Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
July 2025, Week 3

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of July 2025, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2305 plays from 75 playlists from 63 Folk DJs

  1: "Best of Steve Gillette," Steve Gillette [Compass, 6/2025] (22)
        "That Song About the River" (5)
        "Grapes on the Vine" (4)
        "The Old Trail" (4)
        "Back On the Street Again" (3)
        "Down Where the River Meets the Road" (3)
  2: "The Woods Have Shown Us," Ponyfolk [Hestehus, 7/2025] (18)
        "Sommer" (7)
        "Somewhere to" (4)
  3: "Time Out #3," The Accidentals [Self, 7/2025] (17)
        "Someday We Won't Live Here Anymore" (4)
        "Kevin at the End of the World" (3)
        "Too Good To Be True" (3)
  4: "New Skin," Judy Kass [Self, 7/2025] (16)
        "Thank the Stone" (5)
        "New Skin" (2)
        "Look at Us Marching Now" (2)
        "Hopeful Hearts" (2)
        "Soothsayer" (2)
  5: "Personal History," Mary Chapin Carpenter [Thirty Tigers, 6/2025] (15)
        "Girl And Her Dog" (3)
        "Home Is A Song" (2)
        "The Saving Things" (2)
        "What Did You Miss" (2)
        "New Religion" (2)
  6: "Little Songs," Rrinaco [Rebel, 6/2025] (13)
        "Get Along Somehow" (4)
        "The Veil Has Been Lifted" (3)
        "Not That Bad" (2)
  7: "Wild & Clear & Blue," I'm With Her [Rounder, 4/2025] (12)
        "Wild and Clear and Blue" (4)
        "Year After Year" (2)
        "Ancient Light" (2)
  8: "Perfume Like a Full Moon," Ray Lambiase [Raytone, 6/2025] (11)
        "Around the Horn" (3)
        "Perfume Like a Full Moon" (2)
        "Dylan Tattoo" (2)
  8: "The Shape of a Sway," Eli West [Tender and Mild, 5/2025] (11)
        "Cool of the Day" (4)
        "Ever Lovin Need to Know" (3)
        "All the Saints" (2)
        "Thanks and Sorry" (2)
 10: "Beautiful You: The Songs of Tom Prasada-Rao," Tom Prasada-Rao [Self, 6/2025] (10)
        "That's What Love Can Do" (2)
 10: "Homegrown," Cole Quest & the City Pickers [Jallopy, 7/2025] (10)
        "Pastures of Plenty" (4)
        "In Tall Buildings" (3)
 12: "Dark Ages," Eliza Gilkyson [Realiza Records, 5/2025] (9)
        "Dark Night of the Soul" (3)
        "10,000 Things" (2)
        "Esta Salida del Sol" (2)
 12: "Gold & Coal," Cassie & Maggie [Self, 5/2025] (9)
        "The Gold Rush is Over and I'm Moving On" (3)
        "Bow Down" (2)
 12: "Saltwater Country," Grace Morrison [Nonesuch, 7/2025] (9)
        "Gloria" (2)
 12: "The Time That Remains," Mike Ward [Self, 7/2025] (9)
        "Instrument For Good" (4)
        "Paycheck" (2)
 16: "Colored Edge of Memory," From the Dirt [Self, 7/2025] (8)
        "Angeline" (3)
        "Train Wreck at the Bluegrass Jam" (2)
 16: "House of the Dog," Grain Thief [Plow Man, 7/2025] (8)
        "Heartbreak and Red Wine" (3)
        "Walk in the Rain" (2)
 18: "One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey," Maria Muldaur [Nola Blue, 7/2025] (7)
        "My Handy Man" (2)
        "One Hour Mama" (2)
 18: "Bones of Trees," Tim Grimm [Vault, 4/2025] (7)
        "Bow And Arrow" (2)
 18: "Burden of Hope," Peter Campbell [Self, 7/2025] (7)
        "Brindabella Blue" (1)
 18: "Tip of the Spear," Doug Mishkin [Midoaks, 6/2025] (7)
        "Woody's Children" (6)
 22: "Been All Around This World," Special Consensus [Compass, 7/2025] (6)
        "Red Red Robin" (1)
 22: "Rituals," Watchhouse [Thirty Tigers, 5/2025] (6)
        "In The Sun" (1)
 22: "Signs of Life," My Politic [Self, 6/2025] (6)
        "From The Early Days" (2)
 22: "Story The Crow Told Me," Ketch Secor [Equal Housing Opportunity] (6)
        "Talkin' Doc Blues" (1)
 22: "Winged Victory," Willi Carlilse [Signature Sounds] (6)
        "We Have Fed You All For 1,000 Years" (2)
        "Wildflowers Growin" (2)
 27: "Alchymie," The Heart Collectors [Spins the Gold, 6/2025] (5)
        "Alchymie" (3)
 27: "The Black Dog & the Wandering Boy," James McMurtry [New West, 7/2025] (5)
        "The Black Dog And The Wandering Boy" (3)
 27: "The Chickadees," Dave & Kristi [Self, 6/2025] (5)
        "Who You Are" (1)
 27: "In the West," The Horsenecks [Tiki Parlour, 6/2025] (5)
        "I Will Arise" (2)
 27: "It Matters," C. Daniel Boling [Berkalin, 4/2025] (5)
        "She's A Witch" (1)
 27: "This Land: Woody Guthrie's America," John McCutcheon [Appalsongs, 2011] (5)
        "This Is Our Country Here" (1)
 27: "Shelter From the Storms," Lennie Gallant [Gallant Effort, 7/2025] (5)
        "On the Minnehaha" (1)
 27: "Take a Trip," MoonShroom [Self] (5)
        "More With Miles" (1)
 27: "What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow," Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson [Nonesuch, 4/2025] (5)
        "Duck's eyeball" (2)

