Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
March 2025, Week 5

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of March 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2236 plays from 70 playlists from 48 Folk DJs

  1: "A Tip Toe High Wire," Sierra Hull [Self, 3/2025] (17)
        "Come Out Of My Blues" (5)
        "Spitfire" (3)
  2: "Alice Howe & Freebo Live," Alice Howe & Freebo [Know Howe, 2/2025] (16)
        "A Case of You" (3)
        "Something Calls to Me" (2)
        "You've Been Away So Long" (2)
        "Sailin' Shoes" (2)
        "Twilight" (2)
        "Angel from Montgomery" (2)
  2: "The Lucy Story - Unreleased & Rare Tracks," Lucy Kaplansky [Lucyricky, 1/2025] (16)
        "Forget Me Not" (3)
        "God Will" (2)
        "I Know Why the River Runs" (2)
        "It Makes No Difference" (2)
        "Beautiful Boy" (2)
  4: "All I Got & Gone," Chris Walz [Self, 3/2025] (15)
        "Diamond Joe" (4)
        "The Coo Coo" (2)
        "Delia" (2)
  4: "So Much I Still Don't See," Sam Robbins [Nine Athens, 3/2025] (15)
        "Live Them in Love" (3)
        "People Gonna Talk" (3)
        "Piles of Sand" (3)
        "What A Little Love Can Do" (2)
        "So Much I Still Don't See" (2)
  6: "Foxes in the Snow," Jason Isbell [Thirty Tigers, 3/2025] (13)
        "Wind Behind the Rain" (3)
        "Bury Me" (3)
        "Ride to Robert's" (2)
  7: "Maybe New Mexico," Helene Cronin [Self, 3/2025] (12)
        "Maybe New Mexico" (4)
        "Maker's Mark" (2)
        "Rifleman" (2)
        "Switzerland" (2)
  8: "Be Real," Chatham Rabbits [Self, 2/2025] (11)
        "Big Fish, Small Pond" (4)
        "Childhood Friends" (2)
        "Facing 29" (2)
  8: "Bones of Trees," Tim Grimm [Vault, 3/2025] (11)
        "Gettin' Older" (2)
        "Barbed Wire Boys" (2)
        "Broken Truth" (2)
 10: "Arcadia," Alison Krauss & Union Station [Down The Road, 3/2025] (10)
        "Looks Like The End Of The Road" (3)
        "Richmond on the James" (2)
        "The Wrong Way" (2)
 10: "The Wind Will Change Again," The Twangtown Paramours [Inside Edge, 1/2025] (10)
        "Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown" (2)
 12: "Field of Stars," John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 1/2025] (9)
        "Field of Stars" (2)
        "Here" (2)
 12: "Paris," Louise Coombe [Zoe Cat, 3/2025] (9)
        "The Girl Upstairs" (3)
        "The Last Train" (3)
 12: "Remains to Be Scene," The Seldom Scene [Smithsonian/Folkways, 3/2025] (9)
        "Show Me the Way to Go Home" (3)
        "Man At The Crossroads" (2)
 12: "Porcelain Angel," Rees Shad [Shadville, 3/2025] (9)
        "Ain't That the Way" (3)
        "Your Last Straw" (2)
        "Great Big World" (2)
 16: "Burnished," Amelia Hogan [Self, 3/2025] (8)
        "Home By Bearna" (4)
 16: "Reclamation," Crys Matthews [Self, 10/2024] (8)
        "The Difference Between" (2)
        "Red" (2)
 16: "Suzy Sings Siebel, Volume One," Suzy Thompson [Self, 3/2025] (8)
        "Louise" (3)
        "The Ballad of Honest Sam" (2)
 19: "I'm From Here," Rob Siegel [Rural Electrification Mus, 3/2025] (7)
        "Onward Through The Fog" (3)
 19: "Trail of Flowers," Sierra Ferrell [Rounder, 4/2024] (7)
        "American Dreaming" (3)
        "Fox Hunt" (2)
 21: "Exploding Star," Heather Maloney [Signature Sounds, 2/2025] (6)
        "Exploding Star" (2)
 21: "Looking for the Thread," Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart [Lambent Light, 1/2025] (6)
        "A Heart That Never Closes" (3)
 23: "Silver City," Amy Helm [Self] (5/7)
        "Alameda" (2)
        "Hwy 81" (2)
 23: "The American Dream," Amy Speace [Windbone, 9/2024] (5/6)
        "Amy Speace" (1)
 23: "The Boy From Bluegrass," Casey Connors [Self] (5)
        "Mozey Mountain Mandolin" (2)
 23: "Dear Meadowlark," The Wildwoods [Self, 3/2025] (5)
        "Sweet Niobrara" (3)
 23: "Highway Prayers," Billy Strings [Reprise, 10/2024] (5)
        "My Alice" (1)
 23: "Some Kind of Truth," Kora Feder [Self, 3/2025] (5)
        "Elementary Queen" (3)
 23: "Woodland," Gillian Welch & David Rawlings [Acony, 8/2024] (5)
        "The Bells And The Birds" (1)
 30: "Bluegrass Sings Paxton," Various Artists [Mountain Home, 9/2024] (4)
        "I Can't Help But Wonder," Tom Paxton (2)
 30: "Face the Day," Will Branch [Self, 3/2025] (4)
        "The Building On Fire" (2)
 30: "Flatpicker," Tyler Grant [Self] (4)
        "Been Away Too Long" (3)
 30: "Forever - An Anthology," Judy Collins [Elektra] (4)
        "Both Sides Now" (1)
 30: "The HercuLeons," John Cowan and Andrea Zonn: The Herculeons [True Lonesome] (4)
        "Face of Appalachia" (2)
 30: "Hydra," Nuala Kennedy [Under the Arch] (4)
        "Liffeyside" (2)
 30: "I Made It This Far," Deborah Holland [Rage On, 3/2025] (4)
        "East Porpoise Bay" (2)
 30: "In Person At Carnegie Hall," The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem [Columbia, 2009] (4)
        "Patriot Game" (1)
 30: "The Lighthouse," Loretta Hagen [Barefoot] (4)
        "The Lighthouse" (4)
 30: "The Monkey in the Crown," Hudost [Open Sesame, 3/2025] (4)
        "Nothing Left" (1)
 30: "Racing Down the Valley," Sam Bergquist [Self, 3/2025] (4)
        "Steppin' Out" (2)
        "Here and Gone" (2)
 30: "Waiting for Inspiration," Socks in the Frying Pan [Self, 11/2024] (4)
        "Good as Gold" (1)
 30: "Which Side Are You On?," Artists for Action [Jensen Music International, 3/2025] (4)
        "Which Side Are You On?" (4)

