Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
December 2022

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of December 2022
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 12299 plays from 432 playlists from 123 Folk DJs

  1: "Zuzu's Petals," Lunch at Allen's [Linus, 12/2022] (59)
        "Old Tin Star" (12)
        "Zuzu's Petals" (12)
  2: "Wintertide," Brittany Jean [Stormcave, 12/2022] (54)
        "Song for a Winter's Night" (11)
        "Aspenglow" (7)
  3: "Seth Avett Sings Greg Brown," Seth Avett [Ramseur, 11/2022] (47)
        "The Poet Game" (9)
        "Laughing River" (8)
        "Just a Bum" (7)
  4: "Radio John: Songs of John Hartford," Sam Bush [Smithsonian/Folkways, 10/2022] (43)
        "A Simple Thing As Love" (10)
        "In Tall Buildings" (10)
        "Radio John" (6)
        "California Earthquake" (6)
  5: "Arsonist Daughter," Aspen Jacobsen [Self, 11/2022] (31)
        "Leave It Be" (7)
        "Tale of a Chameleon" (5)
        "Enough" (4)
        "Shouldn't Give a Damn" (4)
  6: "The Perfect Gift," Becky Buller [Dark Shadow, 12/2022] (29)
        "Last Christmas" (5)
        "Mary Rocked Her Baby" (4)
        "Our Gingerbread House" (4)
  7: "Tell 'Em You Were Gold," Pharis & Jason Romero [Smithsonian/Folkways, 4/2022] (28)
        "Souvenir" (7)
        "Cannot Change It All" (5)
  8: "The Longest Night Of The Year, Vol. 2," Various Artists [Hudson Harding, 2019] (24)
        "Pretty Paper," Jordi Baizan (3)
        "We Teach Them How," Emily Kurn (3)
        "Your Favorite Christmas Song," Mark Stepakoff (3)
  9: "Christmas Day on Planet Earth," Lennie Gallant [Self, 12/2022] (23)
        "If You Make It Home For Christmas" (5)
        "All I Want For Christmas" (4)
        "Christmas Day on Planet Earth" (4)
  9: "Flare," Pat Wictor [Riskydisc, 9/2022] (23)
        "Is It Too Much to Ask?" (5)
        "The Past Is Never Over" (4)
        "Days of Decision" (3)
        "Señor" (3)
 11: "Ain't Nobody Worried," Rory Block [Stony Plain, 10/2022] (22)
        "Love Has No Pride" (4)
        "Midnight Train To Georgia" (4)
        "I'll Take You There" (4)
        "You've Got a Friend" (3)
 11: "Come Darkness, Come Light," Mary Chapin Carpenter [Zoe, 2008] (22)
        "Come Darkness, Come Light" (5)
        "The Longest Night of the Year" (5)
        "Christmas Carol" (4)
        "Christmas Time In The City" (4)
 11: "The Old Man & the C Chord," Chris Coole [Self, 11/2022] (22)
        "Waiting for the Rain" (5)
        "The Old Man and the C Chord" (5)
        "Delia" (5)
 14: "Leap!," John McCutcheon [Appalsongs, 8/2022] (21)
        "Every Day" (4)
        "The Troubles" (3)
        "The First Ones" (3)
 14: "Me/And/Dad," Billy Strings [Rounder, 11/2022] (21)
        "Little Cabin Home On The Hill" (4)
        "Frosty Morn" (4)
        "Stone Walls & Steel Bars" (3)
 14: "Ramblin' Soul," Melissa Carper [Thirty Tigers, 11/2022] (21)
        "Ramblin' Soul" (4)
        "1980 Dodge Van" (3)
 17: "Christmas," Bruce Cockburn [Columbia, 1998] (20)
        "Early On One Christmas Morn" (4)
        "Mary Had a Baby" (4)
        "I Saw Three Ships" (4)
        "Adeste Fidelis" (3)
 17: "Gift Of The Magi," Darryl Purpose [darrylpurpose.com, 2002] (20)
        "You Must Go Home For Christmas" (6)
        "Christmas in the Trenches" (4)
        "Mary & Joe" (3)
 17: "Winter Solstice," John McCutcheon [Rounder, 1999] (20)
        "Christmas in the Trenches" (6)
 20: "Book of Life," Brian Blake [Self, 11/2022] (19)