TOP SONGS of July 2025, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2305 plays from 75 playlists from 63 Folk DJs

1. "Sommer" (7)
     from "The Woods Have Shown Us" (Ponyfolk)
2. "Woody's Children" (6)
     from "Tip of the Spear" (Doug Mishkin)
3. "Thank the Stone" (5)
     from "New Skin" (Judy Kass)
3. "That Song About the River" (5)
     from "Best of Steve Gillette" (Steve Gillette)
5. "The Black Dog And The Wandering Boy" (4)
     from "The Black Dog & the Wandering Boy" (James McMurtry)
5. "Cool of the Day" (4)
     from "The Shape of a Sway" (Eli West)
5. "Deportee" (4)
     from "Deportee - single" (Colleen Kattau)
5. "Get Along Somehow" (4)
     from "Little Songs" (Rrinaco)
5. "The Gold Rush is Over and I'm Moving On" (4)
     from "Gold & Coal" (Cassie & Maggie)
5. "Grapes on the Vine" (4)
     from "Best of Steve Gillette" (Steve Gillette)
5. "Instrument For Good" (4)
     from "The Time That Remains" (Mike Ward)
5. "Luna Light" (4)
     from "Touch Grass, Vol. 2" (The Mammals)
5. "Masters of War" (4)
     from "Don'T Think Twice" (Abbie Gardner)
5. "The Old Trail" (4)
     from "Best of Steve Gillette" (Steve Gillette)

TOP ARTISTS of July 2025, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2305 plays from 75 playlists from 63 Folk DJs

1. Steve Gillette (22)
        "Best of Steve Gillette" (22)
2. Woody Guthrie (21)
        "The Live Wire: Woody Guthrie In Performance 1949" (3)
        "Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection" (3)
3. The Accidentals (17)
        "Time Out #3" (17)
3. Ponyfolk (17)
        "The Woods Have Shown Us" (17)
5. Judy Kass (16)
        "New Skin" (16)
6. Mary Chapin Carpenter (15)
        "Personal History" (15)
7. John McCutcheon (14)
        "Field of Stars" (4)
        "This Land: Woody Guthrie's America" (4)
        "Sermon On The Mound" (3)
8. Rrinaco (13)
        "Little Songs" (13)
9. Eliza Gilkyson (12)
        "Dark Ages" (9)
9. I'm With Her (12)
        "Wild & Clear & Blue" (12)
9. Tom Prasada-Rao (12)
        "Beautiful You: The Songs of Tom Prasada-Rao" (10)
12. Eli West (11)
        "The Shape of a Sway" (11)
12. Ray Lambiase (11)
        "Perfume Like a Full Moon" (11)
14. Chuck Brodsky (10)
        "Gravity, Wings, & Heavy Things" (3)
        "Two Sets" (3)
14. Cole Quest & the City Pickers (10)
        "Homegrown" (10)
16. Cassie & Maggie (9)
        "Gold & Coal" (9)
16. Grace Morrison (9)
        "Saltwater Country" (9)
16. John Prine (9)
        "The Tree Of Forgiveness" (4)
16. Maria Muldaur (9)
        "One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey" (7)
16. Mike Ward (9)
        "The Time That Remains" (9)
21. From the Dirt (8)
        "Colored Edge of Memory" (8)
21. Grain Thief (8)
        "House of the Dog" (8)
21. The Mammals (8)
        "Touch Grass, Vol. 2" (4)
21. Strawbs (8)
        "From the Witchwood" (2)
21. Tim Grimm (8)
        "Bones of Trees" (7)
26. Bob Dylan (7)
        "Bob Dylan" (1)
26. C. Daniel Boling (7)
        "It Matters" (5)
26. Doug Mishkin (7)
        "Tip of the Spear" (7)
26. James McMurtry (7)
        "The Black Dog & the Wandering Boy" (5)
26. Nanci Griffith (7)
        "Clock Without Hands" (2)
26. Peter Campbell (7)
        "Burden of Hope" (7)

TOP LABELS of July 2025, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2305 plays from 75 playlists from 63 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (46)
2. Compass (42)
3. Smithsonian/Folkways (35)
4. Thirty Tigers (23)
5. Red House (22)
6. Columbia (20)
7. Pinecastle (19)
7. Rebel (19)
9. Nonesuch (16)
10. Signature Sounds (14)
11. Hestehus (13)
11. New West (13)
13. Appleseed (12)
13. Legacy (12)
13. Sugar Hill (12)
16. Warner (11)
17. Alligator (10)
17. Borealis (10)
17. Philo (10)
17. Rhino (10)

FOLK DJs - July 2025, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2305 plays from 75 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 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)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM & mixcloud.com, GA)
David John (KEOS-FM & KAXE/KBXE-FM, TX)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
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)
Jean Geiger (mixcloud.com, WA)
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)
Ken Batista (WRCT-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Kevin Vance (KALW-FM & KPFA-FM, CA)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, AR)
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, 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)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NJ)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Terry B. Moses & Naomi Soule (KCLC-FM, MO)
Tom Coxworth (CKUA-FM, AB)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)
Wayne Greene (KEOS-FM, TX)