Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
January 2025, Week 2

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of January 2025, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2598 plays from 85 playlists from 69 Folk DJs

  1: "The Wind Will Change Again," The Twangtown Paramours [Inside Edge, 1/2025] (48)
        "The Wind Will Change Again" (7)
        "A Room In Bordeaux" (6)
  2: "Field of Stars," John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 1/2025] (28)
        "Field Of Stars" (6)
        "Waiting for the Moon" (4)
  3: "Gold in Your Pocket," Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms [Free Dirt, 11/2024] (16)
        "Shame Shame Shame" (5)
        "Same Little Heart" (3)
        "Faraway Skies" (3)
  4: "Songs to a Wild God," Mallory Chipman [Tunnel Mountain, 9/2024] (15)
        "Big Sky Country" (5)
        "Sing Me Home" (2)
        "Old Man River" (2)
  5: "Glimmer," Carol Crittenden [Self, 1/2025] (12)
        "Rise" (4)
        "Wakened" (4)
        "Fields of Athenry" (2)
  6: "The Very Best of Peter, Paul and Mary," Peter, Paul and Mary [Rhino] (9)
        "Weave Me the Sunshine" (3)
        "Day is Done" (2)
        "Puff, the Magic Dragon" (2)
  6: "Woodland," Gillian Welch & David Rawlings [Acony, 8/2024] (9)
        "Empty Trainload of Sky" (3)
        "North Country" (2)
        "Turf the Gambler" (2)
  8: "Hydra," Nuala Kennedy & Eamon O'Leary [Under The Arch, 11/2024] (7)
        "The Dark-Eyed Sailor" (4)
  8: "In The Wind," Peter, Paul & Mary [Warner, 1963] (7)
        "Stewball" (4)
  8: "Live In-Studio," Doug Harsch [Self] (7)
        "Movin' On" (1)
  8: "Now, O Now," Rakish [Self, 9/2024] (7)
        "Now, O Now" (3)
        "Fool's Spring/The Tourtoise" (2)
 12: "The American Dream," Amy Speace [Windbone, 9/2024] (6)
        "The American Dream" (2)
 12: "Around The Campfire," Peter, Paul & Mary [Warner, 1998] (6)
        "Day is Done" (1)
 12: "The Silence of the Stars," Linda Marks [Self, 1/2025] (6)
        "The Garden Buffet" (2)
 12: "Up From the Mud," Diane Coll [Happy Fish, 1/2025] (6)
        "Into the Wild" (3)
 16: "A Complete Unknown," Various Artists [Columbia] (5/7)
        "Big River," Boyd Holbrook (2)
 16: "Banjo Jubilations," Benny Bleu [Self, 5/2024] (5)
        "Lost Girl" (1)
 16: "Bluegrass Sings Paxton," Various Artists [Mountain Home, 9/2024] (5)
        "The Things I Notice Now," Alice Gerrard (2)
        "The Last Thing On My Mind," Sister Sadie (2)
 16: "Deep Feeler," Liv Greene [Free Dirt, 6/2024] (5)
        "Wild Geese" (1)
 16: "Golden," Geneviève Racette [InTempo Musique, 11/2024] (5)
        "X2" (1)
 16: "If the Sky Fell," Michael Henchman [Pulse Nine, 1/2025] (5)
        "If The Sky Fell" (3)
 16: "Lucinda Williams sings The Beatles from Abbey Road," Lucinda Williams [Self] (5)
        "I've got a feeling" (1)
 16: "Nowhere Next," Yonder Mountain String Band [Thirty Tigers, 12/2024] (5)
        "Didn't Go Wrong" (1)
 16: "Ship to Shore," Richard Thompson [New West, 5/2024] (5)
        "Trust" (2)
 16: "Wildfire," House of Hamill [Self, 7/2024] (5)
        "Wildfire" (2)
 26: "Album 1700," Peter, Paul & Mary [Warner, 1967] (4)
        "The Great Mandala" (1)
 26: "Brighter Days," Dwight Yoakam [Thirty Tigers, 12/2024] (4)
        "Keep On The Sunny Side" (1)
 26: "This Hen's Gonna Crow," Colleen Kattau [WindLight, 10/2024] (4)
        "The Calendar For Peace" (2)
 26: "Into the Wild," Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway [Nonesuch, 7/2024] (4)
        "Here in California" (2)
 26: "Last Leaf on the Tree," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 11/2024] (4)
        "Last Leaf" (2)
 26: "The Legend of Sugarbelly," Guy Davis [MC, 8/2024] (4)
        "Come Gitchu Some" (2)
 26: "Reclamation," Crys Matthews [Self, 10/2024] (4)
        "The Difference Between" (2)
 26: "Ride in the Light," Cindy Kallet [Sleepy Creek, 12/2024] (4)
        "Both Sides Now" (1)
 26: "Roses," Jackson Hollow [Hands On] (4)
        "Ashes In The Wind" (1)
 26: "Sweet Critters," Caleb Caudle [Missing Piece] (4)
        "Sweet High the Mountain" (1)
 26: "Thirteen," Colin O'Brien [Solo Guitar, 11/2024] (4)
        "Steambrain Boogie" (2)
 26: "Turning Over Stones," Bett Padgett [Ceilidhe's, 2021] (4)
        "When Winter Comes To Call" (4)

