Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
September 2025, Week 1

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of September 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2594 plays from 87 playlists from 62 Folk DJs

  1: "Long Journey Home," Various Artists [Appalsongs, 9/2025] (31)
        "I've Always Been a Rambler," Molly Tuttle (9)
  2: "Wide Open Spaces," Connie Kaldor [Coyote, 9/2025] (17)
        "Down The Road To Lonesome" (3)
        "Cowboys Still Live in Saskatchewan" (3)
  3: "Drum School Dropout," Christine Lavin [Self, 8/2025] (14)
        "The Best Summer" (4)
        "Life Happens Fast on West 20th Street" (3)
        "Don't Take Anyone" (2)
        "A Smack of Jellyfish" (2)
  4: "Connected," Darryl Purpose [Self, 8/2025] (13)
        "Would You Rather Be Right" (2)
        "Feel What Our Hearts Feel" (2)
        "One Bad Choice" (2)
        "Connected" (2)
  5: "Look to the Moon," Patty & Craig [Larrea, 9/2025] (12)
        "Love, Surround Me" (4)
        "You Are Not Alone" (2)
        "Blood Moon" (2)
  6: "New Skin," Judy Kass [Self, 7/2025] (11/15)
        "Look at Us Marching Now" (2)
        "At Our Best" (2)
        "You Are The Song" (2)
  7: "The Woods Have Shown Us," Ponyfolk [Hestehus, 7/2025] (9)
        "Sommer" (4)
        "Shenandoah" (2)
  8: "Callin' Me Back," Petunia & the Vipers [Self, 9/2025] (8)
        "Cindy Lou" (3)
        "Creeping Sun" (2)
  8: "Kentucky Queen," Carla Gover [Redbird, 8/2025] (8)
        "Hug More Necks" (1)
  8: "Kerrville Covers," Janet Feld [Janet's Planet, 8/2025] (8)
        "Standing In My Own Way" (4)
        "Don't Laugh At Me" (3)
 11: "Woody At Home - Vol 1 + 2," Woody Guthrie [Shamus, 9/2025] (7/13)
        "Backdoor Bum and the Big Landlord" (1)
 11: "LilyGild," Hilary Hawke with Reed Stutz [Adhyâropa, 2022] (7)
        "Have Your Own Way" (1)
 11: "Songs That Sing Me," Becky Buller [Dark Shadow, 8/2025] (7)
        "You Can't Roll A Seven Every Time" (2)
        "Millworker" (2)
 11: "Stay Put," Elexa Dawson [Moon Flower Sounds/Turns Out, 8/2025] (7)
        "Roots Grow" (2)
        "Stay Put" (2)
        "Bailing Hay" (2)
 15: "Dollar a Day," Charley Crockett [Lone Star Rider] (6)
        "Destroyed" (1)
 15: "American Portraits," Marty Cooper [Howlin' Dog, 8/2025] (6)
        "You Can't Be A Beacon" (2)
        "Their Roof is the Sky" (2)
 15: "Heavy on the Blues," Rory Block [M.C. Records, 8/2025] (6)
        "The Wind Cries Mary" (2)
 15: "The Last Bough," Kyle Carey [Americelta, 9/2025] (6)
        "The Last Bough" (4)
 15: "Lost & Found," Becki Davis [Self, 9/2025] (6)
        "Synchronicity Mystery" (2)
 15: "Lost & Found Highway," Joselyn & Don [Self, 9/2025] (6)
        "Girl From the Mountain" (2)
 15: "Mother Mind," Tekla Waterfield & Jeff Fielder [Oliver Blue, 9/2025] (6)