        "Book of Life" (6)
        "Rice Field in the Distance" (4)
        "Nothing Gold Can Stay" (3)
 20: "Christmas Caravan," Sultans Of String [CEN, 2017] (19)
        "Sing for Kwanzaa" (6)
 22: "At The Turning Of The Year," Various Artists [Hand & Heart, 12/2022] (18)
        "Solstice Round," Hills Herdman & Mangsen (7)
        "At the Turning of the Year," Herdman, Hills & Mangsen (4)
        "Years," Herdman, Hills & Mangsen (3)
 22: "Pioneering Women Of Bluegrass," Hazel Dickens And Alice Gerrard [Smithsonian/Folkways, 2011] (18)
        "I Just Got Wise" (3)
        "Weary Lonesome Blues" (3)
 22: "The Longest Night of the Year Vol. One," Various Artists [Hudson Harding, 12/2022] (18)
        "The Coming Of The Cold," Carolann Solbello (3)
 25: "Tribute to a Songpoet: Songs of Eric Andersen," Various Artists [Y&T, 10/2022] (17/20)
        "Violets of Dawn," Mary Chapin Carpenter (2)
 25: "American Noel," Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer [Signature Sounds, 2007] (17)
        "American Noel" (7)
        "Giddyup Said Santa Claus" (4)
        "Footsteps of the Faithful" (3)
 25: "Midwinter," Peter Mayer [Blue Boat, 2005] (17)
        "The Longest Night" (5)
        "Where is the Light" (4)
 25: "Travelers Rest," The Foreign Landers [Self, 11/2022] (17)
        "Boxes" (3)
 29: "Appalachian Christmas," Chosen Road [Thoroughbred, 12/2022] (16)
        "Christmas Is Near" (3)
        "Now It Belongs to You" (3)
        "Go Tell It on the Mountain" (2)
        "Joy To The World" (2)
        "Carol of the Bells" (2)
 29: "The Blues Don't Lie," Buddy Guy [RCA, 10/2022] (16)
        "We Go Back" (3)
        "I've Got A Feeling" (2)
        "Blues Don't Lie" (2)
        "Symptoms of Love" (2)
 29: "I'm Just Like You," Emily Kurn [Self, 2008] (16)
        "Light the Lamp" (16)
 29: "Last Month Of The Year," Magpie [Sliced Bread, 2015] (16)
        "Solstice Carol" (5)
        "The Ballad Of Chanukah" (4)
        "Chanukah Chase" (2)
 29: "Something Borrowed, Something New : a Tribute To John Anderson," Various Artists [Easy Eye, 12/2022] (16)
        "Wild and Blue," Brent Cobb (3)
        "Years," Sierra Ferrell (2)
        "Seminole Wind," Luke Combs (2)
        "You Can't Judge a Book By the Cover," Brothers Osborne (2)
        "I Just Came Home To Count the Memories," Gilliam Welch & David Rawlings (2)
        "Low Dog Blues," Nathaniel Rateliff (2)
 29: "There's a Bright Side Somewhere," Happy Traum [Self, 8/2022] (16)
        "Theres a Bright Side Somewhere" (4)
        "Dry Bones" (3)
 29: "Very Merry Christmas," Williamson Branch [Pinecastle, 12/2022] (16)
        "Children, Go Where I Send Thee" (3)
        "Silver Bells" (2)
        "Sleigh Ride" (2)
        "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" (2)
 29: "What Are They Doing in Heaven Today?," Kathy Kallick [Live Oak, 5/2022] (16)
        "Sittin' On Top of the World" (3)
        "What Are They Doing In Heaven Today?" (3)
        "The Wild Side of Life-It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" (2)
        "Handsome Molly" (2)
        "Footprints In The Snow" (2)
 29: "Wintersong," Rani Arbo And Daisy Mayhem [Signature Sounds, 2016] (16)
        "Singing in the Land" (3)
        "Maybe This Christmas" (3)
        "Bonne Annee" (2)
 38: "Cazimi," Caitlin Rose [Missing Piece, 12/2022] (15)
        "Nobody's Sweetheart" (2)
        "Getting It Right" (2)
        "Lil' Vesta" (2)
        "Only Lies" (2)
