Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
2022
Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L
TOP ALBUMS of 2022
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 163119 plays from 9306 playlists from 162 Folk DJs
1: "Tell 'Em You Were Gold," Pharis & Jason Romero [Smithsonian/Folkways, 4/2022] (482)
"Souvenir" (104)
"Cannot Change It All" (60)
"Pale Morning" (44)
"Been All Around This World" (43)
"Rolling Mills" (40)
"Sour Queen" (26)
"Train on the Island" (26)
"Going Across the Sea" (25)
"Old Bill's Tune" (24)
"Black Guard Mary" (21)
"Cold Creek Shout" (19)
"The Dose" (16)
"Lady on the Green" (11)
"Five Miles From Town" (10)
2: "The Light At The End Of The Line," Janis Ian [Rude Girl, 11/2021] (455)
"I'm Still Standing" (99)
"Better Times Will Come" (74)
"Dancing With the Dark" (53)
"Swannanoa" (37)
"The Light at the End of the Line" (36)
"Dark Side Of The Sun" (28)
"Stranger" (26)
"Wherever Good Dreams Go" (25)
"Resist" (24)
"Nina" (19)
"Summer In New York" (19)
"Perfect Little Girl" (13)
3: "Songs From The River Wind," Eliza Gilkyson [Howlin' Dog, 1/2022] (411)
"At the Foot of the Mountain" (60)
"Wanderin'" (56)
"The Hill Behind This Town" (51)
"Wind River and You" (43)
"Buffalo Gals Redux" (41)
"Bristlecone Pine" (35)
"Colorado Trail" (31)
"Don't Stop Lovin' Me" (23)
"Before the Great River Was Tamed" (22)
"Charlie Moore" (19)
"Farthest End" (16)
"Taosena Lullaby" (11)
4: "Dobrosinger," Abbie Gardner [Self, 4/2022] (365)
"Born in the City" (78)
"Down the Mountain" (59)
"Three Quarter Time" (38)
"Honky Tonk Song" (30)
"Those Memories of You" (27)
"See You Again" (26)
"Only All The Time" (26)
"You Belong to Me" (24)
"When We Were Kids" (21)
"Cypress Tree" (17)
"Too Many Kisses" (17)
5: "Last Days of Summer," Lucy Kaplansky [Lucyricky, 6/2022] (353)
"Last Days of Summer" (75)
"These Days" (52)
"Ford Econoline" (49)
"Song of the Exiled" (35)
"Mary's Window" (31)
"Gold Watch and Chain" (31)
"Independence Day" (28)
"These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" (20)
"Elmhurst Queens Mother's Day" (19)
"Requiem" (12)
6: "Leap!," John McCutcheon [Appalsongs, 8/2022] (323)
"The Ride" (61)
"The Troubles" (29)
"Song When You Are Dead" (25)
"Nobody Knows" (24)
"Sorry Land" (21)
"The First Ones" (21)
"Every Day" (20)
"Kora on the Subway" (18)
"Fuller Brush" (17)
"Work" (15)
"Second Hand" (11)
7: "There's a Bright Side Somewhere," Happy Traum [Self, 8/2022] (307)
"There's a Bright Side Somewhere" (71)
"New York Town" (33)
"Santa Cruz Blues" (32)
"Living with the Blues" (25)
"Farewell" (25)
"He Was a Friend of Mine" (20)
"Dry Bones" (20)
"Lakes Of Ponchartrain" (16)
"Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies" (15)
"Love Song to a Girl in an Old Photograph" (13)
"Mary, Im Coming Back Home" (13)
"In the Wee Midnight Hour" (12)
8: "Dark Enough to See the Stars," Mary Gauthier [In The Black, 4/2022] (303)
"Fall Apart World" (59)
"Dark Enough to See the Stars" (58)
"Amsterdam" (54)
"Truckers and Troubadours" (30)
"The Meadow" (25)
"Till I See You Again" (23)
"Thank God For You" (20)
"Where Are You Now" (12)
"About Time" (11)
"How Could You Be Gone" (11)
9: "Time Out Session #2," The Accidentals [Self, 3/2022] (300)
"Eastern Standard Time" (70)
"Wide Open" (48)
"Remain the Same" (44)
"Leave it in the Dust" (41)
"Just a Town" (27)
"Circling Round Again" (20)
"Wildfire" (15)
"All Shall Be Well" (14)
10: "Gravity, Wings, & Heavy Things," Chuck Brodsky [Self, 4/2022] (297)
"Half the People" (75)
"It Takes Two Wings" (62)
"The Things You Think You Know" (48)
"The Country Needed Baseball" (36)
"Cup of Coffee" (17)
"How I Changed His Mind" (16)
"If This Is It" (16)
"Bully Jim" (12)
"Face That You Remember" (11)
11: "What Are They Doing in Heaven Today?," Kathy Kallick [Live Oak, 5/2022] (296)
"Put My Little Shoes Away" (58)
"What Are They Doing in Heaven Today?" (38)
"Sittin' On Top of the World" (28)
"Handsome Molly" (21)
"Farther Along" (21)
"Little Moses" (16)
"Jimmy Brown the Newsboy" (15)
"Footprints In The Snow" (15)
"I'm a Long Time Traveling" (13)
"The Wild Side of Life-It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" (13)
"One Hundred Miles" (11)
12: "Backroads," Johnsmith [Self, 2/2022] (290)
"Backroads" (54)
"My Name is America" (46)
"Where's The World Going To" (32)
"Virgil's Sweet Six String" (25)
"Rattle My Bones" (21)
"Sing Him to the Shore" (20)
"Forty Years" (16)
"Before I Go" (15)
"Damn Good Cry" (13)
"Out Across the Openness" (13)
"Middle Time" (11)
"Trempealeau" (10)
13: "Second-Hand," James Keelaghan [Borealis, 8/2022] (288)
"Walk On" (58)
"Second Hand" (51)
"Gathering Storm" (43)
"Before The Morning Sun" (30)
"Alberta" (28)
"Just a Letter" (22)
"Eulalie" (18)
"The Benefits Of Surrender" (13)
"La Cattiva Strada" (11)
"Gave It All Away" (10)
14: "All New," Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer [Community, 6/2022] (286)
"Whe the Big Bad Books Go Boo" (34)
"Pete's Shoulders" (30)
"Grandpa Danced the Charleston" (17)
"Good News" (16)
"All New" (15)
"Grateful" (14)
"Dreams of Home" (14)
"The Freedom of Forgiving" (13)
"Rust on the Rails" (12)
"Is This Thing On?" (11)
"We're Getting Back to Normal" (10)
15: "The Coming of the Years," Joe Jencks [Turtle Bear, 8/2022] (285)
"The Coming of the Years" (36)
"On Eireann's Shore" (32)
"Caledonia" (31)
"Can You Blame the Poor Miner" (29)
"Winnipeg 1919" (29)
"When The Moon Rises Over Skibbereen" (21)
"City of Chicago" (20)
"This is My Song" (19)
"The Minstrel Boy" (17)
"Letter Home, 1914" (16)
"In the Shadow of Your Ghost" (13)
"Mother of My Heart" (12)
16: "Endless Grace," Deidre McCalla [Self, 6/2022] (284)
"Shoulder to the Wheel" (68)
"I Do Not Walk This Path Alone" (49)
"When The Ground Shifts" (34)
"Amaryllis" (29)
"One Foot" (23)
"Banana Moon Sky" (18)
"Halfway Down the Highway" (16)
"Even Now" (14)
"All Night Long" (12)
"Nothing to Prove" (11)
17: "Crooked Tree," Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway [Nonesuch, 4/2022] (276)
"Crooked Tree" (61)
"Big Backyard" (29)
"Dooley's Farm" (25)
"Side Saddle" (21)
"The River Knows" (20)
"Grass Valley" (18)
"San Francisco Blues" (18)
"Flatland Girl" (18)
"She'll Change" (17)
"Castilleja" (15)
"Nashville Mess Around" (14)
"Over the Line" (11)
18: "20 Printemps," Le Vent Du Nord [La Compagnie Du Nord, 3/2022] (255)
"Tour Du Monde" (33)
"Si vous voulez" (28)
"Ameriquois" (25)
"Dans l'eau de vie de l'arbre" (22)
"La Centaurée" (21)
"Le Navire de Bayonne" (20)
"Marianne" (18)
"Turlute Du Mai" (18)
"Vos Amities La Belle" (17)
"Ma Louise" (17)
"Petit Reve IV" (17)
"L'auberge" (13)
19: "Tucson," Amy Speace [Proper, 4/2022] (254)
"If You Fall" (72)
"Why I Wake Early" (51)
"Cottonwood" (43)
"My Father's House" (29)
"Little Red" (29)
"The Offering" (16)
"Blues For Joy" (10)
20: "Folk Hero," House Of Hamill [Self, 1/2022] (251)
"Ladder to the Sun" (44)
"The Bully of Skidmore Town" (33)
"Turning Away" (30)
"Stone Row" (26)
"Superb Owl" (22)
"In the Dark" (17)
"Lord Randall" (17)
"Cat Bacon" (16)
"Canyonlands" (15)
"The Sneezing Loon" (14)
21: "Narrow Line," Mama's Broke [Free Dirt, 3/2022] (249)
"How It Ends" (46)
"Just Pick One" (45)
"Narrow Line" (27)
"Oh Sun / Pale Night / Forgetting Reel" (25)
"Between The Briar & The Rose" (23)
"Windows" (20)
"The Wreckage Done" (17)
"God's Little Boy" (13)
"Pick The Raisins From The Paska" (12)
"The Ones That I Love" (10)
22: "Hold Our Ground," Tom Chapin [Sundance, 7/2022] (248)
"Woody Guthrie's Dream" (73)
"Hold Our Ground Forever" (41)
"Listen Close" (40)
"Autoharpoholic" (19)
"Broadside" (14)
"They Killed My Street" (13)
"Common Ground" (11)
"Walnut Valley Moon" (10)
23: "All Is Quiet," Susan Cattaneo [Self, 4/2022] (240)
"Borrowed Blue" (41)
"All Is Quiet" (40)
"Hold Onto Hope" (35)
"Diamond Days" (34)
"Time + Love + Gravity" (26)
"Broken Things" (24)
"Blackbirds" (22)
"Follow" (10)
24: "Love Is the Only Thing," Peter Mulvey & Sistastrings [Righteous Babe, 8/2022] (235)
"Shenandoah" (38)
"Early Summer of '21" (35)
"Pray for Rain" (27)
"Soft Animal" (18)
"On the Eve of the Inaugural" (16)
"See You On The Other Side" (16)
"Old Men Drinking Seagram's" (15)
"O My Dear" (13)
"Love Is the Only Thing" (13)
"Song For Michael Brown" (11)
"February Too" (11)
"You and" (10)
25: "Still," David Lamotte [Dryad, 7/2022] (233)
"September Me" (40)
"Here For You" (38)
"Coming Alive Again" (26)
"In Your Eyes" (21)
"The Way It's Done" (19)
"Still" (16)
"Look Away" (16)
"Thinkin'" (12)
"Gone" (12)
"Quiet Hour" (11)
26: "Hurricane Clarice," Allison De Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves [Free Dirt, 2/2022] (232)
"Each Season Changes You" (47)
"Nancy Blevins" (37)
"The Banks of the Miramichi" (29)
"The Road That's Walked by Fools" (26)
"I Would Not Live Always" (22)
"Wellington" (21)
"Hurricane Clarice / Brushy Fork of John's Creek" (16)
"Dead and Gone" (14)
"Ostrich With Pearls" (11)
27: "Long Haul," John Wort Hannam [Black Hen, 1/2022] (229)
"Wonderful Things" (36)
