Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
February 2025, Week 2

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of February 2025, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2358 plays from 84 playlists from 65 Folk DJs

  1: "Alice Howe & Freebo Live," Alice Howe & Freebo [Know Howe, 2/2025] (23)
        "Somebody's New Lover Now" (5)
        "A Case of You" (4)
        "Twilight" (3)
  2: "Field of Stars," John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 1/2025] (20)
        "Field Of Stars" (4)
        "At The End Of The Day" (3)
        "Blessing" (3)
        "Peter Norman" (3)
  3: "Beneath Your Skin," Kim Beggs [Self, 9/2024] (14)
        "Beneath Your Skin" (3)
        "Bury Me Inside Your Heart" (3)
        "Ragged In the Frozen Mist" (2)
        "You Been Down My Road" (2)
  3: "Looking for the Thread," Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart [Lambent Light, 1/2025] (14)
        "A Heart That Never Closes" (3)
        "Send Love" (3)
        "Gradh Geal Mo Chridhe" (2)
        "Silver In The Blue" (2)
        "You Know Where You Are" (2)
  3: "The Wind Will Change Again," The Twangtown Paramours [Inside Edge, 1/2025] (14)
        "Old Friends" (4)
        "Before She Found a Way" (2)
        "The Wind Will Change Again" (2)
  6: "Reclamation," Crys Matthews [Self, 10/2024] (13)
        "The Difference Between" (2)
        "I Want it All" (2)
        "The Good Stuff" (2)
  6: "We Were Wood," Barry Oreck & Friends [Self, 2/2025] (13)
        "The Norris Dam" (2)
        "We Were Wood" (2)
        "Build Me a City" (2)
        "Just Enough Pain" (2)
        "Snake Bones" (2)
  8: "Glimmer," Carol Crittenden [Self, 1/2025] (10)
        "Rise" (3)
        "Wakened" (3)
  9: "Look Up," Ringo Starr [Lost Highway, 1/2025] (8)
        "Can You Hear Me Call" (2)
        "Never Let Me Go" (2)
  9: "Remains to Be Scene," The Seldom Scene [Smithsonian/Folkways, 2/2025] (8)
        "Farewell Angelina" (5)
        "Last of the Steam Powered Trains" (2)
  9: "Songs to a Wild God," Mallory Chipman [Tunnel Mountain, 9/2024] (8)
        "Old Man River" (4)
 12: "Songs Of Our Native Daughters," Our Native Daughters [Smithsonian/Folkways, 2020] (7/12)
        "Polly Ann's Hammer" (3)
        "Black Myself" (2)
 12: "Arcadia," Alison Krauss & Union Station [Down The Road, 2/2025] (7)
        "Looks Like The End Of The Road" (6)
 12: "Beacons," Nefesh Mountain [Eden Sky, 2/2025] (7)
        "Heaven Is Here" (1)
 12: "Trail of Flowers," Sierra Ferrell [Rounder, 4/2024] (7)
        "American Dreaming" (3)
        "Lighthouse" (2)
 12: "Woodland," Gillian Welch & David Rawlings [Acony, 8/2024] (7)
        "Here Stands a Woman" (2)
        "The Bells and the Birds" (2)
 17: "Exploding Star," Heather Maloney [Signature Sounds, 2/2025] (6)
        "Exploding Star" (3)
        "Labyrinth in the Weeds" (2)
 17: "Gold in Your Pocket," Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms [Free Dirt, 11/2024] (6)
        "Gold In Your Pocket" (2)
 17: "If the Sky Fell," Michael Henchman [Pulse Nine, 1/2025] (6)
        "Blue House Dreaming" (2)
 20: "Sparrow," Jeff Talmadge [Berkalin, 2/2024] (5/7)
        "The Sound of Falling Snow" (2)
 20: "Be Real," Chatham Rabbits [Self, 2/2025] (5)
        "Big Fish, Small Pond" (2)
 20: "Dark Moon," Holly Cole [Rumpus Room, 1/2025] (5)
        "Moon River" (2)
 20: "Life Is a Wonder," Kevin Whalen [Self, 2/2025] (5)
        "Bagel Boogie" (3)
 20: "Ride in the Light," Cindy Kallet [Sleepy Creek, 12/2024] (5)
        "Letter To America" (2)
        "Both Sides Now" (2)
 20: "Union Station," Collide [Self, 8/2024] (5)
        "Constellation" (2)
 20: "Up From the Mud," Diane Coll [Happy Fish, 1/2025] (5)
        "Night Sky Speaks" (1)
 27: "Ballads Long And Short," John Roberts And Debra Cowan [Golden Hind, 2015] (4)
        "Anderson's Coast" (1)
 27: "Edge Of America," Crowes Pasture [crowespastureduo.com, 2017] (4)
        "Catch the Wind" (4)
 27: "Freedom Highway," Rhiannon Giddens [Nonesuch, 2017] (4)
        "At the Purchaser's Option" (1)
 27: "Girl Dinner," Big Richard [Self] (4)
        "Deal Me In" (1)
 27: "Kings And Queens Of Mayhem," Heather Hurlock [Two Crows and a Dream] (4)
        "Winter Birds" (4)
 27: "Paradise Lost & Found," Anne Hills & Michael Smith [Redwing] (4)
        "Paradise Lost & Found" (2)
 27: "Red Bandana," Laura Orshaw [Dark Shadow] (4)
        "Red Bandana" (4)
 27: "Sea Fever," John Roberts [Golden Hind, 2007] (4)
        "Let the Bulgine Run/Sally in the Garden/Hog-Eye Man" (1)
 27: "Thirteen," Colin O'Brien [Solo Guitar, 11/2024] (4)
        "Deadbolt" (2)
 27: "Winter," Lynn Miles [Park, 2015] (4)
        "The Coldest Night in the History of the World" (1)
 27: "Mileage," Ruthie Foster [Blue Corn] (4)
        "That's All Right" (2)

