Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
May 2023, Week 1

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of May 2023, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3337 plays from 111 playlists from 83 Folk DJs

  1: "Circumstance," Alice Howe [Know Howe, 3/2023] (27)
        "Somebody's New Lover Now" (6)
        "It's How You Hold Me" (4)
  2: "Gord's Gold," Gordon Lightfoot [Reprise, 1975] (26)
        "If You Could Read My Mind" (4)
  2: "Songbook," Gordon Lightfoot [Warner, 1985] (26)
        "Early Mornin' Rain" (3)
  4: "The Little In-Between," Tim Grimm [Vault, 3/2023] (18)
        "New Boots" (5)
        "Stirrin' Up Trouble" (4)
        "Bigger Than The Sky" (3)
  5: "Constellations," Meredith Moon [True North, 3/2023] (15)
        "Slow Moving Train" (7)
        "Starcrossed" (3)
        "Lighthouse County" (2)
  5: "Only This Far," The Rough & Tumble [Self, 4/2023] (15)
        "Ain't That the Way" (3)
        "God of War" (3)
        "A Little Less" (2)
  5: "O Sun O Moon," Bruce Cockburn [True North, 4/2023] (15)
        "Colin Went Down to the Water" (5)
        "To Keep The World We Knew" (2)
        "Orders" (2)
  5: "Traveling Wildfire," Dom Flemons [Smithsonian/Folkways, 1/2023] (15)
        "We Are Almost Down to the Shore" (4)
        "Nobody Wrote It Down" (3)
        "Big Money Blues" (2)
        "Tough Luck" (2)
        "Rabbit Foot Rag" (2)
  9: "On Banjo," Alison Brown [Compass, 4/2023] (14)
        "Foggy Morning Breaking" (5)
        "Tall Hog at the Trough" (3)
        "Wind the Clock" (2)
  9: "Workin' on a World," Iris Dement [FlariElla, 2023] (14)
        "How Long" (4)
        "Workin' on a World" (4)
        "The Sacred Now" (2)
 11: "Nine Apples of Gold," Karan Casey [Crow Valley, 3/2023] (13)
        "The Weeping Time" (4)
        "I Thank My Lucky Stars" (2)
        "Nine Apples of Gold" (2)
        "Sister I Am Here for You" (2)
 11: "Celebrants," Nickel Creek [Thirty Tigers, 3/2023] (13)
        "Strangers" (3)
        "Failure Isn't Forever" (2)
        "Where the Long Line Leads" (2)
        "From the Beach" (2)
        "Hollywood Ending" (2)
 11: "Great Blue North," Special Consensus [Compass, 5/2023] (13)
        "Alberta Bound" (8)
        "Brave Mountaineers" (2)
 14: "Bluegrass Vacation," Robbie Fulks [Compass, 3/2023] (12)
        "Molly And The Old Man" (4)
        "Old Time Music Is Here To Stay" (2)
 14: "The Enchanted World," The Rifters [Howlin' Dog, 4/2023] (12)
        "Gentle on My Mind" (4)
        "The Enchanted World" (2)
        "At the Foot of the Mountain" (2)
 14: "Taking Flight," Amelia Hogan [Self, 3/2023] (12)
        "Cornish Lads" (2)
        "Red Winged Blackbird" (2)
 17: "Angels in the Wreckage," Low Lily [Self, 4/2023] (11)
        "One Wild World" (4)
        "Keep the Pachysandra Flying" (2)
 17: "A Beautiful Time," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 4/2022] (11)
        "I Don't Go To Funerals" (3)
        "Leave You With A Smile" (2)
 17: "Between Hello & Goodbye," Greg Greenway [Self, 4/2023] (11)
        "Get Out of the Left Lane" (3)
        "Another Day" (2)
        "That's Where The Hope Comes From" (2)
 17: "Crossing the Causeway," Mary Beth Carty [Self, 3/2023] (11)
        "Oran Boisdale" (2)
        "Dear Island" (2)
        "Tow Truck Song" (2)
        "Bon garçon" (2)
 17: "Gettin' Together," Michael Jerome Browne [Borealis, 5/2023] (11)
        "I've Got the Big River Blues" (3)
        "Coffee Blues" (3)
        "Living With the Blues" (2)
        "Diamond Joe" (2)
 17: "Mighty Poplar," Mighty Poplar [Free Dirt, 3/2023] (11)
        "Blackjack Davy" (3)
        "Let Him Go On Mama" (2)
        "Grey Eagle" (2)
 17: "Tony Rice Sings Gordon Lightfoot," Tony Rice [Rounder, 2021] (11)
        "Shadows" (2)
        "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (2)
        "'Bitter Green" (2)
 17: "Other Voices, Other Rooms," Nanci Griffith [Elektra, 2004] (11)
        "Ten Degrees and Getting Colder" (8)
 17: "Belafonte at Carnegie Hall," Harry Belafonte [RCA, 1959] (11/14)
        "Jamaica Farewell" (2)
 26: "I Don't Know a Thing About Love," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 3/2023] (10)
        "I Don't Know A Thing About Love" (3)
        "Streets of Baltimore" (2)
        "Excuse Me" (2)
 26: "Maybe Modern," Grace Morrison [Self, 4/2023] (10)
        "Broken Things" (4)
 26: "God Fearing Heathen," Dan Tyminski [8 Track, 5/2023] (10)
        "God Fearing Heathen" (3)
        "Hey Brother" (3)
 29: "Canvas," Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy [Linus, 3/2023] (9)
        "Dance Arnold Dance" (2)
        "Carmelo" (2)
        "Woman of the House" (2)
 30: "Beautiful: A Tribute To Gordon Lightfoot," Various Artists [Borealis, 2003] (8)
        "Lightfoot," Aengus Finnan (2)
 30: "Forgottonia," Chris Vallillo [Self, 5/2023] (8)
        "When Whiskey Had Wheels" (2)
 30: "The Gaulway Ramblers," The Gaulway Ramblers [Self, 3/2023] (8)
        "The Collier's Reel/The New Mown Meadow" (1)
 30: "Grass Roots," Leftover Salmon [Compass, 5/2023] (8)
        "Blue Railroad Train" (3)
 30: "The Essential Willie Nelson," Willie Nelson [Sony] (8)
        "Me and Paul" (1)