"Long Haul" (29)
"Other Side Of The Curve" (28)
"Young At Heart" (26)
"Meat Draw" (23)
"Twilight Diner" (21)
"Round & Round" (21)
"Old Friend" (12)
"Beautiful Mess" (11)
"What I Know Now" (11)
"Hurry Up Kid" (10)
28: "All Those Days of Drinking Dust," Tiffany Williams [Blue Redbird, 7/2022] (228)
"All Those Days of Drinking Dust" (60)
"Know Your Worth" (44)
"The Sea" (28)
"When I Come Back Around" (20)
"Harder Heart" (19)
"The Waiting" (13)
"Carletta" (12)
29: "Small Towns," Stillhouse Junkies [Dark Shadow, 9/2022] (218)
"Never Going Back Again" (34)
"Colorado Bound" (27)
"Moonrise Over Ridgway" (23)
"River of the Lost Souls" (22)
"Over the Pass" (19)
"El Camino" (19)
"Five Doors Down In Leadville" (17)
"Evergreen" (16)
"Half a Pound of Silver" (10)
"On the House" (10)
30: "Raise The Roof," Robert Plant And Alison Krauss [Rounder, 12/2021] (211)
"Last Kind Words Blues" (33)
"You Led Me To The Wrong" (33)
"Can't Let Go" (28)
"Going Where The Lonely Go" (22)
"The Price of Love" (15)
"Go Your Way" (14)
"It Don't Bother Me" (13)
"Quattro" (13)
"Searching for My Love" (13)
"Trouble With My Lover" (12)
31: "Lilygild," Hilary Hawke [Pickin' Chicken, 5/2022] (210)
"Jack of Diamonds" (45)
"Happy Hollow" (34)
"Three Snakes" (33)
"Beehive's Chorus" (30)
"Crossing the River" (25)
"Lilygild" (18)
"Granddad's Favorite/Ft. Smith Breakdown" (16)
32: "I Can Face The Truth," Dana Cooper [Dog Eared, 2/2022] (207)
"Flower And The Vine" (32)
"Summer In America" (28)
"Always Old Friends" (26)
"I Can Face the Truth" (21)
"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" (20)
"Upside Down Day" (20)
"Walls" (14)
"Ours for a Little While" (11)
"Bluebird" (10)
33: "12th of June," Lyle Lovett [Verve, 4/2022] (206)
"12th Of June" (74)
"Straighten Up and Fly Right" (22)
"Pants Is Overrated" (18)
"Her Loving Man" (17)
"Pig Meat Man" (15)
"The Mocking Ones" (14)
"Peel Me A Grape" (11)
34: "Age Of Apathy," Aoife O'Donovan [Yep Roc, 1/2022] (205)
"Prodigal Daughter" (43)
"Passengers" (33)
"Galahad" (23)
"Phoenix" (20)
"Sister Starling" (19)
"Elevators" (17)
"Age of Apathy" (17)
"Town of Mercy" (13)
35: "Apple & Setser," Apple & Setser [Bell Buckle, 8/2022] (201)
"Grandma Danced With The Arkansas Traveler" (39)
"Hand Me Down My Walking Cane" (34)
"A Friend You'd Never Met" (24)
"Rake and the Rambling Blade" (23)
"It Doesn't Matter Anymore" (22)
"I'll Love Nobody But You" (15)
"When You and I Were Young Maggie" (11)
"When The Wagon Was New" (11)
36: "Of Hard Times & Harmony," Windborne [Wand'ring Feet, 7/2022] (200)
"Lady of the Harbor" (34)
"When I'm Gone" (23)
".4 Cents A Play" (20)
"The Song of Hard Times" (20)
"Pie In the Sky" (16)
"Parcel of Rogues" (14)
"Earth's Burdens" (11)
"World Turned Upside Down" (10)
37: "Songs From the Beginning," Greg Greenway [Self, 3/2022] (194)
"Let It Roll" (36)
"Summer Song" (27)
"Stars" (24)
"Tennessee" (21)
"Winds of Change" (18)
"Icarus" (16)
"Blood Upon the Snow" (13)
"Passion Dance" (12)
"It's Not Easy To Love" (10)
38: "Steel & Wool," Kim Beggs [Self, 5/2022] (193)
"Steel and Wool" (46)
"They Shut the Greyhound Down" (42)
"Down By the River" (28)
"I Wanna Be A Flower" (23)
"When She Divides the Town" (21)
"Not a Man of God" (19)
"Whiskeytown" (14)
39: "Bullet in the Cabin Wall," Cheryl Cawood [Self, 3/2022] (190)
"Deep Down In Your Bones" (25)
"Bullet in the Cabin Wall" (19)
"L&N Don't Stop Here" (19)
"Ballad of Spade Cooley" (17)
"Makin' Corn Liquor" (14)
"Shady Grove" (14)
"Coalfield Woman" (14)
"Daddy's Hometown" (12)
"Running Out Of Time" (12)
"Crossing Mountains" (12)
"Down The Ohio" (11)
"Coming Home" (10)
40: "Dirt Does Dylan," Nitty Gritty Dirt Band [Ngdb, 5/2022] (187)
"Forever Young" (30)
"The Times They Are A-Changin'" (23)
"I Shall Be Released" (23)
"Girl from the North Country" (22)
"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" (19)
"It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" (17)
"Quinn The Eskimo" (15)
"She Belongs to Me" (15)
"Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You" (13)
41: "The Way The River Goes," Dan Weber [Highway, 2/2022] (185)
"The Way the River Goes" (41)
"Ever Since Columbine" (26)
"Sun's Gonna Shine When I'm Gone" (16)
"Somewhere Down the Line" (16)
"Whatcha Gonna Do?" (13)
"While You Were Sleeping" (13)
"Farewell Maggie Valley" (12)
"Goodbye New Orleans" (11)
"Ghosts of Wichita" (10)
"You Make Me Wanna Dance" (10)
42: "For The People," Rupert Wates [Bite, 2/2022] (183)
"For the People" (38)
"The Dance of Joy" (30)
"To the Sea" (23)
"Oh Captain" (21)
"The North Road" (12)
"Medley: All Fair Ladies+Spanish Galleon" (11)
"Justified" (10)
43: "8-String Sketches," Mike Mullins [Acoustic Disc, 2/2022] (182)
"Beneath the Skye the Water is Wide" (28)
"Contra Dance Set" (21)
"Hallelujah" (20)
"Russian Interference" (19)
"Three Tunes by Turlough O'Carolan" (16)
"Tears in Heaven" (16)
"For All We Know" (15)
"Hey There Delilah" (15)
"Caroline's Vals" (12)
"Early California Dances" (10)
44: "Head Above Water," Heather Sarona [Self, 1/2022] (178)
"Head Above Water" (37)
"I'll Be Lost" (34)
"Don't Want to Let It Go" (23)
"Better Than What I Got" (21)
"For Me" (13)
"Window to Break" (12)
"All I Need" (11)
"A Little More" (10)
45: "Bucket List," John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 9/2021] (177)
"Farmer" (25)
"Moonshiner" (21)
"Bucket List" (20)
"Atonement" (16)
"Out Here" (14)
"Art" (11)
"Used To" (10)
"Be Still" (10)
45: "Flare," Pat Wictor [Riskydisc, 9/2022] (177)
"How Will They Tell It?" (36)
"Is It Too Much to Ask?" (25)
"The Way of the World" (18)
"The Past Is Never Over" (18)
"Information War" (15)
"Days of Decision" (14)
"Senor" (14)
"The Devil You Know" (12)
"Mediocre Man" (11)
47: "Strings, Wings And Curious Things," Sue Horowitz [Self, 1/2022] (175)
"January" (40)
"Step On The Gas" (24)
"Bit of String" (22)
"Angel Oak" (15)
"Stones in My Pocket" (14)
"Honey Whiskey" (12)
"You Fit Me" (12)
"Angels" (12)
48: "The Veil," Edie Carey [Self, 5/2022] (174)
"The Veil" (24)
"Georgia" (20)
"I Know This" (19)
"Rise" (18)
"All That Space" (14)
"The Old Me" (14)
"Teacher" (13)
"The Chain" (13)
"The Cypress and the Oak" (13)
49: "Renewal," Billy Strings [Rounder, 10/2021] (169)
"This Old World" (33)
"Hellbender" (19)
"Love and Regret" (18)
"Know It All" (18)
"Red Daisy" (16)
"Heartbeat Of America" (11)
"Running The Route" (10)
50: "Lost Love Songs," The Pine Hearts [Self, 1/2022] (167)
"Mary the Night's on Fire" (35)
"Wouldn't You Know" (26)
"Sugarcane" (18)
"Darling Don't The Sunlight In Your Eyes" (17)
"Don't The Sunlight In Your Eyes" (11)
"Oceans and Limousines" (11)
"Running In Place" (10)
51: "Hell On Church Street," Punch Brothers [Nonesuch, 1/2022] (164)
"Church Street Blues" (30)
"Any Old Time" (29)
"Orphan Annie" (24)
"Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (18)
"One More Night" (14)
"Cattle in the Cane" (14)
"House Carpenter / Jerusalem Ridge" (10)
52: "Cosmic Dreamer," Barney Bentall [True North, 4/2022] (162)
"You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" (33)
"Potter's Wheel" (33)
"Whiskey Jack" (29)
"Shadows" (16)
"Oh Foolish Me" (13)
"Cosmic Dreamer" (13)
"Cody Road" (10)
53: "Horizon Line," Dan Navarro [Red Hen, 7/2022] (160)
"She Dreams in Music" (28)
"Horizon Line" (25)
"Hopeful Hearts" (23)
"Circling the Drain" (15)
"Oklahoma Skies" (12)
"Come Around" (11)
"Rose in the Window" (10)
"Sleep Tonight" (10)
54: "The New Faith," Jake Blount [Smithsonian/Folkways, 8/2022] (159)
"Once There Was No Sun" (44)
"Didn't It Rain" (39)
"They Are Waiting for Me" (14)
"The Downward Road" (13)
54: "Until Now," Carrie Newcomer [Available Light, 8/2021] (159)
"Like Molly Brown" (33)
"A Long Way Up" (32)
"Throwing Rocks at the Moon" (19)
"I Give Myself To This" (18)
"I Will Sing A New Song" (13)
"My Dog" (12)
"On the Day You Were Born" (10)
56: "A Beautiful Time," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 4/2022] (157)
"I'll Love You Till The Day I Die" (36)
"Tower of Song" (15)
"I Don't Go To Funerals" (14)
"Energy Follows Thought" (14)
"Live Every Day" (14)
"A Beautiful Time" (12)
"With A Little Help From My Friends" (11)
"My Heart Was A Dancer" (10)
56: "Southern Currency," Jefferson Ross [Self, 2/2022] (157)
"Baptize the Gumbo" (28)
"Alabama Is a Winding Road" (22)
"High Times In The Low Country" (14)
"Down in MacOn, Georgia" (14)
"Southern Currency" (12)
"Hot Springs" (12)
"You Can't Go Home Again" (11)
"Turquoise and Tangerine" (11)
"Two Kentucky Brothers" (11)
58: "Long Time Coming," Sierra Ferrell [Rounder, 9/2021] (153)
"Jeremiah" (26)
"The Sea" (18)
"Bells Of Every Chapel" (17)
"Silver Dollar" (17)
"West Virginia Waltz" (17)
"In Dreams" (12)
"Give It Time" (10)
58: "Cover to Cover," The Brother Brothers [Compass, 7/2022] (153)
"You Can Close Your Eyes" (20)
"Feelin' Good Again" (20)
"That's How I Got To Memphis" (19)
"These Days" (16)
"High Sierra" (15)
"Blue Virginia Blues" (14)
"Waltzing's For Dreamers" (14)
"There's a Rugged Road" (14)