TOP SONGS of March 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2236 plays from 70 playlists from 48 Folk DJs

1. "Come Out Of My Blues" (5)
     from "A Tip Toe High Wire" (Sierra Hull)
2. "Big Fish, Small Pond" (4)
     from "Be Real" (Chatham Rabbits)
2. "Diamond Joe" (4)
     from "All I Got & Gone" (Chris Walz)
2. "Home By Bearna" (4)
     from "Burnished" (Amelia Hogan)
2. "The Lighthouse" (4)
     from "The Lighthouse" (Loretta Hagen)
2. "Which Side Are You On?" (4)
     from "Which Side Are You On?" (Artists for Action)
7. "Maybe New Mexico" (3/4)
     from "Maybe New Mexico" (Helene Cronin)
7. "Ain't That the Way" (3)
     from "Porcelain Angel" (Rees Shad)
7. "American Dreaming" (3)
     from "Trail of Flowers" (Sierra Ferrell)
7. "American Prayer" (3)
     from "American Prayer" (Eric Kilburn)
7. "Baseball in My Blood" (3)
     from "While The Paint Dries" (Erik Balkey)
7. "Been Away Too Long" (3)
     from "Flatpicker" (Tyler Grant)
7. "Bury Me" (3)
     from "Foxes in the Snow" (Jason Isbell)

TOP ARTISTS of March 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2236 plays from 70 playlists from 48 Folk DJs

