Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
May 2025, Week 1

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of May 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2729 plays from 98 playlists from 73 Folk DJs

  1: "Arcadia," Alison Krauss & Union Station [Down The Road, 3/2025] (21)
        "Looks Like The End Of The Road" (4)
        "Forever" (3)
        "The Wrong Way" (3)
  2: "Oh What a Beautiful World," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 4/2025] (17)
        "Oh What A Beautiful World" (4)
        "The Fly Boy & The Kid" (3)
  3: "Bones of Trees," Tim Grimm [Vault, 4/2025] (15)
        "Broken Truth" (4)
        "Mists of Ennistymon" (3)
        "In the U.S.A" (3)
        "Gettin' Older" (2)
  4: "Dark Ages," Eliza Gilkyson [Realiza Records, 5/2025] (14)
        "Dark Ages" (4)
        "Times Like These" (3)
        "Holy" (2)
        "10,000 Things" (2)
        "Impossible Dreams" (2)
  5: "Porcelain Angel," Rees Shad [Shadville, 4/2025] (10)
        "Ain't That the Way" (3)
        "Isn't It a Lovely Day" (2)
  6: "So Much I Still Don't See," Sam Robbins [Nine Athens, 3/2025] (9)
        "The Real Thing" (3)
  6: "Woody & Pete," Beppe Gambetta [Self, 5/2025] (9)
        "Woody and Pete" (5)
        "Woody & Pete" (3)
  8: "Lost Dog," Olive Klug [Signature Sounds, 5/2025] (8)
        "What To Make of Me" (4)
        "Taking Punches From The Breeze" (3)
  8: "Dispatches: Songs From a World Gone Mad," Mark Rubin [Self, 5/2025] (8)
        "Staying Put" (3)
 10: "Burnished," Amelia Hogan [Self, 4/2025] (7/11)
        "Blue Is The Eye" (2)
 10: "All I Got & Gone," Chris Walz [Self, 3/2025] (7)
        "See See Rider" (3)
 10: "The Almanac Trail," Rik Palieri And George Mann [Almanac Trail, 2013] (7)
        "Hold The Fort" (1)
 10: "Dance Till the Music Stops," Ron Sowell [Mountain Soul, 5/2025] (7)
        "Everything That Goes Round Comes Round" (3)
 10: "Double Takes," Gordie Tentrees & Jaxon Haldane [Self, 4/2025] (7)
        "Franklin" (2)
 10: "Foxes in the Snow," Jason Isbell [Thirty Tigers, 3/2025] (7)
        "Foxes In The Snow" (2)
        "Wind Behind The Rain" (2)
 10: "Gold & Coal," Cassie & Maggie [Self, 5/2025] (7)
        "Bow Down" (2)
        "Robert Frost" (2)
 10: "The Lucy Story - Unreleased & Rare Tracks," Lucy Kaplansky [Lucyricky, 1/2025] (7)
        "Diamond In The Rough" (1)
 10: "Maybe New Mexico," Helene Cronin [Self, 3/2025] (7)
        "Maybe New Mexico" (3)
 10: "Suzy Sings Seibel," Suzy Thompson [Self] (7)
        "Bride 1945" (2)
 10: "A Tip Toe High Wire," Sierra Hull [Self, 3/2025] (7)
        "Let's Go" (2)
        "Muddy Water" (2)
 21: "Backstage Balladeer," Jefferson Ross [Self, 4/2025] (6)
        "Crooked Lines" (2)
 21: "Dear Meadowlark," The Wildwoods [Self, 3/2025] (6)
        "Sweet Niobrara" (2)
        "Footprints on the Floor" (2)
 21: "No Kings in America," Lisa Bastoni [Sweet Ondine, 5/2025] (6)
        "No Kings In America" (6)
 21: "Our Way," Loveseat [Reckless Pedestrian, 4/2025] (6)
        "The Old Me" (2)
 21: "Paris," Louise Coombe [Zoe Cat, 4/2025] (6)
        "Paris" (2)
 26: "All The News That's Fit To Sing," Phil Ochs [Elektra, 1994] (5)
        "Knock on the Door" (2)
 26: "The Hammer & the Rose," Matt Andersen [Sonic, 5/2025] (5)
        "Magnolia" (1)
 26: "It Matters," C. Daniel Boling [Berkalin, 4/2025] (5)
        "What Could Possibly Go Wrong" (2)
 26: "Some Kind of Truth," Kora Feder [Self, 3/2025] (5)
        "Jason Song" (2)
        "Orange Tree" (2)
 26: "Teleology," Peggy Seeger [Proper] (5)
        "I Want to Meet Paul Simon" (2)
 26: "Unravel," Henhouse Prowlers [Dark Shadow, 4/2025] (5)
        "Palomino" (3)
 26: "Wait for the Night," Eric Schmitt [Self, 4/2025] (5)
        "Little Bird" (1)
 26: "The Way We Roll," Robert Thomas & the Sessionmen [Robert Thomas, 5/2025] (5)
        "The Way We Roll" (2)
 26: "When They All Looked Up," Kate Rusby [Pure Records] (5)
        "Today Again" (1)
 26: "Wild & Clear & Blue," I'm With Her [Rounder, 4/2025] (5)
        "Find My Way to You" (4)
 26: "Songs Worth Saving," Suzie Brown [Mule Kick, 5/2025] (5)
        "Riising" (2)
        "More" (2)

