Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
December 2022, Week 2

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of December 2022, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2580 plays from 91 playlists from 74 Folk DJs

  1: "Seth Avett Sings Greg Brown," Seth Avett [Ramseur, 11/2022] (14)
        "Laughing River" (4)
        "Telling Stories" (2)
        "Good Morning Coffee" (2)
        "My New Book" (2)
        "The Poet Game" (2)
  1: "Zuzu's Petals," Lunch at Allen's [Linus, 12/2022] (14)
        "Old Tin Star" (5)
        "Zuzu's Petals" (4)
        "The Christmas Song" (2)
  3: "Radio John: Songs of John Hartford," Sam Bush [Smithsonian/Folkways, 10/2022] (11)
        "A Simple Thing As Love" (4)
        "Radio John" (2)
        "California Earthquake" (2)
        "in Tall Buildings" (2)
  4: "Tell 'Em You Were Gold," Pharis & Jason Romero [Smithsonian/Folkways, 4/2022] (9)
        "Been All Around This World" (2)
        "Black Guard Mary" (2)
        "Souvenir" (2)
  4: "Wintertide," Brittany Jean [Stormcave, 12/2022] (9)
        "Wintersong" (2)
        "Song for a Winter's Night" (2)
        "Wintertide" (2)
  6: "Ain't Nobody Worried," Rory Block [Stony Plain, 10/2022] (8)
        "I'll Take You There" (3)
  6: "Pioneering Women Of Bluegrass," Hazel Dickens And Alice Gerrard [Smithsonian/Folkways, 2011] (8)
        "Can't You Hear Me Calling?" (2)
  8: "White Trash Revelry," Adeem the Artist [Thirty Tigers, 12/2022] (7)
        "My America" (1)
  9: "Arsonist Daughter," Aspen Jacobsen [Self, 11/2022] (6)
        "Tale of a Chameleon" (3)
  9: "Live at Budokan," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 11/2022] (6)
        "Me and Bobby McGee" (2)
  9: "Me/And/Dad," Billy Strings [Rounder, 11/2022] (6)
        "Frosty Morn" (2)
  9: "The Perfect Gift," Becky Buller [Dark Shadow, 12/2022] (6)
        "Marshmallow World" (2)
        "Last Christmas" (2)
  9: "Something Borrowed, Something New : a Tribute To John Anderson," Brent Cobb [Easy Eye] (6)
        "Wild and Blue" (2)
  9: "Travelers Rest," The Foreign Landers [Self, 11/2022] (6)
        "Flying Back to You" (1)
  9: "Wintersongs," Kitka [Diaphonica] (6)
        "A v Jerusalime" (1)
 16: "Live Forever : a Tribute To Billy Joe Shaver," Various Artists [New West] (5/7)
        "Honky Tonk Heroes," Amanda Shires (2)
        "I Couldn't Be me Without You," Edie Brickell (2)
 16: "Cazimi," Caitlin Rose [Missing Piece, 12/2022] (5)
        "Only Lies" (1)
 16: "I'm Just Like You," Emily Kurn [Self, 2008] (5)
        "Light the Lamp" (5)
 16: "Leap!," John McCutcheon [Appalsongs, 8/2022] (5)
        "Mistaken" (1)
 16: "The Light At The End Of The Line," Janis Ian [Rude Girl, 11/2021] (5)
        "Dark Side Of The Sun" (1)
 16: "The Old Man & the C Chord," Chris Coole [Self, 11/2022] (5)
        "Delia" (2)
 16: "World Record," Neil Young & Crazy Horse [Reprise] (5)
        "This Old Planet" (1)
 16: "The Christmas Album," Barra macneils [Fuel] (5/7)
        "Tennessee Christmas" (1)
 16: "Live at the Fillmore, 1997," Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers [Warner] (5)
        "Eight Miles High" (2)
 16: "Reimagining," Claudia Schmidt [Self, 9/2022] (5)
        "Persephone's Song" (2)
 26: "Apple & Setser," Apple & Setser [Bell Buckle, 8/2022] (4)
        "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" (1)
 26: "Chasing the Light," Jared Rabin [Self, 10/2022] (4)
        "Just Might Breakdown" (1)
 26: "Christmas Day on Planet Earth," Lennie Gallant [Self, 12/2022] (4)
        "The Manger In Our Hearts" (1)
 26: "Dark Enough to See the Stars," Mary Gauthier [In The Black, 4/2022] (4)
        "Dark Enough To See The Stars" (2)
 26: "Feels Like Home: Songs from the Sonoran Borderlands," Various Artists [Putumayo] (4)
        "Across the Border," Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris (2)
 26: "Flare," Pat Wictor [Riskydisc, 9/2022] (4)
        "Is It Too Much to Ask?" (1)
 26: "Gravity, Wings, & Heavy Things," Chuck Brodsky [Self, 4/2022] (4)
        "Bully Jim" (2)
 26: "Of Hard Times & Harmony," Windborne [Wand'ring Feet, 7/2022] (4)
        "The Trolley Problem" (1)
 26: "I Walked," Plains [Anti-, 11/2022] (4)
        "Last 2 on Earth" (1)
 26: "I Want An Old Fashioned," Amy Speace [Wind Bone] (4)
        "I Want An Old Fashioned Christmas" (4)
 26: "Last Days of Summer," Lucy Kaplansky [Lucyricky, 6/2022] (4)
        "Song Of The Exiled" (2)
 26: "Listen to the Red Rock," Various Artists [Vast Horizons, 10/2022] (4)
        "Dancing With The Beauty," Gigi Love (1)
 26: "Narrow Line," Mama's Broke [Free Dirt, 3/2022] (4)
        "Narrow Line" (2)
 26: "Old Loves," Shelley Posen [Well Done] (4)
        "We'll Get Through This" (1)
 26: "Ramblin' Soul," Melissa Carper [Thirty Tigers, 11/2022] (4)
        "Zen Buddha" (1)
 26: "Still," David Lamotte [Dryad, 7/2022] (4)
        "Quiet Hour" (2)
 26: "There's a Bright Side Somewhere," Happy Traum [Self, 8/2022] (4)
        "Theres a Bright Side Somewhere" (2)
 26: "Tribute to Peter Green," Rick Berthod [Self] (4)
        "Black Magic Woman" (2)
 26: "Watchhouse," Watchhouse [Thirty Tigers, 8/2021] (4)
        "Lonely Love Affair" (1)
 26: "While I'm Here," Tina Ross [Self, 10/2022] (4)
        "While I'm Here" (1)
 26: "Wind Rose," Jocelyn Pettit [Self, 6/2022] (4)
        "Ready For The Storm" (2)

