Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
September 2025, Week 4

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of September 2025, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2500 plays from 86 playlists from 65 Folk DJs

  1: "Look to the Moon," Patty & Craig [Larrea, 9/2025] (28)
        "Love, Surround Me" (6)
  2: "Long Journey Home," Various Artists [Appalsongs, 9/2025] (27)
        "I've Always Been A Rambler," Molly Tuttle (4)
        "What Ya Gonna Do With The Baby," Old Crow Medicine Show (4)
  3: "Stone by Stone," Friction Farm [Self, 9/2025] (23)
        "American Dream" (6)
        "Tyler And Peggy" (3)
        "Stone By Stone" (3)
        "Louder Than Guns" (3)
  4: "Lost & Found," Becki Davis [Self, 9/2025] (16)
        "The Edge" (4)
        "A Little Room" (2)
        "Synchronicity Mystery" (2)
        "Pick Flowers" (2)
        "Burn" (2)
        "Find Our Way" (2)
  4: "Perennial," Kate Macleod [Westmoon, 9/2025] (16)
        "Early Fields" (3)
        "Plans are Written in the Sand" (3)
        "Storm on the Desert" (3)
        "Train Across the Great Salt Lake/The Oregon Trail" (3)
  6: "Mother Mind," Tekla Waterfield & Jeff Fielder [Oliver Blue, 9/2025] (14)
        "Visions Of A Life" (3)
        "Slowboat" (2)
        "I Am Alive" (2)
        "Something My Own" (2)
        "Saw Myself In Her" (2)
  6: "Wide Open Spaces," Connie Kaldor [Coyote, 9/2025] (14)
        "Wide Open Spaces" (3)
        "Old Lady Whiskey" (3)
        "Down the Road to Lonesome" (2)
        "Raining on the Farm" (2)
  8: "Connected," Darryl Purpose [Self, 8/2025] (13)
        "Me & Robbie Erenberg" (6)
  8: "Hummingbird Highway," Dar Williams [Righteous Babe, 8/2025] (13)
        "Hummingbird Highway" (5)
        "Sacred Mountain" (3)
        "All is Come Undone" (2)
 10: "Song of the Bricoleur," Rags Rosenberg [Coyote Gulch, 9/2025] (11)
        "Bullfrogs" (4)
        "Smokey Joe's" (2)
        "Flower Time" (2)
 10: "Songs That Sing Me," Becky Buller [Dark Shadow, 8/2025] (11)
        "Auction At The Home Place" (2)
        "Jellyman Kelly" (2)
        "Camel Train" (2)
 12: "Bones of Trees," Tim Grimm [Vault, 4/2025] (10)
        "In The U.S.A" (2)
        "Broken Truth" (2)
        "Bow And Arrow" (2)
        "Gettin' Older" (2)
 12: "Kentucky Queen," Carla Gover [Redbird, 8/2025] (10)
        "Kentucky Queen" (4)
        "Tired of C" (2)
 14: "Ghosts of the Old West," George Mann & Mick Coates [Running Scared, 9/2025] (9)
        "For The West" (2)
        "'Til the Cows and 'Roos Come Home" (2)
        "Ghosts Of The Old West" (2)
 14: "The Light Still Shines on the Main," Jory Nash [Self, 9/2025] (9)
        "Everybody Knows By Now" (2)
        "Oh, Little One" (2)
        "The Light Still Shines on the Main" (2)
 14: "Time Out #3," The Accidentals [Self, 8/2025] (9)
        "Fly Away" (3)
 17: "The America Chronicles," Kemp Harris [Righteous Mischief, 8/2025] (8)
        "Goodnight America" (3)
        "Ruthie's" (2)
 17: "Stay Put," Elexa Dawson [Moon Flower Sounds/Turns Out, 8/2025] (8)
        "Baling Hay" (2)
 17: "Sweet Resilience," Jane Fallon [Self, 9/2025] (8)
        "Not Even Maralago" (3)
        "Cotton Jenny" (2)
 20: "Avec Elodie," Eloise & Co [Self] (7)
        "Bal / Dejol pont de Lion" (3)
 20: "The Last Bough," Kyle Carey [Americelta, 9/2025] (7)
        "For Your Journey" (2)
        "The Last Bough" (2)
 20: "Now Then," Robbie Fulks [Compass, 9/2025] (7)
        "Nobody Cares" (2)
        "There's A Man" (2)
 23: "Bridging Divides," Billy Jonas [Self, 9/2025] (6)
        "Open All The Doors And Windows" (3)
 23: "The Ghost of Sis Draper," Shawn Camp [Skeeter Bit, 9/2025] (6)
        "Sis Draper" (2)
        "Hello Dyin' Day" (2)
 23: "Heavy on the Blues," Rory Block [M.C. Records, 8/2025] (6)
        "Down the Dirt Road Blues" (3)
 23: "Promised Land," Gina Forsyth [Waterbug, 2012] (6)
        "4th Of July" (3)
        "Fields Of Gold" (2)
 23: "You Climb the Mountain," The Onlies [Self, 8/2025] (6)
        "Roll On Buddy" (2)
 28: "What Are We Waiting For? It's Time," Charlie Mosbrook [OMR] (5/6)
        "I Don't Know What We're Gonna Do" (2)
 28: "Driving Home," Cheryl Wheeler [Philo, 2004] (5)
        "75 Septembers" (3)
        "When Fall Comes To New England" (2)
 28: "Drum School Dropout," Christine Lavin [Self, 8/2025] (5)
        "Ervin & Edith" (1)
 28: "Fire & Honey," Wild Mountain Mystics [Blackbird, 8/2025] (5)
        "All You Need Is Love" (3)
 28: "New Skin," Judy Kass [Self, 7/2025] (5)
        "At Our Best" (2)
 28: "Personal History," Mary Chapin Carpenter [Thirty Tigers, 6/2025] (5)
        "New Religion" (2)
 28: "Room On The Porch," Taj Mahal & Keb Mo [Concord] (5)
        "Room On The Porch" (3)
        "Make Up Your Mind" (2)
 28: "Seeds of Dreaming," Diyet & the Love Soldiers [Self, 9/2025] (5)
        "Seeds of Dreaming" (1)
 28: "So Long Little Miss Sunshine," Molly Tuttle [Nonesuch, 8/2025] (5)
        "I Love It" (1)

