Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
May 2023, Week 2

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of May 2023, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2516 plays from 87 playlists from 70 Folk DJs

  1: "Gord's Gold," Gordon Lightfoot [Reprise, 1975] (24)
        "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" (4)
        "Sundown" (3)
  2: "Skylark," Open Road [Delfina, 5/2023] (16)
        "No Hiding Place" (5)
        "Everybody Loves You" (4)
        "Wildflowers" (2)
  2: "Songbook," Gordon Lightfoot [Warner, 1985] (16)
        "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" (4)
        "Canadian railroad trilogy" (2)
  4: "Between Hello & Goodbye," Greg Greenway [Self, 4/2023] (14)
        "Another Day" (3)
        "Hello Hello Hello" (3)
        "Big Wide World" (2)
        "Don't Promise Me" (2)
        "That's Where Hope Comes From" (2)
  5: "Gettin' Together," Michael Jerome Browne [Borealis, 5/2023] (13)
        "Coffee Blues" (5)
        "Black Dog Blues" (2)
        "Monday Morning Blues" (2)
  6: "How to Shine," Jaime Michaels [Appaloosa, 5/2023] (12)
        "How To Shine" (6)
  6: "O Sun O Moon," Bruce Cockburn [True North, 4/2023] (12)
        "Push Come to Shove" (2)
        "To Keep the World We Know" (2)
        "On A Roll" (2)
        "Colin Went Down to the Water" (2)
  8: "Traveling Wildfire," Dom Flemons [Smithsonian/Folkways, 1/2023] (11)
        "Big Money Blues" (4)
  9: "The Chicago Sessions," Rodney Crowell [New West, 5/2023] (10)
        "Loving You Is The Only Way To Fly" (3)
        "Somebody Loves You" (2)
        "Oh Miss Claudia" (2)
        "Everything At Once" (2)
  9: "Forgottonia," Chris Vallillo [Self, 5/2023] (10)
        "Ma Belle" (3)
        "When Whiskey Had Wheels" (2)
  9: "Headland," Kalos [Self, 4/2023] (10)
        "The Brakeman's Daughter" (4)
        "Fare Thee Well" (2)
        "Fanny Vanille The Kerry Polska" (2)
  9: "Mighty Poplar," Mighty Poplar [Free Dirt, 3/2023] (10)
        "Let Him Go on Mama" (3)
        "Kickin' Up The Devil On A Holiday-Dr.Hecock's Jig" (2)
        "Up on the Divide" (2)
 13: "Angels in the Wreckage," Low Lily [Self, 4/2023] (9)
        "Round of Blues" (3)
        "Up On A Rock" (2)
        "Captivate Me" (2)
 13: "Beautiful: A Tribute To Gordon Lightfoot," Various Artists [Borealis, 2003] (9)
        "Canadian Railroad Trilogy," James Keelaghan (2)
        "Bend in the Water," Harry Manx (2)
 13: "Bluegrass Vacation," Robbie Fulks [Compass, 3/2023] (9)
        "Momma's Eyes" (4)
        "Nashville Blues" (2)
 13: "Great Blue North," Special Consensus [Compass, 5/2023] (9)
        "Brave Mountaineers" (4)
        "Snowbird" (2)
 13: "If You Could Read My Mind," Gordon Lightfoot [Reprise, 1990] (9)
        "If You Could Read My Mind" (6)
 13: "Maybe Modern," Grace Morrison [Self, 4/2023] (9)
        "God Can Be A Mother" (4)
        "Broken Things" (3)
 13: "This Pretty Planet," Tom Chapin [Sundance, 4/2023] (9)
        "Come Blow Your Horn" (1)
 13: "Stand in the Joy," William Prince [Six Shooter, 5/2023] (9)
        "Peace Of Mind" (2)
        "Goldie Hawn" (2)
 13: "Tony Rice Sings Gordon Lightfoot," Tony Rice [Rounder, 2021] (9)
        "Cold On the Shoulder" (3)
        "Let It Ride" (2)
 22: "Constellations," Meredith Moon [True North, 3/2023] (8)
        "Needlecase Medley" (2)
        "Starcrossed" (2)
        "Slow Moving Train" (2)
 22: "Grass Roots," Leftover Salmon [Compass, 5/2023] (8)
        "Simple Twist Of Fate" (4)
        "Blue Railroad Train" (3)
 22: "Into the Night," Robinson & Rohe [Righteous Babe, 5/2023] (8)
        "Where I'm Coming From" (6)
 22: "On Banjo," Alison Brown [Compass, 4/2023] (8)
        "Wind the Clock" (3)
        "Sun and Water" (2)
 22: "Only This Far," The Rough & Tumble [Self, 4/2023] (8)
        "God of War" (3)
        "A Little Less" (2)
 22: "Pomegranate Seed," Cosy Sheridan [CMS, 2004] (8)
        "My Mother's House" (8)
 28: "Among Other Things," Bella White [Rounder, 5/2023] (7)
        "The Way I Oughta Go" (3)
 28: "California," The Refugees [Self, 5/2023] (7)
        "You Don't Have to Cry" (3)
 28: "God Fearing Heathen," The Dan Tyminski Band [Demo, 5/2023] (7)
        "Hey Brother" (2)
 28: "Savoy," Taj Mahal [Stony Plain, 3/2023] (7)
        "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby" (4)