1. Sierra Hull (17)
        "A Tip Toe High Wire" (17)
2. Alice Howe & Freebo (16)
        "Alice Howe & Freebo Live" (16)
2. Lucy Kaplansky (16)
        "The Lucy Story - Unreleased & Rare Tracks" (16)
4. Chris Walz (15)
        "All I Got & Gone" (15)
4. John McCutcheon (15)
        "Field of Stars" (9)
        "Sermon On The Mound" (3)
4. Sam Robbins (15)
        "So Much I Still Don't See" (15)
4. Tim Grimm (15)
        "Bones of Trees" (11)
8. Jason Isbell (13)
        "Foxes in the Snow" (13)
9. Helene Cronin (12)
        "Maybe New Mexico" (12)
10. Bob Dylan (11)
        "Blood On The Tracks" (2)
10. Chatham Rabbits (11)
        "Be Real" (11)
10. The Twangtown Paramours (11)
        "The Wind Will Change Again" (10)
13. Alison Krauss & Union Station (10)
        "Arcadia" (8)
13. The Seldom Scene (10)
        "Remains to Be Scene" (9)
15. John Prine (9/16)
        "The Missing Years" (5)
        "Fair And Square" (3)
15. Altan (9)
        "An Ghaoth Aniar Aneas" (2)
15. Amelia Hogan (9)
        "Burnished" (8)
15. Crys Matthews (9)
        "Reclamation" (8)
15. Joni Mitchell (9)
        "Blue" (2)
15. Louise Coombe (9)
        "Paris" (9)
15. Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart (9)
        "Looking for the Thread" (6)
15. Rees Shad (9)
        "Porcelain Angel" (7)
23. Guy Clark (8)
        "Looking for Words: Live at the U of H Coffee House" (2)
23. Judy Collins (8)
        "Forever - An Anthology" (3)
23. Suzy Thompson (8)
        "Suzy Sings Siebel, Volume One" (8)
26. Allison Russell (7/8)
        "The Returner" (5)
26. Christine Lavin (7)
        "Sometimes Mother Really Does Know Best" (2)
26. Eliza Gilkyson (7)
        "The Nocturne Diaries" (2)
26. Karan Casey (7)
        "Nine Apples of Gold" (4)
26. Rob Siegel (7)
        "I'm From Here" (7)
26. Sierra Ferrell (7)
        "Trail of Flowers" (7)
26. Steve Goodman (7)
        "Words We Can Dance To" (3)

TOP LABELS of March 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2236 plays from 70 playlists from 48 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (47)
2. Columbia (42)
3. Compass (36)
4. Smithsonian/Folkways (31)
5. Signature Sounds (27)
6. Red House (21)
7. Nonesuch (18)
8. Elektra (15)
8. Green Linnet (15)
8. Rhino (15)
11. Thirty Tigers (13)
12. Know Howe (12)
12. Righteous Babe (12)
14. Oh Boy (11/12)
14. Acony (11)
14. Fantasy (11)
14. Free Dirt (11)
14. Legacy (11)
14. Reprise (11)
14. Vault (11)

FOLK DJs - March 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2236 plays from 70 playlists from 48 Folk DJs

Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Annie Keville (WVBR-FM, NY)
Artie Martello (mostlyfolk.org & podcast, NY)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Bud Johnson (KNBA-FM & syndicated, AK)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Dan Maher (mixcloud.com, WA)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM & mixcloud.com, GA)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Ed Mellnick (KBOO-FM, OR)
Ellen Stanley (KFAI-FM & PRX, MN)
Graham Dean & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Helen Leicht (folkmusicnotebook.com, PA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
James Sereda (WUSB-FM, NY)
Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
Kelly Walker (WTSU-FM & podcast, AL)
Kevin Vance (KALW-FM & syndicated, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, AR)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM & mixcloud.com, OR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR/WGDH-FM, VT)
Mary Katherine Aldin (KPFK-FM, CA)
Mary Sue Twohy (SiriusXM, DC)
Matthew Baya (WERU-FM, ME)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Porzio (Cox Cable, VA)
Pete Thomas (WAER-FM, NY)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM & mixcloud.com, WA)
Robert Resnik (Vermont Public Radio)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NJ)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Sue Kessell (WNUR-FM, IL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WHUS-FM & WWUH-FM, CT)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM & mixcloud.com, NY)