TOP SONGS of May 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2729 plays from 98 playlists from 73 Folk DJs

1. "Woody & Pete" (8)
     from "Woody & Pete" (Beppe Gambetta)
2. "No Kings In America" (6)
     from "No Kings in America" (Lisa Bastoni)
3. "Bitter Ender" (4)
     from "Personal History" (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
3. "Broken Truth" (4)
     from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
3. "Dark Ages" (4)
     from "Dark Ages" (Eliza Gilkyson)
3. "Find My Way to You" (4)
     from "Wild & Clear & Blue" (I'm With Her)
3. "I Will Not Obey" (4)
     from "I Will Not Obey - single" (Erin Inglish)
3. "Looks Like The End Of The Road" (4)
     from "Arcadia" (Alison Krauss & Union Station)
3. "Oh What A Beautiful World" (4)
     from "Oh What a Beautiful World" (Willie Nelson)
3. "What To Make Of Me" (4)
     from "Lost Dog" (Olive Klug)
11. "Ain't That the Way" (3)
     from "Porcelain Angel" (Rees Shad)
11. "All Around You" (3)
     from "Rituals" (Watchhouse)
11. "Everything That Goes Round Comes Round" (3)
     from "Dance Till the Music Stops" (Ron Sowell)
11. "Face of Appalachia" (3)
     from "Face of Appalachia" (The HercuLeons)

TOP ARTISTS of May 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2729 plays from 98 playlists from 73 Folk DJs

