Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
January 2025, Week 1

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of January 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2740 plays from 90 playlists from 68 Folk DJs

  1: "Field of Stars," John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 1/2025] (23)
        "Field of Stars" (7)
        "Here" (4)
        "Only Ones Dancing" (3)
  2: "Gold in Your Pocket," Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms [Free Dirt, 11/2024] (18)
        "Gold In Your Pocket" (3)
        "Sad Songs" (3)
        "All About Love" (3)
  3: "Ride in the Light," Cindy Kallet [Sleepy Creek, 12/2024] (14)
        "Ride In The Light" (4)
        "The Poet" (3)
        "Enough Of A Duck" (2)
        "Letter to America" (2)
  3: "The Wind Will Change Again," The Twangtown Paramours [Inside Edge, 1/2025] (14)
        "Old Friends" (4)
        "Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown" (2)
        "Sincerely Yours No More" (2)
        "The Wind Will Change Again" (2)
  5: "Deep Feeler," Liv Greene [Free Dirt, 6/2024] (11)
        "Wild Geese" (4)
        "Halfway Out" (3)
        "Flowers" (2)
  6: "Parallel Lives," David Mallett [Flying Fish, 2006] (10)
        "Garden Song" (2)
        "Snowbound" (2)
  6: "Trail of Flowers," Sierra Ferrell [Rounder, 4/2024] (10)
        "American Dreaming" (5)
        "I Could Drive You Crazy" (2)
  8: "Wildfire," House of Hamill [Self, 7/2024] (9)
        "Banks of the Brandywine" (2)
  9: "Earl Jam," Tony Trischka [Down The Road, 6/2024] (8)
        "Dooley" (2)
        "Casey Jones" (2)
 10: "Hydra," Nuala Kennedy & Eamon O'Leary [Under The Arch, 11/2024] (7)
        "Two Jigs" (4)
 10: "Into the Wild," Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway [Nonesuch, 7/2024] (7)
        "Into the Wild" (2)
        "Here in California" (2)
        "White Rabbit" (2)
 10: "Willie Watson," Willie Watson [Little Operation, 9/2024] (7)
        "Already Gone" (2)
        "Real Love" (2)
 13: "Boarding Windows in Paradise," Rebecca Fraizer [Compass, 9/2024] (6)
        "It's Over" (3)
 13: "Glimmer," Carol Crittenden [Self, 1/2025] (6)
        "Winter's Wish" (2)
 13: "In the Real World," Eric Bibb [Stony Plain, 10/2024] (6)
        "If There's Any Rule" (2)
 13: "Last Leaf on the Tree," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 11/2024] (6)
        "Last Leaf" (2)
 13: "Songs to a Wild God," Mallory Chipman [Tunnel Mountain, 9/2024] (6)
        "I Am Slumber" (2)
        "Mythic Time" (2)
 13: "Sparrow," Jeff Talmadge [Berkalin, 2/2024] (6)
        "Night Train From Milan" (2)
 13: "Things Done Changed," Jerron Paxton [Smithsonian/Folkways, 10/2024] (6)
        "All and All Blues" (1)
