Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
August 2025, Week 1

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of August 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2261 plays from 74 playlists from 59 Folk DJs

  1: "Kentucky Queen," Carla Gover [Redbird, 8/2025] (16)
        "Pine Mountain High" (6)
        "Kentucky Queen" (3)
        "Hug More Necks" (3)
        "Angels Gather Round" (2)
  2: "Time Out #3," The Accidentals [Self, 8/2025] (15)
        "Someday We Won't Live Here Anymore" (5)
        "Better Than Me" (3)
        "Too Good To Be True" (2)
        "Break Free" (2)
  3: "Wild & Clear & Blue," I'm With Her [Rounder, 4/2025] (14)
        "Find My Way To You" (4)
        "Mother Eagle" (3)
        "Wild Clean And Blue" (2)
  4: "Crown of Roses," Patty Griffin [Thirty Tigers, 8/2025] (12)
        "Back at the Start" (4)
        "A Word" (3)
        "Long Time" (2)
  5: "Homegrown," Cole Quest & the City Pickers [Jallopy, 7/2025] (11)
        "Pastures of Plenty" (2)
        "Dust Bowl Children" (2)
        "She Talks A Lot" (2)
  5: "LilyGild," Hilary Hawke with Reed Stutz [Adhyâropa, 2022] (11)
        "Nyc Waltz" (4)
        "Liza Jane" (3)
  5: "Oubliette," Jez Lowe [Tantobie, 7/2025] (11)
        "Freebody's Wake" (2)
        "A Message From A Mandolin" (2)
        "Oubliette" (2)
  8: "The America Chronicles," Kemp Harris [Righteous Mischief, 8/2025] (10)
        "Don't You Hear Them America" (3)
        "America/Border Song" (2)
  8: "Drum School Dropout," Christine Lavin [Self, 8/2025] (10)
        "The Best Summer" (4)
        "A Smack of Jellyfish" (2)
  8: "Fire & Honey," Wild Mountain Mystics [Blackbird, 8/2025] (10)
        "If You Can Bluff" (2)
        "May We All Meet Again" (2)
        "What Our Love Can Do" (2)
  8: "The Woods Have Shown Us," Ponyfolk [Hestehus, 7/2025] (10)
        "Sommer" (4)
        "Midnight on the Water" (2)
 12: "The Remains of Tom Lehrer," Tom Lehrer [Rhino, 2000] (9)
        "The Irish Ballad" (1)
 12: "The Time That Remains," Mike Ward [Self, 7/2025] (9)
        "Why Not" (4)
 14: "Connected," Darryl Purpose [Self, 8/2025] (8)
        "Colorado" (2)
        "Feel What Our Hearts Feel" (2)
 14: "Gold & Coal," Cassie & Maggie [Self, 5/2025] (8)
        "The Gold Rush is Over and I'm Moving On" (2)
 14: "In the West," The Horsenecks [Tiki Parlour, 6/2025] (8)
        "In the West" (3)
        "The Horsenecks" (2)
 14: "Personal History," Mary Chapin Carpenter [Thirty Tigers, 6/2025] (8)
        "Say It Anyway" (2)
 14: "Saltwater Country," Grace Morrison [Nonesuch, 7/2025] (8)
        "Saltwater Country" (3)
        "Who's Raising Who" (2)
 14: "That Was the Year That Was," Tom Lehrer [Reprise/Warner, 1965] (8)
        "The Folk Song Army" (3)
        "The Vatican Rag" (2)
 20: "Best of Steve Gillette," Steve Gillette [Compass, 6/2025] (7)
        "When the First Leaves Fall" (1)
 20: "New Skin," Judy Kass [Self, 7/2025] (7)
        "Look At Us Marching Now" (2)
 22: "The Shape of a Sway," Eli West [Tender and Mild, 5/2025] (6)
        "I'd Like To Be A Train" (3)
        "Everlovin' Need to Know" (2)
 22: "Until We Can't Sing Anymore," The Limeliters [Self] (6)
        "What Could Possibly Go Wrong" (2)
 22: "What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow," Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson [Nonesuch, 4/2025] (6)
        "Old Joe Clark" (1)
 25: "maps," David Francey [Laker] (5/19)
        "Annies House" (2)
        "Lonely Road" (2)
 25: "American Romance," Lukas Nelson [Sony] (5)
        "Born Runnin' Outta Time" (3)
 25: "Bones of Trees," Tim Grimm [Vault, 4/2025] (5)
        "Broken Truth" (3)
 25: "Burden of Hope," Peter Campbell [Self, 7/2025] (5)
        "Brindabella Blue" (1)
 25: "Dark Ages," Eliza Gilkyson [Realiza Records, 5/2025] (5)
        "Times Like These" (2)
 25: "Little Songs," Rrinaco [Rebel, 6/2025] (5)
        "Enough of this Way" (1)
 25: "Room on the Porch," Taj Mahal & Keb Mo [Concord] (5)
        "My Darling My Dear" (2)
 25: "Shelby Means," Shelby Means [Self, 6/2025] (5)
        "Million Reasons" (1)