60: "Violet Light," Maya De Vitry [Self, 1/2022] (152)
"How Bad I Wanna Live" (28)
"Never on the Map" (25)
"Real Time, Real Tears" (21)
"Margaret" (19)
"Dogs Run On" (19)
"Flowers" (14)
"I Don't Ask Trees" (13)
60: "So Much Time, So Much Love," Shelton & Williams [Grass Tank Music,,, 6/2022] (152)
"Wasted on the Way" (44)
"Elusive Butterfly" (23)
"Wait A Minute" (19)
"Magnolia Wind" (18)
"It's a Good Day" (13)
"A Face In The Crowd" (11)
"My Heart Beats Like A Drum For You" (10)
62: "The Ties That Bind Us," Adler & Hearne [Howlin' Dog, 8/2022] (151)
"It's Summer and We're Burning" (30)
"Sweet Texas Songs" (21)
"Come Harvest Time" (17)
"The Ties That Bind Us" (15)
"River of Wind" (12)
"Wayfaring Stranger" (10)
63: "1960," Martyn Joseph [Pipe, 4/2022] (150)
"Born Too Late" (50)
"We Are Made Of Stars" (22)
"Trying To Grow" (15)
"This Light Is Ours" (15)
"House" (12)
"Down To The Well" (11)
63: "Calling You From My Mountain," Peter Rowan [Rebel, 6/2022] (150)
"The Song That Made Hank Williams Dance" (26)
"New York Town" (17)
"From My Mountain" (13)
"Frog on the Lily Pad" (13)
"Come Along Jody" (11)
"The Red, The White and the Blue" (10)
"Freedom Trilogy" (10)
"Little Joe" (10)
63: "A Tickle in My Soul," Jack Williams [Wind River, 6/2022] (150)
"We're All Alike" (36)
"If My Eyes Were Blind" (28)
"Fly Away Home" (15)
"Affected By The Moon" (15)
"Miles to Go" (13)
66: "Changemakers," Crys Matthews [Self, 3/2021] (149)
"Changemakers" (30)
"For The Women With Steel In Their Bones" (20)
"Hope Revolution" (17)
"How Many More" (16)
"Exactly Where You Are" (15)
"Call Them In" (14)
66: "Good To Be...," Keb' Mo' [Rounder, 2022] (149)
"The Medicine Man" (28)
"Good To Be" (27)
"Lean On Me" (17)
"Good Strong Woman" (16)
"'62 Chevy" (12)
68: "Listen to the Red Rock," Various Artists [Vast Horizons, 9/2022] (147)
"Dancing With The Beauty," Gigi Love (42)
"Red Rock," Kate MacLeod (21)
"18 Holes On The Open Range," Cosy Sheridan (17)
"Stars At Noon," Anke Summerhill (12)
"The Long Hard Way," Pixie and the Partygrass Boys (11)
"Hayduke," Marv Hamilton (10)
"Desert Flatpicking," Tyler Grant (10)
68: "Watchhouse," Watchhouse [Thirty Tigers, 8/2021] (147)
"New Star" (28)
"Beautiful Flowers" (27)
"Wondrous Love" (24)
"Coming Down from Green Mountain" (16)
"Belly of the Beast" (15)
"Better Way" (12)
"Nightbird" (10)
"Upside Down" (10)
70: "Rabbit," Buffalo Rose And Tom Paxton [Misra, 1/2022] (145)
"I Give You the Morning" (69)
"Jennifer's Rabbit" (27)
"Green Light" (27)
"Runaway" (22)
71: "Peculiar, Missouri," Willi Carlisle [Free Dirt, 7/2022] (143)
"Your Heart's a Big Tent" (27)
"Tulsa's Last Magician" (22)
"Life On The Fence" (18)
"Este Mundo" (16)
"Goodnight Loving Trail" (15)
"Vanlife" (12)
"The Grand Design" (12)
72: "Impressions," James Lee Baker [Self, 5/2022] (142)
"Morningside" (28)
"Did Galileo Pray?" (24)
"Young Man In America" (21)
"Just Like A Woman" (18)
"Most Promising Officer" (18)
72: "Outside Child," Allison Russell [Fantasy, 6/2021] (142)
"Persephone" (41)
"Nightflyer" (33)
"All Of The Women" (15)
"4th Day Prayer" (11)
"Montreal" (10)
72: "Something Green," Kate Klim [Self, 3/2022] (142)
"Something Green" (35)
"But You Can't" (18)
"Songbird" (17)
"Lines" (15)
"Take The Driving" (15)
"Almost Know Anyone" (13)
75: "Chasing the Light," Jared Rabin [Self, 10/2022] (141)
"Tunnel's End" (26)
"Girl From The North Country" (22)
"Grow Your Own" (18)
"Catch the Horizon" (15)
"Just Might Breakdown" (12)
"Lake Affected" (11)
76: "Anaïs Mitchell," Anaïs Mitchell [BMG, 2/2022] (139)
"Bright Star" (40)
"On Your Way" (16)
"Revenant" (15)
"Real World" (14)
"Backroads" (13)
"Brooklyn Bridge" (11)
76: "A White Album," Rain Perry [Precipitous, 4/2022] (139)
"Melody and Jack" (24)
"Lady of the Harbor" (22)
"None of Us Are Free" (20)
"This Is Water" (14)
"Morning Dew" (11)
"What's Wrong with You?" (11)
"Indian Hill, Ohio, 1967" (10)
78: "On Solid Ground," Reggie Harris [Self, 4/2021] (138)
"Standing in Freedom's Name" (34)
"High Over The Hudson" (16)
"Hello in There" (15)
"It's Who We Are" (15)
"On Solid Ground" (14)
"All You Need Is Love" (12)
79: "Chris Haddox," Chris Haddox [Mountain Soul, 3/2022] (137)
"Nothing Says It's Springtime Like the Redbud" (19)
"Sunday Morning Stoplight" (16)
"He Reeled Me In" (13)
"Says You, Says Who, Says Me" (12)
"Money Tree" (12)
"Kalashnikov" (12)
"Streets of Danville" (11)
"Tree Frog" (10)
79: "Resilience," Josie Bello [Self, 2/2022] (137)
"The Sound Of Guitars" (30)
"Resilience" (22)
"Too Many Changes" (17)
"Rising" (16)
"Coffee Shop Open Mic" (14)
"I Am Empty" (12)
"Love That's Real" (11)
81: "Chinook Waltz," Over The Moon [Borealis, 11/2021] (136)
"Lonesome Bluebird" (31)
"Someday Soon" (28)
"Darcy Farrow" (22)
"Chinook Waltz" (20)
82: "One More Time Before You Go," Dan Tyminski [North Star, 7/2022] (132)
"Church Street Blues" (36)
"One More Time Before You Go" (25)
"Ten Degrees and Getting Colder" (25)
"Where the Soul of Man Never Dies" (25)
"Why You Been Gone So Long" (20)
82: "Get on Board," Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder [Nonesuch, 4/2022] (132)
"Hooray Hooray" (21)
"I Shall Not Be Moved" (16)
"The Midnight Special" (14)
"What a Beautiful City" (12)
"Pick A Bale Of Cotton" (11)
"Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee" (10)
82: "Sacred Spaces," Eric Bannan [Reality Check Media, 1/2022] (132)
"If You Can't Fly" (38)
"Start My Day Singing" (23)
"Sacred Spaces" (22)
"Birds Eye View" (13)
85: "Every Seed We Plant," Alice DiMicele [Alice Otter, 3/2022] (130)
"Every Seed" (40)
"For Granted" (16)
"Rise" (15)
"Sunrise" (14)
"Jersey" (13)
"Long Dry Winter" (11)
85: "Paper Hearts & Broken Arrows," Rod Picott [Welding Rod, 5/2022] (130)
"Through the Dark" (20)
"Sonny Liston" (18)
"Frankie Lee" (13)
"Revenuer" (12)
"Lover" (11)
"Make Your Own Light" (10)
85: "Radio John: Songs of John Hartford," Sam Bush [Smithsonian/Folkways, 10/2022] (130)
"In Tall Buildings" (33)
"Radio John" (20)
"California Earthquake" (17)
"No End of Love" (15)
"A Simple Thing As Love" (13)
88: "Lifetime Achievement," Loudon Wainwright III [Storysound, 8/2022] (129)
"How Old Is 75?" (17)
"No Man's Land" (17)
"Little Piece of Me" (12)
"Town & Country" (11)
"Back In Your Town" (10)
"Lifetime Achievement" (10)
"Hell" (10)
88: "Anthems Of Home," Hudost [Open Sesame, 1/2022] (129)
"Our Words Will Be Louder" (30)
"Deliverance" (23)
"How Many Miles" (16)
"Beat the Drum Harder" (15)
"Testament" (12)
"Home Is Bigger Than Us" (10)
90: "Cottonwood," Megan Bee [Self, 7/2022] (128)
"Used to Be" (34)
"Cottonwood Leaves" (31)
90: "From Where I Stand," Wyatt Easterling [Phoenix Rising, 7/2022] (128)
"From Where I Stand" (24)
"Throw Caution To the Wind" (14)
"Where This River Goes" (14)
"This Old House" (13)
"Love Says It Best" (13)
92: "The Village Out West: The Lost Tapes Of Alan Oakes," Various Artists [Smithsonian/Folkways, 10/2021] (127)
"White Winged Dove," Mark Spoelstra (7)
93: "Song To A Refugee," Diana Jones [Proper, 6/2021] (126)
"We Believe You" (28)
"Ask A Woman" (21)
"Song to a Refugee" (19)
"I Wait For You" (10)
94: "Leap Year," Barry Oreck [Self, 6/2022] (125)
"Makes No Sense" (29)
"Each Song is a Seed" (29)
"Once Around" (13)
"Life in the Bubble" (13)
"Home in Mind" (10)
"In The Moment" (10)
95: "Stolen Time," Abigail Lapell [Outside, 5/2022] (124)
"All Dressed Up" (24)
"Land of Plenty" (20)
"Ships" (16)
"Pines" (12)
"Old Flames" (10)
"Stolen Time" (10)
96: "Truth Is," Vanessa Lively [Self, 5/2022] (123)
"Oh Deliverance" (24)
"Golden Treasure" (21)
"I Am Found" (20)
"Running with Wolves" (13)
"The Time of Peace" (12)
97: "Twelvemonth & a Day," Wolf & Clover [Self, 3/2022] (122)
"Into The Mystic" (21)
"The Unquiet Grave" (17)
"The Columbus Set" (12)
"The Animal Set" (10)
"An Rogaire Dubh" (10)
"The Whistle Set" (10)
98: "Out of the Woods," Durham County Poets [Self, 7/2022] (120)
"That's What Makes Me Smile" (25)
"Not Dark Yet" (18)
"Out Of The Woods" (18)
"Working On It" (10)
"Mean Old Dog Blues" (10)
99: "Awake," Mala Oreen [Tourbo, 11/2021] (119)
"Ragged Queen" (36)
"Soldier On" (18)
"Awake" (13)
"Untied" (11)
99: "Extrovert," Mr. Sun [Compass, 5/2022] (119)
"Tamp 'Em Up Solid" (27)
"The Fiddler of Dooney" (22)
"Breaker's Bakedown" (21)
"Blackbird" (16)
"Just a Little Lovin'" (11)
99: "Hometown Blues," Steve Madewell [Self, 3/2022] (119)
"One Thing at a Time" (21)
"Early On In Life" (19)
"Gifts" (16)
"Hometown Blues" (15)
"Adirondack Dreaming" (12)
"Fulltime Job Being Me" (11)
99: "Just Like That," Bonnie Raitt [Redwing, 5/2022] (119)
"Just Like That" (35)
"Down The Hall" (22)
"Made Up Mind" (16)
"Livin' for the Ones" (12)
103: "Never Slow Down," The Po' Ramblin' Boys [Smithsonian/Folkways, 4/2022] (118)
"Blues Are Close At Hand" (28)
"Ramblin' Woman" (16)
"Take My Ashes To The River" (16)
"Where Grass Won't Grow" (11)
"Missing Her Has Never Slowed Me Down" (10)
104: "Ghost Hotel," Karen Morand & the Bosco Boys [Self, 2/2022] (116)
"Coffee" (23)
"Ghost Hotel" (19)
