Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
May 2025, Week 3

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of May 2025, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2159 plays from 70 playlists from 63 Folk DJs

  1: "Bones of Trees," Tim Grimm [Vault, 4/2025] (20)
        "Gettin' Older" (4)
        "Barbed Wire Boys" (3)
        "Broken Truth" (3)
  2: "Dispatches: Songs From a World Gone Mad," Mark Rubin [Self, 5/2025] (15)
        "Goon with the Hammer" (3)
        "Staying Put" (3)
        "Berish Katz Breakdown" (2)
        "Dog Whistle" (2)
  2: "Time & Materials," True North Duo [True North, 5/2025] (15)
        "The Luthier" (4)
        "Sound of Losing You" (2)
        "'Til I Have You" (2)
        "Doris Dean" (2)
  4: "Arcadia," Alison Krauss & Union Station [Down The Road, 3/2025] (12)
        "One Ray Of Shine" (5)
  4: "Gold & Coal," Cassie & Maggie [Self, 5/2025] (12)
        "Nancy" (3)
        "The Gold Rush Is Over and I'm Movin' On" (2)
        "I Long To Return" (2)
        "Fools Gold" (2)
  6: "Dark Ages," Eliza Gilkyson [Realiza Records, 5/2025] (10)
        "Times Like These" (4)
        "Impossible Dreams" (3)
        "Dark Night of the Soul" (2)
  6: "Oh What a Beautiful World," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 4/2025] (10)
        "Oh What A Beautiful World" (2)
        "Banks of the Old Bandera" (2)
  6: "Songs Worth Saving," Suzie Brown [Mule Kick, 5/2025] (10)
        "Bigger Bite" (4)
        "I Know You Know" (2)
  6: "Wild & Clear & Blue," I'm With Her [Rounder, 4/2025] (10)
        "Different Rocks Different Hills" (3)
        "Wild and Clear and Blue" (3)
 10: "Rising of the Bold," Merry Hell [Self, 5/2025] (9)
        "Lizard On A Log" (2)
 11: "So Much I Still Don't See," Sam Robbins [Nine Athens, 3/2025] (8)
        "The Real Thing" (3)
        "Piles Of Sand" (2)
 11: "We All Dream," Terry Kitchen [Urban Campfire, 5/2025] (8)
        "We All Dream" (3)
        "Time of the Season" (2)
 13: "All I Got & Gone," Chris Walz [Self, 3/2025] (7)
        "Alabama Bound" (2)
 13: "The Shape of a Sway," Eli West [Tender and Mild, 5/2025] (7)
        "All the Saints" (3)
 15: "It Matters," C. Daniel Boling [Berkalin, 4/2025] (6)
        "It Matters" (2)
 15: "Live at the Legion," Billy Strings & Bryan Sutton [Billy Strings, 5/2025] (6)
        "Cold Cold World" (1)
 15: "Maybe New Mexico," Helene Cronin [Self, 3/2025] (6)
        "Maker's Mark" (1)
 15: "Porcelain Angel," Rees Shad [Shadville, 4/2025] (6)
        "Ain't That the Way" (3)
 19: "Backstage Balladeer," Jefferson Ross [Self, 4/2025] (5)
        "Power" (1)
 19: "Doing Things Right," Jim Kweskin [Jalopy, 5/2025] (5)
        "Right or Wrong" (2)
 19: "Let's Party About It," Leftover Salmon [Compass] (5)
        "Twisted Pine" (3)
 19: "Little Songs," Rrinaco [Rebel, 5/2025] (5)
        "Get Along Somehow" (5)
 19: "Love Bubble," Liz Miller [Self] (5)
        "New Normal" (2)
 19: "Rushmere," Mumford & Sons [Glassnote, 4/2025] (5)
        "Caroline" (1)
 19: "The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers - A Tribute," Various Artists [Columbia] (5)
        "Any Old Time," Alison Krauss & Union Station (1)
 19: "Tiny Victories," Donna Lynn Caskey [Cordulia, 5/2025] (5)
        "Buttercream Roses" (1)
 19: "The Way We Roll," Robert Thomas & the Sessionmen [Robert Thomas, 5/2025] (5)
        "Kick the Can" (2)
        "Springhill" (2)
 19: "LeVolume," Le Volume [Borealis] (5)
        "That Was Then, This Is Now" (2)
 29: "Burnished," Amelia Hogan [Self, 4/2025] (4)
        "Rolling in the Gold" (2)
 29: "Dee From Decatur," Dee Robinson [Riverlark, 5/2025] (4)
        "Since I Laid My Burden Down" (1)
 29: "I Kept These Old Blues," Muireann Bradley [Tompkins Square, 2023] (4)
        "Green Green Rocky Road" (1)
 29: "Map the Dark," Quote the Raven [Self] (4)
        "Borrowed Time" (1)
 29: "Never Been Home," Sweet Megg [Self, 5/2025] (4)
        "Canberra" (1)
 29: "No Bad Ideas," The Faux Paws [Great Bear, 5/2025] (4)
        "Riverdog" (1)
 29: "Paris," Louise Coombe [Zoe Cat, 4/2025] (4)
        "Brothers In Arms" (2)
 29: "Truth Is," Carolyn Wonderland [Alligator, 5/2025] (4)
        "It Should Take" (1)
 29: "Unravel," Henhouse Prowlers [Dark Shadow, 4/2025] (4)
        "Palomino" (1)
 29: "What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow," Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson [Nonesuch, 4/2025] (4)
        "Going Back To Raleigh" (1)
 29: "Woody & Pete," Beppe Gambetta [Self, 5/2025] (4)
        "Woody and Pete" (3)
 29: "A Tip Toe High Wire," Sierra Hull [Self, 3/2025] (4)
        "Truth Be Told" (1)

