Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
September 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L
TOP ALBUMS of September 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1219 plays from 40 playlists from 29 Folk DJs
1: "Long Journey Home," Various Artists [Appalsongs, 9/2025] (26)
"House Carpenter," Jake Blount (3)
2: "Now Then," Robbie Fulks [Compass, 9/2025] (13)
"Work No More Blues" (2)
"Nobody Cares" (2)
"Savannah Is A Devilish Girl" (2)
"Poor and Sharp Witted" (2)
3: "Wide Open Spaces," Connie Kaldor [Coyote, 9/2025] (12)
"Outlaw" (2)
"Raining On The Farm" (2)
"Simplest of Things" (2)
"Cowboys Still Live in Saskatchewan" (2)
4: "One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey," Maria Muldaur [Nola Blue, 7/2025] (9/13)
"Don't Love No Married Man" (2)
"Downhill Pull" (2)
"Dreaming Of You" (2)
"What Makes You Act Like That" (2)
5: "Stone by Stone," Friction Farm [Self, 9/2025] (8)
"Stone By Stone" (3)
"Louder Than Guns" (2)
"Spread a Little Sunshine" (2)
5: "We're Only Human," Hayes Carll [Hwy Records, 8/2025] (8)
"Progress of Man" (2)
"We're Only Human" (2)
"May I Never" (2)
5: "Wild & Clear & Blue," I'm With Her [Rounder, 4/2025] (8)
"Wild and Clear and Blue" (2)
"Ancient Light" (2)
"Mother Eagle" (2)
8: "Ghosts of the Old West," George Mann & Mick Coates [Running Scared, 9/2025] (7)
"They Call Her Dolly Parton" (2)
8: "The Ghost of Sis Draper," Shawn Camp [Skeeter Bit, 9/2025] (7)
"Sis Draper" (2)
10: "Lost & Found," Becki Davis [Self, 9/2025] (6)
"Find Our Way" (2)
11: "Dark Ages," Eliza Gilkyson [Realiza Records, 5/2025] (5/6)
"Times Like These" (2)
11: "Bridging Divides," Billy Jonas [Self, 9/2025] (5)
"Open All the Doors and Windows" (3)
11: "Connected," Darryl Purpose [Self, 8/2025] (5)
"Me & Robbie Erenberg" (3)
11: "Hummingbird Highway," Dar Williams [Righteous Babe, 8/2025] (5)
"Hummingbird Highway" (3)
11: "NERFA Songwriters, Vol. 1," Various Artists [NERFA, 9/2025] (5)
"Bridget O'Brien," Maggie's Wake (2)
11: "Song of the Bricoleur," Rags Rosenberg [Coyote Gulch, 9/2025] (5)
"Bullfrogs" (3)
11: "You Climb the Mountain," The Onlies [Self, 8/2025] (5)
"Roll on Buddy" (2)
TOP SONGS of September 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1219 plays from 40 playlists from 29 Folk DJs
1. "Bullfrogs" (3)
from "Song of the Bricoleur" (Rags Rosenberg)
1. "House Carpenter" (3)
from "Long Journey Home" (Jake Blount)
1. "Hummingbird Highway" (3)
from "Hummingbird Highway" (Dar Williams)
1. "Me & Robbie Erenberg" (3)
from "Connected" (Darryl Purpose)
1. "Open All the Doors and Windows" (3)
from "Bridging Divides" (Billy Jonas)
1. "September Me" (3)
from "Still" (David Lamotte)
1. "Stone By Stone" (3)
from "Stone by Stone" (Friction Farm)
1. "These Days" (3)
from "These Days - single" (Muireann Bradley)
1. "What You Gonna Do With The Baby" (3)
from "Long Journey Home" (Old Crow Medicine Show)
1. "When Fall Comes to New England" (3)
from "Driving Home" (Cheryl Wheeler)
TOP ARTISTS of September 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1219 plays from 40 playlists from 29 Folk DJs
1. Robbie Fulks (13)
"Now Then" (12)
2. Connie Kaldor (12)
"Wide Open Spaces" (12)
3. Maria Muldaur (9/13)
"One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey" (13)
3. Friction Farm (9)
"Stone by Stone" (8)
3. The Mammals (9)
"Nonet" (2)
3. Mary Chapin Carpenter (9)
"Personal History" (5)
7. Dar Williams (8)
"Hummingbird Highway" (5)
7. Eliza Gilkyson (8)
"Dark Ages" (6)
7. Hayes Carll (8)
"We're Only Human" (8)
7. I'm With Her (8)
"Wild & Clear & Blue" (8)
11. Guy Clark (7)
"Old No. 1" (3)
11. Shawn Camp (7)
"The Ghost of Sis Draper" (7)
11. Jesse Welles (7)
"Middle" (4)
14. Becki Davis (6)
"Lost & Found" (6)
14. Cheryl Wheeler (6)
"Driving Home" (4)
14. George Mann & Mick Coates (6)
"Ghosts of the Old West" (6)
14. Joni Mitchell (6)
"Blue" (2)
14. Molly Tuttle (6)
"So Long Little Miss Sunshine" (4)
14. Willie Nelson (6)
"The Border" (1)
20. Doc Watson (5/7)
"The Essential Doc Watson" (2)
20. Billy Jonas (5)
"Bridging Divides" (5)
20. Bob Dylan (5)
"Bob Dylan" (1)
20. Darryl Purpose (5)
"Connected" (5)
20. John McCutcheon (5)
"Field of Stars" (2)
20. John Prine (5)
"Great Days-Anthology" (1)
20. The Onlies (5)
"You Climb the Mountain" (5)
20. Rags Rosenberg (5)
"Song of the Bricoleur" (5)
20. Van Morrison (5)
"Remembering Now" (3)
TOP LABELS of September 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1219 plays from 40 playlists from 29 Folk DJs
1. Rounder (35)
2. Compass (23)
3. Columbia (17)
3. Signature Sounds (17)
5. Appalsongs (13)
6. Sugar Hill (12)
7. Red House (11)
7. Smithsonian/Folkways (11)
9. Coyote (10)
9. Warner (10)
11. John McCutcheon (9/12)
11. Legacy (9)
11. Nonesuch (9)
11. Vanguard (9)
15. RCA (8)
FOLK DJs - September 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1219 plays from 40 playlists from 29 Folk DJs
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Arthur Berman (CiTR-FM & podcast, BC)
Artie Martello (folkmusicnotebook.com & mixcloud.com, NY)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
David John (KAXE/KBXE-FM, MN)
David Sears (WBGU-FM, OH)
Graham Dean & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Jeff Zolitor (KZYX-FM, CA)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA)
Ken Batista (WRCT-FM, PA)
Mary Sue Twohy (SiriusXM, DC)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Park (mixcloud.com & PRX, NY)
Michael S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Paul Porzio (Cox Cable, VA)
Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-FM, NY)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NJ)
Sonny Ochs (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)
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