Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
2023
Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L
TOP ALBUMS of 2023
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 151814 plays from 5244 playlists from 154 Folk DJs
1: "Traveling Wildfire," Dom Flemons [Smithsonian/Folkways, 1/2023] (346)
"Big Money Blues" (42)
"Guess I'm Doing Fine" (40)
"Nobody Wrote It Down" (37)
"Slow Dance with You" (36)
"Tough Luck" (33)
"Saddle It Around" (32)
"Song to JCB" (19)
"Rabbit Foot Rag" (18)
"Old Desert Road" (17)
"We Are Almost Down To The Shore" (14)
"Traveling Wildfire" (13)
"If You Truly Love Me" (13)
"It's Cold Inside" (10)
2: "Together," Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 10/2023] (315)
"This Campfire" (37)
"In America" (34)
"Ukranian Now" (30)
"Complete" (29)
"Invisible Man" (24)
"Christmas In The Desert" (23)
"Letters from Joe" (23)
"The Fan" (19)
"Together" (18)
"Everything" (17)
"Prairie Star" (15)
"Do the Work" (15)
"Life Before You" (14)
3: "Nine Apples of Gold," Karan Casey [Crow Valley, 2/2023] (305)
"Nine Apples of Gold" (49)
"Sister I Am Here for You" (43)
"When the Moon Gets Tangled" (40)
"The Rocks of Bawn" (36)
"Return to the Wild" (35)
"The Weeping Time" (32)
"I Thank My Lucky Stars" (25)
"I Live in a Country" (20)
"By and By" (12)
"Daughter Dear" (10)
4: "Mighty Poplar," Mighty Poplar [Free Dirt, 3/2023] (302)
"Up on the Divide" (64)
"Let Him Go On Mama" (39)
"North Country Blues" (39)
"A Distant Land to Roam" (38)
"Blackjack Davy" (35)
"Grey Eagle" (26)
"Lovin' Babe" (17)
"Kickin' Up The Devil On A Holiday-Dr.Hecock's Jig" (15)
"Story of Isaac" (15)
"Little Joe" (11)
5: "More Than a Whisper: Celebrating the Music of Nanci Griffith," Various Artists [Rounder, 10/2023] (298)
"Listen To The Radio," Billy Strings & Molly Tuttle (56)
"Love At The Five & Dime," John Prine & Kelsey Waldon (30)
"It's A Hard Life Wherever You Go," Steve Earle (26)
"More Than A Whisper," Mary Gauthier (25)
"You Can't Go Home Again," Sarah Jarosz (24)
"Trouble In The Fields," Lyle Lovett & Kathy Mattea (23)
"Outbound Plane," Shawn Colvin (19)
"Love Wore A Halo," Emmylou Harris (19)
"Gulf Coast Highway," Brandy Clark (18)
"Ford Econoline," Todd Snider (16)
"From A Distance," The War and Treaty (15)
6: "The Little In-Between," Tim Grimm [Vault, 3/2023] (291)
"The Leaving" (50)
"Stirrin' Up Trouble" (40)
"I Don't Know This World" (38)
"The Little In-Between" (36)
"20 Years Of Shadows" (29)
"New Boots" (28)
"Bigger Than The Sky" (25)
"Lonesome All The Time" (23)
"The Breath of Burning" (20)
7: "Home," Eliza Gilkyson [Realiza, 6/2023] (286)
"World Keeps On Singing" (60)
"True North" (35)
"Sunflowers" (33)
"Home" (28)
"Safety Zone" (28)
"How Deep" (27)
"Sparrow" (24)
"Here Comes The Night" (21)
"Witness" (14)
"Man in the Bottle" (14)
8: "Crossing the Causeway," Mary Beth Carty [Self, 3/2023] (277)
"Tow Truck Song" (36)
"Dear Island" (31)
"Bon Garçon" (27)
"Voilà Le Printemps" (24)
"Moonlight and Clover" (20)
"Blueberry Mountain" (19)
"Trinity Avenue" (17)
"Mo Mhathair" (17)
"Oran Boisdale" (11)
"Way to Judique / I Won't Do the Work / Miss Gordon of Park" (10)
9: "Headwinds," The Kennedys [Self, 8/2023] (258)
"Waging Peace" (46)
"New Set of Wheels" (34)
"Headwinds" (29)
"Little Green Bottles" (29)
"Late September Breeze" (27)
"The Sky Doesn't Look Right" (20)
"The Woods and the Wild" (17)
"The Boy From The East River Shore" (16)
"Silence is a Warning" (14)
"Sacramento" (11)
9: "Upstate Crossroads," Tim Ball [Irelandville, 1/2023] (258)
"Sugar in the Gourd" (42)
"Down the Broom" (30)
"My Charming Wife" (23)
"The Democratic Rage" (22)
"Sage Hen Waltz" (20)
"Apple Brewer's Reel" (17)
"Grasshopper Polka" (15)
"Welcome Poor Paddy Home" (15)
"Cutting Down the Pines" (13)
"The Fireplace Set" (12)
"Chorus Jig and Opera Reel" (11)
"Apple Brewer's Reel » Quadrille in D" (10)
11: "The Lonesome Chronicles," Kathy Kallick Band [Live Oak, 8/2023] (252)
"Just Lonesome Ol' Me & the Radio" (48)
"It's Lonesome Everywhere I Go" (35)
"Souvenirs" (26)
"Lonesome Dobro Blues" (22)
"A Beautiful Life" (20)
"This Old Lonesome Song" (17)
"Roscoe Got the Rabbit" (13)
"25 Chickens" (12)
"A Lonesome Feeling" (12)
"Foggy Mountain Chimes" (11)
"Never Been So Lonesome" (10)
"The Weather Song" (10)
12: "Ever Onward," Bob & Sarah Amos [Bristlecone, 7/2023] (240)
"The Hills That I Call Home" (57)
"Wherever I Go" (25)
"Ever Onward" (24)
"Dream of a Miner's Child" (23)
"On the Sunny Side of Life" (22)
"One Beautiful Day" (21)
"Blood Red Rose" (17)
"You Don't Have to Tell Me" (15)
"November" (14)
"Wayfaring Stranger" (12)
13: "City of Gold," Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway [Nonesuch, 6/2023] (235)
"El Dorado" (35)
"Alice in the Bluegrass" (27)
"When My Race Is Run" (25)
"More Like a River" (20)
"Evergreen, OK" (20)
"Where Did All the Wild Things Go?" (18)
"Stranger Things" (15)
"Yosemite" (15)
"Down Home Dispensary" (14)
"Next Rodeo" (13)
"San Joaquin" (11)
"Goodbye Mary" (11)
"The First Time I Fell in Love" (11)
14: "O Sun O Moon," Bruce Cockburn [True North, 4/2023] (234)
"To Keep the World We Know" (53)
"On a Roll" (31)
"Colin Went Down to the Water" (26)
"Into the Now" (24)
"When the Spirit Walks in the Room" (18)
"King of the Bolero" (17)
"Orders" (14)
"Haiku" (13)
"Push Comes to Shove" (11)
"Us All" (10)
15: "Constellations," Meredith Moon [True North, 3/2023] (224)
"Constellations" (37)
"Slow Moving Train" (34)
"Soldier's Joy" (33)
"Lighthouse County" (25)
"Broken Wing Bird" (21)
"Starcrossed" (20)
"That Town" (18)
"Needlecase Medley" (10)
16: "Gettin' Together," Michael Jerome Browne [Borealis, 5/2023] (223)
"Coffee Blues" (43)
"I've Got The Big River Blues" (33)
"Monday Morning Blues" (32)
"Black Dog Blues" (20)
"Living With the Blues" (20)
"Diamond Joe" (18)
"Fixin' To Die Blues" (12)
17: "Me/And/Dad," Billy Strings [Rounder, 11/2022] (219)
"Way Downtown" (31)
"Dig A Little Deeper" (30)
"Long Journey Home" (30)
"Frosty Morn" (24)
"John Deere Tractor" (22)
"Peartree" (18)
"Stone Walls & Steel Bars" (12)
"Little Cabin Home On The Hill" (10)
"Wandering Boy" (10)
18: "The Breath Between," David Francey [Laker, 9/2023] (217)
"I Called It Love" (38)
"Two Shadows" (25)
"Time for the Wicked to Rest" (24)
"This Morning" (23)
"The Breath Between" (20)
"Narrow Boats" (19)
"Harbour" (17)
"One Day" (16)
19: "Canvas," Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy [Linus, 3/2023] (215)
"Woman of the House" (50)
"Colour Theory" (28)
"Caramelo" (19)
"The Laird O' Bemersyde" (18)
"Dance Arnold Dance" (18)
"Galicia" (18)
"So You Love" (13)
"Wish You Were Near" (12)
"Canvas" (10)
20: "Only This Far," The Rough & Tumble [Self, 4/2023] (214)
"Ain't That the Way" (38)
"God of War" (34)
"Trouble" (21)
"Homesick" (18)
"Isn't What I Thought" (17)
"Carry You" (16)
"The Weather" (15)
"A Little Less" (13)
"Key Of G" (12)
"Shallow Fall" (11)
20: "Workin' on a World," Iris Dement [FlariElla, 2023] (214)
"Workin' on a World" (66)
"How Long" (26)
"Goin' Down to Sing in Texas" (23)
"The Sacred Now" (20)
"Warriors of Love" (13)
"Mahalia" (13)
"Nothin' for the Dead" (12)
"Say A Good Word" (11)
"Waycross, Georgia" (11)
22: "Between Hello & Goodbye," Greg Greenway [Self, 4/2023] (213)
"That's Where the Hope Comes From" (45)
"Big Wide World" (35)
"Hello Hello Hello" (31)
"Build a Bridge" (27)
"Don't Promise Me" (17)
"Get Out of the Left Lane" (15)
"Another Day" (14)
22: "Circumstance," Alice Howe [Know Howe, 3/2023] (213)
"Travelin' Soul" (30)
"Things I'm Not Saying" (26)
"Something Calls To Me" (22)
"Love Has No Rules" (21)
"You've Been Away So Long" (21)
"Let Go" (19)
"It's How You Hold Me" (18)
"Somebody's New Lover Now" (17)
"With You by My Side" (15)
"What About You" (14)
"Line by Line" (10)
24: "Outpourings," Craig Bickhardt [Stone Barn, 2023] (208)
"Breaking The Bread" (38)
"If Holes Were Coins" (24)
"Hills Of Geronimo" (21)
"Steal Home" (17)
"England or Me" (17)
"Ancient Lullabies" (14)
"She Won't Be Yours Alone" (11)
"I Don't Know About Love At All" (10)
25: "Taking Flight," Amelia Hogan [Self, 3/2023] (206)
"Red Winged Blackbird" (31)
"The Old Churchyard" (28)
"The Wood Thrush's Song" (24)
"Taking Flight" (18)
"Cursed Be the Caller" (15)
"The King of Ballyhooley" (13)
"Westlin Winds" (13)
25: "Seven Stones," Katie Dahl [Leaky Boat, 6/2023] (206)
"Temperance River" (37)
"Both Doors Open" (31)
"Two Old Birds" (23)
"Since I Was Eight" (22)
"Sacristy" (21)
"I Already Knew" (19)
"Summer Grass" (18)
"Jericho" (15)
"Silhouette" (11)
27: "Fresh-Picked Kentucky Music," CornMaiz String Band [Redbird, 1/2023] (197)
"Solsbury Hill" (34)
"Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms" (33)
"Jubilee" (25)
"Black-Eyed Suzie" (21)
