Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
August 2024, Week 5

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of August 2024, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1477 plays from 49 playlists from 33 Folk DJs

  1: "Labor Day," Various Artists [Strictly Country, 8/2024] (20)
        "Solidarity Day," Si Kahn & George Mann (3)
  2: "Bluegrass Sings Paxton," Various Artists [Mountain Home, 8/2024] (13)
        "I Can't Help But Wonder," Tom Paxton and Della Mae (4)
        "You Took Me In," Tim O'Brien (3)
        "The Things I Notice Now," Alice Gerrard (2)
        "The Last Thing on My Mind," Sister Sadie (2)
  2: "Classic Labor Songs," Various Artists [Smithsonian/Folkways, 2006] (13)
        "Aragon Mill," Peggy Seeger (3)
        "Union Maid," New Harmony Sisterhood Band (2)
  4: "From China to Appalachia," Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian [Community, 7/2024] (12)
        "Mary Don't You Weep" (3)
        "High on a Mountain" (2)
        "August Flower" (2)
  5: "Boarding Windows in Paradise," Rebecca Frazier [Compass, 8/2024] (10)
        "Train Is Moving" (2)
        "Borderline" (2)
  6: "City of Glass," AJ Lee & Blue Summit [Signature Sounds, 8/2024] (8)
        "City of Glass" (3)
        "Can't Find You At All" (2)
  6: "Wildfire," House of Hamill [Self, 7/2024] (8)
        "Banks of the Brandywine" (2)
        "The Highwayman" (2)
        "Shine" (2)
  8: "Cowgirl's Delight," Phoebe White [PoetMan, 8/2024] (7)
        "Ride Along With Me" (3)
        "Just An Old Gray Mare" (2)
  9: "The First Day of December," Ivan Strunin [Self, 8/2024] (6)
        "Deep River Blues" (3)
  9: "Hanging at the Luna Star," Lou Dominguez [Self, 8/2024] (6)
        "Talkin' Bout a Revolution" (2)
  9: "The Legend of Sugarbelly," Guy Davis [MC, 8/2024] (6)
        "Come Gitchu Some" (2)
  9: "The Light Years," The Magnolia Janes [Be A Jane, 7/2024] (6)
        "Stones on the Road" (2)
  9: "Woodland," Gillian Welch & David Rawlings [Acony, 8/2024] (6)
        "Empty Trainload of Sky" (2)
        "The Day the Mississippi Died" (2)
 14: "Earl Jam," Tony Trischka [Down The Road, 6/2024] (5)
        "Casey Jones" (2)
 14: "Every New Beginning," Kim Richey [Yep Roc, 5/2024] (5)
        "Chapel Avenue" (2)
 14: "Goldenrod," Teni Rane [Self, 8/2024] (5)
        "Don't Look Down" (2)
 14: "Points of Light," Noah Zacharin [Self, 8/2024] (5)
        "Ten Tons of Road" (2)
 14: "Wasted Luck," Tiffany Williams & Dalton Mills [Williams & Mills, 8/2024] (5)
        "Gold Watch And Chain" (2)
 14: "Wanderers Like Me," The Po' Ramblin' Boys [Smithsonian/Folkways, 8/2024] (5)
        "Wanderers Like Me" (2)
 14: "Live at Steelstacks," River Drivers [Self, 8/2024] (5)
        "Connolly Was There" (2)

TOP SONGS of August 2024, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1477 plays from 49 playlists from 33 Folk DJs

1. "Aragon Mill" (5)
     from "Classic Labor Songs" (Peggy Seeger)
2. "Gold Watch and Chain" (4)
     from "Wasted Luck" (Tiffany Williams & Dalton Mills)
3. "City of Glass" (3)
     from "City of Glass" (AJ Lee & Blue Summit)
3. "Deep River Blues" (3)
     from "The First Day of December" (Ivan Strunin)
3. "Empty Trainload of Sky" (3)
     from "Woodland" (Gillian Welch & David Rawlings)
3. "Joe Hill" (3)
     from "Classic Labor Songs" (Paul Robeson)
3. "Mary Don't You Weep" (3)
     from "From China to Appalachia" (Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian)
3. "The Old Labor Hall" (3)
     from "Labor Day" (Joe Jencks)
3. "Put A Woman In Charge" (3)
     from "CrazyTown" (Beth Nielsen Chapman)

