Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
July 2025, Week 1

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of July 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2409 plays from 83 playlists from 63 Folk DJs

  1: "Time Out #3," The Accidentals [Self, 7/2025] (17)
        "Fly Away" (4)
        "Someday We Won't Live Here Anymore" (4)
        "Too Good To Be True" (3)
        "What a Waste" (3)
  2: "Saltwater Country," Grace Morrison [Nonesuch, 7/2025] (16)
        "Cranberry Blossoms" (4)
        "Saltwater Country" (3)
        "Poor Man's Daughter" (2)
        "Gloria" (2)
        "Smoke Stain" (2)
  3: "Beautiful You: The Songs of Tom Prasada-Rao," Tom Prasada-Rao [Self, 6/2025] (15)
        "Waltz in the Dark" (2)
        "Falling Star" (2)
        "I am Grateful" (2)
  4: "Bones of Trees," Tim Grimm [Vault, 4/2025] (13)
        "Barbed Wire Boys" (2)
        "In The Usa" (2)
        "Bow and Arrow" (2)
        "Broken Truth" (2)
        "Woody's Landlord Revisited" (2)
  4: "The Woods Have Shown Us," Ponyfolk [Hestehus, 7/2025] (13)
        "Sommer" (4)
        "Soteroen" (2)
        "Somewhere To" (2)
  6: "Perfume Like a Full Moon," Ray Lambiase [Raytone, 6/2025] (12)
        "Around the Horn" (4)
        "Dylan Tattoo" (3)
  7: "In the West," The Horsenecks [Tiki Parlour, 6/2025] (11)
        "Baker City Blues" (3)
        "I Will Arise" (2)
        "Good Times Gone" (2)
  7: "LilyGild," Hilary Hawke with Reed Stutz [Adhyâropa, 2022] (11)
        "Lonely Heart" (2)
        "All I've Ever Known" (2)
        "You Never Take Me With You When You Leave" (2)
        "Liza Jane" (2)
        "Parts and Labor - 4 Cent Cotton" (2)
  9: "Gold & Coal," Cassie & Maggie [Self, 5/2025] (10)
        "Fool's Gold" (2)
        "Nancy" (2)
 10: "Best of Steve Gillette," Steve Gillette [Compass, 6/2025] (9)
        "Grapes On the Vine" (2)
 10: "The Shape of a Sway," Eli West [Tender and Mild, 5/2025] (9)
        "All the Saints" (3)
        "Rocks and Trees" (2)
        "Gentleman's Bulldog" (2)
 10: "Signs of Life," My Politic [Self, 6/2025] (9)
        "Still Growing Today" (1)
 13: "Better Than I Was," Sara Trunzo [Self, 6/2025] (8)
        "One Small Step" (2)
        "Capricorn" (2)
        "Keeping the Light" (2)
        "In Your Mercy" (2)
 13: "So Much I Still Don't See," Sam Robbins [Nine Athens, 3/2025] (8)
        "Ride with Me" (3)
        "I Will" (2)
 13: "A Teacher, a Preacher, & a Bad Farmer," Ernie Palmer [Self, 7/2025] (8)
        "Nightshift" (2)
        "How Gently" (2)
 16: "Personal History," Mary Chapin Carpenter [Thirty Tigers, 6/2025] (7)
        "Say It Anyway" (3)
        "Home is a Song" (2)
 16: "Reverie," Amble [Warner, 7/2025] (7)
        "Treehouse Wings" (1)
 16: "Shelter From the Storms," Lennie Gallant [Gallant Effort, 7/2025] (7)
        "Shelter From The Storms" (2)
 16: "The Storyteller's Suitcase," Ellis Paul [Rosella, 2020] (7)
        "Five Alarm Fire on the 4th of July" (7)
 20: "Arcadia," Alison Krauss & Union Station [Down The Road, 3/2025] (6)
        "Richmond on the James" (2)
 20: "Little Songs," Rrinaco [Rebel, 6/2025] (6)
        "Two or More" (1)
 20: "New Skin," Judy Kass [Self, 7/2025] (6)
        "Look at Us Marching Now" (3)
 20: "No Kings in America," Lisa Bastoni [Sweet Ondine, 5/2025] (6)
        "No Kings in America" (6)
 24: "Cruel Joke," Ken Pomeroy [Rounder, 7/2025] (5/12)
        "Grey Skies" (2)
        "Wrango" (2)
 24: "Dark Ages," Eliza Gilkyson [Realiza Records, 5/2025] (5/6)
        "Dark Night of the Soul" (4)
 24: "Songs Worth Saving," Suzie Brown [Mule Kick, 5/2025] (5/6)
        "Rising" (2)
        "Songs Are My Tears" (2)
 24: "All I Got & Gone," Chris Walz [Self, 3/2025] (5)
        "Blue Ridge Mountain Blues" (2)
        "Going Across the Sea" (2)
 24: "Burden of Hope," Peter Campbell [Self, 7/2025] (5)
        "Burden of Hope" (2)
        "Long Hard Look" (2)
 24: "The Chickadees," Dave & Kristi [Self, 6/2025] (5)
        "King's Highway" (2)
 24: "Highfalutin Hillbilly," Kody Norris Show [Rebel, 6/2025] (5)
        "Mississippi Squirrel Revival" (2)
 24: "Maybe New Mexico," Helene Cronin [Self, 3/2025] (5)
        "Power Lines" (1)
 24: "Never Been Home," Sweet Megg [Self, 7/2025] (5)
        "Whiskey Drinking Blues" (3)
 24: "Paper Flowers," Tim O'Brien & Jan Fabricius [Howdy Skies, 6/2025] (5)
        "Atchison" (2)
 24: "A Place Where Songs Come to Live," Vincent Cross [Self, 6/2025] (5)
        "Barefoot With The Blues" (2)
 24: "Some Kind of Truth," Kora Feder [Self, 3/2025] (5)
        "Paragraphs" (1)
 24: "Wild & Clear & Blue," I'm With Her [Rounder, 4/2025] (5)
        "Standing on the Fault Line" (2)

