Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
May 2025, Week 5

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of May 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 997 plays from 39 playlists from 31 Folk DJs

  1: "Gold & Coal," Cassie & Maggie [Self, 5/2025] (10)
        "Bow Down" (3)
        "Robert Frost" (2)
        "The Gold Rush is Over and I'm Moving On" (2)
  2: "Wild & Clear & Blue," I'm With Her [Rounder, 4/2025] (8)
        "Wild and Clear and Blue" (3)
        "Standing on the Faultline" (2)
  3: "Time & Materials," True North Duo [True North, 5/2025] (7)
        "Still Life Café" (2)
        "Motormouth" (2)
  4: "Bones of Trees," Tim Grimm [Vault, 4/2025] (6)
        "Broken Truth" (2)
        "Woody's Landlord Revisited" (2)
  4: "Dance Till the Music Stops," Ron Sowell [Mountain Soul, 5/2025] (6)
        "Everything That Goes Round Comes Round" (2)
        "It's All up to You" (2)
  4: "In the West," The Horsenecks [Tiki Parlour, 5/2025] (6)
        "Little Old Sod Shanty" (2)
  7: "Some Kind of Truth," Kora Feder [Self, 3/2025] (5/11)
        "Georgian Bay" (2)
        "Paragraphs" (2)
  7: "Dear Meadowlark," The Wildwoods [Self, 3/2025] (5)
        "Under the Rug" (1)
  7: "Porcelain Angel," Rees Shad [Shadville, 4/2025] (5)
        "Ain't That the Way" (3)
        "Isn't it a Lovely Day" (2)
  7: "Room on the Porch," Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' [Concord, 5/2025] (5)
        "Room On The Porch" (2)
        "Rough Time Blues" (2)
 11: "Dark Ages," Eliza Gilkyson [Realiza Records, 5/2025] (4)
        "Dark Ages" (1)
 11: "Dee From Decatur," Dee Robinson [Riverlark, 5/2025] (4)
        "Carolina Breakdown" (1)
 11: "Highway 61 Revisited," Bob Dylan [Columbia, 1965] (4)
        "Like a Rolling Stone" (2)
 11: "Maybe New Mexico," Helene Cronin [Self, 3/2025] (4)
        "Maker's Mark" (1)
 11: "Weaver Of Visions," Kate Wolf [Rhino, 2000] (4)
        "Give Yourself to Love" (2)

TOP SONGS of May 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 997 plays from 39 playlists from 31 Folk DJs

1. "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" (4)
     from "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright - single" (Abbie Gardner)
2. "Ain't That the Way" (3)
     from "Porcelain Angel" (Rees Shad)
3. "Six More Miles" (2)
     from "Bluegrass State of Mind" (Danny Paisley)
3. "Beautiful You" (2)
     from "Beautiful You: The Songs of Tom Prasada-Rao" (Tom Prasada-Rao)
3. "Blowin' In the Wind" (2)
     from "Blowing in the Wind" (Bob Dylan)
3. "Bow Down" (2)
     from "Gold & Coal" (Cassie & Maggie)
3. "Broken Truth" (2)
     from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
3. "Christmas In The Trenches" (2)
     from "Live At Wolf Trap" (John McCutcheon)
3. "Everything That Goes Around Comes Around" (2)
     from "Dance Till the Music Stops" (Ron Sowell)

TOP ARTISTS of May 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 997 plays from 39 playlists from 31 Folk DJs

1. Bob Dylan (18)
        "Highway 61 Revisited" (4)
        "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" (3)
2. Cassie & Maggie (8)
        "Gold & Coal" (8)
3. I'm With Her (7)
        "Wild & Clear & Blue" (7)
3. Joan Baez (7)
        "best of Joan baez" (2)
3. True North Duo (7)
        "Time & Materials" (7)
6. The Horsenecks (6)
        "In the West" (6)
6. Iris Dement (6)
        "The Way I Should" (2)
6. Jill Sobule (6)
        "California Years" (1)
6. Ron Sowell (6)
        "Dance Till the Music Stops" (6)
6. Tim Grimm (6)
        "Bones of Trees" (6)
11. Kora Feder (5/12)
        "Some Kind of Truth" (11)
11. Stan Rogers (5/6)
        "Home In Halifax" (2)
11. Judy Collins (5)
        "Sings Dylan" (2)
11. Rees Shad (5)
        "Porcelain Angel" (5)
11. Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' (5)
        "Room on the Porch" (5)
11. The Wildwoods (5)
        "Dear Meadowlark" (5)

TOP LABELS of May 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 997 plays from 39 playlists from 31 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (37)
2. Columbia (25)
3. Red House (12)
4. Warner (10)
5. Capitol (9)
5. Compass (9)
5. Sugar Hill (9)
8. Smithsonian/Folkways (8)
8. True North (8)
10. Alligator (7)
10. Rhino (7)
12. Borealis (6)
12. Legacy (6)
12. Signature Sounds (6)
15. Concord (5)
15. Elektra (5)

FOLK DJs - May 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 997 plays from 39 playlists from 31 Folk DJs

Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
Artie Martello (KORA-FM & podcast, NY)
Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bruce Swan (WSFM-LP, NC)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
David John (KAXE/KBXE-FM, MN)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Ed Mellnick (KBOO-FM, OR)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jeff Zolitor (KZYX-FM, CA)
Jeremy Butler (Alabama Public Radio)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Karen Leyse (KDRT-LP, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, AR)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM & mixcloud.com, OR)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Kane (KSCA-FM & WBRS-FM, MA)
Mitch Park (Radio Hawke's Bay, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Paul Porzio (Cox Cable, VA)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Sue Kessell (WNUR-FM, IL)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)