"Neverland" (16)
"Evangeline" (15)
"Beautiful Scars" (15)
"Easy" (12)
104: "Jabberwockies," Wes Collins [Self, 6/2022] (116)
"Jenny and James" (30)
"Last Saturday" (20)
"Under My Fingers" (11)
"Cocoon" (10)
"Look Out" (10)
106: "Something Borrowed, Something New: A Tribute to John Anderson," Various Artists [Easy Eye, 5/2022] (115)
"I Just Came Home To Count The Memories," Gillian Welch & David Rawlings (17)
"Years," Sierra Ferrell (15)
"Wild and Blue," Brent Cobb (13)
"Would You Catch A Falling Star," Del McCoury & Sierra Hull (12)
"I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal," Jamey Johnson (10)
107: "House to House," Matt Andersen [Sonic, 3/2022] (114)
"People Get Ready" (17)
"Time for the Wicked to Rest" (17)
"House To House" (13)
"Let Me Hold You" (12)
"Lookin' Back at You" (12)
"Burning Lights" (10)
"Other Side of Goodbye" (10)
108: "My Life in Song," Steve Lundquist [Self, 4/2022] (111)
"Ol' John Prine" (28)
"Slow Down Sonny" (18)
"You Got Gold" (14)
"My Life In Song" (12)
109: "Don't Be Discouraged," Peter Lehndorff [Self, 6/2022] (110)
"Don't Be Discouraged" (42)
"Nothing Can Change" (15)
"Please Mr. Squirrel" (14)
"Reunion" (12)
109: "The Empress," The McDades [Self, 11/2021] (110)
"Willie Riley" (18)
"Sundown" (16)
"The Lonely Road" (13)
"The Empress" (12)
109: "We'll Dance Again," Folkapotamus [Phatcat, 2/2022] (110)
"We'll Dance Again" (27)
"Blueberry Pancakes" (25)
"Wings of Freedom" (23)
"I Remember Everything" (19)
109: "Wind Rose," Jocelyn Pettit [Self, 6/2022] (110)
"Ready for the Storm" (21)
"Wind Rose" (20)
"Silk and Spice" (11)
113: "From the Land of Rusted Dreams," Erin Heist [Self, 3/2022] (109)
"Out of Town" (18)
"Downstream" (16)
"Sun Will Come the Dawn" (15)
"Red Heron" (13)
113: "The Love in You," Jordi Baizan [Berkalin, 2/2022] (109)
"Coffee With You In The Morning" (20)
"Money Goes Cold" (15)
"Palm Reader" (12)
"Caught Up And Tangled In You" (12)
"The Love in You" (10)
"Looking For A Heart" (10)
115: "Read the Sky," Oysterband [Running Man, 3/2022] (108)
"Wonders Are Passing" (19)
"Roll Away" (18)
"Born Under the Same Sun" (16)
"The Corner Of The Room" (13)
"The Time is Now" (11)
116: "Downhill From Everywhere," Jackson Browne [Inside, 7/2021] (106)
"A Human Touch" (26)
"A Little Soon To Say" (19)
"Still Looking For Something" (13)
"The Dreamer" (11)
"Love Is Love" (11)
117: "Fazz: Now And Then," Noel Paul Stookey [Neworld, 3/2022] (105)
"Fun Police" (17)
"The Water Is Wide" (12)
"Leonard's Toaster" (11)
118: "Love Lies 'n' Leaving," Helen Townsend [Self, 9/2022] (104)
"Devils Curse" (28)
"If You Were Real" (24)
"Where Are You Now" (22)
"If I Didn't Know Better" (19)
"We're Through" (10)
118: "You Reap What You Sow," The Weeping Willows [Compass, 3/2022] (104)
"Singin' The Blues" (21)
"House Of Sin" (21)
"Wheels Won't Roll" (21)
"Black Crow" (13)
120: "Blues Ballads Cowboy Songs," Peter Keane [Self, 11/2021] (103)
"Weary Blues" (21)
"Almost Gone" (16)
"Cool Water" (15)
"Dry Bread" (12)
"I Am a Pilgrim" (11)
"Clay Pigeons" (10)
120: "Saving the Republic," Ernest Troost [Self, 3/2022] (103)
"Oh, Lord" (15)
"I Might Be Wrong" (11)
"This Will Pass Away" (10)
"Saving The Republic" (10)
122: "Broken Love Songs," Aimee Van Dyne [Self, 7/2022] (102)
"Lonely Me" (26)
"Hold On" (17)
"Broken Love Songs" (11)
123: "By the Risin' of the Sea," James Kahn [Self, 4/2022] (101)
"The Risin' Of The Sea" (23)
"O The Ocean Rolls" (18)
123: "My Bluegrass Heart," Béla Fleck [Renew/Bmg, 11/2021] (101)
"The Old North Woods" (16)
"This Old Road" (14)
"Hug Point" (13)
123: "Uranium Maiden," Kate Macleod [Self, 1/2022] (101)
"Sunrise on the Colorado Plateau" (11)
126: "The Insurrection Blues," Corey Harris [Bloos/M.C.,, 1/2022] (100)
"Insurrection Blues" (22)
"Boats Up River" (17)
"Afton Mountain Blues" (10)
127: "18," Stella Prince [Self, 7/2022] (98)
"Crying on a Saturday Night" (36)
"The Rain Might Fall" (13)
127: "Prettiest Blue," The Early Mays [Self, 7/2022] (98)
"My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains" (30)
"The Ballad of Johnny Fall" (25)
"Shakin' Down the Acorns" (21)
"On a Dying Day" (12)
127: "Seth Avett Sings Greg Brown," Seth Avett [Ramseur, 11/2022] (98)
"The Poet Game" (22)
"Laughing River" (20)
"Good Morning Coffee" (13)
"Just a Bum" (10)
130: "Twang," Carla Ulbrich [Romantic Devil, 3/2022] (97)
"Hot Enough for Ya" (24)
"The Recovery Waltz" (17)
"Stop Tryin' to Bring On the Apocalypse" (13)
"From the Bible" (12)
"Interviewing Therapists" (10)
131: "New Road," Wally Barnick [Self, 3/2022] (96)
"Midnight Rails" (20)
"Angel on the Highway" (16)
132: "Be Here For A While," Shane Cook And The Woodchippers [Shane Cook, 10/2021] (95)
"Charlie's Bounce" (16)
"Kyle's Fiddle" (10)
132: "I'll Meet You Here," Dar Williams [Renew, 9/2021] (95)
"Little Town" (19)
"Magical Thinking" (17)
"Let the Wind Blow" (14)
"Time, Be My Friend" (10)
"You're Aging Well" (10)
"Today and Every Day" (10)
132: "The Flowers That Bloom in Spring," Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert [Dead Reckoning, 2/2022] (95)
"Please Help Me, I'm Falling" (20)
"Back Where We Belong" (15)
"Bailout Blues" (14)
"Uncle Bill" (14)
"The Only Thing Worth Savin'" (11)
135: "A Beautiful Sound," Cosy Sheridan [Self, 9/2021] (94)
"Ramblin Round" (34)
"It's Gonna Get Better" (11)
135: "Seasons," Graeme James [Nettwerk, 5/2022] (94)
"The Fool" (19)
"The Tallest Tree" (11)
"A Sea of Infinite Possibilities" (10)
135: "Other Voices, Other Rooms," Nanci Griffith [Elektra, 2004] (94)
"Speed of the Sound of Loneliness" (12)
"Across the Great Divide" (11)
"Boots of Spanish Leather" (10)
138: "Settler," Malcolm MacWatt [Need To Know, 11/2021] (92)
"Ghosts Of Caledonia" (18)
"Avalanche and Landslide" (16)
"Banjo Lullaby" (15)
"My Bonny Boys Have Gone" (10)
"The Miller's Daughter" (10)
139: "Corner of the World," Scott Martin [Self, 3/2022] (91)
"The Absence of Angels" (22)
"Deep Dark Night" (18)
"A Little Mystery" (14)
"Corner Of The World" (11)
139: "Dylan," Bob Dylan [Columbia, 2007] (91)
"Blowin' in the Wind" (7)
139: "Harley Kimbro Lewis," Harley Kimbro Lewis [Self, 2022] (91)
"Neighbors" (17)
"Cowboys In Hawaii" (16)
"What To Do" (15)
"Grey Man" (12)
139: "A Little Life," Liz Miller [Self, 1/2022] (91)
"The End of the World With You" (21)
"A Little Life" (14)
"Save This Night" (12)
"Out My Window" (11)
139: "Solitary Diamond," Laura Orshaw [Dark Shadow, 6/2022] (91)
"I Can't Settle Down" (14)
"On Her Own" (11)
"I'll Trade You Money for Wine" (11)
139: "The Time Is Now," Jim Page [Whid-Isle, 4/2022] (91)
"Everybody Thanks A Driver" (17)
"Ain't That Somethin'" (12)
"Pulling the Statues Down" (10)
"Angeline" (10)
139: "Wachtraum," Michael Veitch [Burt Street, 2/2022] (91)
"Valentine's Day" (25)
"April Fools" (13)
"Sunday Afternoons" (11)
146: "Ain't Nobody Worried," Rory Block [Stony Plain, 10/2022] (90)
"Freight Train" (15)
"I'll Take You There" (14)
"Fast Car" (13)
"You've Got A Friend" (11)
"Midnight Train To Georgia" (11)
146: "The Worst Kind of New," The Lied To's [Hollow Body, 3/2022] (90)
"It's Not Who You Love" (16)
"Brokedown Jamboree" (12)
"Long Lonesome Road" (12)
148: "A Tale to Tell," Rick Lang [Dark Shadow, 6/2022] (89)
"They Sawed Up a Storm" (18)
"Shadow in the Pines" (10)
149: "Going the Distance," Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus [Berkalin, 5/2022] (88)
"Struggling" (16)
"Going The Distance" (15)
"That's What I Do" (13)
149: "Moving Through America," Steve Forbert [Blue Rose, 6/2022] (88)
"Moving Through America" (22)
"Buffalo Nickel" (17)
"Times Like These" (12)
"Say Hello To Gainesville" (10)
149: "Songs Of Our Native Daughters," Our Native Daughters [Smithsonian/Folkways, 2020] (88)
"Black Myself" (12)
"Polly Ann's Hammer" (11)
"I Knew I Could Fly" (11)
149: "Tape," Patty Griffin [Thirty Tigers, 6/2022] (88)
"Little Yellow House" (19)
"Don't Mind" (15)
"Get Lucky" (13)
"Strip of Light" (12)
"Sundown" (12)
149: "Up the Hill & Through the Fog," The Slocan Ramblers [Self, 6/2022] (88)
"I Don't Know" (20)
TOP SONGS of 2022
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 163119 plays from 9306 playlists from 162 Folk DJs
1. "Souvenir" (106)
from "Tell 'Em You Were Gold" (Pharis & Jason Romero)
2. "I'm Still Standing" (99)
from "The Light At The End Of The Line" (Janis Ian)
3. "12th Of June" (79)
from "12th of June" (Lyle Lovett)
4. "Better Times Will Come" (78)
from "The Light At The End Of The Line" (Janis Ian)
4. "Born in the City" (78)
from "Dobrosinger" (Abbie Gardner)
6. "Eastern Standard Time" (77)
from "Time Out Session #2" (The Accidentals)
7. "Half the People" (75)
from "Gravity, Wings, & Heavy Things" (Chuck Brodsky)
7. "Last Days of Summer" (75)
from "Last Days of Summer" (Lucy Kaplansky)
9. "If You Fall" (74)
from "Tucson" (Amy Speace)
10. "I Give You the Morning" (73)
from "Rabbit" (Buffalo Rose & Tom Paxton)
10. "Woody Guthrie's Dream" (73)
from "Hold Our Ground" (Tom Chapin)
12. "There's a Bright Side Somewhere" (71)