        "Something My Own" (2)
        "Slow Boat" (2)
        "Keep It Upbeat" (2)
 22: "The Way I Tell the Story," David Wilcox [Freshly Baked, 8/2025] (5/6)
        "The Reason Why I Ride" (2)
 22: "Airline Highway," Rodney Crowell [New West] (5)
        "The Twenty-One Song Salute" (2)
 22: "Crown of Roses," Patty Griffin [Thirty Tigers, 8/2025] (5)
        "Way Up To The Sky" (3)
 22: "In the West," The Horsenecks [Tiki Parlour, 6/2025] (5)
        "Baker City Blues" (2)
 22: "Now Then," Robbie Fulks [Compass, 9/2025] (5)
        "Savannah is a Devlish Girl" (2)
 22: "Song of the Bricoleur," Rags Rosenberg [Coyote Gulch, 9/2025] (5)
        "Flower Time" (2)
 22: "Southern Sky," Danny Burns [Bonfire] (5)
        "Keep Your Distance" (2)
        "Blue Ridge Blue" (2)
 22: "Time Out #3," The Accidentals [Self, 8/2025] (5)
        "Better Than Me" (2)
        "Fly Away" (2)
 30: "American Romance," Lukas Nelson [Sony] (4)
        "Make You Happy" (2)
        "Friend In The End" (2)
 30: "Been All Around This World," Special Consensus [Compass, 7/2025] (4)
        "What Am I Doing Hanging Around" (1)
 30: "Dance Of Love And Death," Eric Andersen [Self] (4)
        "Singin' Man" (3)
 30: "Fire & Honey," Wild Mountain Mystics [Blackbird, 8/2025] (4)
        "Take My Love Forever" (1)
 30: "Highfalutin Hillbilly," Kody Norris Show [Rebel, 6/2025] (4)
        "Ramblin' Around" (1)
 30: "Hot Jazz, Cool Blues And Hard-Hitting Songs," Barbara Dane [Smithsonian/Folkways, 2018] (4)
        "Truck Driving Woman" (3)
 30: "Little Songs," Rrinaco [Rebel, 6/2025] (4)
        "Abide With Me" (2)
 30: "Past Lives," Eli Lev [Self, 8/2025] (4)
        "Where We Come From" (4)
 30: "Personal History," Mary Chapin Carpenter [Thirty Tigers, 6/2025] (4)
        "Coda" (2)
 30: "The Price of Admission," Turnpike Troubadours [Thirty Tigers, 6/2025] (4)
        "Heaven Passing Through" (2)
 30: "Rhinestone Requiem," Sunny Sweeney [Aunt Daddy, 8/2025] (4)
        "Houston Belongs to Me" (1)
 30: "Riding High in Texas," Asleep at the Wheel [Bismeaux, 9/2025] (4)
        "All My Exes" (1)
 30: "Saltwater Country," Grace Morrison [Nonesuch, 7/2025] (4)
        "Beer In A Teacup" (2)
 30: "The Shape of a Sway," Eli West [Tender and Mild, 5/2025] (4)
        "Hearts and Bones" (2)
 30: "So Long Little Miss Sunshine," Molly Tuttle [Nonesuch, 8/2025] (4)
        "No Regrets" (2)
 30: "Sorrow Bound," Kaia Kater [Kingswood, 2015] (4)
        "En Filant Ma Quienouille" (1)
 30: "Squirrels," Jubal Lee Young [Tellico, 8/2025] (4)
        "Weird" (2)
 30: "Stone by Stone," Friction Farm [Self, 9/2025] (4)
        "Spread A Little Sunshine" (1)
 30: "The Time That Remains," Mike Ward [Self, 7/2025] (4)
        "Instrument For Good" (2)
 30: "You Climb the Mountain," The Onlies [Self, 8/2025] (4)
        "You Climb The Mountain" (1)

