Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
February 2025, Week 1

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of February 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2417 plays from 88 playlists from 74 Folk DJs

  1: "Reclamation," Crys Matthews [Self, 10/2024] (36)
        "Oklahoma Sunset" (6)
        "Like Jesus Would" (5)
        "Waking Up the Dead" (5)
  2: "Field of Stars," John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 1/2025] (25)
        "Field of Stars" (4)
        "Ms. St. Louis" (4)
  3: "Alice Howe & Freebo Live," Alice Howe & Freebo [Know Howe, 2/2025] (18)
        "Twilight" (5)
        "Angel From Montgomery" (4)
        "Travelin' South" (3)
  4: "Look Up," Ringo Starr [Lost Highway, 1/2025] (16)
        "Time On My Hands" (3)
        "Look Up" (3)
        "Can You Hear Me Call" (2)
  5: "The Wind Will Change Again," The Twangtown Paramours [Inside Edge, 1/2025] (15)
        "The Goodwill Store" (4)
        "That Thing You Do" (3)
        "Stars Without a Heaven" (2)
  6: "Beneath Your Skin," Kim Beggs [Self, 9/2024] (14)
        "Beneath Your Skin" (3)
        "Mostly I Am Making Friends" (2)
        "Bury Me Inside Your Heart" (2)
        "Ragged In The Frozen Mist" (2)
        "You Been Down My Road" (2)
  6: "Looking for the Thread," Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart [Lambent Light, 1/2025] (14)
        "Rebecca" (3)
        "A Heart That Never Closes" (3)
        "Looking For The Thread" (2)
        "Silver In The Blue" (2)
        "Satellite" (2)
  8: "Glimmer," Carol Crittenden [Self, 1/2025] (9)
        "Rise" (3)
        "One Small Step" (2)
  8: "Manos Panamericanos," Larry & Joe [SideHustle, 9/2024] (9)
        "Move on and Let Live" (2)
        "Arpa Banjo Merengue" (2)
        "La Partida" (2)
 10: "Union Station," Collide [Self, 8/2024] (8)
        "Union Station" (3)
        "Where The Time Goes" (2)
        "Constellation" (2)
 11: "On Solid Ground," Reggie Harris [Self, 2021] (7/8)
        "Sing Out, March On... Ain't Gonna Let Nobody" (2)
 12: "Gold in Your Pocket," Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms [Free Dirt, 11/2024] (6)
        "Faraway Skies" (3)
 12: "Now, O Now," Rakish [Self, 9/2024] (6)
        "Island in the Sea" (1)
 12: "Things Done Changed," Jerron Paxton [Smithsonian/Folkways, 10/2024] (6)
        "Brown Bear Blues" (1)
 15: "The Legend of Sugarbelly," Guy Davis [MC, 8/2024] (5/6)
        "Don't Know Where I'm Bound" (2)
        "Early In The Morning" (2)
        "Firefly" (2)
 15: "The American Dream," Amy Speace [Windbone, 9/2024] (5)
        "The American Dream" (2)
 15: "Arcadia," Alison Krauss & Union Station [Down The Road, 2/2025] (5)
        "Looks Like the End of the Road" (3)
        "Strong" (2)
 15: "Hear My Call," Cristina Vane [Blue Tip, 2/2025] (5)
        "Little Girl From Nowhere" (2)
 15: "Highway Prayers," Billy Strings [Reprise, 10/2024] (5)
        "Cabin Song" (2)
 15: "Into the Wild," Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway [Nonesuch, 7/2024] (5)
        "Into the Wild" (2)
 15: "Life Is a Wonder," Kevin Whalen [Self, 2/2025] (5)
        "Life is a Wonder" (2)
        "NOW" (2)
 15: "Poet of Motel 6," Kinky Friedman [Hardcharger, 12/2024] (5)
        "See You Down the Highway" (5)
 15: "Remains to Be Scene," The Seldom Scene [Smithsonian/Folkways, 2/2025] (5)
        "Last of the Steam-Powered Trains" (3)
 15: "Songs to a Wild God," Mallory Chipman [Tunnel Mountain, 9/2024] (5)
        "Sing Me Home" (3)
 15: "Waiting for Inspiration," Socks in the Frying Pan [Self, 11/2024] (5)
        "Shoot the Arrow" (2)
 26: "A Complete Unknown," Monica Barbaro [Self] (4)
        "When the Ship Comes In" (1)
 26: "Don't Play Guitar Boy," Geoff Achison [Self] (4)
        "Kissing Angels" (1)
 26: "Exploding Star," Heather Maloney [Signature Sounds, 2/2025] (4)
        "Exploding Star" (3)
 26: "Gord's Gold," Gordon Lightfoot [Reprise, 1975] (4)
        "Early Morning Rain" (1)
 26: "Jubilee," Becky Buller [Dark Shadow, 5/2024] (4)
        "Woman" (1)
 26: "Kings And Queens Of Mayhem," Heather Hurlock [Charterhouse] (4)
        "Winter Birds" (4)
 26: "Nashville Road," Tomislav Goluban & Crooked Eye Tommy [Overton] (4)
        "Up Is Down" (2)
 26: "A Present from The Gentlemen," John Roberts & Tony Barrand [Golden Hind] (4)
        "A Smuggler's Song" (2)
 26: "Ride in the Light," Cindy Kallet [Sleepy Creek, 12/2024] (4)
        "Pick Me" (1)
 26: "Woodland," Gillian Welch & David Rawlings [Acony, 8/2024] (4)
        "The Bells and the Birds" (1)
 26: "Woodbird," Jenny Burtis [Ploodepesh, 10/2024] (4)
        "Kansas City 64" (1)