TOP SONGS of May 2023, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3337 plays from 111 playlists from 83 Folk DJs

1. "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" (13)
     from "Gord's Gold" (Gordon Lightfoot)
     also "The Way I Feel" (Gordon Lightfoot)
2. "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (9)
     from "Summertime Dream" (Gordon Lightfoot)
     also "Songbook" (Gordon Lightfoot)
3. "Ten Degrees and Getting Colder" (8)
     from "Other Voices, Other Rooms" (Nanci Griffith)
3. "Alberta Bound" (8)
     from "Great Blue North" (Special Consensus)
3. "Early Mornin' Rain" (8)
     from "Gord's Gold" (Gordon Lightfoot)
     also "Songbook" (Gordon Lightfoot)
6. "Slow Moving Train" (7)
     from "Constellations" (Meredith Moon)
7. "Foggy Morning Breaking" (6)
     from "On Banjo" (Alison Brown)
7. "If You Could Read My Mind" (6)
     from "Gord's Gold" (Gordon Lightfoot)
7. "Jamaica Farewell" (6)
     from "Calypso" (Harry Belafonte)
7. "Somebody's New Lover Now" (6)
     from "Circumstance" (Alice Howe)
11. "Colin Went Down to the Water" (5)
     from "O Sun O Moon" (Bruce Cockburn)
11. "Hey Brother" (5)
     from "God Fearing Heathen" (Dan Tyminski)
11. "New Boots" (5)
     from "The Little In-Between" (Tim Grimm)
14. "One Wild World" (4)
     from "Angels in the Wreckage" (Low Lily)
14. "Broken Things" (4)
     from "Maybe Modern" (Grace Morrison)

TOP ARTISTS of May 2023, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3337 plays from 111 playlists from 83 Folk DJs

