Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
April 2025, Week 5

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of April 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 786 plays from 28 playlists from 22 Folk DJs

  1: "Bones of Trees," Tim Grimm [Vault, 4/2025] (9)
        "Hunting Shack" (2)
        "Mists of Ennistymon" (2)
        "Barbed Wire Boys" (2)
  2: "Remains to Be Scene," The Seldom Scene [Smithsonian/Folkways, 3/2025] (7/11)
        "Hard Travelin'" (2)
        "Walkin' Down The Road" (2)
  3: "Oh What a Beautiful World," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 4/2025] (6)
        "Oh What A Beautiful World" (2)
  3: "Some Kind of Truth," Kora Feder [Self, 3/2025] (6)
        "Elementary Queen" (1)
  3: "A Tip Toe High Wire," Sierra Hull [Self, 3/2025] (6)
        "Spitfire" (1)
  3: "What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow," Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson [Nonesuch, 4/2025] (6)
        "Duck's Eyeball" (1)
  7: "Arcadia," Alison Krauss & Union Station [Down The Road, 3/2025] (5)
        "North Side Gal" (2)
  7: "Unravel," Henhouse Prowlers [Dark Shadow, 4/2025] (5)
        "Poor Boy Like Me" (1)
  7: "Dear Meadowlark," The Wildwoods [Self, 3/2025] (5)
        "Hideaway" (1)
 10: "The Grey Album," Grey DeLisle [Hummin' Bird] (4)
        "Hello, I'm Lonesome" (2)
 10: "The Lucy Story - Unreleased & Rare Tracks," Lucy Kaplansky [Lucyricky, 1/2025] (4)
        "Heart Over Head" (2)
 10: "Paris," Louise Coombe [Zoe Cat, 4/2025] (4)
        "Lonely Souls" (1)
 10: "Porcelain Angel," Rees Shad [Shadville, 4/2025] (4)
        "Great Big World" (2)
 10: "So Much I Still Don't See," Sam Robbins [Nine Athens, 3/2025] (4)
        "People Gonna Talk" (1)
 10: "Suzy Sings Siebel, Volume One," Suzy Thompson [Self, 4/2025] (4)
        "You Don't Need A Gun" (1)

TOP SONGS of April 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 786 plays from 28 playlists from 22 Folk DJs

1. "Right or Wrong" (3)
     from "Doing Things Right" (Jim Kweskin & The Berlin Hall Saturday Night Revue)
1. "Waldeinsamkeit" (3)
     from "Froggy's Demise" (Ezra)
3. "Anywhere The Wind Blows" (2)
     from "Love & Trouble" (Missy Raines & Allegheny)
3. "Barbed Wire Boys" (2)
     from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
3. "Bitter Ender" (2)
     from "Personal History" (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
3. "Gloria" (2)
     from "Saltwater Country" (Grace Morrison)
3. "Great Big World" (2)
     from "Porcelain Angel" (Rees Shad)
3. "Hard Travelin'" (2)
     from "Remains to Be Scene" (The Seldom Scene)
3. "Heart Over Head" (2)
     from "The Lucy Story - Unreleased & Rare Tracks" (Lucy Kaplansky)

TOP ARTISTS of April 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 786 plays from 28 playlists from 22 Folk DJs

1. Tim Grimm (10)
        "Bones of Trees" (9)
2. Alison Krauss & Union Station (8)
        "Arcadia" (5)
2. Willie Nelson (8)
        "Oh What a Beautiful World" (5)
4. The Seldom Scene (7/11)
        "Remains to Be Scene" (11)
5. Henhouse Prowlers (6)
        "Unravel" (5)
5. Kora Feder (6)
        "Some Kind of Truth" (6)
5. Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson (6)
        "What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow" (6)
5. Sierra Hull (6)
        "A Tip Toe High Wire" (6)
9. The Wildwoods (5)
        "Dear Meadowlark" (4)

TOP LABELS of April 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 786 plays from 28 playlists from 22 Folk DJs

1. Legacy (17)
2. Smithsonian/Folkways (15)
3. Nonesuch (14)
3. Rounder (14)
5. Thirty Tigers (12)
6. Dark Shadow (7)
6. Red House (7)
6. Vault (7)
9. Columbia (6)
9. Sugar Hill (6)
11. Compass (5/8)
11. Green Linnet (5/6)
11. Warner (5)

FOLK DJs - April 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 786 plays from 28 playlists from 22 Folk DJs

Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bruce Swan (WSFM-LP, NC)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Daryana Antipova (WFHB-FM, IN)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
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, New Zealand)
Paul Porzio (Cox Cable, VA)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NJ)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)