TOP SONGS of February 2025, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2358 plays from 84 playlists from 65 Folk DJs

1. "Looks Like The End Of The Road" (6)
     from "Arcadia" (Alison Krauss & Union Station)
2. "Farewell Angelina" (5)
     from "Remains to Be Scene" (The Seldom Scene)
2. "Somebody's New Lover Now" (5)
     from "Alice Howe & Freebo Live" (Alice Howe & Freebo)
4. "Bend, Don't Break" (4)
     from "Bend, Don't Break - single" (Rick Faris)
4. "A Case of You" (4)
     from "Alice Howe & Freebo Live" (Alice Howe & Freebo)
4. "Catch The Wind" (4)
     from "Edge Of America" (Crowes Pasture)
4. "Field Of Stars" (4)
     from "Field of Stars" (John McCutcheon)
4. "Old Friends" (4)
     from "The Wind Will Change Again" (The Twangtown Paramours)
4. "Old Man River" (4)
     from "Songs to a Wild God" (Mallory Chipman)
4. "Red Bandana" (4)
     from "Red Bandana" (Laura Orshaw)
4. "Winter Birds" (4)
     from "Kings And Queens of Mayhem" (Heather Hurlock)
12. "American Dreaming" (3)
     from "Trail of Flowers" (Sierra Ferrell)
12. "At The End Of The Day" (3)
     from "Field of Stars" (John McCutcheon)
12. "Bagel Boogie" (3)
     from "Life Is a Wonder" (Kevin Whalen)

TOP ARTISTS of February 2025, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2358 plays from 84 playlists from 65 Folk DJs

1. Alice Howe & Freebo (23)
        "Alice Howe & Freebo Live" (23)
2. John McCutcheon (21)
        "Field of Stars" (20)
3. Crys Matthews (16)
        "Reclamation" (13)
4. Kim Beggs (14)
        "Beneath Your Skin" (14)
4. Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart (14)
        "Looking for the Thread" (13)
4. The Twangtown Paramours (14)
        "The Wind Will Change Again" (14)
7. Barry Oreck & Friends (11)
        "We Were Wood" (11)
8. Carol Crittenden (10)
        "Glimmer" (10)
9. Alison Krauss & Union Station (9)
        "Arcadia" (6)
10. John Roberts & Tony Barrand (8)
        "Live at Holsteins" (2)
10. Mallory Chipman (8)
        "Songs to a Wild God" (8)
10. Marianne Faithfull (8)
        "Broken English" (3)
10. Ruthie Foster (8)
        "Mileage" (4)
10. The Seldom Scene (8)
        "Remains to Be Scene" (8)
15. Our Native Daughters (7/14)
        "Songs Of Our Native Daughters" (12)
15. Tom Rush (7/11)
        "Gardens Old, Flowers New" (3)
15. Bob Dylan (7)
        "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" (2)
15. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings (7)
        "Woodland" (7)
15. John Roberts (7)
        "Sea Fever" (4)
15. Michael Henchman (7)
        "If the Sky Fell" (6)
15. Nefesh Mountain (7)
        "Beacons" (7)
15. Ringo Starr (7)
        "Look Up" (7)
15. Sierra Ferrell (7)
        "Trail of Flowers" (7)

TOP LABELS of February 2025, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2358 plays from 84 playlists from 65 Folk DJs

1. Smithsonian/Folkways (71)
2. Rounder (41)
3. Columbia (24)
4. Rhino (21)
5. Know Howe (20)
6. Signature Sounds (19)
7. Compass (16)
7. Legacy (16)
9. Red House (15)
10. New West (14)
11. Warner (13/20)
11. Capitol (13/16)
11. Appalseed (13)
11. Sugar Hill (13)
15. Berkalin (12)
16. Appleseed (11)
16. Lambent Light (11)
18. Free Dirt (10)
18. Inside Edge (10)
18. Oh Boy (10)

FOLK DJs - February 2025, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2358 plays from 84 playlists from 65 Folk DJs

Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
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 Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
Brad Edmondson (WVBR-FM, NY)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Bruce Swan (WSFM-LP, NC)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Daryana Antipova (WFHB-FM, IN)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM, OR)
Ellen Stanley (KFAI-FM & PRX, MN)
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)
Jeremy Butler (Alabama Public Radio)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
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)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, WA)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM & mixcloud.com, OR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR/WGDH-FM, VT)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Michael Park (mixcloud.com & PRX, NY)
Michael S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers & folktunefinder.com, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Hefti (KUBU-LP, CA)
Paul Porzio (Cox Cable, VA)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NJ)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Terry B. Moses & Naomi Soule (KCLC-FM, MO)
Tom Coxworth (CKUA-FM, AB)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM & mixcloud.com, NY)
Wayne Greene (KEOS-FM, TX)