TOP ARTISTS of August 2024, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1477 plays from 49 playlists from 33 Folk DJs

1. Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian (14)
        "From China to Appalachia" (11)
2. Pete Seeger (10)
        "The Almanac Trail" (2)
2. Po Ramblin Boys (10)
        "Wanderers Like Me" (3)
4. Dar Williams (9)
        "Promised Land" (2)
4. Rebecca Frazier (9)
        "Boarding Windows in Paradise" (9)
6. AJ Lee & Blue Summit (8)
        "City of Glass" (8)
6. House of Hamill (8)
        "Wildfire" (8)
6. Joan Baez (8)
        "Bowery Songs" (1)
9. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings (7)
        "Woodland" (6)
9. Joe Jencks (7)
        "I Hear Your Voice" (3)
9. John McCutcheon (7)
        "Joe Hill's Last Will" (2)
9. Phoebe White (7)
        "Cowgirl's Delight" (7)
9. Tiffany Williams & Dalton Mills (7)
        "Wasted Luck" (5)
14. Guy Davis (6)
        "The Legend of Sugarbelly" (6)
14. Ivan Strunin (6)
        "The First Day of December" (6)
14. Lou Dominguez (6)
        "Hanging at the Luna Star" (6)
14. The Magnolia Janes (6)
        "The Light Years" (6)
14. Peggy Seeger (6)
        "Classic Labor Songs" (3)
19. Doc Watson (5/8)
        "Songs from Home" (2)
19. Bill Staines (5)
        "Just Play One Tune More" (3)
19. Debra Cowan (5)
        "Among Friends" (2)
19. Gillian Welch (5)
        "Soul Journey" (2)
19. John Prine (5)
        "The Tree Of Forgiveness" (2)
19. Kate McDonnell (5)
        "Trapeze" (4)
19. Kim Richey (5)
        "Every New Beginning" (5)
19. Mary Chapin Carpenter (5)
        "The Age Of Miracles" (1)
19. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway (5)
        "Crooked Tree" (3)
19. Nanci Griffith (5)
        "Other Voices, Other Rooms" (2)
19. Noah Zacharin (5)
        "Points of Light" (5)
19. River Drivers (5)
        "Live at Steelstacks" (5)
19. Teni Rane (5)
        "Goldenrod" (5)
19. Tim O'Brien (5)
        "Bluegrass Sings Paxton" (3)

TOP LABELS of August 2024, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1477 plays from 49 playlists from 33 Folk DJs

1. Smithsonian/Folkways (46)
2. Compass (32)
3. Strictly Country (23)
4. Rounder (20)
5. Mountain Home (18)
6. Nonesuch (17)
6. Thirty Tigers (17)
8. Vanguard (14)
9. Red House (13)
10. Waterbug (12)
11. Acony (11)
11. Community (11)
11. Signature Sounds (11)
14. Sugar Hill (10)
15. Yep Roc (9/15)

FOLK DJs - August 2024, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1477 plays from 49 playlists from 33 Folk DJs

Artie Martello (folkmusicnotebook.com & podcast, NY)
Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Bob Heyer (WEJP-LP & WWOV-LP, WV)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bud Johnson (KNBA-FM & syndicated, AK)
Caroline Doctorow (WPKN-FM, CT)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Graham & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Greg Priddy & Tom Mazzone (WJCU-FM, OH)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jeremy Butler (Alabama Public Radio)
Jim Canales (WWSP-FM, WI)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, MD)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM & mixcloud.com, OR)
Mary Sue Twohy (SiriusXM, DC)
Matthew Baya (WERU-FM, ME)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Kane (WBRS-FM, MA)
Mitch Park (Radio Hawke's Bay, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NJ)
Sue Kessell (WNUR-FM, IL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WWUH-FM, CT)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Tim Forsman (WMHB-FM, ME)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)