Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
June 2025, Week 4

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of June 2025, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2085 plays from 72 playlists from 59 Folk DJs

  1: "Best of Steve Gillette," Steve Gillette [Compass, 6/2025] (20)
        "Grapes On The Vine" (4)
        "That Song About the River" (4)
        "The Old Trail" (3)
  2: "Beautiful You: The Songs of Tom Prasada-Rao," Tom Prasada-Rao [Self, 6/2025] (13)
        "That's What Love Can Do" (2)
        "Out of the Darkness" (2)
        "Maria" (2)
  2: "Better Than I Was," Sara Trunzo [Self, 6/2025] (13)
        "Capricorn" (4)
        "Keeping the Light" (3)
        "In Your Mercy" (3)
        "One Small Step" (3)
  4: "The Chickadees," Dave & Kristi [Self, 6/2025] (11)
        "Truth or consequences" (3)
        "King's Highway" (2)
  4: "Personal History," Mary Chapin Carpenter [Thirty Tigers, 6/2025] (11)
        "Girl And Her Dog" (5)
        "Home Is A Song" (3)
  4: "A Place Where Songs Come to Live," Vincent Cross [Self, 6/2025] (11)
        "In the Eyes of My Father" (3)
        "Barefoot with the Blues" (2)
        "Heart of Hearts" (2)
  7: "Wild & Clear & Blue," I'm With Her [Rounder, 4/2025] (10)
        "Different Rocks, Different Hills" (2)
        "Ancient Light" (2)
        "Wild and Clear and Blue" (2)
  8: "Been All Around This World," Special Consensus [Compass, 6/2025] (9)
        "Please Mr. Postman" (4)
        "I Wish We Had Our Time Again" (2)
  9: "Bones of Trees," Tim Grimm [Vault, 4/2025] (8)
        "Broken Truth" (2)
 10: "Paper Flowers," Tim O'Brien & Jan Fabricius [Howdy Skies, 6/2025] (7)
        "Atchison" (3)
 10: "Pet Sounds," The Beach Boys [Capitol, 1966] (7)
        "God only knows" (3)
        "I Just Wasn't Made For These Times" (2)
 10: "Saltwater Country," Grace Morrison [Nonesuch, 6/2025] (7)
        "Beer in a Teacup" (2)
 10: "The Shape of a Sway," Eli West [Tender and Mild, 5/2025] (7)
        "Ever Lovin' Need to Know" (3)
 14: "In the West," The Horsenecks [Tiki Parlour, 6/2025] (6)
        "Baker City Blues" (2)
 14: "Perfume Like a Full Moon," Ray Lambiase [Raytone, 6/2025] (6)
        "Perfume Like a Full Moon" (3)
 14: "Songs Worth Saving," Suzie Brown [Mule Kick, 5/2025] (6)
        "Songs Are My Tears" (3)
 14: "We All Dream," Terry Kitchen [Urban Campfire, 5/2025] (6)
        "Time of the Season" (2)
 18: "Burnished," Amelia Hogan [Self, 4/2025] (5)
        "Patriot Game" (1)
 18: "Dark Ages," Eliza Gilkyson [Realiza Records, 5/2025] (5)
        "Song for You" (2)
 18: "Dee From Decatur," Dee Robinson [Riverlark, 5/2025] (5)
        "Stack O Lee" (1)
 18: "The Ground Beneath My Feet," Lee Hunter & the Gatherers [BirdsTale, 6/2025] (5)
        "Shenandoah" (2)
 22: "The One Who Remembers," Avery Hill [Self] (4)
        "Roll Down The River" (2)
 22: "Alchymie," The Heart Collectors [Spins the Gold, 6/2025] (4)
        "Carolina Mountains" (2)
        "Chalice Hill" (2)
 22: "All The News That's Fit To Sing," Phil Ochs [Elektra, 1994] (4)
        "Too Many Martyrs" (2)
 22: "The Ballad of Charlie Avalon," Stillhouse Junkies [Common Loon, 6/2025] (4)
        "Charlie's Theme" (1)
 22: "Cruel Joke," Ken Pomeroy [Rounder, 6/2025] (4)
        "Coyote" (2)
 22: "Don'T Think Twice," Abbie Gardner [Self] (4)
        "Masters of War" (3)
 22: "From China to Appalachia," Cathy Fink and Marcie Marxer with Chao Tien [Community] (4)
        "Three Disciplines & Eight Points for Attention" (1)
 22: "Let the Light In," Two of a Kind [Magillacutty, 6/2024] (4)
        "Big Shoes to Fill" (2)
 22: "Let'S Party About It," Leftover Salmon [Compass] (4)
        "Let's Party About It" (3)
 22: "Never Been Home," Sweet Megg [Self, 6/2025] (4)
        "Tennessee to Boulder" (2)
 22: "Never Too Late," Smithfield Fair [Stevenson] (4)
        "City Bird" (1)
 22: "Northwest Passage," Stan Rogers [Fogarty's Cove, 1981] (4)
        "Northwest Passage" (3)
 22: "Old Growth," Brad Kolodner [Fenchurch, 6/2025] (4)
        "Winder Side" (1)
 22: "Reverie," Amble [Warner, 6/2025] (4)
        "Mary's Pub" (2)
 22: "Talkin' to the Trees," Neil Young [Reprise] (4)
        "Dark Mirage" (2)
 22: "A Tip Toe High Wire," Sierra Hull [Self, 3/2025] (4)
        "Muddy Water" (2)
 22: "What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow," Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson [Nonesuch, 4/2025] (4)
        "Love Somebody" (1)