TOP SONGS of May 2023, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2516 plays from 87 playlists from 70 Folk DJs

1. "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" (11)
     from "Gord's Gold" (Gordon Lightfoot)
     also "The Best of Gordon Lightfoot" (Gordon Lightfoot)
2. "Early Morning Rain" (8)
     from "Gord's Gold" (Gordon Lightfoot)
2. "My Mother's House" (8)
     from "Pomegranate Seed" (Cosy Sheridan)
4. "If You Could Read My Mind" (7)
     from "If You Could Read My Mind" (Gordon Lightfoot)
     also "Gord's Gold" (Gordon Lightfoot)
4. "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" (7)
     from "Songbook" (Gordon Lightfoot)
6. "How To Shine" (6)
     from "How to Shine" (Jaime Michaels)
6. "Old Dan's Records" (6)
     from "All Live" (Gordon Lightfoot)
     also "Gord's Gold" (Gordon Lightfoot)
6. "Where I'm Coming From" (6)
     from "Into the Night" (Robinson & Rohe)
9. "Big Money Blues" (5)
     from "Traveling Wildfire" (Dom Flemons)
9. "Coffee Blues" (5)
     from "Gettin' Together" (Michael Jerome Browne)
9. "Julia Ward Howe" (5)
     from "Threads" (Tom Chapin)
9. "No Hiding Place" (5)
     from "Skylark" (Open Road)
13. "Ten Degrees And Getting Colder" (4)
     from "Other Voices, Other Rooms" (Nanci Griffith)
13. "Brave Mountaineers" (4)
     from "Great Blue North" (Special Consensus)
13. "The Brakeman's Daughter" (4)
     from "Headland" (Kalos)

TOP ARTISTS of May 2023, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2516 plays from 87 playlists from 70 Folk DJs