"Bath County Boy" (20)
"Hi, Said the Blackbird" (15)
"In the Garden" (14)
"Hook and Line" (12)
"Hares on the Mountain" (10)
28: "Gently as I Go," Caroline Cotter [Self, 8/2023] (191)
"The Year of the Wrecking Ball" (37)
"Don't Wait" (29)
"Coming Your Way" (25)
"Do You Love Me" (18)
"Gently As I Go" (18)
"Gone Away" (14)
"The Call" (13)
"Morning Mantra" (13)
"Enough" (12)
29: "Rants & Romance," Rod MacDonald [Blue Flute, 6/2023] (182)
"Heal the World" (31)
"Come Out Annie" (27)
"The Pandemic" (20)
"Cry Freedom" (18)
"Lady of the Harbor" (15)
"I Didn't Go to Woodstock" (13)
"Smallpox" (11)
30: "Bluegrass Vacation," Robbie Fulks [Compass, 3/2023] (180)
"Longhair Bluegrass" (28)
"Old Time Music Is Here To Stay" (27)
"One Glass Of Whiskey" (23)
"Let The Old Dog In" (17)
"Nashville Blues" (16)
"Molly And The Old Man" (14)
"Lonely Ain't Hardly Alive" (11)
"Silverlake Reel" (10)
"Momma's Eyes" (10)
30: "Hold That Spirit," Raye Zaragoza [Rebel, 8/2023] (180)
"Strong Woman" (39)
"Joy Revolution" (31)
"Still Here" (26)
"Hold That Spirit" (18)
"Garden" (16)
32: "Radio John: Songs of John Hartford," Sam Bush [Smithsonian/Folkways, 10/2022] (179)
"In Tall Buildings" (33)
"California Earthquake" (27)
"I'm Still Here" (25)
"Radio John" (23)
"No End of Love" (16)
"A Simple Thing As Love" (15)
"Morning Bugle" (13)
32: "Sanctuary," Rebecca Folsom [Self, 3/2023] (179)
"New Way Home" (31)
"Sanctuary" (27)
"Walls" (16)
"Home" (16)
"In My Little Town" (15)
"Only Kindness" (12)
"Through A Mother's Eyes" (12)
34: "You're the One," Rhiannon Giddens [Nonesuch, 8/2023] (177)
"You're the One" (30)
"Yet to Be" (26)
"Way Over Yonder" (22)
"You Louisiana Man" (18)
"Hen in the Foxhouse" (16)
"Wrong Kind of Right" (15)
"If You Don't Know How Sweet It Is" (15)
35: "55," Ellis Paul [Rosella, 6/2023] (175)
"55" (28)
"Cosmos" (26)
"Be the Fire" (22)
"Gold in California" (15)
"When Angels Fall" (14)
"Who You Are" (14)
"Sometimes Trouble Is Good" (13)
"The Gift" (11)
"Holy" (11)
36: "Sweethearts: A Tribute to the Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo," Christian Parker [Subcat, 9/2023] (173)
"You Ain't Going Nowhere" (35)
"Pretty Boy Floyd" (24)
"Hickory Wind" (23)
"I Am A Pilgrim" (16)
"I Still Miss Someone" (15)
"Drug Store Truck Driving Man" (11)
"You Don't Miss Your Water" (11)
37: "Filament," Buddy Mondlock [Self, 2/2023] (172)
"Filament" (31)
"The Dark" (23)
"Sunlight In My Pocket" (22)
"Jackson Petty" (21)
"The Woman In the Window" (19)
"Perfect" (12)
"Ticket Taker Blues" (11)
"Problem Solved" (10)
"Come Back First" (10)
37: "On Banjo," Alison Brown [Compass, 4/2023] (172)
"Foggy Morning Breaking" (48)
"Sun and Water" (23)
"Tall Hog at the Trough" (21)
"Sweet Sixteenths" (16)
"Wind the Clock" (15)
"Old Shatterhand" (11)
"BanJobim" (10)
39: "Lift You Up," The Scooches [On The Bol, 4/2023] (170)
"Stop This Climate Change" (31)
"Lift You Up" (28)
"Spread Your Wings and Fly" (20)
"Let's Grow Our Roots Deep and True" (20)
"Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around" (16)
"I Broke The Egg" (14)
"What's Meant To Last Will Last" (13)
"Open A Door" (11)
39: "Together Through the Dark," Slaid Cleaves [Candy House, 2/2023] (170)
"Through the Dark" (33)
"Second Hand" (23)
"Put the Shovel Down" (21)
"Terlingua Chili Queen" (17)
"Double Shift Tuesday" (15)
"Make Your Own Light" (15)
"Arnold Nash" (12)
"Next Heartbreak" (11)
39: "Snow White Memories," Irene Kelley [IRK, 1/2023] (170)
"Yellow Brick Highway" (26)
"Come Some Winter Morning" (25)
"Carolina Special" (24)
"Wild Mountain Stream" (23)
"Snow White Memories" (16)
"Can I Tell You" (12)
42: "Skylark," Open Road [Delfina, 5/2023] (169)
"Wildflowers" (31)
"Lay My Burden Down" (26)
"Skylark" (25)
"No Hiding Place" (23)
"Everybody Loves You" (21)
"Can't Let Go" (14)
"Loretta" (12)
"Dimming of the Day" (10)
43: "A Great Wild Mercy," Carrie Newcomer [Available Light, 9/2023] (168)
"A Great Wild Mercy" (28)
"Singing In The Dark" (23)
"Take More Time, Cover Less Ground" (22)
"Path Through The Evening Woods" (17)
"Start With A Stone" (17)
"The Shape Of A Perfect Arc" (16)
"Another Day" (14)
"Potluck" (14)
"A Book Of Questions" (11)
43: "Into the Night," Robinson & Rohe [Righteous Babe, 5/2023] (168)
"Where I'm Coming From" (49)
"Off Track" (26)
"Follow" (22)
"Into the Night" (19)
"Singing Like a Saw" (17)
"A Ways Down the Road" (14)
45: "Cup of Sugar," Tim O'Brien [Howdy Skies, 4/2023] (167)
"Cup of Sugar" (28)
"Bear" (20)
"The Pay's a Lot Better Too" (18)
"Little Lamb Little Lamb" (18)
"The Anchor" (14)
"Thinkin' Like a Fish" (13)
"Let the Horses Run" (12)
"Gila Headwaters" (12)
"Shout Lulu" (11)
45: "Stand in the Joy," William Prince [Six Shooter, 5/2023] (167)
"When You Miss Someone" (28)
"Easier and Harder" (26)
"Tanqueray" (23)
"Peace of Mind" (21)
"Only Thing We Need" (16)
"Goldie Hawn" (15)
"Take A Look Around" (13)
"Pasadena" (11)
47: "New Old Friends," C. Daniel Boling [Berkalin, 8/2023] (166)
"Get A Life" (27)
"Old Friends" (24)
"This Town Has No Cafe" (16)
"Turn The Corner" (14)
"Bear Spray and Barbwire" (14)
"Red White and Blue" (13)
"The Missing Years" (13)
"We Can Still Waltz" (10)
48: "At the End of the Day," Sylvia Tyson [Stony Plain, 10/2023] (164)
"Long Chain of Love" (24)
"At The End Of The Day" (19)
"Angels In Troubled Times" (18)
"Sweet Agony" (16)
"Now Tell Me That You've Got The Blues" (14)
"Not Quite Rain" (12)
"Janet's Garden" (12)
"Leaves In The Storm" (12)
49: "Triple Shot," Shannon Leigh Reynolds [Good Bygone, 7/2023] (163)
"I Put a Spell on You" (29)
"Hold On" (24)
"The Piney Wood Hills" (22)
"Closer to You" (20)
"Mystery Train" (16)
"I Wish It Would Rain" (14)
"Break My Mind" (14)
"Be Here to Love Me" (10)
50: "Boomerang Town," Jaimee Harris [Thirty Tigers, 2023] (161)
"The Fair and Dark Haired Lad" (37)
"Love Is Gonna Come Again" (32)
"Missing Someone" (23)
"Boomerang Town" (16)
"Sam's" (14)
"Fall" (13)
"Good Morning, My Love" (10)
51: "I Only See the Moon," The Milk Carton Kids [Far Cry, 3/2023] (160)
"All of the Time in the World to Kill" (35)
"When You're Gone" (34)
"Running on Sweet Smile" (22)
"Will You Remember Me?" (14)
"One True Love" (12)
"Star Shine" (12)
51: "Lavender Moonshine," Tret Fure [Tomboy Girl, 9/2023] (160)
"Lavender Moonshine" (33)
"No Place Like Home" (24)
"Home You Go" (20)
"The Teacher" (17)
"The Great Backslide" (12)
"The World's on Fire" (10)
53: "Nine Becomes One," Joe Crookston [Milagrito, 5/2023] (159)
"Looking for Yes" (53)
"Get Myself Free!" (24)
"Blue Light" (20)
"Garlic" (15)
"Photography" (13)
54: "Valley of Stars," Ben Bedford [Hopeful Sky, 1/2023] (158)
"Leaping" (34)
"Murmurations" (24)
"Weasel, Pike, Fox & Kite" (20)
"In the Court of the Bear" (16)
"Leopard and Hare" (12)
"Darkflight" (11)
"Hare on the Down" (10)
"Wolves" (10)
54: "Reckonings," Eric Kilburn [Wellspring, 12/2022] (158)
"Lucky" (26)
"The Wheel Meets the Road" (26)
"You Just Know" (17)
"The Choice" (14)
"Long Road" (13)
"Nobody Told Me" (10)
"She Do" (10)
56: "Celebrants," Nickel Creek [Thirty Tigers, 3/2023] (152)
"Strangers" (33)
"Where The Long Line Leads" (17)
"Stone's Throw" (15)
"Holding Pattern" (12)
"Celebrants" (11)
"The Meadow" (10)
57: "March of the Mollusk," Benny Bleu [Self, 2/2023] (150)
"Five Miles from Town" (25)
"Billy in the Lowground" (17)
"Lost Goose" (17)
"March Of The Mollusk" (16)
"Fairy Shrimp" (13)
"Farewell Trion" (12)
"Jordan Am a Hard Road / Folding Down the Sheets" (11)
"Julianne Johnson" (10)
"Elk River Blues" (10)
"Winder Slide" (10)
57: "Nuevo South Train," Larry & Joe [SideHustle, 5/2023] (150)
"Nuevo South Train" (28)
"Border Wall" (25)
"Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms" (20)
"Caballo Viejo" (16)
"Moliendo Café" (16)
"Gabanjo" (13)
59: "Ozark Symphony," Kelly Hunt [Compass, 10/2023] (145)
"On the Bayou" (28)
"Ozark Symphony" (20)
"You Make Me High" (17)
"Lost Highway" (17)
"Over the Mountain" (12)
"Top Of The World" (11)
59: "Tell 'Em You Were Gold," Pharis & Jason Romero [Smithsonian/Folkways, 4/2022] (145)
"Souvenir" (24)
"Train on the Island" (17)
"Been All Around This World" (16)
"Going Across the Sea" (15)
"Rolling Mills" (14)
"Cold Creek Shout" (10)
59: "Highways, Gamblers, Devils & Dreams," Hank Woji [KZ, 9/2023] (145)
"I Ain't Got No Home" (12)
"The Quid Pro Quo Rag" (12)
"Chasin' My Headlights Again" (11)
"Peace Unto You" (10)
62: "Hello World," Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt [Crooked Cyclone, 3/2023] (144)
"Hello World" (27)
"Flatbush Sunset" (21)
"Dr. Joelson's Bag" (17)
"Sorry, Alan" (15)
"Let's Play in the Snow" (14)
"One Dollar Gloves" (13)
"Man and a Whale" (11)
63: "Try to Make It Fly," The Lonesome Ace Stringband [Self, 9/2023] (143)
