Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
March 2022, Week 1

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of March 2022, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3891 plays from 118 playlists from 90 Folk DJs

  1: "The Light At The End Of The Line," Janis Ian [Rude Girl, 11/2021] (24)
        "Stranger" (6)
        "I'm Still Standing" (5)
        "Better Times Will Come" (3)
  2: "Songs From The River Wind," Eliza Gilkyson [Howlin' Dog, 1/2022] (21)
        "At the Foot of the Mountain" (4)
        "Wind River and You" (4)
        "Wanderin'" (3)
        "The Hill Behind This Town" (3)
        "Buffalo Gals Redux" (3)
  3: "Time Out Session #2," The Accidentals [Self, 3/2022] (20)
        "Eastern Standard Time" (4)
        "Wide Open" (4)
        "Leave it in the Dust" (3)
  4: "20 Printemps," Le Vent Du Nord [La Compagnie Du Nord, 3/2022] (19)
        "Le Navire de Bayonne" (5)
        "Si vous voulez" (4)
        "Dans l'eau-de-vie de l'arbre" (3)
  5: "Lost Love Songs," The Pine Hearts [Self, 1/2022] (17)
        "Mary the Night's on Fire" (7)
        "Wouldn't You Know" (3)
  6: "Southern Currency," Jefferson Ross [Self, 3/2022] (16)
        "Baptize the Gumbo" (5)
        "Alabama Is A Winding Road" (3)
        "Hot Springs" (3)
  7: "Backroads," Johnsmith [Self, 2/2022] (15)
        "My Name is America" (4)
        "Backroads" (3)
        "Sing Him to the Shore" (2)
  7: "The Way The River Goes," Dan Weber [Highway, 2/2022] (15)
        "Ever Since Columbine" (3)
        "Somewhere Down the Line" (2)
        "The Way the River Goes" (2)
        "Sun's Gonna Shine When I'm Gone" (2)
        "Farewell Maggie Valley" (2)
  9: "Anaïs Mitchell," Anaïs Mitchell [BMG, 2/2022] (14)
        "Bright Star" (6)
        "Revenant" (3)
  9: "For The People," Rupert Wates [Bite, 2/2022] (14)
        "For the People" (4)
        "To the Sea" (3)
        "The Dance Of Joy" (2)
        "World War One Medley" (2)
 11: "Good Luck Take Care," Terry Klein [Self, 2/2022] (12)
        "What You Lose Along The Way" (3)
        "The Salt" (3)
        "Does The Fish Feel The Knife" (2)
        "Such a Town" (2)
 11: "Harley Kimbro Lewis," Harley Kimbro Lewis [Self, 2022] (12)
        "Grey Man" (3)
        "What To Do" (3)
        "Cowboys In Hawaii" (2)
        "Neighbors" (2)
 11: "I Can Face The Truth," Dana Cooper [Dog Eared, 2/2022] (12)
        "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" (4)
        "Flower and the Vine" (2)
 11: "8-String Sketches," Mike Mullins [Acoustic Disc, 2/2022] (12)
        "Beneath the Skye the Water is Wide" (3)
        "Russian Interference" (3)
 15: "Bucket List," John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 9/2021] (11)
        "Farmer" (3)
        "Atonement" (2)
        "Moonshiner" (2)
 16: "Age Of Apathy," Aoife O'Donovan [Yep Roc, 1/2022] (10)
        "Prodigal Daughter" (5)
        "Passengers" (2)
 16: "Every Seed We Plant," Alice DiMicele [Alice Otter, 3/2022] (10)
        "Every Seed" (3)
        "Communication" (2)
        "Long Dry Winter" (2)
 16: "Folk Hero," House Of Hamill [Self, 1/2022] (10)
        "Turning Away" (3)
        "The Bully of Skidmore Town" (2)
        "Canyonlands" (2)
 16: "Songs From the Beginning," Greg Greenway [Self, 3/2022] (10)
        "Let It Roll" (3)
        "Winds of Change" (3)
        "Blood on the Snow" (2)
 16: "Something Green," Kate Klim [Self, 3/2022] (10)
        "Something Green" (4)
        "Lines" (2)
 16: "We'll Dance Again," Folkapotamus [Phatcat, 2/2022] (10)
        "I Remember Everything" (3)
        "Wings of Freedom" (3)
        "A Coat for Hazel" (2)
        "We'll Dance Again" (2)
 16: "Good To Be...," Keb' Mo' [Rounder, 2022] (10)
        "The Medicine Man" (4)
        "Good To Be" (2)
 23: "The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea," Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters [Organic, 3/2022] (9/12)
        "Another Winter Gone" (4)
        "Rabbit" (2)
        "Reverie" (2)
 23: "Raise The Roof," Robert Plant And Alison Krauss [Rounder, 12/2021] (9/10)
        "Last Kind Word Blues" (2)
        "Going Where The Lonely Go" (2)
        "Last Kind Words" (2)
        "You Led Me To The Wrong" (2)
 23: "Until Now," Carrie Newcomer [Available Light, 8/2021] (9/10)
        "A Long Way Up" (3)
        "Throwing Rocks at the Moon" (2)
        "I Give Myself To This" (2)
        "Like Molly Brown" (2)
 23: "Violet Light," Maya De Vitry [Self, 1/2022] (9/10)
        "How Bad I Wanna Live" (3)
        "Margaret" (2)
        "Never on the Map" (2)
 23: "Head Above Water," Heather Sarona [Self, 1/2022] (9)
        "I'll Be Lost" (2)
        "Window to Break" (2)
 23: "Renewal," Billy Strings [Rounder, 10/2021] (9)
        "This Old World" (3)
        "Hellbender" (2)
 23: "Twang," Carla Ulbrich [Romantic Devil, 3/2022] (9)
        "Interviewing Therapists" (2)
        "Stop Tryin' to Bring On the Apocalypse" (2)
 30: "The Empress," The McDades [Self, 11/2021] (8)
        "Willie Riley" (2)
 30: "Fazz: Now And Then," Noel Paul Stookey [Neworld, 3/2022] (8)
        "Charles Ives" (1)
 30: "Hell On Church Street," Punch Brothers [Nonesuch, 1/2022] (8)
        "Any Old Time" (2)
        "Orphan Annie" (2)
 30: "Long Haul," John Wort Hannam [Black Hen, 1/2022] (8)
        "Other Side Of The Curve" (3)
 30: "Love In You," Jordi Baizan [Berkalin, 2/2022] (8)
        "Money Goes Cold" (2)
        "The Way Of The World" (2)
 30: "Song To A Refugee," Diana Jones [Proper, 6/2021] (8)
        "Song to A Refugee" (3)
        "Ask a Woman" (3)
        "We Believe You" (2)
 30: "We'll Look For Stars," Lynn Miles [Continental Song City, 2020] (8)
        "Look For Stars" (2)
        "Old Soul" (2)

