Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
March 2023, Week 4

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of March 2023, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3088 plays from 113 playlists from 86 Folk DJs

  1: "The Little In-Between," Tim Grimm [Vault, 3/2023] (29)
        "The Leaving" (7)
        "The Little In-Between" (6)
        "Stirrin' Up Trouble" (4)
  2: "Nine Apples of Gold," Karan Casey [Crow Valley, 3/2023] (26)
        "Sister I Am Here For You" (4)
        "Nine Apples of Gold" (4)
  3: "Mighty Poplar," Mighty Poplar [Free Dirt, 3/2023] (24)
        "Up On The Divide" (8)
        "A Distant Land to Roam" (6)
        "Let Him Go On Mama" (3)
  4: "Traveling Wildfire," Dom Flemons [Smithsonian/Folkways, 1/2023] (23)
        "Guess I'm Doing Fine" (6)
        "Big Money Blues" (4)
  5: "Crossing the Causeway," Mary Beth Carty [Self, 3/2023] (22)
        "Dear Island" (3)
        "Voila le Printemps" (3)
        "Bon Garçon" (3)
        "Tow Truck Song" (3)
  5: "Workin' on a World," Iris Dement [FlariElla, 2023] (22)
        "Workin' on a World" (6)
        "Goin' Down To Sing In Texas" (3)
  7: "Canvas," Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy [Linus, 3/2023] (20)
        "Woman of the House" (8)
        "Galicia" (4)
  7: "Taking Flight," Amelia Hogan [Self, 3/2023] (20)
        "The Wood Thrush's Song" (7)
        "The Red-Winged Blackbird" (5)
        "The Old Churchyard" (4)
  9: "TumbleWeedyWorld," Lynn Miles [True North, 3/2023] (19)
        "Johnny Without June" (5)
        "Cold Cold Moon" (3)
 10: "March of the Mollusk," Benny Bleu [Self, 2/2023] (15)
        "Lost Goose" (3)
        "Billy in the Lowground" (3)
        "Fairy Shrimp" (2)
        "March Of The Mollusk" (2)
 11: "Not Far From the Tree," Just Us Lillys [Self, 3/2023] (14)
        "Sweet Sunny South" (3)
        "Much Better Now" (3)
        "Crossties" (2)
        "Blue Boy" (2)
 11: "Passages & Partings," April Verch & Cody Walters [Self, 3/2023] (14)
        "Hobb Dye" (3)
        "Not To Fall" (2)
        "Firewood" (2)
        "Passages and Partings" (2)
 13: "Bluegrass Vacation," Robbie Fulks [Compass, 3/2023] (12)
        "Longhair Bluegrass" (5)
        "One Glass Of Whiskey" (2)
 13: "Filament," Buddy Mondlock [Self, 2/2023] (12)
        "The Dark" (4)
        "The Woman in the Window" (2)
 13: "Sanctuary," Rebecca Folsom [Self, 3/2023] (12)
        "Mercy" (3)
        "In My Little Town" (2)
        "Sanctuary" (2)
        "Power of Love" (2)
 16: "Boomerang Town," Jaimee Harris [Thirty Tigers, 2023] (11)
        "Boomerang Town" (3)
        "The Fair And Dark Haired Lad" (3)
        "Sam's" (3)
 16: "Handled With Care," Jason Lang [Outside, 2023] (11)
        "Firewater" (4)
        "Senses Of Your Love" (3)
 16: "Together Through the Dark," Slaid Cleaves [Candy House, 2/2023] (11)
        "Make Your Own Light" (4)
        "Terlingua Chili Queen" (2)
        "Second Hand" (2)
 19: "Celebrants," Nickel Creek [Thirty Tigers, 3/2023] (10)
        "Celebrants" (2)
 19: "Fresh-Picked Kentucky Music," CornMaiz String Band [Redbird, 1/2023] (10)
        "Solsbury Hill" (4)
        "Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms" (2)
 19: "Hello World," Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt [Crooked Cyclone, 3/2023] (10)
        "Flatbush Sunset" (2)
        "Hello World" (2)
        "Sorry, Alan" (2)
 19: "Missouri Folklore: Songs & Stories From Home," My Politic [Self, 2/2023] (10)
        "Buzzards on a Powerline" (4)
        "Driving Home to You" (3)
 19: "Riveter," Sami Braman [Padiddle, 2/2023] (10)
        "Rogue River" (2)
        "The Riviter" (2)
        "Honeycutt" (2)
 24: "Accomplice Two," Tommy Emmanuel [CGP Sounds, 3/2023] (9)
        "Doc's Guitar/Black Mountain Rag" (2)
 24: "Circumstance," Alice Howe [Know Howe, 3/2023] (9)
        "Let Go" (2)
        "You've Been Away So Long" (2)
 26: "Ridin'," Eric Bibb [Stony Plain, 3/2023] (8)
        "Tulsa Town" (2)
 26: "Valley of Stars," Ben Bedford [Hopeful Sky, 1/2023] (8)
        "In the Shelter of Indomitable Momma Badger" (1)
 28: "I Don't Know a Thing About Love," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 3/2023] (7)
        "Busted" (2)
        "I Don't Know A Thing About Love" (2)
 28: "Lay Your Darkness Down," Mark Erelli [Soundly, 1/2023] (7)
        "Lay Your Darkness Down" (2)
        "Break in the Clouds" (2)
 28: "Living in a Song," Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley [Compass, 2/2023] (7)
        "Louisiana Woman" (2)
        "Moonshine Run" (2)
 28: "Lovin' of the Game," Michael Cleveland [Compass, 3/2023] (7)
        "Five Points" (2)
 28: "Me/And/Dad," Billy Strings [Rounder, 11/2022] (7)
        "Little White Church" (1)
 28: "Outpourings," Craig Bickhardt [Stone Barn, 2023] (7)
        "If Holes Were Coins" (3)
 28: "Savoy," Taj Mahal [Stony Plain, 3/2023] (7)
        "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" (1)
 28: "The Very First Time," Steve & Kristi Nebel [Icebird, 3/2023] (7)
        "Relentless Rain" (2)
 28: "It Goes Like It Goes," Bunny Barnes [Self, 3/2023] (7)
        "City Of New Orleans" (2)
        "Anji" (2)