"You'll Be There" (19)
"Praying for Rain" (17)
"Sweeter Sound" (14)
"Simply Going Sideways" (13)
"Come With Me Tonight" (13)
"Midnight Band" (13)
"First Frost-Blue Grouse" (12)
64: "Bluegrass," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 7/2023] (142)
"Still Is Still Moving To Me" (24)
"On the Road Again" (14)
"Slow Down Old World" (13)
"A Good Hearted Woman" (11)
"Bloody Mary Morning" (10)
"Yesterday's Wine" (10)
"You Left Me A Long, Long Time Ago" (10)
"No Love Around" (10)
65: "The Old Man & the C Chord," Chris Coole [Self, 11/2022] (141)
"Make This Day" (23)
"Upon the Mystery" (23)
"Waiting for the Rain" (20)
"Sounds Like the Song of Life on the First Day of Spring" (19)
"Delia" (11)
"Where the Light Begins" (11)
"Ode to Champ" (10)
66: "The Enchanted World," The Rifters [Howlin' Dog, 4/2023] (139)
"At the Foot of the Mountain" (22)
"Gentle on My Mind" (20)
"The Enchanted World" (17)
"The Circle" (16)
"The Dollar Worth of Mother Earth" (13)
"The Greatest Mystery" (10)
66: "On My Way," Owen Walsh [Wrong Road, 6/2023] (139)
"Somewhere Sunny" (25)
"Change" (20)
"Well Well, Hey Hey, Bye Bye" (17)
"Hurricane" (16)
"Kings & Pharaohs" (13)
"Black Horse Bridge" (13)
"Is Paris Burning?" (12)
"Wrong Road" (11)
68: "How Can I Say This?," Annie Capps [Self, 1/2023] (138)
"Crowded" (19)
"Riverbound" (16)
"How Can I Say This?" (16)
"My Eden" (14)
"The Punch" (14)
"Yesterday" (11)
"Two Different Things" (10)
68: "Now," Graham Nash [BMG, 4/2023] (138)
"A Better Life" (30)
"Stars & Stripes" (16)
"It Feels Like Home" (15)
"Stand Up" (12)
"Right Now" (12)
"Golden Idols" (11)
70: "Don't Blink," Crowes Pasture [Self, 7/2023] (136)
"If I Should Fall Behind" (26)
"You At Every Age" (19)
"Diamonds" (19)
"Barranco" (15)
"Take Back The Red, White And Blue" (13)
"Get While the Getting's Good" (13)
"Agree On" (10)
"Don't Blink" (10)
71: "TumbleWeedyWorld," Lynn Miles [True North, 3/2023] (135)
"Highway 105" (28)
"Johnny Without June" (21)
"Night Owl" (19)
"Cold Cold Moon" (13)
"Palomino" (11)
71: "Passages & Partings," April Verch & Cody Walters [Self, 3/2023] (135)
"Passages and Partings" (15)
"Ain't Gonna Get No Supper Here Tonight" (14)
"Not To Fall" (14)
"Dear Brother" (14)
"Shingle the Roof" (11)
"Up In the Ottawa Valley" (10)
73: "Handled With Care," Jason Lang [Outside, 2023] (134)
"Firewater" (28)
"Senses Of Your Leave" (20)
"Ain't Life Sweet" (16)
"Happiness Is" (15)
"Carry On Children" (15)
"Handle With Care" (11)
"Plumb Tuckered Out" (10)
73: "Keep Going," Connie Kaldor [Coyote, 10/2023] (134)
"Keep Going" (43)
"Woman Who Pays" (17)
"Pain and Sorrow" (17)
"Not A Sentimental Song" (12)
"Sad is Your Passing" (10)
75: "When My Momma Sang to Me: Songs Of Murphy Hicks Henry," Various Artists [Arrandem, 8/2022] (133)
"I Ain't Domesticated Yet," Rhonda Vincent (21)
"M & M Blues" (14)
"How They Loved to Sing," Lindsay Lou (13)
"Save Me A Square On The Floor," Alice Gerrard (10)
76: "Headland," Kalos [Self, 4/2023] (130)
"Brakeman's Daughter" (27)
"Fare Thee Well" (17)
"The Whole House is Singing" (16)
"Wendell's Wedding" (15)
"Standing On The Shore" (11)
76: "Traditional," Dave Rudolf [Moneytree, 2023] (130)
"Mary Don't You Weep" (11)
"Red River Valley" (10)
"There's a Meeting Here Tonight" (10)
78: "Old Cane Back Rocker," Darrell Scott String Band [Here, 8/2023] (129)
"Kentucky Morning" (20)
"Southern Cross" (18)
"Red Bird" (17)
"It's a Great Day to Be Alive" (15)
"Charlie and Ruby" (13)
"Banjo in the Holler" (10)
"Cumberland Plateau" (10)
79: "Tribute to a Songpoet: Songs of Eric Andersen," Various Artists [EA, 10/2022] (128)
"Eyes of the Immigrant," Lucy Kaplansky (13)
"Thirsty Boots," Bob Dylan (10)
"Come Runnin' Like a Friend," John Gorka (10)
80: "Bits & Pieces," Malcolm Holcombe [Need To Know, 6/2023] (126)
"Conscience of Man" (20)
"Fill Those Shoes" (18)
"Bits and Pieces" (16)
"Hard Luck City" (12)
"Ev'ry Soul Is There" (12)
80: "Promise to Harry," The Sherpas [Self, 6/2023] (126)
"A Ways to Go" (33)
"Testament" (18)
"So Goodnight" (13)
"Falling Star" (13)
"Backing Into a Real Good Thing" (13)
"All in the Mystery" (12)
"One More Phase of the Moon" (10)
80: "Center of the Universe," Sofia Talvik [Makaki, 8/2023] (126)
"Circle of Destruction" (25)
"Center of the Universe" (22)
"Too Many Churches" (14)
"Desert Nights" (11)
"Boy Soldier" (11)
"Broken" (11)
"Oh California" (10)
"A World Away" (10)
83: "Crooked Tree," Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway [Nonesuch, 4/2022] (125)
"Crooked Tree" (29)
"Dooley's Farm" (16)
"Grass Valley" (12)
"San Francisco Blues" (12)
"Big Backyard" (11)
"Side Saddle" (11)
84: "Great Blue North," Special Consensus [Compass, 5/2023] (124)
"Alberta Bound" (22)
"Mighty Trucks of Midnight" (17)
"Highway 95" (14)
"Snowbird" (13)
"Blackbird" (12)
"Time Wanders On" (11)
"The Jaybird Song" (11)
85: "On the Blind Side," Ray Bonneville [Self, 9/2023] (123)
"On The Blind Side" (27)
"Oh the Night Is Long" (21)
"Lucky Moon" (20)
"The Way It Was Before" (12)
"Never Get The Love Thing Right" (11)
"Streetcar Man" (10)
85: "Among Other Things," Bella White [Rounder, 5/2023] (123)
"Rhododendron" (17)
"The Way I Oughta Go" (17)
"Break My Heart" (16)
"Flowers On My Bedside" (14)
"Dishes" (13)
"Among Other Things" (13)
"Worth My While" (12)
85: "Riveter," Sami Braman [Padiddle, 2/2023] (123)
"Honeycutt" (15)
"Weevils in the Grits" (14)
"Duck House" (14)
"Train in the Wilderness" (14)
"Rogue River" (14)
"The Basement" (12)
"The Riveter" (12)
"Barnimal" (11)
88: "Forgottonia," Chris Vallillo [Self, 5/2023] (122)
"Route 66" (16)
"When Whiskey Had Wheels" (14)
"Ma Belle" (13)
"Forgottonia" (12)
"The King of Iowa" (12)
"Cliche Rag" (12)
89: "York's Lament & Other Stories," Reggie Garrett [Wonder Dog, 2023] (121)
"So Far Away" (21)
"Stagecoach Mary" (21)
"York's Lament" (14)
"Fly Away" (13)
90: "Rooted," Emma's Revolution [Moving Forward, 9/2023] (120)
"Our House Is On Fire" (22)
"Wash Away Stone" (18)
"Clearwater Tune" (18)
"Our People Gonna Rise" (14)
91: "Ridin'," Eric Bibb [Stony Plain, 3/2023] (119)
"Family" (18)
"500 Miles" (15)
"Ridin'" (13)
"Tulsa Town" (12)
"Call Me By My Name" (12)
"Free" (11)
91: "The Sea Beside Us," Beth Desombre [Self, 4/2023] (119)
"Dragons" (27)
"The Sea Beside Us" (20)
"He Was There" (16)
"If a Pirate I Must Be" (16)
"Home with the Tide" (15)
"Across the Silver Ocean" (14)
"Bay of Biscay" (11)
91: "Not Far From the Tree," Just Us Lillys [Self, 3/2023] (119)
"Much Better Now" (18)
"Crosstie" (16)
"Blue Boy" (13)
"Lovin' on the Levee" (13)
"Hold On, Molly" (12)
"Peg and Awl" (11)
"In The Hills Of Tennessee" (10)
94: "Beyond the Great Pause," Doug Cox & Linda McRae [Self, 2023] (118)
"Beyond The Great Pause" (24)
"Ready For The Times To Get Better" (18)
"All Vine No Tater" (16)
"Heroes" (10)
94: "Landmarks," Helene Cronin [Self, 1/2023] (118)
"Landmarks" (20)
"Yesterday's Heavy" (17)
"Halfway Back to Knoxville" (14)
"Make the Devil" (13)
"Just A Woman" (12)
96: "The Mother of Trouble," Vance Gilbert [Self, 5/2023] (117)
"Simple Things" (26)
"Black Rochelle" (14)
"Hand Back The Keys" (12)
"The Mother of Trouble" (12)
"Honeysuckle Fences" (11)
"A Room Somewhere" (10)
"One or Two of These Things" (10)
97: "Gord's Gold," Gordon Lightfoot [Reprise, 1975] (116)
"Early Morning Rain" (17)
"Canadian Railroad Trilogy" (12)
"If You Could Read My Mind" (11)
97: "Imaginary People," Viv & Riley [Free Dirt, 9/2023] (116)
"Imaginary People" (23)
"Kygers Hill" (20)
"Sauvie Island" (17)
"Chance Creek" (12)
"The Blackest Crow" (12)
"Is It All Over" (10)
97: "Promised Land," Danny Burns [Waterbug, 2/2023] (116)
"Fields of Gold" (19)
"Someone Like You" (13)
"Dirty Old Town" (11)
"Some Might Say" (11)
"Come to Jesus" (10)
100: "Accomplice Two," Tommy Emmanuel [CGP Sounds, 3/2023] (115)
"White Freight Liner Blues" (20)
"Doc's Guitar/Black Mountain Rag" (13)
"Seven Come Eleven" (10)
101: "Rhizomes," The Squirrel Hillbillies [Self, 1/2023] (113)
"Old Cook Pot" (16)
"Walking After Midnight" (15)
"Good Luck John" (14)
"Swing Down Chariot" (12)
"Sweet Tooth" (11)
"Mama Just Wants to Barrelhouse All Night Long" (11)
101: "Undaunted," Corey Purcell [Self, 5/2023] (113)
"The Banks of Sweet Dundee" (16)
"The World Turned Upside Down" (13)
"The Dutchman" (13)
"The Hummingbird" (12)
"Arthur McBride" (10)
"The Lakes of Pontchartrain" (10)
"The May Waltz" (10)
103: "Sweet Western Sound," Tanya Tucker [Fantasy, 7/2023] (112)
"Breakfast In Birmingham" (22)
"Kindness" (19)
"The List" (19)
"When The Rodeo Is Over" (16)
"City Of Gold" (10)
104: "Missouri Folklore: Songs & Stories From Home," My Politic [Self, 2/2023] (111)
"Buzzards on a Powerline" (15)
"What a Life" (14)
"Eminence" (10)
