Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
August 2022, Week 1

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of August 2022, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3120 plays from 104 playlists from 83 Folk DJs

  1: "There's a Bright Side Somewhere," Happy Traum [Self, 8/2022] (26)
        "There's a Bright Side Somewhere" (10)
  2: "Last Days of Summer," Lucy Kaplansky [Lucyricky, 6/2022] (21)
        "Last Days of Summer" (4)
        "Song of the Exiled" (4)
        "These Days" (3)
        "Mary's Window" (3)
  2: "Tell 'Em You Were Gold," Pharis & Jason Romero [Smithsonian/Folkways, 4/2022] (21)
        "Souvenir" (5)
        "Been All Around This World" (3)
        "Cannot Change It All" (3)
  4: "Apple & Setser," Apple & Setser [Bell Buckle, 8/2022] (20)
        "Hand Me Down My Walking Cane" (4)
        "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" (4)
        "Grandma Danced With The Arkansas Traveler" (3)
        "Rake & Rambling Blade" (3)
  5: "Peculiar, Missouri," Willi Carlisle [Free Dirt, 7/2022] (17)
        "Este Mundo" (3)
        "Vanlife" (3)
  6: "Horizon Line," Dan Navarro [Red Hen, 7/2022] (15)
        "Horizon Line" (4)
        "Come Around" (2)
        "Hopeful Hearts" (2)
  7: "All Those Days of Drinking Dust," Tiffany Williams [Blue Redbird, 7/2022] (14)
        "All Those Days of Drinking Dust" (6)
        "Know Your Worth" (6)
        "When I Come Back Around feat. Silas House" (2)
  8: "Cottonwood," Megan Bee [Self, 7/2022] (13)
        "Cottonwood Leaves" (6)
        "Used to Be" (5)
  8: "Dark Enough to See the Stars," Mary Gauthier [In The Black, 4/2022] (13)
        "Dark Enough to See the Stars" (4)
        "Fall Apart World" (4)
        "Truckers & Troubadours" (2)
        "Amsterdam" (2)
  8: "Love Is the Only Thing," Peter Mulvey & Sistastrings [Righteous Babe, 8/2022] (13)
        "Early Summer of '21" (4)
        "You and" (2)
        "Shenandoah" (2)
  8: "Still," David Lamotte [Dryad, 7/2022] (13)
        "The Way It's Done" (3)
        "Here For You" (3)
        "Coming Alive Again" (2)
 12: "What Are They Doing in Heaven Today," Kathy Kallick [Live Oak, 6/2022] (12)
        "Put My Little Shoes Away" (3)
        "Jimmy Brown the Newsboy" (2)
 13: "The New Faith," Jake Blount [Smithsonian/Folkways, 8/2022] (11)
        "Once There Was No Sun" (8)
        "Didn't It Rain" (3)
 14: "The Coming of the Years," Joe Jencks [Turtle Bear, 8/2022] (10)
        "Joe Jencks" (3)
        "Caledonia" (2)
        "This is My Song" (2)
 14: "Endless Grace," Deidre McCalla [Self, 6/2022] (10)
        "I Do Not Walk This Path Alone" (3)
        "When the Ground Shifts" (2)
        "Halfway Down The Highway" (2)
 14: "Prettiest Blue," The Early Mays [Self, 7/2022] (10)
        "The Ballad of Johnny Fall" (6)
        "Shakin' Down the Acorns" (2)
 17: "I Am: Songs by Lynn Swisher Spears," Various Artists [Lynn Swisher Spears] (9/11)
        "Brutal Kangaroo," Lynn Swisher Spears (2)
        "Go Through the Motions," Lynn Blakey (2)
 17: "Cover to Cover," The Brother Brothers [Compass, 7/2022] (9)
        "Feelin' Good Again" (3)
 17: "Done Come Too Far," Shemekia Copeland [Alligator, 7/2022] (9)
        "The Talk" (2)
        "Gullah Geechee" (2)
 17: "Of Hard Times & Harmony," Windborne [Wand'ring Feet, 7/2022] (9)
        "Lady Of The Harbor" (2)
 17: "Out of the Woods," Durham County Poets [Self, 7/2022] (9)
        "Out Of The Woods" (2)
        "Not Dark Yet" (2)
 22: "12th of June," Lyle Lovett [Verve, 4/2022] (8)
        "12th Of June" (3)
        "The Mocking Ones" (2)
 22: "One More Time Before You Go," Dan Tyminski [North Star, 7/2022] (8)
        "Why You Been Gone So Long" (3)
        "Where the Soul of Man Never Dies" (2)
 22: "From Where I Stand," Wyatt Easterling [Phoenix Rising, 7/2022] (8)
        "This Old House" (3)
        "Bigger Than Dallas" (2)
 22: "So Much Time, So Much Love," Shelton & Williams [Grass Tank Music,,, 6/2022] (8)
        "Elusive Butterfly" (3)
        "Magnolia Wind" (2)
 22: "The Veil," Edie Carey [Self, 5/2022] (8)
        "Georgia" (2)
 27: "All Is Quiet," Susan Cattaneo [Self, 4/2022] (7)
        "Blackbirds" (3)
 27: "Bloodline Maintenance," Ben Harper [Chrysalis, 8/2022] (7)
        "Below Sea Level" (3)
 27: "Crooked Tree," Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway [Nonesuch, 4/2022] (7)
        "Big Backyard" (1)
 27: "Lifetime Achievement," Loudon Wainwright III [Storysound, 8/2022] (7)
        "No Man's Land" (2)
 27: "The Road Ahead," Ray Lambiase [Raytone, 9/2021] (7)
        "The Road Ahead" (4)
 27: "Tucson," Amy Speace [Proper, 4/2022] (7)
        "Cottonwood" (2)

