Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
July 2024, Week 1

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of July 2024, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2723 plays from 98 playlists from 75 Folk DJs

  1: "Terra Madre," Beppe Gambetta [Self, 6/2024] (22)
        "Sit And Pick With You" (6)
        "Terra Madre" (4)
        "Mis Amour" (3)
        "Dark Yellow Thread" (3)
  2: "Earl Jam," Tony Trischka [Down The Road, 6/2024] (15)
        "Brown's Ferry Blues" (3)
        "My Horses Ain't Hungry" (3)
        "Roll On Buddy" (2)
  3: "The Price of Happiness," Miranda Hardy [Great Divide, 6/2024] (13)
        "The Bitter End" (2)
        "Like the Sunrise" (2)
        "Lifeguard Dream" (2)
        "Upside Down" (2)
  3: "Signposts and Marks," Erin Ash Sullivan [Willoughby, 6/2024] (13)
        "One Time I Stole a Book" (3)
        "Rest Stop Bird" (3)
        "Goat on a Stone Wall" (3)
        "Eat the Pie" (3)
  5: "The Light Years," The Magnolia Janes [Be A Jane, 7/2024] (12)
        "Stones On The Road" (3)
        "Five More Minutes" (3)
        "Speed of Life" (2)
  6: "Change Is Now: A Tribute to the Byrds," Christian Parker [Edgewater, 5/2024] (11)
        "Wild Mountain Thyme" (2)
        "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" (2)
        "The Last Thing on My Mind" (2)
  7: "Songwriter," Johnny Cash [Mercury, 6/2024] (10)
        "Well Alright" (3)
        "Poor Valley Girl" (2)
        "Drive On" (2)
  8: "The Border," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 4/2024] (9)
        "Many a Long and Lonesome Highway" (3)
        "The Border" (2)
        "Nobody Knows Me Like You" (2)
  8: "The Ghost of Tucumcari," Dana Cooper [Self, 5/2024] (9)
        "This Land Is Your Land" (3)
  8: "Look Up," Lynn Hollyfield [Self, 6/2024] (9)
        "North Star" (2)
        "NIght Sky" (2)
  8: "Positively 4th Street," Rory Block [Stony Plain, 6/2024] (9)
        "A Hard Rain's A- Gonna Fall" (2)
        "Ring Them Bells" (2)
        "Everything is Broken" (2)
  8: "Trees," Laurie Lewis [Spruce & Maple, 5/2024] (9)
        "Hound Dog Blues" (2)
 13: "Ship to Shore," Richard Thompson [New West, 5/2024] (8)
        "Singapore Sadie" (2)
 13: "Trail of Flowers," Sierra Ferrell [Rounder, 4/2024] (8)
        "American Dreaming" (2)
        "Fox Hunt" (2)
 13: "Texicali," Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore [Yep Roc, 7/2024] (8)
        "Borderland" (3)
        "Southwest Chief" (3)
 16: "Outlaws & Outliers," Various Artists [Ob Boy] (7)
        "Joy," Lucinda Williams (2)
 16: "Petty Country," Various Artists [Big MacHine] (7)
        "Don't Come Around Here No More," Rhinnon Giddens w/ Silkroad Ensemble and Benmont Trench (1)
 16: "Proxy Music," Linda Thompson [Story, 6/2024] (7)
        "Mudlark" (2)
        "Darling This Will Never Do" (2)
 16: "Sometimes You Gotta Wear Boots," Deb Seymour [Self, 7/2024] (7)
        "Keep The Flies Off The Cake" (3)
 16: "Wanderer," Ruth Moody [Blue Muse, 4/2024] (7)
        "Coyotes" (1)
 16: "The Earth Turns & So Do We," The Honey Badgers [Self, 6/2024] (7)
        "Looking Forward" (3)
        "On My Grave" (2)
 22: "All About the Bones," Chris Smither [Signature Sounds, 4/2024] (6)
        "Digging The Hole" (2)
        "Calm Before The Storm" (2)
 22: "As Above Now So Below," Crow and Gazelle [Self, 4/2024] (6)
        "These Are the Days" (3)
        "Blackbird" (2)
 22: "Colors & Covers," Brittany Jean [Self, 11/2023] (6)
        "Bluebird" (2)
 22: "Listen to the World Spin," Paper Wings [Self, 5/2024] (6)
        "It's Okay" (2)
 22: "There's Always a Song," Kelsey Waldon [Oh Boy, 6/2024] (6)
        "Your Lone Journey" (1)
 22: "Visitor," John Moreland [Thirty Tigers, 4/2024] (6)
        "The More You Say, The Less It Means" (2)
 22: "Wild Birds Warble," Jubal Lee Young [Self, 6/2024] (6)
        "Seven Bridges Road" (2)
 22: "Wild Flora," Bart Moore [Self] (6)
        "The Railyard Ghosts" (2)
        "Tuesday Afternoon at Wrigley Field" (2)
 30: "$10 Cowboy," Charley Crockett [Son of Davy, 5/2024] (5)
        "Solitary Road" (2)
        "Good At Losing" (2)
 30: "Banjo Jubilations," Benny Bleu [Self, 5/2024] (5)
        "Say Darling Say" (1)
 30: "Barriers," Robert Vincent [Thirty Tigers] (5)
        "Circumstance of Ignorance" (1)
 30: "Deeper Well," Kacey Musgraves [Interscope/MCA Nashville, 4/2024] (5)
        "Cardinal" (2)
 30: "Down To The Letter," Grace Pettis [MPress] (5)
        "I Take Care of Me Now" (3)
 30: "Let the Light In," Two of a Kind [Magillacutty, 6/2024] (5)
        "Time Left (Dali's Clock" (2)
        "Independence Day" (2)
 30: "My Favorite Place," Jim Lauderdale [Sky Crunch] (5)
        "My Favorite Place" (2)
 30: "Notes of Life," Eddie Lightner [Mando High] (5)
        "Back To The Mountain" (2)
 30: "Sold American," Kinky Friedman [Vanguard, 1973] (5)
        "Sold American" (1)
 30: "Soliloquy," Craig Bickhardt [Self, 7/2024] (5)
        "You're the Power" (1)
 30: "Sunday Morning Put-On," Andrew Bird, Alan Hampton & Ted Poor [Loma Vista Records LVR] (5)
        "Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise" (2)

