Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
October 2025, Week 3

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of October 2025, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2238 plays from 78 playlists from 63 Folk DJs

  1: "Bones of Better Days," The Whispering Tree [Eyelash Soup, 10/2025] (30)
        "Bones Of Better Days" (8)
        "By My Side" (5)
        "Born Again" (4)
  2: "Voisinages," Le Vent Du Nord [La Compagnie du Nord, 10/2025] (22)
        "Le Pari de Jeanne" (6)
        "Fleur Radieuse" (3)
  3: "Look to the Moon," Patty & Craig [Larrea, 9/2025] (13/15)
        "Love, Surround Me" (4)
        "Bad Moon Rising" (2)
        "Look To The Moon" (2)
        "You Are Not Alone" (2)
  3: "The Breathing Room," Cosy Sheridan [Self, 10/2025] (13)
        "I Am a Scavenger" (5)
        "I'm Feeling Like Seattle" (2)
        "All the Pretty Horses Want To Go" (2)
  3: "Further From the Country," William Prince [Six Shooter, 10/2025] (13)
        "Flowers On The Dash" (3)
        "For the First Time" (3)
        "All The Same" (3)
  3: "Long Journey Home," Various Artists [Appalsongs, 9/2025] (13)
        "Cuckoo," John McCutcheon (2)
        "900 Miles," Tim O'BRIEN (2)
        "Cluck Old Hen," Tray Wellington & Victor Furtado (2)
        "Rocky Road to Dinah's House," Becky Buller (2)
  7: "The Agonist," Leslie Jordan [Self, 7/2025] (11)
        "Sometimes, Sylvia" (2)
        "Truth and Consequence" (2)
  8: "The Other Evening In Chicago," Bob Franke [Waterbug, 2005] (10)
        "Alleluia, the Great Storm is Over" (2)
        "For Real" (2)
  8: "Reverse the Flow," Alice Di Micele [Alice Otter, 10/2025] (10)
        "Falling Through the Cracks" (5)
        "The Ghost of Alice" (2)
        "Reverse the Flow" (2)
 10: "Avec Elodie," Eloise & Co [Self, 10/2025] (9)
        "Moonflower" (3)
 10: "Every Town," Anne Hills [Hand & Heart, 10/2025] (9)
        "Ballad Of Elizabeth Dark" (2)
        "Spoon River" (2)
        "The Ghost Of Lash LaRue" (2)
        "What's the Sea Done To the Sailor" (2)
 10: "Fiction," Megan Bee [Self, 10/2025] (9)
        "Sweeter Things" (3)
        "The Invention of TV" (2)
 10: "From Here to the Sea," Meredith Moon [Compass, 10/2025] (9)
        "Louisiana Trees" (1)
 10: "Shelter From the Storms," Lennie Gallant [Gallant Effort, 7/2025] (9)
        "Old Friends" (3)
        "Sable Island Horses" (2)
        "Counting on Angels" (2)
 10: "Wide Open Spaces," Connie Kaldor [Coyote, 9/2025] (9)
        "Hitched Together" (3)
        "Cowboys Still Live In Sask" (2)
 16: "Big Wing," Lonesome Ace Stringband [Ace Music, 10/2025] (8)
        "Log Train" (2)
        "May Day" (2)
 16: "Safe, Sensible & Sane," Alison Brown & Steve Martin [Compass, 10/2025] (8)
        "Michael" (2)
        "Dear Time" (2)
 16: "Saving Grace," Robert Plant [Nonesuch, 10/2025] (8)
        "It's a Beautiful Day Today" (2)
        "Soul Of A Man" (2)
 16: "Stay Put," Elexa Dawson [Moon Flower Sounds/Turns Out, 8/2025] (8)
        "Roots Grow" (2)
        "Stay Put" (2)
 16: "Unentitled," John Gorka [Red House, 10/2025] (8)
        "Particle & Wave" (3)
        "Harris and The Mare" (2)
 21: "Blue Tapestry," Veronneau [Antidote, 10/2025] (7)
        "So Far Away" (2)
        "You've Got a Friend" (2)
 21: "Now Then," Robbie Fulks [Compass, 9/2025] (7)
        "Workin' No More Blues" (3)
 23: "Featherbed," Sarah Kate Morgan & Leo Shannon [June Appal] (6)
        "Down the Road" (2)
 23: "The Road Taken," Reggie Garrett & Christine Gunn [Wonder Dog, 10/2025] (6)
        "The Road Taken" (3)
        "'Cross the Mountain" (2)
 23: "Tidy Memorial," Josh Fortenbery [Muskeg Collective, 10/2025] (6)
        "Nobody Is Pleased" (2)
 23: "You Climb the Mountain," The Onlies [Self, 8/2025] (6)
        "Gold Watch and Chain" (2)
 27: "Awoo," Ruen Brothers [Yep Roc] (5)
        "Mama Don't" (2)
 27: "Easy Come, Easy Go," The Burnett Sisters Band [Pinecastle] (5)
        "Lovesick Blues" (2)
 27: "Forget Me Not," Susan Johnson [Self] (5)
        "Thunder Remembers" (1)
 27: "Hard Headed Woman," Margo Price [Loma Vista, 9/2025] (5)
        "Don't Wake Me Up" (2)
 27: "Hummingbird Highway," Dar Williams [Righteous Babe, 8/2025] (5)
        "I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight" (2)
 27: "It's All Her Fault a Tribute to Cindy Walker," Various Artists [Hummin'bird] (5)
        "I Don't Care," Kelly Willis (1)
 27: "Lost & Found," Becki Davis [Self, 9/2025] (5)
        "Synchronicity Mystery" (2)
 27: "Mother Mind," Tekla Waterfield & Jeff Fielder [Oliver Blue, 9/2025] (5)
        "Something My Own" (2)
 27: "Neon Cowgirl," Tami Neilson [Outside Music/Factor Canada] (5)
        "One Less Heart" (2)
 27: "Stone by Stone," Friction Farm [Self, 9/2025] (5)
        "Everything Will Be Alright" (1)

