Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
December 2023, Week 5

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of December 2023, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1924 plays from 59 playlists from 46 Folk DJs

  1: "More Than a Whisper: Celebrating the Music of Nanci Griffith," Various Artists [Rounder, 10/2023] (12)
        "Trouble In The Fields," Lyle Lovett & Kathy Mattea (3)
        "Gulf Coast Highway," Brandy Clark (2)
  2: "The Turning Year," Jennifer Cutting's Ocean Orchestra [Sunsign, 2021] (10)
        "The Turning Year: A New Year's Toast" (6)
        "Turn Of The Year" (3)
  3: "The Returner," Allison Russell [Fantasy, 9/2023] (9)
        "The Returner" (4)
        "Eve Was Black" (3)
  3: "Wintertide," Brittany Jean [Stormcave, 12/2022] (9)
        "Auld Lang Syne" (3)
        "Aspenglow" (2)
  5: "At the End of the Day," Sylvia Tyson [Stony Plain, 11/2023] (8)
        "Angels In Troubled Times" (4)
        "At the End of the Day" (3)
  5: "City of Gold," Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway [Nonesuch, 7/2023] (8)
        "Alice In The Bluegrass" (3)
  7: "Home," Eliza Gilkyson [Realiza, 6/2023] (7)
        "True North" (3)
  8: "At The Turning Of The Year," Herdman, Hills & Mangsen [Hand And Heart, 2005] (6)
        "At the Turning of the Year" (6)
  8: "The Lonesome Chronicles," Kathy Kallick Band [Live Oak, 9/2023] (6)
        "It's Lonesome Everywhere I Go" (1)
  8: "Mighty Poplar," Mighty Poplar [Free Dirt, 3/2023] (6)
        "Distant Land to Roam" (2)
        "Up on the Divide" (2)
  8: "Yule Like This," Mark Stepakoff [Self, 11/2023] (6)
        "New Year's Eve" (4)
 12: "Christmas Caravan," Sultans Of String [CEN, 2017] (5/6)
        "Sing For Kwanzaa" (3)
 12: "American Noel," Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer [Signature Sounds, 2007] (5)
        "Giddyup Said Santa Claus" (3)
        "American Noel" (2)
 12: "By Request," Mustard's Retreat [Self, 12/2023] (5)
        "Motherlode" (1)
 12: "Come Darkness, Come Light," Mary Chapin Carpenter [Zoe, 2008] (5)
        "The Longest Night of the Year" (2)
        "Christmas Time In The City" (2)
 12: "Golden State," Logan Ledger [Rounder, 10/2023] (5)
        "There Goes My Mind" (2)
        "All the Wine in California" (2)
 12: "Hark The Dark," Claudia Schmidt [Self, 2017] (5)
        "December Danger" (1)
 12: "I Kept These Old Blues," Muireann Bradley [Tompkins Square, 11/2023] (5)
        "Police Dog Blues" (1)
 12: "Imaginary People," Viv & Riley [Free Dirt, 9/2023] (5)
        "Imaginary People" (2)
        "Sauvie Island" (2)
 12: "Ozark Symphony," Kelly Hunt [Compass, 10/2023] (5)
        "On the Bayou" (3)
 12: "The Runaway Christmas Tree," Christine Lavin And The Mistletones [Appleseed, 2004] (5)
        "A New Year's Round" (2)
        "A Christmas/kwanzaa/solstice/chanukah/ramadan/boxing Day Song" (2)
 12: "Traveling Wildfire," Dom Flemons [Smithsonian/Folkways, 1/2023] (5)
        "Nobody Wrote It Down" (1)
 12: "Workin' on a World," Iris Dement [FlariElla, 2023] (5)
        "Workin' on a World" (3)
 12: "Highways, Gamblers, Devils & Dreams," Hank Woji [KZ, 9/2023] (5)
        "Peace Unto You" (2)

TOP SONGS of December 2023, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1924 plays from 59 playlists from 46 Folk DJs

