Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
April 2025, Week 4

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of April 2025, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2055 plays from 70 playlists from 60 Folk DJs

  1: "Bones of Trees," Tim Grimm [Vault, 4/2025] (16)
        "In the USA" (6)
        "Barbed Wire Boys" (3)
        "Up in the Attic" (2)
        "Hadley's Banjo" (2)
  2: "All I Got & Gone," Chris Walz [Self, 3/2025] (13)
        "Blue Ridge Mountain Blues" (3)
        "Hard Times Come Again No More" (2)
        "Alabama Bound" (2)
        "Delia" (2)
        "Going Across the Sea" (2)
  2: "Porcelain Angel," Rees Shad [Shadville, 4/2025] (13)
        "Ain't That The Way" (4)
        "Brighter Daze" (2)
        "Magic Lantern Presentation" (2)
  4: "Burnished," Amelia Hogan [Self, 4/2025] (12)
        "Rolling in the Gold" (5)
        "The Laverock Sang" (2)
        "Come Away In" (2)
  5: "Oh What a Beautiful World," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 4/2025] (10)
        "Oh What a Beautiful World" (2)
        "Still Learning How to Fly" (2)
        "Forty Miles From Nowhere" (2)
  6: "What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow," Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson [Nonesuch, 4/2025] (9)
        "Old Molly Hare" (1)
  7: "Double Takes," Gordie Tentrees & Jaxon Haldane [Self, 4/2025] (8)
        "Franklin" (4)
        "Crystal" (2)
  7: "Some Kind of Truth," Kora Feder [Self, 3/2025] (8)
        "Rambling Man" (3)
        "Orange Tree" (2)
  9: "Arcadia," Alison Krauss & Union Station [Down The Road, 3/2025] (7)
        "Richmond on the James" (2)
  9: "Suzy Sings Siebel, Volume One," Suzy Thompson [Self, 4/2025] (7)
        "Lose My Blues" (2)
 11: "I Made It This Far," Deborah Holland [Rage On, 3/2025] (6)
        "Wildfires" (2)
        "Born With a Broken Heart" (2)
 11: "It Matters," C. Daniel Boling [Berkalin, 4/2025] (6)
        "What Could Possibly Go Wrong?" (2)
        "Send the Old Men to Fight" (2)
 11: "The Lucy Story - Unreleased & Rare Tracks," Lucy Kaplansky [Lucyricky, 1/2025] (6)
        "God will" (3)
 11: "Volume 4," Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert [Dead Reckoning, 4/2025] (6)
        "I Can't Wait" (1)
 15: "Backstage Balladeer," Jefferson Ross [Self, 4/2025] (5)
        "Let's Start a Cult" (1)
 15: "Leave You Behind," Echo Valley [Bell Buckle, 4/2025] (5)
        "Lies" (3)
 15: "Maybe New Mexico," Helene Cronin [Self, 3/2025] (5)
        "Ghost" (1)
 15: "Our Way," Loveseat [Reckless Pedestrian, 4/2025] (5)
        "Hard to Believe" (2)
 15: "The Price of Admission," Turnpike Troubadours [Thirty Tigers, 4/2025] (5)
        "The Devil Piles His Trade" (1)
 15: "Ribbon," The Milk Carton Kids [Thirty Tigers] (5)
        "Ribbon" (5)
 15: "So Much I Still Don't See," Sam Robbins [Nine Athens, 3/2025] (5)
        "Ride With Me" (3)
 15: "A Tip Toe High Wire," Sierra Hull [Self, 3/2025] (5)
        "Redbird" (1)
 15: "Wait for the Night," Eric Schmitt [Self, 4/2025] (5)
        "Floating" (2)
 15: "The Wind Will Change Again," The Twangtown Paramours [Inside Edge, 1/2025] (5)
        "Stars Without a Heaven" (5)
 25: "Daggomit!," Max Wareham [Nine Athens, 3/2025] (4)
        "Cattails" (1)
 25: "Family," Southern Avenue [Alligator] (4)
        "Flying" (3)
 25: "Foxes in the Snow," Jason Isbell [Thirty Tigers, 3/2025] (4)
        "Crimson And Clay" (1)
 25: "Froggy's Demise," Ezra [Adhyâropa, 4/2025] (4)
        "Waldeinsamkeit" (2)
 25: "Ghosts," Mike Berman [Tanager Way, 4/2025] (4)
        "There Were People Here" (2)
 25: "Julia Belle: The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project, Vol. 2," Various Artists [StuffWorks] (4)
        "The Julia Belle Swain," Rachel Baiman, Megan Lynch Chowning, Sharon Gilchrist, Kristin Andreassen & Vicky Vaughn (1)
 25: "Likely Story," Mad Agnes [Self, 2/2024] (4)
        "Robin in the Greenwood" (3)
 25: "The Monkey in the Crown," Hudost [Open Sesame, 3/2025] (4)
        "Fire Of Eden" (2)
 25: "No Bad Ideas," The Faux Paws [Great Bear, 4/2025] (4)
        "Sneak Out the Back Door" (1)
 25: "Unravel," Henhouse Prowlers [Dark Shadow, 4/2025] (4)
        "Land of Confusion" (3)