 38: "A Holiday Celebration With The New York Choral Society," Peter, Paul And Mary [Gold Castle, 1992] (15)
        "A' Soalin'" (5)
        "Light One Candle" (4)
        "We Wish You A Merry Christmas'" (2)
        "The Cherry Tree Carol" (2)
 38: "Jingle All The Way," Bela Fleck And The Flecktones [Rounder, 2008] (15)
        "Danse of the Sugar Plum Fairies" (4)
        "Holly Jolly Christmas" (2)
        "The Hanukkah Waltz" (2)
 38: "Just One Angel," Christine Lavin And Friends [Yellow Tail, 2010] (15)
        "The Christmas Guitar" (2)
        "Is It Hanukah or Chanukah?" (2)
        "These Ornaments" (2)
 38: "Last Days of Summer," Lucy Kaplansky [Lucyricky, 6/2022] (15)
        "These Days" (4)
        "Song Of The Exiled" (3)
        "Ford Econoline" (3)
        "Mary's Window" (2)
 38: "Lift the World," Curtis & Loretta [Self, 10/2022] (15)
        "Hand Me Down My Walkin' Cane" (3)
        "Karmic Closet" (3)
        "Roots Grow Strong" (2)
        "When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder" (2)
 38: "Live Forever : a Tribute To Billy Joe Shaver," Various Artists [New West, 12/2022] (15)
        "Old Five and Dimers Like Me," Rodney Crowell (3)
        "Honky Tonk Heroes," Amanda Shires (3)
        "I Couldn't Be me Without You," Edie Brickell (2)
 38: "Mazel," Shelley Posen [Self, 12/2022] (15)
        "Chanukah Waltz" (6)
        "On Chanukah" (5)
        "Chanukah Christmas" (3)
 38: "The New Faith," Jake Blount [Smithsonian/Folkways, 8/2022] (15)
        "Once There Was No Sun" (4)
        "The Downward Road" (3)
        "Didn't It Rain" (3)
        "Just As Well To Get Ready,You Got To Die" (2)
 38: "Second-Hand," James Keelaghan [Borealis, 8/2022] (15)
        "Walk On" (5)
        "Alberta" (2)
        "Second Hand" (2)
 38: "White Trash Revelry," Adeem the Artist [Thirty Tigers, 12/2022] (15)
        "Books & Records" (3)
        "My America" (2)
        "Heritage of Arrogance" (2)
        "Carolina" (2)
 38: "Winter Soulstice," Kelley Hunt [88 Records, 9/2022] (15)
        "Bright Lights" (4)
        "Ancient Bell" (3)
        "Go Tell It on the Mountain" (2)
        "Still Still Still" (2)
        "Children Go Where I Send Thee" (2)
 50: "Blue," Joni Mitchell [Reprise, 2002] (14)
        "River" (12)
 50: "The Christmas Album," Various Artists [Fuel] (14)
        "Jack Frost and The Hooded Crow," Jethro Tull (2)
 50: "Endless Grace," Deidre McCalla [Self, 6/2022] (14)
        "I Do Not Walk This Path Alone" (3)
        "Shoulder to the Wheel" (3)
        "When the Ground Shifts" (2)
        "Halfway Down the Highway" (2)
 50: "Live at Budokan," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 11/2022] (14)
        "Georgia On My Mind" (2)
        "Me and Bobby McGee" (2)
        "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain" (2)
 50: "A Parlor Guitar Christmas," Joel Mabus [Fossil, 2012] (14)
        "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (2)
        "Up on the Housetop" (2)
        "Wassail Song" (2)
 50: "Small Towns," Stillhouse Junkies [Dark Shadow, 9/2022] (14)
        "Colorado Bound" (4)
        "El Camino" (3)
        "Never Going Back Again" (3)
 50: "Snow White Memories," Irene Kelley [IRK, 12/2022] (14)
        "Come Some Winter Morning" (14)
 50: "Still," David Lamotte [Dryad, 7/2022] (14)
        "Quiet Hour" (4)
        "Here For You" (3)
        "Still" (2)
        "In Your Eyes" (2)
 50: "Tribute to a Songpoet," Various Artists [Y&T] (14)
