Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
July 2024, Week 4

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of July 2024, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2624 plays from 91 playlists from 66 Folk DJs

  1: "There's a Bright Side Somewhere," Happy Traum [Self, 2022] (26)
        "There's a Bright Side Somewhere" (7)
        "Farewell" (5)
  2: "Earl Jam," Tony Trischka [Down The Road, 6/2024] (14)
        "Brown's Ferry Blues" (2)
        "Bury Me Beneath The Willow" (2)
        "Roll On Buddy" (2)
        "My Horses Ain't Hungry" (2)
  3: "The Light Years," The Magnolia Janes [Be A Jane, 7/2024] (13)
        "The Sun in My Backyard" (4)
        "Goodbye to Lonely" (2)
        "The Light Years" (2)
  4: "Terra Madre," Beppe Gambetta [Self, 6/2024] (11/12)
        "Terra Madre" (3)
        "Sit and Pick with You" (3)
        "Un Panino" (2)
        "St. James Hospital" (2)
  4: "As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again," The Decemberists [Self, 7/2024] (11)
        "All I Want Is You" (2)
        "Oh No" (2)
  6: "Broken Homes & Hearts of Gold," The Lucky Nows [Reed Recording, 7/2024] (10)
        "Always Wanting More" (2)
        "Every Color" (2)
        "Syracuse" (2)
  6: "Holding the Threads," Beth DeSombre [Self, 5/2024] (10)
        "Unharvested" (2)
        "My Father's Piano" (2)
        "Listen to the Radio" (2)
  6: "Wildfire," House of Hamill [Self, 7/2024] (10)
        "Wildfire" (4)
        "Ausable" (2)
  9: "The Two of Us," Janie Rothfield & Allan Carr [Allan And Janie, 7/2024] (9)
        "Blue Eyed Susie" (2)
        "Chilly Winds" (2)
 10: "The Earth Turns & So Do We," The Honey Badgers [Self, 6/2024] (8)
        "Rose of Jericho" (1)
 10: "Just For The Love Of It," Happy Traum [happytraum.com, 2015] (8)
        "Crash on the Levee" (2)
 10: "Proxy Music," Linda Thompson [Story, 6/2024] (8)
        "Shores of America" (2)
        "Or Nothing at All" (2)
 10: "Simple Pleasures," Alison Brown [Compass] (8)
        "Weetabix" (2)
        "Sundaze" (2)
 10: "Texicali," Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore [Yep Roc, 7/2024] (8)
        "Death of the Last Stripper" (2)
        "Trying to Be Free" (2)
 10: "Signposts and Marks," Erin Ash Sullivan [Willoughby, 6/2024] (8)
        "One Time I Stole A Book" (2)
        "Eat the Pie" (2)
        "Goat on a Stone Wall" (2)
 16: "Carved In Time," Robby Hecht [Self] (7)
        "Tattoos" (3)
        "A Reckoning Of Us" (2)
 16: "City of Glass," AJ Lee & Blue Summit [Signature Sounds, 7/2024] (7)
        "Sick On A Plane" (2)
        "City of Glass" (2)
 16: "Soliloquy," Craig Bickhardt [Self, 7/2024] (7)
        "On God's Green Earth" (1)
 16: "Sometimes You Gotta Wear Boots," Deb Seymour [Self, 7/2024] (7)
        "Sometimes You Gotta Wear Boots" (2)
 16: "Wild Birds Warble," Jubal Lee Young [Self, 6/2024] (7)
        "Why You Been Gone So Long?" (2)
        "East Virginia" (2)
 16: "The Best Of Broadside 1962-1988," Various Artists [Smithsonian/Folkways, 2000] (7)
        "Let Me Die in My Footsteps," Bob Dylan & Happy Traum (3)
        "Blowin' in the Wind," The New World Singers (2)
 22: "All About the Bones," Chris Smither [Signature Sounds, 4/2024] (6)
        "All About The Bones" (3)
 22: "Borned in Ya," Melissa Carper [Thirty Tigers, 7/2024] (6)
        "Borned In Ya" (2)
        "Let's Get Outta Here" (2)
        "Every Time We Say Goodbye" (2)
 22: "Colors & Covers," Brittany Jean [Self, 11/2023] (6)
        "Redwing Blackbird" (1)
 22: "Polaroid Lovers," Sarah Jarosz [Rounder, 2/2024] (6)
        "Jealous Moon" (2)
        "Runaway Train" (2)
 22: "Two Birds to Kill a Stone," Son Stone [Self, 7/2024] (6)
        "The Collector" (2)
 27: "Gary Davis Style: Celebrating the Legacy of Reverend Gary Davis," Various Artists [Riverlark] (5/7)
        "God Knows How Much We Can Bear," Penny Lang (2)
 27: "Boarding Windows in Paradise," Rebecca Frazier [Compass, 7/2024] (5/6)
        "High Country Road Trip" (2)
 27: "Old Friend," Amanda Penecale [Self] (5)
        "Old Friend" (5)
 27: "PuffBunny Records 2024 Sampler," Various Artists [PuffBunny, 7/2024] (5)
        "Be A Better Me," George Ensle (2)
 27: "Ship to Shore," Richard Thompson [New West, 5/2024] (5)
        "What's Left To Loose" (2)
 27: "That Little Seed," M Sparks [Self] (5)
        "That Little Seed" (2)
        "Pop Pop" (2)
 27: "Time & Evolution," Stephanie Sammons [Self, 5/2024] (5)
        "Mend" (2)
        "Year Of the Dog" (2)
 27: "Trees," Laurie Lewis [Spruce & Maple, 5/2024] (5)
        "Just a Little Ways Down the Road" (2)
 27: "(YouTube)," Bill Morrissey [Self] (5)
        "By the Grave of Baudelaire" (1)

