Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
March 2025, Week 4

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of March 2025, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2255 plays from 81 playlists from 69 Folk DJs

  1: "Maybe New Mexico," Helene Cronin [Self, 3/2025] (25)
        "Maybe New Mexico" (6)
        "Power Lines" (4)
  2: "All I Got & Gone," Chris Walz [Self, 3/2025] (18)
        "Hard Times Come Again No More" (4)
        "Delia" (3)
        "Blue Ridge Mountain Blues" (3)
  2: "The Lucy Story - Unreleased & Rare Tracks," Lucy Kaplansky [Lucyricky, 1/2025] (18)
        "God Will" (3)
  4: "Foxes in the Snow," Jason Isbell [Thirty Tigers, 3/2025] (17)
        "Wind Behind The Rain" (5)
        "Ride to Robert's" (4)
        "Gravelweed" (3)
  5: "Remains to Be Scene," The Seldom Scene [Smithsonian/Folkways, 3/2025] (15)
        "Man at the Crossroads" (3)
        "Farewell, Angelina" (2)
        "Walking Down The Line" (2)
        "White Line" (2)
        "Hard Travelin'" (2)
  6: "A Tip Toe High Wire," Sierra Hull [Self, 3/2025] (14)
        "Come Out Of My Blues" (5)
        "Haven Hill" (2)
        "Let's Go" (2)
        "Muddy Water" (2)
        "Truth to be Told" (2)
  7: "Alice Howe & Freebo Live," Alice Howe & Freebo [Know Howe, 2/2025] (13)
        "Angel From Montgomery" (3)
        "Somebody's New Lover Now" (3)
        "She's My Personal GPS" (2)
  8: "Spirits," The Devil Makes Three [New West, 3/2025] (12)
        "Hard Times" (3)
        "I Love Doing Drugs" (2)
  9: "So Much I Still Don't See," Sam Robbins [Nine Athens, 3/2025] (11)
        "I Will" (3)
        "So Much I Still Don't See" (2)
        "Piles of Sand" (2)
 10: "Face the Day," Will Branch [Self, 3/2025] (10)
        "The Building On Fire" (4)
        "Don't Lose Heart" (3)
        "Watchin' My Back Blues" (2)
 10: "Field of Stars," John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 1/2025] (10)
        "Redneck" (2)
 10: "I Made It This Far," Deborah Holland [Rage On, 3/2025] (10)
        "Thankful" (3)
        "Circling the Drain" (2)
        "A Long Time Ago" (2)
        "Everybody's Drinking but Me" (2)
 13: "Daggomit!," Max Wareham [Nine Athens, 3/2025] (9)
        "Drifting Too Far From the Shore" (2)
 13: "Looking for the Thread," Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart [Lambent Light, 1/2025] (9)
        "A Heart That Never Closes" (2)
        "Gràdh Geal Mo Chridhe" (2)
        "Looking For The Thread" (2)
 13: "Reclamation," Crys Matthews [Self, 10/2024] (9)
        "Some Roads" (3)
        "Oklahoma Sunset" (2)
 16: "Arcadia," Alison Krauss & Union Station [Down The Road, 3/2025] (8)
        "Richmond on the James" (4)
        "Granite Mills" (2)
 16: "Dear Meadowlark," The Wildwoods [Self, 3/2025] (8)
        "Hideaway" (3)
 16: "Some Kind of Truth," Kora Feder [Self, 3/2025] (8)
        "Rambling Man" (2)
        "Elementary Queen" (2)
 19: "Beneath Your Skin," Kim Beggs [Self, 9/2024] (7)
        "Ain't It Hard, Ain't It Hard" (2)
 19: "Be Real," Chatham Rabbits [Self, 2/2025] (7)
        "Facing 29" (2)
        "Matador" (2)
 19: "Dark Country," Gary Louris [Thirty Tigers, 3/2025] (7)
        "Couldn't Live a Day Without You" (2)
        "Dead Porcupine" (2)
 22: "The Monkey in the Crown," Hudost [Open Sesame, 3/2025] (6)
        "Shine On" (2)
        "Sol Searcher" (2)
 22: "Red Camel Collective," Red Camel Collective [Pinecastle, 3/2025] (6)
        "Dare To Dream" (2)
        "Leavin' You and Mobile Too" (2)
 22: "The Wind Will Change Again," The Twangtown Paramours [Inside Edge, 1/2025] (6)
        "Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown" (2)
        "Coupons & Cowboys" (2)
 25: "The Boy From Bluegrass," The Boy From Bluegrass [Self, 3/2025] (5)
        "I Can't Hear A Sound" (1)
 25: "Doing Things Right," Jim Kweskin [Jalopy, 3/2025] (5)
        "Four or Five Times" (2)
        "Right Or Wrong" (2)
 25: "Leave You Behind," Echo Valley [Bell Buckle, 3/2025] (5)
        "Lies" (3)
        "I Have Decided" (2)
 25: "Life Is Just A Vapor," Paul Thorn [Perpetual Obscurity] (5)
        "Life Is Just A Vopor" (2)
 25: "Look Up," Ringo Starr [Lost Highway, 1/2025] (5)
        "Can You Hear Me Call" (1)
 25: "Lonesome Drifter," Charley Crockett [Island, 3/2025] (5)
        "Jamestown Ferry" (2)
        "Under Neon Lights" (2)
 25: "Song for Juli," Jesse Colin Young [Self] (5)
        "Ridgetop" (2)
 25: "The Youngbloods," The Youngbloods [RCA] (5)
        "Get Together" (4)

