Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
March 2023, Week 3

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of March 2023, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2893 plays from 93 playlists from 73 Folk DJs

  1: "Crossing the Causeway," Mary Beth Carty [Self, 3/2023] (33)
        "Trinity Avenue" (5)
        "Tow Truck Song" (5)
  2: "Taking Flight," Amelia Hogan [Self, 3/2023] (27)
        "Red Winged Blackbird" (7)
        "The Old Churchyard" (6)
  3: "Nine Apples of Gold," Karan Casey [Crow Valley, 3/2023] (26)
        "The Rocks of Bawn" (6)
        "Nine Apples of Gold" (5)
        "I Thank My Lucky Stars" (4)
  4: "The Little In-Between," Tim Grimm [Vault, 3/2023] (22)
        "The Leaving" (5)
        "20 Years Of Shadows" (5)
        "I Don't Know This World" (4)
  5: "Canvas," Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy [Linus, 3/2023] (20)
        "Colour Theory" (4)
        "Woman of the House" (4)
  6: "The Gaulway Ramblers," The Gaulway Ramblers [Self, 3/2023] (19)
        "An Rógaire Dubh - An Luachrachán" (3)
        "Old Hag You Have Killed Me / The Gander in the Pratie Hole" (3)
        "Old Hag You Have Killed Me" (3)
  6: "Traveling Wildfire," Dom Flemons [Smithsonian/Folkways, 1/2023] (19)
        "Big Money Blues" (3)
        "Guess I'm Doing Fine" (3)
  8: "Mighty Poplar," Mighty Poplar [Free Dirt, 3/2023] (18)
        "Up on the Divide" (7)
        "Story of Isaac" (3)
        "Grey Eagle" (3)
        "A Distant Land To Roam" (3)
  9: "Workin' on a World," Iris Dement [FlariElla, 2023] (16)
        "Workin' On A World" (5)
        "Mahalia" (2)
        "The Sacred Now" (2)
        "Nothin For The Dead" (2)
 10: "Hello World," Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt [Crooked Cyclone, 3/2023] (13)
        "Dr. Joelson's Bag" (4)
        "Sorry, Alan" (3)
        "Let's Go Play in the Snow" (3)
 11: "Outpourings," Craig Bickhardt [Stone Barn, 2023] (12)
        "If Holes Were Coins" (4)
        "Breading The Bread" (2)
 11: "Together Through the Dark," Slaid Cleaves [Candy House, 2/2023] (12)
        "Through the Dark" (5)
        "Make Your Own Light" (2)
        "Second Hand" (2)
 13: "TumbleWeedyWorld," Lynn Miles [True North, 3/2023] (11)
        "Highway 105" (3)
        "Night Owl" (2)
 14: "Filament," Buddy Mondlock [Self, 2/2023] (10)
        "Filament" (2)
        "The Woman In the Window" (2)
 14: "March of the Mollusk," Benny Bleu [Self, 2/2023] (10)
        "Jordan Am a Hard Road / Folding Down the Sheets" (4)
        "Billy in the Lowground" (2)
 14: "Passages & Partings," April Verch & Cody Walters [Self, 3/2023] (10)
        "Passages and Partings" (2)
        "Ain't Gonna Get No Supper Here Tonight" (2)
        "Up In the Ottawa Valley" (2)
 17: "The Coming of the Years," Joe Jencks [Turtle Bear, 8/2022] (9)
        "On Eireann's Shore" (5)
 17: "It Goes Like It Goes," Bunny Barnes [Self, 3/2023] (9)
        "City of New Orleans" (2)
        "Hallelujah" (2)
 17: "Not Far From the Tree," Just Us Lillys [Self, 3/2023] (9)
        "Blue Boy" (2)
 17: "Reckonings," Eric Kilburn [Wellspring, 12/2022] (9)
        "Smarter" (3)
        "The Wheel Meets The Road" (2)
 21: "Fresh-Picked Kentucky Music," CornMaiz String Band [Redbird, 1/2023] (8)
        "Black-Eyed Suzie" (2)
        "Solsbury Hill" (2)
 21: "Sanctuary," Rebecca Folsom [Self, 3/2023] (8)
        "New Way Home" (3)
        "In My Little Town" (2)
        "Brothers" (2)
 23: "Boomerang Town," Jaimee Harris [Thirty Tigers, 2023] (7)
        "Like You" (2)
 23: "Circumstance," Alice Howe [Know Howe, 3/2023] (7)
        "What About You" (2)
 23: "I Don't Know a Thing About Love," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 3/2023] (7)
        "The Chokin' Kind" (2)
        "I Don't Know A Thing About Love" (2)
        "Tiger by the Tail" (2)
 23: "Lovin' of the Game," Michael Cleveland [Compass, 3/2023] (7)
        "For Your Love" (2)
        "The Lovin' of the Game" (2)
 23: "Missouri Folklore: Songs & Stories From Home," My Politic [Self, 2/2023] (7)
        "Missouri Waltz" (2)
        "Driving Home To You" (2)
 23: "The Waiting Room," Alex Mabey [Self, 3/2023] (7)
        "When the Soul Dies" (3)
 29: "Beyond the Great Pause," Doug Cox & Linda McRae [Self, 2023] (6)
        "Beyond the Great Pause" (2)
 29: "Both Things Are True," Marilyn Jordan [Self, 3/2023] (6)
        "October Wind" (1)
 29: "Landmarks," Helene Cronin [Self, 1/2023] (6)
        "Halfway Back to Knoxville" (1)
 29: "Me/And/Dad," Billy Strings [Rounder, 11/2022] (6)
        "Frosty Morn" (1)
 29: "Moving On Skiffle," Van Morrison [Virgin] (6)
        "Government Don't Allow" (1)
 29: "Snow White Memories," Irene Kelley [IRK, 1/2023] (6)
        "Yellow Brick Highway" (2)
 29: "Stretched On Your Grave," Runa [Self, 2011] (6)
        "The Holy Ground" (3)
 29: "Tears of Stone," The Chieftains [RCA] (6)
        "I Know My Love" (2)
 29: "Traditional," Dave Rudolf [Moneytree, 2023] (6)
        "Red River Valley" (3)
        "Star of the County Down" (2)
 29: "The Very First Time," Steve & Kristi Nebel [Icebird, 3/2023] (6)
        "Stereo Rain" (2)

