Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
December 2024, Week 1

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of December 2024, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3402 plays from 115 playlists from 80 Folk DJs

  1: "Gold in Your Pocket," Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms [Free Dirt, 11/2024] (19)
        "Gold In Your Pocket" (6)
  2: "Deep Feeler," Liv Greene [Free Dirt, 6/2024] (16)
        "Wild Geese" (6)
        "Flowers" (4)
        "I've Got My Work To Do" (2)
        "Made it Mine Too" (2)
  2: "Last Leaf on the Tree," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 11/2024] (16)
        "Last Leaf" (3)
        "Keep Me In Your Heart" (3)
        "Broken Arrow" (2)
        "Do You Realize" (2)
        "Robbed Blind" (2)
  4: "Can't Steal My Fire: The Songs of David Olney," Various Artists [New West, 11/2024] (15)
        "Jerusalem Tomorrow," Buddy Miller (4)
        "If My Eyes Were Blind," The Steeldrivers (3)
        "Voices On The Water," The McCrary Sisters (2)
  4: "Woodland," Gillian Welch & David Rawlings [Acony, 8/2024] (15)
        "Lawman" (3)
        "Hashtag" (2)
        "Howdy Howdy" (2)
        "The Bells And The Birds" (2)
        "What We Had" (2)
  6: "Golden," Geneviève Racette [InTempo Musique, 11/2024] (13)
        "From Friends To Strangers" (4)
        "X2" (3)
        "Golden" (2)
        "My Thoughts Of You" (2)
  6: "Hydra," Nuala Kennedy & Eamon O'Leary [Under The Arch, 11/2024] (13)
        "The Night Visiting Song" (3)
        "The Dark-Eyed Gypsy" (2)
        "As We Rove Out" (2)
        "Two Jigs" (2)
        "Liffeyside" (2)
        "I Will Hang My Harp On A Willow Tree" (2)
  8: "Now, O Now," Rakish [Self, 9/2024] (12)
        "Island in the Sea" (4)
        "765" (2)
  8: "Storm Season," Tania Elizabeth [Self, 10/2024] (12)
        "What You Need" (3)
        "Let Go" (2)
 10: "Pathways," Julian Taylor [Howling Turtle, 10/2024] (11)
        "Weighing Down" (4)
        "Ain't Life Strange" (2)
 10: "Postcards of the Reckoning," Sean Kiely [Multiple Logo, 11/2024] (11)
        "The Times Old Rag" (4)
        "Irises" (3)
        "All Of Them Singing" (2)
 10: "Thirteen," Colin O'Brien [Solo Guitar, 11/2024] (11)
        "Crooked Creek" (3)
        "Billy" (3)
        "Shipwreck" (2)
        "Steam Brain Boogie" (2)
 13: "Ten Good Sermons," Eugene Ruffolo [Cane Morte, 9/2024] (9/10)
        "Your Smallest Act" (4)
 13: "Backbone," Kasey Chambers [Essence, 8/2024] (9)
        "A Love Like Springsteen" (3)
 13: "Bluegrass Sings Paxton," Various Artists [Mountain Home, 9/2024] (9)
        "The Same River Twice," Aaron Burdett (2)
        "Ramblin' Boy," Danny Paisley (2)
 13: "Highway Prayers," Billy Strings [Reprise, 10/2024] (9)
        "Escanaba" (2)
 13: "Lonesome Road," Joel Mabus [Fossil, 10/2024] (9)
        "Someone to Watch Over Me" (2)
        "Stardust" (2)
 13: "Alice's Restaurant," Arlo Guthrie [Warner, 2015] (9)
        "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" (8)
 19: "Everything Must Go," Donal Hinely [Atom, 9/2024] (8)
        "High on the Mountain" (4)
 19: "In the Real World," Eric Bibb [Stony Plain, 10/2024] (8)
        "Walk Steady On" (2)
        "Make A Change" (2)
 19: "The Wind," Zachary Lucky [Self, 11/2024] (8)
        "Good at Gettin' Gone" (2)
        "Wild Rose County" (2)
        "The Wind" (2)
 22: "Back on Track," Pure Prairie League [Self, 12/2024] (7)
        "Six Feet of Snow" (2)
 22: "Boarding Windows in Paradise," Rebecca Frazier [Compass, 8/2024] (7)
        "Saro Jane" (2)
        "Train Is Moving" (2)
 22: "Brighter Days," Dwight Yoakam [Thirty Tigers, 12/2024] (7)
        "I'll Pay the Price" (2)
 22: "Far Away," Woody Platt [Compass, 12/2024] (7)
        "Off To The Sea" (2)
 22: "Never Too Late," Neale Eckstein [Self, 10/2024] (7)
        "Like a Poem Needs a Rhyme" (2)
        "Stormchaser" (2)
 22: "Nowhere Next," Yonder Mountain String Band [Thirty Tigers, 12/2024] (7)
        "Here I Go" (2)
 22: "Ordinary Elephant," Ordinary Elephant [Self, 5/2024] (7)
        "Joy Has Not Forgotten Me" (2)
 22: "Ride in the Light," Cindy Kallet [Sleepy Creek, 12/2024] (7)
        "Ride In The Light" (2)
 22: "Woodbird," Jenny Burtis [Ploodepesh, 10/2024] (7)
        "Kansas City 64" (2)

TOP SONGS of December 2024, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3402 plays from 115 playlists from 80 Folk DJs

