Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
October 2022, Week 5

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of October 2022, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2625 plays from 94 playlists from 59 Folk DJs

  1: "Chasing the Light," Jared Rabin [Self, 10/2022] (21)
        "Grow Your Own" (5)
        "Tunnel's End" (4)
  2: "Flare," Pat Wictor [Riskydisc, 9/2022] (20)
        "How Will They Tell It?" (7)
        "The Past Is Never Over" (4)
  3: "Radio John: Songs of John Hartford," Sam Bush [Smithsonian/Folkways, 10/2022] (16)
        "In Tall Buildings" (6)
        "California Earthquake" (3)
        "Radio John" (3)
        "Down" (2)
  3: "Second-Hand," James Keelaghan [Borealis, 8/2022] (16)
        "Walk On" (4)
        "Before The Morning Sun" (3)
        "Gathering Storm" (2)
        "Second Hand" (2)
        "Gave It All Away" (2)
  5: "Leap!," John McCutcheon [Appalsongs, 8/2022] (14)
        "The First Ones" (2)
        "Sorry Land" (2)
        "The Ride" (2)
        "Kora on the Subway" (2)
  6: "Ain't Nobody Worried," Rory Block [Stony Plain, 10/2022] (13)
        "Midnight Train to Georgia" (3)
        "I'll Take You There" (2)
        "Dancing In The Streets" (2)
        "Fast Car" (2)
  7: "There's a Bright Side Somewhere," Happy Traum [Self, 8/2022] (12)
        "Theres a Bright Side Somewhere" (3)
        "Farewell" (2)
        "He Was a Friend of Mine" (2)
  8: "Heal the Heart," The Deer's Cry [Self, 10/2022] (10)
        "Cavern Cathedral" (4)
        "Morning Light" (2)
        "Heal The Heart" (2)
  8: "Small Towns," Stillhouse Junkies [Dark Shadow, 9/2022] (10)
        "River of the Lost Souls" (3)
        "Never Going Back Again" (3)
 10: "The Best of Mary McCaslin: Things We Said Today," Mary McCaslin [Rounder, 1992] (9)
        "Ghost Riders In the Sky" (2)
        "Things We Said Today" (2)
 10: "The Coming of the Years," Joe Jencks [Turtle Bear, 8/2022] (9)
        "City of Chicago" (2)
        "The Coming Of The Years" (2)
        "Caledonia" (2)
 10: "Lift the World," Curtis & Loretta [Self, 10/2022] (9)
        "Santa Claus on Halloween" (2)
 10: "Nothin' Lastin'," Hal Cannon [Okehdokee, 10/2022] (9)
        "Riding Through The Burn" (2)
        "Thirty-Six Miles" (2)
 10: "Still," David Lamotte [Dryad, 7/2022] (9)
        "Here For You" (4)
        "Still" (3)
        "Gone" (2)
 10: "Witness," Angela Easterling [De L'est, 10/2022] (9)
        "Keep Your Head Down, Johnny" (3)
        "California" (2)
 16: "Fountain Pen," Nick Carter [Self, 10/2022] (8)
        "My Guitar Is My Compass" (3)
        "Arizona Sunsets" (2)
 16: "Man With the Muse," Bryce Ernest Taylor [Self, 10/2022] (8)
        "Black Dog" (3)
        "What Happens to the Music" (2)
 16: "Ripples in the Wake," Kirby Heard [Self, 10/2022] (8)
        "Angel Wings" (2)
        "My Body, My Voice" (2)
 16: "Something Borrowed, Something New: A Tribute to John Anderson," Various Artists [Easy Eye, 5/2022] (8)
        "Would You Catch A Falling Star," Del McCoury (2)
        "I Just Came Home To Count The Memories," Gillian Welch & David Rawlings (2)
 16: "Hold Our Ground," Tom Chapin [Sundance, 7/2022] (8)
        "Hold Our Ground Forever" (2)
        "Listen Close" (2)
 21: "Broken Love Songs," Aimee Van Dyne [Self, 7/2022] (7/13)
        "Broken Love Songs" (2)
        "Lonely Me" (2)
        "I'm One" (2)
 21: "Listen To The Red Rock," Various Artists [?] (7/13)
        "Red Rock," Cosy Sheridan (2)
        "Dancing With The Beauty," Gigi Love (2)
        "Desert Flatpicking," Tyler Grant (2)
 21: "The Blues Don't Lie," Buddy Guy [RCA, 10/2022] (7/8)
        "I Let My Guitar Do The Talking" (2)
 21: "The New Faith," Jake Blount [Smithsonian/Folkways, 8/2022] (7/8)
        "Didn't It Rain" (2)
 21: "All Those Days of Drinking Dust," Tiffany Williams [Blue Redbird, 7/2022] (7)
        "Know Your Worth" (3)
        "All Those Days of Drinking Dust" (2)