1. "The Turning Year: A New Year's Toast" (6)
     from "The Turning Year" (Jennifer Cutting's Ocean Orchestra)
2. "New Year's Eve" (5)
     from "Yule Like This" (Mark Stepakoff)
3. "Angels In Troubled Times" (4)
     from "At the End of the Day" (Sylvia Tyson)
3. "At The Turning of the Year" (4)
     from "At The Turning Of The Year" (Herdman, Hills & Mangsen)
3. "The Returner" (4)
     from "The Returner" (Allison Russell)
6. "Alice In The Bluegrass" (3)
     from "City of Gold" (Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway)
6. "Another Year" (3)
     from "Normal Isn't Normal Anymore" (Rod Abernethy)
6. "At the End of the Day" (3)
     from "At the End of the Day" (Sylvia Tyson)
6. "Auld Lang Syne" (3)
     from "Wintertide" (Brittany Jean)

TOP ARTISTS of December 2023, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1924 plays from 59 playlists from 46 Folk DJs

1. Brittany Jean (13)
        "Wintertide" (9)
2. John McCutcheon (10)
        "This Fire" (2)
2. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway (10)
        "City of Gold" (8)
4. Allison Russell (9)
        "The Returner" (9)
5. Mustard's Retreat (8)
        "By Request" (5)
5. Sylvia Tyson (8)
        "At the End of the Day" (8)
7. Eliza Gilkyson (7)
        "Home" (7)
7. Kelly Hunt (7)
        "Ozark Symphony" (5)
7. Mark Stepakoff (7)
        "Yule Like This" (6)
7. Mary Chapin Carpenter (7)
        "Come Darkness, Come Light" (5)
7. Nowell Sing We Clear (7)
        "Bidding You Joy" (2)
7. Sultans Of String (7)
        "Christmas Caravan" (6)
13. Christine Lavin And The Mistletones (6)
        "The Runaway Christmas Tree" (5)
13. Claudia Schmidt (6)
        "Hark The Dark" (5)
13. Herdman, Hills & Mangsen (6)
        "At The Turning Of The Year" (4)
13. Iris Dement (6)
        "Workin' on a World" (5)
13. Jennifer Cutting's Ocean Orchestra (6)
        "The Turning Year" (6)
13. Jimmy Buffett (6)
        "Equal Strain On All Parts" (3)
13. Kathy Kallick Band (6)
        "The Lonesome Chronicles" (6)
13. Loreena McKennitt (6)
        "A Winter Garden" (3)
13. Mighty Poplar (6)
        "Mighty Poplar" (6)
13. Pete Seeger (6)
        "Songs of Hope and Struggle" (2)
13. Tim O'Brien (6)
        "Cup of Sugar" (2)

TOP LABELS of December 2023, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1924 plays from 59 playlists from 46 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (54)
2. Compass (24)
2. Signature Sounds (24)
4. Smithsonian/Folkways (17)
5. Nonesuch (15)
6. Appleseed (14)
6. Columbia (14)
8. Legacy (13)
9. Free Dirt (12)
10. Red House (11)
10. Stony Plain (11)
10. Thirty Tigers (11)
13. Fantasy (10)
13. True North (10)
13. Waterbug (10)

FOLK DJs - December 2023, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1924 plays from 59 playlists from 46 Folk DJs

Angela Page (WFTE-FM, NY)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM, PA)
Bob Heyer (WEJP-FM & WWOV-LP, WV)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Bruce Swan (WSFM-LP, NC)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris Kocher (WSKG-FM, NY)
Chuck Markowitz (WERU-FM, ME)
Cosmic Charlie (WERU-FM, ME)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM, GA)
David John (KAXE-FM & KBXE-FM, MN)
Diane Crowe (WMCB-LP, MA)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM, OR)
Gordon Nash (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Graham & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jeremy Butler (Alabama Public Radio)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kevin Vance (KALW-FM & KPFA-FM, CA)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM, OR)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDH-FM, VT)
Matthew Baya (WERU-FM, ME)
Mitch Park (Radio Hawke's Bay, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Norm Williams (WDIY-FM, PA)
Robert Resnik (Vermont Public Radio)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Steve Soucy (WERU-FM, ME)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WWUH-FM, CT)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Terry B. Moses & Naomi Soule (KCLC-FM, MO)
Tim Forsman (WMHB-FM, ME)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)