TOP SONGS of December 2022, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2580 plays from 91 playlists from 74 Folk DJs

1. "Light the Lamp" (6)
     from "I'm Just Like You" (Emily Kurn)
2. "I Want An Old Fashioned Christmas" (5)
     from "Christine Lavin Presents Just One Angel V2.0" (Amy Speace)
2. "Old Tin Star" (5)
     from "Zuzu's Petals" (Lunch at Allen's)
4. "Give Yourself To Love" (4)
     from "Give Yourself To Love - single" (Alice Di Micele)
4. "Laughing River" (4)
     from "Seth Avett Sings Greg Brown" (Seth Avett)
4. "Merry Christmas From The Family" (4)
     from "Live At The Ryman" (Robert Earl Keen)
4. "A Simple Thing As Love" (4)
     from "Radio John: Songs of John Hartford" (Sam Bush)
4. "Zuzu's Petals" (4)
     from "Zuzu's Petals" (Lunch at Allen's)
9. "Come Some Winter Morning" (3)
     from "Snow White Memories" (Irene Kelley)
9. "I'll Take You There" (3)
     from "Ain't Nobody Worried" (Rory Block)
9. "In The Bleak Midwinter" (3)
     from "In The Bleak Midwinter - single" (Kim Person)
9. "Straw Against The Chill" (3)
     from "Jewels And Harmony" (Mara Levine)
9. "Tale of a Chameleon" (3)
     from "Arsonist Daughter" (Aspen Jacobsen)
9. "Watch the Stars" (3)
     from "Good Winter" (Moira Smiley & Seamus Egan)
9. "When You're Gone" (3)
     from "Forthcoming Album" (The Milk Carton Kids)