TOP SONGS of August 2022, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3120 plays from 104 playlists from 83 Folk DJs

1. "There's a Bright Side Somewhere" (10)
     from "There's a Bright Side Somewhere" (Happy Traum)
2. "Once There Was No Sun" (8)
     from "The New Faith" (Jake Blount)
3. "Know Your Worth" (7)
     from "All Those Days of Drinking Dust" (Tiffany Williams)
4. "All Those Days of Drinking Dust" (6)
     from "All Those Days of Drinking Dust" (Tiffany Williams)
4. "The Ballad of Johnny Fall" (6)
     from "Prettiest Blue" (The Early Mays)
6. "Cottonwood Leaves" (5)
     from "Cottonwood" (Megan Bee)
6. "Dark Enough to See the Stars" (5)
     from "Dark Enough to See the Stars" (Mary Gauthier)
6. "Souvenir" (5)
     from "Tell 'Em You Were Gold" (Pharis & Jason Romero)
6. "Used to Be" (5)
     from "Cottonwood" (Megan Bee)
10. "Do What I Can" (4)
     from "So It Goes" (Roland Roberts)
10. "Early Summer of '21" (4)
     from "Love Is the Only Thing" (Peter Mulvey & Sistastrings)
10. "Fall Apart World" (4)
     from "Dark Enough to See the Stars" (Mary Gauthier)
10. "Feelin' Good Again" (4)
     from "Cover to Cover" (The Brother Brothers)
10. "Hand Me Down My Walking Cane" (4)
     from "Apple & Setser" (Apple & Setser)
10. "Horizon Line" (4)
     from "Horizon Line" (Dan Navarro)

TOP ARTISTS of August 2022, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3120 plays from 104 playlists from 83 Folk DJs

