Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
April 2023, Week 3

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of April 2023, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2399 plays from 89 playlists from 68 Folk DJs

  1: "Nine Apples of Gold," Karan Casey [Crow Valley, 3/2023] (20)
        "I Thank My Lucky Stars" (4)
        "When the Moon Gets Tangled" (3)
        "Return To The Wild" (3)
  1: "This Pretty Planet," Tom Chapin [Sundance, 4/2023] (20)
        "This Pretty Planet" (6)
  3: "Constellations," Meredith Moon [True North, 3/2023] (19)
        "Slow Moving Train" (4)
        "Broken Wing Bird" (4)
        "Soldier's Joy" (3)
  4: "The Little In-Between," Tim Grimm [Vault, 3/2023] (15)
        "Lonesome All The Time" (3)
        "The Leaving" (3)
        "Bigger Than The Sky" (2)
        "The Breath Of Burning" (2)
        "20 Years Of Shadows" (2)
        "I Don't Know This World" (2)
  4: "Only This Far," The Rough & Tumble [Self, 4/2023] (15)
        "Homesick" (3)
        "God Of War" (3)
        "Key of G" (3)
  6: "Between Hello & Goodbye," Greg Greenway [Self, 4/2023] (13)
        "That's Where the Hope Comes From" (3)
        "If You Paint Me" (2)
        "Big Wide World" (2)
        "Hello Hello Hello" (2)
        "Saving the Best for Last" (2)
  6: "Canvas," Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy [Linus, 3/2023] (13)
        "The Laird O' Bemersyde" (3)
        "Woman of the House" (3)
        "Wish You Were Near" (2)
  6: "Circumstance," Alice Howe [Know Howe, 3/2023] (13)
        "What About You" (3)
        "Things I'm Not Saying" (3)
        "You've Been Gone So Long" (2)
        "It's How You Hold Me" (2)
  6: "Traveling Wildfire," Dom Flemons [Smithsonian/Folkways, 1/2023] (13)
        "Big Money Blues" (3)
        "Saddle It Around" (2)
        "Songster Revival" (2)
        "Tough Luck" (2)
 10: "All Wigged Out: Songs From the Musical," Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer [Community, 4/2023] (12)
        "Jesus Is My Backseat Driver" (2)
        "All Wigged Out" (2)
        "Amy's of Denmark" (2)
        "Car Wash" (2)
        "Tipsy All the Time" (2)
        "Where'd You Get That Hat" (2)
 10: "Maybe Modern," Grace Morrison [Self, 4/2023] (12)
        "Broken Things" (4)
        "Wasted" (2)
        "Oh Colorado" (2)
        "When it Rains" (2)
 10: "Mighty Poplar," Mighty Poplar [Free Dirt, 3/2023] (12)
        "Blackjack Davy" (3)
        "Up On The Divide" (3)
        "Song of Isaac" (2)
        "Let Him Go On Mama" (2)
 13: "Bluegrass Vacation," Robbie Fulks [Compass, 3/2023] (11)
        "Let The Old Dog In" (2)
        "Backwater Blues" (2)
        "One Glass of Whiskey" (2)
        "Lonely Ain't Hardly Alive" (2)
 13: "The Sea Beside Us," Beth Desombre [Self, 4/2023] (11)
        "Dragons" (3)
        "The Sea Beside Us" (3)
        "If a Pirate I Must Be" (2)
 15: "Headland," Kalos [Self, 4/2023] (10)
        "The Brakeman's Daughter" (3)
        "The Whole House is Singing" (2)
 15: "Radio John: Songs of John Hartford," Sam Bush [Smithsonian/Folkways, 10/2022] (10)
        "California Earthquake" (3)
        "John McLaughlin" (3)
        "No End of Love" (2)
 17: "The Enchanted World," The Rifters [Howlin' Dog, 4/2023] (9)
        "The Dollar Worth of Mother Earth" (3)
        "The Circle" (2)
 17: "Riveter," Sami Braman [Padiddle, 2/2023] (9)
        "Opening Waltz" (2)
 17: "Sanctuary," Rebecca Folsom [Self, 3/2023] (9)
        "Home" (2)
 17: "Taking Flight," Amelia Hogan [Self, 3/2023] (9)
        "The Old Churchyard" (2)
        "The Woodthrush's Song" (2)
 21: "Nude Descending an Elevator," Puppets of Castro [Trough, 4/2023] (8)
        "Everything Is Fine" (3)
        "Broken Arrow" (2)
 22: "Celebrants," Nickel Creek [Thirty Tigers, 3/2023] (7)
        "Where the Long Line Leads" (2)
 22: "It Goes Like It Goes," Bunny Barnes [Self, 3/2023] (7)
        "Can't Help Falling In Love With You" (2)
        "Anji" (2)
 22: "Me/And/Dad," Billy Strings [Rounder, 11/2022] (7)
        "Way Downtown" (3)
        "Frosty Morn" (2)
 25: "Crossing the Causeway," Mary Beth Carty [Self, 3/2023] (6)
        "Blueberry Mountain" (1)
 25: "Handled With Care," Jason Lang [Outside, 2023] (6)
        "Carry On Children" (2)
 25: "Hello World," Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt [Crooked Cyclone, 3/2023] (6)
        "Flatbush Sunset" (2)
 25: "March of the Mollusk," Benny Bleu [Self, 2/2023] (6)
        "Five Miles From Town" (2)
        "Farewell Trion" (2)
 25: "The New Faith," Jake Blount [Smithsonian/Folkways, 8/2022] (6)
        "The Downward Road" (2)
 25: "Now," Graham Nash [BMG, 4/2023] (6)
        "A Better Life" (6)
 25: "O Sun O Moon," Bruce Cockburn [True North, 4/2023] (6)
        "On a Roll" (5)
 25: "Outpourings," Craig Bickhardt [Stone Barn, 2023] (6)
        "Fire Of The Spirit" (2)
 25: "Peggy's Dream," Martin Hayes & the Common Ground Ensemble [Faction, 4/2023] (6)
        "The Longford Tinker" (2)
        "Peggy's Dream" (2)

