Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
October 2025, Week 1

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of October 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2055 plays from 77 playlists from 65 Folk DJs

  1: "Voisinages," Le Vent Du Nord [La Compagnie du Nord, 10/2025] (23)
        "Par-Dessus Le Pont" (7)
        "Salut Réjean" (3)
        "Bienvenue" (3)
  2: "Long Journey Home," Various Artists [Appalsongs, 9/2025] (13)
        "House Carpenter," Jake Blount (3)
        "900 Miles," Tim O' Brien (3)
  3: "Bones of Better Days," The Whispering Tree [Eyelash Soup, 10/2025] (11)
        "Bones Of Better Days" (3)
        "By My Side" (2)
        "Letting Myself Go" (2)
  3: "Stay Put," Elexa Dawson [Moon Flower Sounds/Turns Out, 8/2025] (11)
        "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" (4)
        "Baling Hay" (3)
        "Roots Grow" (2)
        "Stay Put" (2)
  5: "The Last Bough," Kyle Carey [Americelta, 9/2025] (10)
        "Eden's Grief" (3)
        "The Last Bough" (3)
  5: "Shelter From the Storms," Lennie Gallant [Gallant Effort, 7/2025] (10)
        "Shelter From the Storms" (3)
        "Sable Island Horses" (2)
        "Counting on Angels" (2)
  5: "Wide Open Spaces," Connie Kaldor [Coyote, 9/2025] (10)
        "Raining On The Farm" (3)
        "This Car" (2)
  8: "Hummingbird Highway," Dar Williams [Righteous Babe, 8/2025] (9)
        "The Way I Go" (2)
        "Put the Coins on His Eyes" (2)
  9: "Avec Elodie," Eloise & Co [Self, 10/2025] (8)
        "Avent-deux de Vitteaux / Queen's Bath" (2)
  9: "The Breathing Room," Cosy Sheridan [Self, 10/2025] (8)
        "The Breathing Room" (3)
        "Claude's Cookies" (2)
 11: "Dark Ages," Eliza Gilkyson [Realiza Records, 5/2025] (7)
        "Dark Night of the Soul" (3)
 11: "The Light Still Shines on the Main," Jory Nash [Self, 9/2025] (7)
        "Come Alive" (2)
 11: "Now Then," Robbie Fulks [Compass, 9/2025] (7)
        "Ocean City" (2)
 11: "You Climb the Mountain," The Onlies [Self, 8/2025] (7)
        "You Climb The Mountain" (1)
 15: "Every Town," Anne Hills [Hand & Heart, 10/2025] (6)
        "Spoon River" (3)
 15: "Ghosts of the Old West," George Mann & Mick Coates [Running Scared, 9/2025] (6)
        "For the West" (2)
 15: "Look to the Moon," Patty & Craig [Larrea, 9/2025] (6)
        "Love, Surround Me" (2)
 15: "The Road Taken," Reggie Garrett & Christine Gunn [Wonder Dog, 10/2025] (6)
        "The Road Ahead" (1)
 15: "Safe, Sensible & Sane," Alison Brown & Steve Martin [Compass, 10/2025] (6)
        "Girl Have Money When You're Old" (2)
 15: "Saving Grace," Robert Plant [Nonesuch, 10/2025] (6)
        "Soul of A Man" (2)
        "As I Roved Out" (2)
 15: "Time Out #3," The Accidentals [Self, 8/2025] (6)
        "Too Good To Be True" (1)
 22: "The America Chronicles," Kemp Harris [Righteous Mischief, 8/2025] (5)
        "Don't You Hear Them America" (3)
 22: "Billionaire," Kathleen Edwards [Dualtone] (5)
        "When the Truth Comes Out" (2)
 22: "Heavy on the Blues," Rory Block [M.C. Records, 8/2025] (5)
        "High Heel Sneakers" (1)
 22: "Kentucky Queen," Carla Gover [Redbird, 8/2025] (5)
        "Raise a Little Cane" (2)
 22: "Lost & Found," Becki Davis [Self, 9/2025] (5)
        "Find Our Way" (2)
 22: "Riding High in Texas," Asleep at the Wheel [Bismeaux, 9/2025] (5)
        "Texas Cookin'" (1)
 22: "Songs That Sing Me," Becky Buller [Dark Shadow, 8/2025] (5)
        "Jellyman Kelly" (2)
 22: "Two Boats Under the Moon," Donald Wg Lindsay [Self, 6/2025] (5)
        "Soor Plooms O Galashiels" (1)
 30: "The Agonist," Leslie Jordan [Self, 7/2025] (4)
        "Truth or Consequence" (1)
 30: "Bones of Trees," Tim Grimm [Vault, 4/2025] (4)
        "Broken Truth" (3)
 30: "Connected," Darryl Purpose [Self, 8/2025] (4)
        "Costa Rica" (2)
 30: "Crown of Roses," Patty Griffin [Thirty Tigers, 8/2025] (4)
        "Way up to the Sky" (2)
 30: "Drift," Wes Corbett [Adhyâropa] (4)
        "The Shrouded Valley" (1)
 30: "Encyclopedia Mandolinnica," Ethan Setiawan [Adhyâropa] (4)
        "Forecast" (2)
 30: "Fire & Honey," Wild Mountain Mystics [Blackbird, 8/2025] (4)
        "If You Can Bluff" (1)
 30: "From Here to the Sea," Meredith Moon [Compass, 10/2025] (4)
        "East City Blues" (2)
 30: "The Ghost of Sis Draper," Shawn Camp [Skeeter Bit, 9/2025] (4)
        "The Checkered Shirt Band" (2)
 30: "More Than a Whisper: Celebrating the Music of Nanci Griffith," Various Artists [Rounder, 2023] (4)
        "Listen To The Radio," Molly Tuttle & Billy Strings (2)
 30: "The Raven & the Moon," Sherie Davis [Self, 10/2025] (4)
        "You Are My Home" (2)
 30: "The Shape of a Sway," Eli West [Tender and Mild, 5/2025] (4)
        "Rocks and Trees" (2)
        "Hearts and Bones" (2)
 30: "Shadows of a Ghost Town," Meghan Clarisse [Howlin' Dog, 9/2025] (4)
        "Copper and Quartz" (1)
 30: "So Long Little Miss Sunshine," Molly Tuttle [Nonesuch, 8/2025] (4)
        "Old Me New Wig" (1)
 30: "Songbird," Waylon Jennings [Son of Jessi, 10/2025] (4)
        "The Cowboy" (2)
 30: "The Time That Remains," Mike Ward [Self, 7/2025] (4)
        "What Prayer" (1)