1. Happy Traum (27)
        "There's a Bright Side Somewhere" (26)
2. Lucy Kaplansky (23)
        "Last Days of Summer" (21)
2. Pharis & Jason Romero (23)
        "Tell 'Em You Were Gold" (21)
4. Apple & Setser (20)
        "Apple & Setser" (20)
4. Joni Mitchell (20)
        "Archives |, Vol. 1: The Early Years" (6)
        "Dreamland" (4)
        "Hits" (3)
6. Mary Gauthier (17)
        "Dark Enough to See the Stars" (13)
6. Tiffany Williams (17)
        "All Those Days of Drinking Dust" (14)
6. Willi Carlisle (17)
        "Peculiar, Missouri" (17)
9. Dan Navarro (15)
        "Horizon Line" (15)
10. David Lamotte (14)
        "Still" (13)
11. Jake Blount (13)
        "The New Faith" (11)
11. Peter Mulvey & Sistastrings (13)
        "Love Is the Only Thing" (12)
13. Megan Bee (12)
        "Cottonwood" (12)
14. Mick Moloney (11)
        "McNally's Row Of Flats" (4)
        "Strings Attached" (3)
15. Bob Dylan (10)
        "Blood On The Tracks" (2)
15. The Brother Brothers (10)
        "Cover to Cover" (9)
15. Deidre McCalla (10)
        "Endless Grace" (10)
15. The Early Mays (10)
        "Prettiest Blue" (10)
15. Lyle Lovett (10)
        "12th of June" (8)
15. Roland Roberts (10)
        "So It Goes" (6)
15. Windborne (10)
        "Of Hard Times & Harmony" (9)
22. Durham County Poets (9)
        "Out of the Woods" (9)
22. Edie Carey (9)
        "The Veil" (8)
22. Shemekia Copeland (9)
        "Done Come Too Far" (9)
22. Wyatt Easterling (9)
        "From Where I Stand" (8)
26. Amy Speace (8)
        "Tucson" (7)
26. Ben Harper (8)
        "Bloodline Maintenance" (7)
26. Bonnie Raitt (8)
        "Just Like That" (5)
26. Cosy Sheridan (8)
        "A Beautiful Sound" (3)
26. Dan Tyminski (8)
        "One More Time Before You Go" (8)
26. James Kahn (8)
        "By the Risin' of the Sea" (3)
        "The Twelfth Elf" (3)
26. John McCutcheon (8)
        "Gonna Rise Again" (2)
26. Shelton & Williams (8)
        "So Much Time, So Much Love" (8)
26. Téada (8)
        "As The Days Brighten" (4)
        "Coisceim Coiligh" (4)

TOP LABELS of August 2022, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3120 plays from 104 playlists from 83 Folk DJs

1. Smithsonian/Folkways (63)
2. Rounder (45)
3. Free Dirt (34)
4. Compass (33)
5. Nonesuch (30)
5. Sugar Hill (30)
7. Columbia (27)
7. Red House (27)
9. Pinecastle (22)
10. Elektra (20)
11. Mountain Home (19)
11. Rhino (19)
13. Bell Buckle (17)
14. Legacy (16)
14. Lucyricky (16)
16. Thirty Tigers (15)
17. Oh Boy (14)
17. Signature Sounds (14)
19. Acoustic Disc (13)
19. BMG (13)
19. In The Black (13)
19. Rebel (13)
19. Yep Roc (13)

FOLK DJs - August 2022, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3120 plays from 104 playlists from 83 Folk DJs

Allen Larman (WERE-FM, CA)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
Artie Martello (WIOX-FM & podcast, NY)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bob Heyer (WWOV-LP, WV)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bruce Swan (WSFM-LP, NC)
Carl Newman (WFVR-LP, VT)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Chuck Markowitz (WERU-FM, ME)
Cindy Funk (WYSO-FM, OH)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Murphy (folkfrontier.com, NH)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Darryl Purpose (KRFC-FM, CO)
David John (KAXE-FM, MN)
David Sears (WBGU-FM, OH)
Dennis Brunnenmeyer (KVMR-FM, CA)
Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR)
Diane Karl (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Gordon Nash (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Graham & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
James Sereda (WUSB-FM, NY)
Jan Hall (CFRU-FM & syndicated, ON)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA)
Jeff Zolitor (KZYX-FM, CA)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com & podcast, SC)
John Platt (WFUV-FM, NY)
John Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA)
Jon Colcord (Syndicated, NH)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY)
Kai Schafft (WVBR-FM, NY)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kelly Walker (WTSU-FM & podcast, AL)
Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Kim Ware (Radio Plastique, GA)
Larry Hoyt (WAER-FM, NY)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM, WI)
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)
Mary Sue Twohy (SiriusXM & folk.org)
Matt Watroba (WKAR-FM, MI)
Matthew Baya (WERU-FM, ME)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Park (MixCloud & PRX, NY)
Michael S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers & folktunefinder.com, New Zealand)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Hefti (KUBU-LP & live365.com, CA)
Paul Porzio (Cox Cable, VA)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Rachel Anne Goodman (KSQD-FM, CA)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM, WA)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & syndicated, PA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Steve Soucy (WERU-FM, ME)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WHUS-FM & WWUH-FM, CT)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Terry B. Moses & Naomi Soule (KCLC-FM, MO)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)