Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
July 2023, Week 5

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of July 2023, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2854 plays from 84 playlists from 51 Folk DJs

  1: "City of Gold," Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway [Nonesuch, 7/2023] (29)
        "Alice in the Bluegrass" (4)
        "El Dorado" (4)
        "San Joaquin" (4)
  2: "Home," Eliza Gilkyson [Realiza, 6/2023] (23)
        "World Keeps on Singing" (6)
        "Sparrow" (4)
        "Sunflowers" (3)
  3: "55," Ellis Paul [Rosella, 6/2023] (19)
        "Cosmos" (3)
        "Who You Are" (3)
        "When Angels Fall" (3)
  4: "Cup of Sugar," Tim O'Brien [Howdy Skies, 4/2023] (14)
        "Let the Horses Run" (2)
        "Shout Lulu" (2)
        "Cup of Sugar" (2)
        "The Anchor" (2)
        "Bear" (2)
        "The Pay's a Lot Better Too" (2)
  5: "Lift You Up," The Scooches [On The Bol, 4/2023] (13)
        "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round - Gullah Geechee" (3)
        "Lift You Up" (2)
        "Spread Your Wings and Fly" (2)
        "Run" (2)
  5: "Triple Shot," Shannon Leigh Reynolds [Good Bygone, 7/2023] (13)
        "Hold On" (4)
        "The Piney Wood Hills" (2)
        "Closer To You" (2)
        "Break My Mind" (2)
  7: "Don't Blink," Crowes Pasture [Self, 7/2023] (12)
        "Take Back The Red White And Blue" (3)
        "Don't Blink" (2)
        "Barranco" (2)
        "Get While the Getting's Good" (2)
  7: "For the Giving," Aleksi Campagne [Self, 7/2023] (12)
        "Rome" (2)
        "Another Day" (2)
        "Won't Be Scared" (2)
        "Till I Get Home" (2)
  7: "The Other Side," Rachael Sage [Mpress, 7/2023] (12)
        "Whistle Blow" (5)
        "The Other Side" (2)
        "Sky Writer" (2)
 10: "Gettin' Together," Michael Jerome Browne [Borealis, 5/2023] (11)
        "I've Got The Big River Blues" (3)
        "Monday Morning Blues" (2)
 11: "1988," Lori McKenna [Thirty Tigers, 7/2023] (10)
        "The Old Woman In Me" (3)
        "1988" (2)
        "Happy Children" (2)
 11: "Circle of Days," The Nields [Self, 7/2023] (10)
        "The Darkest Day" (4)
        "The Angel on the Roof" (2)
 11: "This Far South," Tommy Prine [Thirty Tigers, 7/2023] (10)
        "Boyhood" (4)
        "Cash Carter Hill" (2)
 11: "On Banjo," Alison Brown [Compass, 4/2023] (10)
        "Foggy Mountain Breaking" (2)
 11: "Weathervanes," Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit [Southeastern, 7/2023] (10)
        "Cast Iron Skillet" (5)
 16: "Seven Stones," Katie Dahl [Leaky Boat, 6/2023] (9)
        "Jericho" (3)
 16: "Circumstance," Alice Howe [Know Howe, 3/2023] (9)
        "Something Calls to Me" (2)
        "Things I'm Not Saying" (2)
 16: "Keep Your Courage," Natalie Merchant [Nonesuch, 4/2023] (9)
        "Come On, Aphrodite" (2)
        "Song of Himself" (2)
 16: "Rants & Romance," Rod MacDonald [Blue Flute, 6/2023] (9)
        "Cry Freedom" (3)
        "Come out Annie" (2)
 20: "Chimney Smoke," Ed Snodderly [Majestic, 7/2023] (8)
        "Gone with Gone and Long TIme" (2)
        "Walking in the Sunshine Again" (2)
 20: "Ever Onward," Bob & Sarah Amos [Bristlecone, 7/2023] (8)
        "The Hills That I Call Home" (3)
        "Wherever I Go" (2)
 20: "Into the Night," Robinson & Rohe [Righteous Babe, 5/2023] (8)
        "A Ways Down the Road" (2)
        "Into the Night" (2)
 20: "Now," Graham Nash [BMG, 5/2023] (8)
        "Stars and Stripes" (2)
 20: "On My Way," Owen Walsh [Wrong Road, 6/2023] (8)
        "Hurricane" (2)
        "Change" (2)
 20: "The Ballad of Madelyne & Therese," Rachel Garlin [Self, 7/2023] (8)
        "Please Therese" (4)
        "Having Slept on It" (2)
        "Never Cabaret" (2)
 26: "Kentucky for Me," Dale Ann Bradley [Pinecastle, 6/2023] (7/9)
        "I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal" (2)
        "Love Train" (2)
 26: "Great Blue North," Special Consensus [Compass, 5/2023] (7/8)
        "Mighty Trucks of Midnight" (2)
 26: "Among Other Things," Bella White [Rounder, 5/2023] (7)
        "Marilyn" (1)
 26: "Between Hello & Goodbye," Greg Greenway [Self, 4/2023] (7)
        "Big Wide World" (1)
 26: "Bits & Pieces," Malcolm Holcombe [Need To Know, 6/2023] (7)
        "Conscience of Man" (2)
 26: "I Only See the Moon," The Milk Carton Kids [Far Cry, 3/2023] (7)
        "All of the Time in the World to Kill" (1)
 26: "The Legend of Sam Davis," Aaron Smith & the Coal Biters [Self, 6/2023] (7)
        "Dead Man's Hollow" (3)
 26: "Lightfoot," Brittany Jean [Self, 7/2023] (7)
        "Early Morning Rain" (4)
        "Lightfoot" (3)
 26: "Rona," Queen Esther [EL, 5/2023] (7)
        "Oh My Stars" (3)
 26: "Sticks & Stones," Lukas Nelson & Potr [Thirty Tigers, 7/2023] (7)
        "Wrong House" (2)
        "Ladder of Love" (2)