TOP SONGS of September 2025, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2500 plays from 86 playlists from 65 Folk DJs

1. "American Dream" (6)
     from "Stone by Stone" (Friction Farm)
1. "Love, Surround Me" (6)
     from "Look to the Moon" (Patty & Craig)
1. "Me & Robbie Erenberg" (6)
     from "Connected" (Darryl Purpose)
4. "Hummingbird Highway" (5)
     from "Hummingbird Highway" (Dar Williams)
4. "No Kings Here" (5)
     from "No Kings Here - Single" (Tom Paxton)
6. "Bullfrogs" (4)
     from "Song of the Bricoleur" (Rags Rosenberg)
6. "The Edge" (4)
     from "Lost & Found" (Becki Davis)
6. "Kentucky Queen" (4)
     from "Kentucky Queen" (Carla Gover)
6. "Memory of August" (4)
     from "Every Town" (Anne Hills)
6. "Richard Nixon's Still Alive" (4)
     from "Hear You Laughing" (Tom Prasada-Rao)
11. "4th Of July" (3)
     from "Promised Land" (Gina Forsyth)
11. "75 Septembers" (3)
     from "Driving Home" (Cheryl Wheeler)
11. "900 Miles" (3)
     from "Long Journey Home: a Century After the 1925 Mountain City Fiddlers Convention" (Tim O'Brien)
11. "Agave Moon" (3)
     from "Look to the Moon" (Patty & Craig)
11. "All You Need Is Love" (3)
     from "Fire & Honey" (Wild Mountain Mystics)

TOP ARTISTS of September 2025, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2500 plays from 86 playlists from 65 Folk DJs