TOP SONGS of October 2025, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2238 plays from 78 playlists from 63 Folk DJs

1. "Bones Of Better Days" (8)
     from "Bones of Better Days" (The Whispering Tree)
2. "Le Pari de Jeanne" (6)
     from "Voisinages" (Le Vent Du Nord)
3. "By My Side" (5)
     from "Bones of Better Days" (The Whispering Tree)
3. "Falling Through the Cracks" (5)
     from "Reverse the Flow" (Alice Di Micele)
3. "I Am a Scavenger" (5)
     from "The Breathing Room" (Cosy Sheridan)
6. "Born Again" (4)
     from "Bones of Better Days" (The Whispering Tree)
6. "Love, Surround Me" (4)
     from "Look to the Moon" (Patty & Craig)
8. "All The Same" (3)
     from "Further From the Country" (William Prince)
8. "Ballad Of Elizabeth Dark" (3)
     from "Every Town" (Anne Hills)
8. "Come Back" (3)
     from "Come Back - single" (Simone Keane)
8. "Fat Cat" (3)
     from "Invisible Forces" (The Whispering Tree)
8. "Find A Man" (3)
     from "Bones of Better Days" (The Whispering Tree)
8. "Fleur Radieuse" (3)
     from "Voisinages" (Le Vent Du Nord)
8. "Flowers On The Dash" (3)
     from "Further From the Country" (William Prince)

TOP ARTISTS of October 2025, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2238 plays from 78 playlists from 63 Folk DJs

1. The Whispering Tree (33)
        "Bones of Better Days" (30)
2. Le Vent Du Nord (22)
        "Voisinages" (22)
3. Bob Franke (16)
        "The Other Evening In Chicago" (10)
4. Cosy Sheridan (14)
        "The Breathing Room" (13)
5. Patty & Craig (13/15)
        "Look to the Moon" (15)
5. William Prince (13)
        "Further From the Country" (13)
7. Leslie Jordan (12)
        "The Agonist" (11)
8. Alice Di Micele (10)
        "Reverse the Flow" (10)
8. Anne Hills (10)
        "Every Town" (9)
8. Connie Kaldor (10)
        "Wide Open Spaces" (8)
8. Eloise & Co (10)
        "Avec Elodie" (9)
8. John Gorka (10)
        "Unentitled" (8)
13. Lennie Gallant (9)
        "Shelter From the Storms" (9)
13. Megan Bee (9)
        "Fiction" (9)
13. Meredith Moon (9)
        "From Here to the Sea" (9)
13. Robert Plant (9)
        "Saving Grace" (7)
17. Alison Brown & Steve Martin (8)
        "Safe, Sensible & Sane" (8)
17. Bob Dylan (8)
        "The Times They Are A-Changin'" (2)
17. Elexa Dawson (8)
        "Stay Put" (7)
17. Lonesome Ace Stringband (8)
        "Big Wing" (8)
21. John Prine (7)
        "Great Days" (2)
21. Johnny Cash (7)
        "American III: Solitary Man" (1)
21. Robbie Fulks (7)
        "Now Then" (7)
21. Veronneau (7)
        "Blue Tapestry" (7)

TOP LABELS of October 2025, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2238 plays from 78 playlists from 63 Folk DJs

1. Compass (41)
2. Rounder (31)
3. Eyelash Soup (27)
4. Columbia (25)
5. Nonesuch (20)
6. Red House (19)
7. La Compagnie du Nord (18)
8. RCA (17)
9. Smithsonian/Folkways (15)
9. Waterbug (15)
11. Signature Sounds (14)
12. Appalsongs (12)
13. Capitol (11)
14. Philo (10)
14. Six Shooter (10)
14. Yep Roc (10)
17. Coyote (9)
17. Mercury (9)
17. New West (9)
17. Rhino (9)
17. Warner (9)

FOLK DJs - October 2025, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2238 plays from 78 playlists from 63 Folk DJs

Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
Art Stevenson (WORT-FM, WI)
Arthur Berman (CiTR-FM & podcast, BC)
Artie Martello (WIOX-FM & 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 McGill (WSPN-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 John (KEOS-FM, TX)
David Sears (WBGU-FM, OH)
Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM, OR)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Gordon Nash (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jim Canales (WWSP-FM, WI)
Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-FM, NY)
Joyce Miller (KVMR-FM, CA)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, AR)
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)
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)
Pete Thomas (WAER-FM, NY)
Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-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, BC)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Terry B. Moses & Naomi Soule (KCLC-FM, MO)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM & mixcloud.com, NY)
Wayne Greene (KEOS-FM, TX)