TOP ARTISTS of December 2022, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2580 plays from 91 playlists from 74 Folk DJs

1. Lunch at Allen's (15)
        "Zuzu's Petals" (14)
2. Seth Avett (14)
        "Seth Avett Sings Greg Brown" (14)
3. Becky Buller (12)
        "The Perfect Gift" (6)
3. Sam Bush (12)
        "Radio John: Songs of John Hartford" (11)
5. Chuck Brodsky (11)
        "Gravity, Wings, & Heavy Things" (4)
5. John McCutcheon (11)
        "Leap!" (5)
7. Pharis & Jason Romero (10)
        "Tell 'Em You Were Gold" (9)
8. Billy Strings (9)
        "Me/And/Dad" (6)
        "Renewal" (3)
8. Brittany Jean (9)
        "Wintertide" (9)
8. Rory Block (9)
        "Ain't Nobody Worried" (8)
8. Willie Nelson (9)
        "Live at Budokan" (6)
8. Hazel Dickens And Alice Gerrard (9)
        "Pioneering Women Of Bluegrass" (8)
13. Bob Dylan (8)
        "2000" (1)
13. Claudia Schmidt (8)
        "Reimagining" (5)
13. Cosy Sheridan (8)
        "The Night The Reindeer Fly - single" (2)
16. Greg Brown (7/9)
        "If I Had Known: Essential Recordings, 1980-1996" (6)
16. Shelley Posen (7/8)
        "Mazel" (4)
        "Old Loves" (4)
16. Adeem the Artist (7)
        "White Trash Revelry" (7)
16. Amy Speace (7)
        "I Want An Old Fashioned" (4)
16. Anaïs Mitchell (7)
        "Anaïs Mitchell" (3)
16. The Foreign Landers (7)
        "Travelers Rest" (6)
16. John Prine (7)
        "John Prine" (1)
16. Steve Earle (7)
        "El Corazón" (2)

TOP LABELS of December 2022, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2580 plays from 91 playlists from 74 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (60)
2. Smithsonian/Folkways (46)
3. Columbia (33)
4. Warner (21)
5. Thirty Tigers (20)
6. Sugar Hill (17)
7. Compass (16)
7. Elektra (16)
7. New West (16)
10. Borealis (14)
10. Hudson Harding (14)
10. Red House (14)
10. Reprise (14)
14. Linus (13)
14. Signature Sounds (13)
14. Waterbug (13)
17. Dark Shadow (12)
17. Nonesuch (12)
19. Ramseur (11)
19. Stony Plain (11)

FOLK DJs - December 2022, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2580 plays from 91 playlists from 74 Folk DJs

Abby Parks (WLJS-FM, AL)
Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
Arthur Dean (WCNI-FM, CT)
Artie Martello (WIOX-FM & podcast, NY)
Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM, PA)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bob Heyer (WWOV-LP, WV)
Bob Sherman (WFUV-FM, NY)
Brad Edmondson (WVBR-FM, NY)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Bruce Swan (WSFM-LP, NC)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Darryl Purpose (KRFC-FM, CO)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM, GA)
David John (KAXE-FM, MN)
David Sears (WBGU-FM, OH)
Dennis Brunnenmeyer (KVMR-FM, CA)
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)
Greg Priddy (WJCU-FM, OH)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jeremy Butler (Alabama Public Radio)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Jim Welsh (Radio Summerhall & MixCloud, UK)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
Justin Helmer (KVSC-FM, MN)
Kelly Walker (WTSU-FM & podcast, AL)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Kevin Vance (KALW-FM & KPFA-FM, CA)
Larry Hoyt (WAER-FM, NY)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM, AR)
Lindsay Mar (2RRR-FM, Australia)
Lyle D. Skinner (CKJS-FM & CJUM-FM, MB)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM, OR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDH-FM, VT)
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 & Radio Hawke's Bay, New Zealand)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Hefti (KUBU-LP & live365.com, CA)
Paul Stamler (KDHX-FM, MO)
Peter Thompson (KALW-FM, CA)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM, WA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Rik James (KGLT-FM, MT)
Robert Resnik (Vermont Public Radio)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WWUH-FM & WHUS-FM, CT)
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)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM & syndicated, NY)
Wayne Greene (KEOS-FM, TX)