 20: "Flower of the Soul," Liana Flores [Verve] (5/6)
        "Hello Again" (2)
 20: "Bluegrass Sings Paxton," Various Artists [Mountain Home, 9/2024] (5)
        "You Took Me In," Tim O'BRIEN (2)
 20: "Crooked Road," Steve Erickson [Self, 10/2024] (5)
        "Crooked Road" (2)
 20: "Diamond Days," Brooks Williams [Red Guitar Blue, 4/2024] (5)
        "Big Sky" (2)
        "Pony" (2)
 20: "Midnight On The Water," David Mallett [North Road, 2006] (5)
        "Angel Standin' By" (2)
 20: "Ravens & the Roses," Cris Williamson [Wolf Moon, 1/2025] (5)
        "Count Your Blessings" (2)
        "Broken Idaho" (2)
 20: "Woodland," Gillian Welch & David Rawlings [Acony, 8/2024] (5)
        "Empty Trainload of Sky" (4)
 20: "With a Guitar & a Pen," Tish Hinojosa [!Tish!] (5)
        "His Cowboy Way" (1)
 28: "All About the Bones," Chris Smither [Signature Sounds, 4/2024] (4)
        "Time to Move On" (2)
 28: "Backbone," Kasey Chambers [Essence, 8/2024] (4)
        "Backbone" (2)
 28: "Back to the Light," Heather Pierson [Vessel, 9/2024] (4)
        "Up Here In the Mountains" (1)
 28: "Blue," Joni Mitchell [Reprise, 2002] (4)
        "My Old Man" (1)
 28: "Brighter Days," Dwight Yoakam [Thirty Tigers, 12/2024] (4)
        "Wide Open Heart" (2)
 28: "Goldenrod," Teni Rane [Self, 8/2024] (4)
        "Passerine" (1)
 28: "Infamous Angel," Iris DeMent [Warner, 1993] (4)
        "Our Town" (2)
 28: "Jubilee," Becky Buller [Dark Shadow, 5/2024] (4)
        "Jubilee" (1)
 28: "Listen to the World Spin," Paper Wings [Self, 5/2024] (4)
        "Marigold" (1)
 28: "Ordinary Elephant," Ordinary Elephant [Self, 5/2024] (4)
        "Joy Has Not Forgotten Me" (2)
 28: "Polaroid Lovers," Sarah Jarosz [Rounder, 2/2024] (4)
        "Columbus & 89th" (1)
 28: "Roadmap," Roy Zimmerman [Self, 1/2025] (4)
        "Big Yellow Taxi" (1)
 28: "Storm Season," Tania Elizabeth [Self, 10/2024] (4)
        "Let Go" (1)
 28: "Sunlight In An Empty Room," Chris Kasper [Royal Potato Family] (4)
        "The Only Ones" (1)
 28: "Thirteen," Colin O'Brien [Solo Guitar, 11/2024] (4)
        "Midnight on the Water" (2)
 28: "Turning Over Stones," Bett Padgett [Ceilidhe's, 2021] (4)
        "When Winter Comes To Call" (3)
 28: "The Turning of the Tide," Tom Chapin [Sundance] (4)
        "I've Forgotten" (3)
 28: "Weary Ramblers," Weary Ramblers [Self] (4)
        "Montrose" (2)
 28: "Wintertide," Brittany Jean [Stormcave, 2022] (4)
        "Wintersong" (2)
 28: "Wintersongs," Laila Biali [Rounder] (4)
        "Dance of the Pines" (1)
 28: "Woodbird," Jenny Burtis [Ploodepesh, 10/2024] (4)
        "Never Flown So Lonesome" (1)
 28: "Workin' on a World," Iris Dement [FlariElla, 2023] (4)
        "Goin Down To Sing In Texas" (2)
        "Workin' On a World" (2)

