Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
March 2025, Week 3

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of March 2025, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2191 plays from 77 playlists from 63 Folk DJs

  1: "The Lucy Story - Unreleased & Rare Tracks," Lucy Kaplansky [Lucyricky, 1/2025] (27)
        "On An Asteroid With You" (4)
  2: "All I Got & Gone," Chris Walz [Self, 3/2025] (15)
        "Hard Times Come Again No More" (3)
        "Been All Around This World" (3)
        "Blue Ridge Mountain Blues" (2)
        "Spanish Fandango" (2)
  2: "Foxes in the Snow," Jason Isbell [Thirty Tigers, 3/2025] (15)
        "Bury Me" (5)
        "Wind Behind The Rain" (4)
        "Eileen" (3)
        "Foxes in the Snow" (2)
  4: "Maybe New Mexico," Helene Cronin [Self, 3/2025] (14)
        "Copperhill" (3)
        "Maybe New Mexico" (3)
        "God Stopped By" (2)
        "Maker's Mark" (2)
  5: "Remains to Be Scene," The Seldom Scene [Smithsonian/Folkways, 3/2025] (13)
        "Man at the Crossroads" (6)
        "Walking Down The Line" (2)
  6: "Alice Howe & Freebo Live," Alice Howe & Freebo [Know Howe, 2/2025] (12)
        "Twilight" (3)
        "You've Been Away So Long" (2)
        "With You By My Side" (2)
  6: "Burnished," Amelia Hogan [Self, 3/2025] (12)
        "Home By Bearna" (7)
  8: "A Tip Toe High Wire," Sierra Hull [Self, 3/2025] (10)
        "Come Out of My Blues" (3)
        "E Tune" (2)
        "Come Out of My Blues feat. Tim O'Brien" (2)
  8: "Which Side Are You On?," Artists for Action [Jensen Music International, 3/2025] (10)
        "Which Side Are You On?" (9)
 10: "Daggomit!," Max Wareham [Nine Athens, 3/2025] (9)
        "Walking in Jerusalem" (4)
        "Gone Baby Gone" (2)
 10: "I'm From Here," Rob Siegel [Rural Electrification Mus, 3/2025] (9)
        "Onward Through The Fog" (5)
        "I Dreamed I Said To Sisyphus" (2)
 10: "So Much I Still Don't See," Sam Robbins [Nine Athens, 3/2025] (9)
        "What A Little Love Can Do" (2)
        "Piles Of Sand" (2)
 13: "Arcadia," Alison Krauss & Union Station [Down The Road, 3/2025] (8)
        "Granite Mills" (6)
 13: "I Made It This Far," Deborah Holland [Rage On, 3/2025] (8)
        "Circling The Drain" (3)
        "Everybody's Drinking But Me" (2)
        "Wildfires" (2)
 13: "Looking for the Thread," Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart [Lambent Light, 1/2025] (8)
        "Buidheann Mo Chridhe Clann Ualrig" (2)
 13: "The Monkey in the Crown," Hudost [Open Sesame, 3/2025] (8)
        "Fire of Eden" (2)
        "Age Of Indifference" (2)
        "Take It Back" (2)
 17: "Glimmer," Carol Crittenden [Self, 1/2025] (7)
        "Fields of Athenry" (7)
 17: "To Fly So Low," Leo Disanto [Self, 3/2025] (7)
        "The Dizziest Train" (2)
        "Strange Bird" (2)
 19: "Likely Story," Mad Agnes [Self, 2/2024] (6)
        "Holy Well" (5)
 20: "Things Done Changed," Jerron Paxton [Smithsonian/Folkways, 10/2024] (5/7)
        "Brown Bear Blues" (2)
 20: "The Empathist," Stephen Fearing [Ging, 3/2025] (5/6)
        "The Empathist" (2)
        "Above The Water" (2)
 20: "Nine Apples of Gold," Karan Casey [Crow Valley, 2023] (5)
        "I'm Still Standing" (1)
 20: "Beneath Your Skin," Kim Beggs [Self, 9/2024] (5)
        "Ragged In The Frozen" (1)
 20: "Be Real," Chatham Rabbits [Self, 2/2025] (5)
        "Gas Money" (2)
 20: "The Crossing," Tim O'Brien [Alula, 1999] (5)
        "Talkin' Cavan" (2)
        "Ireland's Green Shore" (2)
 20: "Field of Stars," John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 1/2025] (5)
        "Tikkun Olam" (2)
 20: "Hydra," Nuala Kennedy & Eamon O'Leary [Under The Arch, 11/2024] (5)
        "Two Jigs" (1)
 20: "Wild & Clear & Blue," I'm With Her [Rounder, 3/2025] (5)
        "Ancient Light" (5)
 20: "Winterbirds," Boreal [Self, 11/2024] (5)
        "Warm Hands" (2)
        "Hallelujah" (2)
 20: "When the Light Gets In," Runa [Self, 2/2024] (5)
        "Northwest Passage" (3)