from "There's a Bright Side Somewhere" (Happy Traum)
13. "Shoulder to the Wheel" (68)
from "Endless Grace" (Deidre McCalla)
14. "At the Foot of the Mountain" (66)
from "Songs From The River Wind" (Eliza Gilkyson)
15. "Cannot Change It All" (63)
from "Tell 'Em You Were Gold" (Pharis & Jason Romero)
also "Cannot Change It All B/W Old Bill's Tune" (Pharis & Jason Romero)
15. "Crooked Tree" (63)
from "Crooked Tree" (Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway)
17. "It Takes Two Wings" (62)
from "Gravity, Wings, & Heavy Things" (Chuck Brodsky)
17. "The Ride" (62)
from "Leap!" (John McCutcheon)
19. "Put My Little Shoes Away" (61)
from "What Are They Doing in Heaven Today?" (Kathy Kallick)
20. "All Those Days of Drinking Dust" (60)
from "All Those Days of Drinking Dust" (Tiffany Williams)
20. "Down the Mountain" (60)
from "Dobrosinger" (Abbie Gardner)
20. "Ukrainian Now" (60)
from "Ukrainian Now - single" (John McCutcheon)
23. "Dark Enough to See the Stars" (59)
from "Dark Enough to See the Stars" (Mary Gauthier)
23. "Fall Apart World" (59)
from "Dark Enough to See the Stars" (Mary Gauthier)
25. "Walk On" (58)
from "Second-Hand" (James Keelaghan)
26. "These Days" (57)
from "Last Days of Summer" (Lucy Kaplansky)
also "Begin Again" (Lyn Koonce)
26. "Wanderin'" (57)
from "Songs From The River Wind" (Eliza Gilkyson)
28. "Amsterdam" (54)
from "Dark Enough to See the Stars" (Mary Gauthier)
28. "Backroads" (54)
from "Backroads" (Johnsmith)
28. "Dancing With the Dark" (54)
from "The Light At The End Of The Line" (Janis Ian)
31. "The Hill Behind This Town" (52)
from "Songs From The River Wind" (Eliza Gilkyson)
32. "Second Hand" (51)
from "Second-Hand" (James Keelaghan)
32. "Why I Wake Early" (51)
from "Tucson" (Amy Speace)
34. "Born Too Late" (50)
from "1960" (Martyn Joseph)
34. "I Do Not Walk This Path Alone" (50)
from "Endless Grace" (Deidre McCalla)
34. "Pickaway" (50)
from "Blue Skies" (Greg Cahill & Don Stiernberg)
37. "Three Quarter Time" (49)
from "Dobrosinger" (Abbie Gardner)
37. "Church Street Blues" (49)
from "One More Time Before You Go" (Dan Tyminski)
37. "Ford Econoline" (49)
from "Last Days of Summer" (Lucy Kaplansky)
37. "The Things You Think You Know" (49)
from "Gravity, Wings, & Heavy Things" (Chuck Brodsky)
37. "Wide Open" (49)
from "Time Out Session #2" (The Accidentals)
42. "My Name is America" (48)
from "Backroads" (Johnsmith)
43. "Persephone" (47)
from "Outside Child" (Allison Russell)
43. "Prodigal Daughter" (47)
from "Age Of Apathy" (Aoife O'Donovan)
also "B61" (Aoife O'Donovan)
43. "Steel and Wool" (47)
from "Steel & Wool" (Kim Beggs)
46. "How It Ends" (46)
from "Narrow Line" (Mama's Broke)
46. "Jack of Diamonds" (46)
from "Lilygild" (Hilary Hawke)
46. "Pale Morning" (46)
from "Tell 'Em You Were Gold" (Pharis & Jason Romero)
46. "Wasted on the Way" (46)
from "So Much Time, So Much Love" (Shelton & Williams)
50. "Just Pick One" (45)
from "Narrow Line" (Mama's Broke)
50. "Know Your Worth" (45)
from "All Those Days of Drinking Dust" (Tiffany Williams)
50. "Once There Was No Sun" (45)
from "The New Faith" (Jake Blount)
50. "Remain the Same" (45)
from "Time Out Session #2" (The Accidentals)
54. "Across the Great Divide" (44)
from "Close To You" (Kate Wolf)
also "Gold In California" (Kate Wolf)
54. "Been All Around This World" (44)
from "Tell 'Em You Were Gold" (Pharis & Jason Romero)
54. "Bright Star" (44)
from "Anaïs Mitchell" (Anaïs Mitchell)
54. "Cottonwood" (44)
from "Tucson" (Amy Speace)
54. "Dancing With The Beauty" (44)
from "Listen To The Red Rock" (Gigi Love)
54. "Ladder to the Sun" (44)
from "Folk Hero" (House Of Hamill)
54. "They Shut the Greyhound Down" (44)
from "Steel & Wool" (Kim Beggs)
54. "Wind River and You" (44)
from "Songs From The River Wind" (Eliza Gilkyson)
62. "Didn't It Rain" (43)
from "The New Faith" (Jake Blount)
62. "Gathering Storm" (43)
from "Second-Hand" (James Keelaghan)
62. "Leave it in the Dust" (43)
from "Time Out Session #2" (The Accidentals)
65. "Don't Be Discouraged" (42)
from "Don't Be Discouraged" (Peter Lehndorff)
65. "September Me" (42)
from "Still" (David Lamotte)
65. "The Way the River Goes" (42)
from "The Way The River Goes" (Dan Weber)
68. "Borrowed Blue" (41)
from "All Is Quiet" (Susan Cattaneo)
68. "Buffalo Gals Redux" (41)
from "Songs From The River Wind" (Eliza Gilkyson)
68. "Hold Our Ground Forever" (41)
from "Hold Our Ground" (Tom Chapin)
68. "January" (41)
from "Strings, Wings And Curious Things" (Sue Horowitz)
68. "Rolling Mills" (41)
from "Tell 'Em You Were Gold" (Pharis & Jason Romero)
73. "500 Miles" (40)
from "Americana Railroad" (Alice Howe)
73. "All Is Quiet" (40)
from "All Is Quiet" (Susan Cattaneo)
73. "Every Seed" (40)
from "Every Seed We Plant" (Alice DiMicele)
73. "Here For You" (40)
from "Still" (David Lamotte)
73. "Listen Close" (40)
from "Hold Our Ground" (Tom Chapin)
73. "Sister's Keeper" (40)
from "Sister's Keeper - single" (Crys Matthews)
79. "Crying on a Saturday Night" (39)
from "18" (Stella Prince)
79. "Each Season Changes You" (39)
from "Hurricane Clarice" (Allison De Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves)
79. "If You Can't Fly" (39)
from "Sacred Spaces" (Eric Bannan)
79. "Nancy Blevins" (39)
from "Hurricane Clarice" (Allison De Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves)
also "Tatiana Hargreaves" (Allison de Groot)
79. "Shenandoah" (39)
from "Love Is the Only Thing" (Peter Mulvey & Sistastrings)
79. "When Angels Fall" (39)
from "When Angels Fall - single" (Ellis Paul)
85. "The Coming of the Years" (38)
from "The Coming of the Years" (Joe Jencks)
85. "For the People" (38)
from "For The People" (Rupert Wates)
85. "Grandma Danced With The Arkansas Traveler" (38)
from "Apple & Setser" (Apple & Setser)
85. "I'll Love You Till The Day I Die" (38)
from "A Beautiful Time" (Willie Nelson)
85. "Passengers" (38)
from "Age Of Apathy" (Aoife O'Donovan)
85. "Swannanoa" (38)
from "The Light At The End Of The Line" (Janis Ian)
85. "The Times They Are A-Changin'" (38)
from "Dirt Does Dylan" (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
92. "This Land Is Your Land" (35/62)
from "Folkways - The Original Vision" (Woody Guthrie)
also "Folkways" (Woody Guthrie)
92. "Peace Call" (35/54)
from "Land of Milk and Honey" (Eliza Gilkyson et al)
TOP ARTISTS of 2022
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 163119 plays from 9306 playlists from 162 Folk DJs
1. John McCutcheon (958)
"Leap!" (323)
"Bucket List" (176)
"Ukrainian Now - single" (50)
"Cabin Fever: Songs From The Quarantine" (36)
"To Everyone In All The World" (29)
"Water From Another Time" (27)
"Live At Wolf Trap" (26)
"This Land: Woody Guthrie's America" (24)
"Ghost Light" (21)
"Winter Solstice" (18)
"Gonna Rise Again" (16)
"John McCutcheon's Four Seasons: Springsongs" (15)
"Trolling For Dreams" (12)
"Wintersongs" (12)
"Joe Hill's Last Will" (10)
2. Bob Dylan (638)
"Dylan" (90)
"Blood On The Tracks" (40)
"The Times They Are A-Changin'" (26)
"Nashville Skyline" (19)
"Blonde On Blonde" (18)
"Rough And Rowdy Ways" (18)
"Bringing It All Back Home" (16)
"Highway 61 Revisited" (16)
"John Wesley Harding" (14)
"More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 14" (14)
"Biograph" (13)
"The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10: Another Self Portrait" (13)
"The Cutting Edge 1965-1966" (11)
"Oh Mercy" (10)
3. Pharis & Jason Romero (593)
"Tell 'Em You Were Gold" (480)
"Bet On Love" (52)
"A Wanderer I'll Stay" (11)
4. Eliza Gilkyson (587)
"Songs From The River Wind" (410)
"2020" (35)
"Land of Milk and Honey" (22)
"Beautiful World" (17)
"Secularia" (17)
"Your Town Tonight" (13)
5. Janis Ian (537)
"The Light At The End Of The Line" (453)
6. Lucy Kaplansky (504)
"Last Days of Summer" (351)
"The Red Thread" (28)
"Reunion" (27)
"Flesh and Bone" (16)
"Every Single Day" (14)
"The Tide" (13)
"Over The Hills" (11)
"Everyday Street" (10)
7. Pete Seeger (457)
"Songs of Hope and Struggle" (102)
"Pete" (79)
"The Smithsonian Folkways Collection" (32)
"American Favorite Ballads, Vols. 1-5" (18)
"If I Had A Hammer: Songs Of Hope & Struggle" (15)
"Live In Denmark 1968" (11)
"We Shall Overcome" (11)
"Appleseed's 21st Anniversary: Roots and Branches" (10)
8. Abbie Gardner (426)
"Dobrosinger" (362)
"The Day After Christmas - single" (13)
"Three Quarter Time" (10)
"Hope" (10)
9. Joe Jencks (422)
"The Coming of the Years" (280)
"Poets, Philosophers, Workers And Wanderers" (38)
"The Forgotten" (35)
"The Candle And The Flame" (14)
"Links In A Chain" (14)
"Rise As One" (14)
"I Hear Your Voice" (12)
10. Chuck Brodsky (404)
"Gravity, Wings, & Heavy Things" (295)
"Two Sets" (15)
"Them And Us" (14)
"Tell Tale Heart" (12)
"Color Came One Day" (10)
"Radio" (10)
11. Mary Gauthier (397)
"Dark Enough to See the Stars" (302)
"Mercy Now" (21)
"Filth And Fire" (13)
"Rifles And Rosary Beads" (10)
12. Johnsmith (394)
"Backroads" (285)
"The Fray" (37)
"The Longing Road" (13)
"Gravity Of Grace" (12)
"Hummingbird" (12)
