74. Gordon Lightfoot (201)
"Gord's Gold" (52)
"Songbook" (25)
"Sundown" (10)
75. Kate Taylor (199)
"Why Wait!" (184)
75. Ray Lambiase (199)
"The Road Ahead" (142)
"The Ballad Of Three Finger Brown" (18)
"Kid Bayonne" (12)
75. Vivian Leva And Riley Calcagno (199)
"Vivian Leva And Riley Calcagno" (183)
78. Béla Fleck (198)
"My Bluegrass Heart" (133)
"Drive" (11)
"Jingle All the Way" (10)
78. Johnny Cash (198)
"The Essential Johnny Cash" (19)
"The Legend" (16)
78. Jonathan Edwards (198)
"Right Where I Am" (150)
"My Love Will Keep" (12)
78. Paul Kaplan (198)
"We Shall Stay Here" (180)
78. Tom Russell (198)
"Modern Art" (26)
"The Long Way Around" (19)
"Wounded Heart of America" (17)
"October In The Railroad Earth" (13)
"Play One More: The Songs Of Ian And Sylvia" (13)
"Folk Hotel" (11)
"Old Songs Yet To Sing" (10)
83. Sons Of The Never Wrong (197)
"Undertaker's Songbook" (136)
"On A Good Day...I Am" (47)
84. Christine Lavin (196)
"On My Way To Hooterville" (35)
"The Best Summer - single" (31)
"Spaghettification" (16)
"The Best Of Christine Lavin" (14)
"Folkzinger" (10)
85. The Brother Brothers (195)
"Calla Lily" (182)
85. Jackson Grimm (195)
"Sober Again" (183)
"The Bull Moose Party" (11)
85. Joy Zimmerman (195)
"The Canvas Before Us" (165)
"We'll Hold The Light - single" (14)
88. Joe Troop (192)
"Borrowed Time" (191)
89. Cheryl Wheeler (191)
"Driving Home" (47)
"Sylvia Hotel" (33)
"Defying Gravity" (27)
"Different Stripe" (22)
"Pointing At The Sun" (14)
"Mrs. Pinocci's Guitar" (12)
90. Dirk Powell (190)
"When I Wait For You" (150)
"If I Go Ten Thousand Miles" (15)
90. Phil Ochs (190)
"All The News That's Fit To Sing" (20)
"There But For Fortune" (18)
"Phil Ochs In Concert" (17)
"I Ain't Marching Anymore" (15)
"A Toast To Those Who Are Gone" (13)
"Live Again!" (10)
92. Tom Prasada-Rao (189)
"$20 Bill - single" (39)
"What's Going On - single" (29)
"The Year of Losing Things - single" (25)
"For What It's Worth - single" (22)
"Higher Love - single" (16)
"It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go - single" (11)
93. Katie Oates (188)
"We Go On" (166)
"Katie Oates live" (15)
94. Jesse Brock (187)
"Streamliner" (179)
95. Eli West (183)
"Tapered Point Of Stone" (173)
95. Jaspar Lepak (183)
"Desert Ghosts" (139)
"One Brave Life - single" (17)
"Ever Gonna Fly - single" (12)
95. Richard Thompson (183)
"Acoustic Classics II" (33)
"Serpent's Tears" (25)
"Live From London" (16)
"Mirror Blue" (10)
98. Lisa Jeanette (182)
"Jellyfish On The Moon" (166)
99. Watchhouse (181)
"Watchhouse" (155)
100. Anya Hinkle (179)
"Eden And Her Borderlands" (112)
"What's It Gonna Take - single" (21)
"I Belong To The Band" (16)
"Why Women Need Wine" (11)
100. Tom Rush (179)
"Got a Mind To Ramble" (54)
"Voices" (19)
"The Circle Game" (17)
"Tom Rush Celebrates 50 Years Of Music" (14)
"Blues, Songs and Ballads" (11)
"What I Know" (11)
102. Joe Crookston (177)
"Able Baker Charlie And Dog" (44)
"Darkling & The Bluebird Jubilee" (43)
"Georgia I'm Here" (41)
"Fall Down As The Rain" (10)
103. Scott Cook (176)
"Tangle Of Souls" (142)
"Further Down The Line" (14)
104. Della Mae (175)
"Family Reunion" (93)
"Headlight" (34)
"The Butcher Shoppe - Ep" (16)
"This World Oft Can Be" (13)
"Della Mae" (11)
105. John Hurlbut And Jorma Kaukonen (174)
"The River Flows" (106)
"The River Flows, Vol. 2" (57)
105. Red Molly (174)
"The Red Album" (51)
"Love And Other Tragedies" (37)