TOP SONGS of September 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2594 plays from 87 playlists from 62 Folk DJs

1. "I've Always Been a Rambler" (7)
     from "Long Journey Home" (Molly Tuttle)
2. "No Kings Here" (6)
     from "No Kings Here - Single" (Tom Paxton)
3. "Where We Come From" (5)
     from "Past Lives" (Eli Lev)
4. "The Best Summer" (4)
     from "Drum School Dropout" (Christine Lavin)
4. "The Last Bough" (4)
     from "The Last Bough" (Kyle Carey)
4. "Love, Surround Me" (4)
     from "Look to the Moon" (Patty & Craig)
4. "Sommer" (4)
     from "The Woods Have Shown Us" (Ponyfolk)
4. "Standing In My Own Way" (4)
     from "Kerrville Covers" (Janet Feld)
9. "Cindy Lou" (3)
     from "Callin' Me Back" (Petunia & the Vipers)
9. "Cowboys Still Live in Saskatchewan" (3)
     from "Wide Open Spaces" (Connie Kaldor)
9. "Don't Laugh At Me" (3)
     from "Kerrville Covers" (Janet Feld)
9. "Down The Road To Lonesome" (3)
     from "Wide Open Spaces" (Connie Kaldor)
9. "Everybody's Song" (3)
     from "Saving Grace" (Robert Plant)
9. "Goodnight America" (3)
     from "The America Chronicles" (Kemp Harris)

TOP ARTISTS of September 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2594 plays from 87 playlists from 62 Folk DJs

1. Connie Kaldor (18)
        "Wide Open Spaces" (17)
2. Christine Lavin (15)
        "Drum School Dropout" (14)
2. Tom Paxton (15)
        "No Kings Here - Single" (6)
4. Woody Guthrie (13/16)
        "Woody At Home - Vol 1 + 2" (12)
4. Darryl Purpose (13)
        "Connected" (13)
4. Molly Tuttle (13)
        "Long Journey Home" (7)
        "So Long Little Miss Sunshine" (4)
7. Judy Kass (11/15)
        "New Skin" (15)
7. Becky Buller (11)
        "Songs That Sing Me" (7)
        "Long Journey Home" (3)
7. Patty & Craig (11)
        "Look to the Moon" (11)
10. John McCutcheon (10)
        "Long Journey Home" (3)
11. Ponyfolk (9)
        "The Woods Have Shown Us" (9)
12. Carla Gover (8)
        "Kentucky Queen" (8)
12. Cheryl Wheeler (8)
        "Defying Gravity" (3)
12. Janet Feld (8)
        "Kerrville Covers" (8)
12. Petunia & the Vipers (8)
        "Callin' Me Back" (8)
16. Bruce Molsky (7)
        "Berkeley Old Time Music Convention" (2)
16. Bruce Springsteen (7)
        "Nebraska" (2)
16. Elexa Dawson (7)
        "Stay Put" (7)
16. Hilary Hawke with Reed Stutz (7)
        "LilyGild" (7)
16. Joni Mitchell (7)
        "Blue" (1)
16. Rory Block (7)
        "Heavy on the Blues" (6)
16. Tom Russell (7)
        "Blood And Candle Smoke" (1)

TOP LABELS of September 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2594 plays from 87 playlists from 62 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (40)
2. Smithsonian/Folkways (38)
3. Appalsongs (29)
4. Compass (28)
5. Borealis (23/25)
5. Nonesuch (23)
7. Thirty Tigers (21)
8. Columbia (19)
9. Red House (18)
10. Philo (17)
10. Rhino (17)
10. Signature Sounds (17)
13. Sugar Hill (16)
14. New West (14)
15. Vanguard (13)
16. Dark Shadow (12)
16. Warner (12)
18. Capitol (11)
18. Coyote (11)
18. Elektra (11)

FOLK DJs - September 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2594 plays from 87 playlists from 62 Folk DJs

Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Arthur Berman (CiTR-FM & podcast, BC)
Artie Martello (mostlyfolk.org & mixcloud.com, NY)
Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Bruce Swan (WSFM-LP, NC)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Ed Mellnick (KBOO-FM, OR)
Ellen Stanley (KFAI-FM, MN)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Gordon Nash (WLRN-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jeff Zolitor (KZYX-FM, CA)
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)
Katrina Knight (mixcloud.com, WA)
Ken Batista (WRCT-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
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)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Hefti (KRCL-FM & live365.com, UT)
Pete Thomas (WAER-FM, NY)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
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)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM & mixcloud.com, NY)