Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
August 2025, Week 4

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of August 2025, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2413 plays from 85 playlists from 65 Folk DJs

  1: "The America Chronicles," Kemp Harris [Righteous Mischief, 8/2025] (18)
        "Standing Your Ground" (4)
        "America/Border Song" (3)
  2: "Kentucky Queen," Carla Gover [Redbird, 8/2025] (16)
        "Crazy Love" (4)
        "Raise a Little Cane" (3)
        "Pine Mountain High" (2)
        "Alchemy" (2)
  2: "Time Out #3," The Accidentals [Self, 8/2025] (16)
        "Too Good To Be True" (5)
        "Someday We Won't Live Here Anymre" (4)
        "Fly Away" (3)
        "Keep Trying" (2)
  4: "Drum School Dropout," Christine Lavin [Self, 8/2025] (14)
        "The Best Summer" (9)
  5: "Connected," Darryl Purpose [Self, 8/2025] (12)
        "Feel What Our Hearts Feel" (3)
        "Would You Rather Be Right" (2)
        "Costa Rica" (2)
  5: "Past Lives," Eli Lev [Self, 8/2025] (12)
        "Where We Come From" (6)
        "My Wish Was You" (5)
  7: "American Portraits," Marty Cooper [Howlin' Dog, 8/2025] (10)
        "In Santa Fe" (2)
  7: "Fire & Honey," Wild Mountain Mystics [Blackbird, 8/2025] (10)
        "What Our Love Can Do" (2)
        "May We All Meet Again" (2)
  9: "We're Only Human," Hayes Carll [Hwy Records, 8/2025] (9)
        "Good People" (2)
        "We're Only Human" (2)
        "What Will I Be" (2)
 10: "Ear to the Ground," Malvina Reynolds [Smithsonian/Folkways] (8)
        "Little Boxes" (2)
 10: "So Long Little Miss Sunshine," Molly Tuttle [Nonesuch, 8/2025] (8)
        "Everything Burns" (3)
        "Easy" (2)
 10: "Squirrels," Jubal Lee Young [Tellico, 8/2025] (8)
        "Kind All the Time" (3)
        "Squirrels" (2)
 10: "You Climb the Mountain," The Onlies [Self, 8/2025] (8)
        "Roll On Buddy" (3)
        "Spectacle Lake" (3)
 14: "Personal History," Mary Chapin Carpenter [Thirty Tigers, 6/2025] (7)
        "New Religion" (2)
        "Paint + Turpentine" (2)
 15: "Bones of Trees," Tim Grimm [Vault, 4/2025] (6)
        "Broken Truth" (2)
 15: "Callin' Me Back," Petunia & the Vipers [Self, 8/2025] (6)
        "Billy the Kid" (2)
 15: "Crown of Roses," Patty Griffin [Thirty Tigers, 8/2025] (6)
        "Way up to the Sky" (3)
 15: "Dark Ages," Eliza Gilkyson [Realiza Records, 5/2025] (6)
        "10,000 Things" (2)
 15: "Hummingbird Highway," Dar Williams [Righteous Babe, 8/2025] (6)
        "Tu Sais Le Printemps" (4)
 15: "Kerrville Covers," Janet Feld [Janet's Planet, 8/2025] (6)
        "See Myself in You" (1)
 15: "Paper Flowers," Tim O'Brien & Jan Fabricius [Howdy Skies, 6/2025] (6)
        "Paper Flowers" (1)
 15: "Rosedale," M Sparks [Self, 8/2025] (6)
        "How Far They Go" (3)
        "Your God" (2)
 15: "What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow," Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson [Nonesuch, 4/2025] (6)
        "Rain Crow" (2)
 15: "Wild & Clear & Blue," I'm With Her [Rounder, 4/2025] (6)
        "Find My Way to You" (1)
 15: "The Woods Have Shown Us," Ponyfolk [Hestehus, 7/2025] (6)
        "Philosopher's Waltz" (2)
 26: "Arcadia," Alison Krauss & Union Station [Down The Road, 3/2025] (5)
        "North Side Gal" (2)
        "There's A Light Up Ahead" (2)
 26: "Homegrown," Cole Quest & the City Pickers [Jallopy, 7/2025] (5)
        "In Tall Buildings" (2)
 26: "Maybe New Mexico," Helene Cronin [Self, 3/2025] (5)
        "God Stopped By" (3)
 26: "Mirror Behind The Bar," Silas Lowe [Self] (5)
        "Brown Gravy Kitchen" (1)
 26: "New Skin," Judy Kass [Self, 7/2025] (5)
        "New Skin" (2)
        "Thank The Stone" (2)
 26: "Reverie," Amble [Warner, 7/2025] (5)
        "Lonely Island" (2)
 26: "Saltwater Country," Grace Morrison [Nonesuch, 7/2025] (5)
        "On My Way to MA" (1)
 26: "Songs That Sing Me," Becky Buller [Dark Shadow, 8/2025] (5)
        "Muddy Waters" (2)
 26: "The Time That Remains," Mike Ward [Self, 7/2025] (5)
        "Paul Stamler" (1)
 26: "The Way I Tell the Story," David Wilcox [Freshly Baked, 8/2025] (5)
        "My Own Mind" (3)

