Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
August 2023, Week 5

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of August 2023, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1384 plays from 51 playlists from 34 Folk DJs

  1: "Gently as I Go," Caroline Cotter [Self, 8/2023] (12)
        "Don't Wait" (6)
        "Do You Love Me" (3)
  2: "1988," Lori McKenna [Thirty Tigers, 7/2023] (10)
        "1988" (2)
        "Days Are Honey" (2)
  3: "Home," Eliza Gilkyson [Realiza, 6/2023] (9)
        "Sunflowers" (2)
        "World Keeps On Singing" (2)
        "Safety Zone" (2)
  4: "The Seven Fires Prophecy: Suite for Humanity," Kim Moberg [Self, 8/2023] (8)
        "The Third Fire - The River" (2)
  4: "City of Gold," Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway [Nonesuch, 7/2023] (8)
        "Evergreen, OK" (2)
  6: "New Old Friends," C. Daniel Boling [Berkalin, 8/2023] (7)
        "The Quiet Ones" (2)
  6: "On My Way," Owen Walsh [Wrong Road, 6/2023] (7)
        "Somewhere Sunny" (2)
  8: "Another Ghost Town," Andy & Judy [Self, 8/2023] (6)
        "Optimistic View" (2)
        "The DJs" (2)
  8: "California Morning," Rachel Anne Goodman [Coast Ridge, 8/2023] (6)
        "Waiting for the Rain" (2)
        "California Morning" (2)
  8: "Everything Is Alive," Darlingside [More Doug, 8/2023] (6)
        "How Long Again" (1)
  8: "This Far South," Tommy Prine [Thirty Tigers, 7/2023] (6)
        "Boyhood" (3)
  8: "Greatest Hits," The Band [Capitol, 2000] (6)
        "Acadian Driftwood" (1)
  8: "Hold That Spirit," Raye Zaragoza [Rebel, 8/2023] (6)
        "Hold That Spirit" (2)
        "Still Here" (2)
  8: "Macguffin," Phil Henry [Self, 8/2023] (6)
        "Songs That Still Make You Cry" (3)
        "Les Paul" (2)
  8: "Where the Light Lives," Joy Zimmerman [Self, 8/2023] (6)
        "Say What I Need to Say" (3)
        "How Shall We Sing" (2)

TOP SONGS of August 2023, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1384 plays from 51 playlists from 34 Folk DJs

1. "Don't Wait" (6)
     from "Gently as I Go" (Caroline Cotter)
2. "Boyhood" (3)
     from "This Far South" (Tommy Prine)
2. "Do You Love Me" (3)
     from "Gently as I Go" (Caroline Cotter)
2. "Say What I Need to Say" (3)
     from "Where the Light Lives" (Joy Zimmerman)
2. "Songs That Still Make You Cry" (3)
     from "Macguffin" (Phil Henry)
6. "1988" (2)
     from "1988" (Lori McKenna)
6. "As The Crow Flies" (2)
     from "Dandelion Breeze" (The Clements Brothers)

TOP ARTISTS of August 2023, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1384 plays from 51 playlists from 34 Folk DJs

1. The Band (15/18)
        "Greatest Hits" (6)
        "The Last Waltz" (3)
        "Music From Big Pink" (3)
2. Caroline Cotter (14)
        "Gently as I Go" (12)
3. Lori McKenna (13)
        "1988" (10)
4. Eliza Gilkyson (11)
        "Home" (9)
4. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway (11)
        "City of Gold" (7)
        "Crooked Tree" (4)
6. Kim Moberg (9)
        "The Seven Fires Prophecy: Suite for Humanity" (8)
7. C. Daniel Boling (7)
        "New Old Friends" (7)
7. John McCutcheon (7)
        "Gonna Rise Again" (2)
7. Owen Walsh (7)
        "On My Way" (7)
7. Raye Zaragoza (7)
        "Hold That Spirit" (6)
7. Rhiannon Giddens (7)
        "You're the One" (4)
12. Andy & Judy (6)
        "Another Ghost Town" (6)
12. Bob Dylan (6)
        "Another Self Portrait" (1)
12. Darlingside (6)
        "Everything Is Alive" (6)
12. Joy Zimmerman (6)
        "Where the Light Lives" (6)
12. The Kennedys (6)
        "Headwinds" (5)
12. Nanci Griffith (6)
        "One Fair Summer Evening" (2)
12. Phil Henry (6)
        "Macguffin" (6)
12. Rachel Anne Goodman (6)
        "California Morning" (6)
12. Tim O'Brien (6)
        "Cup O' Sugar" (3)
12. Tommy Prine (6)
        "This Far South" (6)

TOP LABELS of August 2023, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1384 plays from 51 playlists from 34 Folk DJs

1. Thirty Tigers (31)
2. Nonesuch (25)
3. Capitol (21/28)
3. Rounder (21)
5. Compass (20)
6. Red House (18)
7. Signature Sounds (17)
7. Smithsonian/Folkways (17)
9. Rhino (15/19)
9. Columbia (15)
11. Vanguard (13)
12. Legacy (11)
13. Philo (10)
13. Sugar Hill (10)
15. Borealis (9)
15. Pinecastle (9)

FOLK DJs - August 2023, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1384 plays from 51 playlists from 34 Folk DJs

Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM, PA)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
Bud Johnson (KNBA-FM & syndicated, AK)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Chuck Markowitz (WERU-FM, ME)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Cosmic Charlie (WERU-FM, ME)
Diane Karl (KBOO-FM, OR)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
John Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM, OR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mary Katherine Aldin (KPFK-FM, CA)
Matthew Baya (WERU-FM, ME)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Michael Park (MixCloud & PRX, NY)
Michael S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers, New Zealand)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NY)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Seattle Jim Page (KBCS-FM & soundcloud.com, WA)
Steve Soucy (WERU-FM, ME)
Tim Forsman (WMHB-FM, ME)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)