"Light In The Sky" (25)
"James" (16)
"With A Memory Like Mine - single" (14)
107. Maria Muldaur With Tuba Skinny (173)
"Let's Get Happy Together" (116)
"I'm Vaccinated & I'm Ready For Love - single" (15)
108. Friction Farm (172)
"Evidence Of Hope" (152)
109. John Flynn (170)
"Wild Beat The Wings" (107)
"Vintage" (11)
110. Joel Mabus (169)
"Time And Truth" (30)
"Retold" (23)
"American Anonymous" (14)
"How Like The Holly" (14)
"Joel Mabus Omnibus" (10)
110. Michael Johnathon (169)
"The Painter" (103)
"Legacy" (14)
"Cosmic Banjo" (11)
112. Ana Egge (168)
"Between Us" (67)
"This Time" (39)
"The Ship" (25)
"Is It The Kiss" (10)
112. Joe Jencks (168)
"Poets, Philosophers, Workers And Wanderers" (70)
"The Forgotten" (36)
"Rise As One" (15)
"Links In A Chain" (13)
"The Candle And The Flame" (11)
114. Emma's Revolution (167)
"One" (31)
"Revolution Now" (25)
"Clearwater Tune - single" (14)
"A Zeesn Christmas - single" (14)
"Our House Is On Fire - single" (13)
"On A Day In January - single" (12)
"Our People Gonna Rise - single" (12)
"Revolutions Per Minute" (11)
115. Gathering Time (166)
"Old Friends" (125)
"Keepsake" (11)
"Red Apples And Gold" (11)
116. Shane Cook And The Woodchippers (165)
"Be Here For A While" (152)
117. Hardened And Tempered (164)
"Hold The Line" (157)
117. Steve Earle (164)
"J.T." (61)
"Train A Comin'" (15)
"Ghosts Of West Virginia" (10)
119. The Beatles (163)
"The Beatles" (14)
120. Anna Elizabeth Laube (162)
"Annamania" (147)
"Tree" (10)
120. Bůmarang (162)
"Echo Land" (144)
122. Crowes Pasture (160)
"Slow It Down" (53)
"Forever Young - single" (27)
"Quarantine - single" (27)
"Crowes Pasture" (18)
122. Over The Moon (160)
"Chinook Waltz" (154)
122. The Wailin' Jennys (160)
"Fifteen" (43)
"40 Days" (40)
"Bright Morning Stars" (31)
"Firecracker" (17)
"Live At The Mauch Chunk Opera House" (15)
125. Chris Smither (159)
"More From The Levee" (51)
"Leave The Light On" (16)
"Live As I'll Ever Be" (13)
"Train Home" (13)
125. Erin Ash Sullivan (159)
"We Can Hear Each Other" (157)
127. Charlie Parr (158)
"Last Of The Better Days Ahead" (122)
"Charlie Parr" (12)
127. Liz Simmons (158)
"Poets" (155)
129. Bill Monroe (157)
"Bluegrass 1950-1958" (49)
"Bluegrass 1959-1969" (36)
129. Laurie Lewis (157)
"And Laurie Lewis" (50)
"The Hazel And Alice Sessions" (17)
"True Stories" (12)
"Skippin' And Flyin'" (10)
131. Bruce Cockburn (155)
"Greatest Hits" (28)
"Christmas" (27)
"Crowing Ignites" (12)
131. Peter Ostroushko (155)
"Blue Mesa" (18)
"The Mando Chronicles" (18)
"Heart of the Heartland" (15)
"Coming Down From Red Lodge" (14)
"Postcards" (13)
"Sacred Heart" (12)
"Down the Streets of My Old Neighborhood" (11)
"When The Last Morning Glory Blooms" (10)
133. Malcolm Holcombe (154)
"Tricks Of The Trade" (130)
134. Dave Van Ronk (153)
"Sunday Street" (47)
"Down in Washington Square" (11)
"Two Sides Of Dave Van Ronk" (10)
135. Darryl Purpose (152)
"Gentle Arms of Eden - single" (79)
"Gift Of The Magi" (21)
"Next Time Around" (14)
"Still The Birds" (10)
136. Bruce Springsteen (151)
"We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions" (29)
"Letter to You" (22)
"Nebraska" (12)
137. Lula Wiles (150)
"Shame And Sedition" (98)
"What Will We Do" (27)
138. Andy And Judy (149)
"Let Us Sing" (66)
"This Road" (27)
"What Would Pete Do? - single" (18)
"Trouble in the Fields - single" (15)
139. Terry Kitchen (148)
"Lost Songs" (104)
"Next Time We Meet" (13)