TOP SONGS of July 2024, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2624 plays from 91 playlists from 66 Folk DJs

1. "There's a Bright Side Somewhere" (7)
     from "There's a Bright Side Somewhere" (Happy Traum)
2. "Put a Woman in Charge" (6)
     from "Oklahoma" (Keb' Mo')
3. "Empty Trainload of Sky" (5)
     from "Woodland" (Gillian Welch & David Rawlings)
3. "Farewell" (5)
     from "There's a Bright Side Somewhere" (Happy Traum)
3. "Old Friend" (5)
     from "Old Friend" (Amanda Penecale)
3. "Raise Your Hand" (5)
     from "Raise Your Hand - single" (Crowes Pasture)
7. "The Beautiful" (4)
     from "The Beautiful - single" (Jessica Smucker)
7. "Be A Better Me" (4)
     from "2024 Puffbunny Sampler" (George Ensle)
7. "Ice Cream" (4)
     from "Dreams of Freedom" (Chris George)
7. "The Sun in My Backyard" (4)
     from "The Light Years" (The Magnolia Janes)
11. "All About The Bones" (3)
     from "All About the Bones" (Chris Smither)
11. "Blowin' in The Wind" (3)
     from "The Best of Broadside 1962-1988" (The New World Singers)
11. "Cup Of Sugar" (3)
     from "Cup of Sugar" (Tim O'Brien)
11. "Don't Mind Me" (3)
     from "Don't Mind Me" (Ernest Aines)

TOP ARTISTS of July 2024, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2624 plays from 91 playlists from 66 Folk DJs