TOP SONGS of May 2025, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2159 plays from 70 playlists from 63 Folk DJs

1. "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" (6)
     from "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright - single" (Abbie Gardner)
2. "One Ray Of Shine" (5)
     from "Arcadia" (Alison Krauss & Union Station)
2. "Get Along Somehow" (5)
     from "Little Songs" (Rrinaco)
2. "Goon with the Hammer" (5)
     from "Dispatches: Songs From a World Gone Mad" (Mark Rubin)
5. "Bigger Bite" (4)
     from "Songs Worth Saving" (Suzie Brown)
5. "Buckets of Rain" (4)
     from "Buckets of Rain - single" (Kate McDonnell)
5. "Gettin' Older" (4)
     from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
5. "The Luthier" (4)
     from "Time & Materials" (True North Duo)
5. "Times Like These" (4)
     from "Dark Ages" (Eliza Gilkyson)
5. "Woody and Pete" (4)
     from "Woody & Pete" (Beppe Gambetta)
11. "Ain't That the Way" (3)
     from "Porcelain Angel" (Rees Shad)
11. "All the Saints" (3)
     from "The Shape of a Sway" (Eli West)
11. "Barbed Wire Boys" (3)
     from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
11. "Broken Truth" (3)
     from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
11. "Different Rocks Different Hills" (3)
     from "Wild & Clear & Blue" (I'm With Her)

TOP ARTISTS of May 2025, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2159 plays from 70 playlists from 63 Folk DJs

1. Tim Grimm (20)
        "Bones of Trees" (20)
2. Bob Dylan (18)
        "Shadow Kingdom" (3)
2. Willie Nelson (18)
        "Oh What a Beautiful World" (10)
        "Red Headed Stranger" (4)
4. True North Duo (15)
        "Time & Materials" (15)
5. Mark Rubin (14)
        "Dispatches: Songs From a World Gone Mad" (14)
6. Cassie & Maggie (12)
        "Gold & Coal" (12)
7. Alison Krauss & Union Station (11)
        "Arcadia" (9)
7. Suzie Brown (11)
        "Songs Worth Saving" (10)
9. Eliza Gilkyson (10)
        "Dark Ages" (10)
9. I'm With Her (10)
        "Wild & Clear & Blue" (10)
11. John Prine (9)
        "The Belonging E.P., Vol. 1" (5)
11. Merry Hell (9)
        "Rising of the Bold" (9)
11. Terry Kitchen (9)
        "We All Dream" (8)
14. Muireann Bradley (8)
        "I Kept These Old Blues" (4)
14. Sam Robbins (8)
        "So Much I Still Don't See" (8)
14. Chris Walz (8)
        "All I Got & Gone" (7)
17. Jill Sobule (7/10)
        "Jill Sobule" (3)
17. Eli West (7)
        "The Shape of a Sway" (7)
17. Guy Clark (7)
        "Dublin Blues" (2)
17. Joan Baez (7)
        "Any Day Now" (2)

TOP LABELS of May 2025, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2159 plays from 70 playlists from 63 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (53)
2. Columbia (32)
3. Smithsonian/Folkways (28)
4. Sugar Hill (26)
5. Red House (21)
6. Vault (20)
7. Legacy (18)
8. Compass (16)
9. Elektra (15)
10. Thirty Tigers (14)
10. True North (14)
12. Appleseed (13)
13. New West (12)
13. Signature Sounds (12)
15. Alligator (11)
15. Nonesuch (11)
17. Borealis (10)
18. Down The Road (9)
18. Reprise (9)
18. Rhino (9)
18. Warner (9)

FOLK DJs - May 2025, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2159 plays from 70 playlists from 63 Folk DJs

Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Annie Keville (WVBR-FM, NY)
Artie Martello (mostlyfolk.org & podcast, NY)
Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
David John (KEOS-FM, TX)
David Sears (WBGU-FM, OH)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Helen Leicht (folkmusicnotebook.com, PA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jim Canales (WWSP-FM, WI)
Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Katrina Knight (mixcloud.com, PA)
Kejo Buchanan (CJTM-AM, ON)
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)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR/WGDH-FM, VT)
Mary Anne Moorman (KBCS-FM, WA)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Michael Park (mixcloud.com & PRX, NY)
Michael Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Hawke's Bay & hallfolk.com, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Pete Thomas (WAER-FM, NY)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM & mixcloud.com, WA)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Robert Resnik (Vermont Public Radio)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NJ)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WHUS-FM, CT)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
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)