140. John R. Miller (147)
"Depreciated" (136)
140. JP Harris (147)
"Don't You Marry No Railroad Man" (124)
"Dreadful Wind & Rain" (10)
140. Rupert Wates (147)
"Lamentations" (146)
143. Darrell Scott (146)
"Jaroso" (61)
"Modern Hymns" (19)
"A Satisfied Man" (10)
143. Doc And Merle Watson (146)
"Songs Doc Didn't Sing" (88)
"Never the Same Way Once" (11)
145. Altan (145)
"Local Ground" (45)
"The Widening Gyre" (12)
"Gap Of Dreams" (11)
145. Anne Feeney (145)
"Union Maid" (40)
"Have You Been to Jail for Justice" (37)
"Dump The Bosses Off Your Back" (28)
"If I Can't Dance" (11)
145. Rachel Baiman (145)
"Cycles" (122)
145. Rodney Crowell (145)
"Triage" (79)
145. Roland Roberts (145)
"All About The Timing" (140)
150. David Francey (144)
"The Broken Heart Of Everything" (23)
"The Waking Hour" (23)
"Far End of Summer" (21)
"Skating Rink" (14)
"Torn Screen Door" (14)
"Right Of Passage" (11)
"So Say We All" (11)
151. Janis Ian (143)
"The Light At The End Of The Line" (55)
"Folk Is The New Black" (11)
151. Jon Shain And Fj Ventre (143)
"Never Found A Way To Tame The Blues" (126)
153. George Mann (142)
"A World Like This" (71)
"The Coronavirus Sessions" (51)
154. Marc Black (141)
"Everybody Wants My Hat" (100)
"Dire Wolf - single" (11)
155. Ina May Wool (140)
"Rewrite The Ending" (127)
155. Lori McKenna (140)
"The Balladeer" (87)
"Christmas is Right Here - EP" (12)
155. Rachel Garlin (140)
"The State That We Are In" (85)
"Mondegreens" (39)
155. Ramblin' Jack Elliott (140)
"Friend Of Mine" (15)
"Kerouac's Last Dream" (13)
"South Coast" (11)
159. Jeffrey Foucault (139)
"Deadstock: Uncollected Recordings 2005 - 2020" (104)
"Shoot The Moon Right Between The Eyes" (12)
160. Kelly's Lot (138)
"Where And When" (84)
"Another Sky" (54)
161. David Mallett (137)
"Celebration" (28)
"Greenin' Up" (15)
"Parallel Lives" (13)
"Inches And Miles" (10)
161. Lucy Kaplansky (137)
"Reunion" (25)
"Everyday Street" (24)
"Over The Hills" (18)
"The Red Thread" (17)
"The Tide" (12)
"Flesh and Bone" (11)
161. Mike Barnett (137)
"+1" (120)
164. Tiffany Williams (136)
"I'll Be Back Soon - Ep" (111)
"Tiffany Williams live" (12)
164. Tony Trischka (136)
"Shall We Hope" (117)
166. John Hartford (135)
"Aereo-Plain" (39)
"Mark Twang" (10)
167. Richard Shindell (134)
"Courier" (27)
"Somewhere Near Paterson" (16)
"Sparrows Point" (16)
"Reunion Hill" (14)
"Vuelta" (13)
168. Donna Herula (133)
"Bang At The Door" (130)
168. Kate Rusby (133)
"Hand Me Down" (37)
"The Girl Who Couldn't Fly" (18)
"Hourglass" (10)
168. Simon & Garfunkel (133)
"Old Friends" (13)
"Sounds Of Silence" (13)
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" (12)
"Bookends" (11)
"The Best of Simon & Garfunkel" (11)
"Collected Works" (11)
"Wednesday Morning, 3AM" (11)
171. Anne Hills (132)
"Accidental August" (42)
"Angle Of The Light" (15)
"There's A Light Beyond These Woods - single" (15)
"Bittersweet Street" (11)
171. Asleep At The Wheel (132)
"Half A Hundred Years" (70)
171. Dave Alvin (132)
"From An Old Guitar: Rare and Unreleased Recordings" (55)
"King of California" (22)
"Public Domain: Songs From The Wild Land" (14)
174. Tom T. Hall (130)
"Storyteller, Poet, Philosopher" (17)
"Ultimate Collection" (13)
174. Peter, Paul And Mary (130)
"Peter, Paul And Mary" (13)
"The Very Best Of Peter, Paul And Mary" (13)
176. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (129)
"Will The Circle Be Unbroken" (37)
