Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
February 2024, Week 4

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of February 2024, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2313 plays from 82 playlists from 67 Folk DJs

  1: "Gardens Old, Flowers New," Tom Rush [Appleseed, 2/2024] (20)
        "Sailing" (6)
        "One More Time Around the Sun" (4)
        "Glory Road" (4)
  2: "Polaroid Lovers," Sarah Jarosz [Rounder, 2/2024] (17)
        "Runaway Train" (4)
        "Days Can Turn Around" (4)
        "Columbus & 89th" (3)
  3: "Likely Story," Mad Agnes [Self, 2/2024] (15)
        "Marry the Moon" (3)
        "Ghosted" (2)
        "Holy Well" (2)
        "The Nothing You Can Do" (2)
  3: "Sparrow," Jeff Talmadge [Berkalin, 2/2024] (15)
        "If I Was A Sparrow" (2)
        "Little Speck of Dust" (2)
        "Night Train from Milan" (2)
        "Devil's Highway" (2)
        "Hurricane" (2)
        "Maybe Next Year" (2)
  5: "Ordinary Sunrise," Jay Linden [Americana North, 2/2024] (14)
        "Hand Your Heart To The Wind" (4)
        "Ordinary Sunrise" (3)
        "$10 Show" (3)
        "Dreamers on A Sailing Ship" (2)
  5: "Simple Motion," Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz [Red Beet, 1/2024] (14)
        "Can't Change The Weather" (3)
        "Adam & Eve" (2)
        "Simple Motion" (2)
        "Anywhere but Here" (2)
  7: "American Patchwork Quartet," American Patchwork Quartet [Carolina Jasmine, 1/2024] (12)
        "Wayfaring Stranger" (3)
        "Gone For Soldier" (2)
        "Cuckoo Bird" (2)
  7: "Dark Harvest," Malcolm Macwatt [Need To Know, 1/2024] (12)
        "Dark Harvest" (3)
        "She Told Me Not To Go" (2)
        "Buffalo Thunder" (2)
  7: "I Kept These Old Blues," Muireann Bradley [Tompkins Square, 12/2023] (12)
        "Police Dog Blues" (3)
        "Freight Train" (2)
        "Richland Woman Blues" (2)
 10: "Highlander," Missy Raines [Compass, 1/2024] (11)
        "Who Needs a Mine?" (3)
        "Panhandle Country" (2)
        "Fast Moving Train" (2)
        "I Would Be A Blackbird" (2)
 10: "Salt Box," Charm City Junction [Self, 1/2024] (11)
        "I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow" (4)
        "Roll On John" (3)
 10: "When the Light Gets In," Runa [Self, 2/2024] (11)
        "Indiana" (3)
        "The Fox" (2)
        "Ar an dtaobh thall den mBogha Sin" (2)
        "Jutland Set" (2)
 13: "Never Too Late: Duets with My Friends," Jim Kweskin [Story] (10)
        "The The Lone Pilgrim" (2)
 13: "North Star," Carole Wise [Soulful Cricket, 2/2024] (10)
        "Beyond Our Own Backyard" (2)
        "Around the Bend" (2)
        "North Star" (2)
 13: "On the Water," Lisa Bastoni [Self, 2/2024] (10)
        "Right side of the River" (2)
        "Starlight" (2)
        "Let's Look At Houses" (2)
 13: "The Space Between," The Heart Collectors [Spins the Gold, 1/2024] (10)
        "Stand Up" (3)
        "Helplessly Hoping" (2)
 17: "Freedom Is A Constant Struggle," Various Artists [Folk Era, 2013] (9)
        "Carry It On," Carolyn Hester (1)
 17: "Morning Sun," Lisa Klotz [Self, 2/2024] (9)
        "Don't Give Up" (2)
        "Raising My Shield" (2)
        "Ukrainian Now" (2)
 19: "Bound for Land," Leslie Evers [Self, 1/2024] (8)
        "Pull Your Heart Away" (4)
 19: "Walking Through the Fire," Sultans of String [Indie Download, 11/2023] (8)
        "Tkaronto Reel" (2)
 21: "Even Better on the Bad Days," Scott Sean White [Self, 1/2024] (7)
        "Pulling Weeds" (2)
 21: "Rhapsody in Blue," Béla Fleck [Thirty Tigers, 2/2024] (7)
        "Rhapsody in Blue" (3)
 21: "Speed of Sound," Jesse Lynn Madera [Big Fat Dress, 2/2024] (7)
        "Last Call" (2)
 21: "Universal Citizen," Jim Johnson [4853130 Records DK, 2/2024] (7)
        "Your Picture In My Mind" (2)
 25: "Did You Hear the Red-Winged Blackbird?," Annie Gallup [Gallway Bay, 2/2024] (6)
        "Run for Me" (2)
        "Who But Daniel" (2)
 25: "Return Home," Lisa Doscher [Self, 2/2024] (6)
        "Love is the Seventh Wave" (2)
 25: "Sideways," The Steel Wheels [Big Ring, 2/2024] (6)
        "Good Thing Now" (2)
 25: "So Strong," Jaspar Lepak [Self, 1/2024] (6)
        "Queens of the Desert Sun" (2)
        "I Am Human" (2)
 25: "Traveling Wildfire," Dom Flemons [Smithsonian/Folkways, 1/2023] (6)
        "Nobody Wrote it Down" (2)
 30: "My Father Loved Me," Rachael Kilgour [Self, 9/2023] (5/10)
        "Dad Worked Hard" (2)
        "My Father Loved Me" (2)
 30: "Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90," Various Artists [Legacy, 10/2023] (5/6)
        "I Gotta Get Drunk," Billy Strings (1)
 30: "Between The Lines," The Price Sisters [McCoury] (5)
        "Del & Peter Go To The Pickin'" (1)
 30: "The Fields of Chazy," Claudia Gibson [Self, 2/2024] (5)
        "The Fields of Chazy" (2)
 30: "Halfway to Houston," Susan Werner [Self, 1/2024] (5)
        "Lake of Stars" (2)
 30: "The Robin's Call," Wayne Brereton [Self, 2/2024] (5)
        "The Shepard Lad" (1)
 30: "Sisters & Brothers," The Roe Family Singers [Bonfire] (5)
        "On the TV Today" (1)
 30: "Starlight Tour," Rod Picott [Welding Rod, 2/2024] (5)
        "The Next Man In Line" (1)
 30: "Two Down," Anna Massie [Self] (5)
        "Anything From You" (1)
 30: "Whirring Wings," Matt & Shannon Heaton [Eats] (5)
        "Westlin Winds" (2)
 30: "Dan Berggren in Concert," Dan Berggren [Sleeping Giant] (5)
        "Here's To You" (1)

