Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
April 2023, Week 1

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of April 2023, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3227 plays from 115 playlists from 84 Folk DJs

  1: "Mighty Poplar," Mighty Poplar [Free Dirt, 3/2023] (33)
        "Up On The Divide" (8)
        "North Country Blues" (5)
  2: "Crossing the Causeway," Mary Beth Carty [Self, 3/2023] (31)
        "Moonlight and Clover" (5)
        "Dear Island" (4)
  3: "The Little In-Between," Tim Grimm [Vault, 3/2023] (27)
        "The Leaving" (6)
        "I Don't Know This World" (5)
        "20 Years Of Shadows" (4)
        "The Little In-Between" (4)
  3: "Taking Flight," Amelia Hogan [Self, 3/2023] (27)
        "Taking Flight" (5)
  5: "Nine Apples of Gold," Karan Casey [Crow Valley, 3/2023] (22)
        "Sister I Am Here for You" (4)
        "When the Moon Gets Tangled" (4)
        "Nine Apples of Gold" (3)
        "I Live in a Country" (3)
        "Return to the Wild" (3)
  6: "Hello World," Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt [Crooked Cyclone, 3/2023] (18)
        "Flatbush Sunset" (6)
        "Hello World" (3)
  7: "Celebrants," Nickel Creek [Thirty Tigers, 3/2023] (17)
        "Holding Pattern" (3)
  8: "Canvas," Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy [Linus, 3/2023] (16)
        "Woman of the House" (4)
        "Dance Arnold Dance" (3)
        "Caramelo" (3)
        "Wish You Were Near" (2)
  8: "Constellations," Meredith Moon [True North, 3/2023] (16)
        "Lighthouse County" (5)
        "Soldier's Joy" (3)
        "Constellations" (2)
 10: "Between Hello & Goodbye," Greg Greenway [Self, 4/2023] (15)
        "Hello Hello Hello" (6)
        "Another Day" (2)
        "That's Where Hope Comes From" (2)
        "Building a Bridge" (2)
 10: "Circumstance," Alice Howe [Know Howe, 3/2023] (15)
        "You've Been Away So Long" (4)
        "Something Calls To Me" (3)
        "What About You" (2)
        "Love Has No Rules" (2)
 10: "Traveling Wildfire," Dom Flemons [Smithsonian/Folkways, 1/2023] (15)
        "Nobody Wrote It Down" (3)
        "Saddle It Around" (3)
        "Traveling Wildfire" (2)
 13: "Bluegrass Vacation," Robbie Fulks [Compass, 3/2023] (14)
        "One Glass Of Whiskey" (4)
        "Nashville Blues" (2)
        "Longhair Bluegrass" (2)
        "Molly and the Old Man" (2)
 13: "Only This Far," The Rough & Tumble [Self, 4/2023] (14)
        "Trouble" (4)
        "Ain't That the Way" (4)
        "A Little Less" (2)
        "The Weather" (2)
 15: "It Goes Like It Goes," Bunny Barnes [Self, 3/2023] (12)
        "City of New Orleans" (3)
        "Can't Help Falling in Love with You" (2)
        "Depserado" (2)
 15: "Workin' on a World," Iris Dement [FlariElla, 2023] (12)
        "How Long" (3)
        "Warriors of Love" (2)
        "Workin' on a World" (2)
        "Say A Good Word" (2)
 17: "Boomerang Town," Jaimee Harris [Thirty Tigers, 2023] (11)
        "Love is Gonna Come Again" (2)
        "Missing Someone" (2)
        "The Fair and Dark Haired Lad" (2)
        "Boomerang Town" (2)
 17: "Not Far From the Tree," Just Us Lillys [Self, 3/2023] (11)
        "Sweet Sunny South" (3)
        "Much Better Now" (2)
        "Hills of Tennessee" (2)
 19: "Passages & Partings," April Verch & Cody Walters [Self, 3/2023] (10)
        "Dear Brother" (3)
        "Firewood" (2)
 19: "Sanctuary," Rebecca Folsom [Self, 3/2023] (10)
        "New Way Home" (4)
        "Sanctuary" (2)
 19: "The Sea Beside Us," Beth Desombre [Self, 4/2023] (10)
        "The Sea Beside Us" (3)
        "Dragons" (2)
        "Across the Silver Ocean" (2)
 19: "Where We're At," Abby K [Lawndaisy, 4/2023] (10)
        "Where We're At" (2)
        "Rinse and Repeat" (2)
        "Bread" (2)
        "Deception Pass" (2)
 23: "Dear Friend," The Bombadils [Self, 2023] (9)
        "Bicycle" (3)
        "Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming" (2)
 23: "Falling Forward," Lissa Schneckenburger [Self, 3/2023] (9)
        "Falling Forward" (3)
        "For The Millions" (2)
 23: "The Gaulway Ramblers," The Gaulway Ramblers [Self, 3/2023] (9)
        "A Bis" (3)
        "The Collier's Reel;The New Mown Meadow" (2)
 23: "This Pretty Planet," Tom Chapin [Sundance, 4/2023] (9)
        "This Pretty Planet" (3)
 23: "Songs of Small Resistance," Daniel Janke [Canadian Music Centre, 4/2023] (9)
        "Time You Thief" (4)
        "Icarus" (2)
 23: "Together Through the Dark," Slaid Cleaves [Candy House, 2/2023] (9)
        "Through the Dark" (2)
 29: "Filament," Buddy Mondlock [Self, 2/2023] (8)
        "Ticket Taker Blues" (2)
        "Filament" (2)
 29: "Outpourings," Craig Bickhardt [Stone Barn, 2023] (8)
        "Breaking The Bread" (2)
 29: "Ridin'," Eric Bibb [Stony Plain, 3/2023] (8)
        "500 Miles" (2)
        "Eric Bibb" (2)
 29: "TumbleWeedyWorld," Lynn Miles [True North, 3/2023] (8)
        "Johnny Without June" (2)
 29: "Both Things Are True," Marilyn Jordan [Self, 3/2023] (8)
        "The Windmill" (4)