TOP SONGS of August 2025, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2413 plays from 85 playlists from 65 Folk DJs

1. "The Best Summer" (9)
     from "Drum School Dropout" (Christine Lavin)
2. "Early Fields" (6)
     from "Easy Fields - single" (Kate MacLeod)
2. "Where We Come From" (6)
     from "Past Lives" (Eli Lev)
4. "My Wish Was You" (5)
     from "Past Lives" (Eli Lev)
4. "Too Good To Be True" (5)
     from "Time Out #3" (The Accidentals)
6. "Standing Your Ground" (4)
     from "The America Chronicles" (Kemp Harris)
6. "Tu Sais Le Printemps" (4)
     from "Hummingbird Highway" (Dar Williams)
8. "Someday We Won't Live Here Anymre" (3/4)
     from "Time Out #3" (The Accidentals)
8. "America/Border Song" (3)
     from "The America Chronicles" (Kemp Harris)
8. "Be the Change" (3)
     from "Be the Change - single" (Ron Sowell)
8. "Crazy Love" (3)
     from "Kentucky Queen" (Carla Gover)
8. "The Elements" (3)
     from "An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer" (Tom Lehrer)

TOP ARTISTS of August 2025, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2413 plays from 85 playlists from 65 Folk DJs

1. Christine Lavin (18)
        "Drum School Dropout" (14)
1. Kemp Harris (18)
        "The America Chronicles" (18)
3. The Accidentals (16)
        "Time Out #3" (16)
4. Carla Gover (15)
        "Kentucky Queen" (15)
5. Eliza Gilkyson (14)
        "Dark Ages" (6)
5. Hayes Carll (14)
        "We're Only Human" (9)
        "What It Is" (4)
7. Eli Lev (13)
        "Past Lives" (11)
8. Bob Dylan (12)
        "Bob Dylan" (2)
8. Darryl Purpose (12)
        "Connected" (12)
10. Marty Cooper (10)
        "American Portraits" (10)
10. Molly Tuttle (10)
        "So Long Little Miss Sunshine" (8)
10. Pete Seeger (10)
        "The Smithsonian Folkways Collection" (2)
10. Wild Mountain Mystics (10)
        "Fire & Honey" (10)
14. Emmylou Harris (9)
        "Red Dirt Girl" (3)
14. John Prine (9)
        "In Spite Of Ourselves" (2)
14. Malvina Reynolds (9)
        "Ear to the Ground" (7)
14. Tom Lehrer (9)
        "An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer" (4)
        "That Was the Year That Was" (4)
18. John McCutcheon (8)
        "To Everyone in All the World: A Celebration of Pete Seeger" (2)
18. Jubal Lee Young (8)
        "Squirrels" (8)
18. Kate MacLeod (8)
        "Blooming" (2)
18. Mary Chapin Carpenter (8)
        "Personal History" (7)
18. The Onlies (8)
        "You Climb the Mountain" (8)
18. Ry Cooder (8)
        "Boomer's Story" (2)
18. Tim Grimm (8)
        "Bones of Trees" (6)
25. Becky Buller (7)
        "Songs That Sing Me" (5)
25. Charley Crockett (7)
        "Dollar a Day" (3)
25. Dar Williams (7)
        "Hummingbird Highway" (6)
25. Patty Griffin (7)
        "Crown of Roses" (6)
25. Rory Block (7)
        "Heavy on the Blues" (4)

TOP LABELS of August 2025, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2413 plays from 85 playlists from 65 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (40)
2. Smithsonian/Folkways (29)
3. Nonesuch (28)
4. Columbia (25)
4. Thirty Tigers (25)
6. Compass (22)
7. Red House (20)
8. Redbird (17)
9. Philo (14)
9. Reprise (14)
9. Warner (14)
12. New West (12)
12. Oh Boy (12)
14. Rhino (11)
15. Legacy (10)
15. RCA (10)
15. Righteous Babe (10)
18. Blackbird (9)
18. Elektra (9)
18. Flying Fish (9)
18. Sugar Hill (9)

FOLK DJs - August 2025, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2413 plays from 85 playlists from 65 Folk DJs

Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
Art Stevenson (WORT-FM, WI)
Arthur Berman (CiTR-FM & podcast, BC)
Artie Martello (folkmusicnotebook.com & mixcloud.com, NY)
Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM & mixcloud.com, GA)
David John (KAXE/KBXE-FM & KEOS-FM, MN)
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)
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)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-FM, NY)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
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)
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 S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Hawke's Bay & folktunefinder.com, New Zealand)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Porzio (Cox Cable, VA)
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)
Sonny Ochs (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
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)