1. Happy Traum (51)
        "There's a Bright Side Somewhere" (26)
        "Just For The Love Of It" (8)
2. Tony Trischka (15)
        "Earl Jam" (14)
3. Bob Dylan (14)
        "Blonde On Blonde" (2)
4. Beppe Gambetta (13)
        "Terra Madre" (12)
4. The Magnolia Janes (13)
        "The Light Years" (13)
6. Sweet Honey In The Rock (12)
        "In This Land" (2)
7. The Decemberists (11)
        "As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again" (11)
8. The Lucky Nows (10)
        "Broken Homes & Hearts of Gold" (10)
8. Woody Guthrie (10)
        "Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection" (3)
10. Alison Brown (9)
        "Simple Pleasures" (8)
10. Beth DeSombre (9)
        "Holding the Threads" (9)
10. Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore (9)
        "Texicali" (8)
10. House of Hamill (9)
        "Wildfire" (9)
10. Janie Rothfield & Allan Carr (9)
        "The Two of Us" (9)
10. Robby Hecht (9)
        "Carved In Time" (7)
16. AJ Lee & Blue Summit (8)
        "City of Glass" (7)
16. Bernice Johnson Reagon (8)
        "Give Your Hands to Struggle" (2)
16. Craig Bickhardt (8)
        "Soliloquy" (7)
16. Erin Ash Sullivan (8)
        "Signposts and Marks" (7)
16. The Honey Badgers (8)
        "The Earth Turns & So Do We" (8)
16. Jubal Lee Young (8)
        "Wild Birds Warble" (7)
16. Laurie Lewis (8)
        "Trees" (5)
16. Melissa Carper (8)
        "Borned in Ya" (6)
24. Mustard's Retreat (7/22)
        "David Tamulevich" (9)
24. Tom Prasada-Rao (7/9)
        "Incoming" (3)
        "The Way Of The World" (3)
24. Deb Seymour (7)
        "Sometimes You Gotta Wear Boots" (7)
24. John Mayall (7)
        "The Turning Point" (2)
24. Johnny Cash (7)
        "Songwriter" (3)
24. Joni Mitchell (7)
        "The Hissing of Summer Lawns" (2)
24. Linda Thompson (7)
        "Proxy Music" (6)
24. Richard Thompson (7)
        "Ship to Shore" (5)
24. Sarah Jarosz (7)
        "Polaroid Lovers" (6)
24. Tim O'Brien (7)
        "Cup of Sugar" (3)
24. Keb' Mo' (7)
        "Oklahoma" (4)
        "Put A Woman In Charge - single" (3)

TOP LABELS of July 2024, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2624 plays from 91 playlists from 66 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (51)
2. Smithsonian/Folkways (46)
3. Compass (32)
4. Red House (27)
5. Sugar Hill (21)
6. Thirty Tigers (19)
7. Columbia (18)
7. Signature Sounds (18)
9. Lark's Nest (16)
10. Capitol (14)
10. Yep Roc (14)
12. Free Dirt (13)
12. Legacy (13)
12. Nonesuch (13)
15. Be A Jane (11)
15. Borealis (11)
15. Down The Road (11)
15. Rhino (11)
19. Green Linnet (10)
19. New West (10)

FOLK DJs - July 2024, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2624 plays from 91 playlists from 66 Folk DJs

Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Artie Martello (folkmusicnotebook.com & podcast, NY)
Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bill Wagman (KDRT-FM, CA)
Bob Heyer (WEJP-LP & WWOV-LP, WV)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Daryana Antipova (WFHB-FM, IN)
David John (KAXE-FM & KEOS-FM, MN)
Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR)
Diane Karl (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM, OR)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Helen Leicht (folkmusicnotebook.com, PA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jean Geiger (mixcloud.com, WA)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jeremy Butler (Alabama Public Radio)
Jim Canales (WWSP-FM, WI)
Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Joe Pszonek (KKUP-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY)
Kelly Walker (WTSU-FM & podcast, AL)
Ken Batista (WRCT-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Larry Berger (WRCT-FM & syndicated, PA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, NC)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM & mixcloud.com, OR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
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)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Hawke's Bay & Radio Kidnappers, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Pete Thomas (WAER-FM, NY)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM & mixcloud.com, WA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Robert Resnik (Vermont Public Radio)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NJ)
Sonny Ochs (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WWUH-FM, CT)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Terry B. Moses & Naomi Soule (KCLC-FM, MO)
Tim Forsman (WMHB-FM, ME)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)