Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
December 2023, Week 1

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of December 2023, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2580 plays from 90 playlists from 74 Folk DJs

  1: "At the End of the Day," Sylvia Tyson [Stony Plain, 11/2023] (17)
        "Long Chain of Love" (3)
        "Sweet Agony" (3)
        "Leaves In the Storm" (3)
  2: "More Than a Whisper: Celebrating the Music of Nanci Griffith," Various Artists [Rounder, 10/2023] (16)
        "More Than A Whisper," Mary Gauthier (4)
        "Listen To The Radio," Molly Tuttle and Billy Strings (3)
        "Love At The Five & Dime," John Prine & Kelsey Waldon (3)
        "Outbound Plane," Shawn Colvin (2)
  3: "The Lonesome Chronicles," Kathy Kallick Band [Live Oak, 9/2023] (15)
        "Souveniers" (3)
        "The Weather Song" (3)
        "Lonesome Dobro Blues" (2)
  3: "Rum Sodomy & the Lash," The Pogues [WEA, 1985] (15)
        "Dirty Old Town" (3)
        "A Pair Of Brown Eyes" (3)
        "The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" (2)
        "The Old Main Drag" (2)
  5: "Ozark Symphony," Kelly Hunt [Compass, 10/2023] (12)
        "Top of the World" (3)
        "Be Still" (2)
        "Lost Highway" (2)
        "Ozark Symphony" (2)
  5: "Together," Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 10/2023] (12)
        "In America" (3)
        "Christmas in the Desert" (3)
  7: "If I Should Fall From Grace," The Pogues [WEA, 1988] (10)
        "If I Should Fall From Grace With God" (4)
        "Fairytale Of New York" (2)
  7: "Under a Cathedral Sky," Ynana Rose [Self, 11/2023] (10)
        "Redwood Holler" (4)
        "Let Go the Day" (2)
  9: "A Great Wild Mercy," Carrie Newcomer [Available Light, 9/2023] (9)
        "Take More Time, Cover Less Ground" (2)
        "The Shape Of A Perfect Arc" (2)
        "Path Through the evening woods" (2)
  9: "On the Blind Side," Ray Bonneville [Self, 9/2023] (9)
        "Streetcar Man" (2)
        "The Way It Was Before" (2)
 11: "The Breath Between," David Francey [Laker, 9/2023] (8)
        "This Morning" (2)
 11: "Gently as I Go," Caroline Cotter [Self, 8/2023] (8)
        "Don't Wait" (3)
        "The Year of the Wrecking Ball" (2)
        "Gently as I Go" (2)
 11: "Two Singing Songs," Ben Gage [Self, 11/2023] (8)
        "Blue Bird" (2)
 14: "Ancestor Song," Janice Jo Lee [Self, 11/2023] (7)
        "She Looked Like Me" (2)
        "Years of Secret Melody" (2)
 14: "Fear of Falling Stars," Kristen Grainger & True North [Self, 10/2023] (7)
        "Pent Up" (2)
 14: "Folktown," Mark Leggett [Earthsonix, 11/2023] (7)
        "Goldsboro Getaway" (3)
        "Isolation Spring" (2)
 14: "I Kept These Old Blues," Muireann Bradley [Tompkins Square, 11/2023] (7)
        "Shake Sugaree" (3)
 14: "Imaginary People," Viv & Riley [Free Dirt, 9/2023] (7)
        "The General" (2)
 19: "Do You Recall," Dori Freeman [Blue Hens, 12/2023] (6)
        "Movie Screen" (1)
 19: "Endless Turn of Day Into Night," Last Birds [Self, 10/2023] (6)
        "After Dark" (2)
 19: "Heat Comes Down," John R. Miller [Rounder, 11/2023] (6)
        "Smokestacks On The Skyline" (2)
 19: "Leave the Light On," Terry Klein [Signature Sounds, 11/2023] (6)
        "Blue Hill Bay" (2)
 19: "Old Cane Back Rocker," Darrell Scott String Band [Here, 8/2023] (6)
        "It's a Great Day to Be Alive" (2)
 19: "Sun to Sun," Alice Gerrard [Sleepy Cat, 10/2023] (6)
        "December Daisy" (2)
 19: "Tarwater," Colin Cutler [Self, 11/2023] (6)
        "Run To The River" (2)
        "Colin Cutler" (2)
 26: "Anthology of American Folk Music:Ballads," Various Artists [Smithsonian/Folkways] (5/8)
        "The Wagoner's Lad," Buell Kazee (1)
 26: "Feel Good," Jaime Wyatt [New West, 11/2023] (5/6)
        "Back to the Country" (2)
        "Love Is a Place" (2)
 26: "Cambium," Full Cord [Dark Shadow] (5)
        "Blue Trail" (1)
 26: "Dandelion Breeze," The Clements Brothers [Self, 8/2023] (5)
        "Out Of The Blue" (2)
        "Never Alone" (2)
 26: "Honeysuckle Switches," Amos Lee [Thirty Tigers] (5)
        "Bus to Baton Rouge" (2)
 26: "The Long & Lonesome Letting Go," Jim Lauderdale & the Po' Ramblin' Boys [Sky Crunch, 12/2023] (5)
        "If I Could Only Get My Heart To See" (1)
 26: "Purple Piano," Zoe Mulford [Azalea City] (5)
        "This Song Won't Fix Anything" (2)
        "Our Lady of the Highways" (2)
 26: "Queen of Time," Lindsay Lou [Kill Rock Stars, 11/2023] (5)
        "Queen of Time" (3)
 26: "Thank God We Left The Garden," Jeffrey Martin [Fluff And Gravy, 11/2023] (5)
        "Lost Dog" (2)
 26: "Try to Make It Fly," The Lonesome Ace Stringband [Self, 11/2023] (5)
        "Come With Me Tonight" (2)
 26: "Visions," Jan Gillies [Self, 8/2023] (5)
        "Balance" (1)
 26: "You're the One," Rhiannon Giddens [Nonesuch, 8/2023] (5)
        "Way Over Yonder" (2)