        "Thirsty Boots," Bob Dylan (4)
        "Close the Door Lightly When You Go," Richard Barone Feat. Allison Moorer (2)
 50: "A Very Blue Rock Christmas," Various Artists [Blue Rock Artists] (14)
        "Blue Christmas," Tom Kimmel (2)
        "Coasting Into Christmas," Billy Crockett (2)
        "The Rudy Rap," David Wilcox (2)
        "One Heart," The Sherpas (2)
 50: "We Three Kings," The Roches [MCA, 2004] (14)
        "We Three Kings" (2)
        "Sleigh Ride" (2)
        "Silver Bells" (2)
 61: "An Americana Christmas," Various Artists [New West, 2014] (13)
        "Must Be Santa," Bob Dylan (3)
        "Christmas Must Be Tonight," The Band (2)
 61: "The Coming of the Years," Joe Jencks [Turtle Bear, 8/2022] (13)
        "The Coming of the Years" (4)
        "Letter Home 1914" (3)
        "City of Chicago" (2)
 61: "December In Vermont," Diane Zeigler [dianezeigler.com, 2004] (13)
        "December in Vermont" (6)
        "Good King Wenceslas" (3)
 61: "I Walked," Plains [Anti-, 11/2022] (13)
        "Last 2 On Earth" (3)
        "Abilene" (3)
        "Problem with It" (2)
 61: "The Light At The End Of The Line," Janis Ian [Rude Girl, 11/2021] (13)
        "I'm Still Standing" (5)
        "Better Times Will Come" (3)
        "Dancing With the Dark" (2)
 61: "The Longest Night Of The Year, Vol. 3," Various Artists [Hudson Harding, 2020] (13)
        "Solstice Dreams," Amelia Krinke (3)
        "Keeping Christmas Near," Anne Marie Menta (2)
        "Thank God the Liquor Stores Don't Close on Christmas Eve," Jon Shain & FJ Venture (2)
 61: "The Longest Night Of The Year," Various Artists [Hudson Harding, 2018] (13)
        "It's A Hallmark Of The Season," D. C. Bloom (3)
        "Santa Claus Ain't Comin' to Town," Mark Stepakoff (2)
 61: "Much Further Out Than Inevitable," John Showman & Chris Coole [Self] (13)
        "Steamboat Whistle Blues" (3)
        "The Julia Belle Swain" (3)
        "On the Road" (2)
        "Old Time River Man" (2)
        "Howard Hughes' Blues" (2)
 61: "O Christmas Tree," Various Artists [Rounder, 2003] (13)
        "Silver Bells," Ron Stewart (2)
        "A Walkin' Christmas Morning," Barra macneils (2)
        "The Miners First Noel," Barra macneils (2)
 61: "Old Loves," Shelley Posen [Well Done] (13)
        "We'll Get Through This" (3)
        "Long, Long Tunnel" (2)
        "You are All the Christmas That I Need" (2)
        "Old Loves" (2)
        "Pompeii Pompeii" (2)
 61: "Peace," Jesse Terry [Self, 12/2021] (13)
        "The Christmas Song" (2)
 61: "The Silver Wren," Tony McManus [BMG] (13)
        "Tales Of Christmas Past" (2)
        "Bloavez Mad" (2)
        "Christmas Song" (2)
        "The silver wren" (2)
        "The real Santa" (2)
 61: "Voices Of Winter," Herdman, Hills & Mangsen [Gadfly, 1997] (13)
        "More Wood" (3)
        "Joy Health Love & Peace - The Wren" (2)
 61: "Reimagining," Claudia Schmidt [Self, 9/2022] (13)
        "Going By" (2)
        "Quiet Way" (2)
        "Persephone's Song" (2)
        "Hard Love" (2)
        "Broken Glass" (2)

TOP SONGS of December 2022
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 12299 plays from 432 playlists from 123 Folk DJs

1. "Light the Lamp" (24)
     from "I'm Just Like You" (Emily Kurn)
2. "Christmas in the Trenches" (22)
     from "Live At Wolf Trap" (John McCutcheon)
     also "Winter Solstice" (John McCutcheon)
3. "Come Some Winter Morning" (15)
     from "Snow White Memories" (Irene Kelley)
4. "Rebuild" (14)