TOP SONGS of October 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2055 plays from 77 playlists from 65 Folk DJs

1. "Par-Dessus Le Pont" (7)
     from "Voisinages" (Le Vent Du Nord)
2. "No Kings Here" (5)
     from "No Kings Here - Single" (Tom Paxton)
3. "Baling Hay" (4)
     from "Stay Put" (Elexa Dawson)
3. "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" (4)
     from "Stay Put" (Elexa Dawson)
5. "900 Miles" (3)
     from "Long Journey Home" (Tim O' Brien)
5. "Beautiful Strangers" (3)
     from "Sad & Beautiful World" (Mavis Staples)
5. "Bienvenue" (3)
     from "Voisinages" (Le Vent Du Nord)
5. "Bones Of Better Days" (3)
     from "Bones of Better Days" (The Whispering Tree)
5. "Broken Truth" (3)
     from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
5. "Dark Night of the Soul" (3)
     from "Dark Ages" (Eliza Gilkyson)
5. "Don't You Hear Them America" (3)
     from "The America Chronicles" (Kemp Harris)
5. "Eden's Grief" (3)
     from "The Last Bough" (Kyle Carey)
5. "House Carpenter" (3)
     from "Long Journey Home-A Century after the 1925 Mountain City Fiddlers Convention" (Jake Blount)
5. "The Last Bough" (3)
     from "The Last Bough" (Kyle Carey)

TOP ARTISTS of October 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2055 plays from 77 playlists from 65 Folk DJs

1. Le Vent Du Nord (23)
        "Voisinages" (23)
2. Connie Kaldor (12)
        "Wide Open Spaces" (10)
2. Dar Williams (12)
        "Hummingbird Highway" (9)
2. Elexa Dawson (12)
        "Stay Put" (11)
2. The Whispering Tree (12)
        "Bones of Better Days" (11)
6. Kyle Carey (10)
        "The Last Bough" (10)
6. Lennie Gallant (10)
        "Shelter From the Storms" (10)
8. Cosy Sheridan (9)
        "The Breathing Room" (7)
8. John Prine (9)
        "Bruised Orange" (1)
10. Eliza Gilkyson (8)
        "Dark Ages" (7)
10. Eloise & Co (8)
        "Avec Elodie" (8)
10. Tim Grimm (8)
        "Bones of Trees" (4)
13. Anne Hills (7)
        "Every Town" (6)
13. Becky Buller (7)
        "Songs That Sing Me" (5)
13. Bob Dylan (7)
        "Love and Theft" (2)
13. George Mann & Mick Coates (7)
        "Ghosts of the Old West" (6)
13. Jory Nash (7)
        "The Light Still Shines on the Main" (7)
13. The Onlies (7)
        "You Climb the Mountain" (7)
13. Patty & Craig (7)
        "Look to the Moon" (6)
13. Robbie Fulks (7)
        "Now Then" (7)

TOP LABELS of October 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2055 plays from 77 playlists from 65 Folk DJs

1. Compass (37)
2. Rounder (35)
3. Columbia (25/34)
4. La Compagnie du Nord (20)
4. Nonesuch (20)
6. Sugar Hill (16)
7. Red House (15)
7. Signature Sounds (15)
9. Appalsongs (14)
9. Oh Boy (14)
9. Warner (14)
12. Elektra (12)
12. Righteous Babe (12)
12. Thirty Tigers (12)
15. Americelta (10)
15. Coyote (10)
15. Eyelash Soup (10)
18. Smithsonian/Folkways (9)
19. Appleseed (8)
19. Gallant Effort (8)
19. RCA (8)

FOLK DJs - October 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2055 plays from 77 playlists from 65 Folk DJs

Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
Artie Martello (WIOX-FM & 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 Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
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)
Ellen Stanley (KFAI-FM, MN)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Gordon Nash (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-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)
John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-FM, NY)
Justin Helmer (KVSC-FM, MN)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kate McNally (New Hampshire Public Radio)
Ken Batista (WRCT-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, AR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Michael Kane (WBRS-FM, MA)
Michael Park (mixcloud.com & PRX, NY)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers & folktunefinder.com, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Hefti (KRCL-FM & live365.com, UT)
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)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, SK)
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)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)
Wanda Fischer (mixcloud.com, NY)