TOP SONGS of March 2022, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3891 plays from 118 playlists from 90 Folk DJs

1. "Mary the Night's on Fire" (7)
     from "Lost Love Songs" (The Pine Hearts)
1. "Peace Call" (7)
     from "Land Of Milk And Honey" (Eliza Gilkyson)
3. "Bright Star" (6)
     from "Anaïs Mitchell" (Anaïs Mitchell)
3. "Stranger" (6)
     from "The Light At The End Of The Line" (Janis Ian)
5. "Baptize the Gumbo" (5)
     from "Southern Currency" (Jefferson Ross)
5. "Eastern Standard Time" (5)
     from "Eastern Standard Time - single" (The Accidentals)
5. "If I Needed You" (5)
     from "Begin Again" (Lyn Koonce)
5. "I'm Still Standing" (5)
     from "The Light At The End Of The Line" (Janis Ian)
5. "Le Navire de Bayonne" (5)
     from "20 Printemps" (Le Vent Du Nord)
5. "Prodigal Daughter" (5)
     from "Age Of Apathy" (Aoife O'Donovan)
11. "At the Foot of the Mountain" (4)
     from "Songs From The River Wind" (Eliza Gilkyson)
11. "For the People" (4)
     from "For The People" (Rupert Wates)
11. "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" (4)
     from "I Can Face The Truth" (Dana Cooper)
11. "Ko'jua" (4)
     from "First Flight" (Morgan Toney)

TOP ARTISTS of March 2022, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3891 plays from 118 playlists from 90 Folk DJs