TOP SONGS of February 2024, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2313 plays from 82 playlists from 67 Folk DJs

1. "Sailing" (6)
     from "Gardens Old, Flowers New" (Tom Rush)
2. "Pull Your Heart Away" (5)
     from "Bound for Land" (Leslie Evers)
3. "One More Time Around the Sun" (4)
     from "Gardens Old, Flowers New" (Tom Rush)
3. "The Ballad of Sally Anne" (4)
     from "My Black Country: the Songs of Alice Randall" (Rhiannon Giddens)
3. "Days Can Turn Around" (4)
     from "Polaroid Lovers" (Sarah Jarosz)
3. "Glory Road" (4)
     from "Gardens Old, Flowers New" (Tom Rush)
3. "Hand Your Heart To The Wind" (4)
     from "Ordinary Sunrise" (Jay Linden)
3. "I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow" (4)
     from "Salt Box" (Charm City Junction)
3. "Runaway Train" (4)
     from "Polaroid Lovers" (Sarah Jarosz)
10. "$10 Show" (3)
     from "Ordinary Sunrise" (Jay Linden)
10. "Can't Change The Weather" (3)
     from "Simple Motion" (Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz)
10. "Columbus & 89th" (3)
     from "Polaroid Lovers" (Sarah Jarosz)
10. "Indiana" (3)
     from "When the Light Gets In" (Runa)