TOP SONGS of October 2022, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2625 plays from 94 playlists from 59 Folk DJs

1. "Are You Happy Now?" (7)
     from "Sparrows Point" (Richard Shindell)
1. "How Will They Tell It?" (7)
     from "Flare" (Pat Wictor)
3. "In Tall Buildings" (6)
     from "Radio John: Songs of John Hartford" (Sam Bush)
4. "Grow Your Own" (5)
     from "Chasing the Light" (Jared Rabin)
4. "Season of the Witch" (5)
     from "Sunshine Superman" (Donovan)
     also "The Essential Donovan" (Donovan)
4. "Tender Ghosts of Autumn" (5)
     from "Never Like This" (Kenny White)
7. "Cavern Cathedral" (4)
     from "Heal the Heart" (The Deer's Cry)
7. "Crossed the Scarecrow" (4)
     from "Down a Gravel Road" (Ron Fetner)
7. "Here For You" (4)
     from "Still" (David Lamotte)
7. "Mallon's Bridge" (4)
     from "Back To Back" (Mustard's Retreat)
7. "The Past Is Never Over" (4)
     from "Flare" (Pat Wictor)
7. "Talkin' Election" (4)
     from "Planting In A Drought" (Tom Smith)
7. "Tunnel's End" (4)
     from "Chasing the Light" (Jared Rabin)
7. "Walk On" (4)
     from "Second-Hand" (James Keelaghan)
7. "The Witch of the West-Mer-Lands" (4)
     from "The Man With A Rhyme" (Archie Fisher)
16. "500 Miles" (3)
     from "Americana Railroad" (Alice Howe)
16. "Amsterdam" (3)
     from "Dark Enough to See the Stars" (Mary Gauthier)
16. "Before The Morning Sun" (3)
     from "Second-Hand" (James Keelaghan)
16. "Big Joe And Phantom 309" (3)
     from "Nighthawks At The Diner" (Tom Waits)
16. "Black Dog" (3)
     from "Man With the Muse" (Bryce Ernest Taylor)
16. "Bringing Mary Home" (3)
     from "Complete Vanguard Recordings" (Country Gentlemen)
16. "California Earthquake" (3)
     from "Radio John: Songs of John Hartford" (Sam Bush)

TOP ARTISTS of October 2022, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2625 plays from 94 playlists from 59 Folk DJs

