Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
October 2022, Week 4

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of October 2022, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2751 plays from 97 playlists from 76 Folk DJs

  1: "Leap!," John McCutcheon [Appalsongs, 8/2022] (24)
        "The Ride" (8)
        "Song When You Are Dead" (4)
  2: "Hold Our Ground," Tom Chapin [Sundance, 7/2022] (23)
        "Woody Guthrie's Dream" (5)
        "Hold Our Ground Forever" (4)
        "Listen Close" (4)
        "Autoharpoholic" (3)
  3: "Flare," Pat Wictor [Riskydisc, 9/2022] (18)
        "Days of Decision" (5)
        "Is It Too Much To Ask?" (3)
        "How Will They Telll it" (3)
  3: "The New Faith," Jake Blount [Smithsonian/Folkways, 8/2022] (18)
        "Once There Was No Sun" (5)
        "Didn't It Rain" (3)
  3: "There's a Bright Side Somewhere," Happy Traum [Self, 8/2022] (18)
        "Santa Cruz Blues" (4)
        "There's a Bright Side Somewhere" (3)
        "New York Town" (3)
  6: "Second-Hand," James Keelaghan [Borealis, 8/2022] (14)
        "Alberta" (6)
        "Just A Letter" (2)
        "Gathering Storm" (2)
  7: "Chasing the Light," Jared Rabin [Self, 10/2022] (13)
        "Lake Affected" (4)
        "Ball And Chain Stain" (3)
        "Girl From The North Country" (2)
        "Tunnel's End" (2)
  8: "Listen to the Red Rock," Various Artists [Vast Horizons, 10/2022] (12)
        "Red Rock," Kate MacLeod (3)
        "The Long Hard Way," Pixie and the Partygrass Boys (2)
        "Dancing With The Beauty," Gigi Love (2)
  8: "Small Towns," Stillhouse Junkies [Dark Shadow, 9/2022] (12)
        "River of the Lost Souls" (2)
        "On the House" (2)
  8: "Tell 'Em You Were Gold," Pharis & Jason Romero [Smithsonian/Folkways, 4/2022] (12)
        "Cannot Change It All" (4)
 11: "Vol. II," Watkins Family Hour [Family Hour, 8/2022] (11)
        "We Were Meant to Be Together" (3)
        "Tennessee Waltz" (2)
        "Pitseleh" (2)
 11: "Something Borrowed, Something New: A Tribute to John Anderson," Various Artists [Easy Eye Sounds] (11)
        "I'm Just an Old Lump of Coal," Jamey Johnson (2)
        "Years," Sierra Farrell (2)
        "Straight Tequila Night," Ashley McBryde (2)
 13: "The Best of Mary McCaslin: Things We Said Today," Mary McCaslin [Rounder, 1992] (9)
        "Back to Salinas" (1)
 13: "Love Is the Only Thing," Peter Mulvey & Sistastrings [Righteous Babe, 8/2022] (9)
        "On the Eve of the Inaugural" (3)
        "See You On The Other Side" (2)
 15: "Jubilation," Appalachian Road Show [Billy Blue, 10/2022] (8)
        "Blue Ridge Mountain Baby" (4)
        "In Time, Jubilation" (2)
 15: "Lifetime Achievement," Loudon Wainwright III [Storysound, 8/2022] (8)
        "No Man's Land" (3)
        "I Been" (2)
 17: "All Those Days of Drinking Dust," Tiffany Williams [Blue Redbird, 7/2022] (7)
        "When I Come Back Around" (2)
 17: "Fountain Pen," Nick Carter [Self, 10/2022] (7)
        "Fountain Pen" (3)
 17: "Horizon Line," Dan Navarro [Red Hen, 7/2022] (7)
        "Circling the Drain" (2)
 17: "Last Days of Summer," Lucy Kaplansky [Lucyricky, 6/2022] (7)
        "Song of the Exiled" (2)
 21: "Brady Street," Dead Horses [Self] (6)
        "Ok Kid" (1)
 21: "Of Hard Times & Harmony," Windborne [Wand'ring Feet, 7/2022] (6)
        "Earth's Burdens" (2)
 21: "Pioneering Women Of Bluegrass," Hazel Dickens And Alice Gerrard [Smithsonian/Folkways, 2011] (6)
        "I just got wise" (2)
 21: "Radio John: Songs of John Hartford," Sam Bush [Smithsonian/Folkways, 10/2022] (6)
        "California Earthquake" (2)
        "Radio John" (2)
 21: "Still," David Lamotte [Dryad, 7/2022] (6)
        "Coming Alive Again" (2)
 26: "Ain't Nobody Worried," Rory Block [Stony Plain, 10/2022] (5)
        "Fast Car" (2)
        "You've Got a Friend" (2)
 26: "Calling You From My Mountain," Peter Rowan [Rebel, 6/2022] (5)
        "Frog on the Lilly Pad" (2)
 26: "Dark Enough to See the Stars," Mary Gauthier [In The Black, 4/2022] (5)
        "Fall Apart World" (2)
 26: "I Never Knew," John Cadley [Self] (5)
        "The Lights Across the River" (1)
 26: "In the Morning," Andrew v. Craig [Self, 10/2022] (5)
        "Mushrooms at the Met" (2)
 26: "Man With the Muse," Bryce Ernest Taylor [Self, 10/2022] (5)
        "What Happens to the Music" (2)
 26: "Old News," Spencer and caplan [Self] (5)
        "Mr. M" (1)
 26: "Songs You Didn't Know I Wrote About You," Emily White [Squeezed Fresh, 10/2022] (5)
        "Radio" (5)
 26: "The Village Out West: The Lost Tapes Of Alan Oakes," Various Artists [Smithsonian/Folkways, 10/2021] (5)
        "Write Me a Few of Yo Lines," Mississippi Fred McDowell (1)
 26: "Witness," Angela Easterling [De L'est, 10/2022] (5)
        "Deportee" (3)

