Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
May 2024, Week 3

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of May 2024, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2460 plays from 89 playlists from 69 Folk DJs

  1: "One of These Days," Cris Jacobs [Soundly, 4/2024] (19)
        "Work Song" (4)
  2: "Diamond Days," Brooks Williams [Red Guitar Blue, 4/2024] (14)
        "Big Sky" (3)
        "PONY" (2)
        "Train on the Island" (2)
        "Doing Fine" (2)
  2: "The Pie Chart of Love," Rubyjoyful [Self, 5/2024] (14)
        "The Same Day" (5)
        "All My Friends Got More Money Than Me" (3)
        "10 To 1 Love Wins" (2)
  4: "Sharing in the Spirit," Ana Egge [Story, 5/2024] (13)
        "Door Won't Close" (3)
        "Sorry Your Sick" (2)
        "Rock Me" (2)
        "Where Berries Grow" (2)
  4: "Trail of Flowers," Sierra Ferrell [Rounder, 4/2024] (13)
        "American Dreaming" (3)
        "Money Train" (2)
        "Lighthouse" (2)
  4: "Wanderer," Ruth Moody [Blue Muse, 4/2024] (13)
        "North Calling" (3)
        "The Spell of the Lilac Bloom" (2)
        "Comin Round The Bend" (2)
        "Seventeen" (2)
        "Coyotes" (2)
  7: "By Now," Heather Little [Need to Know, 4/2024] (12)
        "Transistor Radio" (3)
        "Five Deer County" (3)
  8: "The Ghost of Tucumcari," Dana Cooper [Self, 5/2024] (10)
        "Children of a Common Mother" (2)
        "The Ghost of Tucumcari" (2)
        "This Land Is Your Land" (2)
  8: "Restless Soul Syndrome," Jon Shain [Flyin', 4/2024] (10)
        "Honey Whatcha Like Me To Do" (3)
        "Knock Me Down" (2)
        "Jersey Barriers" (2)
        "End of the Line" (2)
  8: "Trees," Laurie Lewis [Spruce & Maple, 5/2024] (10)
        "Texas Wind" (2)
        "Rock The Pain Away" (2)
        "Why'd You Have to Break My Heart" (2)
 11: "All Is Song," Misner & Smith [Self, 4/2024] (8)
        "Rising of The Moon" (2)
 11: "As Above Now So Below," Crow and Gazelle [Self, 4/2024] (8)
        "Blackbird" (2)
        "Closer to Heaven" (2)
 11: "Drive & Cry," Emily Nenni [New West, 5/2024] (8)
        "Get to Know Ya" (2)
 14: "Every New Beginning," Kim Richey [Yep Roc, 5/2024] (7)
        "Chapel Avenue" (2)
        "Moment in the Sun" (2)
 14: "Live On Mountain Stage," Various Artists [Oh Boy] (7)
        "The Wolves," Watchhouse (1)
 14: "My Black Country," Various Artists [Oh Boy, 4/2024] (7)
        "Went for a Ride," Adia Victoria (2)
 14: "Truly Handmade, Vol. 1," Guy Clark [Truly Handmade, 5/2024] (7)
        "Instant Coffee Blues" (1)
 18: "$10 Cowboy," Charley Crockett [Son of Davy, 5/2024] (6)
        "America" (2)
 18: "All About the Bones," Chris Smither [Signature Sounds, 4/2024] (6)
        "Digging the Hole" (3)
        "Calm Before the Storm" (2)
 18: "Another Side," Rachael Sage [MPress, 4/2024] (6)
        "Albatross" (2)
        "Only You" (2)
 18: "Bring in the Light," Phoebe Rees [Strictly Country, 4/2024] (6)
        "Peace Will Rise" (2)
        "Moonshine Moon" (2)
 18: "Deeper Well," Kacey Musgraves [Interscope/MCA Nashville, 4/2024] (6)
        "Cardinal" (3)
 18: "For the Life of Me," Will Kimbrough [Daphne, 5/2024] (6)
        "The Other Side" (1)
 18: "Gary Davis Style," Various Artists [Inside Sounds, 5/2024] (6)
        "Cross And Evil Woman Blues," Jack Dialesandro (1)
 18: "Strange Medicine," Kaia Kater [Free Dirt, 5/2024] (6)
        "The Witch" (2)
 26: "One Guitar Woman," Sue Foley [Stony Plain, 4/2024] (5)
        "My Journey To the Sky" (1)
 26: "Before the Machine," Zoe Fitzgerald Carter [Self, 5/2024] (5)
        "Staying Home Tonight" (2)
        "Before the MacHine" (2)
 26: "Change Is Now: A Tribute to the Byrds," Christian Parker [Edgewater, 5/2024] (5)
        "Ballad of Easy Rider" (1)
 26: "Jubilee," Becky Buller [Dark Shadow, 5/2024] (5)
        "Woman" (2)
 26: "Life A," Mark & Maggie O'Connor [OMAC, 5/2024] (5)
        "Wildflowers" (3)
 26: "A Nod to Bob 2: An Artists' Tribute to Bob on His 70th Birthday," Various Artists [Red House] (5)
        "Every Grain of Sand," Lucy Kaplansky (1)
 26: "Ordinary Elephant," Ordinary Elephant [Self, 5/2024] (5)
        "Walk With You" (2)
        "I see You" (2)
 26: "Sailing Dreams," Muriel Anderson [Self, 4/2024] (5)
        "Sailing Dream" (4)
 26: "Yellow Line," Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road [Pinecastle, 5/2024] (5)
        "Uncle Loyd" (1)
 26: "You've Been a Friend to Me," Sonya Cohen Cramer [Smithsonian/Folkways] (5)
        "Oh The Wind and Rain" (2)

