Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
August 2024, Week 4

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of August 2024, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2605 plays from 88 playlists from 72 Folk DJs

  1: "Labor Day," Various Artists [Strictly Country, 8/2024] (15)
        "Back When Times Were Hard," Si Kahn (4)
        "Gone Gonna Rise Again," Michael Johnathon & Odetta (2)
        "The Old Labor Hall," Si kahn & George mann (2)
  2: "Bloom Where You Fall," Hana Zara [Self, 8/2024] (12)
        "Our Work Here Is Not Done" (5)
        "People Against an Empire" (4)
        "Anabelle" (3)
  2: "The Legend of Sugarbelly," Guy Davis [MC, 8/2024] (12)
        "Don't Know Where I'm Bound" (2)
        "Black Snake Moan" (2)
  2: "Wildfire," House of Hamill [Self, 7/2024] (12)
        "Wildfire" (2)
        "The Highwayman" (2)
        "Into the Golden" (2)
        "Shine" (2)
        "Banks of the Brandywine" (2)
  5: "The First Day of December," Ivan Strunin [Self, 8/2024] (11)
        "Deep River Blues" (3)
        "Zydeco Minor Swing" (2)
  5: "From China to Appalachia," Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian [Community, 7/2024] (11)
        "High on a Mountain" (4)
        "Hold Each Other Up" (2)
  7: "Boarding Windows in Paradise," Rebecca Frazier [Compass, 8/2024] (10)
        "Seasons" (2)
        "Borderline" (2)
  7: "Goldenrod," Teni Rane [Self, 8/2024] (10)
        "Firefly" (4)
        "Don't Look Down" (2)
  9: "Blame It on Eve," Shemekia Copeland [Alligator, 8/2024] (8)
        "Blame It On Eve" (3)
        "Tough Mother" (2)
  9: "Hanging at the Luna Star," Lou Dominguez [Self, 8/2024] (8)
        "Simple Little Prayer" (2)
 11: "Borned in Ya," Melissa Carper [Thirty Tigers, 8/2024] (7)
        "Let's Stay Single Together" (2)
 11: "City of Glass," AJ Lee & Blue Summit [Signature Sounds, 8/2024] (7)
        "I Can't Find You At All" (2)
        "He Called Me Baby" (2)
 11: "The Light Years," The Magnolia Janes [Be A Jane, 7/2024] (7)
        "Running" (2)
 11: "Transmissions," Amos Lee [Hoagiemouth, 8/2024] (7)
        "Beautiful Day" (2)
        "Keep On Movin" (2)
 11: "Trees," Laurie Lewis [Spruce & Maple, 5/2024] (7)
        "Quaking Aspen" (1)
 16: "Bluegrass Sings Paxton," Various Artists [Mountain Home, 8/2024] (6)
        "I Give You the Morning" (1)
 16: "Driven to Drive," Joe Ely [Thirty Tigers, 8/2024] (6)
        "Nashville is a Catfish" (2)
 16: "Soliloquy," Craig Bickhardt [Self, 7/2024] (6)
        "This Old House" (2)
 16: "Starting Over," Dan Bern [Grand Phony, 8/2024] (6)
        "Clay County" (1)
 20: "Down The Road," Various Artists [Rounder, 2003] (5/10)
        "Amazing Grace," Tony Trischka (1)
 20: "20," Kate Rusby [Pure Records] (5)
        "Bring Me a Boat" (1)
 20: "Broken Homes & Hearts of Gold," The Lucky Nows [Reed Recording, 7/2024] (5)
        "The Lesson" (2)
 20: "Fiddle Patch," Bobby Hicks [Rounder] (5)
        "Fiddle Patch" (1)
 20: "Lace," Billy Eli [Errant] (5)
        "Getting Out of Denver" (2)
 20: "A Prosperous Gale," Open the Door for Three [Self, 8/2024] (5)
        "William Glen" (1)
 20: "Simple Pleasures," Allison Brown [Compass] (5)
        "Reddy Rooster" (2)
 20: "Texicali," Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore [Yep Roc, 7/2024] (5)
        "Death of the Last Stripper" (1)
 20: "Wanderers Like Me," The Po' Ramblin' Boys [Smithsonian/Folkways, 8/2024] (5)
        "Smoky Mountain Home" (2)
 20: "Woodland," Gillian Welch & David Rawlings [Acony, 8/2024] (5)
        "Empty Trainload of Sky" (3)
        "Hashtag" (2)
 20: "Silver City," Amy Helm [Sun Records] (5)
        "Money On 7" (2)
        "Silver City" (2)

TOP SONGS of August 2024, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2605 plays from 88 playlists from 72 Folk DJs