TOP SONGS of March 2023, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3088 plays from 113 playlists from 86 Folk DJs

1. "Woman of the House" (9)
     from "Canvas" (Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy)
2. "Inch By Inch" (7)
     from "Inch By Inch - single" (Pam Gadd)
2. "The Leaving" (7)
     from "The Little In-Between" (Tim Grimm)
2. "Up On The Divide" (7)
     from "Mighty Poplar" (Mighty Poplar)
2. "The Wood Thrush's Song" (7)
     from "Taking Flight" (Amelia Hogan)
6. "A Distant Land to Roam" (6)
     from "Mighty Poplar" (Mighty Poplar)
6. "Guess I'm Doing Fine" (6)
     from "Traveling Wildfire" (Dom Flemons)
6. "The Little In-Between" (6)
     from "The Little In-Between" (Tim Grimm)
6. "White Freight Liner Blues" (6)
     from "Accomplice Two" (Tommy Emmanuel)
6. "Workin' on a World" (6)
     from "Workin' on a World" (Iris Dement)
11. "Johnny Without June" (5)
     from "TumbleWeedyWorld" (Lynn Miles)
11. "Longhair Bluegrass" (5)
     from "Bluegrass Vacation" (Robbie Fulks)
11. "The Red-Winged Blackbird" (5)
     from "Taking Flight" (Amelia Hogan)
11. "The Rocks Of Bawn" (5)
     from "Nine Apples of Gold" (Karan Casey)
15. "Nine Apples of Gold" (4)
     from "Nine Apples of Gold" (Karan Casey)

TOP ARTISTS of March 2023, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3088 plays from 113 playlists from 86 Folk DJs