TOP SONGS of October 2022, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2751 plays from 97 playlists from 76 Folk DJs

1. "The Ride" (8)
     from "Leap!" (John McCutcheon)
2. "Alberta" (6)
     from "Second-Hand" (James Keelaghan)
2. "Love Earth" (6)
     from "World Record" (Neil Young & Crazy Horse)
4. "Days of Decision" (5)
     from "Flare" (Pat Wictor)
4. "Once There Was No Sun" (5)
     from "The New Faith" (Jake Blount)
4. "Radio" (5)
     from "Songs You Didn't Know I Wrote About You" (Emily White)
4. "Woody Guthrie's Dream" (5)
     from "Hold Our Ground" (Tom Chapin)
8. "Blue Ridge Mountain Baby" (4)
     from "Jubilation" (Appalachian Road Show)
8. "Cannot Change It All" (4)
     from "Tell 'Em You Were Gold" (Pharis & Jason Romero)
8. "Coal Miner's Daughter" (4)
     from "Coal Miner's Daughter" (Loretta Lynn)
8. "Hold Our Ground Forever" (4)
     from "Hold Our Ground" (Tom Chapin)
8. "Lake Affected" (4)
     from "Chasing the Light" (Jared Rabin)
8. "Listen Close" (4)
     from "Hold Our Ground" (Tom Chapin)
8. "Running On Sweet Smile" (4)
     from "Running On Sweet Smile - single" (The Milk Carton Kids)

TOP ARTISTS of October 2022, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2751 plays from 97 playlists from 76 Folk DJs

