Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
January 2025, Week 4

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of January 2025, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2717 plays from 101 playlists from 79 Folk DJs

  1: "Field of Stars," John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 1/2025] (39)
        "Field Of Stars" (7)
        "Ms St. Louis" (6)
  2: "The Wind Will Change Again," The Twangtown Paramours [Inside Edge, 1/2025] (31)
        "Stars Without a Heaven" (5)
        "Old Friends" (4)
        "The Wind Will Change Again" (4)
        "Sincerely Yours No More" (4)
  3: "Reclamation," Crys Matthews [Self, 10/2024] (30)
        "Cancel Culture" (4)
        "Like Jesus Would" (4)
        "Waking Up The Dead" (4)
        "The Bigger Picture" (4)
  4: "Songs to a Wild God," Mallory Chipman [Tunnel Mountain, 9/2024] (14)
        "Sing Me Home" (6)
        "Old Man River" (2)
  5: "Look Up," Ringo Starr [Lost Highway, 1/2025] (13)
        "Can You Hear Me Call" (3)
        "Breathless" (2)
  5: "Looking for the Thread," Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart [Lambent Light, 1/2025] (13)
        "A Heart That Never Closes" (5)
        "Gradh Geal Mo Chridhe" (3)
        "Rebecca" (2)
  7: "Glimmer," Carol Crittenden [Self, 1/2025] (11)
        "Into The Wind" (4)
        "I Won't Break" (3)
        "Castle" (2)
  8: "Gold in Your Pocket," Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms [Free Dirt, 11/2024] (10)
        "Too Far Gone" (3)
        "He's Gone" (2)
  8: "Hear My Call," Cristina Vane [Blue Tip, 1/2025] (10)
        "Hear My Call" (3)
        "Everything Is Fine" (2)
        "Whims Of Good Men" (2)
  8: "Highway Prayers," Billy Strings [Reprise, 10/2024] (10)
        "Leaning on a Travelin' Song" (3)
        "Escanaba" (2)
 11: "The Band," The Band [Capitol, 1969] (9)
        "The Weight" (2)
 12: "Hydra," Nuala Kennedy & Eamon O'Leary [Under The Arch, 11/2024] (8)
        "As We Rove Out" (2)
        "The Dark-Eyed Sailor" (2)
 12: "Music From Big Pink," The Band [Capitol, 1968] (8)
        "Chest Fever" (5)
        "I Shall Be Released" (2)
 12: "Sleeves Up," Crys Matthews [Self] (8)
        "Sleeves Up" (8)
 12: "Woodland," Gillian Welch & David Rawlings [Acony, 8/2024] (8)
        "Empty Trainload of Sky" (3)
        "North Country" (2)
 16: "Manos Panamericanos," Larry & Joe [SideHustle, 9/2024] (7)
        "Arpa Banjo Merengue" (3)
        "Golpe De Garza" (3)
 16: "Quiet Town," Mindy Smith [Compass, 9/2024] (7)
        "Something to Write In Stone" (2)
        "Jericho" (2)
 16: "Remains to Be Scene," The Seldom Scene [Smithsonian/Folkways, 1/2025] (7)
        "Last Of The Steam Powered Trains" (5)
        "The Last Of The Steam Powered Trains" (2)
 19: "Beacons," Nefesh Mountain [Eden Sky, 1/2025] (6)
        "Man Of Manzanita" (2)
 19: "Bluegrass Sings Paxton," Various Artists [Mountain Home, 9/2024] (6)
        "You Took Me In," Tim O'Brien (3)
        "I Can't Help but Wonder," Della Mae with Tom Paxton (2)
 19: "In the Real World," Eric Bibb [Stony Plain, 10/2024] (6)
        "Walk Steady On" (2)
        "The Real World" (2)
 19: "Polaroid Lovers," Sarah Jarosz [Rounder, 2/2024] (6)
        "Just Like Paradise" (2)
        "Runaway Train" (2)
 19: "The Silence of the Stars," Linda Marks [Self, 1/2025] (6)
        "Be The Change" (2)
 19: "Things Done Changed," Jerron Paxton [Smithsonian/Folkways, 10/2024] (6)
        "What's Gonna Become of Me" (2)
        "Mississippi Bottom" (2)
 19: "Tigers Blood," Waxahatchee [Anti-, 4/2024] (6)
        "Right Back to It" (5)
 19: "Union Station," Collide [Self, 8/2024] (6)
        "Union Station" (2)
        "October Sky" (2)
 19: "Up From the Mud," Diane Coll [Happy Fish, 1/2025] (6)
        "Devil's Got Nothing" (2)
 28: "Burden of Hope," Peter Campbell [Self, 1/2025] (5)
        "Same Science" (5)
 28: "Deep Feeler," Liv Greene [Free Dirt, 6/2024] (5)
        "Wild Geese" (3)
 28: "Earl Jam," Tony Trischka [Down The Road, 6/2024] (5)
        "Cripple Creek" (2)
        "Brown's Ferry Blues" (2)
 28: "Foxes in the Snow," Jason Isbell [Thirty Tigers, 1/2025] (5)
        "Bury Me" (5)
 28: "Héritage," Songhoy Blues [Buck, 1/2025] (5)
        "Batto" (2)
 28: "If the Sky Fell," Michael Henchman [Pulse Nine, 1/2025] (5)
        "Hand of Desolation" (2)
 28: "Ride in the Light," Cindy Kallet [Sleepy Creek, 12/2024] (5)
        "The Poet" (2)
 28: "Turning Over Stones," Bett Padgett [Ceilidhe's, 2021] (5)
        "When Winter Comes to Call" (5)
 28: "Wildfire," House of Hamill [Self, 7/2024] (5)
        "The Highwayman" (2)