105: "A Murder of Songs," Grant Peeples [Self, 2/2023] (110)
"Revolutionary Reel" (27)
"Brothers in Arms" (17)
"Insurrection Song" (15)
"This Is the Good News" (14)
"Dear Sadie" (11)
106: "California," The Refugees [Self, 5/2023] (109)
"Sin City" (16)
"You Don't Have To Cry" (15)
"For What It's Worth" (15)
"Good Vibrations" (12)
"Dedicated to the One I Love" (11)
"Sail on Sailor" (10)
106: "God Fearing Heathen," Dan Tyminski [8 Track, 5/2023] (109)
"Hey Brother" (24)
"Never Comin' Home" (14)
"Never Met A Stranger" (11)
"God Fearing Heathen" (11)
"Silence in the Brandy" (11)
"Occam's Razor" (10)
106: "Common Nation of Sorrow," Rachel Baiman [Signature Sounds, 3/2023] (109)
"Old Songs Never Die" (23)
"Some Strange Notion" (16)
"Old Flame" (14)
"Self Made Man" (12)
"Annie" (11)
"Ways of the World" (11)
109: "1988," Lori McKenna [Thirty Tigers, 7/2023] (108)
"The Old Woman In Me" (18)
"Killing Me" (13)
"Happy Children" (12)
"The Town In Your Heart" (12)
"1988" (12)
"Days Are Honey" (10)
109: "Maybe Modern," Grace Morrison [Self, 4/2023] (108)
"Broken Things" (24)
"Oh Colorado" (14)
"Wasted" (12)
"When it Rains" (11)
"Caught Up In Your Blue" (10)
"God Can Be A Mother" (10)
"Ghost Of It" (10)
109: "The Returner," Allison Russell [Fantasy, 9/2023] (108)
"The Returner" (28)
"Eve Was Black" (17)
"Requiem" (12)
"Springtime" (11)
"Demons" (11)
109: "This Pretty Planet," Tom Chapin [Sundance, 4/2023] (108)
"This Pretty Planet" (44)
113: "I Don't Know a Thing About Love," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 2/2023] (107)
"Tiger By The Tail" (21)
"Streets of Baltimore" (19)
"I Don't Know A Thing About Love" (18)
"Busted" (16)
"Excuse Me" (11)
114: "Homecoming," The Folk Legacy Trio [Legacy, 9/2023] (106)
"Power and the Glory" (14)
"Teach Your Children" (14)
"Don't Think Twice It's Alright" (10)
"Early in the Morning" (10)
114: "How to Shine," Jaime Michaels [Appaloosa, 5/2023] (106)
"How To Shine" (19)
"Midnight Bus Station" (13)
"Here We Are" (11)
"Want What You Get" (11)
"Beauty Doesn't Need Forever" (11)
114: "Love Hope Trust," Roger Street Friedman [The Playroom, 11/2022] (106)
"Ghosts of Sugarland" (21)
"Cut Your Losses" (15)
"Mother and Son" (12)
117: "The Coming of the Years," Joe Jencks [Turtle Bear, 8/2022] (105)
"The Coming of the Years" (17)
"On Eireann's Shore" (15)
"Mother of My Heart" (10)
117: "Dylan," Bob Dylan [Columbia, 2007] (105)
"Blowin' In the Wind" (13)
117: "Songs You Didn't Know I Wrote About You," Emily White [Squeezed Fresh, 2/2023] (105)
"Radio" (34)
"Stone in Your Pocket" (14)
"Love the Good" (12)
"Undertow" (10)
117: "Where the Light Lives," Joy Zimmerman [Self, 8/2023] (105)
"How Shall We Sing" (25)
"If I Should Fall Behind" (22)
"We Are a Bell" (17)
121: "Leap!," John McCutcheon [Appalsongs, 8/2022] (104)
"The Ride" (17)
"Nobody Knows" (11)
122: "1964," Pat Guadagno [Self, 1/2023] (103)
"Boots of Spanish Leather" (16)
"The Last Thing On My Mind" (12)
"Tomorrow Is a Long Time" (11)
"Violets of Dawn" (11)
122: "Kentucky for Me," Dale Ann Bradley [Pinecastle, 6/2023] (103)
"Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" (16)
"The Sun Is Going to Shine" (13)
"Love Train" (12)
"I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal" (11)
122: "Second-Hand," James Keelaghan [Borealis, 8/2022] (103)
"Walk On" (25)
"Alberta" (18)
"Second Hand" (13)
"Gathering Storm" (11)
122: "Sun to Sun," Alice Gerrard [Sleepy Cat, 10/2023] (103)
"Sun to Sun" (32)
126: "The Seven Fires Prophecy: Suite for Humanity," Kim Moberg [Self, 8/2023] (102)
"The First Fire - Exodus" (16)
"The Fifth Fire: The Promise" (15)
"The Second Fire-Lost" (15)
"The Seventh Fire - The Crossroad" (13)
127: "Timeless Space," The Heart Collectors [Spins The Gold, 1/2023] (101)
"Eyes Wide Open" (32)
"Inside Out" (32)
"You Were Gone" (15)
"Pieces II" (13)
127: "The Chicago Sessions," Rodney Crowell [New West, 5/2023] (101)
"Lucky" (16)
"Everything At Once" (15)
"Loving You Is The Only Way To Fly" (12)
"No Place To Fall" (11)
127: "It Goes Like It Goes," Bunny Barnes [Self, 3/2023] (101)
"City of New Orleans" (22)
130: "Lightfoot," Brittany Jean [Self, 7/2023] (100)
"Early Morning Rain" (27)
"Lightfoot" (23)
"Looking at the Rain" (13)
"Song For A Winter's Night" (12)
131: "Another Ghost Town," Andy & Judy [Self, 8/2023] (99)
"The DJs" (21)
"Listen to the Children" (20)
"The Pemberton Mill" (12)
"Optimistic View" (10)
131: "California Morning," Rachel Anne Goodman [Coast Ridge, 8/2023] (99)
"Waiting for the Rain" (19)
"I Still Do" (16)
"California Morning" (15)
"Slow Down Time" (15)
131: "The Gaulway Ramblers," The Gaulway Ramblers [Self, 3/2023] (99)
"A Bis" (14)
"The Collier's Reel/The New Mown Meadow" (12)
"Mystique Mi-Raisin" (10)
131: "Get Behind the Wheel," Eilen Jewell [Signature Sounds, 5/2023] (99)
"Crooked River" (22)
"Lethal Love" (16)
"Winnemucca" (12)
"Silver Wheels and Wings" (11)
131: "Grass Roots," Leftover Salmon [Compass, 5/2023] (99)
"Blue Railroad Train" (19)
"Simple Twist of Fate" (19)
"Country Blues" (16)
131: "Lay Your Darkness Down," Mark Erelli [Soundly, 1/2023] (99)
"Lay Your Darkness Down" (16)
"Sense Of Wonder" (15)
"Break in the Clouds" (15)
"Love Wins in the Long Run" (14)
"You're Gonna Want to Remember This" (13)
131: "Lovin' of the Game," Michael Cleveland [Compass, 2/2023] (99)
"For Your Love" (12)
"Sunny Days" (11)
"Temperance Reel" (10)
131: "Other Voices, Other Rooms," Nanci Griffith [Elektra, 2004] (99)
"Ten Degrees and Getting Colder" (26)
"Across the Great Divide" (10)
"Boots of Spanish Leather" (10)
139: "My Father Loved Me," Rachael Kilgour [Self, 9/2023] (98)
"The Smell of Autumn Leaves" (23)
"My Father Loved Me" (15)
"Heart On Fire" (11)
"Ontario" (11)
"Bobby" (11)
140: "OKX," The Ok Factor [Self, 3/2023] (97)
"Share a Pint" (15)
"Happy Go Lucky" (14)
"Dirty Water" (11)
"Naomi and the French Toast" (11)
"Love Song for Lucy" (10)
"Bluegrass Ben" (10)
140: "The Other Side," Rachael Sage [Mpress, 7/2023] (97)
"The Other Side" (13)
"Whistle Blow" (11)
140: "Everything Is Alive," Darlingside [More Doug, 8/2023] (97)
"Eliza I See" (23)
"Green Light" (17)
143: "Angels in the Wreckage," Low Lily [Self, 4/2023] (96)
"Round of Blues" (13)
"One Wild World" (12)
"Keep the Pachysandra Flying" (12)
"Aren't I Good Enough" (10)
144: "Nothing but Green Willow : The Songs of Mary Sands & Jane Gentry," Martin Simpson & Thomm Jutz [Topic, 8/2023] (95)
"Come All You Fair And Tender Ladies" (12)
"The Wagoner's Lad" (11)
"Edwin The Lowlands Low" (11)
145: "Seth Avett Sings Greg Brown," Seth Avett [Ramseur, 11/2022] (94)
"Laughing River" (17)
"The Poet Game" (15)
"Good Morning Coffee" (14)
"You Drive Me Crazy" (11)
"Just a Bum" (10)
146: "Fear of Falling Stars," Kristen Grainger & True North [Self, 10/2023] (92)
"Extraordinary Grace" (15)
"Across the Mountains" (14)
"Go-Nowhere Town" (12)
"The Avalanche" (10)
146: "Keep Your Courage," Natalie Merchant [Nonesuch, 4/2023] (92)
"Tower of Babel" (16)
"Eye of the Storm" (15)
"Come On, Aphrodite" (15)
"Song of Himself" (11)
146: "Playing for the Man at the Door," Various Artists [Smithsonian/Folkways, 2/2023] (92)
"Blues Jumped a Rabbit," Lightnin' Hopkins (12)
146: "Savoy," Taj Mahal [Stony Plain, 3/2023] (92)
"Caldonia" (14)
"Sweet Georgia Brown" (13)
"Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby" (12)
150: "Chimney Smoke," Ed Snodderly [Majestic, 7/2023] (91)
"Gone With Gone And Long Time" (16)
"Chimney Smoke" (16)
"Better Just Ride the Mule" (15)
150: "Of Hard Times & Harmony," Windborne [Wand'ring Feet, 7/2022] (91)
"Lady of the Harbor" (12)
"When I'm Gone" (11)
".4 Cents a Play" (10)
150: "Macguffin," Phil Henry [Self, 8/2023] (91)
"Weightless" (25)
"Songs That Still Make You Cry" (24)
"Keep on Singing" (12)
"Only Emily Knows" (11)
TOP SONGS of 2023
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 151814 plays from 5244 playlists from 154 Folk DJs
1. "Workin' on a World" (68)
from "Workin' on a World" (Iris Dement)
2. "Up on the Divide" (63)
from "Mighty Poplar" (Mighty Poplar)
3. "World Keeps On Singing" (61)
from "Home" (Eliza Gilkyson)
4. "Foggy Morning Breaking" (60)
from "On Banjo" (Alison Brown)
4. "The Hills That I Call Home" (60)
from "Ever Onward" (Bob & Sarah Amos)
6. "Looking for Yes" (59)
from "Nine Becomes One" (Joe Crookston)
7. "To Keep the World We Know" (54)
from "O Sun O Moon" (Bruce Cockburn)
7. "Where I'm Coming From" (54)
from "Into the Night" (Robinson & Rohe)
9. "Listen To The Radio" (53)
from "More Than A Whisper" (Billy Strings & Molly Tuttle)
10. "Just Lonesome Ol' Me & the Radio" (52)
from "The Lonesome Chronicles" (Kathy Kallick Band)
11. "The Leaving" (51)
from "The Little In-Between" (Tim Grimm)
12. "Pickaway" (50)