     from "Rebuild - single" (Aaron Nathans & Michael Ronstadt)
5. "The Day After Christmas" (13)
     from "The Day After Christmas - single" (Abbie Gardner)
5. "I Want An Old Fashioned Christmas" (13)
     from "I Want an Old Fashioned Christmas - single" (Amy Speace)
5. "Light One Candle" (13)
     from "A Holiday Celebration With The New York Choral Society" (Peter, Paul & Mary)
5. "Old Tin Star" (13)
     from "Zuzu's Petals" (Lunch at Allen's)
5. "River" (13)
     from "Blue" (Joni Mitchell)
10. "Zuzu's Petals" (12)
     from "Zuzu's Petals" (Lunch at Allen's)
11. "The Christians And The Pagans" (11)
     from "Mortal City" (Dar Williams)
     also "Out There Live" (Dar Williams)
11. "Song for a Winter's Night" (11)
     from "Wintertide" (Brittany Jean)
13. "Christmas in Paradise" (10)
     from "Filth And Fire" (Mary Gauthier)
13. "In Tall Buildings" (10)
     from "Radio John: Songs of John Hartford" (Sam Bush)
13. "This Lonely Christmas Night" (10)
     from "This Lonely Christmas Night - single" (Josie Bello)
13. "A Simple Thing As Love" (10)
     from "Radio John: Songs of John Hartford" (Sam Bush)
17. "Christmas Day" (9)
     from "Christmas Day - single" (Kenny White)
17. "Christmas in Prison" (9)
     from "Sweet Revenge" (John Prine)
     also "John Prine Christmas" (John Prine)
17. "Longest Night of the Year" (9)
     from "Poets, Philosophers, Workers And Wanderers" (Joe Jencks)
17. "The Poet Game" (9)
     from "Seth Avett Sings Greg Brown" (Seth Avett)
17. "When You're Gone" (9)
     from "When You're Gone - single" (The Milk Carton Kids)
17. "Winter Fuel" (9)
     from "Winter Fuel - single" (Rachel Garlin)
23. "Bringing in the Light" (8)
     from "All That's Real" (Gathering Sparks)
     also "The Longest Night of the Year, Vol. 2" (Gathering Sparks)
23. "Happy New Year" (8)
     from "Happy New Year - single" (Ever More Nest)
23. "Laughing River" (8)
     from "Seth Avett Sings Greg Brown" (Seth Avett)
23. "Mrs. Claus" (8)
     from "Jellyfish On The Moon" (Lisa Jeanette)
23. "My Gingerbread Man" (8)
     from "Double Down on a Bad Thing" (The Twangtown Paramours)
23. "No Room at the Inn" (8)
     from "No Room At The Inn - single" (Gordonville, U.S.A)
29. "Aspenglow" (7)
     from "Wintertide" (Brittany Jean)
29. "Cardinal in the Snow" (7)
     from "Cardinal in the Snow - single" (Marian Mastrorilli)
29. "The Christmas Ship" (7)
     from "Christmas Goes To Sea" (Lee Murdock)
     also "Fertile Ground" (Lee Murdock)
29. "First Christmas" (7)
     from "Between The Breaks...Live!" (Stan Rogers)

TOP ARTISTS of December 2022
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 12299 plays from 432 playlists from 123 Folk DJs

1. John McCutcheon (74)
        "Leap!" (21)
        "Winter Solstice" (17)
        "Live At Wolf Trap" (10)
2. Lunch at Allen's (60)
        "Zuzu's Petals" (58)
3. Brittany Jean (56)
        "Wintertide" (54)
4. Sam Bush (48)
        "Radio John: Songs of John Hartford" (43)
5. Seth Avett (47)
        "Seth Avett Sings Greg Brown" (47)
6. Bob Dylan (45)
        "Blood On The Tracks" (4)
7. Shelley Posen (42)
        "Mazel" (15)
        "Old Loves" (12)
        "Manna" (6)
        "Menorah" (6)
8. Becky Buller (36)
        "The Perfect Gift" (26)
8. Phil Ochs (36)
        "There But For Fortune" (10)
10. Pete Sutherland (35)
        "Poor Man's Dream" (7)
        "A Clayfoot's Tale" (6)
        "Mountain Hornpipe" (6)
        "Streak O' Lean" (6)
11. Joni Mitchell (34)
        "Blue" (14)
