Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
December 2024, Week 5

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of December 2024, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1758 plays from 50 playlists from 42 Folk DJs

  1: "American Noel," Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer [Signature Sounds, 2007] (8)
        "American Noel" (3)
        "Giddyup Said Santa Claus" (2)
  1: "Yule Like This," Mark Stepakoff [Self, 11/2023] (8)
        "Your Favorite Christmas Song" (3)
        "New Year's Eve" (2)
  3: "Field of Stars," John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 12/2024] (7)
        "Field Of Stars" (2)
  3: "Woodland," Gillian Welch & David Rawlings [Acony, 8/2024] (7)
        "Empty Trainload of Sky" (3)
  5: "Earl Jam," Tony Trischka [Down The Road, 6/2024] (6)
        "Brown's Ferry Blues" (4)
  5: "Nowhere Next," Yonder Mountain String Band [Thirty Tigers, 12/2024] (6)
        "The Truth Fits" (2)
  5: "Parallel Lives," David Mallett [Flying Fish] (6)
        "Summer of My Dreams" (2)
  8: "Love Your Mind," Twisted Pine [Signature Sounds, 11/2024] (5/6)
        "Goosebump Feeling" (2)
  8: "Blue," Joni Mitchell [Reprise, 2002] (5)
        "River" (4)
  8: "Gardens Old, Flowers New," Tom Rush [Appleseed, 2/2024] (5)
        "One More Time Around the Sun" (2)
  8: "Gold in Your Pocket," Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms [Free Dirt, 11/2024] (5)
        "He's Gone" (2)
  8: "Holly Happy Days," Indigo Girls [Vanguard, 2010] (5)
        "I Feel the Christmas Spirit" (1)
  8: "In the Real World," Eric Bibb [Stony Plain, 10/2024] (5)
        "Make A Change" (2)
  8: "Just One Angel V. 2," Various Artists [?] (5)
        "Auld Lang Syne," Christine Lavin And Friends (1)
  8: "Pathways," Julian Taylor [Howling Turtle, 10/2024] (5)
        "See This Thing Through" (1)
  8: "Trail of Flowers," Sierra Ferrell [Rounder, 4/2024] (5)
        "Lighthouse" (2)

TOP SONGS of December 2024, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1758 plays from 50 playlists from 42 Folk DJs

1. "River" (5)
     from "Blue" (Joni Mitchell)
1. "Summer of My Dreams" (5)
     from "Parallel Lives" (David Mallett)
3. "Brown's Ferry Blues" (4)
     from "Earl Jam" (Tony Trischka)
3. "On Christmas I Got Nothing" (4)
     from "Radio" (Chuck Brodsky)
5. "American Noel" (3)
     from "American Noel" (Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer)
5. "This Broken Moment" (3)
     from "Lucid Stories, Tentative Lies" (Jessica Smucker)
5. "Celebration" (3)
     from "Celebration" (David Mallett)
5. "The Christians and the Pagans" (3)
     from "Mortal City" (Dar Williams)
5. "Empty Trainload of Sky" (3)
     from "Woodland" (Gillian Welch & David Rawlings)
5. "Garden Song" (3)
     from "Inches & Miles" (Dave Mallet)

TOP ARTISTS of December 2024, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1758 plays from 50 playlists from 42 Folk DJs

1. David Mallett (26)
        "Parallel Lives" (6)
2. John McCutcheon (11)
        "Field of Stars" (7)
3. Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer (10)
        "American Noel" (8)
4. Judy Collins (9)
        "Come Rejoice" (5)
4. Mark Stepakoff (9)
        "Yule Like This" (8)
6. Bob Dylan (8)
        "Highway 61 Revisited" (2)
6. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings (8)
        "Woodland" (7)
6. John Denver (8)
        "Rocky Mountain Christmas" (4)
9. Ed Sweeney (7/8)
        "It's Christmas Time in the City" (5)
        "Auld Lang Syne - single" (3)
9. Mary Chapin Carpenter (7/8)
        "Come Darkness, Come Light: Twelve Songs of Christmas" (4)
        "Ashes And Roses" (3)
9. Tony Trischka (7/8)
        "Earl Jam" (5)
        "Glory Shone Round" (3)
9. Peter Paul And Mary (7)
        "A Holiday Celebration" (2)
13. Amy Speace (6)
        "The American Dream" (3)
13. Happy Traum (6)
        "There's a Bright Light Somewhere" (2)
13. Indigo Girls (6)
        "Holly Happy Days" (5)
13. Jerry Douglas (6)
        "The Set" (3)
13. Joni Mitchell (6)
        "Blue" (5)
13. Julian Taylor (6)
        "Pathways" (5)
13. Sofia Talvik (6)
        "When Winter Comes - A Christmas Album" (4)
13. Tom Rush (6)
        "Gardens Old, Flowers New" (5)
13. Yonder Mountain String Band (6)
        "Nowhere Next" (6)

TOP LABELS of December 2024, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1758 plays from 50 playlists from 42 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (58)
2. Signature Sounds (36)
3. Smithsonian/Folkways (35)
4. Capitol (18)
4. Red House (18)
6. Columbia (17)
7. Warner (15)
8. Compass (14)
9. Appleseed (13)
9. Thirty Tigers (13)
9. Vanguard (13)
12. Flying Fish (12)
13. Legacy (11)
14. Free Dirt (9/10)
14. RCA (9)
14. Stony Plain (9)
14. Sugar Hill (9)

FOLK DJs - December 2024, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1758 plays from 50 playlists from 42 Folk DJs

Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM & mixcloud.com, GA)
David John (KAXE-FM, MN)
David Sears (WBGU-FM, OH)
Ed Mellnick (KBOO-FM, OR)
Helen Leicht (folkmusicnotebook.com, PA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
John Platt (WFUV-FM, NY)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA)
Jon Colcord (Syndicated, NH)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kelly Walker (WTSU-FM & podcast, AL)
Ken Batista (WRCT-FM, PA)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDH-FM, VT)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Michael Park (mixcloud.com & PRX, NY)
Michael S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Norm Mast ()
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Porzio (Cox Cable, VA)
Pete Thomas (WAER-FM, NY)
Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-FM, NY)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM & mixcloud.com, WA)
Richard Gordon (WKYW-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Robert Resnik (Vermont Public Radio)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Terry B. Moses & Naomi Soule (KCLC-FM, MO)
Tom Coxworth (CKUA-FM, AB)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)
Wayne Greene (KEOS-FM, TX)


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