1. Patty & Craig (28)
        "Look to the Moon" (28)
2. Friction Farm (24)
        "Stone by Stone" (23)
3. Bruce Springsteen (19)
        "Tracks" (5)
4. Kate Macleod (18)
        "Perennial" (16)
5. Becki Davis (17)
        "Lost & Found" (16)
6. Dar Williams (15)
        "Hummingbird Highway" (13)
7. Connie Kaldor (14)
        "Wide Open Spaces" (12)
8. Becky Buller (13)
        "Songs That Sing Me" (11)
9. Darryl Purpose (12)
        "Connected" (12)
9. Tekla Waterfield & Jeff Fielder (12)
        "Mother Mind" (12)
11. Hank Williams (11)
        "Complete Hank Williams" (5)
11. Rags Rosenberg (11)
        "Song of the Bricoleur" (11)
11. Tim Grimm (11)
        "Bones of Trees" (10)
14. Carla Gover (10)
        "Kentucky Queen" (10)
14. Molly Tuttle (10)
        "So Long Little Miss Sunshine" (5)
        "Long Journey Home" (3)
14. Tom Paxton (10)
        "No Kings Here - Single" (4)
17. The Accidentals (9)
        "Time Out #3" (9)
17. George Mann & Mick Coates (9)
        "Ghosts of the Old West" (9)
17. John McCutcheon (9)
        "Long Journey Home: A Century After The 1925 Mountain City Fiddlers Convention" (5)
17. Joni Mitchell (9)
        "Clouds" (2)
17. Jory Nash (9)
        "The Light Still Shines on the Main" (9)
22. Anne Hills (8)
        "Every Town" (3)
22. Cheryl Wheeler (8)
        "Driving Home" (5)
22. Elexa Dawson (8)
        "Stay Put" (7)
22. Eloise & Co (8)
        "Avec Elodie" (7)
22. Jane Fallon (8)
        "Sweet Resilience" (8)
22. Tim O'Brien (8)
        "Long Journey Home" (5)
28. Billy Strings (7)
        "Highway Prayers" (3)
28. Christine Lavin (7)
        "Drum School Dropout" (5)
28. Gordon Lightfoot (7)
        "Gord's Gold" (2)
28. Kemp Harris (7)
        "The America Chronicles" (7)
28. Kyle Carey (7)
        "The Last Bough" (7)
28. Mary Chapin Carpenter (7)
        "Personal History" (5)
28. Robbie Fulks (7)
        "Now Then" (7)
28. Tom Prasada-Rao (7)
        "Hear You Laughing" (4)

TOP LABELS of September 2025, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2500 plays from 86 playlists from 65 Folk DJs

1. Compass (32)
2. Rounder (29)
3. Appalsongs (22)
3. Larrea (22)
5. Thirty Tigers (21)
6. Columbia (19)
7. Nonesuch (17)
8. Rhino (15)
8. Sugar Hill (15)
8. Westmoon (15)
11. Coyote (13)
11. Dark Shadow (13)
11. Reprise (13)
11. Smithsonian/Folkways (13)
15. Oliver Blue (12)
15. Philo (12)
15. Righteous Babe (12)
15. Waterbug (12)
19. Coyote Gulch (11)
20. Borealis (10)
20. Red House (10)
20. Signature Sounds (10)

FOLK DJs - September 2025, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2500 plays from 86 playlists from 65 Folk DJs

Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
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 Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
Bruce Swan (WSFM-LP, NC)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM & mixcloud.com, GA)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Denis McGilvray (KWGS-FM, OK)
Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Ed Mellnick (KBOO-FM, OR)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Helen Leicht (folkmusicnotebook.com, PA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
James Sereda (WUSB-FM, NY)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
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 (CHER-FM)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Katrina Knight (mixcloud.com, MD)
Ken Batista (WRCT-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Kevin Vance (KALW-FM & KPFA-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, AR)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
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 Park (mixcloud.com & PRX, NY)
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)
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)
Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Sue Kessell (WNUR-FM, IL)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Terry B. Moses & Naomi Soule (KCLC-FM, MO)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM & mixcloud.com, NY)
Wayne Greene (KEOS-FM, TX)