1. Pete Seeger (41)
        "Rainbow Race" (4)
1. Willie Nelson (41)
        "Oh What a Beautiful World" (17)
        "Red Headed Stranger" (8)
3. Alison Krauss & Union Station (22)
        "Arcadia" (20)
4. Eliza Gilkyson (18)
        "Dark Ages" (14)
5. Bob Dylan (16)
        "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" (2)
6. Tim Grimm (15)
        "Bones of Trees" (15)
7. Beppe Gambetta (11)
        "Woody & Pete" (9)
7. Rees Shad (11)
        "Porcelain Angel" (10)
9. Susan Werner (10)
        "Halfway to Houston" (5)
10. Lucy Kaplansky (9)
        "The Lucy Story - Unreleased & Rare Tracks" (7)
10. Maya De Vitry (9)
        "The Only Moment" (4)
        "Violet Light" (3)
10. Sam Robbins (9)
        "So Much I Still Don't See" (9)
13. The Almanac Singers (8)
        "Songs for Political Action:" (3)
13. C. Daniel Boling (8)
        "It Matters" (5)
        "New Old Friends" (3)
13. Jason Isbell (8)
        "Foxes in the Snow" (7)
13. Magpie (8)
        "Give Light" (2)
13. Mary Chapin Carpenter (8)
        "Personal History" (4)
        "Looking for the Thread" (3)
13. Olive Klug (8)
        "Lost Dog" (8)
13. Peggy Seeger (8)
        "Teleology" (5)
13. Utah Phillips (8)
        "Making Speech Free" (4)
13. The Weavers (8)
        "Songs for Political Action: An Era Closes 1949-1953" (2)
22. Amelia Hogan (7/11)
        "Burnished" (11)
22. Cassie & Maggie (7)
        "Gold & Coal" (7)
22. Cheryl Wheeler (7)
        "Greetings From Cheryl Wheeler Live" (5)
22. Chris Walz (7)
        "All I Got & Gone" (7)
22. Crys Matthews (7)
        "Reclamation" (4)
22. Gordie Tentrees & Jaxon Haldane (7)
        "Double Takes" (7)
22. Helene Cronin (7)
        "Maybe New Mexico" (7)
22. Jill Sobule (7)
        "The Bottom Line Archive Series: In Their Own Words, Vol. 2" (1)
22. Joe Jencks (7)
        "I Hear Your Voice" (2)
22. Judy Collins (7)
        "Dreamers - single" (1)
22. Kate Rusby (7)
        "When They All Looked Up" (5)
22. Phil Ochs (7)
        "All The News That's Fit To Sing" (5)
22. Ron Sowell (7)
        "Dance Till the Music Stops" (7)
22. Sierra Hull (7)
        "A Tip Toe High Wire" (7)
22. Suzie Brown (7)
        "Songs Worth Saving" (5)
22. Suzy Thompson (7)
        "Suzy Sings Siebel, Volume One" (4)
        "Suzy Sings Seibel" (3)
22. The Wildwoods (7)
        "Dear Meadowlark" (6)

TOP LABELS of May 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2729 plays from 98 playlists from 73 Folk DJs

1. Columbia (60)
2. Smithsonian/Folkways (41)
3. Rounder (38)
4. Signature Sounds (34)
5. Red House (27)
6. Legacy (22)
6. Thirty Tigers (22)
8. Compass (19)
9. Nonesuch (17)
9. Sony (17)
11. Down The Road (16)
11. Elektra (16)
13. Vault (14)
13. Warner (14)
15. Appleseed (12)
15. Realiza Records (12)
15. Rhino (12)
18. Borealis (10)
18. Free Dirt (10)
18. Sugar Hill (10)
18. Vanguard (10)

FOLK DJs - May 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2729 plays from 98 playlists from 73 Folk DJs

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)
Bruce Swan (WSFM-LP, NC)
Bud Johnson (KNBA-FM & syndicated, AK)
Caroline Doctorow (WPKN-FM, CT)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris Denerley (beyondradio.co.uk, UK)
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)
Daryana Antipova (WFHB-FM, IN)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM & mixcloud.com, GA)
David John (KAXE/KBXE-FM, MN)
Denis McGilvray (KPBX-FM, OK)
Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM, OR)
Ellen Stanley (KFAI-FM, MN)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Graham Dean & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Helen Leicht (folkmusicnotebook.com, PA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jeff Zolitor (KZYX-FM, CA)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jeremy Butler (Alabama Public Radio)
Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)
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)
Kate McNally (New Hampshire Public Radio)
Kejo Buchanan (CJTM-AM, ON)
Ken Batista (WRCT-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, NY)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM & mixcloud.com, OR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM & podcast, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR/WGDH-FM, VT)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Michael Kane (WBRS-FM, MA)
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)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Hefti (KUBU-LP, CA)
Paul Porzio (Cox Cable, VA)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM & mixcloud.com, WA)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NJ)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WWUH-FM & WHUS-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 (mixcloud.com, NY)