TOP SONGS of April 2023, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2399 plays from 89 playlists from 68 Folk DJs

1. "A Better Life" (6)
     from "Now" (Graham Nash)
1. "In The Garden" (6)
     from "In The Garden - single" (Colleen Kattau)
1. "This Pretty Planet" (6)
     from "This Pretty Planet" (Tom Chapin)
4. "Broken Things" (5)
     from "Maybe Modern" (Grace Morrison)
4. "On a Roll" (5)
     from "O Sun O Moon" (Bruce Cockburn)
6. "Broken Wing Bird" (4)
     from "Constellations" (Meredith Moon)
6. "Guns & Religion" (4)
     from "Guns & Religion - single" (Gordonville, USA)
6. "I Thank My Lucky Stars" (4)
     from "Nine Apples of Gold" (Karan Casey)
6. "Slow Moving Train" (4)
     from "Constellations" (Meredith Moon)
6. "Song For The Trees" (4)
     from "Song For The Trees - single" (Mary Madden)
6. "Speak Up, Speak Loud" (4)
     from "Walls & Doors" (Grover Mollineaux)
6. "Yard Sale" (4)
     from "Wide Open Light" (Ben Harper)
13. "Big Money Blues" (3)
     from "Traveling Wildfire" (Dom Flemons)
13. "Blackjack Davy" (3)
     from "Mighty Poplar" (Mighty Poplar)

TOP ARTISTS of April 2023, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2399 plays from 89 playlists from 68 Folk DJs