TOP SONGS of July 2024, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2723 plays from 98 playlists from 75 Folk DJs

1. "Sit And Pick With You" (6)
     from "Terra Madre" (Beppe Gambetta)
2. "America" (5)
     from "Bookends" (Simon & Garfunkel)
2. "Broken Truth" (5)
     from "Broken Truth - single" (Tim Grimm)
4. "I Am A Man" (4)
     from "The Complete History of Love" (Tom Prasada-Rao)
4. "Mis Amour" (4)
     from "Terra Madre" (Beppe Gambetta)
4. "Terra Madre" (4)
     from "Terra Madre" (Beppe Gambetta)
7. "One Time I Stole a Book" (3)
     from "Signposts and Marks" (Erin Ash Sullivan)
7. "4th Of July In My Hometown" (3)
     from "4th of July In My Home Town - single" (Irene Kelley)
7. "Five More Minutes" (3)
     from "The Light Years" (The Magnolia Janes)
7. "Bits & Pieces" (3)
     from "The Doman Tracks" (Heather Anne Lomax & Michael Doman)
7. "Borderland" (3)
     from "Texicali" (Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore)
7. "Brown's Ferry Blues" (3)
     from "Earl Jam" (Tony Trischka)
7. "Caravan Up North" (3)
     from "Caravan Up North - single" (Shooglenifty)

TOP ARTISTS of July 2024, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2723 plays from 98 playlists from 75 Folk DJs

