Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
August 2025, Week 2

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of August 2025, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2079 plays from 74 playlists from 60 Folk DJs

  1: "The America Chronicles," Kemp Harris [Righteous Mischief, 8/2025] (18)
        "Tulsa" (2)
  1: "Connected," Darryl Purpose [Self, 8/2025] (18)
        "Connected" (4)
        "Feel What Our Hearts Feel" (4)
  3: "Drum School Dropout," Christine Lavin [Self, 8/2025] (16)
        "The Best Summer" (6)
        "Don't Take Anyone" (2)
        "A Songwriter Named Bob" (2)
  4: "Fire & Honey," Wild Mountain Mystics [Blackbird, 8/2025] (15)
        "If You Can Bluff" (4)
        "All You Need Is Love" (3)
        "May We All Meet Again" (3)
  5: "Kentucky Queen," Carla Gover [Redbird, 8/2025] (13)
        "Pine Mountain High" (4)
        "Hug More Necks" (2)
  5: "You Climb the Mountain," The Onlies [Self, 8/2025] (13)
        "Gold Watch and Chain" (3)
        "The Moonlight Song" (2)
  7: "A Tribute to the King of Zydeco, Clifton Chenier," Various Artists [Valcour] (12)
        "Tout Le Temps En Temps," Shannon McNally, Molly Tuttle and Keith Frank (4)
        "Why Did You Go Last Night (AJ," Kam Franklin. AJ Haynes and Roddie Romero (2)
        "Hey Tite Fille-," Taj Mahal and Keith Frank (2)
  8: "Time Out #3," The Accidentals [Self, 8/2025] (11)
        "Fly Away" (3)
        "Better Than Me" (2)
        "Second Time Around" (2)
        "Too Good Too Be True" (2)
  9: "In the West," The Horsenecks [Tiki Parlour, 6/2025] (10)
        "In the West" (3)
 10: "Saltwater Country," Grace Morrison [Nonesuch, 7/2025] (9)
        "Saltwater Country" (2)
 11: "American Portraits," Marty Cooper [Howlin' Dog, 8/2025] (8)
        "The Mississippi Blind Boy" (2)
 11: "Crown of Roses," Patty Griffin [Thirty Tigers, 8/2025] (8)
        "Back at the Start" (3)
        "Way Up To The Sky" (2)
 11: "Partners," Flaco Jiménez [Reprise, 1992] (8)
        "Carmelita" (2)
        "El Puente Roto" (2)
 11: "Squirrels," Jubal Lee Young [Tellico, 8/2025] (8)
        "Squirrels" (4)
        "Weird" (2)
 11: "The Woods Have Shown Us," Ponyfolk [Hestehus, 7/2025] (8)
        "Midnight on the Water" (2)
        "Sommer" (2)
 11: "One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey," Maria Muldaur [Nola Blue, 7/2025] (8)
        "No, Papa No" (2)
        "My Handy Man" (2)
        "Gotta Have What It Takes" (2)
 17: "Kerrville Covers," Janet Feld [Janet's Planet, 8/2025] (7)
        "Don't Laugh At Me" (2)
        "Falcon" (2)
 17: "Oubliette," Jez Lowe [Tantobie, 7/2025] (7)
        "Barry and the Anthracites" (2)
 17: "Shelby Means," Shelby Means [Self, 6/2025] (7)
        "Suitcase Blues" (2)
 20: "All I Got & Gone," Chris Walz [Self, 3/2025] (6)
        "Hard Times Come Again No More" (2)
 20: "Heavy on the Blues," Rory Block [M.C. Records, 8/2025] (6)
        "Hold to His Hand" (2)
 20: "Hummingbird Highway," Dar Williams [Righteous Babe, 8/2025] (6)
        "Tu Sais Le Printemps" (4)
        "Hummingbird Highway" (2)
 20: "In La Ciudad," Mike Berman [Tanager Way] (6)
        "La Ciudad del Sol" (3)
 20: "Wild & Clear & Blue," I'm With Her [Rounder, 4/2025] (6)
        "Different Rocks, Different Hills" (2)
 25: "In My Blood," Cody Jinks [Late August, 8/2025] (5/6)
        "Better Than the Bottle" (1)
 25: "Heartwood," Heartwood [Self] (5)
        "Old Man" (1)
 25: "House of the Dog," Grain Thief [Plow Man, 7/2025] (5)
        "54 Miles to Empty" (1)
 25: "New Skin," Judy Kass [Self, 7/2025] (5)
        "New Skin" (2)
 25: "Past Lives," Eli Lev [Self, 8/2025] (5)
        "Who I Was" (2)
        "Where We Come From" (2)
 25: "Perfume Like a Full Moon," Ray Lambiase [Raytone, 6/2025] (5)
        "Like the Wind" (1)
 25: "Personal History," Mary Chapin Carpenter [Thirty Tigers, 6/2025] (5)
        "The Saving Things" (1)
 25: "Rosedale," M Sparks [Self, 8/2025] (5)
        "Knock 'Em Out John" (2)
 25: "Signs of Life," My Politic [Self, 6/2025] (5)
        "Who Could Ask for More" (2)
 25: "Stay Put," Elexa Dawson [Moon Flower Sounds/Turns Out, 8/2025] (5)
        "Roots Grow" (3)