1. Karan Casey (21)
        "Nine Apples of Gold" (20)
1. Tom Chapin (21)
        "This Pretty Planet" (20)
3. Meredith Moon (20)
        "Constellations" (19)
4. The Rough & Tumble (17)
        "Only This Far" (15)
4. Tim Grimm (17)
        "The Little In-Between" (15)
6. Alice Howe (14)
        "Circumstance" (13)
6. Grace Morrison (14)
        "Maybe Modern" (12)
6. Mighty Poplar (14)
        "Mighty Poplar" (12)
6. Willie Nelson (14)
        "I Don't Know a Thing About Love" (4)
10. Dom Flemons (13)
        "Traveling Wildfire" (13)
10. Greg Greenway (13)
        "Between Hello & Goodbye" (13)
12. Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer (12)
        "All Wigged Out: Songs From the Musical" (12)
13. Beth Desombre (11)
        "The Sea Beside Us" (11)
13. Kalos (11)
        "Headland" (10)
13. Robbie Fulks (11)
        "Bluegrass Vacation" (11)
13. Sam Bush (11)
        "Radio John: Songs of John Hartford" (9)
17. Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy (10)
        "Canvas" (10)
17. Nickel Creek (10)
        "Celebrants" (7)
19. Cheryl Wheeler (9/10)
        "Driving Home" (3)
        "Sylvia Hotel" (3)
19. Amelia Hogan (9)
        "Taking Flight" (9)
19. The Rifters (9)
        "The Enchanted World" (9)
19. Sami Braman (9)
        "Riveter" (9)
19. Tim O'Brien (9)
        "Cup of Sugar" (5)
24. Jackson Browne (8)
        "Running On Empty" (3)
25. Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt (7)
        "Hello World" (6)
25. Billy Strings (7)
        "Me/And/Dad" (7)
25. Bunny Barnes (7)
        "It Goes Like It Goes" (7)
25. Colleen Kattau (7)
        "In The Garden - single" (6)
25. Iris Dement (7)
        "Workin' on a World" (4)
25. Jake Blount (7)
        "The New Faith" (6)
25. Puppets of Castro (7)
        "Nude Descending an Elevator" (6)
25. Tom Rush (7)
        "The Very Best of Tom Rush: No Regrets 1962-1999" (2)

TOP LABELS of April 2023, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2399 plays from 89 playlists from 68 Folk DJs

1. Smithsonian/Folkways (56)
2. Rounder (44)
3. Compass (38)
4. True North (28)
5. Columbia (20)
6. Crow Valley (19)
7. Free Dirt (18)
7. Red House (18)
9. Signature Sounds (17)
10. Sundance (16)
11. Vault (15)
12. Legacy (14)
12. Rhino (14)
14. Appleseed (13)
14. Mountain Fever (13)
14. Philo (13)
17. Community (12)
17. Sugar Hill (12)
17. Thirty Tigers (12)
20. BMG (11)
20. RCA (11)

FOLK DJs - April 2023, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2399 plays from 89 playlists from 68 Folk DJs

Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Art Podell (KPFK-FM, CA)
Artie Martello (WIOX-FM & podcast, NY)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bob Heyer (WWOV-LP & WEJP-FM, WV)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Bruce Swan (WSFM-LP, NC)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Darryl Purpose (KRFC-FM, CO)
David John (KAXE-FM, MN)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Diane Karl (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
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)
Jeremy Butler (Alabama Public Radio)
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)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM, AR)
Lindsay Mar (2RRR-FM, Australia)
Lyle D. Skinner (CJUM-FM & CKJS-FM, MB)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM, OR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDH-FM, VT)
Mary Anne Moorman (KBCS-FM, WA)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Michael Park (MixCloud & PRX, NY)
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)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM, PA)
Rik James (KGLT-FM & syndicated, MT)
Robert Resnik (Vermont Public Radio)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM, NJ)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Steven Morrison (KBOO-FM, OR)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Sue Kessell (WNUR-FM, IL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WHUS-FM, CT)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Terry B. Moses & Naomi Soule (KCLC-FM, MO)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM, NY)