Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
December 2023, Week 3

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of December 2023, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3258 plays from 106 playlists from 75 Folk DJs

  1: "Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90 Live at the Hollywood Bowl," Various Artists [Legacy, 12/2023] (19)
        "Seven Spanish Angels," Allison Russell & Norah Jones (2)
  2: "Sun to Sun," Alice Gerrard [Sleepy Cat, 10/2023] (18)
        "How Can I Keep from Fishing" (3)
  3: "Yule Like This," Mark Stepakoff [Self, 11/2023] (17)
        "Your Favorite Christmas Song" (3)
  4: "Together," Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 10/2023] (16)
        "Christmas in the Desert" (4)
        "Ukranian Now" (2)
        "Life Before You" (2)
        "Complete" (2)
        "Everything" (2)
  5: "More Than a Whisper: Celebrating the Music of Nanci Griffith," Various Artists [Rounder, 10/2023] (14)
        "More Than A Whisper," Mary Gauthier (3)
        "Listen To The Radio," Billy Strings & Molly Tuttle (3)
        "Love At The Five And Dime," John Prine & Kelsey Waldon (2)
        "You Can't Go Home Again," Sarah Jarosz (2)
  6: "At the End of the Day," Sylvia Tyson [Stony Plain, 11/2023] (13)
        "No Crowd, No Show" (2)
        "Leaves In The Storm" (2)
        "At the End of the Day" (2)
  7: "By Request," Mustard's Retreat [Self, 12/2023] (10)
        "Gather The Family" (2)
        "Jeremy Brown" (2)
  7: "I Kept These Old Blues," Muireann Bradley [Tompkins Square, 11/2023] (10)
        "Freight Train" (2)
        "Candyman" (2)
        "Police Dog Blues" (2)
  7: "Old Cane Back Rocker," Darrell Scott String Band [Here, 8/2023] (10)
        "Kentucky Morning" (2)
        "It's A Great Day To Be Alive" (2)
        "Charlie and Ruby" (2)
 10: "A Christmas Card," Fred Eaglesmith & Tif Ginn [Idla, 10/2023] (9)
        "Roll With The Snow" (2)
        "It's the Elves That Make Christmas" (2)
 10: "Come Darkness, Come Light," Mary Chapin Carpenter [Zoe, 2008] (9)
        "The Longest Night of the Year" (4)
        "Come Darkness, Come Light" (2)
 12: "Fear of Falling Stars," Kristen Grainger & True North [Self, 10/2023] (8)
        "The Avalanche" (3)
 12: "Home," Eliza Gilkyson [Realiza, 6/2023] (8)
        "True North" (3)
        "World Keeps On Singing" (2)
        "Safety Zone" (2)
 12: "Kinetic Tone," Balsam Range [Mountain Home] (8)
        "Just To Satisfy You" (2)
        "Evergreen" (2)
 12: "Winter's Grace," Laurie Lewis And Tom Rozum [Signature Sounds, 2011] (8)
        "If We Make It Through December" (2)
 16: "Au Coeur De l'Aube," Genticorum [Self, 12/2023] (7)
        "La Bateliere" (2)
 16: "A Great Wild Mercy," Carrie Newcomer [Available Light, 9/2023] (7)