12. Aspen Jacobsen (33)
        "Arsonist Daughter" (31)
13. Emily Kurn (32)
        "I'm Just Like You" (16)
        "Light The Lamp - single" (7)
14. Billy Strings (29)
        "Me/And/Dad" (21)
14. Dar Williams (29)
        "Mortal City" (8)
        "Railroad Town" (7)
        "Out There Live" (6)
14. Peter, Paul And Mary (29)
        "A Holiday Celebration With The New York Choral Society" (14)
14. Pharis & Jason Romero (29)
        "Tell 'Em You Were Gold" (28)
14. Willie Nelson (29)
        "Live at Budokan" (13)
        "A Beautiful Time" (5)
19. Joe Jencks (28)
        "The Coming of the Years" (13)
        "Poets, Philosophers, Workers And Wanderers" (7)
19. Joel Mabus (28)
        "A Parlor Guitar Christmas" (13)
        "How Like The Holly" (10)
19. Mary Chapin Carpenter (28)
        "Come Darkness, Come Light" (22)
22. Lennie Gallant (27)
        "Christmas Day on Planet Earth" (20)
22. Rory Block (27)
        "Ain't Nobody Worried" (22)
24. Bruce Cockburn (26)
        "Christmas" (20)
24. Mary Gauthier (26)
        "Dark Enough to See the Stars" (11)
        "Filth And Fire" (10)
24. Pete Seeger (26)
        "Songs of Hope and Struggle" (10)
24. Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer (26)
        "American Noel" (16)
        "Drum Hat Buddha" (4)
28. Chris Coole (25)
        "The Old Man & the C Chord" (22)
28. Loreena McKennitt (25)
        "Under A Winter's Moon" (6)
        "A Midwinter Night's Dream" (5)
        "A Winter Garden" (5)
        "To Drive The Cold Winter Away" (4)
28. Pat Wictor (25)
        "Flare" (23)
31. Darryl Purpose (24)
        "Gift Of The Magi" (20)
31. John Prine (24)
        "John Prine Christmas" (6)
        "Souvenirs" (4)
        "Sweet Revenge" (4)
33. Cosy Sheridan (23)
        "A Beautiful Sound" (4)
        "The Night The Reindeer Fly - single" (4)
        "Grand Design" (3)
        "Sometimes I Feel Too Much" (3)
33. Tim O'Brien (23)
        "Old Christmas Day - single" (5)
        "Sugar Plums - Holiday Treats from Sugar Hill" (4)
        "He Walked On" (3)
35. Amy Speace (22)
        "I Want an Old Fashioned Christmas - single" (12)
        "Tucson" (6)
35. Claudia Schmidt (22)
        "Reimagining" (11)
        "Hark The Dark" (6)
        "Slow Steady Heart" (3)
35. The Foreign Landers (22)
        "Travelers Rest" (17)
        "The Red-Tailed Hawk" (3)
35. Kate Rusby (22)
        "Angels and Men" (5)
        "Holly Head" (5)
        "The Frost Is All Over" (4)
        "Sleepless" (3)
35. Magpie (22)
        "Last Month Of The Year" (15)
35. Tom Paxton (22)
        "Boat In The Water" (2)
41. Bill Staines (21)
        "The First Million Miles" (6)
        "Tracks and Trails" (6)
41. David Lamotte (21)
        "Still" (14)
41. Emmylou Harris (21)
        "Light Of The Stable" (9)
41. Irene Kelley (21)
        "Snow White Memories" (14)
41. John Hartford (21)
        "Me Oh My How the Time Does Fly" (6)
        "Gum Tree Canoe" (3)
        "Morning Bugle" (3)
41. Lucy Kaplansky (21)
        "Last Days of Summer" (15)
41. Melissa Carper (21)
        "Ramblin' Soul" (21)
48. Chuck Brodsky (20)
        "Gravity, Wings, & Heavy Things" (8)
        "Two Sets" (5)
48. Stan Rogers (20)
        "Between The Breaks...Live!" (8)
        "Northwest Passage" (3)
50. Bill Monroe (19/20)
        "Bluegrass 1950-1958" (8)
        "Bluegrass 1959-1969" (8)
50. Abbie Gardner (19)
        "The Day After Christmas - single" (12)
        "Dobrosinger" (6)
50. Brian Blake (19)