1. "Who Will Take My Place" (7)
     from "Storm Season" (Tania Elizabeth)
2. "Our Work Here Is Not Done" (5)
     from "Bloom Where You Fall" (Hana Zara)
3. "Firefly" (4)
     from "Goldenrod" (Teni Rane)
3. "High on a Mountain" (4)
     from "From China to Appalachia" (Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian)
3. "Leadfoot" (4)
     from "Highway Prayers" (Billy Strings)
3. "People Against an Empire" (4)
     from "Bloom Where You Fall" (Hana Zara)
3. "Put a Woman in Charge" (4)
     from "Put a Woman in Charge - single" (Keb' Mo')
8. "Anabelle" (3)
     from "Bloom Where You Fall" (Hana Zara)
8. "Deep River Blues" (3)
     from "The First Day of December" (Ivan Strunin)
8. "Empty Trainload of Sky" (3)
     from "Woodland" (Gillian Welch & David Rawlings)
8. "Every Woman I Know" (3)
     from "Call of the Void" (Ashley E. Norton)
8. "Gentle Arms of Eden" (3)
     from "Gentle Arms of Eden" (Erik Balkey & Jessica Smucker)
8. "Lonely Hotel Room" (3)
     from "Now, O Now" (Rakish)
8. "Protection" (3)
     from "Chasing the Sun" (Colin James feat. Lucinda Williams)
15. "One More Time Around The Sun" (2)
     from "Gardens Old, Flowers New" (Tom Rush)

TOP ARTISTS of August 2024, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2605 plays from 88 playlists from 72 Folk DJs

1. Guy Davis (14)
        "The Legend of Sugarbelly" (12)
2. House of Hamill (13)
        "Wildfire" (12)
3. Hana Zara (12)
        "Bloom Where You Fall" (12)
4. Ivan Strunin (11)
        "The First Day of December" (11)
4. John Prine (11)
        "In Spite Of Ourselves" (2)
6. Rebecca Frazier (10)
        "Boarding Windows in Paradise" (10)
6. Teni Rane (10)
        "Goldenrod" (10)
8. Carrie Newcomer (9)
        "Until Now" (3)
8. Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian (9)
        "From China to Appalachia" (9)
8. Joni Mitchell (9)
        "Blue" (2)
11. Bill Morrissey (8)
        "The Essential Collection" (3)
        "Standing Eight" (3)
11. Lou Dominguez (8)
        "Hanging at the Luna Star" (8)
11. Nanci Griffith (8)
        "Once in a Very Blue Moon" (2)
11. Shemekia Copeland (8)
        "Blame It on Eve" (8)
15. AJ Lee & Blue Summit (7)
        "City of Glass" (7)
15. Amos Lee (7)
        "Transmissions" (7)
15. Craig Bickhardt (7)
        "Soliloquy" (6)
15. Laurie Lewis (7)
        "Trees" (7)
15. The Magnolia Janes (7)
        "The Light Years" (7)
15. Melissa Carper (7)
        "Borned in Ya" (7)
15. Pete Seeger (7)
        "American Favorite Ballads, Vols. 1-5" (3)
15. Richard Thompson (7)
        "Ship to Shore" (4)
15. Si Kahn (7)
        "Labor Day" (3)
15. Si Kahn & George Mann (7)
        "Labor Day" (7)
15. Steve Goodman (7)
        "No Big Surprise" (3)
15. Tania Elizabeth (7)
        "Storm Season" (3)
        "Who Will Take My Place - single" (3)

TOP LABELS of August 2024, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2605 plays from 88 playlists from 72 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (62)
2. Compass (40)
3. Smithsonian/Folkways (37)
4. Red House (28)
5. Signature Sounds (26)
6. Thirty Tigers (22)
7. Columbia (21)
7. Strictly Country (21)
9. Philo (18)
9. Sugar Hill (18)
11. New West (14)
11. Rhino (14)
13. Yep Roc (13)
14. Elektra (12)
14. Oh Boy (12)
14. Waterbug (12)
17. Community (11)
17. Nonesuch (11)
19. Appleseed (10)
19. Borealis (10)
19. Reprise (10)

FOLK DJs - August 2024, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2605 plays from 88 playlists from 72 Folk DJs

Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Annie Keville (WVBR-FM, NY)
Artie Martello (folkmusicnotebook.com & podcast, NY)
Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Bill Wagman (KDRT-FM, CA)
Bob Heyer (WEJP-LP & WWOV-LP, WV)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-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)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM & mixcloud.com, GA)
David John (KAXE-FM, MN)
Denis McGilvray (KPBX-FM, OK)
Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM, OR)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Gordon Nash (folkmusicnotebook.com & mixcloud.com, NY)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Helen Leicht (folkmusicnotebook.com, PA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jeremy Butler (Alabama Public Radio)
Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
John Platt (WFUV-FM, NY)
John Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kate McNally (New Hampshire Public Radio)
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 & podcast, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDH-FM, VT)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Michael S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Hawke's Bay & folktunefinder.com, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Porzio (Cox Cable, VA)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM & mixcloud.com, WA)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Robert Resnik (Vermont Public Radio)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Sonny Ochs (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
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)