1. Jared Rabin (21)
        "Chasing the Light" (21)
2. Pat Wictor (20)
        "Flare" (20)
3. John McCutcheon (19)
        "Leap!" (14)
3. Sam Bush (19)
        "Radio John: Songs of John Hartford" (16)
5. Mary McCaslin (18)
        "The Best of Mary McCaslin: Things We Said Today" (9)
        "A Life and Time" (3)
        "Old Friends" (3)
6. James Keelaghan (16)
        "Second-Hand" (16)
7. Rory Block (13)
        "Ain't Nobody Worried" (13)
8. Happy Traum (12)
        "There's a Bright Side Somewhere" (12)
8. Susan Werner (12)
        "Classics" (3)
10. Loretta Lynn (11/14)
        "Still Woman Enough" (3)
        "The Very Best Of Loretta Lynn" (3)
10. Bob Dylan (11)
        "Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2" (2)
10. Stillhouse Junkies (11)
        "Small Towns" (10)
13. Curtis & Loretta (10)
        "Lift the World" (9)
13. David Lamotte (10)
        "Still" (9)
13. The Deer's Cry (10)
        "Heal the Heart" (10)
13. Joe Jencks (10)
        "The Coming of the Years" (9)
13. Tom Chapin (10)
        "Hold Our Ground" (7)
18. Angela Easterling (9)
        "Witness" (9)
18. Buddy Guy (9)
        "The Blues Don't Lie" (8)
18. Cheryl Wheeler (9)
        "Greetings From Cheryl Wheeler Live" (4)
18. Hal Cannon (9)
        "Nothin' Lastin'" (9)
18. Jake Blount (9)
        "The New Faith" (8)
18. Kirby Heard (9)
        "Ripples in the Wake" (8)
24. Bryce Ernest Taylor (8)
        "Man With the Muse" (8)
24. Jerry Lee Lewis (8)
        "Definitive Collection" (2)
24. Lyle Lovett (8)
        "12th of June" (4)
24. Nick Carter (8)
        "Fountain Pen" (8)
24. Tom Paxton (8)
        "The Best of Tom Paxton" (1)
24. Hazel Dickens And Alice Gerrard (8)
        "Pioneering Women Of Bluegrass" (5)

TOP LABELS of October 2022, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2625 plays from 94 playlists from 59 Folk DJs

1. Smithsonian/Folkways (49)
2. Rounder (43)
3. Columbia (28)
4. Red House (26)
5. Philo (25)
6. Compass (24)
7. Rebel (23)
8. Sugar Hill (20)
9. Borealis (19)
10. Mountain Fever (17/19)
10. Signature Sounds (17)
12. Dark Shadow (16)
12. Legacy (16)
12. Vanguard (16)
15. Stony Plain (15)
16. Pinecastle (14)
16. RCA (14)
16. Riskydisc (14)
16. Warner (14)
20. Flying Fish (12)
20. Oh Boy (12)
20. Waterbug (12)
23. Appalsongs (11)
23. Elektra (11)
23. Nonesuch (11)
23. Thirty Tigers (11)

FOLK DJs - October 2022, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2625 plays from 94 playlists from 59 Folk DJs

Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Arthur Dean (WCNI-FM, CT)
Artie Martello (WIOX-FM & podcast, NY)
Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM, PA)
Bob Heyer (WWOV-LP, WV)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris Denerley (beyondradio.co.uk, UK)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Darryl Purpose (KRFC-FM, CO)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Ellen Stanley (KFAI-FM & PRX, MN)
Graham & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP)
Greg Priddy (WJCU-FM, OH)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
James Sereda (WUSB-FM, NY)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com & podcast, SC)
John Platt (WFUV-FM, NY)
John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ)
Jon Colcord (Syndicated, NH)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY)
Kelly Walker (WTSU-FM & podcast, AL)
Kevin Vance (KALW-FM & KPFA-FM, CA)
Kim Ware (Radio Plastique, GA)
Larry Hoyt (WAER-FM, NY)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Leah Wollenberg (KALW-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM, AR)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Lindsay Mar (2RRR-FM, Australia)
Lyle D. Skinner (CJUM-FM & CKJS-FM, MB)
Mara Noelle (KVMR-FM, CA)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM, OR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDH-FM, VT)
Mary Katherine Aldin (KPFK-FM, CA)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Kane (WBRS-FM, MA)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Peter Thompson (KALW-FM, CA)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM, WA)
Rik James (KGLT-FM, MT)
Robert Resnik (Vermont Public Radio)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM, NJ)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Sue Kessell (WNUR-FM, IL)
Sully Roddy (KALW-FM, CA)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WHUS-FM, CT)
Terry B. Moses & Naomi Soule (KCLC-FM, MO)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Wanda Fischer ()
Wayne Greene (KZCC-LP & KZCW-LP, TX)