TOP SONGS of May 2024, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2460 plays from 89 playlists from 69 Folk DJs

1. "The Same Day" (5)
     from "The Pie Chart of Love" (Rubyjoyful)
2. "Broken Truth" (4)
     from "Broken Truth - single" (Tim Grimm)
2. "Sailing Dream" (4)
     from "Sailing Dreams" (Muriel Anderson)
2. "Work Song" (4)
     from "One of These Days" (Cris Jacobs)
2. "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" (4)
     from "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go - single" (Daielle Miraglia)
6. "Five Deer County" (3)
     from "By Now" (Heather Little)
6. "All My Friends Got More Money Than Me" (3)
     from "The Pie Chart of Love" (Rubyjoyful)
6. "American Dreaming" (3)
     from "Trail of Flowers" (Sierra Ferrell)
6. "Big Sky" (3)
     from "Diamond Days" (Brooks Williams)
6. "Bound Away" (3)
     from "Oceania" (Anya Hinkle)
6. "Cardinal" (3)
     from "Deeper Well" (Kacey Musgraves)
6. "Dark Clouds" (3)
     from "Edge of a Hurricane" (Katie Oates)
6. "Dear Future Me" (3)
     from "Dear Future Me" (Stella Prince)
6. "Digging the Hole" (3)
     from "All About the Bones" (Chris Smither)
6. "Door Won't Close" (3)
     from "Sharing in the Spirit" (Ana Egge)

TOP ARTISTS of May 2024, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2460 plays from 89 playlists from 69 Folk DJs

1. Bob Dylan (37)
        "Blonde On Blonde" (4)
2. Cris Jacobs (20)
        "One of These Days" (19)
3. Brooks Williams (14)
        "Diamond Days" (14)
3. Rubyjoyful (14)
        "The Pie Chart of Love" (14)
3. Ruth Moody (14)
        "Wanderer" (13)
3. Sierra Ferrell (14)
        "Trail of Flowers" (13)
7. Ana Egge (13)
        "Sharing in the Spirit" (13)
8. Heather Little (12)
        "By Now" (12)
9. Dana Cooper (10)
        "The Ghost of Tucumcari" (10)
9. Jon Shain (10)
        "Restless Soul Syndrome" (10)
9. Laurie Lewis (10)
        "Trees" (10)
12. Chris Smither (9)
        "All About the Bones" (6)
12. Emmylou Harris (9)
        "Angel Band" (3)
12. Joan Baez (9)
        "Any Day Now" (1)
15. Crow and Gazelle (8)
        "As Above Now So Below" (8)
15. Emily Nenni (8)
        "Drive & Cry" (8)
15. Joni Mitchell (8)
        "Hits" (2)
15. Misner & Smith (8)
        "All Is Song" (8)
15. Peter, Paul & Mary (8)
        "10 Years Together" (1)
20. Cephas & Wiggins (7)
        "Richmond" (2)
20. Ellis Paul (7)
        "The Storyteller's Suitcase" (2)
20. Guy Clark (7)
        "Truly Handmade, Vol. 1" (7)
20. Kim Richey (7)
        "Every New Beginning" (7)
20. Tim O'Brien (7)
        "Red On Blonde" (3)

TOP LABELS of May 2024, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2460 plays from 89 playlists from 69 Folk DJs

1. Columbia (53)
2. Rounder (41)
3. Smithsonian/Folkways (34)
4. Red House (32)
5. Compass (31)
6. Soundly (22)
7. Sugar Hill (21)
8. Oh Boy (19)
8. Thirty Tigers (19)
10. Signature Sounds (18)
11. New West (17)
12. Elektra (16)
12. Legacy (16)
14. Free Dirt (15)
14. Warner (15)
16. Appleseed (13)
17. Riverlark (12)
18. Stony Plain (11)
19. Pinecastle (10)
19. Rhino (10)
19. Shanachie (10)
19. Yep Roc (10)

FOLK DJs - May 2024, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2460 plays from 89 playlists from 69 Folk DJs

Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Art Podell (KPFK-FM, CA)
Arthur Berman (CiTR-FM & podcast, BC)
Artie Martello (folkmusicnotebook.com & podcast, NY)
Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bob Heyer (WEJP-LP & WWOV-LP, WV)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Maher (mixcloud.com, WA)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dan Truckey (WNMU-FM, MI)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Diane Karl (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Gordon Nash (folkmusicnotebook.com & mixcloud.com, NY)
Greg Priddy & Tom Mazzone (WJCU-FM, OH)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Helen Leicht (folkmusicnotebook.com, PA)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jeremy Butler (Alabama Public Radio)
Jim Canales (WWSP-FM, WI)
Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
Jon Colcord (Syndicated, NH)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kelly Walker (WTSU-FM & podcast, AL)
Ken Batista (WRCT-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, AR)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM & mixcloud.com, OR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Matt Watroba (WKAR-FM, MI)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Michael Park (mixcloud.com & PRX, NY)
Michael S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Hawke's Bay & newfolkrecords.com, New Zealand)
Moonshine Brigade (Podcast, IL)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM & mixcloud.com, WA)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & syndicated, PA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Robert Resnik (Vermont Public Radio)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WWUH-FM & WHUS-FM, CT)
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)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM & mixcloud.com, NY)