1. "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" (8)
     from "Alice's Restaurant" (Arlo Guthrie)
2. "Gold In Your Pocket" (6)
     from "Gold in Your Pocket" (Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms)
2. "Wild Geese" (6)
     from "Deep Feeler" (Liv Greene)
4. "Thanksgiving Prayer" (5)
     from "By the Refinery Lights" (Laura Zucker)
5. "Cotton Jenny" (4)
     from "Cotton Jenny - single" (Jane Fallon & Mike Worrall)
5. "Family Reunion" (4)
     from "Family Reunion - single" (Lisa Klotz)
5. "Flowers" (4)
     from "Deep Feeler" (Liv Greene)
5. "From Friends To Strangers" (4)
     from "Golden" (Geneviève Racette)
5. "High on the Mountain" (4)
     from "Everything Must Go" (Donal Hinely)
5. "Island in the Sea" (4)
     from "Now, O Now" (Rakish)
5. "Jerusalem Tomorrow" (4)
     from "Can't Steal My Fire: the Songs of David Olney" (Buddy Miller)
5. "Love Them Too" (4)
     from "Hymns for My Atheist Sister & Her Friends to Sing Along To" (The Rough & Tumble)
5. "Thanksgiving Song" (4)
     from "Come Darkness, Come Light: Twelve Songs of Christmas" (Mary Chapin Carpenter)

TOP ARTISTS of December 2024, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3402 plays from 115 playlists from 80 Folk DJs

1. Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms (19)
        "Gold in Your Pocket" (19)
2. Willie Nelson (17)
        "Last Leaf on the Tree" (15)
3. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings (16)
        "Woodland" (14)
3. Liv Greene (16)
        "Deep Feeler" (16)
5. John McCutcheon (15)
        "Bucket List" (2)
6. Geneviève Racette (13)
        "Golden" (13)
6. Rakish (13)
        "Now, O Now" (12)
6. Tania Elizabeth (13)
        "Storm Season" (12)
9. Joel Mabus (12)
        "Lonesome Road" (8)
10. Willie Watson (11/12)
        "Willie Watson" (6)
        "Folksinger, Vol" (4)
10. Arlo Guthrie (11)
        "Alice's Restaurant" (4)
        "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" (4)
10. Billy Strings (11)
        "Highway Prayers" (9)
10. Bob Dylan (11)
        "Another Self Portrait" (3)
10. Colin O'Brien (11)
        "Thirteen" (11)
10. Eugene Ruffolo (11)
        "Ten Good Sermons" (10)
10. Pete Seeger (11)
        "The Bitter And The Sweet" (4)
10. Sean Kiely (11)
        "Postcards of the Reckoning" (11)
10. Tish Hinojosa (11)
        "With a Guitar and a Pen" (6)
19. Carrie Newcomer (10)
        "A Great Wild Mercy" (5)
19. Eric Bibb (10)
        "In the Real World" (8)
19. Guy Davis (10)
        "The Legend of Sugarbelly" (3)
19. Julian Taylor (10)
        "Pathways" (10)
19. Nuala Kennedy & Eamon O'Leary (10)
        "Hydra" (10)
24. Della Mae (9)
        "The Butcher Shoppe - Ep" (2)
24. Eliza Gilkyson (9)
        "Home" (2)
24. Kasey Chambers (9)
        "Backbone" (9)
24. Mary Chapin Carpenter (9)
        "The Age Of Miracles" (3)
        "Come Darkness, Come Light" (3)
24. Ordinary Elephant (9)
        "Ordinary Elephant" (7)
24. Peter, Paul & Mary (9)
        "The Very Best Of Peter, Paul And Mary" (4)
30. Donal Hinely (8)
        "Everything Must Go" (8)
30. Judy Collins (8)
        "In Concert: Wildflowers at the Town Hall," (2)
30. Zachary Lucky (8)
        "The Wind" (8)

TOP LABELS of December 2024, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3402 plays from 115 playlists from 80 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (62)
2. Columbia (45)
2. Compass (45)
4. Free Dirt (43)
5. New West (30)
5. Smithsonian/Folkways (30)
7. Thirty Tigers (29)
8. Rhino (27)
9. Acony (25)
10. Red House (21)
11. Reprise (20)
12. Legacy (17)
13. Sugar Hill (16)
14. Borealis (15)
14. Capitol (15)
14. Warner (15)
17. Berkalin (14)
17. Nonesuch (14)
19. Flying Fish (13/16)
19. Elektra (13)
19. Mountain Home (13)
19. Signature Sounds (13)

FOLK DJs - December 2024, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3402 plays from 115 playlists from 80 Folk DJs

Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
Artie Martello (mostlyfolk.org & podcast, NY)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Brad Edmondson (WVBR-FM, NY)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Bruce Swan (WSFM-LP, NC)
Bud Johnson (KNBA-FM & syndicated, AK)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
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)
David Sears (WBGU-FM, OH)
Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM, OR)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Graham & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
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)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jeremy Butler (Alabama Public Radio)
Jim Canales (WWSP-FM, WI)
Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)
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 Colcord (Syndicated, NH)
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)
Kevin Vance (KPFA-FM & KALW-FM, CA)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, AR)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDH-FM, VT)
Mary Anne Moorman (KBCS-FM, WA)
Matthew Baya (WERU-FM, ME)
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)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers & Radio Hawke's Bay, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Porzio (Cox Cable, VA)
Pete Thomas (WAER-FM, NY)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM & mixcloud.com, WA)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & syndicated, PA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Robert Resnik (Vermont Public Radio)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NJ)
Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Sue Kessell (WNUR-FM, IL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WWUH-FM & WHUS-FM, CT)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Tom Coxworth (CKUA-FM, AB)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM & mixcloud.com, NY)