TOP SONGS of July 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2409 plays from 83 playlists from 63 Folk DJs

1. "We Are The Power" (8)
     from "We Are the Power - single" (Emma's Revolution)
2. "Five Alarm Fire on the 4th of July" (7)
     from "The Storyteller's Suitcase" (Ellis Paul)
3. "No Kings in America" (6)
     from "No Kings in America" (Lisa Bastoni)
4. "4th Of July" (4)
     from "Best of the High Tone Years - Hightone" (Dave Alvin)
4. "4U" (4)
     from "4U - single" (Drea Lake)
4. "America" (4)
     from "Bookends" (Simon & Garfunkel)
4. "Cranberry Blossoms" (4)
     from "Saltwater Country" (Grace Morrison)
4. "Fly Away" (4)
     from "Time Out #3" (The Accidentals)
4. "Look at Us Marching Now" (4)
     from "New Skin" (Judy Kass)
4. "Sommer" (4)
     from "The Woods Have Shown Us" (Ponyfolk)
4. "Someday We Won't Live Here Anymore" (4)
     from "Time Out #3" (The Accidentals)
12. "Around the Horn" (3/4)
     from "Perfume Like a Full Moon" (Ray Lambiase)
12. "All the Saints" (3)
     from "The Shape of a Sway" (Eli West)

TOP ARTISTS of July 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2409 plays from 83 playlists from 63 Folk DJs

1. Nanci Griffith (19/20)
        "Clock Without Hands" (3)
2. Ray Lambiase (18)
        "Perfume Like a Full Moon" (12)
        "The Road Ahead" (3)
3. The Accidentals (17)
        "Time Out #3" (17)
3. Tom Prasada-Rao (17)
        "Beautiful You: The Songs of Tom Prasada-Rao" (15)
5. Grace Morrison (16)
        "Saltwater Country" (16)
6. Bruce Springsteen (15)
        "Tracks II: The Lost Albums" (5)
7. Tim Grimm (13)
        "Bones of Trees" (13)
8. Ellis Paul (12)
        "The Storyteller's Suitcase" (7)
8. The Horsenecks (12)
        "In the West" (11)
8. Ponyfolk (12)
        "The Woods Have Shown Us" (12)
11. Hilary Hawke with Reed Stutz (11)
        "LilyGild" (11)
12. Cassie & Maggie (10)
        "Gold & Coal" (10)
12. Eliza Gilkyson (10)
        "Dark Ages" (6)
        "Home" (3)
12. Eli West (10)
        "The Shape of a Sway" (9)
12. Mary Chapin Carpenter (10)
        "Personal History" (7)
        "Looking for the Thread" (3)
12. Steve Gillette (10)
        "Best of Steve Gillette" (9)
17. My Politic (9)
        "Signs of Life" (9)
18. Emma's Revolution (8)
        "We Are The Power - single" (5)
18. Ernie Palmer (8)
        "A Teacher, a Preacher, & a Bad Farmer" (8)
18. John McCutcheon (8)
        "Field of Stars" (2)
18. Lennie Gallant (8)
        "Shelter From the Storms" (7)
18. Sam Robbins (8)
        "So Much I Still Don't See" (8)
18. Sara Trunzo (8)
        "Better Than I Was" (8)
18. Woody Guthrie (8)
        "Dust Bowl Ballads" (2)
25. The Beatles (7/11)
        "The Beatles 50th Anniversary Box Set" (3)
25. Alison Krauss & Union Station (7)
        "Arcadia" (5)
25. Amble (7)
        "Reverie" (7)
25. Judy Kass (7)
        "New Skin" (6)
25. Simon & Garfunkel (7)
        "Bookends" (2)

TOP LABELS of July 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2409 plays from 83 playlists from 63 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (69)
2. Smithsonian/Folkways (37)
3. Nonesuch (32)
4. Compass (31)
5. Columbia (23)
6. Thirty Tigers (20)
7. Rebel (18)
8. Red House (17)
9. Elektra (16)
10. Raytone (15/16)
10. Warner (15)
12. Signature Sounds (14)
13. Appleseed (13)
14. New West (12)
14. Philo (12)
14. Sugar Hill (12)
17. Hestehus (11)
17. Legacy (11)
17. Vanguard (11)
17. Vault (11)

FOLK DJs - July 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2409 plays from 83 playlists from 63 Folk DJs

Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Arthur Berman (CiTR-FM & podcast, BC)
Artie Martello (mostlyfolk.org & podcast, NY)
Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
Bruce Swan (WSFM-LP, NC)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM, OR)
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)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jeremy Butler (Alabama Public Radio)
Jim Canales (WWSP-FM, WI)
Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-FM, NY)
Katrina Knight (mixcloud.com, WA)
Ken Batista (WRCT-FM, PA)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM & mixcloud.com, OR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR/WGDH-FM, VT)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Michael Park (mixcloud.com & PRX, NY)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers & folktunefinder.com, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Porzio (Cox Cable, VA)
Pete Thomas (WAER-FM, NY)
Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-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)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WHUS-FM & WWUH-FM, CT)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Tom Coxworth (CKUA-FM, AB)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)