TOP SONGS of April 2023, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3227 plays from 115 playlists from 84 Folk DJs

1. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (8)
     from "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - single" (Peggy Seeger)
1. "Up On The Divide" (8)
     from "Mighty Poplar" (Mighty Poplar)
3. "Flatbush Sunset" (6)
     from "Hello World" (Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt)
3. "Hello Hello Hello" (6)
     from "Between Hello & Goodbye" (Greg Greenway)
3. "The Leaving" (6)
     from "The Little In-Between" (Tim Grimm)
6. "Ain't That the Way" (5)
     from "Only This Far" (The Rough & Tumble)
6. "I Don't Know This World" (5)
     from "The Little In-Between" (Tim Grimm)
6. "Lighthouse County" (5)
     from "Constellations" (Meredith Moon)
6. "Moonlight and Clover" (5)
     from "Crossing the Causeway" (Mary Beth Carty)
6. "North Country Blues" (5)
     from "Mighty Poplar" (Mighty Poplar)
6. "Taking Flight" (5)
     from "Taking Flight" (Amelia Hogan)
6. "You've Been Away So Long" (5)
     from "Circumstance" (Alice Howe)
13. "One Glass Of Whiskey" (4)
     from "Bluegrass Vacation" (Robbie Fulks)
13. "20 Years Of Shadows" (4)
     from "The Little In-Between" (Tim Grimm)
13. "Dear Island" (4)
     from "Crossing the Causeway" (Mary Beth Carty)

TOP ARTISTS of April 2023, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3227 plays from 115 playlists from 84 Folk DJs