TOP SONGS of January 2025, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2717 plays from 101 playlists from 79 Folk DJs

1. "Sleeves Up" (8)
     from "Sleeves Up" (Crys Matthews)
2. "Last Of The Steam Powered Trains" (7)
     from "Remains to Be Scene" (The Seldom Scene)
3. "Chest Fever" (6)
     from "Music From Big Pink" (The Band)
3. "Field Of Stars" (6)
     from "Field of Stars" (John McCutcheon)
3. "A Heart That Never Closes" (6)
     from "Looking for the Thread" (Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart)
3. "Ms St. Louis" (6)
     from "Field of Stars" (John McCutcheon)
3. "Sing Me Home" (6)
     from "Songs to a Wild God" (Mallory Chipman)
8. "Bury Me" (5)
     from "Foxes in the Snow" (Jason Isbell)
8. "Right Back to It" (5)
     from "Tigers Blood" (Waxahatchee)
8. "Same Science" (5)
     from "Burden of Hope" (Peter Campbell)
8. "Stars Without a Heaven" (5)
     from "The Wind Will Change Again" (The Twangtown Paramours)
8. "When Winter Comes to Call" (5)
     from "Turning Over Stones" (Bett Padgett)
13. "The Bigger Picture" (4)
     from "Reclamation" (Crys Matthews)
13. "Broken Truth" (4)
     from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
13. "Cancel Culture" (4)
     from "Reclamation" (Crys Matthews)

TOP ARTISTS of January 2025, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2717 plays from 101 playlists from 79 Folk DJs

1. John McCutcheon (43)
        "Field of Stars" (38)
2. Crys Matthews (42)
        "Reclamation" (30)
        "Sleeves Up" (8)
3. The Band (31)
        "The Band" (9)
        "Music From Big Pink" (8)
3. The Twangtown Paramours (31)
        "The Wind Will Change Again" (31)
5. Bob Dylan (21)
        "Bob Dylan" (3)
        "The Times They Are A-Changin'" (3)
6. Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart (19)
        "Looking for the Thread" (13)
6. Peter, Paul & Mary (19)
        "Peter, Paul And Mary" (3)
8. Mallory Chipman (14)
        "Songs to a Wild God" (14)
9. Billy Strings (11)
        "Highway Prayers" (10)
9. Carol Crittenden (11)
        "Glimmer" (11)
11. Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms (10)
        "Gold in Your Pocket" (10)
11. Cristina Vane (10)
        "Hear My Call" (10)
13. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings (9)
        "Woodland" (8)
13. Ringo Starr (9)
        "Look Up" (9)
15. Eric Bibb (8)
        "In the Real World" (6)
15. Phil Ochs (8)
        "Farewells And Fantasies" (4)
15. The Seldom Scene (8)
        "Remains to Be Scene" (6)
18. Larry & Joe (7)
        "Manos Panamericanos" (7)
18. Mindy Smith (7)
        "Quiet Town" (7)
18. Nefesh Mountain (7)
        "Beacons" (6)
18. Peter Yarrow (7)
        "Peter" (3)
18. Sarah Jarosz (7)
        "Polaroid Lovers" (6)
18. Simon & Garfunkel (7)
        "The Concert in Central Park" (2)

TOP LABELS of January 2025, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2717 plays from 101 playlists from 79 Folk DJs

1. Columbia (56)
2. Smithsonian/Folkways (44)
3. Rounder (37)
4. Compass (35)
5. Appalseed (29)
5. Signature Sounds (29)
7. Inside Edge (26)
7. Warner (26)
9. Capitol (24)
10. Free Dirt (23)
11. Red House (16)
11. Thirty Tigers (16)
13. Lambent Light (13)
13. Legacy (13)
13. Reprise (13)
16. Tunnel Mountain (12)
17. Elektra (11)
18. Acony (10)
18. Appleseed (10)
18. Mountain Home (10)

FOLK DJs - January 2025, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2717 plays from 101 playlists from 79 Folk DJs

Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
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 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)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Maher (mixcloud.com, WA)
Daryana Antipova (WFHB-FM, IN)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM & mixcloud.com, GA)
David John (KAXE/KBXE-FM, MN)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Denis McGilvray (KPBX-FM, OK)
Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM, OR)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Gordon Nash (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Graham Dean & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Helen Leicht (folkmusicnotebook.com, PA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-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 Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-FM, NY)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kelly Walker (WTSU-FM & podcast, AL)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
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)
Mary Anne Moorman (KBCS-FM, WA)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Michael S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
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 Hefti (KUBU-LP, CA)
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)
Robert Resnik (Vermont Public Radio)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Sonny Ochs (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Steven Morrison (KBOO-FM, OR)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Sue Kessell (WNUR-FM, IL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WHUS-FM & WWUH-FM, CT)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Terry B. Moses & Naomi Soule (KCLC-FM, MO)
Tim Forsman (WMHB-FM, ME)
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)