TOP SONGS of August 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2261 plays from 74 playlists from 59 Folk DJs

1. "Pine Mountain High" (6)
     from "Kentucky Queen" (Carla Gover)
2. "I Don't Want Your Billions, Mister" (5)
     from "I Don't Want Your Billions, Mister - single" (David Scott Weaver)
2. "Someday We Won't Live Here Anymore" (5)
     from "Time Out #3" (The Accidentals)
4. "Back at the Start" (4)
     from "Crown of Roses" (Patty Griffin)
4. "The Best Summer" (4)
     from "Drum School Dropout" (Christine Lavin)
4. "Find My Way To You" (4)
     from "Wild & Clear & Blue" (I'm With Her)
4. "The Folk Song Army" (4)
     from "That Was the Year That Was" (Tom Lehrer)
4. "Nyc Waltz" (4)
     from "LilyGild" (Hilary Hawke with Reed Stutz)
4. "Sommer" (4)
     from "The Woods Have Shown Us" (Ponyfolk)
4. "White Goose" (4)
     from "White Goose - single" (Anna Tivel)
4. "Why Not" (4)
     from "The Time That Remains" (Mike Ward)
12. "Better Than Me" (3)
     from "Time Out #3" (The Accidentals)

TOP ARTISTS of August 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2261 plays from 74 playlists from 59 Folk DJs

1. Tom Lehrer (22)
        "The Remains of Tom Lehrer" (9)
        "That Was the Year That Was" (8)
        "Revisited" (3)
2. Carla Gover (16)
        "Kentucky Queen" (16)
3. The Accidentals (15)
        "Time Out #3" (15)
3. Patty Griffin (15)
        "Crown of Roses" (12)
5. I'm With Her (14)
        "Wild & Clear & Blue" (14)
6. Flaco Jiménez (13)
        "Arriba El Norte" (4)
        "Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio Y Mas!" (3)
        "The Best of Flaco Jiménez" (3)
7. Hilary Hawke with Reed Stutz (12)
        "LilyGild" (11)
8. David Francey (11/22)
        "maps" (19)
8. Christine Lavin (11)
        "Drum School Dropout" (10)
8. Jez Lowe (11)
        "Oubliette" (11)
11. Cole Quest & the City Pickers (10)
        "Homegrown" (9)
11. Kemp Harris (10)
        "The America Chronicles" (10)
11. Ponyfolk (10)
        "The Woods Have Shown Us" (10)
11. Ramblin' Jack Elliott (10)
        "Country Style/Live" (2)
11. Wild Mountain Mystics (10)
        "Fire & Honey" (10)
16. Bob Dylan (8)
        "Biograph" (2)
16. Darryl Purpose (8)
        "Connected" (8)
16. Eliza Gilkyson (8)
        "Dark Ages" (5)
16. Grace Morrison (8)
        "Saltwater Country" (8)
16. Lucy Kaplansky (8)
        "The Lucy Story - Unreleased & Rare Tracks" (4)
16. Mary Chapin Carpenter (8)
        "Personal History" (8)
16. Mike Ward (8)
        "The Time That Remains" (8)
16. Woody Guthrie (8)
        "Woody At Home - Vol 1 + 2" (3)
24. The Wailin' Jennys (7/8)
        "Fifteen" (3)
        "Live At The Mauch Chunk Opera House" (3)
24. Joan Baez (7)
        "Best of Joan Baez" (2)
24. Judy Kass (7)
        "New Skin" (7)
24. The Limeliters (7)
        "Until We Can't Sing Anymore" (6)
24. Steve Gillette (7)
        "Best of Steve Gillette" (7)
24. Willie Nelson (7)
        "Oh What a Beautiful World" (4)

TOP LABELS of August 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2261 plays from 74 playlists from 59 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (42)
2. Columbia (27)
3. Red House (24)
4. Compass (23)
4. Thirty Tigers (23)
6. Nonesuch (21)
7. Smithsonian/Folkways (19)
8. Rhino (18)
9. Signature Sounds (15/16)
10. Appleseed (13)
11. Redbird (12)
11. Reprise (12)
13. Laker (11/22)
13. Legacy (11)
15. Hestehus (10)
15. Sugar Hill (10)
17. Elektra (9)
17. Philo (9)
17. Rebel (9)
17. Tantobie (9)

FOLK DJs - August 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2261 plays from 74 playlists from 59 Folk DJs

Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Annie Keville (WVBR-FM, NY)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
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)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Daryana Antipova (WFHB-FM, IN)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM, OR)
Ed Mellnick (KBOO-FM, OR)
Ellen Stanley (KFAI-FM, MN)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Gordon Nash (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Helen Leicht (folkmusicnotebook.com, PA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
Jean Geiger (mixcloud.com, WA)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-FM & podcast, NY)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
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)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Michael S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Hawke's Bay & Radio Kidnappers, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
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 Olesko (WFDU-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NJ)
Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Terry B. Moses & Naomi Soule (KCLC-FM, MO)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)