from "Blue Skies" (Greg Cahill & Don Stiernberg)
13. "Nine Apples of Gold" (49)
from "Nine Apples of Gold" (Karan Casey)
14. "Coffee Blues" (48)
from "Gettin' Together" (Michael Jerome Browne)
14. "Woman of the House" (48)
from "Canvas" (Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy)
16. "This Pretty Planet" (46)
from "This Pretty Planet" (Tom Chapin)
16. "Waging Peace" (46)
from "Headwinds" (The Kennedys)
18. "Four Strong Winds" (45)
from "Four Strong Winds" (Ian & Sylvia)
also "Best of the Vanguard Years" (Ian & Sylvia)
18. "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" (45)
from "Gord's Gold" (Gordon Lightfoot)
also "The Way I Feel" (Gordon Lightfoot)
18. "Keep Going" (45)
from "Keep Going" (Connie Kaldor)
18. "That's Where the Hope Comes From" (45)
from "Between Hello & Goodbye" (Greg Greenway)
22. "Guess I'm Doing Fine" (44)
from "Traveling Wildfire" (Dom Flemons)
23. "Big Money Blues" (43)
from "Traveling Wildfire" (Dom Flemons)
23. "Sister I Am Here for You" (43)
from "Nine Apples of Gold" (Karan Casey)
25. "Early Morning Rain" (42)
from "Gord's Gold" (Gordon Lightfoot)
also "Lightfoot!" (Gordon Lightfoot)
25. "Joy Revolution" (42)
from "Hold That Spirit" (Raye Zaragoza)
25. "Sugar in the Gourd" (42)
from "Upstate Crossroads" (Tim Ball)
25. "Tow Truck Song" (42)
from "Crossing the Causeway" (Mary Beth Carty)
29. "The Fair and Dark Haired Lad" (41)
from "Boomerang Town" (Jaimee Harris)
29. "I Called It Love" (41)
from "The Breath Between" (David Francey)
29. "Stirrin' Up Trouble" (41)
from "The Little In-Between" (Tim Grimm)
29. "When You're Gone" (41)
from "I Only See the Moon" (The Milk Carton Kids)
33. "All of the Time in the World to Kill" (40)
from "I Only See the Moon" (The Milk Carton Kids)
33. "El Dorado" (40)
from "City of Gold" (Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway)
33. "Just Like That" (40)
from "Just Like That" (Bonnie Raitt)
33. "North Country Blues" (40)
from "Mighty Poplar" (Mighty Poplar)
33. "Slow Dance with You" (40)
from "Traveling Wildfire" (Dom Flemons)
also "Guess I'm Doing Fine" (Dom Flemons)
33. "Strangers" (40)
from "Celebrants" (Nickel Creek)
33. "When the Moon Gets Tangled" (40)
from "Nine Apples of Gold" (Karan Casey)
40. "Ain't That the Way" (39)
from "Only This Far" (The Rough & Tumble)
40. "A Distant Land to Roam" (39)
from "Mighty Poplar" (Mighty Poplar)
40. "I Don't Know This World" (39)
from "The Little In-Between" (Tim Grimm)
40. "Let Him Go On Mama" (39)
from "Mighty Poplar" (Mighty Poplar)
40. "The Little In-Between" (39)
from "The Little In-Between" (Tim Grimm)
40. "The Rocks of Bawn" (39)
from "Nine Apples of Gold" (Karan Casey)
40. "Strong Woman" (39)
from "Hold That Spirit" (Raye Zaragoza)
40. "The Year of the Wrecking Ball" (39)
from "Gently as I Go" (Caroline Cotter)
48. "Breaking The Bread" (38)
from "Outpourings" (Craig Bickhardt)
48. "Circle of Destruction" (38)
from "Center of the Universe" (Sofia Talvik)
48. "Constellations" (38)
from "Constellations" (Meredith Moon)
48. "On a Roll" (38)
from "O Sun O Moon" (Bruce Cockburn)
52. "It's Lonesome Everywhere I Go" (37)
from "The Lonesome Chronicles" (Kathy Kallick Band)
52. "Nobody Wrote It Down" (37)
from "Traveling Wildfire" (Dom Flemons)
52. "Temperance River" (37)
from "Seven Stones" (Katie Dahl)
55. "Big Wide World" (36)
from "Between Hello & Goodbye" (Greg Greenway)
55. "Solsbury Hill" (36)
from "Fresh-Picked Kentucky Music" (CornMaiz String Band)
57. "Peace Call" (35/47)
from "Land of Milk and Honey" (Eliza Gilkyson et al)
also "The Woody Guthrie Tribute Tour - Ribbon of Highway, Endless Skyway" (Eliza Gilkyson)
57. "This Campfire" (35)
from "Together" (Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon)
57. "God of War" (35)
from "Only This Far" (The Rough & Tumble)
57. "Lavender Moonshine" (35)
from "Lavender Moonshine" (Tret Fure)
57. "Love At The Five & Dime" (35)
from "More Than A Whisper" (John Prine & Kelsey Waldon)
57. "New Set of Wheels" (35)
from "Headwinds" (The Kennedys)
57. "Return to the Wild" (35)
from "Nine Apples of Gold" (Karan Casey)
57. "Tough Luck" (35)
from "Traveling Wildfire" (Dom Flemons)
57. "True North" (35)
from "Home" (Eliza Gilkyson)
57. "A Ways to Go" (35)
from "Promise to Harry" (The Sherpas)
57. "You Ain't Going Nowhere" (35)
from "Sweethearts: A Tribute to the Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo" (Christian Parker)
68. "Blackjack Davy" (34)
from "Mighty Poplar" (Mighty Poplar)
68. "Eyes Wide Open" (34)
from "Timeless Space" (The Heart Collectors)
also "Out of the Ashes - EP" (The Heart Collectors)
68. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (34)
from "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - single" (Peggy Seeger)
68. "If You Could Read My Mind" (34)
from "If You Could Read My Mind" (Gordon Lightfoot)
also "Gord's Gold" (Gordon Lightfoot)
68. "I'm Still Standing" (34)
from "The Light At The End Of The Line" (Janis Ian)
68. "Inside Out" (34)
from "Timeless Space" (The Heart Collectors)
68. "Leaping" (34)
from "Valley of Stars" (Ben Bedford)
68. "Long Journey Home" (34)
from "Me/And/Dad" (Billy Strings)
68. "Radio" (34)
from "Songs You Didn't Know I Wrote About You" (Emily White)
68. "Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms" (34)
from "Fresh-Picked Kentucky Music" (CornMaiz String Band)
68. "Slow Moving Train" (34)
from "Constellations" (Meredith Moon)
68. "Soldier's Joy" (34)
from "Constellations" (Meredith Moon)
80. "A Better Life" (33)
from "Now" (Graham Nash)
80. "Headwinds" (33)
from "Headwinds" (The Kennedys)
80. "I've Got The Big River Blues" (33)
from "Gettin' Together" (Michael Jerome Browne)
80. "Love Is Gonna Come Again" (33)
from "Boomerang Town" (Jaimee Harris)
80. "Sunflowers" (33)
from "Home" (Eliza Gilkyson)
80. "Through the Dark" (33)
from "Together Through the Dark" (Slaid Cleaves)
80. "Way Downtown" (33)
from "Me/And/Dad" (Billy Strings)
TOP ARTISTS of 2023
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 151814 plays from 5244 playlists from 154 Folk DJs
1. Bob Dylan (620)
"Dylan" (105)
"Shadow Kingdom" (36)
"Blood On The Tracks" (25)
"The Times They Are A-Changin'" (23)
"Oh Mercy" (19)
"More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 14" (16)
"Bringing It All Back Home" (14)
"Modern Times" (14)
"Another Self Portrait" (13)
"Planet Waves" (12)
"New Morning" (11)
"Highway 61 Revisited" (10)
"John Wesley Harding" (10)
2. Gordon Lightfoot (606)
"Gord's Gold" (115)
"Songbook" (81)
"The United Artists Collection" (40)
"If You Could Read My Mind" (32)
"Lightfoot!" (29)
"The Way I Feel" (25)
"Summertime Dream" (24)
"Sundown" (20)
"Summer Side of Life" (19)
"Don Quixote" (18)
"All Live" (16)
"The Best of Gordon Lightfoot" (13)
"Cold On The Shoulder" (11)
"Did She Mention My Name" (10)
"A Painter Passing Through" (10)
3. Willie Nelson (489)
"Bluegrass" (132)
"I Don't Know a Thing About Love" (107)
"Live at Budokan" (42)
"A Beautiful Time" (26)
"Red Headed Stranger" (15)
"The Essential Willie Nelson" (11)
"Heroes" (11)
"Ride Me Back Home" (10)
4. Eliza Gilkyson (488)
"Home" (279)
"Songs From The River Wind" (61)
"2020" (28)
"Beautiful World" (15)
"Land of Milk and Honey" (15)
"Roses At The End Of Time" (12)
"Your Town Tonight" (10)
5. John McCutcheon (465)
"Leap!" (104)
"Bucket List" (30)
"Water From Another Time" (22)
"Live At Wolf Trap" (21)
"Cabin Fever" (20)
"The Greatest Story Never Told" (16)
"This Land: Woody Guthrie's America" (16)
"Gonna Rise Again" (15)
"John McCutcheon's Four Seasons: Springsongs" (15)
"Joe Hill's Last Will" (13)
"22 Days" (10)
"To Everyone in All the World: A Celebration of Pete Seeger" (10)
"Winter Solstice" (10)
6. Tim Grimm (412)
"The Little In-Between" (291)
"Gone" (26)
"A Stranger In This Time" (17)
"Heart Land Again" (16)
"Farm Songs" (13)
7. Bruce Cockburn (385)
"O Sun O Moon" (233)
"Christmas" (17)
"Rarities" (13)
"Anything Anytime Anywhere" (11)
"Slice O' Life - Solo Live" (11)
7. Dom Flemons (385)
"Traveling Wildfire" (344)
"Black Cowboys" (18)
9. Joni Mitchell (382)
"Hits" (59)
"Blue" (45)
"Joni Mitchell at Newport" (39)
"Ladies Of The Canyon" (38)
"Clouds" (19)
"Court and Spark" (17)
"At Newport" (16)
"For The Roses" (13)
"Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967)" (12)
"The Hissing of Summer Lawns" (11)
"Song to a Seagull" (11)
"Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 3" (10)
10. Pete Seeger (369)
"Songs of Hope and Struggle" (65)
"Pete" (50)
"If I Had A Hammer: Songs Of Hope & Struggle" (26)
"The Smithsonian Folkways Collection" (19)
"God Bless The Grass" (14)
"American Favorite Ballads, Vols. 1-5" (11)
11. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway (344)