TOP SONGS of July 2023, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2854 plays from 84 playlists from 51 Folk DJs

1. "World Keeps on Singing" (6)
     from "Home" (Eliza Gilkyson)
2. "Cast Iron Skillet" (5)
     from "Weathervanes" (Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit)
2. "Whistle Blow" (5)
     from "The Other Side" (Rachael Sage)
4. "Alice in the Bluegrass" (4)
     from "City of Gold" (Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway)
4. "Boyhood" (4)
     from "This Far South" (Tommy Prine)
4. "The Darkest Day" (4)
     from "Circle of Days" (The Nields)
4. "Early Morning Rain" (4)
     from "Lightfoot" (Brittany Jean)
4. "El Dorado" (4)
     from "City of Gold" (Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway)
4. "Gone With Gone And Long Time" (4)
     from "Chimney Smoke" (Ed Snodderly & the Shoestring Seven)
4. "Hold On" (4)
     from "Triple Shot" (Shannon Leigh Reynolds)
4. "Mekong Baby" (4)
     from "Empire Electric" (No-No Boy)
4. "San Joaquin" (4)
     from "City of Gold" (Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway)
13. "Please Therese" (3/4)
     from "The Ballad of Madelyne & Therese" (Rachel Garlin)

TOP ARTISTS of July 2023, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2854 plays from 84 playlists from 51 Folk DJs

1. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway (30)
        "City of Gold" (28)
2. Eliza Gilkyson (23)
        "Home" (23)
3. Ellis Paul (21)
        "55" (19)
4. Tim O'Brien (16)
        "Cup of Sugar" (14)
5. Lori McKenna (15)
        "1988" (10)
5. Sinead O'Connor (15)
        "Sean-Nos Nua" (4)
7. Alison Brown (14)
        "On Banjo" (10)
8. Bob Dylan (13)
        "Another Self Portrait: The Bootleg Series" (2)
8. The Scooches (13)
        "Lift You Up" (13)
8. Shannon Leigh Reynolds (13)
        "Triple Shot" (13)
11. Aleksi Campagne (12)
        "For the Giving" (12)
11. Alice Howe (12)
        "Circumstance" (9)
11. Brittany Jean (12)
        "Lightfoot" (7)
        "All the Love" (5)
11. Crowes Pasture (12)
        "Don't Blink" (12)
11. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit (12)
        "Weathervanes" (10)
11. John Gorka (12)
        "Land of the Bottom Line" (3)
17. Michael Jerome Browne (11)
        "Gettin' Together" (11)
17. Willie Nelson (11)
        "Bluegrass" (4)
19. Ed Snodderly (10)
        "Chimney Smoke" (8)
19. Lucinda Williams (10)
        "Stories from a Rock N Roll Heart" (6)
19. Lucy Kaplansky (10)
        "Last Days of Summer" (4)
19. The Nields (10)
        "Circle of Days" (10)
19. Pete Seeger (10)
        "Pete" (4)
19. Rachael Sage (10)
        "The Other Side" (10)
19. Richard Thompson (10)
        "Acoustic Classics II" (3)
19. Tommy Prine (10)
        "This Far South" (10)
27. Bella White (9)
        "Among Other Things" (7)
27. Bruce Cockburn (9)
        "O Sun O Moon" (6)
27. Graham Nash (9)
        "Now" (8)
27. Katie Dahl (9)
        "Seven Stones" (9)
27. Natalie Merchant (9)
        "Keep Your Courage" (9)
27. Rod MacDonald (9)
        "Rants & Romance" (9)

TOP LABELS of July 2023, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2854 plays from 84 playlists from 51 Folk DJs

1. Nonesuch (48)
2. Compass (44)
3. Rounder (43)
3. Thirty Tigers (43)
5. Signature Sounds (26)
6. Columbia (25)
7. Red House (24)
8. BMG (23)
9. Realiza (21)
9. Smithsonian/Folkways (21)
11. Fantasy (20)
11. Pinecastle (20)
13. Borealis (19)
13. Free Dirt (19)
13. Warner (19)
16. Vanguard (17)
17. RCA (15)
17. True North (15)
19. ATO (14)
19. Capitol (14)
19. Howdy Skies (14)

FOLK DJs - July 2023, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2854 plays from 84 playlists from 51 Folk DJs

Annie Keville (WVBR-FM, NY)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
Artie Martello (WIOX-FM & podcast, NY)
Bill Wagman (KDVS-FM, CA)
Bob Heyer (WWOV-LP & WEJP-FM, WV)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Bud Johnson (KNBA-FM & syndicated, AK)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Darryl Purpose (KRFC-FM, CO)
David John (KAXE-FM, MN)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Diane Karl (KBOO-FM, OR)
Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM, OR)
Graham & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Greg Priddy (WJCU-FM, OH)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
James Sereda (WUSB-FM, NY)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jim Welsh (Radio Summerhall & MixCloud, UK)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com & podcast, SC)
John Platt (WFUV-FM, NY)
Kate McNally (New Hampshire Public Radio)
Kelly Walker (WTSU-FM & podcast, AL)
Ken Nagelberg (WHYR-FM, LA)
Larry Hoyt (WAER-FM, NY)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM, AR)
Lindsay Mar (2RRR-FM, Australia)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDH-FM, VT)
Mary Sue Twohy (SiriusXM, DC)
Matthew Baya (WERU-FM, ME)
Michael S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Hefti (KUBU-LP, CA)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM, WA)
Robert Resnik (Vermont Public Radio)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM, NJ)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WHUS-FM, CT)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Terry B. Moses & Naomi Soule (KCLC-FM, MO)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM, NY)