TOP SONGS of April 2025, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2055 plays from 70 playlists from 60 Folk DJs

1. "I Will Not Obey" (8)
     from "I Will Not Obey - single" (Erin Inglish)
2. "In the USA" (6)
     from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
3. "Ribbon" (5)
     from "Ribbon" (The Milk Carton Kids)
3. "Rolling in the Gold" (5)
     from "Burnished" (Amelia Hogan)
3. "Stars Without a Heaven" (5)
     from "The Wind Will Change Again" (The Twangtown Paramours)
6. "Ain't That The Way" (4)
     from "Porcelain Angel" (Rees Shad)
7. "Barbed Wire Boys" (3)
     from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
7. "Blue Ridge Mountain Blues" (3)
     from "All I Got & Gone" (Chris Walz)
7. "By My Silence" (3)
     from "Daddy's Little Girl" (Ellen Bukstel)
7. "Counting on Angels" (3)
     from "Shelter From the Storms" (Lennie Gallant)
7. "Flying" (3)
     from "Family" (Southern Avenue)
7. "Franklin" (3)
     from "Double Takes" (Gordie Tentrees & Jaxon Haldane)
7. "God will" (3)
     from "The Lucy Story - Unreleased & Rare Tracks" (Lucy Kaplansky)
7. "Land of Confusion" (3)
     from "Unravel" (Henhouse Prowlers)
7. "Lies" (3)
     from "Leave You Behind" (Echo Valley)

TOP ARTISTS of April 2025, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2055 plays from 70 playlists from 60 Folk DJs

1. Tim Grimm (21)
        "Bones of Trees" (16)
2. Chris Walz (13)
        "All I Got & Gone" (13)
2. John Prine (13)
        "Fair And Square" (3)
        "John Prine" (3)
2. Rees Shad (13)
        "Porcelain Angel" (13)
2. Willie Nelson (13)
        "Oh What a Beautiful World" (10)
6. Amelia Hogan (12)
        "Burnished" (11)
7. Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson (9)
        "What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow" (9)
8. Erin Inglish (8)
        "I Will Not Obey - single" (8)
8. Kora Feder (8)
        "Some Kind of Truth" (8)
8. Lucy Kaplansky (8)
        "The Lucy Story - Unreleased & Rare Tracks" (6)
11. Alison Krauss & Union Station (7)
        "Arcadia" (6)

TOP LABELS of April 2025, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2055 plays from 70 playlists from 60 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (30)
2. Thirty Tigers (19)
3. Columbia (17)
3. Elektra (17)
3. Legacy (17)
3. Vault (17)
7. Nonesuch (15)
7. Red House (15)
9. Appleseed (14)
9. Compass (14)
11. Shadville (12)
11. Smithsonian/Folkways (12)
13. Signature Sounds (10)
14. Berkalin (9)
14. Borealis (9)
14. Flying Fish (9)
14. Philo (9)
18. Alligator (7)
18. Atlantic (7)
18. Bell Buckle (7)
18. Dark Shadow (7)
18. New West (7)
18. Rhino (7)
18. Warner (7)

FOLK DJs - April 2025, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2055 plays from 70 playlists from 60 Folk DJs

Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
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)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM & mixcloud.com, GA)
David John (KEOS-FM & KAXE/KBXE-FM, TX)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Ed Mellnick (KBOO-FM, OR)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Gordon Nash (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Graham Dean & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jeremy Butler (Alabama Public Radio)
Jim Canales (WWSP-FM, WI)
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)
Kelly Walker (WTSU-FM & podcast, AL)
Ken Batista (WRCT-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, AR)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM & mixcloud.com, OR)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR/WGDH-FM, VT)
Mary Anne Moorman (KBCS-FM, WA)
Michael Park (mixcloud.com & PRX, NY)
Michael S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Hawke's Bay & Radio Kidnappers, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Sonny Ochs (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Steven Morrison (KBOO-FM, OR)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WWUH-FM, CT)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Terry B. Moses & Naomi Soule (KCLC-FM, MO)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM & mixcloud.com, NY)