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 2082 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] (16)
        "House Carpenter," Jake Blount (4)
        "900 Miles," Tim O' Brien (3)
        "I've Always Been a Rambler," Molly Tuttle with Ketch Secor (2)
  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: "The Last Bough," Kyle Carey [Americelta, 9/2025] (11)
        "The Last Bough" (4)
        "Eden's Grief" (3)
  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)
  6: "Shelter From the Storms," Lennie Gallant [Gallant Effort, 7/2025] (10)
        "Shelter From the Storms" (3)
        "Sable Island Horses" (2)
        "Counting on Angels" (2)
  6: "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] (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: "Billionaire," Kathleen Edwards [Dualtone] (6)
        "When the Truth Comes Out" (2)
        "Little Pink Door" (2)
 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: "Riding High in Texas," Asleep at the Wheel [Bismeaux, 9/2025] (6)
        "Beaumont Rag" (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] (6)
        "Soul of A Man" (2)
        "As I Roved Out" (2)
 15: "Songs That Sing Me," Becky Buller [Dark Shadow, 8/2025] (6)
        "Jellyman Kelly" (2)
 15: "Time Out #3," The Accidentals [Self, 8/2025] (6)
        "Too Good To Be True" (1)
 25: "The America Chronicles," Kemp Harris [Righteous Mischief, 8/2025] (5)
        "Don't You Hear Them America" (3)
 25: "Drift," Wes Corbett [Adhyâropa] (5)
        "Case of the Mundes" (2)
 25: "Heavy on the Blues," Rory Block [M.C. Records, 8/2025] (5)
        "High Heel Sneakers" (1)
 25: "Kentucky Queen," Carla Gover [Redbird, 8/2025] (5)
        "Raise a Little Cane" (2)
 25: "Lost & Found," Becki Davis [Self, 9/2025] (5)
        "Find Our Way" (2)
 25: "So Long Little Miss Sunshine," Molly Tuttle [Nonesuch, 8/2025] (5)
        "Old Me New Wig" (1)
 25: "Two Boats Under the Moon," Donald Wg Lindsay [Self, 6/2025] (5)
        "Soor Plooms O Galashiels" (1)

TOP SONGS of October 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2082 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. "House Carpenter" (4)
     from "Long Journey Home: a Century After the 1925 Mountain City Fiddlers Convention" (Jake Blount)
3. "The Last Bough" (4)
     from "The Last Bough" (Kyle Carey)
3. "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" (4)
     from "Stay Put" (Elexa Dawson)
7. "900 Miles" (3)
     from "Long Journey Home" (Tim O' Brien)
7. "Beautiful Strangers" (3)
     from "Sad And Beautiful World" (Mavis Staples)
7. "Bienvenue" (3)
     from "Voisinages" (Le Vent Du Nord)
7. "Bones Of Better Days" (3)
     from "Bones of Better Days" (The Whispering Tree)
7. "Broken Truth" (3)
     from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
7. "Dark Night of the Soul" (3)
     from "Dark Ages" (Eliza Gilkyson)
7. "Don't You Hear Them America" (3)
     from "The America Chronicles" (Kemp Harris)

TOP ARTISTS of October 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2082 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 (11)
        "The Last Bough" (11)
7. Lennie Gallant (10)
        "Shelter From the Storms" (10)
8. Cosy Sheridan (9)
        "The Breathing Room" (7)
8. John Prine (9)
        "Bruised Orange" (1)
10. Becky Buller (8)
        "Songs That Sing Me" (6)
10. Eliza Gilkyson (8)
        "Dark Ages" (7)
10. Eloise & Co (8)
        "Avec Elodie" (8)
10. The Onlies (8)
        "You Climb the Mountain" (7)
10. Tim Grimm (8)
        "Bones of Trees" (4)
15. Anne Hills (7)
        "Every Town" (6)
15. Bob Dylan (7)
        "Love and Theft" (2)
15. George Mann & Mick Coates (7)
        "Ghosts of the Old West" (6)
15. Jory Nash (7)
        "The Light Still Shines on the Main" (7)
15. Molly Tuttle (7)
        "So Long Little Miss Sunshine" (5)
15. Patty & Craig (7)
        "Look to the Moon" (6)
15. Robbie Fulks (7)
        "Now Then" (7)

TOP LABELS of October 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2082 plays from 77 playlists from 65 Folk DJs

1. Compass (35)
2. Rounder (33)
3. Nonesuch (22)
4. Columbia (21/32)
5. La Compagnie du Nord (19)
6. Appalsongs (17)
6. Signature Sounds (17)
8. Oh Boy (15)
8. Sugar Hill (15)
10. Red House (14)
10. Warner (14)
12. Elektra (12)
12. Righteous Babe (12)
12. Thirty Tigers (12)
15. Coyote (10)
15. Eyelash Soup (10)
17. Americelta (9)
17. Smithsonian/Folkways (9)
19. Appleseed (8)
19. Dualtone (8)
19. Gallant Effort (8)
19. RCA (8)

FOLK DJs - October 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2082 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)