1. John McCutcheon (33)
        "Leap!" (24)
2. Loretta Lynn (31/41)
        "Honky Tonk Girl: The Loretta Lynn Collection" (6)
        "Still Woman Enough" (4)
3. Tom Chapin (23)
        "Hold Our Ground" (22)
4. Happy Traum (22)
        "There's a Bright Side Somewhere" (17)
        "Just For The Love Of It" (3)
5. Pat Wictor (19)
        "Flare" (18)
6. Jake Blount (18)
        "The New Faith" (18)
6. James Keelaghan (18)
        "Second-Hand" (14)
8. Watkins Family Hour (16)
        "Vol. II" (11)
9. Mary McCaslin (14)
        "The Best of Mary McCaslin: Things We Said Today" (8)
9. Pharis & Jason Romero (14)
        "Tell 'Em You Were Gold" (12)
11. Jared Rabin (13)
        "Chasing the Light" (13)
12. Stillhouse Junkies (12)
        "Small Towns" (12)
13. Clannad (11/13)
        "Christ Church Cathedral" (5)
        "Legend" (3)
13. Cheryl Wheeler (11)
        "Driving Home" (4)
        "Half a Book" (3)
15. Loudon Wainwright III (10)
        "Lifetime Achievement" (8)
15. Lucy Kaplansky (10)
        "Last Days of Summer" (7)
17. Appalachian Road Show (9)
        "Jubilation" (8)
17. The Milk Carton Kids (9)
        "Running On Sweet Smile - single" (4)
        "The Ash & Clay" (3)
17. Sam Bush (9)
        "Radio John: Songs of John Hartford" (6)
20. Altan (8)
        "Runaway Sunday" (3)
20. Darryl Purpose (8)
        "Next Time Around" (2)
20. Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard (8)
        "Pioneering Women Of Bluegrass" (4)
20. John Hartford (8)
        "Aereo-Plain" (2)
20. Peter Mulvey & Sistastrings (8)
        "Love Is the Only Thing" (8)
20. Susan Werner (8)
        "Eight Unnecessary Songs" (2)
20. Tom Paxton (8)
        "Cathy Fink" (3)
20. Windborne (8)
        "Of Hard Times & Harmony" (6)
28. Joe Jencks (7/9)
        "The Coming of the Years" (7)
28. Dan Navarro (7)
        "Horizon Line" (7)
28. John Lennon (7)
        "Double Fantasy" (2)
28. Nick Carter (7)
        "Fountain Pen" (7)
28. Peter Rowan (7)
        "Calling You From My Mountain" (5)

TOP LABELS of October 2022, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2751 plays from 97 playlists from 76 Folk DJs

1. Smithsonian/Folkways (66)
2. Rounder (49)
3. Compass (39)
4. Red House (35)
5. Borealis (28)
6. Columbia (24)
7. Appalsongs (23)
7. Sundance (23)
9. Nonesuch (22)
10. Legacy (20)
10. Thirty Tigers (20)
12. Mountain Fever (17)
12. Signature Sounds (17)
14. Dark Shadow (16)
15. Rebel (15)
15. Warner (15)
17. Reprise (13)
17. Sugar Hill (13)
17. Yep Roc (13)
20. New West (11)
20. True North (11)
20. Vast Horizons (11)

FOLK DJs - October 2022, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2751 plays from 97 playlists from 76 Folk DJs

Abby Parks (WLJS-FM, AL)
Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Annie Keville (WVBR-FM, NY)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
Artie Martello (WIOX-FM & podcast, NY)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bill Wagman (KDVS-FM, CA)
Bob Heyer (WWOV-LP, WV)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bud Johnson (KNBA-FM & syndicated, AK)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
David John (KAXE-FM, MN)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Diane Crowe (WMCB-LP, MA)
Diane Karl (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Ellen Stanley (KFAI-FM & PRX, MN)
Fred Frawley (WMPG-FM, ME)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Graham & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
James Sereda (WUSB-FM, NY)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jeff Zolitor (KZYX-FM, CA)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jeremy Butler (Alabama Public Radio)
Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Jim Welsh (Radio Summerhall & MixCloud, UK)
John Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA)
John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ)
Jon Colcord (Syndicated, NH)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kelly Walker (WTSU-FM & podcast, AL)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Kevin Vance (KALW-FM, CA)
Larry Hoyt (WAER-FM, NY)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM, AR)
Lyle D. Skinner (CKJS-FM, MB)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDH-FM, VT)
Mary Sue Twohy (SiriusXM & folk.org)
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 & Radio Hawke's Bay, New Zealand)
Norm Williams (WDIY-FM, PA)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Porzio (Cox Cable, VA)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM, WA)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM, PA)
Rik James (KGLT-FM, MT)
Robert Resnik (Vermont Public Radio)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Shawna Stratton (KRFC-FM, CO)
Sonny Ochs (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Steven Morrison (KBOO-FM, OR)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WWUH-FM & WHUS-FM, CT)
Susi Lanagan (PBS-FM, Australia)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM, NY)