        "Book of Life" (19)
50. Eliza Gilkyson (19)
        "Songs From The River Wind" (9)
50. Finest Kind (19)
        "I Am Christmas" (7)
        "Feasts And Spirits" (6)
        "Lost In A Song" (3)
50. Fleetwood Mac (19)
        "Rumours" (9)
        "Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits" (5)
50. Hazel Dickens And Alice Gerrard (19)
        "Pioneering Women Of Bluegrass" (17)
50. Jake Blount (19)
        "The New Faith" (14)
        "Spider Tales" (3)
50. Jennifer Cutting's Ocean Orchestra (19)
        "Song Of Solstice" (10)
        "The Turning Year" (9)
50. Kate Wolf (19)
        "Gold In California" (4)
        "Weaver Of Visions" (3)
50. Odetta (19)
        "Christmas Spirituals" (11)
        "Gonna Let It Shine" (3)
50. Peter Mayer (19)
        "Midwinter" (13)
62. Christine Lavin And The Mistletones (18)
        "The Runaway Christmas Tree" (11)
62. Dave Gunning (18)
        "The Same Storm" (12)
62. Greg Brown (18)
        "If I Had Known: Essential Recordings, 1980-1996" (6)
62. James Keelaghan (18)
        "Second-Hand" (15)
62. Kelley Hunt (18)
        "Winter Soulstice" (15)
62. Sultans Of String (18)
        "Christmas Caravan" (16)
68. Caitlin Rose (17)
        "Cazimi" (15)
68. Happy Traum (17)
        "There's a Bright Side Somewhere" (16)
68. Slaid Cleaves (17)
        "Together Through the Dark" (7)
        "Broke Down" (5)
68. Sofia Talvik (17)
        "Notes for Christmas" (5)
        "Snowman - single" (5)
68. Windborne (17)
        "Of Hard Times & Harmony" (11)
        "Recollections/Revolutions" (4)
73. Buddy Guy (16)
        "The Blues Don't Lie" (16)
73. Curtis & Loretta (16)
        "Lift the World" (15)
73. Deidre McCalla (16)
        "Endless Grace" (14)
73. Herdman, Hills & Mangsen (16)
        "Voices Of Winter" (9)
        "At The Turning Of The Year" (7)
73. Janis Ian (16)
        "The Light At The End Of The Line" (13)
73. Mary McCaslin (16)
        "The Best of Mary McCaslin: Things We Said Today" (8)
        "Old Friends" (4)
73. Nanci Griffith (16)
        "Other Voices, Other Rooms" (5)
        "Flyer" (4)
73. Vance Gilbert (16)
        "Bad Dog Buffet" (4)
        "Good Good Man" (3)
        "Unfamiliar Moon" (3)
73. Williamson Branch (16)
        "Very Merry Christmas" (16)

TOP LABELS of December 2022
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 12299 plays from 432 playlists from 123 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (304)
2. Smithsonian/Folkways (176)
3. Columbia (127)
4. Signature Sounds (95)
5. Sugar Hill (93)
6. Red House (92)
7. Thirty Tigers (84)
8. Hudson Harding (79)
9. Compass (78)
10. Rhino (77)
10. Warner (77)
12. Borealis (69)
13. Vanguard (65)
14. Philo (62)
15. Reprise (57)
16. Elektra (56)
17. Mountain Fever (52)
18. New West (50)
19. Capitol (44)
20. Dark Shadow (43)
20. Legacy (43)
20. Linus (43)
20. Nonesuch (43)
24. Bear Family (41)
25. RCA (38)
26. Free Dirt (37)
26. Stony Plain (37)
28. BMG (36)
28. Ramseur (36)
28. Waterbug (36)
31. Appleseed (35)
31. Flying Fish (35)
33. Stormcave (33)
34. Epact (32)
35. Pinecastle (31)
36. Y&T (29/30)
37. Fossil (28)
37. True North (28)
37. Well Done (28)
40. Folk-Legacy (26)
40. Rebel (26)
40. Sony (26)
40. Yellow Tail (26)
44. Yep Roc (24)
45. Red Beet (23)
46. Gadfly (22)
46. Turtle Bear (22)
48. Easy Eye (20)
48. Mercury (20)
50. Appalsongs (19)
50. Bell Buckle (19)
50. Mountain Home (19)
53. Alligator (18)
53. Atlantic (18)
53. Blue Boat (18)
53. Blue Rock Artists (18)
53. Wind River (18)