1. Beppe Gambetta (25)
        "Terra Madre" (22)
2. Kinky Friedman (21)
        "Circus of Life" (6)
        "Sold American" (5)
        "The Loneliest Man I Ever Met" (4)
3. Tony Trischka (16)
        "Earl Jam" (15)
3. Willie Nelson (16)
        "The Border" (9)
5. Miranda Hardy (14)
        "The Price of Happiness" (13)
6. Bob Dylan (13)
        "Blood On The Tracks" (3)
6. Dave Van Ronk (13)
        "Down in Washington Square" (3)
6. Erin Ash Sullivan (13)
        "Signposts and Marks" (13)
9. Johnny Cash (12)
        "Songwriter" (10)
9. The Magnolia Janes (12)
        "The Light Years" (12)
11. Eliza Gilkyson (11/12)
        "Home" (8)
11. Christian Parker (11)
        "Change Is Now: A Tribute to the Byrds" (11)
13. Dana Cooper (10)
        "The Ghost of Tucumcari" (9)
13. Rory Block (10)
        "Positively 4th Street" (9)
15. Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore (9)
        "Texicali" (8)
15. Laurie Lewis (9)
        "Trees" (9)
15. Lynn Hollyfield (9)
        "Look Up" (9)
15. Sierra Ferrell (9)
        "Trail of Flowers" (8)
19. The Honey Badgers (8)
        "The Earth Turns & So Do We" (7)
19. Richard Thompson (8)
        "Ship to Shore" (8)
19. Tom Prasada-Rao (8)
        "The Complete History of Love" (3)
19. Simon & Garfunkel (8)
        "Bookends" (3)
23. Brittany Jean (7)
        "Colors & Covers" (6)
23. Cheryl Wheeler (7)
        "Different Stripe" (2)
23. Chris Smither (7)
        "All About the Bones" (6)
23. Crow and Gazelle (7)
        "As Above Now So Below" (6)
23. Deb Seymour (7)
        "Sometimes You Gotta Wear Boots" (7)
23. Joel Mabus (7)
        "Parlor Guitar" (3)
        "Retold" (3)
23. Rhiannon Giddens (7)
        "Freedom Highway" (2)
23. Ruth Moody (7)
        "Wanderer" (7)
23. Tim Grimm (7)
        "Broken Truth - single" (5)
23. Tom Russell (7)
        "Modern Art" (2)

TOP LABELS of July 2024, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2723 plays from 98 playlists from 75 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (38)
2. Columbia (35)
3. Signature Sounds (25)
3. Thirty Tigers (25)
5. Red House (24)
6. Legacy (20)
6. Nonesuch (20)
6. Smithsonian/Folkways (20)
6. Vanguard (20)
10. Yep Roc (18)
11. New West (17)
11. Oh Boy (17)
13. Sugar Hill (16)
14. Stony Plain (15)
15. Compass (14)
15. Rhino (14)
17. Down The Road (13)
18. Mercury (12)
19. Great Divide (11)
19. Warner (11)

FOLK DJs - July 2024, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2723 plays from 98 playlists from 75 Folk DJs

Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Annie Keville (WVBR-FM, NY)
Artie Martello (mostlyfolk.org & podcast, NY)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bill Wagman (KDRT-FM, CA)
Bob Heyer (WEJP-LP & WWOV-LP, WV)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bruce Swan (WSFM-LP, NC)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Crystal Sarakas (WSKG-FM, NY)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
David John (KAXE-FM, MN)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Ellen Stanley (KFAI-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, MN)
Eric Cooper (Syndicated, Belgium)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Gordon Nash (folkmusicnotebook.com & mixcloud.com, NY)
Graham & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Greg Priddy & Tom Mazzone (WJCU-FM, OH)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Helen Leicht (folkmusicnotebook.com, PA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
James Sereda (WUSB-FM, NY)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jean Geiger (mixcloud.com, WA)
Jeremy Butler (Alabama Public Radio)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
John Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA)
Jon Colcord (Syndicated, NH)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY)
Kelly Walker (WTSU-FM & podcast, AL)
Ken Batista (WRCT-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, AR)
Mara Noelle (KVMR-FM, CA)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM & mixcloud.com, OR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDH-FM, VT)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Michael Kane (WBRS-FM, MA)
Michael Park (mixcloud.com & PRX, NY)
Michael S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Hawke's Bay, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Porzio (CPAP-FM & Cox Cable, VA)
Pete Thomas (WAER-FM, NY)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM & mixcloud.com, WA)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Robert Resnik (Vermont Public Radio)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NJ)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (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)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM & mixcloud.com, NY)