TOP SONGS of February 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2417 plays from 88 playlists from 74 Folk DJs

1. "Oklahoma Sunset" (6)
     from "Reclamation" (Crys Matthews)
2. "Like Jesus Would" (5)
     from "Reclamation" (Crys Matthews)
2. "See You Down the Highway" (5)
     from "Poet of Motel 6" (Kinky Friedman)
2. "Twilight" (5)
     from "Alice Howe & Freebo Live" (Alice Howe & Freebo)
2. "Waking Up the Dead" (5)
     from "Reclamation" (Crys Matthews)
6. "Angel From Montgomery" (4)
     from "Alice Howe & Freebo Live" (Alice Howe & Freebo)
6. "Cancel Culture" (4)
     from "Reclamation" (Crys Matthews)
6. "The Difference Between" (4)
     from "Reclamation" (Crys Matthews)
6. "Field of Stars" (4)
     from "Field of Stars" (John McCutcheon)
6. "The Goodwill Store" (4)
     from "The Wind Will Change Again" (The Twangtown Paramours)
6. "Last of the Steam-Powered Trains" (4)
     from "Remains to Be Scene" (The Seldom Scene)
6. "Ms. St. Louis" (4)
     from "Field of Stars" (John McCutcheon)
6. "Rebecca" (4)
     from "Looking for the Thread" (Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart)

TOP ARTISTS of February 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2417 plays from 88 playlists from 74 Folk DJs

1. Crys Matthews (39)
        "Reclamation" (36)
2. John McCutcheon (31)
        "Field of Stars" (25)
        "Wintersongs" (4)
3. Alice Howe & Freebo (18)
        "Alice Howe & Freebo Live" (18)
4. Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart (17)
        "Looking for the Thread" (14)
5. The Twangtown Paramours (15)
        "The Wind Will Change Again" (15)
6. Kim Beggs (14)
        "Beneath Your Skin" (14)
7. Larry & Joe (11)
        "Manos Panamericanos" (9)
7. Ringo Starr (11)
        "Look Up" (11)
9. Carol Crittenden (9)
        "Glimmer" (9)
9. Guy Davis (9)
        "The Legend of Sugarbelly" (6)
9. John Roberts & Tony Barrand (9)
        "A Present from The Gentlemen" (3)
9. Tim Grimm (9)
        "Bones of Trees" (2)
13. Amy Speace (8)
        "The American Dream" (5)
13. Collide (8)
        "Union Station" (8)
13. Marianne Faithfull (8)
        "Blazing Away" (3)
13. Pete Seeger (8)
        "A Link In The Chain" (2)
17. Reggie Harris (7/8)
        "On Solid Ground" (8)
17. Billy Strings (7)
        "Highway Prayers" (5)
17. Bob Dylan (7)
        "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" (2)
17. The Seldom Scene (7)
        "Remains to Be Scene" (5)
17. Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms (7)
        "Gold in Your Pocket" (6)

TOP LABELS of February 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2417 plays from 88 playlists from 74 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (50)
2. Smithsonian/Folkways (44)
3. Compass (20)
4. Columbia (19)
4. Red House (19)
6. Nonesuch (15)
6. Signature Sounds (15)
8. Appalseed (14)
8. Free Dirt (14)
8. Thirty Tigers (14)
11. Legacy (13)
11. Rhino (13)
13. Lost Highway (12)
14. Inside Edge (11)
14. Know Howe (11)
14. Lambent Light (11)
17. Borealis (10)
17. Philo (10)
17. Reprise (10)
17. Stony Plain (10)
17. Vanguard (10)

FOLK DJs - February 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2417 plays from 88 playlists from 74 Folk DJs

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)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM & podcast, IN)
Chris Denerley (beyondradio.co.uk, UK)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Dan Maher (mixcloud.com, WA)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Daryana Antipova (WFHB-FM, IN)
David Sears (WBGU-FM, OH)
Denis McGilvray (KPBX-FM, OK)
Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Gordon Nash (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Graham Dean & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Helen Leicht (folkmusicnotebook.com, PA)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jean Geiger (mixcloud.com, WA)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jeremy Butler (Alabama Public Radio)
Jim Canales (WWSP-FM, WI)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Joe Jencks (folkmusicnotebook.com)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, TX)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-FM, NY)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kelly Walker (WTSU-FM & podcast, AL)
Ken Batista (WRCT-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, AR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR/WGDH-FM, VT)
Mark Pedersen (WOJB-FM, WI)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Michael Kane (KSCA-FM, MA)
Michael Park (mixcloud.com & PRX, NY)
Michael Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers & creativefolk.com-FM, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Porzio (Cox Cable, VA)
Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-FM, NY)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
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)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WWUH-FM & WHUS-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)