Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
June 2025, Week 5

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of June 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1345 plays from 38 playlists from 32 Folk DJs

  1: "Best of Steve Gillette," Steve Gillette [Compass, 6/2025] (16)
        "Grapes on the Vine" (4)
        "Down Where The River Meets The Road" (2)
        "That Song About the River" (2)
  2: "Personal History," Mary Chapin Carpenter [Thirty Tigers, 6/2025] (12)
        "Girl And Her Dog" (2)
        "Home Is A Song" (2)
  3: "Bones of Trees," Tim Grimm [Vault, 4/2025] (11)
        "Woody's Landlord Revisited" (3)
        "Hunting Shack" (3)
        "In the Usa" (2)
  4: "Beautiful You: The Songs of Tom Prasada-Rao," Tom Prasada-Rao [Self, 6/2025] (9)
        "$20 Bill" (2)
        "Rishi's Garden" (2)
  5: "Saltwater Country," Grace Morrison [Nonesuch, 6/2025] (8)
        "Cranberry Blossoms" (2)
        "Avoiding Confrontation" (2)
  5: "Wild & Clear & Blue," I'm With Her [Rounder, 4/2025] (8)
        "Ancient Light" (4)
        "Find My Way to You" (3)
  7: "Gold & Coal," Cassie & Maggie [Self, 5/2025] (7)
        "Dear Imogene" (2)
  7: "The Shape of a Sway," Eli West [Tender and Mild, 5/2025] (7)
        "Ever Lovin Need to Know" (1)
  9: "Arcadia," Alison Krauss & Union Station [Down The Road, 3/2025] (6)
        "Granite Mills" (2)
  9: "So Much I Still Don't See," Sam Robbins [Nine Athens, 3/2025] (6)
        "I Will" (2)
        "So Much I Still Don't See" (2)
 11: "Looking for the Thread," Carpenter Fowlis & Polwart [Lambent Light] (5/8)
        "Rebecca" (2)
        "Satellite" (2)
 11: "Alchymie," The Heart Collectors [Spins the Gold, 6/2025] (5)
        "Carolina Mountains" (2)
        "Shenandoah" (2)
 11: "Better Than I Was," Sara Trunzo [Self, 6/2025] (5)
        "In Your Mercy" (2)
        "One Small Step" (2)
 11: "Dark Ages," Eliza Gilkyson [Realiza Records, 5/2025] (5)
        "10,000 Things" (2)
 11: "In the West," The Horsenecks [Tiki Parlour, 6/2025] (5)
        "In the West" (2)
 11: "Signs of Life," My Politic [Self, 6/2025] (5)
        "Will We Ever Make It Out Of Heaven Alive" (2)

TOP SONGS of June 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1345 plays from 38 playlists from 32 Folk DJs

1. "Ancient Light" (4)
     from "Wild & Clear & Blue" (I'm With Her)
1. "Grapes on the Vine" (4)
     from "Best of Steve Gillette" (Steve Gillette)
3. "Find My Way to You" (3)
     from "Wild & Clear & Blue" (I'm With Her)
3. "Hunting Shack" (3)
     from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
3. "Somewhere To" (3)
     from "The Woods Have Shown Us" (Ponyfolk)
3. "Summer Skin" (3)
     from "Summer Skin - single" (The Honey Badgers)
3. "Woody's Landlord Revisited" (3)
     from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
8. "$20 Bill" (2)
     from "Beautiful You: The Songs of Tom Prasada-Rao" (Tom Prasada-Rao)
8. "10,000 Things" (2)
     from "Dark Ages" (Eliza Gilkyson)
8. "One Small Step" (2)
     from "Better Than I Was" (Sara Trunzo)

TOP ARTISTS of June 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1345 plays from 38 playlists from 32 Folk DJs

1. Steve Gillette (18)
        "Best of Steve Gillette" (16)
2. Mary Chapin Carpenter (15)
        "Personal History" (12)
3. Tim Grimm (11)
        "Bones of Trees" (10)
4. I'm With Her (10)
        "Wild & Clear & Blue" (8)
4. John McCutcheon (10)
        "Field of Stars" (3)
6. Grace Morrison (9)
        "Saltwater Country" (8)
7. Joni Mitchell (8)
        "Joni Mitchell" (2)
7. Tom Prasada-Rao (8)
        "Beautiful You: The Songs of Tom Prasada-Rao" (8)
9. Alison Krauss & Union Station (6)
        "Arcadia" (6)
9. Bob Dylan (6)
        "The Times They Are A-Changin'" (2)
9. Cassie & Maggie (6)
        "Gold & Coal" (6)
9. Eli West (6)
        "The Shape of a Sway" (6)
9. Sam Robbins (6)
        "So Much I Still Don't See" (6)
14. Billy Strings (5)
        "Highway Prayers" (4)
14. Darlingside (5)
        "Everything Is Alive" (4)
14. Eliza Gilkyson (5)
        "Dark Ages" (5)
14. Guy Clark (5)
        "Keepers" (2)
14. The Horsenecks (5)
        "In the West" (5)
14. James Keelaghan (5)
        "Second-Hand" (2)
14. Joe Jencks (5)
        "The Coming of the Years" (1)
14. Kate Rusby (5)
        "Little Light" (2)
14. Sara Trunzo (5)
        "Better Than I Was" (5)

TOP LABELS of June 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1345 plays from 38 playlists from 32 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (38)
2. Compass (34)
3. Thirty Tigers (26)
4. Red House (17)
5. Smithsonian/Folkways (15)
6. Nonesuch (14)
6. Signature Sounds (14)
8. Appleseed (11)
8. Borealis (11)
10. Rhino (10)
10. Sony (10)
10. Warner (10)
13. Down The Road (9)
13. Reprise (9)
13. True North (9)
13. Vault (9)

FOLK DJs - June 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1345 plays from 38 playlists from 32 Folk DJs

Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Daryana Antipova (WFHB-FM, IN)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM & mixcloud.com, GA)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Ed Mellnick (KBOO-FM, OR)
Gordon Nash (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
Jean Geiger (mixcloud.com, WA)
Jim Canales (WWSP-FM, WI)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Kate McNally (New Hampshire Public Radio)
Katrina Knight (mixcloud.com, WA)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR/WGDH-FM, VT)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Pete Thomas (WAER-FM, NY)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM & mixcloud.com, WA)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NJ)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Sue Kessell (WNUR-FM, IL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WHUS-FM, CT)
Terry B. Moses & Naomi Soule (KCLC-FM, MO)
Tom Coxworth (CKUA-FM, AB)