Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
October 2024, Week 5

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of October 2024, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1617 plays from 56 playlists from 39 Folk DJs

  1: "The American Dream," Amy Speace [Windbone, 9/2024] (12)
        "Love Is Gonna Come Again" (4)
        "Something 'bout a Town" (2)
        "Where Did You Go" (2)
  2: "Heart of the Swan," Carla Sciaky [Propinquity, 10/2024] (11)
        "Standing By a River" (2)
        "Polly Vaughn / Waters of Babylon / Une Jeune Fillette" (2)
        "Dear Mr Bowers" (2)
  2: "Lonesome Road," Joel Mabus [Fossil, 10/2024] (11)
        "Blues in a Bottle" (2)
  4: "Hot Jazz Cool Blues and Hard Hitting Songs," Barbara Dane [Smithsonian/Folkways] (9/13)
        "Trouble In Mind" (2)
        "Working Class Woman" (2)
        "Walking Blues" (2)
  4: "Woodland," Gillian Welch & David Rawlings [Acony, 8/2024] (9/10)
        "Empty Trainload of Sky" (2)
        "Howdy Howdy" (2)
        "The Day Mississippi Died" (2)
  4: "Lantern in the Dark: Songs of Comfort & Lullabies," Edie Carey & Sarah Sample [Groundloop, 10/2024] (9)
        "Blackbird" (3)
        "Time After Time" (2)
        "You Can Close Your Eyes" (2)
  4: "Wildfire," House of Hamill [Self, 7/2024] (9)
        "Ausable" (2)
        "The Highwayman" (2)
  8: "Bluegrass Sings Paxton," Various Artists [Mountain Home, 9/2024] (8)
        "I Give You the Morning," Claire Lynch (3)
        "Looking for the Moon," Sav Sankaran (2)
  8: "Deep Feeler," Liv Greene [Free Dirt, 6/2024] (8)
        "It Ain't Dead Yet" (2)
 10: "Back to the Light," Heather Pierson [Vessel, 9/2024] (7/8)
        "Up Here in the Mountains" (3)
        "Dusty House Blues" (3)
 10: "In the Real World," Eric Bibb [Stony Plain, 10/2024] (7)
        "Make A Change" (2)
 10: "Never Too Late," Neale Eckstein [Self, 10/2024] (7)
        "Big Shining Circle" (2)
 10: "Quiet Town," Mindy Smith [Compass, 9/2024] (7)
        "Quiet Town" (2)
 14: "Beneath Blue Water," Bett Padgett [Self, 10/2024] (6)
        "Gray October Days" (3)
 14: "Into the Wild," Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway [Nonesuch, 7/2024] (6)
        "Here in California" (2)
        "White Rabbit" (2)
 14: "Now, O Now," Rakish [Self, 9/2024] (6)
        "Lightly as the Rain Came Down" (2)
        "Lightly Come or Lightly Go" (2)
 14: "Things Done Changed," Jerron Paxton [Smithsonian/Folkways, 10/2024] (6)
        "What's Gonna Become of Me" (1)
 14: "Trapeze," Kate McDonnell [Dog Eared Discs, 9/2024] (6)
        "Pretty Good Day" (2)

TOP SONGS of October 2024, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1617 plays from 56 playlists from 39 Folk DJs

1. "Put a Woman in Charge" (5)
     from "Put a Woman In Charge - single" (Raise The Vibration)
2. "Love Is Gonna Come Again" (4)
     from "The American Dream" (Amy Speace)
3. "And They Called Her California" (3)
     from "Long Way Home" (Ray Lamontagne)
3. "Are You Happy Now?" (3)
     from "Thirteen Songs You May Or May Not Have Heard Before" (Richard Shindell)
3. "Blackbird" (3)
     from "Lantern in the Dark: Songs of Comfort & Lullabies" (Edie Carey & Sarah Sample)
3. "Carolina Mountains" (3)
     from "Carolina Mountains - single" (The Heart Collectors)
3. "Dusty House Blues" (3)
     from "Back to the Light" (Heather Pierson)
3. "The Frog and the Scorpion" (3)
     from "Planting In A Drought" (Tom Smith)
3. "Gild The Lilly" (3)
     from "Highway Prayers" (Billy Strings)

TOP ARTISTS of October 2024, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1617 plays from 56 playlists from 39 Folk DJs

1. Barbara Dane (26)
        "Hot Jazz Cool Blues and Hard Hitting Songs" (13)
        "Cool Blues & Hard-Hitting Songs" (9)
2. Amy Speace (13)
        "The American Dream" (12)
3. Tom Paxton (11/12)
        "Best Of The Vanguard Years" (2)
3. Carla Sciaky (11)
        "Heart of the Swan" (11)
3. Heather Pierson (11)
        "Back to the Light" (8)
3. Joel Mabus (11)
        "Lonesome Road" (11)
7. John McCutcheon (10)
        "Field of Stars" (3)
        "John McCutcheon's Four Seasons:Autumnsongs" (3)
8. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings (9/10)
        "Woodland" (10)
8. Edie Carey & Sarah Sample (9)
        "Lantern in the Dark" (9)
8. House of Hamill (9)
        "Wildfire" (9)
8. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway (9)
        "Into the Wild" (5)
        "City of Gold" (3)
12. Eric Bibb (8)
        "In the Real World" (6)
12. Joni Mitchell (8)
        "Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 4: The Asylum Years" (4)
12. Liv Greene (8)
        "Deep Feeler" (8)
12. Vance Gilbert (8)
        "The Mother of Trouble" (3)
16. Mindy Smith (7)
        "Quiet Town" (7)
16. Rakish (7)
        "Now, O Now" (6)
18. Bett Padgett (6)
        "Beneath Blue Water" (6)
18. Buddy Mondlock (6)
        "The Memory Wall" (2)
18. Jerron Paxton (6)
        "Things Done Changed" (6)
18. Kasey Chambers (6)
        "Backbone" (5)
18. Kate McDonnell (6)
        "Trapeze" (6)

TOP LABELS of October 2024, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1617 plays from 56 playlists from 39 Folk DJs

1. Smithsonian/Folkways (41)
2. Compass (25)
2. Rounder (25)
4. Thirty Tigers (20)
5. Columbia (18)
5. Red House (18)
7. Nonesuch (16)
8. Rhino (15)
8. Sugar Hill (15)
10. Signature Sounds (13)
11. Propinquity (11)
11. Windbone (11)
13. Free Dirt (10)
13. Legacy (10)
13. Vanguard (10)

FOLK DJs - October 2024, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1617 plays from 56 playlists from 39 Folk DJs

Art Stevenson (WORT-FM, WI)
Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
Bud Johnson (KNBA-FM & syndicated, AK)
Caroline Doctorow (WPKN-FM, CT)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Dan Maher (mixcloud.com, WA)
Daryana Antipova ()
Diane Karl (KBOO-FM, OR)
Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM, OR)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Graham & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jeremy Butler (Alabama Public Radio)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
John Platt (WFUV-FM, NY)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY)
Ken Batista (WRCT-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
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 Kidnappers & folktunefinder.com, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Paul Porzio (Cox Cable, VA)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NJ)
Sue Kessell (WNUR-FM, IL)
Tom Coxworth (CKUA-FM, AB)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)