TOP SONGS of March 2025, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2255 plays from 81 playlists from 69 Folk DJs

1. "Maybe New Mexico" (6)
     from "Maybe New Mexico" (Helene Cronin)
2. "Come Out Of My Blues" (5)
     from "A Tip Toe High Wire" (Sierra Hull)
2. "Peep of Day" (5)
     from "Peep of Day - single" (The Lonesome Ace Stringband)
2. "Richmond On The James" (5)
     from "Arcadia" (Alison Krauss & Union Station)
2. "Wind Behind The Rain" (5)
     from "Foxes in the Snow" (Jason Isbell)
6. "The Building On Fire" (4)
     from "Face the Day" (Will Branch)
6. "Get Together" (4)
     from "The Youngbloods" (The Youngbloods)
6. "Hard Times Come Again No More" (4)
     from "All I Got & Gone" (Chris Walz)
6. "Power Lines" (4)
     from "Maybe New Mexico" (Helene Cronin)
6. "Ride to Robert's" (4)
     from "Foxes in the Snow" (Jason Isbell)
6. "Southbound" (4)
     from "Southbound" (Jim Hurst)
12. "Four in the Morning" (3)
     from "The Soul of a City Boy" (Jesse Colin Young)
12. "Angel From Montgomery" (3)
     from "Alice Howe & Freebo Live" (Alice Howe & Freebo)
12. "Been All Around This World" (3)
     from "Been All Around This World" (Special Consensus)

TOP ARTISTS of March 2025, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2255 plays from 81 playlists from 69 Folk DJs

1. Helene Cronin (26)
        "Maybe New Mexico" (25)
2. Jesse Colin Young (22)
        "Song for Juli" (5)
        "The Soul of a City Boy" (4)
        "Light Shine" (3)
3. Lucy Kaplansky (19)
        "The Lucy Story - Unreleased & Rare Tracks" (16)
4. Chris Walz (18)
        "All I Got & Gone" (18)
4. Jason Isbell (18)
        "Foxes in the Snow" (17)
6. The Seldom Scene (17)
        "Remains to Be Scene" (15)
7. Sierra Hull (14)
        "A Tip Toe High Wire" (14)
8. Alice Howe & Freebo (13)
        "Alice Howe & Freebo Live" (13)
8. John McCutcheon (13)
        "Field of Stars" (10)
8. The Youngbloods (13)
        "The Youngbloods" (5)
11. The Devil Makes Three (12)
        "Spirits" (12)
12. Sam Robbins (11)
        "So Much I Still Don't See" (11)
13. Alison Krauss & Union Station (10)
        "Arcadia" (7)
13. Deborah Holland (10)
        "I Made It This Far" (10)
13. Joan Baez (10)
        "Gone From Danger" (2)
13. Will Branch (10)
        "Face the Day" (10)
13. Crys Matthews (10)
        "Reclamation" (9)
18. Chuck Brodsky (9)
        "The Baseball Ballads" (2)
18. Kora Feder (9)
        "Some Kind of Truth" (8)
18. Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart (9)
        "Looking for the Thread" (9)
18. Max Wareham (9)
        "Daggomit!" (9)
22. Bob Dylan (8)
        "Biograph" (1)
22. Kim Beggs (8)
        "Beneath Your Skin" (7)
22. The Wildwoods (8)
        "Dear Meadowlark" (8)
22. Judy Collins (8)
        "Fifth Album" (1)
26. Chatham Rabbits (7)
        "Be Real" (7)
26. Gary Louris (7)
        "Dark Country" (7)

TOP LABELS of March 2025, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2255 plays from 81 playlists from 69 Folk DJs

1. Smithsonian/Folkways (34)
2. Thirty Tigers (32)
3. Red House (26)
4. Rounder (24)
5. Signature Sounds (21)
6. New West (18)
6. Nine Athens (18)
8. Compass (17)
9. Lucyricky (14)
10. Columbia (13)
11. Warner (12)
12. Appalseed (11)
12. Pinecastle (11)
14. Philo (10)
14. Sugar Hill (10)
16. Free Dirt (9)
16. Rhino (9)
18. Down The Road (8)
18. Nonesuch (8)
18. Rage On (8)
18. Yep Roc (8)

FOLK DJs - March 2025, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2255 plays from 81 playlists from 69 Folk DJs

Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
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 Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
Brad Edmondson (WVBR-FM, NY)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
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)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
David Sears (WBGU-FM, OH)
Denis McGilvray (KPBX-FM, OK)
Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM, OR)
Ed Mellnick (KBOO-FM, OR)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Gordon Nash (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Helen Leicht (folkmusicnotebook.com, PA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
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)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-FM, NY)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Ken Batista (WRCT-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, AR)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR/WGDH-FM, VT)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee and Radio Kol Rishonim & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel March 22nd)
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)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Pete Thomas (WAER-FM, NY)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Robert Resnik (Vermont Public Radio)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Sonny Ochs (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Steven Morrison (KBOO-FM, OR)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WHUS-FM, CT)
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)