TOP SONGS of December 2023, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2580 plays from 90 playlists from 74 Folk DJs

1. "If I Should Fall From Grace With God" (6)
     from "If I Should Fall From Grace" (The Pogues)
2. "Dirty Old Town" (4)
     from "Rum Sodomy & the Lash" (The Pogues)
2. "This Heart" (4)
     from "Old Ghosts" (Diane Coll)
2. "A Pair Of Brown Eyes" (4)
     from "Rum Sodomy & the Lash" (The Pogues)
2. "Redwood Holler" (4)
     from "Under a Cathedral Sky" (Ynana Rose)
6. "If I Had A Hammer" (3/5)
     from "Songs of Hope and Struggle" (Pete Seeger)
6. "Don't Wait" (3)
     from "Gently as I Go" (Caroline Cotter)
6. "Fairytale Of New York" (3)
     from "If I Should Fall From Grace" (The Pogues)
6. "Goldsboro Getaway" (3)
     from "Folktown" (Mark Leggett)
6. "Home For The Harvest" (3)
     from "Home For The Harvest" (Craig Bickhardt)
6. "In America" (3)
     from "Together" (Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon)
6. "Leaves In the Storm" (3)
     from "At the End of the Day" (Sylvia Tyson)
6. "The Legendary Lot 13" (3)
     from "This Chain" (George Mann)
6. "Long Chain of Love" (3)
     from "At the End of the Day" (Sylvia Tyson)

TOP ARTISTS of December 2023, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2580 plays from 90 playlists from 74 Folk DJs

1. The Pogues (46)
        "Rum Sodomy & the Lash" (15)
        "If I Should Fall From Grace" (10)
2. Sylvia Tyson (20)
        "At the End of the Day" (17)
3. Kathy Kallick Band (17)
        "The Lonesome Chronicles" (15)
4. Caroline Cotter (12)
        "Gently as I Go" (8)
        "Home On The River" (4)
4. Kelly Hunt (12)
        "Ozark Symphony" (12)
6. Carrie Newcomer (11)
        "A Great Wild Mercy" (9)
6. Shane MacGowan & The Popes (11)
        "The Crock Of Gold" (5)
8. Stan Rogers (10)
        "Fogarty's Cove" (3)
        "Northwest Passage" (3)
8. Ynana Rose (10)
        "Under a Cathedral Sky" (10)
10. Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon (9)
        "Together" (9)
11. David Francey (8)
        "The Breath Between" (8)
11. Emmylou Harris (8)
        "Luxury Liner" (2)
11. Kristen Grainger & True North (8)
        "Fear of Falling Stars" (7)
11. Pete Seeger (8)
        "Songs of Hope and Struggle" (4)
11. Ray Bonneville (8)
        "On the Blind Side" (8)
16. Ben Gage (7)
        "Two Singing Songs" (7)
16. Bill Morrissey (7)
        "The Essential Collection" (2)
16. Bob Dylan (7)
        "Best Of The Original Mono Recordings" (1)
16. Janice Jo Lee (7)
        "Ancestor Song" (7)
16. Mark Leggett (7)
        "Folktown" (7)
16. Mary Gauthier (7)
        "More Than A Whisper: Celebrating The Music Of Nanci Griffith" (3)
16. Muireann Bradley (7)
        "I Kept These Old Blues" (7)
16. Rhiannon Giddens (7)
        "You're the One" (5)

TOP LABELS of December 2023, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2580 plays from 90 playlists from 74 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (55)
2. Smithsonian/Folkways (37)
3. Compass (33)
4. Rhino (28)
5. Columbia (25)
6. Legacy (24)
7. Signature Sounds (20)
8. Borealis (19)
8. Nonesuch (19)
8. Stony Plain (19)
11. Thirty Tigers (18)
11. WEA (18)
13. Warner (17)
14. True North (16)
15. New West (14)
15. Philo (14)
15. Vanguard (14)
18. Free Dirt (13)
18. Live Oak (13)
18. Red House (13)
18. Tompkins Square (13)

FOLK DJs - December 2023, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2580 plays from 90 playlists from 74 Folk DJs

Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM, NY)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
Artie Martello (mostlyfolk.org & podcast, NY)
Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM, PA)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bill Wagman (KDVS-FM, CA)
Bob Heyer (WEJP-FM & WWOV-LP, WV)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Bruce Swan (WSFM-LP, NC)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Cosmic Charlie (WERU-FM, ME)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
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)
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)
James Sereda (WUSB-FM, NY)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jean Geiger (MixCloud, 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, SC)
John Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA)
Jon Colcord (Syndicated, NH)
Kelly Walker (WTSU-FM & podcast, AL)
Ken Batista (WRCT-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM, AR)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM, OR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDH-FM, VT)
Matthew Baya (WERU-FM, ME)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Michael Kane (WBRS-FM, MA)
Michael Park (MixCloud, NY)
Michael S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers & hallfolk.com, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM, WA)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & syndicated, PA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, QC)
Steve Soucy (WERU-FM, ME)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Tom Coxworth (CKUA-FM, AB)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM, NY)