"Will the Circle be Unbroken, Vol. 2" (14)
"Will the Circle be Unbroken, Vol. 3" (13)
177. The Flatlanders (128)
"Treasure Of Love" (95)
177. Molly Tuttle (128)
"...But I'd Rather Be With You" (73)
"When You're Ready" (24)
"Rise" (12)
179. Eric Lambert (126)
"Beating The Odds" (122)
179. Jesse Palidofsky (126)
"Our Better Angels" (95)
"America the Beautiful 2020" (24)
179. Robert Plant And Alison Krauss (126)
"Raise The Roof" (102)
"Raising Sand" (12)
179. Trevor Tchir (126)
"Sun And Moon" (123)
183. Bett Padgett (125)
"Turning Over Stones" (98)
"If I Catch My Dream Song Of Ho" (12)
183. Bill Morrissey (125)
"Standing Eight" (22)
"The Essential Collection" (18)
"Bill Morrissey" (15)
"Night Train" (15)
"Something I Saw Or Thought I Saw" (12)
183. Gillian Welch And David Rawlings (125)
"All The Good Times (Are Past And Gone)" (100)
183. Kristen Grainger And True North (125)
"Ghost Tattoo" (98)
"Ghost Tattoo 2020 Kristen Grainger & " (14)
"North" (10)
183. Sarah McQuaid (125)
"The St Buryan Sessions" (79)
"Double CD: When Two Lovers Meet / I Won't Go Home 'Til Morning" (11)
188. The Everly Brothers (124)
"The Ancient Art of Weaving" (21)
"Songs Our Daddy Taught Us" (16)
188. Karen Matheson (124)
"Still Time" (112)
188. Luke Concannon (124)
"Ecstatic Bird In The Burning" (121)
188. Mala Oreen (124)
"Awake" (122)
192. Arlo Guthrie (123)
"Alice's Restaurant" (20)
"Hobo's Lullaby" (14)
"Live In Sydney" (10)
192. Ellis Delaney (123)
"Ordinary Love" (92)
192. Lucinda Williams (123)
"Good Souls Better Angels" (15)
"Car Wheels On A Gravel Road" (13)
"Ramblin'" (12)
"Lucinda Williams" (11)
192. Mipso (123)
"Mipso" (98)
196. Emily Barker (122)
"A Dark Murmuration Of Words" (100)
196. Steve Goodman (122)
"No Big Surprise" (32)
"Somebody Else's Troubles" (12)
"Affordable Art" (11)
"Live At The Earl Of Old Town" (11)
198. The Kingston Trio (121)
"Collectors Series" (15)
"The Kingston Trio" (15)
198. Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer (121)
"Hold Each Other Up - single" (34)
"Get Up And Do Right" (22)
"Wahoo!" (17)
200. Adam Hurt (120)
"Back To The Earth" (111)
200. Fairport Convention (120)
"Liege and Lief" (22)
"Unhalfbricking" (15)
200. Odetta (120)
"Gonna Let It Shine" (16)
"Odetta Sings Dylan" (11)
"Christmas Spirituals" (10)
TOP LABELS of 2021
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 166591 plays from 5693 playlists from 192 Folk DJs
1. Rounder (4042)
2. Smithsonian/Folkways (2410)
3. Red House (2178)
4. Compass (1967)
5. Columbia (1891)
6. Sugar Hill (1241)
7. Borealis (1220)
8. Signature Sounds (1143)
9. Thirty Tigers (1130)
10. Warner (907)
11. Rhino (904)
12. Elektra (901)
13. Free Dirt (873)
14. Nonesuch (864)
15. Legacy (833)
16. True North (787)
17. Vanguard (698)
18. Philo (690)
19. Pinecastle (677)
20. Appleseed (659)
21. Capitol (604)
22. Oh Boy (599)
23. Vault (593)
24. BMG (589)
25. New West (557)
26. RCA (547)
27. Rebel (533)
28. Sony (497)
29. Fantasy (495)
30. Yep Roc (481)
31. Reprise (470)
32. Bear Family (455)
33. Flying Fish (440)
34. Proper (425)
35. Waterbug (408)
36. Green Linnet (392)
37. Acony (378)
38. Patuxent (376)
39. Atlantic (362)
40. Shanachie (361)
41. MCA (360)
42. Mountain Home (358)
43. Inside (352)
44. Hudson Harding (342)
45. Mercury (338)
46. Appalsongs (328)
47. Organic (317)
48. Dark Shadow (304)
49. M.C. (300)
50. Dualtone (299)
51. Mountain Fever (292)
52. Fallen Tree (284)