1. Tim Grimm (34)
        "The Little In-Between" (28)
2. Karan Casey (28)
        "Nine Apples of Gold" (26)
3. Dom Flemons (24)
        "Traveling Wildfire" (23)
4. Mary Beth Carty (23)
        "Crossing the Causeway" (22)
4. Mighty Poplar (23)
        "Mighty Poplar" (23)
6. Iris Dement (22)
        "Workin' on a World" (21)
7. Amelia Hogan (20)
        "Taking Flight" (20)
8. Lynn Miles (19)
        "TumbleWeedyWorld" (19)
8. Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy (19)
        "Canvas" (18)
10. Benny Bleu (16)
        "March of the Mollusk" (15)
11. April Verch & Cody Walters (14)
        "Passages & Partings" (14)
11. Just Us Lillys (14)
        "Not Far From the Tree" (14)
13. Buddy Mondlock (13)
        "Filament" (12)
13. Joe Jencks (13)
        "The Coming of the Years" (5)
        "Poets, Philosophers Workers & Wanderers" (3)
13. Rebecca Folsom (13)
        "Sanctuary" (12)
16. Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt (12)
        "Hello World" (10)
16. Bob Dylan (12)
        "Blood On The Tracks" (2)
16. Robbie Fulks (12)
        "Bluegrass Vacation" (12)
16. Slaid Cleaves (12)
        "Together Through the Dark" (11)
16. Suzanne Brindamour (12)
        "Family/Shaded By Trees" (5)
        "Family" (4)
21. Jaimee Harris (11)
        "Boomerang Town" (11)
21. Jason Lang (11)
        "Handled With Care" (11)
21. John McCutcheon (11)
        "Leap!" (3)
        "What It's Like" (3)
21. Willie Nelson (11)
        "I Don't Know a Thing About Love" (7)
25. Alice Howe (10)
        "Circumstance" (9)
25. CornMaiz String Band (10)
        "Fresh-Picked Kentucky Music" (10)
25. Mark Erelli (10)
        "Lay Your Darkness Down" (7)
25. My Politic (10)
        "Missouri Folklore: Songs & Stories From Home" (10)
25. Sami Braman (10)
        "Riveter" (10)
25. Tommy Emmanuel (10)
        "Accomplice Two" (8)

TOP LABELS of March 2023, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3088 plays from 113 playlists from 86 Folk DJs

1. Compass (59)
2. Smithsonian/Folkways (48)
3. Rounder (41)
4. Free Dirt (38)
5. Vault (33)
6. Thirty Tigers (28)
7. Signature Sounds (26)
8. True North (23)
9. Borealis (21)
9. Red House (21)
11. Rebel (19/23)
11. Stony Plain (19)
13. Crow Valley (18)
14. Mountain Fever (17/18)
14. Columbia (17)
14. Warner (17)
17. Pinecastle (16)
17. Sugar Hill (16)
19. Legacy (13)
19. Linus (13)

FOLK DJs - March 2023, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3088 plays from 113 playlists from 86 Folk DJs

Abby Parks (WLJS-FM, AL)
Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
Arthur Dean (WCNI-FM, CT)
Artie Martello (WIOX-FM & podcast, NY)
Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM, PA)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bill Wagman (KDVS-FM, CA)
Bob Heyer (WWOV-LP & WEJP-FM, WV)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Bruce Swan (WSFM-LP, NC)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Denis McGilvray (KPBX-FM, OK)
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)
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)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jeremy Butler (Alabama Public Radio)
Jim Canales (WWSP-FM, WI)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
John Platt (WFUV-FM, NY)
John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ)
Jon Colcord (Syndicated, NH)
Justin Helmer (KVSC-FM, MN)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Kim Ware (Radio Plastique, GA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & podcast, AR)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Lindsay Mar (2RRR-FM, Australia)
Lyle D. Skinner (CKJS-FM & CJUM-FM, MB)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM, OR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDH-FM, VT)
Matt Watroba (WKAR-FM, MI)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
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)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Hefti (KUBU-LP, CA)
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)
Ron Lewis (WNUR-FM, IL)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM & soundcloud.com, NJ)
Sonny Ochs (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Steven Morrison (KBOO-FM, OR)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Sue Kessell (WNUR-FM, IL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WWUH-FM & WHUS-FM, CT)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Terry B. Moses & Naomi Soule (KCLC-FM, MO)
Tim Forsman (WMHB-FM, ME)
Tom Coxworth (CKUA-FM, AB)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)