TOP SONGS of March 2023, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2893 plays from 93 playlists from 73 Folk DJs

1. "Red Winged Blackbird" (7)
     from "Taking Flight" (Amelia Hogan)
1. "Up on the Divide" (7)
     from "Mighty Poplar" (Mighty Poplar)
3. "The Old Churchyard" (6)
     from "Taking Flight" (Amelia Hogan)
3. "Old Hag You Have Killed Me" (6)
     from "The Gaulway Ramblers" (The Gaulway Ramblers)
3. "The Rocks of Bawn" (6)
     from "Nine Apples of Gold" (Karan Casey)
3. "Tow Truck Song" (6)
     from "Crossing the Causeway" (Mary Beth Carty)
7. "20 Years Of Shadows" (5)
     from "The Little In-Between" (Tim Grimm)
7. "Nine Apples of Gold" (5)
     from "Nine Apples of Gold" (Karan Casey)
7. "The Leaving" (5)
     from "The Little In-Between" (Tim Grimm)
7. "On Eireann's Shore" (5)
     from "The Coming of the Years" (Joe Jencks)
7. "Through the Dark" (5)
     from "Together Through the Dark" (Slaid Cleaves)
7. "Trinity Avenue" (5)
     from "Crossing the Causeway" (Mary Beth Carty)
7. "Workin' On A World" (5)
     from "Workin' on a World" (Iris Dement)
14. "All of the Time in the World to Kill" (4)
     from "I Only See the Moon" (The Milk Carton Kids)
15. "Are You Sleeping, Maggie?" (3/4)
     from "Full And Away" (Atlantic Crossing)

TOP ARTISTS of March 2023, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2893 plays from 93 playlists from 73 Folk DJs