TOP SONGS of June 2025, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2085 plays from 72 playlists from 59 Folk DJs

1. "Girl And Her Dog" (5)
     from "Personal History" (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
1. "Summer Skin" (5)
     from "Summer Skin - single" (The Honey Badgers)
1. "That Song About the River" (5)
     from "Best of Steve Gillette" (Steve Gillette)
4. "Capricorn" (4)
     from "Better Than I Was" (Sara Trunzo)
4. "Grapes On The Vine" (4)
     from "Best of Steve Gillette" (Steve Gillette)
4. "Please Mr. Postman" (4)
     from "Been All Around This World" (Special Consensus)
7. "One Small Step" (3)
     from "Better Than I Was" (Sara Trunzo)
7. "Four Strong Winds" (3)
     from "Four Strong Winds" (Ian & Sylvia)
7. "Atchison" (3)
     from "Paper Flowers" (Tim O'Brien & Jan Fabricius)
7. "Be the Reason" (3)
     from "Be the Reason" (Joy Zimmerman)
7. "Don't Let the Bastards Get You Down" (3)
     from "Hard Headed Woman" (Margo Price)
7. "Ever Lovin' Need to Know" (3)
     from "The Shape of a Sway" (Eli West)
7. "God only knows" (3)
     from "Pet Sounds" (The Beach Boys)
7. "History Will Never Celebrate You" (3)
     from "History Will Never Celebrate You - single" (Chris Haddox)
7. "Home Is A Song" (3)
     from "Personal History" (Mary Chapin Carpenter)

TOP ARTISTS of June 2025, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2085 plays from 72 playlists from 59 Folk DJs

1. Steve Gillette (22)
        "Best of Steve Gillette" (20)
2. Tom Prasada-Rao (14)
        "Beautiful You: The Songs of Tom Prasada-Rao" (13)
3. Mary Chapin Carpenter (13)
        "Personal History" (11)
3. Sara Trunzo (13)
        "Better Than I Was" (13)
3. Vincent Cross (13)
        "A Place Where Songs Come to Live" (11)
6. The Beach Boys (11)
        "Pet Sounds" (7)
6. Dave & Kristi (11)
        "The Chickadees" (11)
6. Eliza Gilkyson (11)
        "Dark Ages" (5)
        "Live from Austin TX" (4)
9. Brian Wilson (10)
        "No Pier Pressure" (3)
9. I'm With Her (10)
        "Wild & Clear & Blue" (10)
9. Special Consensus (10)
        "Been All Around This World" (9)
9. Tim Grimm (10)
        "Bones of Trees" (8)
13. Eli West (8)
        "The Shape of a Sway" (7)
14. Bob Dylan (7)
        "Bob Dylan - Greatest Hits" (2)
14. Grace Morrison (7)
        "Saltwater Country" (7)
14. Pete Seeger (7)
        "American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 1" (1)
14. Phil Ochs (7)
        "All The News That's Fit To Sing" (4)
14. Ray Lambiase (7)
        "Perfume Like a Full Moon" (6)
14. Sly & the Family Stone (7)
        "Sly & the Family Stone - Greatest Hits" (3)
14. Stan Rogers (7)
        "Northwest Passage" (4)
14. Tim O'Brien & Jan Fabricius (7)
        "Paper Flowers" (7)

TOP LABELS of June 2025, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2085 plays from 72 playlists from 59 Folk DJs

1. Compass (50)
2. Rounder (33)
3. Smithsonian/Folkways (27)
4. Columbia (19)
5. Red House (18)
6. Nonesuch (17)
7. Thirty Tigers (16)
8. Philo (15)
9. Capitol (14)
10. Waterbug (13/17)
11. Borealis (12)
11. Reprise (12)
13. Elektra (11)
13. Signature Sounds (11)
15. Sugar Hill (10)
15. Vault (10)
17. New West (9)
18. Alligator (8)
18. Warner (8)
20. Arhoolie (7/19)
20. Concord (7)
20. Howdy Skies (7)

FOLK DJs - June 2025, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2085 plays from 72 playlists from 59 Folk DJs

Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
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)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Bruce Swan (WSFM-LP, NC)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
David John (KEOS-FM & KAXE/KBXE-FM, TX)
Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM, OR)
Ed Mellnick (KBOO-FM, OR)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Graham Dean & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
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 Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-FM, NY)
Katrina Knight (mixcloud.com, WA)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
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)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers & folktunefinder.com, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Hefti (KRCL-FM & live365.com, UT)
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)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Steven Morrison (KBOO-FM, OR)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Tom Coxworth (CKUA-FM, AB)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM & mixcloud.com, NY)