13. John Prine (378)
"The Tree Of Forgiveness" (72)
"Souvenirs" (59)
"John Prine" (23)
"Fair And Square" (22)
"The Missing Years" (20)
"In Spite Of Ourselves" (17)
"I Remember Everything" (14)
"Sweet Revenge" (13)
"For Better, Or Worse" (12)
"Bruised Orange" (11)
14. James Keelaghan (361)
"Second-Hand" (286)
"History: The First 25 Years" (16)
"Home" (14)
14. Willie Nelson (361)
"A Beautiful Time" (157)
"Live at Budokan" (41)
"The Willie Nelson Family" (21)
"Red Headed Stranger" (14)
16. Joni Mitchell (356)
"Blue" (58)
"Hits" (57)
"Ladies Of The Canyon" (38)
"Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967)" (29)
"Clouds" (26)
"Song to a Seagull" (18)
"For The Roses" (14)
"Court and Spark" (13)
"Dreamland" (11)
17. Amy Speace (355)
"Tucson" (254)
"There Used To Be Horses Here" (38)
"Me And The Ghost Of Charlemagne" (13)
"I Want an Old Fashioned Christmas - single" (12)
"How To Sleep In A Stormy Boat" (11)
18. Nanci Griffith (354)
"Other Voices, Other Rooms" (82)
"Other Voices Too" (33)
"One Fair Summer Evening" (30)
"Little Love Affairs" (15)
"Clock Without Hands" (14)
"Once in a Very Blue Moon" (14)
"Flyer" (13)
"The Loving Kind" (12)
"From A Distance - The Very Best Of Nanci Griffith" (10)
"The Last Of The True Believers" (10)
19. The Accidentals (340)
"Time Out Session #2" (299)
"Vessel" (18)
20. Happy Traum (331)
"There's a Bright Side Somewhere" (304)
"Just For The Love Of It" (17)
21. Deidre McCalla (312)
"Endless Grace" (284)
"Playing For Keeps" (18)
22. Carrie Newcomer (303)
"Until Now" (158)
"The Beautiful Not Yet" (23)
"Before And After" (15)
"The Geography Of Light" (14)
"The Point Of Arrival" (14)
"Betty's Diner: The Best of Carrie Newcomer" (12)
22. Tom Chapin (303)
"Hold Our Ground" (244)
24. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (296)
"Dirt Does Dylan" (185)
"Will The Circle Be Unbroken" (53)
"Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 2" (12)
24. Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer (296)
"All New" (267)
"When the Big Bad Books Go Boo - single" (19)
26. Le Vent Du Nord (293)
"20 Printemps" (253)
27. Dar Williams (291)
"I'll Meet You Here" (95)
"Mortal City" (22)
"Railroad Town" (22)
"End Of The Summer" (20)
"The Honesty Room" (18)
"Many Great Companions" (17)
"The Beauty Of The Rain" (15)
"Out There Live" (15)
28. Billy Strings (281)
"Renewal" (168)
"Me/And/Dad" (55)
"Home" (32)
29. Cosy Sheridan (279)
"A Beautiful Sound" (92)
"Grand Design" (54)
"Live At Cedarhouse" (32)
"Listen To The Red Rock" (18)
"Sometimes I Feel Too Much" (15)
"The Horse King" (10)
30. Tom Paxton (278)
"Looking For The Moon" (20)
"I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound: The Best Of Tom Paxton" (15)
"Wearing the Time" (15)
"Ramblin' Boy" (12)
"The Best of Tom Paxton" (10)
"Cathy Fink" (10)
"Comedians And Angels" (10)
31. Cheryl Wheeler (273)
"Driving Home" (66)
"Sylvia Hotel" (46)
"Greetings From Cheryl Wheeler Live" (38)
"Defying Gravity" (24)
"Mrs. Pinocci's Guitar" (21)
"Circles & Arrows" (19)
"Pointing At The Sun" (14)
"Different Stripe" (13)
32. Lyle Lovett (270)
"12th of June" (204)
33. David Lamotte (269)
"Still" (227)
34. Windborne (266)
"Of Hard Times & Harmony" (190)
"Recollections/Revolutions" (50)
35. House Of Hamill (258)
"Folk Hero" (250)
36. Susan Cattaneo (255)
"All Is Quiet" (238)
"The Hammer And The Heart" (12)
37. Joan Baez (252)
"Whistle Down The Wind" (21)
"Ring Them Bells" (17)
"75th Birthday Celebration" (16)
"Rare Live And Classic" (11)
37. Mama's Broke (252)
"Narrow Line" (246)
39. John Wort Hannam (249)
"Long Haul" (228)
40. Jake Blount (243)
"The New Faith" (158)
"Spider Tales" (54)
"The Man Was Burning - single" (18)
41. Emmylou Harris (242)
"At the Ryman" (16)
"Wrecking Ball" (16)
"Ramble In Music City: The Lost Concert" (15)
"Hard Bargain" (13)
"Elite Hotel" (11)
41. Tiffany Williams (242)
"All Those Days of Drinking Dust" (223)
"I'll Be Back Soon - Ep" (11)
43. Bill Staines (239)
"The Whistle Of The Jay" (33)
"The First Million Miles" (31)
"The Second Million Miles" (29)
"Tracks And Trails" (22)
"Going To The West" (18)
"Beneath Some Lucky Star" (16)
"Old Dogs" (16)
"Just Play One Tune More" (15)
44. Aoife O'Donovan (238)
"Age Of Apathy" (197)
44. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway (238)
"Crooked Tree" (227)
46. Allison De Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves (237)
"Hurricane Clarice" (214)
"Allison De Groot And Tatiana Hargreaves" (15)
47. Susan Werner (234)
"Birds Of Florida" (62)
"Gospel Truth" (22)
"Flyover Country" (20)
"Classics" (19)
"Hayseed" (11)
"Last of the Good Straight Girls" (11)
"Time Between Trains" (11)
"Nola" (10)
47. Woody Guthrie (234)
"Folkways" (46)
"My Dusty Road" (30)
"Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection" (23)
"This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1" (17)
"Dust Bowl Ballads" (14)
"Hard Travelin': The Asch Recordings, Vol. 3" (14)
49. Greg Greenway (231)
"Songs From the Beginning" (194)
49. John Gorka (231)
"True In Time" (33)
"Bright Side Of Down" (27)
"The Company You Keep" (22)
"So Dark You See" (17)
"Jack's Crows" (16)
"Before Beginning" (14)
"Between Five and Seven" (14)
"Out Of The Valley" (13)
"Pure John Gorka" (10)
51. Tim O'Brien (230)
"He Walked On" (61)
"Red On Blonde" (35)
"Where The River Meets The Road" (24)
"Traveler" (13)
"The Crossing" (12)
52. Judy Collins (229)
"Spellbound" (39)
"Forever" (24)
"The Very Best of Judy Collins" (17)
"Paradise" (11)
"Fifth Album" (10)
53. Peter Rowan (228)
"Calling You From My Mountain" (150)
"Dust Bowl Children" (23)
53. Loudon Wainwright III (228)
"Lifetime Achievement" (129)
"History" (10)
55. Dana Cooper (227)
"I Can Face The Truth" (207)
56. Loretta Lynn (226)
"Still Woman Enough" (54)
"Full Circle" (23)
"Honky Tonk Girl: The Loretta Lynn Collection" (17)
"Van Lear Rose" (10)
57. Keb' Mo' (223)
"Good To Be..." (142)
"Oklahoma" (21)
58. Sam Bush (222)
"Radio John: Songs of John Hartford" (129)
"Storyman" (17)
"Circles Around Me" (16)
"Howlin' At The Moon" (12)
"Glamour & Grits" (11)
"Ice Caps: Peaks of Telluride" (10)
59. Stillhouse Junkies (221)
"Small Towns" (209)
60. Johnny Cash (220)
"The Essential Johnny Cash" (29)
"The Legend" (20)
61. Bonnie Raitt (219)
"Just Like That" (119)
"Streetlights" (12)
62. Robert Plant And Alison Krauss (218)
"Raise The Roof" (205)
63. Rupert Wates (217)
"For The People" (181)
"Lamentations" (21)
64. Sue Horowitz (214)
"Strings, Wings And Curious Things" (175)
"Notes from the Garrison" (24)
65. Crys Matthews (212)
"Changemakers" (149)
"Sister's Keeper - single" (38)
"Battle Hymn for an Army of Lovers" (13)
66. Bill Monroe (211)
"Bluegrass 1950-1958" (75)
"Bluegrass 1959-1969" (58)
"Blue Moon Of Kentucky" (14)
66. Hilary Hawke (211)
"Lilygild" (208)
66. Peter Mulvey & Sistastrings (211)
"Love Is the Only Thing" (203)
69. Mary Chapin Carpenter (210)
"Come Darkness, Come Light" (38)
"One Night Lonely" (30)
"The Dirt And The Stars" (20)
"Stones In The Road" (17)
"Ashes And Roses" (12)
"Between Here And Gone" (12)
"Sometimes Just The Sky" (12)
69. Patty Griffin (210)
"Tape" (88)
"Children Running Through" (17)
"Impossible Dream" (17)
"Patty Griffin" (16)
"1000 Kisses" (12)
"American Kid" (11)
71. The Brother Brothers (207)
"Cover to Cover" (152)
"Calla Lily" (40)
72. Dan Weber (206)
"The Way The River Goes" (185)
"Ash And Bone" (11)
73. Jack Williams (204)
"A Tickle in My Soul" (148)
73. Kim Beggs (204)
"Steel & Wool" (191)
75. Mary McCaslin (203)
"The Best of Mary McCaslin: Things We Said Today" (78)
"Old Friends" (31)
"Broken Promises" (19)
"Way Out West" (16)
"Prairie in the Sky" (14)
"Better Late Than Never" (10)
76. Jackson Browne (202)
"Downhill From Everywhere" (104)
"Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1" (13)
"Standing In The Breach" (11)
76. Pat Wictor (202)
"Flare" (176)
78. Ellis Paul (201)
"Ellis Paul's Traveling Medicine Show, Vol. 1" (38)
"The Storyteller's Suitcase" (38)
"When Angels Fall - single" (38)
"Chasing Beauty" (14)
"Speed Of Trees" (10)
79. Diana Jones (197)
"Song To A Refugee" (126)
"Crossing Borders - single" (24)
"My Remembrance Of You" (16)
80. Josie Bello (195)
"Resilience" (137)
"They Lie - single" (14)
"Happy Independence Day - single" (11)
"This Lonely Christmas Night - single" (10)
81. Christine Lavin (194)
"Spaghettification" (26)
"The Runaway Christmas Tree" (17)
"The Best Of Christine Lavin" (12)
"The Best Summer - single" (11)
"On My Way To Hooterville" (11)
81. Tim Grimm (194)
"Gone" (79)
"A Stranger In This Time" (25)
"Farm Songs" (14)
"Heart Land Again" (10)
"Thank You, Tom Paxton" (10)
83. Apple & Setser (193)
"Apple & Setser" (193)
83. Kate Wolf (193)
"An Evening In Austin" (23)
"Give Yourself To Love" (23)
"Weaver Of Visions" (22)
"Close To You" (21)
"Gold In California" (20)
"Back Roads" (11)
"Looking Back At You" (11)
"Carry It On" (10)
"Live in Mendocino" (10)
"Poet's Heart" (10)
83. Rhiannon Giddens (193)
"Freedom Highway" (68)
"They're Calling Me Home" (67)