TOP SONGS of January 2025, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2598 plays from 85 playlists from 69 Folk DJs

1. "The Wind Will Change Again" (7)
     from "The Wind Will Change Again" (The Twangtown Paramours)
2. "A Room In Bordeaux" (6)
     from "The Wind Will Change Again" (The Twangtown Paramours)
3. "Big Sky Country" (5)
     from "Songs to a Wild God" (Mallory Chipman)
3. "Old Friends" (5)
     from "The Wind Will Change Again" (The Twangtown Paramours)
3. "Puff the Magic Dragon" (5)
     from "The Very Best of Peter, Paul and Mary" (Peter, Paul & Mary)
3. "Shame Shame Shame" (5)
     from "Gold in Your Pocket" (Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms)
3. "Sincerely Yours No More" (5)
     from "The Wind Will Change Again" (The Twangtown Paramours)
8. "The Dark-Eyed Sailor" (4)
     from "Hydra" (Nuala Kennedy & Eamon O'Leary)
8. "Day is Done" (4)
     from "The Very Best of Peter, Paul and Mary" (Peter, Paul & Mary)
8. "Field Of Stars" (4)
     from "Field of Stars" (John McCutcheon)
8. "The Garden" (4)
     from "The Wind Will Change Again" (The Twangtown Paramours)
8. "The Great Mandala" (4)
     from "Lifelines" (Peter, Paul & Mary)

TOP ARTISTS of January 2025, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2598 plays from 85 playlists from 69 Folk DJs

1. The Twangtown Paramours (49)
        "The Wind Will Change Again" (48)
2. Peter, Paul & Mary (48)
        "The Very Best of Peter, Paul and Mary" (8)
        "In The Wind" (7)
3. John McCutcheon (30)
        "Field of Stars" (26)
4. Bob Dylan (17)
        "Dylan" (2)
5. Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms (16)
        "Gold in Your Pocket" (16)
6. Mallory Chipman (15)
        "Songs to a Wild God" (15)
7. Carol Crittenden (12)
        "Glimmer" (12)
8. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings (9)
        "Woodland" (9)
8. Peter Yarrow (9)
        "Peter" (3)
8. Josh White Jr (9)
        "Josh White" (2)
11. Bett Padgett (8)
        "Turning Over Stones" (4)
        "Beneath Blue Water" (3)
11. David Mallett (8)
        "Ambition" (2)
11. Mary Chapin Carpenter (8)
        "Looking for the Thread" (3)
14. Amy Speace (7)
        "The American Dream" (5)
14. Ellis Paul (7)
        "Ellis Paul's Traveling Medicine Show, Volume I" (2)
14. Linda Marks (7)
        "The Silence of the Stars" (6)
14. Rakish (7)
        "Now, O Now" (7)
14. Richard Thompson (7)
        "Ship to Shore" (5)

TOP LABELS of January 2025, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2598 plays from 85 playlists from 69 Folk DJs

1. Warner (46)
2. Inside Edge (42)
3. Columbia (34)
4. Rounder (30)
5. Compass (27)
6. Free Dirt (24)
7. Red House (21)
8. Appalseed (19)
9. Signature Sounds (18)
10. Rhino (17)
11. New West (16)
11. Smithsonian/Folkways (16)
13. Tunnel Mountain (14)
14. Borealis (13)
15. Legacy (12)
16. Island (11)
16. Sugar Hill (11)
16. Thirty Tigers (11)
19. Nonesuch (10)
20. Acony (9)

FOLK DJs - January 2025, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2598 plays from 85 playlists from 69 Folk DJs

Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
Arthur Berman (CiTR-FM & podcast, BC)
Artie Martello (mostlyfolk.org & podcast, NY)
Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Bill Wagman (KDRT-LP, CA)
Brad Edmondson (WVBR-FM, NY)
Bruce Swan (WSFM-LP, NC)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Maher (mixcloud.com, WA)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Daryana Antipova (WFHB-FM, IN)
David John (KAXE/KBXE-FM, MN)
David Sears (WBGU-FM, OH)
Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM, OR)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Helen Leicht (folkmusicnotebook.com, PA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jean Geiger (mixcloud.com, WA)
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)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-FM, NY)
Kelly Walker (WTSU-FM & podcast, AL)
Ken Batista (WRCT-FM, PA)
Larry Berger (WRCT-FM & syndicated, PA)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, AR)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM & mixcloud.com, OR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR/WGDH-FM, VT)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Michael Park (mixcloud.com & PRX, NY)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Hawke's Bay & Radio Kidnappers, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
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 & mixcloud.com, PA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Robert Resnik (Vermont Public Radio)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WHUS-FM & WWUH-FM, CT)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Terry B. Moses & Naomi Soule (KCLC-FM, MO)
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)
Wayne Greene (KEOS-FM, TX)