"City of Gold" (215)
"Crooked Tree" (108)
12. Karan Casey (343)
"Nine Apples of Gold" (304)
13. John Prine (339)
"Souvenirs" (64)
"The Tree Of Forgiveness" (44)
"Fair And Square" (24)
"Sweet Revenge" (22)
"John Prine" (16)
"John Prine Christmas" (15)
"The Missing Years" (15)
"In Spite Of Ourselves" (14)
14. Iris Dement (326)
"Workin' on a World" (211)
"Infamous Angel" (36)
"My Life" (21)
"Sing The Delta" (12)
15. The Kennedys (325)
"Headwinds" (258)
16. Nanci Griffith (323)
"Other Voices, Other Rooms" (82)
"Other Voices Too" (27)
"Once in a Very Blue Moon" (24)
"Flyer" (17)
"Lone Star State Of Mind" (16)
"One Fair Summer Evening" (14)
"Storms" (13)
"The Last Of The True Believers" (12)
"Poet In My Window" (12)
17. Carrie Newcomer (321)
"A Great Wild Mercy" (166)
"Until Now" (30)
"Kindred Spirits: A Collection" (14)
"The Geography Of Light" (13)
"The Point Of Arrival" (13)
"The Beautiful Not Yet" (11)
"Before And After" (10)
18. David Francey (320)
"The Breath Between" (215)
"Torn Screen Door" (19)
"The Broken Heart Of Everything" (16)
"The Waking Hour" (10)
19. Tim O'Brien (316)
"Cup of Sugar" (166)
"Red On Blonde" (18)
"The Crossing" (14)
"He Walked On" (13)
"Traveler" (13)
20. Billy Strings (305)
"Me/And/Dad" (221)
"Renewal" (18)
"Home" (15)
"Turmoil And Tinfoil" (10)
21. Mighty Poplar (303)
"Mighty Poplar" (294)
22. Rhiannon Giddens (299)
"You're the One" (171)
"Freedom Highway" (48)
"Tomorrow Is My Turn" (23)
"They're Calling Me Home" (18)
23. Ellis Paul (293)
"55" (174)
"The Storyteller's Suitcase" (28)
"Ellis Paul's Traveling Medicine Show, Vol. 1" (11)
"Essentials" (10)
24. Kathy Kallick Band (290)
"The Lonesome Chronicles" (252)
"Foxhounds" (10)
25. Mary Beth Carty (280)
"Crossing the Causeway" (276)
26. Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon (269)
"Together" (267)
27. Tim Ball (266)
"Upstate Crossroads" (255)
28. Craig Bickhardt (257)
"Outpourings" (207)
"Home For The Harvest" (29)
"The More I Wonder" (11)
29. Alice Howe (251)
"Circumstance" (211)
29. Greg Greenway (251)
"Between Hello & Goodbye" (212)
"Songs From the Beginning" (13)
"Weightless" (10)
31. Rod MacDonald (250)
"Rants & Romance" (178)
32. Slaid Cleaves (249)
"Together Through the Dark" (170)
"Broke Down" (18)
32. Tret Fure (249)
"Lavender Moonshine" (157)
"Roses In November" (19)
"Stone By Stone" (17)
34. Peter, Paul And Mary (247)
"Carry It On" (26)
"The Very Best Of Peter, Paul And Mary" (25)
"Around The Campfire" (18)
"Peter, Paul And Mary" (17)
"Album 1700" (15)
"In The Wind" (15)
"Lifelines" (12)
"Movin" (12)
35. The Band (244)
"The Last Waltz" (45)
"Greatest Hits" (35)
"The Band" (32)
"Music From Big Pink" (26)
"Stage Fright" (10)
35. Emmylou Harris (244)
"More Than A Whisper: Celebrating The Music Of Nanci Griffith" (20)
"Ramble In Music City" (13)
"At the Ryman" (12)
"Hard Bargain" (12)
"Red Dirt Girl" (11)
"Cowgirl's Prayer" (10)
37. Bob & Sarah Amos (243)
"Ever Onward" (237)
37. Brittany Jean (243)
"All the Love" (86)
"Lightfoot" (70)
"Wintertide" (50)
"Colors & Covers" (35)
39. Joan Baez (242)
"Ring Them Bells" (21)
"Whistle Down The Wind" (19)
"75th Birthday Celebration" (15)
"Diamonds" (12)
40. Joe Crookston (239)
"Nine Becomes One" (156)
"Able Baker Charlie And Dog" (18)
"Darkling & The Bluebird Jubilee" (17)
"Georgia I'm Here" (10)
40. Sam Bush (239)
"Radio John: Songs of John Hartford" (177)
"Howlin' At The Moon" (13)
"Storyman" (11)
42. John Gorka (238)
"True In Time" (31)
"The Company You Keep" (19)
"Bright Side Of Down" (18)
"Land of the Bottom Line" (16)
"I Know" (15)
"Jack's Crows" (15)
"Between Five and Seven" (13)
"So Dark You See" (12)
"Writing In The Margins" (11)
"Tribute to a Songpoet: Songs of Eric Andersen" (10)
43. Meredith Moon (235)
"Constellations" (224)
44. Ian & Sylvia (234)
"Four Strong Winds" (39)
"Best of the Vanguard Years" (31)
"Early Morning Rain" (24)
"Complete Vanguard Studio Recordings" (23)
"The Lost Tapes" (18)
"Live at Newport" (16)
"So Much For Dreaming" (15)
"Ian & Sylvia" (14)
"Play One More" (10)
44. The Rough & Tumble (234)
"Only This Far" (213)
46. Emma's Revolution (233)
"Rooted" (115)
"One" (28)
"Roots, Rock And Revolution" (18)
"Revolution Now" (14)
"Re-Indicted - single" (13)
"Evolution" (10)
46. Michael Jerome Browne (233)
"Gettin' Together" (220)
48. Katie Dahl (231)
"Seven Stones" (205)
49. Tom Russell (227)
"Play One More: The Songs Of Ian And Sylvia" (37)
"Borderland" (17)
"Modern Art" (15)
"The Man From God Knows Where" (14)
"October In The Railroad Earth" (14)
"The Long Way Around" (11)
"Folk Hotel" (10)
50. Alison Brown (224)
"On Banjo" (167)
"Foggy Morning Breaking" (11)
51. Raye Zaragoza (220)
"Hold That Spirit" (180)
"Woman In Color" (17)
"Joy Revolution" (10)
52. Caroline Cotter (215)
"Gently as I Go" (190)
52. Eric Kilburn (215)
"Reckonings" (149)
"My Own Mistakes" (55)
52. Joe Jencks (215)
"The Coming of the Years" (105)
"Poets, Philosophers Workers & Wanderers" (48)
"The Forgotten" (15)
"I Hear Your Voice" (13)
"Links In A Chain" (11)
"Rise As One" (10)
55. Johnny Cash (211)
"The Essential Johnny Cash" (26)
"The Legend" (13)
"American IV: The Man Comes Around" (12)
"American V: A Hundred Highways" (10)
"Ragged Old Flag" (10)
55. Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy (211)
"Canvas" (202)
57. Tom Chapin (207)
"This Pretty Planet" (105)
"Hold Our Ground" (42)
"Threads" (16)
58. Bill Monroe (206)
"Bluegrass 1950-1958" (57)
"Bluegrass 1970-1979" (57)
"Bluegrass 1959-1969" (22)
59. CornMaiz String Band (205)
"Fresh-Picked Kentucky Music" (197)
60. Amelia Hogan (204)
"Taking Flight" (201)
61. Cheryl Wheeler (202)
"Driving Home" (50)
"Greetings From Cheryl Wheeler Live" (29)
"Sylvia Hotel" (28)
"Circles & Arrows" (21)
"Mrs. Pinocci's Guitar" (17)
"Defying Gravity" (15)
"Different Stripe" (14)
"Pointing At The Sun" (10)
62. Judy Collins (201)
"The Very Best of Judy Collins" (28)
"Spellbound" (18)
"Who Knows Where the Time Goes" (13)
"Forever" (12)
62. Pharis & Jason Romero (201)
"Tell 'Em You Were Gold" (142)
"Long Gone Out West Blues" (18)
"A Wanderer I'll Stay" (13)
"Bet On Love" (11)
64. Lucy Kaplansky (200)
"Last Days of Summer" (78)
"Over The Hills" (17)
"The Tide" (16)
"The Red Thread" (15)
"Reunion" (13)
"Flesh and Bone" (11)
"Tribute to a Songpoet: Songs of Eric Andersen" (11)
65. Connie Kaldor (199)
"Keep Going" (134)
65. Tom Paxton (199)
"Looking For The Moon" (17)
"Together" (12)
"Ramblin' Boy" (10)
"Wearing The Time" (10)
67. Crowes Pasture (197)
"Don't Blink" (134)
"Edge Of America" (14)
"Agree On - single" (10)
"Slow It Down" (10)
67. The Milk Carton Kids (197)
"I Only See the Moon" (159)
67. Robbie Fulks (197)
"Bluegrass Vacation" (179)
70. Dar Williams (195)
"Mortal City" (37)
"The Honesty Room" (28)
"I'll Meet You Here" (19)
"Many Great Companions" (16)
"The Beauty Of The Rain" (11)
"End Of The Summer" (10)
"Railroad Town" (10)
71. Buddy Mondlock (194)
"Filament" (171)
71. Greg Brown (194)
"If I Had Known: Essential Recordings, 1980-1996" (25)
"The Live One" (14)
"The Poet Game" (13)
"Dream Cafe" (11)
"Covenant" (10)
"Iowa Waltz" (10)
"Milk Of The Moon" (10)
71. Nickel Creek (194)
"Celebrants" (151)
"Nickel Creek" (15)
74. Ben Bedford (192)
"Valley of Stars" (158)
"Land Of The Shadows" (15)
75. William Prince (190)
"Stand in the Joy" (167)
76. Irene Kelley (187)
"Snow White Memories" (168)
76. Kelly Hunt (187)
"Ozark Symphony" (145)
"Even the Sparrow" (20)
"Winter Soulstice" (12)
78. The Lonesome Ace Stringband (185)
"Try to Make It Fly" (141)
79. Sofia Talvik (184)
"Center of the Universe" (124)
"When Winter Comes - A Christmas Album" (15)
"Circle Of Destruction - single" (14)
80. Vance Gilbert (181)
"The Mother of Trouble" (117)
"Good Good Man" (14)
81. C. Daniel Boling (179)
"New Old Friends" (157)
"These Houses" (11)
81. Lynn Miles (179)
"TumbleWeedyWorld" (135)
83. Gillian Welch (178)
"Boots No. 1: The Official Revival Bootleg" (49)
"The Harrow And The Harvest" (30)
"Soul Journey" (25)
"Time (The Revelator)" (15)
"Hell Among The Yearlings" (12)
"Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 2" (10)
83. Harry Belafonte (178)
"Calypso" (18)
"Belafonte at Carnegie Hall" (16)
83. Stan Rogers (178)
"Between The Breaks...Live!" (34)
"Home In Halifax" (28)
"Northwest Passage" (26)
"The Very Best Of Stan Rogers" (18)
"Fogarty's Cove" (15)
"From Fresh Water" (14)
"From Coffee House to Concert Hall" (10)
83. Tom Rush (178)
"Got a Mind To Ramble" (53)
"The Circle Game" (23)
"Voices" (17)
"Tom Rush Celebrates 50 Years Of Music" (16)
87. James Keelaghan (176)
"Second-Hand" (99)
"History: The First 25 Years" (17)
87. Robinson & Rohe (176)
"Into the Night" (166)
87. Sylvia Tyson (176)
"At the End of the Day" (157)
90. Eric Bibb (175)