1. Gordon Lightfoot (125)
        "Gord's Gold" (24)
        "Songbook" (16)
2. Pete Seeger (23)
        "The Smithsonian Folkways Collection" (4)
        "Pete" (3)
3. Willie Nelson (20)
        "I Don't Know a Thing About Love" (4)
        "First Rose Of Spring" (3)
4. Harry Belafonte (19)
        "The Essential Harry Belafonte" (3)
5. Open Road (16)
        "Skylark" (16)
6. Tom Chapin (15)
        "This Pretty Planet" (9)
        "Threads" (5)
7. Bella White (14)
        "Among Other Things" (7)
        "Just Like Leaving" (7)
7. Bruce Cockburn (14)
        "O Sun O Moon" (12)
7. Greg Greenway (14)
        "Between Hello & Goodbye" (14)
7. Jaime Michaels (14)
        "How to Shine" (12)
7. Michael Jerome Browne (14)
        "Gettin' Together" (13)
12. Tony Rice (13)
        "Tony Rice Sings Gordon Lightfoot" (9)
13. Cosy Sheridan (12)
        "Pomegranate Seed" (8)
13. Dom Flemons (12)
        "Traveling Wildfire" (11)
15. Kalos (11)
        "Headland" (10)
16. Chris Vallillo (10)
        "Forgottonia" (10)
16. Grace Morrison (10)
        "Maybe Modern" (9)
16. Joe Jencks (10)
        "The Coming of the Years" (5)
        "Poets, Philosophers Workers & Wanderers" (4)
16. Johnny Cash (10)
        "Out Among The Stars" (2)
16. Leftover Salmon (10)
        "Grass Roots" (8)
16. Mighty Poplar (10)
        "Mighty Poplar" (10)
16. Rodney Crowell (10)
        "The Chicago Sessions" (10)
16. The Rough & Tumble (10)
        "Only This Far" (8)
24. Iris DeMent (9)
        "Workin' on a World" (4)
        "Infamous Angel" (3)
24. Low Lily (9)
        "Angels in the Wreckage" (9)
24. Meredith Moon (9)
        "Constellations" (8)
24. Robbie Fulks (9)
        "Bluegrass Vacation" (9)
24. Special Consensus (9)
        "Great Blue North" (9)
24. William Prince (9)
        "Stand in the Joy" (9)
30. Alison Brown (8)
        "On Banjo" (8)
30. Billy Strings (8)
        "Me/And/Dad" (6)
30. Bob Dylan (8)
        "Blood On The Tracks" (1)
30. The Dan Tyminski Band (8)
        "God Fearing Heathen" (7)
30. Ian & Sylvia (8)
        "Early Morning Rain" (3)
        "Live at Newport" (3)
30. Robinson & Rohe (8)
        "Into the Night" (8)

TOP LABELS of May 2023, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2516 plays from 87 playlists from 70 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (68)
2. Compass (58)
3. Reprise (54)
4. Smithsonian/Folkways (43)
5. Borealis (35)
6. Rhino (32)
7. True North (24)
8. Warner (23)
9. Free Dirt (22)
10. Columbia (20)
10. Signature Sounds (20)
12. EMI (17)
13. Red House (16)
14. New West (15)
14. Sugar Hill (15)
14. Sundance (15)
17. Delfina (14)
17. RCA (14)
17. Sony (14)
17. Vanguard (14)

FOLK DJs - May 2023, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2516 plays from 87 playlists from 70 Folk DJs

Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Annie Keville (WVBR-FM, NY)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
Arthur Dean (WCNI-FM, CT)
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)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Cosmic Charlie (WERU-FM, ME)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
David John (KAXE-FM, MN)
Diane Crowe (WMCB-LP, MA)
Diane Karl (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Doug Tucker (KSOW-FM, OR)
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)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jeremy Butler (Alabama Public Radio)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com)
John Platt (WFUV-FM, NY)
John Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA)
Jon Colcord (Syndicated, NH)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Larry Hoyt (WAER-FM, NY)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM, AR)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Lyle D. Skinner (CKJS-FM & CJUM-FM, MB)
Mara Noelle (KVMR-FM, CA)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM, OR)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDH-FM, VT)
Matt Watroba (WKAR-FM, MI)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Park (MixCloud & PRX, NY)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Hawke's Bay & Radio Kidnappers, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
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)
Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WWUH-FM & WHUS-FM, CT)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Terry B. Moses & Naomi Soule (KCLC-FM, MO)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM, PA)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)