        "Path Through The Evening Woods" (2)
        "Singing In The Dark" (2)
        "Take More Time, Cover Less Ground" (2)
 16: "Lavender Moonshine," Tret Fure [Tomboy Girl, 10/2023] (7)
        "With You" (3)
 16: "Leave the Light On," Terry Klein [Signature Sounds, 11/2023] (7)
        "Blue Hill Bay" (2)
 20: "Christmas Island," Leon Redbone [Private, 2002] (6)
        "Blue Christmas" (1)
 20: "Feel Good," Jaime Wyatt [New West, 11/2023] (6)
        "Love Is A Place'" (2)
 20: "A Guaraldi Holiday," Isaiah J Thompson [Outside In Music OTM] (6)
        "Thanksgiving Theme" (2)
 20: "New Old Friends," C. Daniel Boling [Berkalin, 8/2023] (6)
        "Get A Life!" (1)
 20: "Ozark Symphony," Kelly Hunt [Compass, 10/2023] (6)
        "Ozark Symphony" (1)
 20: "Wintersong," Various Artists [Signature Sounds, 12/2022] (6)
        "A V Jerusalime," Kitka (1)
 26: "Christmas," Bruce Cockburn [Columbia, 1998] (5)
        "Go tell it on the Mountain" (2)
 26: "Evergreen," Alison Brown Quartet [Compass, 2008] (5)
        "O'Carolan's/Welcome Christmas" (1)
 26: "Ever Onward," Bob & Sarah Amos [Bristlecone, 7/2023] (5)
        "Dream of a Miner's Child" (2)
 26: "For the Giving," Aleksi Campagne [Self, 7/2023] (5)
        "Till I Get Home" (2)
 26: "John Prine Christmas," John Prine [Oh Boy, 1993] (5)
        "Christmas In Prison" (2)
        "All the Best" (2)
 26: "Joy!," Rachael Sage [Mpress, 2017] (5)
        "Tchatchkes & Latkes" (5)
 26: "My Farm, My Bluegrass," Marty Falle [Self] (5)
        "Chimney Letters" (2)
 26: "New Wild West," Antje Duvekot [Self, 10/2023] (5)
        "Evolution" (1)
 26: "A New Orleans Christmas," Various Artists [Nyno] (5)
        "Santa's Second Line," New Birth Brass Band (2)
 26: "Nothing But Green Willow," Martin Simpson & Tomm Jutz [Topic] (5)
        "Jacob's Ladder" (2)
 26: "Poets, Philosophers Workers & Wanderers," Joe Jencks [Turtle Bear, 2018] (5)
        "Longest Night of the Year" (2)
 26: "The Runaway Christmas Tree," Christine Lavin And The Mistletones [Appleseed, 2004] (5)
        "A Christmas/kwanza/Solstice/Chanukah/Ramadan/boxing Day Song" (2)
 26: "Snow Dancing," Jez Lowe [Tantobie] (5)
        "Ice Cold in Ainwick" (1)
 26: "Sugar Plums - Holidays Treats from Sugar Hill," Various Artists [Sugar Hill] (5)
        "Making Plans," Tim O'Brien (2)
 26: "Thank God We Left The Garden," Jeffrey Martin [Fluff And Gravy, 11/2023] (5)
        "Quiet Man" (1)
 26: "Two Singing Songs," Ben Gage [Self, 11/2023] (5)
        "Messenger Bird" (2)
 26: "Under a Cathedral Sky," Ynana Rose [Self, 11/2023] (5)
        "Redwood Holler" (2)
 26: "When I'm Gone," Stefan Hillesheim [Self] (5)
        "When I'm Gone" (2)
 26: "When We Fly," Siger [Trad Records TRAD] (5)
        "Back On Track" (2)