"Ridin'" (116)
90. Ian Tyson (175)
"Cowboyography" (35)
"Live At Longview" (19)
"Eighteen Inches of Rain" (14)
"And Stood There Amazed" (13)
"Carnero Vaquero" (12)
"I outgrew the wagon" (11)
"Old Corrals and Sagebrush & Other Cowboy Culture Classics" (11)
92. Jaimee Harris (174)
"Boomerang Town" (160)
93. Lori McKenna (173)
"1988" (108)
"The Balladeer" (15)
"Christmas is Right Here - EP" (10)
93. Open Road (173)
"Skylark" (167)
93. Phil Ochs (173)
"I Ain't Marching Anymore" (21)
"There But For Fortune" (19)
"Phil Ochs In Concert" (16)
"All The News That's Fit To Sing" (14)
93. Rebecca Folsom (173)
"Sanctuary" (167)
97. Mary Gauthier (172)
"Dark Enough to See the Stars" (63)
"More Than A Whisper" (24)
"Mercy Now" (19)
"Rifles And Rosary Beads" (16)
"Drag Queens in Limousines" (13)
97. The Scooches (172)
"Lift You Up" (170)
99. Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer (171)
"Drum Hat Buddha" (50)
"Tanglewood Tree" (32)
"When I Go" (24)
"Little Blue Egg" (16)
"American Noel" (14)
"Joy My Love (EP)" (11)
99. Larry & Joe (171)
"Nuevo South Train" (145)
"Mi Burrito Sabanero - single" (10)
101. Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt (170)
"Hello World" (136)
101. Dave Van Ronk (170)
"Sunday Street" (44)
"Down in Washington Square" (11)
103. Kate Wolf (169)
"Give Yourself To Love" (23)
"Close To You" (22)
"An Evening In Austin" (22)
"Weaver Of Visions" (17)
"Gold In California" (11)
"The Wind Blows Wild" (11)
"Lines on the Paper" (10)
103. Mark Erelli (169)
"Lay Your Darkness Down" (99)
105. Cosy Sheridan (167)
"Grand Design" (40)
"Pomegranate Seed" (23)
"A Beautiful Sound" (18)
"Anthymn" (11)
"Live At Cedarhouse" (11)
"Sometimes I Feel Too Much" (11)
106. Dan Tyminski (165)
"God Fearing Heathen" (109)
"One More Time Before You Go" (34)
107. Benny Bleu (164)
"March of the Mollusk" (150)
108. Hank Woji (163)
"Highways, Gamblers, Devils & Dreams" (143)
108. Shannon Leigh Reynolds (163)
"Triple Shot" (162)
108. Lead Belly (163)
"Alan Lomax" (47)
"Midnight Special" (33)
"Leadbelly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection (box set)" (16)
111. Allison Russell (158)
"The Returner" (108)
"Outside Child" (29)
112. Bruce Springsteen (156)
"We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions" (22)
"Nebraska" (18)
"Only the Strong Survive" (13)
113. The Byrds (155)
"Sweetheart of the Rodeo" (38)
114. Chris Coole (154)
"The Old Man & the C Chord" (140)
115. Doc Watson (153)
"Doc Watson" (44)
"The Vanguard Years" (16)
"Songs Doc Didn't Sing" (14)
115. Taj Mahal (153)
"Savoy" (92)
117. Janis Ian (152)
"The Light At The End Of The Line" (89)
118. Chuck Brodsky (151)
"Gravity, Wings, & Heavy Things" (47)
"The Baseball Ballads" (15)
"Two Sets" (13)
"Tulips For Lunch" (12)
119. Jimmy Buffett (150)
"Equal Strain On All Parts" (22)
"Songs You Know By Heart" (20)
"A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean" (11)
120. Special Consensus (148)
"Great Blue North" (124)
121. The Rifters (146)
"The Enchanted World" (139)
122. Bella White (145)
"Among Other Things" (122)
"Just Like Leaving" (14)
122. Graham Nash (145)
"Now" (128)
122. Mary Chapin Carpenter (145)
"Come Darkness, Come Light" (49)
125. Lucinda Williams (144)
"Stories From a Rock & Roll Heart" (53)
"Car Wheels On A Gravel Road" (19)
125. Tommy Emmanuel (144)
"Accomplice Two" (108)
127. Christian Parker (143)
"Sweethearts: A Tribute to the Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo" (140)
127. Old Crow Medicine Show (143)
"Jubilee" (74)
"O.C.M.S." (11)
127. Susan Werner (143)
"Gospel Truth" (22)
"Hayseed" (13)
"Time Between Trains" (13)
"Classics" (11)
"New Non-Fiction" (11)
"Nola" (11)
130. Chris Vallillo (142)
"Forgottonia" (122)
"Abraham Lincoln In Song" (11)
130. Jason Lang (142)
"Handled With Care" (134)
132. Eilen Jewell (141)
"Get Behind the Wheel" (99)
132. Ray Bonneville (141)
"On the Blind Side" (122)
132. The Sherpas (141)
"Promise to Harry" (126)
135. Annie Capps (140)
"How Can I Say This?" (138)
135. Steve Earle (140)
"More Than A Whisper" (26)
"Jerry Jeff" (11)
137. Beth Desombre (138)
"The Sea Beside Us" (117)
137. Natalie Merchant (138)
"Keep Your Courage" (89)
"Leave Your Sleep" (15)
137. Windborne (138)
"Of Hard Times & Harmony" (91)
"Recollections/Revolutions" (21)
140. Kalos (137)
"Headland" (130)
140. Richard Thompson (137)
"Acoustic Classics II" (27)
"Rumor And Sigh" (10)
140. Tony Rice (137)
"Tony Rice Sings Gordon Lightfoot" (48)
"Me & My Guitar" (19)
"Sings Gordon Lightfoot" (14)
143. Helene Cronin (136)
"Landmarks" (115)
"Beautiful December" (12)
144. Christine Lavin (135)
"The Runaway Christmas Tree" (20)
144. The Nields (135)
"Circle of Days" (89)
"Bob on the Ceiling" (10)
144. Owen Walsh (135)
"On My Way" (134)
144. Rachel Baiman (135)
"Common Nation of Sorrow" (108)
148. Guy Clark (134)
"Dublin Blues" (17)
"Boats To Build" (11)
"Keepers" (11)
"Old Friends" (11)
148. Malcolm Holcombe (134)
"Bits & Pieces" (126)
150. Jaime Michaels (133)
"How to Shine" (104)
"Crooked" (10)
150. Tanya Tucker (133)
"Sweet Western Sound" (110)
"While I'm Livin'" (12)
152. Darrell Scott String Band (132)
"Old Cane Back Rocker" (126)
152. Grace Morrison (132)
"Maybe Modern" (108)
152. Joy Zimmerman (132)
"Where the Light Lives" (103)
155. Grant Peeples (131)
"A Murder of Songs" (109)
156. Caitlin Canty (130)
"Quiet Flame" (72)
"Reckless Skyline" (39)
156. Dale Ann Bradley (130)
"Kentucky for Me" (102)
156. Low Lily (130)
"Angels in the Wreckage" (95)
"10,000 Days Like These" (18)
156. The Refugees (130)
"California" (109)
156. Rodney Crowell (130)
"The Chicago Sessions" (95)
161. April Verch & Cody Walters (129)
"Passages & Partings" (125)
161. Rani Arbo And Daisy Mayhem (129)
"Cocktail Swing" (46)
"Wintersong" (20)
"Some Bright Morning" (18)
"Gambling Eden" (17)
"Big Old Life" (12)
161. Steep Canyon Rangers (129)
"Morning Shift" (87)
161. Van Morrison (129)
"Moving On Skiffle" (62)
"Accentuate The Positive" (15)
165. Kim Moberg (128)
"The Seven Fires Prophecy: Suite for Humanity" (101)
"Up Around The Bend" (10)
166. Bonnie Raitt (127)
"Just Like That" (57)
166. James Taylor (127)
"Sweet Baby James" (25)
"James Taylor Live" (14)
166. Reggie Garrett (127)
"York's Lament & Other Stories" (120)
166. Rachael Kilgour (127)
"My Father Loved Me" (98)
"Dad Worked Hard - single" (10)
170. The Squirrel Hillbillies (126)
"Rhizomes" (111)
"On The Loose" (10)
171. Phil Henry (125)
"Macguffin" (91)
"Chasing Echoes" (19)
171. Kristen Grainger & True North (125)
"Fear of Falling Stars" (89)
"Ghost Tattoo" (19)
173. Arlo Guthrie (124)
"Alice's Restaurant" (22)
"Live In Sydney" (13)
173. Sami Braman (124)
"Riveter" (123)
175. The Kingston Trio (123)
"The Kingston Trio" (29)
"The Capitol Years" (14)
"Stay Awhile" (10)
175. The Ok Factor (123)
"OKX" (97)
175. Si Kahn (123)
"Courage" (20)
"Thanksgiving" (17)
"The Best of the Rest" (12)
"It's A Dog's Life" (10)
178. Guy Davis (122)
"Be Ready When I Call You" (27)
"Kokomo Kidd" (12)
179. Andy & Judy (121)
"Another Ghost Town" (93)
179. John Hartford (121)
"Aereo-Plain" (30)
"Gum Tree Canoe" (10)
181. Antje Duvekot (120)
"New Wild West" (62)
"Toward The Thunder" (17)
"The Near Demise of the High Wire Dancer" (16)
181. Just Us Lillys (120)
"Not Far From the Tree" (117)
181. Steve Goodman (120)
"No Big Surprise" (28)
"Somebody Else's Troubles" (14)
"Live At The Earl Of Old Town" (12)
"Steve Goodman" (12)
"Words We Can Dance To" (10)
184. Alice Gerrard (119)
"Sun to Sun" (96)
184. The Beatles (119)
"Rubber Soul" (17)
"Revolver" (12)
184. Chris Smither (119)
"Live As I'll Ever Be" (17)
"Leave The Light On" (15)
"More From The Levee" (12)
187. Eva Cassidy (118)
"Imagine" (22)
"Songbird" (22)
"I Can Only Be Me" (13)
"American Tune" (12)
188. Corey Purcell (117)
"Undaunted" (113)
189. Darlingside (116)
"Everything Is Alive" (95)
189. Jake Blount (116)
"The New Faith" (86)
"Spider Tales" (23)
189. Laura Zucker (116)
"Lifeline" (78)
"By The Refinery Lights" (15)
189. The Chieftains (116)
"Tears of Stone" (17)
"The Long Black Veil" (16)
"Voice Of Ages" (11)
193. Danny Burns (114)
"Promised Land" (89)
193. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit (114)
"Weathervanes" (69)
"The Nashville Sound" (14)
193. Johnsmith (114)
"Backroads" (54)
"Kickin' This Stone" (12)
"Gravity Of Grace" (10)
193. Kate Campbell (114)
"Damn Sure Blue" (20)
"The K.O.A. Tapes, Vol. 1" (12)
193. The Wailin' Jennys (114)
"Fifteen" (35)
"40 Days" (27)
"Bright Morning Stars" (15)
"Live At The Mauch Chunk Opera House" (15)
"Firecracker" (12)
198. The Heart Collectors (113)
"Timeless Space" (101)
198. Neil Young (113)
"Comes a Time" (13)
198. Sarah Jarosz (113)
"More Than A Whisper" (24)