TOP SONGS of March 2025, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2191 plays from 77 playlists from 63 Folk DJs

1. "Which Side Are You On?" (9)
     from "Which Side Are You On?" (Artists for Action)
2. "Home By Bearna" (8)
     from "Burnished" (Amelia Hogan)
3. "Elephant" (7)
     from "Elephant - single" (Annie Gallup)
3. "Fields of Athenry" (7)
     from "Glimmer" (Carol Crittenden)
5. "Granite Mills" (6)
     from "Arcadia" (Alison Krauss & Union Station)
5. "Man at the Crossroads" (6)
     from "Remains to Be Scene" (The Seldom Scene)
7. "Ancient Light" (5)
     from "Wild & Clear & Blue" (I'm With Her)
7. "Bury Me" (5)
     from "Foxes in the Snow" (Jason Isbell)
7. "Come Out of My Blues" (5)
     from "A Tip Toe High Wire" (Sierra Hull)
7. "Holy Well" (5)
     from "Likely Story" (Mad Agnes)
7. "Onward Through The Fog" (5)
     from "I'm From Here" (Rob Siegel)
12. "Nothing Makes Sense Anymore" (4)
     from "Nothing Makes Sense Anymore - single" (Big Little Lions)
12. "On An Asteroid With You" (4)
     from "The Lucy Story - Unreleased & Rare Tracks" (Lucy Kaplansky)
12. "Walking in Jerusalem" (4)
     from "Daggomit!" (Max Wareham)

TOP ARTISTS of March 2025, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2191 plays from 77 playlists from 63 Folk DJs

1. Lucy Kaplansky (27)
        "The Lucy Story - Unreleased & Rare Tracks" (27)
2. Amelia Hogan (17)
        "Burnished" (12)
        "Taking Flight" (4)
3. Chris Walz (15)
        "All I Got & Gone" (15)
3. Jason Isbell (15)
        "Foxes in the Snow" (15)
3. The Seldom Scene (15)
        "Remains to Be Scene" (13)
6. Helene Cronin (14)
        "Maybe New Mexico" (14)
7. Alice Howe & Freebo (12)
        "Alice Howe & Freebo Live" (12)
8. Artists for Action (10)
        "Which Side Are You On?" (10)
8. The Chieftains (10)
        "San Patricio" (3)
8. Sierra Hull (10)
        "A Tip Toe High Wire" (10)
11. Mary Black (9)
        "Duets" (2)
11. Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart (9)
        "Looking for the Thread" (7)
11. Rob Siegel (9)
        "I'm From Here" (9)
11. Runa (9)
        "When the Light Gets In" (4)
11. Sam Robbins (9)
        "So Much I Still Don't See" (9)
16. Alison Krauss & Union Station (8)
        "Arcadia" (7)
16. Bob Dylan (8)
        "Blood On The Tracks" (1)
16. Deborah Holland (8)
        "I Made It This Far" (8)
16. Hudost (8)
        "The Monkey in the Crown" (8)
16. Max Wareham (8)
        "Daggomit!" (8)
21. Annie Gallup (7)
        "Elephant - single" (7)
21. Carol Crittenden (7)
        "Glimmer" (7)
21. Karan Casey (7)
        "Nine Apples of Gold" (5)
21. Leo Disanto (7)
        "To Fly So Low" (7)
21. Maura O'Connell (7)
        "Wandering Home" (2)

TOP LABELS of March 2025, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2191 plays from 77 playlists from 63 Folk DJs

1. Compass (39)
2. Smithsonian/Folkways (34)
3. Columbia (28)
4. Green Linnet (26)
5. Rounder (25)
6. Lucyricky (23/24)
7. Thirty Tigers (18)
8. Shanachie (16)
9. Red House (15)
10. Sugar Hill (14)
11. New West (13)
12. Borealis (12)
12. Nine Athens (12)
14. Putumayo (11)
15. Nonesuch (10)
16. MCA (9/10)
16. Flying Fish (9)
16. Know Howe (9)
16. RCA (9)
16. Signature Sounds (9)

FOLK DJs - March 2025, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2191 plays from 77 playlists from 63 Folk DJs

Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
Art Podell (KPFK-FM, CA)
Art Stevenson (WORT-FM, WI)
Artie Martello (mostlyfolk.org & podcast, NY)
Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Bruce Swan (WSFM-LP, NC)
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)
Dan Maher (mixcloud.com, WA)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM & mixcloud.com, GA)
David John (KAXE/KBXE-FM & KEOS-FM, MN)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
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)
Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ)
Jon Stein (WAMI-FM, NY)
Kai Schafft (WVBR-FM, NY)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Ken Batista (WRCT-FM, PA)
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)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Michael S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers & Radio Hawke's Bay, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
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)
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)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM & mixcloud.com, NY)