1. Mighty Poplar (33)
        "Mighty Poplar" (33)
2. Mary Beth Carty (31)
        "Crossing the Causeway" (31)
3. Tim Grimm (30)
        "The Little In-Between" (27)
4. Amelia Hogan (26)
        "Taking Flight" (25)
5. Karan Casey (22)
        "Nine Apples of Gold" (22)
6. Nickel Creek (20)
        "Celebrants" (17)
7. Emmylou Harris (19)
        "Brand New Dance" (4)
8. Alice Howe (16)
        "Circumstance" (15)
8. Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt (16)
        "Hello World" (16)
8. Greg Greenway (16)
        "Between Hello & Goodbye" (15)
8. Meredith Moon (16)
        "Constellations" (16)
8. Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy (16)
        "Canvas" (16)
8. The Rough & Tumble (16)
        "Only This Far" (14)
14. Dom Flemons (15)
        "Traveling Wildfire" (15)
14. Robbie Fulks (15)
        "Bluegrass Vacation" (14)
16. Cheryl Wheeler (14)
        "Driving Home" (3)
        "Pointing At The Sun" (3)
16. Iris Dement (14)
        "Workin' on a World" (12)
18. Beth Desombre (12)
        "The Sea Beside Us" (10)
18. Bunny Barnes (12)
        "It Goes Like It Goes" (12)
20. Abby K (11)
        "Where We're At" (9)
20. Jaimee Harris (11)
        "Boomerang Town" (11)
20. John Prine (11)
        "In Spite Of Ourselves" (3)
20. Just Us Lillys (11)
        "Not Far From the Tree" (11)
20. Slaid Cleaves (11)
        "Together Through the Dark" (8)
25. Chuck Brodsky (10)
        "The Baseball Ballads" (5)
25. The Gaulway Ramblers (10)
        "The Gaulway Ramblers" (9)
25. Rebecca Folsom (10)
        "Sanctuary" (10)
28. April Verch & Cody Walters (9)
        "Passages & Partings" (9)
28. The Bombadils (9)
        "Dear Friend" (9)
28. Buddy Mondlock (9)
        "Filament" (8)
28. Lissa Schneckenburger (9)
        "Falling Forward" (9)
28. Rachel Baiman (9)
        "Common Nation of Sorrow" (6)
28. The Rifters (9)
        "The Enchanted World" (7)
28. Tom Chapin (9)
        "This Pretty Planet" (8)

TOP LABELS of April 2023, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3227 plays from 115 playlists from 84 Folk DJs

1. Compass (61)
2. Free Dirt (39)
3. Thirty Tigers (37)
4. Smithsonian/Folkways (36)
5. Red House (35)
6. Rounder (33)
7. Signature Sounds (32)
8. Columbia (28)
9. True North (27)
10. Sugar Hill (23)
11. Crow Valley (19)
12. Legacy (18)
12. Philo (18)
12. Vault (18)
15. Vanguard (17/19)
16. Reprise (16)
16. Stony Plain (16)
18. Crooked Cyclone (15)
18. Warner (15)
20. Appleseed (13)
20. Green Linnet (13)
20. Know Howe (13)
20. New West (13)

FOLK DJs - April 2023, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3227 plays from 115 playlists from 84 Folk DJs

Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Annie Keville (WVBR-FM, NY)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
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)
Bud Johnson (KNBA-FM & syndicated, AK)
Chris Kocher (WSKG-FM & WHRW-FM, NY)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Chuck Markowitz (WERU-FM, ME)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Cosmic Charlie (WERU-FM, ME)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM, GA)
Dennis Brunnenmeyer (KVMR-FM, CA)
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)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com & podcast, SC)
John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA)
Jon Colcord (Syndicated, NH)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Larry Hoyt (WAER-FM, NY)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-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)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM, OR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDH-FM, VT)
Mark Pedersen (WOJB-FM, WI)
Matthew Baya (WERU-FM, ME)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
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 Kidnappers & Radio Hawke's Bay, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Hefti (KUBU-LP, CA)
Paul Porzio (Cox Cable, VA)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM, WA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Rik James (KGLT-FM, MT)
Robert Resnik (Vermont Public Radio)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM, NJ)
Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Steve Soucy (WERU-FM, ME)
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, ME)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM, NY)