FOLK DJs - December 2022
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 12299 plays from 432 playlists from 123 Folk DJs

Abby Parks (WLJS-FM, AL)
Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM, NY)
Annie Keville (WVBR-FM)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
Arthur Berman (CiTR-FM & podcast, BC)
Arthur Dean (WCNI-FM, CT)
Artie Martello (WIOX-FM & podcast, NY)
Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM, PA)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bill Wagman (KDVS-FM & WFMT-FM, CA)
Bob Heyer (WWOV-LP, WV)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bob Sherman (WFUV-FM, NY)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
Brad Edmondson (WVBR-FM, NY)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Bruce Swan (WSFM-LP, NC)
Bud Johnson (KNBA-FM & syndicated, AK)
Caroline Doctorow (WPKN-FM, CT)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM & WHFB-FM, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris Denerley (beyondradio.co.uk, UK)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Chuck Markowitz (WERU-FM, ME)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Darryl Purpose (KRFC-FM, CO)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM, GA)
David John (KAXE-FM & KEOS-FM, MN)
David Sears (WBGU-FM, OH)
Dennis Brunnenmeyer (KVMR-FM, CA)
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)
Ellen Stanley (KFAI-FM & PRX, MN)
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)
James Sereda (WUSB-FM, NY)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA)
Jeannie Holton & Cohosts (WMNF-FM, FL)
Jeannie Holton (WMNF-FM)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jeremy Butler (Alabama Public Radio)
Jim Canales (WWSP-FM, WI)
Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Jim Welsh (Radio Summerhall & MixCloud, UK)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com & podcast, SC)
John Platt (WFUV-FM, NY)
John Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA)
John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ)
Jon Colcord (Syndicated, NH)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM & soundcloud.com, NY)
Justin Helmer (KVSC-FM, MN)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kelly Walker (WTSU-FM & podcast, AL)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
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)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM, OR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDH-FM, VT)
Mary Anne Moorman (KBCS-FM, WA)
Mary Katherine Aldin (KPFK-FM, CA)
Matt Watroba (WKAR-FM, MI)
Matthew Baya (WERU-FM, ME)
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 Hawke's Bay & newfolkrecords.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)
Paul Stamler (KDHX-FM, MO)
Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-FM, NY)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Peter Thompson (KALW-FM, CA)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM, WA)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM, PA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Rik James (KGLT-FM, MT)
Robert Resnik (Vermont Public Radio)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Steve Soucy (WERU-FM, ME)
Steven Morrison (KBOO-FM, OR)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Sue Kessell (WNUR-FM, IL)
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)
Terry Brent Moses (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)