1. Mary Beth Carty (32)
        "Crossing the Causeway" (32)
2. Karan Casey (28)
        "Nine Apples of Gold" (26)
3. Tim Grimm (26)
        "The Little In-Between" (22)
4. Amelia Hogan (25)
        "Taking Flight" (25)
5. Iris Dement (22)
        "Workin' on a World" (15)
        "Sing The Delta" (4)
6. Dom Flemons (20)
        "Traveling Wildfire" (19)
7. The Gaulway Ramblers (19)
        "The Gaulway Ramblers" (18)
7. Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy (19)
        "Canvas" (19)
9. The Chieftains (18)
        "Tears of Stone" (6)
9. Mighty Poplar (18)
        "Mighty Poplar" (18)
11. Craig Bickhardt (17)
        "Outpourings" (12)
12. John McCutcheon (14)
        "Leap!" (5)
13. Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt (13)
        "Hello World" (13)
13. Runa (13)
        "Stretched On Your Grave" (6)
13. Slaid Cleaves (13)
        "Together Through the Dark" (12)
16. Tom Russell (11/14)
        "Borderland" (6)
        "The Man From God Knows Where" (3)
16. Lynn Miles (11)
        "TumbleWeedyWorld" (11)
18. April Verch & Cody Walters (10)
        "Passages & Partings" (10)
18. Benny Bleu (10)
        "March of the Mollusk" (10)
18. Bob Dylan (10)
        "Fragments: Bootleg Series V.17" (3)
18. Buddy Mondlock (10)
        "Filament" (10)
18. Eric Kilburn (10)
        "Reckonings" (9)
18. Van Morrison (10)
        "Moving On Skiffle" (6)
24. The Irish Rovers (9/11)
        "Upon a Shamrock Shore: Songs of Ireland & the Irish" (7)
24. Bunny Barnes (9)
        "It Goes Like It Goes" (9)
24. Joe Jencks (9)
        "The Coming of the Years" (9)
24. Just Us Lillys (9)
        "Not Far From the Tree" (9)
24. Tommy Sands (9)
        "Let The Circle Be Wide" (4)
29. Alice Howe (8)
        "Circumstance" (7)
29. CornMaiz String Band (8)
        "Fresh-Picked Kentucky Music" (8)
29. The Dubliners (8)
        "25 Great Favourite Irish Pub Songs" (2)
29. Eric Bibb (8)
        "Ridin'" (5)
29. Mary Gauthier (8)
        "Dark Enough to See the Stars" (4)
29. Rebecca Folsom (8)
        "Sanctuary" (8)
29. Willie Nelson (8)
        "I Don't Know a Thing About Love" (7)

TOP LABELS of March 2023, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2893 plays from 93 playlists from 73 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (51)
2. Compass (47)
3. Smithsonian/Folkways (43)
4. Green Linnet (34)
5. Signature Sounds (25)
6. Columbia (24)
7. Crow Valley (23)
7. Thirty Tigers (23)
9. Sugar Hill (22)
10. Free Dirt (21)
11. Red House (20)
11. Vault (20)
13. Borealis (17)
14. Stone Barn (16)
14. Warner (16)
16. Legacy (15)
16. Vanguard (15)
18. Appleseed (14)
18. Linus (14)
18. Nonesuch (14)
18. Stony Plain (14)
18. True North (14)

FOLK DJs - March 2023, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2893 plays from 93 playlists from 73 Folk DJs

Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM, NY)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
Art Podell (KPFK-FM, CA)
Artie Martello (WIOX-FM & podcast, NY)
Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM, PA)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bob Heyer (WWOV-LP & WEJP-FM, WV)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Bruce Swan (WSFM-LP, NC)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
David John (KEOS-FM)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Diane Karl (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
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)
Jeremy Butler (Alabama Public Radio)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com & podcast, SC)
John Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA)
John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ)
Jon Colcord (Syndicated, NH)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY)
Justin Helmer (KVSC-FM, MN)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kate McNally (New Hampshire Public Radio)
Kevin Vance (KALW-FM & KPFA-FM, CA)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM, AR)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Lyle D. Skinner (CJUM-FM, MB)
Mara Noelle (KVMR-FM, CA)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM, OR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDH-FM, VT)
Matt Watroba (WKAR-FM, MI)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Michael Park (MixCloud & PRX, NY)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers & acousticrainbow.com, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM, WA)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & WVUD-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)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WHUS-FM & WWUH-FM, CT)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Terry B. Moses & Naomi Soule (KCLC-FM, MO)
Tim Forsman (WMHB-FM & WXNZ-FM, ME)
Tom Coxworth (CKUA-FM, AB)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM, NY)