TOP ARTISTS of February 2024, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2313 plays from 82 playlists from 67 Folk DJs

1. Tom Rush (21)
        "Gardens Old, Flowers New" (17)
        "Gardens Old" (3)
2. Sarah Jarosz (17)
        "Polaroid Lovers" (17)
3. The Kingston Trio (15/16)
        "The Capitol Years" (5)
        "Time Life's Treasury Of Folk Music" (4)
3. Jeff Talmadge (15)
        "Sparrow" (15)
3. Mad Agnes (15)
        "Likely Story" (15)
6. Jay Linden (14)
        "Ordinary Sunrise" (14)
6. Rhiannon Giddens (14)
        "Freedom Highway" (4)
        "My Black Country" (4)
        "You're the One" (3)
8. Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz (13)
        "Simple Motion" (13)
9. American Patchwork Quartet (12)
        "American Patchwork Quartet" (12)
9. Charm City Junction (12)
        "Salt Box" (11)
9. Muireann Bradley (12)
        "I Kept These Old Blues" (12)
12. Johnny Cash (11/12)
        "American Outtakes" (1)
12. Lisa Bastoni (11)
        "On the Water" (10)
12. Malcolm Macwatt (11)
        "Dark Harvest" (11)
12. Runa (11)
        "When the Light Gets In" (11)
16. Carole Wise (10)
        "North Star" (10)
16. The Heart Collectors (10)
        "The Space Between" (10)
16. Jim Kweskin (10)
        "Never Too Late: Duets with My Friends" (10)
19. Bob Dylan (9)
        "Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" (4)
19. Leslie Evers (9)
        "Bound for Land" (8)
19. Lisa Klotz (9)
        "Morning Sun" (9)
19. Missy Raines (9)
        "Highlander" (9)
19. Sister Sadie (9)
        "No Fear" (5)
24. Dan Berggren (8)
        "Dan Berggren in Concert" (3)
24. Sultans of String (8)
        "Walking Through the Fire" (8)
26. Annie Gallup (7)
        "Did You Hear the Red-Winged Blackbird?" (6)
26. Béla Fleck (7)
        "Rhapsody in Blue" (7)
26. Dom Flemons (7)
        "Traveling Wildfire" (6)
26. Jesse Lynn Madera (7)
        "Speed of Sound" (7)
26. Jim Johnson (7)
        "Universal Citizen" (7)
26. Scott Sean White (7)
        "Even Better on the Bad Days" (7)

TOP LABELS of February 2024, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2313 plays from 82 playlists from 67 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (49)
2. Smithsonian/Folkways (39)
3. Compass (26)
4. Appleseed (25)
5. Berkalin (17)
6. Nonesuch (16)
7. Red House (14)
7. Vanguard (14)
9. Borealis (13)
9. Columbia (13)
9. Legacy (13)
9. Red Beet (13)
13. Alligator (12)
13. Need To Know (12)
13. Thirty Tigers (12)
13. Tompkins Square (12)
17. Americana North (11)
17. Carolina Jasmine (11)
19. Bear Family (10)
19. Capitol (10)
19. Signature Sounds (10)

FOLK DJs - February 2024, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2313 plays from 82 playlists from 67 Folk DJs

Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
Artie Martello (mostlyfolk.org & podcast, NY)
Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bob Heyer (WEJP-LP & WWOV-LP, WV)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
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)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Maher (mixcloud.com, WA)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
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 & mixcloud.com, NY)
Graham & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Helen Leicht (folkmusicnotebook.com, PA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
James Sereda (WUSB-FM, NY)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Jim Welsh (Radio Summerhall & mixcloud.com, UK)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
John Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA)
John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ)
Jon Colcord (Syndicated, NH)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Larry Berger (WRCT-FM & syndicated, PA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, AR)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM & mixcloud.com, OR)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDH-FM, VT)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Michael Kane (WBRS-FM, MA)
Michael Park (mixcloud.com & PRX, NY)
Michael S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers & folknortheast.com, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Robert Resnik (Vermont Public Radio)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Sonny Ochs (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WWUH-FM & WHUS-FM, CT)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM & mixcloud.com, NY)