Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
July 2025, Week 2

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of July 2025, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2127 plays from 76 playlists from 60 Folk DJs

  1: "Time Out #3," The Accidentals [Self, 7/2025] (22)
        "Better Than Me" (6)
        "Someday We Won't Live Here Anymore" (5)
        "Fly Away" (3)
        "Second Time Around" (3)
  2: "The Woods Have Shown Us," Ponyfolk [Hestehus, 7/2025] (16)
        "Sommer" (7)
        "Shenandoah" (3)
        "Ivar Fuglestad" (2)
  3: "Perfume Like a Full Moon," Ray Lambiase [Raytone, 6/2025] (13)
        "One for All" (3)
        "Around the Horn" (2)
        "The Best Shade of Blue" (2)
        "A Few Words" (2)
        "Perfume Like a Full Moon" (2)
  3: "Wild & Clear & Blue," I'm With Her [Rounder, 4/2025] (13)
        "Wild and Clear and Blue" (3)
        "Year After Year" (3)
        "Find My Way to You" (2)
  5: "Dark Ages," Eliza Gilkyson [Realiza Records, 5/2025] (12)
        "Times Like These" (4)
        "Dark Ages" (3)
        "Dark Night Of The Soul" (2)
  6: "Best of Steve Gillette," Steve Gillette [Compass, 6/2025] (11)
        "The Old Trail" (3)
        "That Song About the River" (3)
        "Home by Dark" (2)
  6: "Personal History," Mary Chapin Carpenter [Thirty Tigers, 6/2025] (11)
        "Girl And Her Dog" (4)
  8: "The Shape of a Sway," Eli West [Tender and Mild, 5/2025] (10)
        "I'd Like To Be A Train" (3)
        "Gentleman Bulldog" (2)
        "Rocks and Trees" (2)
  8: "The Time That Remains," Mike Ward [Self, 7/2025] (10)
        "Why Not" (6)
        "Instrument For Good" (2)
 10: "New Skin," Judy Kass [Self, 7/2025] (9)
        "Soothsayer" (3)
        "You Are the Song" (2)
        "Thank the Stone" (2)
 10: "Saltwater Country," Grace Morrison [Nonesuch, 7/2025] (9)
        "Avoiding Confrontation" (2)
        "Cranberry Blossoms" (2)
 12: "Beautiful You: The Songs of Tom Prasada-Rao," Tom Prasada-Rao [Self, 6/2025] (8)
        "Beautiful You" (2)
        "Was Jesus a Sailor" (2)
        "Falling Star" (2)
 12: "Gold & Coal," Cassie & Maggie [Self, 5/2025] (8)
        "Dear Imogene" (3)
        "Dougie's Set" (2)
 12: "A Tribute to the King of Zydeco - Clifton Chenier," Various Artists [Valcour] (8)
        "I May Be Wrong," Marcia Ball and Geno Delafose (3)
 15: "Been All Around This World," Special Consensus [Compass, 7/2025] (7)
        "King Of The Road" (2)
        "Please Mr. Postman" (2)
 15: "Burden of Hope," Peter Campbell [Self, 7/2025] (7)
        "Burden of Hope" (4)
 15: "Shelby Means," Shelby Means [Self, 6/2025] (7)
        "Streets of Boulder" (1)
 15: "Tip of the Spear," Doug Mishkin [Midoaks, 6/2025] (7)
        "Woody's Children" (7)
 19: "Better Than I Was," Sara Trunzo [Self, 6/2025] (6)
        "Capricorn" (2)
        "One Small Step" (2)
 19: "In the West," The Horsenecks [Tiki Parlour, 6/2025] (6)
        "In The West" (2)
 19: "LilyGild," Hilary Hawke with Reed Stutz [Adhyâropa, 2022] (6)
        "All I've Ever Known" (2)
 19: "Little Songs," Rrinaco [Rebel, 6/2025] (6)
        "Get Along Somehow" (2)
 19: "Paper Flowers," Tim O'Brien & Jan Fabricius [Howdy Skies, 6/2025] (6)
        "Atchison" (2)
        "Blacktop Rag Mop" (2)
 19: "Rituals," Watchhouse [Thirty Tigers, 5/2025] (6)
        "Beyond Meaning" (3)
 25: "The Black Dog & the Wandering Boy," James McMurtry [New West, 7/2025] (5/6)
        "The Color of Night" (2)
 25: "Arcadia," Alison Krauss & Union Station [Down The Road, 3/2025] (5)
        "Richmond On The James" (2)
        "Forever" (2)
 25: "The Ballad of Charlie Avalon," Stillhouse Junkies [Common Loon, 7/2025] (5)
        "The Whiskey Works the Same in New York City" (1)
 25: "Bones of Trees," Tim Grimm [Vault, 4/2025] (5)
        "Woody's Landlord Revisited" (2)
 25: "Dust Bowl Ballads," Woody Guthrie [BMG, 2000] (5)
        "Tom Joad Parts 1 And 2" (2)
 25: "Every Ghost," Kelsey Waldon [Oh Boy] (5)
        "Ghost of Myself" (2)
 25: "House of the Dog," Grain Thief [Plow Man, 7/2025] (5)
        "Happy Road" (1)
 25: "Leave You Behind," Echo Valley [Bell Buckle, 7/2025] (5)
        "Ain't No Ash Will Burn" (2)
 25: "Never Been Home," Sweet Megg [Self, 7/2025] (5)
        "Head on the Wheel" (1)
 25: "Old Growth," Brad Kolodner [Fenchurch, 6/2025] (5)
        "Sadie At The Back Door" (1)
 25: "Pastures Of Plenty: An Austin Celebration Of Woody Guthrie," Various Artists [Dejadisc, 1994] (5)
        "I Ain't Got No Home," David Halley (1)
 25: "Shelter From the Storms," Lennie Gallant [Gallant Effort, 7/2025] (5)
        "Counting On Angels" (1)
 25: "Signs of Life," My Politic [Self, 6/2025] (5)
        "I Took All The Pictures Down" (3)
 25: "What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow," Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson [Nonesuch, 4/2025] (5)
        "Brown's Dream" (2)
 25: "Winged Victory," Willi Carlisle [Signature Sounds, 7/2025] (5)
        "Beeswing" (2)
        "Work Is Work" (2)