1. Eliza Gilkyson (30)
        "Songs From The River Wind" (21)
        "Land Of Milk And Honey" (6)
1. John McCutcheon (30)
        "Bucket List" (11)
3. Janis Ian (27)
        "The Light At The End Of The Line" (24)
4. The Accidentals (22)
        "Time Out Session #2" (19)
5. Le Vent Du Nord (21)
        "20 Printemps" (19)
6. Jefferson Ross (17)
        "Southern Currency" (16)
6. The Pine Hearts (17)
        "Lost Love Songs" (17)
8. Bob Dylan (16)
        "Dylan" (3)
8. Dan Weber (16)
        "The Way The River Goes" (15)
10. Anaïs Mitchell (15)
        "Anaïs Mitchell" (14)
10. Carrie Newcomer (15)
        "Until Now" (10)
10. Johnsmith (15)
        "Backroads" (15)
13. Rupert Wates (14)
        "For The People" (14)
14. Keb' Mo' (13)
        "Good To Be..." (8)
15. Aoife O'Donovan (12)
        "Age Of Apathy" (10)
15. Dana Cooper (12)
        "I Can Face The Truth" (12)
15. Harley Kimbro Lewis (12)
        "Harley Kimbro Lewis" (12)
15. Mike Mullins (12)
        "8-String Sketches" (11)
15. Noel Paul Stookey (12)
        "Fazz: Now And Then" (8)
15. Terry Klein (12)
        "Good Luck Take Care" (12)
21. Alice DiMicele (11)
        "Every Seed We Plant" (10)
21. Billy Strings (11)
        "Renewal" (9)
23. Folkapotamus (10)
        "We'll Dance Again" (10)
23. Greg Greenway (10)
        "Songs From the Beginning" (10)
23. House Of Hamill (10)
        "Folk Hero" (10)
23. Kate Klim (10)
        "Something Green" (10)
23. Nanci Griffith (10)
        "Other Voices, Other Rooms" (4)
28. Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters (9/12)
        "The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea" (12)
28. Maya De Vitry (9/10)
        "Violet Light" (10)
28. Robert Plant And Alison Krauss (9/10)
        "Raise The Roof" (10)
28. Carla Ulbrich (9)
        "Twang" (9)
28. Colin Hay (9)
        "Now & Evermore" (7)
28. Diana Jones (9)
        "Song To A Refugee" (8)
28. Emmylou Harris (9)
        "Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows Songs of John Prine, Vol. 2" (2)
28. Heather Sarona (9)
        "Head Above Water" (9)
28. Lynn Miles (9)
        "We'll Look For Stars" (8)
28. Pete Seeger (9)
        "We Shall Overcome" (3)
28. Peter Ostroushko (9)
        "Blue Mesa" (4)
28. Punch Brothers (9)
        "Hell On Church Street" (8)
28. Townes Van Zandt (9)
        "Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas" (2)

TOP LABELS of March 2022, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3891 plays from 118 playlists from 90 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (94)
2. Red House (56)
3. Compass (46)
4. Columbia (45)
5. Smithsonian/Folkways (37)
6. Borealis (34)
7. Thirty Tigers (23/35)
7. BMG (23)
9. Capitol (22)
10. Rude Girl (21)
11. Free Dirt (20)
11. Nonesuch (20)
11. Yep Roc (20)
14. Howlin' Dog (19)
14. Sugar Hill (19)
16. Black Hen (18)
17. Rhino (17)
18. Warner (16)
19. Organic (15/25)
19. Signature Sounds (15/17)
19. Philo (15)

FOLK DJs - March 2022, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3891 plays from 118 playlists from 90 Folk DJs

Abby Parks (WLJS-FM, AL)
Allen Mullen (KEPW-LP, OR)
Arthur Berman (CiTR-FM & podcast, BC)
Artie Martello (WIOX-FM & bluesandrootsradio.com, NY)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bob Heyer (WWOV-LP, WV)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bob Sherman (WFUV-FM, NY)
Brenda Tacik (CJTR-FM, SK)
Carl Newman (WFVR-LP, VT)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Cindy Funk (WYSO-FM, OH)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Murphy (folkfrontier.com, NH)
Darryl Purpose (KRFC-FM, CO)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM, GA)
David John (KAXE-FM & KBXE-FM, MN)
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)
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)
Greg Torrington (stingray.com, QC)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
James Sereda (WUSB-FM, NY)
Jan Hall (CFRU-FM & soundcloud.com, ON)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jim Canales (WWSP-FM, WI)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Jim Welsh (Radio Summerhall, UK)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com & podcast, SC)
John Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA)
Jon Colcord (Syndicated, NH)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Larry Hoyt (WAER-FM, NY)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & soundcloud.com, AR)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Lyle D. Skinner (CJUM-FM & CKJS-FM, MB)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM, OR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDH-FM, VT)
Mark Pedersen (WOJB-FM, WI)
Mary Anne Moorman (KBCS-FM, WA)
Matt Watroba (WKAR-FM, MI)
Matthew Baya (WERU-FM, ME)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Kane (WBRS-FM, MA)
Michael Park (MixCloud & PRX, NY)
Michael S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers, New Zealand)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Porzio (Cox Cable, VA)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM, WA)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & WVUD-FM, PA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Rik James (KGLT-FM, MT)
Robert Resnik (Vermont Public Radio)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM, NJ)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, QC)
Steven Morrison (KBOO-FM, OR)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WWUH-FM & WHUS-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)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM & syndicated, NY)