Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
September 2025, Week 3

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of September 2025, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1921 plays from 73 playlists from 60 Folk DJs

  1: "Long Journey Home," Various Artists [Appalsongs, 9/2025] (24)
        "Cuckoo," John McCutcheon (5)
        "900 Miles," Tim O'Brien (3)
        "I've Always Been a Rambler," Molly Tuttle (3)
  2: "Sweet Resilience," Jane Fallon [Self, 9/2025] (15/16)
        "Mendocino Girl" (3)
        "Resilience" (3)
        "Montague Street" (2)
  3: "Songs That Sing Me," Becky Buller [Dark Shadow, 8/2025] (12)
        "Millworker" (3)
        "A Hazy Shade Of Winter" (2)
        "You Can't Roll a Seven Every Time" (2)
  4: "The Last Bough," Kyle Carey [Americelta, 9/2025] (11)
        "The Last Bough" (3)
        "Via Del Campo" (2)
        "The Sere Wind" (2)
        "Latha Bha An Ridire Ag Òl" (2)
  4: "The Light Still Shines on the Main," Jory Nash [Self, 9/2025] (11)
        "Oh Little One" (4)
        "The Light Still Shines On The Main" (3)
        "Come Alive" (2)
  6: "Hummingbird Highway," Dar Williams [Righteous Babe, 8/2025] (10)
        "I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight" (5)
        "Hummingbird Highway" (2)
  6: "NERFA Songwriters, Vol. 1," Various Artists [NERFA, 9/2025] (10)
        "Bridget O'Brien," Maggie's Wake (3)
        "Cherish the Light," Ash & Eric (2)
  8: "Stay Put," Elexa Dawson [Moon Flower Sounds/Turns Out, 8/2025] (9)
        "Man Mountain" (2)
        "Baling Hay" (2)
        "Cove" (2)
  9: "Lost & Found," Becki Davis [Self, 9/2025] (8)
        "Peresphone" (2)
        "The Edge" (2)
  9: "Wide Open Spaces," Connie Kaldor [Coyote, 9/2025] (8)
        "Down The Road To Lonesome" (2)
        "Hitched Together" (2)
 11: "The Ghost of Sis Draper," Shawn Camp [Skeeter Bit, 9/2025] (7)
        "Magnolia Wind" (2)
 11: "Life and Time," Mike Reid & Joe Henry [Work Song] (7)
        "The Bridge" (2)
        "City of Light" (2)
        "Life And Time" (2)
 11: "Look to the Moon," Patty & Craig [Larrea, 9/2025] (7)
        "Look to the Moon" (3)
        "Agave Moon" (2)
 11: "Now Then," Robbie Fulks [Compass, 9/2025] (7)
        "Savannah Is A Devilish Girl" (3)
 11: "So Long Little Miss Sunshine," Molly Tuttle [Nonesuch, 8/2025] (7)
        "Everything Burns" (2)
 11: "Song of the Bricoleur," Rags Rosenberg [Coyote Gulch, 9/2025] (7)
        "Catherine's Song" (2)

TOP SONGS of September 2025, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1921 plays from 73 playlists from 60 Folk DJs

1. "Cuckoo" (5)
     from "Long Journey Home" (John McCutcheon)
1. "I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight" (5)
     from "Hummingbird Highway" (Dar Williams)
3. "Louder Than Guns" (4)
     from "Stone by Stone" (Friction Farm)
3. "Oh Little One" (4)
     from "The Light Still Shines on the Main" (Jory Nash)
3. "Returning To Myself" (4)
     from "Returning To Myself" (Brandi Carlile)
3. "Rolling Stone Refugee" (4)
     from "Touch Grass, Vol. 1" (The Mammals)
3. "They Say" (4)
     from "Present Journey" (Eli Lev)
3. "Workin' Man Blues" (4)
     from "Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle" (Willie Nelson)
9. "900 Miles" (3)
     from "Long Journey Home" (Tim O'Brien)
9. "Autumn Leaves" (3)
     from "Songbird" (Eva Cassidy)

TOP ARTISTS of September 2025, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1921 plays from 73 playlists from 60 Folk DJs

1. Becky Buller (16)
        "Songs That Sing Me" (12)
        "Long Journey Home" (4)
2. Jane Fallon (15/17)
        "Sweet Resilience" (16)
3. Dar Williams (11)
        "Hummingbird Highway" (10)
3. Jory Nash (11)
        "The Light Still Shines on the Main" (11)
3. Kyle Carey (11)
        "The Last Bough" (11)
6. John McCutcheon (10)
        "Long Journey Home" (6)
6. John Prine (10)
        "The Tree Of Forgiveness" (3)
6. Molly Tuttle (10)
        "So Long Little Miss Sunshine" (7)
9. Elexa Dawson (9)
        "Stay Put" (9)
10. Becki Davis (8)
        "Lost & Found" (8)
10. Connie Kaldor (8)
        "Wide Open Spaces" (8)
10. Tom Paxton (8)
        "No Kings Here - Single" (2)
13. Hank Williams (7)
        "Health & Happiness Shows" (2)
13. Mike Reid & Joe Henry (7)
        "Life and Time" (7)
13. Patty & Craig (7)
        "Look to the Moon" (7)
13. Rags Rosenberg (7)
        "Song of the Bricoleur" (7)
13. Robbie Fulks (7)
        "Now Then" (7)
13. Shawn Camp (7)
        "The Ghost of Sis Draper" (7)
19. B. B. King (6)
        "Live In Cook County Jail" (2)
19. Carla Gover (6)
        "Kentucky Queen" (6)
19. Eli Lev (6)
        "Past Lives" (2)
19. Friction Farm (6)
        "Stone by Stone" (6)
19. Kemp Harris (6)
        "The America Chronicles" (4)
19. Tim O'Brien (6)
        "Long Journey Home" (5)

TOP LABELS of September 2025, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1921 plays from 73 playlists from 60 Folk DJs

1. Appalsongs (22)
2. Compass (18)
3. Rounder (16)
4. Columbia (14)
4. Red House (14)
4. Smithsonian/Folkways (14)
7. Dark Shadow (12)
7. Nonesuch (12)
9. Americelta (11)
9. Capitol (11)
9. New West (11)
9. Righteous Babe (11)
9. Thirty Tigers (11)
14. Elektra (9)
14. NERFA (9)
14. Oh Boy (9)
14. Signature Sounds (9)
14. Warner (9)

FOLK DJs - September 2025, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1921 plays from 73 playlists from 60 Folk DJs

Angela Page (WJFF-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
Art Stevenson (WORT-FM, WI)
Artie Martello (folkmusicnotebook.com & mixcloud.com, NY)
Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
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 Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
David John (KEOS-FM & KAXE/KBXE-FM, TX)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Denis McGilvray (KWGS-FM, OK)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Gordon Nash (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
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 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)
Kate McNally (New Hampshire Public Radio)
Katrina Knight (mixcloud.com, MD)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, AR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Michael Park (mixcloud.com & PRX, NY)
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)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO)
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)