TOP SONGS of July 2025, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2127 plays from 76 playlists from 60 Folk DJs

1. "Sommer" (7)
     from "The Woods Have Shown Us" (Ponyfolk)
1. "Woody's Children" (7)
     from "Tip of the Spear" (Doug Mishkin)
3. "Better Than Me" (6)
     from "Time Out #3" (The Accidentals)
3. "Why Not" (6)
     from "The Time That Remains" (Mike Ward)
5. "Someday We Won't Live Here Anymore" (5)
     from "Time Out #3" (The Accidentals)
6. "Burden Of Hope" (4)
     from "Burden of Hope" (Peter Campbell)
6. "Deportee" (4)
     from "Deportee - single" (Colleen Kattau)
6. "Girl And Her Dog" (4)
     from "Personal History" (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
6. "Luna Light" (4)
     from "Touch Grass, Vol. 2" (The Mammals)
6. "Times Like These" (4)
     from "Dark Ages" (Eliza Gilkyson)
11. "One for All" (3)
     from "Perfume Like a Full Moon" (Ray Lambiase)
11. "Second Time Around" (3)
     from "Time Out #3" (The Accidentals)
11. "Beyond Meaning" (3)
     from "Rituals" (Watchhouse)
11. "Blue Ridge Mountain Blues" (3)
     from "All I Got & Gone" (Chris Walz)
11. "Busker's Spell" (3)
     from "Story the Crow Told Me" (Ketch Secor)

TOP ARTISTS of July 2025, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2127 plays from 76 playlists from 60 Folk DJs

1. The Accidentals (22)
        "Time Out #3" (22)
2. Woody Guthrie (18)
        "Dust Bowl Ballads" (5)
        "My Dusty Road" (3)
3. Eliza Gilkyson (16)
        "Dark Ages" (12)
3. Ponyfolk (16)
        "The Woods Have Shown Us" (16)
3. Ray Lambiase (16)
        "Perfume Like a Full Moon" (13)
6. Mary Chapin Carpenter (13)
        "Personal History" (10)
7. I'm With Her (12)
        "Wild & Clear & Blue" (12)
8. Steve Gillette (11)
        "Best of Steve Gillette" (11)
9. Eli West (10)
        "The Shape of a Sway" (10)
9. Nanci Griffith (10)
        "The Complete MCA Studio Recordings" (3)
11. Arlo Guthrie (9)
        "Best of Arlo Guthrie" (2)
11. Grace Morrison (9)
        "Saltwater Country" (9)
11. Judy Kass (9)
        "New Skin" (9)
11. Mike Ward (9)
        "The Time That Remains" (9)
11. Tom Prasada-Rao (9)
        "Beautiful You: The Songs of Tom Prasada-Rao" (8)
16. Cassie & Maggie (8)
        "Gold & Coal" (8)
16. Special Consensus (8)
        "Been All Around This World" (6)
18. Doug Mishkin (7)
        "Tip of the Spear" (7)
18. John McCutcheon (7)
        "Field of Stars" (3)
        "This Land: Woody Guthrie's America" (3)
18. Peter Campbell (7)
        "Burden of Hope" (7)
18. Shelby Means (7)
        "Shelby Means" (7)

TOP LABELS of July 2025, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2127 plays from 76 playlists from 60 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (41)
2. Compass (29)
3. Nonesuch (21)
4. Smithsonian/Folkways (20)
5. Thirty Tigers (18)
6. Columbia (17)
7. Hestehus (15)
7. Signature Sounds (15)
9. Warner (13)
10. Appleseed (10)
10. Raytone (10)
10. Red House (10)
10. Valcour (10)
14. New West (9)
14. Rebel (9)
16. Elektra (8)
16. Howdy Skies (8)
16. Philo (8)
16. Realiza (8)
16. Rising Son (8)

FOLK DJs - July 2025, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2127 plays from 76 playlists from 60 Folk DJs

Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Annie Keville (WVBR-FM, NY)
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 Swan (WSFM-LP, NC)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
David John (KAXE/KBXR-FM & KAXE/KBXE-FM, MN)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM, OR)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Gordon Nash (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Graham Dean & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA)
Karen Leyse (KDRT-LP, CA)
Ken Batista (WRCT-FM, PA)
Kevin Vance (KALW-FM & KPFA-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, AR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR/WGDH-FM, VT)
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 S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Hawke's Bay & folktunefinder.com, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Pete Thomas (WAER-FM, NY)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM & mixcloud.com, WA)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WWUH-FM & 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)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM & mixcloud.com, NY)