1. Gordon Lightfoot (102)
        "Gord's Gold" (26)
        "Songbook" (26)
2. Willie Nelson (58)
        "A Beautiful Time" (11)
        "I Don't Know a Thing About Love" (10)
3. Harry Belafonte (49)
        "Belafonte at Carnegie Hall" (8)
4. Pete Seeger (32)
        "The Smithsonian Folkways Collection" (7)
        "Pete" (5)
5. Alice Howe (30)
        "Circumstance" (27)
6. Bruce Cockburn (22)
        "O Sun O Moon" (15)
7. Tim Grimm (19)
        "The Little In-Between" (18)
8. Alison Brown (16)
        "On Banjo" (14)
8. Meredith Moon (16)
        "Constellations" (15)
8. Tony Rice (16)
        "Tony Rice Sings Gordon Lightfoot" (11)
        "Me & My Guitar" (4)
11. Dom Flemons (15)
        "Traveling Wildfire" (15)
11. Iris Dement (15)
        "Workin' on a World" (14)
11. Nanci Griffith (15)
        "Other Voices, Other Rooms" (9)
11. The Rough & Tumble (15)
        "Only This Far" (15)
15. Bob Dylan (14)
        "More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 14" (2)
15. Dan Tyminski (14)
        "God Fearing Heathen" (9)
15. Judy Collins (14)
        "The Very Best of Judy Collins" (5)
15. Special Consensus (14)
        "Great Blue North" (13)
19. Amelia Hogan (13)
        "Taking Flight" (12)
19. Karan Casey (13)
        "Nine Apples of Gold" (13)
19. Low Lily (13)
        "Angels in the Wreckage" (11)
19. Nickel Creek (13)
        "Celebrants" (13)
19. Robbie Fulks (13)
        "Bluegrass Vacation" (12)
24. Greg Greenway (12)
        "Between Hello & Goodbye" (11)
24. Mighty Poplar (12)
        "Mighty Poplar" (11)
24. The Rifters (12)
        "The Enchanted World" (12)
27. Grace Morrison (11)
        "Maybe Modern" (10)
27. Mary Beth Carty (11)
        "Crossing the Causeway" (11)
27. Michael Jerome Browne (11)
        "Gettin' Together" (11)
30. Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy (10)
        "Canvas" (9)

TOP LABELS of May 2023, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3337 plays from 111 playlists from 83 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (83)
2. Compass (73)
3. Reprise (59)
4. Smithsonian/Folkways (50)
5. Legacy (47)
6. True North (38)
7. Sony (35)
8. RCA (33/35)
9. Red House (32)
10. Columbia (31)
11. Signature Sounds (29)
12. Elektra (27)
12. Warner (27)
14. Thirty Tigers (25)
15. Borealis (24)
15. Rhino (24)
17. Know Howe (23)
18. Free Dirt (21)
19. Nonesuch (20)
20. BMG (18)
20. Rebel (18)

FOLK DJs - May 2023, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3337 plays from 111 playlists from 83 Folk DJs

Abby Parks (WLJS-FM, AL)
Allegra Thompson (KALW-FM, CA)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
Arthur Dean (WCNI-FM, CT)
Artie Martello (WIOX-FM & podcast, NY)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bill Wagman (KDVS-FM, AR)
Bob Heyer (WWOV-LP & WEJP-FM, WV)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Brad Edmondson (WVBR-FM)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Chuck Markowitz (WERU-FM, ME)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
David John (KAXE-FM, MN)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
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)
Doug Tucker (KSOW-FM, OR)
Ellen Stanley (KFAI-FM, MN)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Greg Priddy (WJCU-FM, OH)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
Jan Hall (CFRU-FM & syndicated, ON)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA)
Jeremy Butler (Alabama Public Radio)
Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
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)
Justin Helmer (KVSC-FM, MN)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Larry Hoyt (WAER-FM, NY)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM, AR)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
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)
Matt Watroba (WKAR-FM, MI)
Matthew Baya (WERU-FM, ME)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
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 & folktunefinder.com, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Hefti (KUBU-LP, CA)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Peter Thompson (KALW-FM, CA)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM, PA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, TN)
Rik James (KGLT-FM, MT)
Robert Resnik (Vermont Public Radio)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Steve Soucy (WERU-FM, ME)
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)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM, NY)