53. Bell Buckle (279)
54. Stony Plain (278)
54. Topic (278)
56. Alligator (272)
57. Howdy Skies (270)
58. Folk-Legacy (269)
59. Appalseed (263)
60. Red Grape (258)
61. Greentrax (250)
62. Sliced Bread (237)
63. Distant Whisper (224)
63. Rosella (224)
65. Available Light (220)
66. Windbone (212)
67. Azalea City (203)
68. Tomboy Girl (201)
69. Berkalin (200)
70. Lucky Bear (198)
71. Strictly Country (192)
72. Bonfire (190)
73. Universal (177)
74. ARC (174)
75. Billy Blue (172)
75. Neworld (172)
77. Blue Flute (168)
78. Sound Biscuit (167)
79. Razor & Tie (164)
80. Arhoolie (162)
80. Dog-Eared Discs (162)
80. Fat Possum (162)
83. Nettwerk (160)
84. Old Coat (155)
85. Need To Know (154)
86. Octoroon Biography (153)
87. Fossil (152)
88. Hightone (151)
89. Acoustic Disc (150)
89. Blix Street (150)
91. Raytone (149)
92. Rising (146)
93. Delmark (145/152)
93. A&M (145)
93. Lula (145)
96. Concord (144)
97. Downstairs (143)
98. Wind River (142)
99. Earwig (137)
100. CMH (136)
101. Bloodshot (132)
101. Blue Note (132)
103. Story (127)
104. Bite (126)
105. Cooking Vinyl (125)
105. Renew (125)
105. Willoughby (125)
108. Turtle Bear (124)
109. Flyin' (123)
110. Righteous Babe (122)
110. Soundly (122)
112. Six Shooter (121)
113. Verve (117)
114. Community (114)
114. EMI (114)
116. The Movement (110)
117. Decca (109)
117. Lost Highway (109)
119. ATO (108)
119. Dittyville (108)
119. Easy Eye (108)
119. Treble-G (108)
FOLK DJs - 2021
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 166591 plays from 5693 playlists from 192 Folk DJs
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Abby Parks (WLJS-FM, AL)
Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allegra Thompson (KALW-FM, CA)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Allen Mullen (KOCF-LP & KEPW-LP, OR)
Andrea Berman (Podcast, BC)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM, NY)
Annie Keville (WVBR-FM, NY)
Armin Heurich (WVBR-FM, NY)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP & WCOM-LP, NC)
Arthur Berman (CiTR-FM & podcast, BC)
Arthur Dean (WCNI-FM, CT)
Artie Martello (WIOX-FM & bluesandrootsradio.com, NY)
Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM, PA)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bill Wagman (KDRT-FM & KDVS-FM, CA)
Bob Heyer (WWOV-LP, WV)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bob Schremser (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Bob Sherman (WFUV-FM, NY)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
Brad Edmondson (WVBR-FM, NY)
Brenda Tacik (CJTR-FM & CFMA-FM, SK)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Bruce Swan (WRFR-LP & WSFM-LP, NC)
Bud Johnson (KNBA-FM & syndicated, AK)
Byrdandstreet (WVPE-FM, IN)
Carl Newman (WFVR-LP, VT)
Caroline Doctorow (WPKN-FM, CT)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM & WHFB-FM, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM & KTBA-FM, NY)
Chris Denerley (beyondradio.co.uk, UK)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Christian Leathers (WERU-FM, ME)
Chuck Markowitz (WERU-FM, ME)
Cindy Funk (WYSO-FM, OH)
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 Robinson (Wisconsin Public Radio)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM, GA)
David John (KAXE-FM & KEOS-FM, MN)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Deborah Hand-Cutler (KPFK-FM, CA)
Dennis Brunnenmeyer (KVMR-FM, CA)
Diane Crowe (WMCB-LP, MA)
Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR)
Diane Karl (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Doug Adamz (KTAL-LP, NM)
Eddie O'Strange (kiwifolk.com-FM & Wellington Access Radio, New Zealand)
Ellen Stanley (KFAI-FM & PRX, MN)
Fred Frawley (WMPG-FM, ME)
Gary Crouth (WYEP-FM, PA)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Gordon Nash (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Graham & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Greg Priddy (WJCU-FM, OH)
Greg Torrington (stingray.com, QC)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Heather Richard (WERU-FM, ME)
Howard Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
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)
Jared Ingersol (Syndicated, MixCloud)
Jean Geiger & Eric Hardee (KBCS-FM, WA)
Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA)
Jeannie Holton & Cohosts (WMNF-FM, FL)
Jeannie Holton (WMNF-FM, FL)
Jeff Zolitor (KZYX-FM, CA)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jenny Inzerillo (High Plains Public Radio, TX)
Jim Canales (WWSP-FM, WI)
Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Jim Monaghan (WDHA-FM, NJ)
Jim Welsh (Radio Summerhall & MixCloud, UK)
Joe Pszonek (KRAJ-FM & podcast, SC)
John Patterson (Podcast, VT)
John Platt (WFUV-FM, NY)
John Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA)
John Sillberg (CKOL-FM, ON)
John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA)
Jon Colcord (2FKY-FM & syndicated, NH)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM & syndicated, NY)
Josh Dunson (WYEP-FM, PA)
Judy & Dennis Cook (WOBC-FM, OH)
Juergen Kramer (Radio ZuSa, Germany)
Juliana Holm (WPSU-FM, PA)
Julie Amacher & Tesfa Wondemagegnehu (WRKF-FM, LA)
Justin Helmer (KVSC-FM, MN)
Kai Schafft (WVBR-FM, NY)
Kaia Fowler (WORT-FM)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kate McNally (New Hampshire Public Radio)
Kelly Walker (WTSU-FM & podcast, AL)
Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA)
Ken Nagelberg (WHYR-FM & syndicated, LA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM & soundcloud.com, IL)
Kevin Vance (KPFA-FM & soundcloud.com, CA)
Larry Hoyt (WAER-FM, NY)
Laura Chartier (KNBA-FM & syndicated, AK)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Leah Wollenberg (KALW-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & podcast, AR)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Lyle D. Skinner (CJUM-FM & CKJS-AM, MB)
Mara Noelle (KVMR-FM & KFOG-FM, CA)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM, OR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDH-FM, VT)
Mark Pedersen (WOJB-FM, WI)
Mark Sahlgren and Darcy Wilkin (WMUK-FM, MI)
Mark Tobler (WTUL-FM, LA)
Mary Anne Moorman (KBCS-FM, WA)
Mary Katherine Aldin (KPFK-FM, CA)
Mary Kellett (WERU-FM, ME)
Mary Sue Twohy (SiriusXM & folk.org)
Matt Murphy (WERU-FM, ME)
Matt Watroba (WKAR-FM, MI)
Matthew Baya (WERU-FM, ME)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Michael Kane (WBRS-FM, MA)
Michael Park (PRX & MixCloud, NY)
Michael S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Regenstreif & Chris White (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers & folktunefinder.com, New Zealand)
Naomi Soule & Terry Moses (KCLC-FM, MO)
Ned Johnston & Rosa Livonius (WERU-FM, ME)
Ned Johnston (WERU-FM, ME)
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