TOP SONGS of August 2025, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2079 plays from 74 playlists from 60 Folk DJs

1. "The Best Summer" (6)
     from "Drum School Dropout" (Christine Lavin)
2. "Connected" (4)
     from "Connected" (Darryl Purpose)
2. "Feel What Our Hearts Feel" (4)
     from "Connected" (Darryl Purpose)
2. "If You Can Bluff" (4)
     from "Fire & Honey" (Wild Mountain Mystics)
2. "Pine Mountain High" (4)
     from "Kentucky Queen" (Carla Gover)
2. "Squirrels" (4)
     from "Squirrels" (Jubal Lee Young)
2. "Tout Le Temps En Temps" (4)
     from "A Tribute To the King of Zydeco" (Shannon McNally & Molly Tuttle & Keith Frank)
2. "Tu Sais Le Printemps" (4)
     from "Hummingbird Highway" (Dar Williams)
2. "The Victim Tree" (4)
     from "Kindred Spirits" (John Flynn)
10. "1000 Candles, 1000 Cranes" (3)
     from "Waltz of the WallFlowers: a Dysfunctional Duet" (Small Potatoes)
10. "All You Need Is Love" (3)
     from "Fire & Honey" (Wild Mountain Mystics)
10. "Back at the Start" (3)
     from "Crown of Roses" (Patty Griffin)
10. "Fly Away" (3)
     from "Time Out #3" (The Accidentals)
10. "Gold Watch and Chain" (3)
     from "You Climb the Mountain" (The Onlies)

TOP ARTISTS of August 2025, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2079 plays from 74 playlists from 60 Folk DJs

1. Darryl Purpose (20)
        "Connected" (18)
1. Flaco Jiménez (20)
        "Partners" (8)
        "Sleepytown" (3)
3. Christine Lavin (18)
        "Drum School Dropout" (16)
3. Kemp Harris (18)
        "The America Chronicles" (18)
5. Wild Mountain Mystics (15)
        "Fire & Honey" (15)
6. Carla Gover (13)
        "Kentucky Queen" (13)
6. The Onlies (13)
        "You Climb the Mountain" (13)
8. Tom Lehrer (11)
        "More of Tom Lehrer" (3)
        "That Was the Year That Was" (3)
9. The Accidentals (10)
        "Time Out #3" (10)
9. Bob Dylan (10)
        "Blood On The Tracks" (1)
9. The Horsenecks (10)
        "In the West" (10)
12. Grace Morrison (9)
        "Saltwater Country" (9)
12. Maria Muldaur (9)
        "One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey" (8)
14. Dar Williams (8)
        "Hummingbird Highway" (6)
14. Jubal Lee Young (8)
        "Squirrels" (8)
14. Marty Cooper (8)
        "American Portraits" (8)
14. Patty Griffin (8)
        "Crown of Roses" (8)
14. Ponyfolk (8)
        "The Woods Have Shown Us" (8)
19. Janet Feld (7)
        "Kerrville Covers" (7)
19. Jez Lowe (7)
        "Oubliette" (7)
19. Mike Berman (7)
        "In La Ciudad" (6)
19. Chris Walz (7)
        "All I Got & Gone" (6)

TOP LABELS of August 2025, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2079 plays from 74 playlists from 60 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (34)
2. Smithsonian/Folkways (20)
3. Columbia (19)
3. Reprise (19)
5. Compass (17)
5. Thirty Tigers (17)
7. Nonesuch (15)
7. Valcour (15)
9. Righteous Mischief (14)
9. Signature Sounds (14)
9. Warner (14)
12. Redbird (13)
12. Sugar Hill (13)
14. Blackbird (12)
14. Rhino (12)
16. Red House (11)
17. Appleseed (9)
17. Tiki Parlour (9)
19. Borealis (8)
19. Dark Shadow (8)
19. Howlin' Dog (8)
19. Legacy (8)
19. Waterbug (8)

FOLK DJs - August 2025, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2079 plays from 74 playlists from 60 Folk DJs

Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
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)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM & mixcloud.com, GA)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Gordon Nash (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Graham Dean & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Helen Leicht (folkmusicnotebook.com, PA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jean Geiger (KSER-FM & 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)
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)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, AR)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM & mixcloud.com, OR)
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 S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers & Radio Hawke's Bay, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Hefti (KRCL-FM & live365.com, UT)
Pete Thomas (WAER-FM, NY)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM & mixcloud.com, WA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
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)
Wayne Greene (KEOS-FM, TX)