"Tomorrow Is My Turn" (25)
86. Cheryl Cawood (192)
"Bullet in the Cabin Wall" (187)
87. Martyn Joseph (189)
"1960" (150)
"Days Of Decision: A Tribute To Phil Ochs" (16)
88. Edie Carey (187)
"The Veil" (173)
88. Steve Earle (187)
"Jerry Jeff" (75)
"J.T." (11)
"Train a Comin'" (10)
90. Sierra Ferrell (186)
"Long Time Coming" (149)
"Something Borrowed, Something New: A Tribute to John Anderson" (15)
90. Si Kahn (186)
"Been A Long Time" (53)
"Thanksgiving" (29)
"Best Of The Rest" (19)
"In My Heart" (15)
"It's A Dog's Life" (15)
"Courage" (10)
90. Stan Rogers (186)
"Between The Breaks...Live!" (42)
"The Very Best Of Stan Rogers" (29)
"Northwest Passage" (26)
"Home In Halifax" (16)
"Fogartys Cove" (15)
"From Coffee House To Concert Hall" (13)
"Turnaround" (12)
93. Mike Mullins (185)
"8-String Sketches" (180)
94. Jared Rabin (184)
"Chasing the Light" (127)
"Cold Rain And Snow" (55)
95. Greg Brown (182)
"If I Had Known: Essential Recordings, 1980-1996" (22)
"The Poet Game" (16)
"The Live One" (15)
"One Night" (13)
"Dream Cafe" (12)
"In The Hills Of California" (11)
"Slant 6 Mind" (10)
96. Allison Russell (181)
"Outside Child" (142)
"You're Not Alone - single" (13)
97. Heather Sarona (180)
"Head Above Water" (177)
97. Kathy Kallick (180)
"What Are They Doing in Heaven Today?" (154)
97. Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer (180)
"Drum Hat Buddha" (54)
"Tanglewood Tree" (35)
"When I Go" (23)
"Little Blue Egg" (21)
"American Noel" (16)
"Seven Is The Number" (11)
100. Guy Davis (179)
"Be Ready When I Call You" (84)
"Call Down the Thunder" (10)
"The Village Out West: The Lost Tapes of Alan Oakes" (10)
101. Tom Russell (175)
"Modern Art" (20)
"October In The Railroad Earth" (19)
"Borderland" (11)
102. Anaïs Mitchell (174)
"Anaïs Mitchell" (139)
102. Punch Brothers (174)
"Hell On Church Street" (162)
104. Jefferson Ross (172)
"Southern Currency" (157)
105. Reggie Harris (171)
"On Solid Ground" (136)
"Ready To Go" (24)
106. The Pine Hearts (170)
"Lost Love Songs" (167)
107. Dave Van Ronk (169)
"Sunday Street" (47)
"Down in Washington Square" (17)
"Two Sides Of Dave Van Ronk" (14)
"Going Back To Brooklyn" (11)
108. Gordon Lightfoot (168)
"Gord's Gold" (38)
"Songbook" (22)
"Summertime Dream" (13)
"The United Artists Collection" (12)
109. Bruce Cockburn (166)
"Greatest Hits" (25)
"Christmas" (23)
"Rarities" (21)
109. Tom Rush (166)
"Got a Mind To Ramble" (55)
"The Circle Game" (24)
"Tom Rush Celebrates 50 Years Of Music" (20)
111. Noel Paul Stookey (165)
"Fazz: Now And Then" (104)
"Winter Wonderland - single" (15)
"Just Causes" (14)
111. Peter, Paul And Mary (165)
"Peter, Paul And Mary" (20)
"A Holiday Celebration With The New York Choral Society" (14)
"Around The Campfire" (12)
"Album 1700" (11)
"The Very Best Of Peter, Paul And Mary" (11)
"Carry It On" (10)
113. Doc Watson (164)
"Doc Watson" (26)
"Songs Doc Didn't Sing" (21)
"The Vanguard Years" (17)
"Life's Work: A Retrospective" (14)
113. Maya De Vitry (164)
"Violet Light" (152)
115. Tret Fure (163)
"Louder Than The Guns - single" (31)
"Stone By Stone" (31)
"Roses In November" (24)
"The Great Backslide - single" (18)
"Rembrandt Afternoons" (16)
"Peanut Butter Toast - single" (11)
116. Gillian Welch (162)
"Boots No. 1: The Official Revival Bootleg" (56)
"The Harrow And The Harvest" (21)
"Hell Among The Yearlings" (17)
"Soul Journey" (13)
"Time (The Revelator)" (12)
117. Barney Bentall (161)
"Cosmic Dreamer" (160)
117. David Olney (161)
"Evermore" (56)
"Nevermore" (43)
119. The Beatles (160)
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (16)
"Rubber Soul" (15)
"Abbey Road" (14)
"1" (10)
"A White Album" (10)
119. Dan Navarro (160)
"Horizon Line" (150)
119. Darryl Purpose (160)
"Two Good Hands" (67)
"Gift Of The Magi" (22)
"Gentle Arms Of Eden" (21)
"Next Time Around" (17)
119. James Lee Baker (160)
"Impressions" (141)
123. Richard Thompson (159)
"Acoustic Classics II" (24)
124. Watchhouse (158)
"Watchhouse" (146)
125. Rod Picott (157)
"Paper Hearts & Broken Arrows" (130)
126. Adler & Hearne (156)
"The Ties That Bind Us" (151)
126. John Hartford (156)
"Aereo-Plain" (26)
"Me Oh My How the Time Does Fly" (21)
"Gum Tree Canoe" (13)
128. Joel Mabus (155)
"Time And Truth" (23)
"A Parlor Guitar Christmas" (16)
"Retold" (14)
"Ukulele Crimes" (12)
"How Like The Holly" (10)
129. Shelton & Williams (154)
"So Much Time, So Much Love" (151)
130. Barry Oreck (153)
"Leap Year" (125)
"We Fit Together" (12)
130. Dan Tyminski (153)
"One More Time Before You Go" (129)
"Church Street Blues" (10)
130. Phil Ochs (153)
"There But For Fortune" (20)
"All The News That's Fit To Sing" (16)
"Phil Ochs In Concert" (16)
"I Ain't Marching Anymore" (14)
"Farewells And Fantasies" (11)
"Live Again!" (11)
"A Toast to Those Who Are Gone" (10)
133. Claudia Schmidt (149)
"Reimagining" (71)
"Slow Steady Heart" (18)
133. Rain Perry (149)
"A White Album" (128)
133. Willi Carlisle (149)
"Peculiar, Missouri" (143)
136. Kate Macleod (148)
"Uranium Maiden" (101)
"Listen To The Red Rock" (21)
137. Eric Bannan (147)
"Sacred Spaces" (131)
137. Sloan Wainwright (147)
"Red Maple Tree" (39)
"Bright Side Of A Rainy Day" (36)
"Rediscovery" (21)
"Uncovering" (19)
137. Steve Forbert (147)
"Moving Through America" (88)
"Early Morning Rain" (27)
137. Robin And Linda Williams (147)
"A Better Day A-Coming" (80)
141. Bruce Springsteen (145)
"We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions" (32)
"Only The Strong Survive" (18)
"Nebraska" (14)
141. Alice DiMicele (145)
"Every Seed We Plant" (129)
143. Béla Fleck (144)
"My Bluegrass Heart" (100)
144. Watkins Family Hour (142)
"Vol. II" (76)
"Brother Sister" (19)
"Watkins Family Hour" (17)
145. Guy Clark (141)
"Keepers" (15)
"The Dark" (13)
"Old Friends" (12)
"Somedays The Song Writes You" (11)
"Dublin Blues" (10)
145. Kate Klim (141)
"Something Green" (140)
147. Chris Haddox (140)
"Chris Haddox" (137)
148. Over The Moon (139)
"Chinook Waltz" (136)
148. Wyatt Easterling (139)
"From Where I Stand" (118)
150. Abigail Lapell (138)
"Stolen Time" (123)
150. Buffalo Rose & Tom Paxton (138)
"Rabbit" (134)
150. Carla Ulbrich (138)
"Twang" (96)
"The Loud Album" (11)
150. Irene Kelley (138)
"Snow White Memories" (23)
"Wild Mountain Stream" (23)
"Lonely - single" (22)
"Carolina Special - single" (18)
"4th Of July In My Hometown - single" (17)
150. Steve Goodman (138)
"No Big Surprise" (34)
"Somebody Else's Troubles" (18)
"The Easter Tapes" (17)
"Steve Goodman" (16)
155. The Po' Ramblin' Boys (137)
"Never Slow Down" (117)
156. Richard Shindell (135)
"Courier" (29)
"Somewhere Near Paterson" (20)
"Reunion Hill" (19)
"South Of Delia" (14)
157. Norman Blake (134)
"Day By Day" (60)
158. Arlo Guthrie (132)
"Alice's Restaurant" (18)
"Hobo's Lullaby" (18)
"Live In Sydney" (18)
158. The Band (132)
"The Band" (21)
"The Last Waltz" (20)
"Greatest Hits" (15)
"Music From Big Pink" (10)
158. Neil Young (132)
"Harvest Moon" (14)
"Comes a Time" (10)
"Unplugged" (10)
158. Slaid Cleaves (132)
"Broke Down" (38)
"Together Through the Dark" (19)
"Sorrow & Smoke: Live at The Horseshoe Lounge" (16)
"Still Fighting The War" (12)
"Wishbones" (10)
162. Hudost (131)
"Anthems Of Home" (126)
162. Old Crow Medicine Show (131)
"Paint This Town" (63)
162. Oysterband (131)
"Read the Sky" (105)
165. Della Mae (130)
"Family Reunion" (77)
"Headlight" (16)
"Della Mae" (13)
"The Butcher Shoppe - Ep" (11)
165. James Kahn (130)
"By the Risin' of the Sea" (101)
165. Wolf & Clover (130)
"Twelvemonth & a Day" (121)
168. The Early Mays (129)
"Prettiest Blue" (98)
"The Early Mays" (13)
168. Matt Andersen (129)
"House to House" (114)
170. Jordi Baizan (128)
"The Love in You" (109)
"Free And Fine" (11)
170. Wes Collins (128)
"Jabberwockies" (116)
172. Odetta (127)
"Lookin For A Home" (14)
"Blues Everywhere I Go" (12)
"Gonna Let It Shine" (12)
"Christmas Spirituals" (11)
173. Linda Marks (126)
"Home" (64)
"Kindness" (33)
174. Durham County Poets (124)
"Out of the Woods" (114)
174. Laura Love (124)
"She Loved Red" (48)
"Uppity" (41)
"NeGrass" (15)
174. Vanessa Lively (124)
"Truth Is" (122)
174. Michael Johnathon (124)
"Cosmic Banjo" (53)
"Afterburn" (17)
"The Painter" (14)
178. The Del McCoury Band (123)
"Almost Proud" (45)
178. Megan Bee (123)
"Cottonwood" (123)
180. Hazel Dickens And Alice Gerrard (122)
"Pioneering Women Of Bluegrass" (75)
180. Jesse Terry (122)
"Forget-Me-Nots Volumes 1 And 2" (63)
"When We Wander" (31)
"Natural" (10)
180. Peggy Seeger (122)
"First Farewell" (78)
180. Rory Block (122)
"Ain't Nobody Worried" (90)
180. The Slocan Ramblers (122)
"Up the Hill & Through the Fog" (88)
"Queen City Jubilee" (15)
"Coffee Creek" (12)
180. Steve Madewell (122)
"Hometown Blues" (117)
186. Brandi Carlile (121)
"In These Silent Days" (56)
"By The Way, I Forgive You" (21)
"The Firewatcher's Daughter" (11)
186. Jim Page (121)
"The Time Is Now" (90)
186. Jonathan Edwards (121)
"Right Where I Am" (66)
186. Maria Dunn (121)
"Joyful Banner Blazing" (81)
"Gathering" (16)