TOP SONGS of December 2023, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3258 plays from 106 playlists from 75 Folk DJs

1. "The Return of the Light" (5)
     from "The Return of the Light - single" (Eric Erickson)
1. "Tchatchkes & Latkes" (5)
     from "Joy!" (Rachael Sage)
3. "Christmas in the Desert" (4)
     from "Together" (Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon)
3. "The Longest Night of the Year" (4)
     from "Come Darkness, Come Light" (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
5. "Alone For Christmas" (3)
     from "Alone For Christmas - single" (Sofia Talvik)
5. "At Last I'm Ready For Christmas" (3)
     from "Fogarty's Cove" (Stan Rogers)
5. "The Avalanche" (3)
     from "Fear of Falling Stars" (Kristen Grainger & True North)
5. "Blues For Christmas" (3)
     from "Blues For Christmas - single" (Elly Wininger)
5. "Bringing in the Light" (3)
     from "All That's Real" (Gathering Sparks)
5. "The Christians and the Pagans" (3)
     from "Many Great Companions" (Dar Williams)
5. "Christmas In Paradise" (3)
     from "Filth And Fire" (Mary Gauthier)

TOP ARTISTS of December 2023, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3258 plays from 106 playlists from 75 Folk DJs

1. Alice Gerrard (19)
        "Sun to Sun" (18)
2. Mark Stepakoff (15)
        "Yule Like This" (15)
3. Phil Ochs (13/22)
        "Phil Ochs - Greatest Hits" (3)
        "Rehearsals For Retirement" (3)
        "There But For Fortune" (3)
4. Bob Dylan (12)
        "Christmas In The Heart" (2)
4. Sylvia Tyson (12)
        "At the End of the Day" (12)
4. Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon (12)
        "Together" (12)
7. Eliza Gilkyson (11)
        "Home" (8)
7. Kristen Grainger & True North (11)
        "Fear of Falling Stars" (7)
7. Mustard's Retreat (11)
        "By Request" (9)
10. Carrie Newcomer (10)
        "A Great Wild Mercy" (6)
        "Kindred Spirits: A Collection" (3)
10. John McCutcheon (10)
        "Winter Solstice" (2)
10. Muireann Bradley (10)
        "I Kept These Old Blues" (10)
10. John Prine (10)
        "John Prine Christmas" (5)
14. Alison Brown (9/10)
        "The Song Of The Banjo" (6)
14. Brittany Jean (9)
        "Colors & Covers" (3)
        "Wintertide" (3)
14. Darrell Scott String Band (9)
        "Old Cane Back Rocker" (9)
14. Mary Chapin Carpenter (9)
        "Come Darkness, Come Light" (7)
18. Balsam Range (8)
        "Kinetic Tone" (8)
18. Fred Eaglesmith & Tif Ginn (8)
        "A Christmas Card" (7)
18. Lori McKenna (8)
        "1988" (4)
18. Rachael Sage (8)
        "Joy!" (5)
18. Tret Fure (8)
        "Lavender Moonshine" (7)
23. John Hartford (7/8)
        "Aereo-Plain" (2)
23. Vince Guaraldi Trio (7/8)
        "A Charlie Brown Christmas" (3)
        "Jazz Impressions Of Black Orpheus" (3)
23. Bruce Cockburn (7)
        "Christmas" (5)
23. Christine Lavin And The Mistletones (7)
        "The Runaway Christmas Tree" (5)
23. Cindy Kallet (7)
        "Working On Wings To Fly" (4)
23. Genticorum (7)
        "Au Coeur De l'Aube" (7)
23. Kate Rusby (7)
        "Light Years" (4)
23. Laurie Lewis And Tom Rozum (7)
        "Winter's Grace" (7)
23. Marty Falle (7)
        "My Farm, My Bluegrass" (5)
23. Sofia Talvik (7)
        "Alone For Christmas - single" (3)
23. Stan Rogers (7)
        "Turnaround" (3)
23. Terry Klein (7)
        "Leave the Light On" (7)

TOP LABELS of December 2023, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3258 plays from 106 playlists from 75 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (77)
2. Compass (40)
3. Signature Sounds (33)
4. Legacy (28)
5. Sugar Hill (27)
6. Smithsonian/Folkways (24)
7. Columbia (23)
7. Red House (23)
7. Rhino (23)
10. Bear Family (22)
11. Sleepy Cat (15/16)
12. Stony Plain (14)
13. Reprise (13)
14. Borealis (12)
14. Elektra (12)
14. Nonesuch (12)
17. New West (11)
17. Philo (11)
19. Appalsongs (10)
19. Appleseed (10)
19. Pinecastle (10)
19. Thirty Tigers (10)
19. Tompkins Square (10)
19. Vanguard (10)

FOLK DJs - December 2023, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3258 plays from 106 playlists from 75 Folk DJs

Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
Art Podell (KPFK-FM, CA)
Arthur Berman (CiTR-FM & podcast, BC)
Artie Martello (WIOX-FM & podcast, NY)
Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM, PA)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bill Wagman ()
Bob Heyer (WEJP-FM & WWOV-LP, WV)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
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)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
David John (KAXE-FM & KBXE-FM, MN)
David Sears (WBGU-FM, OH)
Dennis Brunnenmeyer (KVMR-FM, CA)
Diane Karl (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
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)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jean Geiger (MixCloud, WA)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jeremy Butler (Alabama Public Radio)
Jim Canales (WWSP-FM, WI)
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)
John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ)
Jon Colcord (Syndicated, NH)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kate McNally (New Hampshire Public Radio)
Kelly Walker (WTSU-FM & podcast, AL)
Ken Batista (WRCT-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Kevin Vance (KALW-FM, CA)
Larry Berger (WRCT-FM & syndicated, PA)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM, OR)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDH-FM, VT)
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 & PRX, NY)
Michael S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers & newfolkrecords.com, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM, WA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Sue Kessell (WNUR-FM, IL)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Terry B. Moses & Naomi Soule (KCLC-FM, MO)
Tim Forsman (WMHB-FM, ME)
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)