TOP SONGS of January 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2740 plays from 90 playlists from 68 Folk DJs

1. "Field of Stars" (7)
     from "Field of Stars" (John McCutcheon)
2. "American Dreaming" (5)
     from "Trail of Flowers" (Sierra Ferrell)
3. "Empty Trainload of Sky" (4)
     from "Woodland" (Gillian Welch & David Rawlings)
3. "Here" (4)
     from "Field of Stars" (John McCutcheon)
3. "Old Friends" (4)
     from "The Wind Will Change Again" (The Twangtown Paramours)
3. "Ride In The Light" (4)
     from "Ride in the Light" (Cindy Kallet)
3. "Wild Geese" (4)
     from "Deep Feeler" (Liv Greene)
8. "One Good Year" (3)
     from "Broke Down" (Slaid Cleaves)
8. "All About Love" (3)
     from "Gold in Your Pocket" (Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms)
8. "Angel Standin' By" (3)
     from "Midnight On The Water" (David Mallett)
8. "Banks of the Brandywine" (3)
     from "Wildfire" (House of Hamill)
8. "Garden Song" (3)
     from "Parallel Lives" (David Mallett)
8. "Gold In Your Pocket" (3)
     from "Gold in Your Pocket" (Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms)

TOP ARTISTS of January 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2740 plays from 90 playlists from 68 Folk DJs

1. David Mallett (35)
        "Parallel Lives" (10)
2. John McCutcheon (24)
        "Field of Stars" (23)
3. Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms (19)
        "Gold in Your Pocket" (18)
4. Cindy Kallet (15)
        "Ride in the Light" (14)
5. Iris DeMent (14)
        "Infamous Angel" (4)
        "Workin' on a World" (4)
5. The Twangtown Paramours (14)
        "The Wind Will Change Again" (14)
7. Stan Rogers (12)
        "From Fresh Water" (2)
8. Josh White Jr (11)
        "House Of the Rising Son" (3)
        "Live At the Raven" (3)
8. Liv Greene (11)
        "Deep Feeler" (11)
8. Willie Nelson (11)
        "Last Leaf on the Tree" (6)
11. Bob Dylan (10)
        "Another Side Of Bob Dylan" (1)
11. Carrie Newcomer (10)
        "The Beautiful Not Yet" (2)
11. House of Hamill (10)
        "Wildfire" (8)
11. Sierra Ferrell (10)
        "Trail of Flowers" (10)
15. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway (9)
        "Into the Wild" (7)
15. Tony Trischka (9)
        "Earl Jam" (8)
17. Brittany Jean (8)
        "Colors & Covers" (4)
        "Wintertide" (4)
18. Gordon Lightfoot (7)
        "Gord's Gold" (3)
18. Jerron Paxton (7)
        "Things Done Changed" (6)
18. Nanci Griffith (7)
        "Other Voices Too" (2)
18. Pete Seeger (7)
        "American Favorite Ballads, Vols. 1-5" (2)
18. Willie Watson (7)
        "Willie Watson" (7)

TOP LABELS of January 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2740 plays from 90 playlists from 68 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (66)
2. Smithsonian/Folkways (41)
3. Free Dirt (34)
4. Columbia (31)
5. Signature Sounds (27)
5. Sony (27)
7. Compass (25)
8. Flying Fish (23)
9. Thirty Tigers (21)
10. Appalseed (19)
11. Elektra (18)
11. Red House (18)
13. Sugar Hill (17)
14. Nonesuch (16)
15. Berkalin (15)
16. Borealis (14)
16. New West (14)
16. Reprise (14)
19. Philo (13)
19. Vanguard (13)

FOLK DJs - January 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2740 plays from 90 playlists from 68 Folk DJs

Artie Martello (mostlyfolk.org & podcast, NY)
Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
Bruce Swan (WSFM-LP, NC)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Maher (mixcloud.com, WA)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Daryana Antipova (WFHB-FM, IN)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM & mixcloud.com, GA)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Denis McGilvray (KPBX-FM, OK)
Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR)
Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM, OR)
Ed Mellnick (KBOO-FM, OR)
Ellen Stanley (KFAI-FM, MN)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Gordon Nash (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Helen Leicht (folkmusicnotebook.com, PA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
Jeremy Butler (Alabama Public Radio)
Jim Canales (WWSP-FM, WI)
Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)
Joe Pszonek (WERE-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
John Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA)
Jon Colcord (Syndicated, NH)
Kai Schafft (WVBR-FM, 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)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, TX)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM & mixcloud.com, OR)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR/WGDH-FM, VT)
Matt Watroba (WKAR-FM, MI)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, QC)
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)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Hawke's Bay & Radio Kidnappers, New Zealand)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Hefti (KUBU-LP, CA)
Pete Thomas (WAER-FM, NY)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM & mixcloud.com, WA)
Robert Resnik (Vermont Public Radio)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WHUS-FM, CT)
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)