186. Peter Keane (121)
"Blues Ballads Cowboy Songs" (103)
191. John Reischman (120)
"New Time & Old Acoustic" (69)
191. Karen Morand & the Bosco Boys (120)
"Ghost Hotel" (113)
191. Laurie Lewis (120)
"And Laurie Lewis" (26)
"The Hazel And Alice Sessions" (13)
"True Stories" (11)
191. Mara Levine (120)
"Jewels And Harmony" (52)
"Facets Of Folk" (50)
191. Mr. Sun (120)
"Extrovert" (115)
191. Simon & Garfunkel (120)
"Sounds of Silence" (16)
"The Best of Simon & Garfunkel" (14)
"Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme" (13)
"Bookends" (11)
"Wednesday Morning, 3 AM" (11)
197. Kathy Mattea (119)
"Coal" (27)
"Pretty Bird" (17)
"Calling Me Home" (11)
"Turn Off The News - single" (10)
197. The McDades (119)
"The Empress" (110)
199. Crowes Pasture (118)
"Take Back The Red White And Blue - single" (29)
"Slow It Down" (26)
"Crowes Pasture" (15)
"Edge Of America" (14)
199. Steve Lundquist (118)
"My Life in Song" (110)
TOP LABELS of 2022
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 163119 plays from 9306 playlists from 162 Folk DJs
1. Rounder (3489)
2. Smithsonian/Folkways (2630)
3. Columbia (1742)
4. Red House (1709)
5. Compass (1603)
6. Nonesuch (1201)
7. Sugar Hill (1093)
8. Borealis (1071)
9. Signature Sounds (994)
10. Thirty Tigers (984)
11. Free Dirt (979)
12. Elektra (845)
13. Rhino (783)
14. Philo (782)
15. Legacy (749)
16. Warner (748)
17. Vanguard (689)
18. Appleseed (606)
19. Yep Roc (578)
20. BMG (566)
21. New West (559)
22. Reprise (554)
23. Pinecastle (537)
24. Capitol (533)
25. True North (511)
26. Rebel (509)
27. Mountain Fever (492)
28. Bear Family (489)
28. Oh Boy (489)
30. RCA (473)
31. Howlin' Dog (468)
32. Dark Shadow (431)
33. Waterbug (430)
34. Flying Fish (411)
34. Sony (411)
36. Berkalin (402)
37. Appalsongs (399)
38. Green Linnet (378)
39. Rude Girl (370)
40. Stony Plain (363)
41. Fantasy (350)
42. Proper (348)
43. Mountain Home (338)
44. Topic (335)
45. Hudson Harding (332)
46. Shanachie (328)
47. Community (323)
48. Black Hen (318)
49. Bell Buckle (307)
50. Turtle Bear (300)
51. Live Oak (298)
52. Organic (287)
53. Atlantic (286)
54. Verve (285)
55. Alligator (283)
55. Righteous Babe (283)
57. Folk-Legacy (268)
58. Lucyricky (266)
59. Wind River (264)
60. MCA (263)
60. Sundance (263)
62. Dualtone (255)
63. Acoustic Disc (254)
64. Strictly Country (233)
65. Mercury (232)
66. Acony (211)
67. Greentrax (199)
68. In The Black (197)
69. Nettwerk (196)
69. Outside (196)
71. Appalseed (192)
71. Dryad (192)
73. Billy Blue (183)
74. A&M (173)
75. Fallen Tree (170)
76. Vault (169)
77. Redwing (167)
78. ATO (165)
79. Available Light (164)
80. Wand'ring Feet (163)
81. Windbone (159)
82. Delmark (150)
82. Inside (150)
82. Pickin' Chicken (150)
85. Razor & Tie (148)
85. Redbird (148)
87. Fat Possum (147)
87. M.C. (147)
87. Pipe (147)
90. Bite (141)
91. Easy Eye (140)
92. Red Hen (139)
93. Arhoolie (138)
93. Dog Eared (138)
95. Fossil (137)
96. Need To Know (136)
97. Blix Street (135)
98. Welding Rod (131)
99. Highway (130)
99. La Compagnie Du Nord (130)
101. Ngdb (129)
101. Patuxent (129)
103. EMI (128)
103. Misra (128)
105. Precipitous (127)
106. Hightone (126)
107. Howdy Skies (124)
108. Concord (123)
109. Asylum (122)
109. Blue Rose (122)
111. North Star (120)
112. Sonic (118)
113. Azalea City (116)
113. Vast Horizons (116)
115. Lark's Nest (115)
116. Anti- (113)
116. Dead Reckoning (113)
118. Sliced Bread (112)
119. Anti (111)
120. Corvus (109)
120. Gadfly (109)
120. Island (109)
120. Red Parlor (109)
FOLK DJs - 2022
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 163119 plays from 9306 playlists from 162 Folk DJs
Abby Parks (WLJS-FM, AL)
Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM & folkscene.com, CA)
Allen Mullen (KEPW-LP & KOCF-LP, OR)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM & syndicated, NY)
Annie Keville (WVBR-FM, NY)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP & WMMT-FM, NC)
Art Podell (KPFK-FM, CA)
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)
Brenda Tacik (CJTR-FM, SK)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Bruce Swan (WSFM-LP, NC)
Bud Johnson (KNBA-FM & syndicated, AK)
Carl Newman (WFVR-LP, VT)
Caroline Doctorow (WPKN-FM, CT)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM & podcast, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris Denerley (KAIA-FM & beyondradio.co.uk, UK)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM & WSKG-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 Alloway (KTEP-FM & syndicated, TX)
Dan Murphy (folkfrontier.com, NH)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Darryl Purpose (KRFC-FM, CO)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM, GA)
Dave Hardy (live365.com)
David John (KAXE-FM & KEOS-FM, MN)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Deeper Well (CJTR-FM, SK)
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)
Doug Cox (CHMM-FM & syndicated, BC)
Ellen Stanley (KFAI-FM & PRX, MN)
Fred Frawley (WMPG-FM, ME)
Gary Crouth (WYEP-FM, PA)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Gordon Nash (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Graham & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Greg Priddy (WJCU-FM, OH)
Greg Torrington (stingray.com, QC)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
James Sereda (WUSB-FM, NY)
Jan Hall (CFRU-FM & soundcloud.com, ON)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA)
Jeannie Holton & Cohosts (WMNF-FM, FL)
Jeannie Holton (WMNF-FM, FL)
Jeff Zolitor (KZYX-FM & COLD-FM, CA)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM & folkalliance.org, Australia)
Jenny Inzerillo (High Plains Public Radio, MB)
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 (WRCT-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
John Patterson (berggrenfolk.com & podcast, VT)
John Platt (WFUV-FM, NY)
John Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA)
John Sillberg (CKOL-FM, ON)
John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA)
Jon Colcord (WRAY-FM & syndicated, NH)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM & soundcloud.com, NY)
Judy & Dennis Cook (WOBC-FM, OH)
Juergen Kramer (Radio ZuSa, Germany)
Justin Helmer (KVSC-FM, MN)
Kai Schafft (WVBR-FM, NY)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kate McNally (New Hampshire Public Radio)
Kelly Walker (WTSU-FM & podcast, AL)
Ken Batista (WYEP-FM & WRCT-FM, PA)
Ken Nagelberg (WHYR-FM, LA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Kevin Vance (KALW-FM & syndicated, CA)
Kim Ware (Radio Plastique & 2FZX-FM, GA)
Larry Hoyt (WAER-FM, NY)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Leah Wollenberg (KALW-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & podcast, AR)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Lindsay Mar (2RRR-FM, Australia)
Lyle D. Skinner (CKJS-FM & CJUM-FM, MB)
Mara Noelle (KVMR-FM & podcast, CA)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM & WORK-FM, OR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM & soundcloud.com, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDH-FM, VT)
Mark Pedersen (WOJB-FM, WI)
Mary Anne Moorman (KBCS-FM, WA)
Mary Katherine Aldin (KPFK-FM, CA)
Mary Sue Twohy (SiriusXM & folk.org)
Matt Watroba (WKAR-FM & podcast, MI)
Matthew Baya (WERU-FM, ME)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM & WSKU-FM, NY)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Michael Kane (WBRS-FM & KAEN-FM, MA)
Michael Park (PRX & MixCloud, NY)
Michael S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers & folktunefinder.com, New Zealand)
Ned Johnston (WERU-FM, ME)
Norm Mast & Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Norm Williams (WDIY-FM, PA)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM & soundcloud.com, 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 & syndicated, NJ)
Peter Thompson (KALW-FM, CA)
Rachel Anne Goodman (KSQD-FM, CA)
Reverend Redbeard (WERU-FM, ME)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM, WA)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & syndicated, PA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Rik James (KGLT-FM & syndicated, MT)
Robert Resnik (Vermont Public Radio)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Ron Lewis (WNUR-FM, IL)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM & soundcloud.com, NJ)
Shawna Stratton (KRFC-FM, CO)
Sonny Ochs (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM & podcast, BC)
Steve Soucy (WERU-FM, ME)
Steven Morrison (KBOO-FM, OR)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Sue Kessell (WNUR-FM, IL)
Sully Roddy (KALW-FM, CA)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WHUS-FM & WWUH-FM, CT)
Susi Lanagan (PBS-FM, Australia)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM & syndicated, 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 & KZCC-LP, TX)
Wed Sep 20 21:32:22 2023
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