"World On The Ground" (18)
"Undercurrent" (13)
"Follow Me Down" (11)
"Song Up In Her Head" (11)
TOP LABELS of 2023
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 151814 plays from 5244 playlists from 154 Folk DJs
1. Rounder (3113)
2. Smithsonian/Folkways (2100)
3. Compass (1899)
4. Columbia (1538)
5. Red House (1245)
6. Signature Sounds (1172)
7. Nonesuch (1158)
8. Thirty Tigers (1120)
9. Legacy (891)
10. True North (877)
11. Sugar Hill (844)
12. Rhino (842)
13. Borealis (837)
14. Free Dirt (807)
15. Vanguard (794)
16. Warner (789)
17. Reprise (670)
18. Elektra (647)
19. Rebel (645)
20. BMG (617)
21. Stony Plain (572)
22. Philo (549)
23. Appleseed (528)
24. Capitol (521)
25. RCA (520)
26. Pinecastle (496)
27. New West (484)
28. Bear Family (458)
29. Mountain Fever (439)
30. Waterbug (433)
31. Yep Roc (390)
32. Fantasy (378)
33. Green Linnet (366)
34. Atlantic (355)
35. Sony (352)
36. Berkalin (345)
37. Vault (329)
38. Flying Fish (328)
39. Oh Boy (300)
40. Righteous Babe (295)
41. Topic (291)
42. Shanachie (283)
43. Dark Shadow (282)
44. Live Oak (271)
45. Laker (269)
46. Appalseed (264)
47. Mercury (261)
48. ATO (241)
49. Appalsongs (240)
50. Realiza (236)
51. Crow Valley (233)
52. Folk-Legacy (224)
53. Six Shooter (222)
54. Howdy Skies (217)
55. Arhoolie (215)
56. Mountain Home (207)
57. Proper (205)
57. Stone Barn (205)
59. Bristlecone (201)
60. Available Light (195)
61. MCA (194)
62. Acony (193)
62. Blue Flute (193)
62. Redbird (193)
65. Hudson Harding (192)
65. Leaky Boat (192)
67. Alligator (191)
68. Irelandville (184)
69. Wellspring (183)
70. Howlin' Dog (182)
71. Outside (180)
72. Turtle Bear (171)
73. Tomboy Girl (168)
74. Sundance (167)
75. Greentrax (165)
75. KZ (165)
77. Candy House (164)
77. Milagrito (164)
79. Know Howe (159)
79. Linus (159)
81. Asylum (157)
81. IRK (157)
83. Makaki (155)
84. Hightone (151)
85. Rosella (147)
86. Yellow Room (146)
87. Dualtone (144)
87. Verve (144)
89. Wind River (141)
90. Razor & Tie (140)
91. Soundly (139)
92. Delfina (138)
92. Padiddle (138)
94. Universal (136)
95. Hopeful Sky (130)
96. EMI (128)
97. Moving Forward (127)
97. On The Bol (127)
99. CMH (126)
100. Blue Note (123)
101. Patuxent (122)
102. Chrysalis (121)
103. Blue Corn (120)
103. Crooked Cyclone (120)
103. Good Bygone (120)
103. Need To Know (120)
107. Acoustic Disc (116)
107. Polydor (116)
109. Fallen Tree (114)
110. Strictly Country (113)
111. Community (112)
112. Concord (111)
113. SideHustle (108)
114. A&M (107)
114. Wonder Dog (107)
116. Blix Street (106)
117. Azalea City (105)
118. Sleepy Cat (104)
119. Epic (102)
120. Black Hen (101)
120. Island (101)
FOLK DJs - 2023
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 151814 plays from 5244 playlists from 154 Folk DJs
Abby Parks (WLJS-FM, AL)
Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allegra Thompson (KALW-FM, CA)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM & acousticdisc.com, CA)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM & WFTE-FM, NY)
Annie Keville (WVBR-FM, NY)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP & WMMT-FM, NC)
Art Podell (KPFK-FM, CA)
Arthur Berman (CiTR-FM & podcast, BC)
Arthur Dean (WCNI-FM, CT)
Artie Martello (WIOX-FM & podcast, NY)
Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM, PA)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bill Wagman (KDVS-FM, CA)
Biz Bisard (WNMC-FM, MI)
Bob Heyer (WWOV-LP & WEJP-FM, WV)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bob Sherman (WFUV-FM, NY)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
Brad Edmondson (WVBR-FM, NY)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Bruce Swan (WSFM-LP, NC)
Bud Johnson (KNBA-FM & syndicated, AK)
Caroline Doctorow (WPKN-FM, CT)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM & WHFB-FM, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM & syndicated, NY)
Chris Denerley (WALL-FM & beyondradio.co.uk, UK)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM & WSKG-FM, NY)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Chuck Markowitz (WERU-FM, ME)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Cosmic Charlie (WERU-FM, ME)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Darryl Purpose (KRFC-FM, CO)
Daryana Antipova (WFHB-FM, IN)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM, GA)
David John (KAXE-FM & KEOS-FM, MN)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Denis McGilvray (KPBX-FM, OK)
Dennis Brunnenmeyer (KVMR-FM, CA)
Diane Crowe (WMCB-LP & WXOJ-FM, MA)
Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR)
Diane Karl (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM & KSOW-FM, OR)
Ellen Stanley (KFAI-FM & podcast, MN)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Gordon Nash (WORK-FM & 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 Hall (CFRU-FM & syndicated, ON)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM & MixCloud, WA)
Jeannie Holton & Cohosts (WMNF-FM, FL)
Jeff Curtis (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jeff Zolitor (KZYX-FM & syndicated, CA)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jeremy Butler (Alabama Public Radio)
Jeremy Rainer (WFUV-FM, NY)
Jim Canales (WWSP-FM, WI)
Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM & podcast, IN)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Jim Welsh (Radio Summerhall & MixCloud, UK)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com & podcast, SC)
John Platt (WFUV-FM & podcast, NY)
John Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA)
John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA)
Jon Colcord (Syndicated, NH)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM & soundcloud.com, NY)
Justin Helmer (KVSC-FM & podcast, MN)
Kai Schafft (WVBR-FM, NY)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kate McNally (New Hampshire Public Radio)
Kelly Walker (WTSU-FM & podcast, AL)
Ken Batista (WRCT-FM, PA)
Ken Nagelberg (WHYR-FM, LA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Kevin Vance (KALW-FM & KPFA-FM, CA)
Kim Ware (Radio Plastique, GA)
Larry Berger (WRCT-FM & syndicated, PA)
Larry Hoyt (WAER-FM, NY)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Leah Wollenberg (KALW-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & podcast, AR)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM & syndicated, IL)
Lindsay Mar (2RRR-FM, Australia)
Lyle D. Skinner (CJUM-FM & CKJS-FM, MB)
Mara Noelle (KVMR-FM, CA)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM, OR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM & podcast, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDH-FM, VT)
Mark Pedersen (WOJB-FM, WI)
Mary Anne Moorman (KBCS-FM, WA)
Mary Katherine Aldin (KPFK-FM, CA)
Mary Sue Twohy (SiriusXM & folk.org, DC)
Matt Watroba (WKAR-FM, MI)
Matthew Baya (WERU-FM & podcast, ME)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Michael Kane (WBRS-FM & WUMB-FM, MA)
Michael Park (MixCloud & PRX, NY)
Michael S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers & acousticrainbow.com, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM & WICN-AM, MA)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Norm Williams (WDIY-FM, PA)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Hefti (KUBU-LP, CA)
Paul Porzio (Cox Cable, VA)
Paul Stamler (KDHX-FM, MO)
Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-FM, NY)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Peter Thompson (KALW-FM, CA)
Rachel Anne Goodman (KSQD-FM, CA)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM, WA)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & syndicated, PA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Rik James (KGLT-FM & syndicated, MT)
Rob Killam (WFIT-FM, FL)
Robert Resnik (Vermont Public Radio)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Ron Lewis (WNUR-FM, IL)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NJ)
Seattle Jim Page (KBCS-FM & soundcloud.com, WA)
Sonny Ochs (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Steve Soucy (WERU-FM, ME)
Steven Morrison (KBOO-FM, OR)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Sue Kessell (WNUR-FM, IL)
Sully Roddy (KALW-FM, CA)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WWUH-FM & WHUS-FM, CT)
Susi Lanagan (PBS-FM, Australia)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Terry B. Moses & Naomi Soule (KCLC-FM, MO)
Tim Forsman (WMHB-FM & WXNZ-FM, ME)
Tom Coxworth (CKUA-FM, AB)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Tonya Price (MixCloud & PRX, ON)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM & syndicated, NY)
Wayne Greene (KEOS-FM, TX)
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