Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
October 2025, Week 5

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of October 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1229 plays from 45 playlists from 31 Folk DJs

  1: "Bones of Better Days," The Whispering Tree [Eyelash Soup, 10/2025] (11)
        "Bones of Better Days" (4)
        "Bleeding Out In Hollywood" (2)
  1: "Safe, Sensible & Sane," Alison Brown & Steve Martin [Compass, 10/2025] (11)
        "Dear Time" (2)
        "Let's Get Out Of Here" (2)
        "Girl, Have Money When You're Old" (2)
        "Friend of Mine" (2)
  1: "unentitled," John Gorka [Red House, 10/2025] (11)
        "First Snow On the Mountains" (3)
        "Favorite Place" (2)
        "Particle & Wave" (2)
  4: "Wide Open Spaces," Connie Kaldor [Coyote, 9/2025] (9/11)
        "Wide Open Spaces" (2)
        "For Those Who Say That There's Nothing Here" (2)
  4: "The Breathing Room," Cosy Sheridan [Self, 10/2025] (9)
        "The Breathing Room" (4)
        "Claude's Cookies" (2)
  4: "Voisinages," Le Vent Du Nord [La Compagnie du Nord, 10/2025] (9)
        "La Lettre" (2)
  7: "The Agonist," Leslie Jordan [Self, 7/2025] (8)
        "All Things" (2)
        "Golden Gate" (2)
        "Athensville" (2)
  8: "Tidy Memorial," Josh Fortenbery [Muskeg Collective, 10/2025] (7)
        "Heavens Above" (3)
        "Tidy Memorial" (2)
  9: "Avec Elodie," Eloise & Co [Self, 10/2025] (6)
        "Bal - Dejol Pont de Lion" (2)
  9: "Burnished," Amelia Hogan [Self, 4/2025] (6)
        "Home by Bearna" (1)
  9: "Every Town," Anne Hills [Hand & Heart, 10/2025] (6)
        "The Ghost Of Lash LaRue" (1)
  9: "Reverse the Flow," Alice Di Micele [Alice Otter, 10/2025] (6)
        "Oh Humanity" (2)
 13: "Story The Crow Told Me," Ketch Secor [Self] (5/6)
        "Talkin' Doc Blues" (2)
 13: "From Here to the Sea," Meredith Moon [Compass, 10/2025] (5)
        "Lulu Gal" (2)
 13: "Further From the Country," William Prince [Six Shooter, 10/2025] (5)
        "More of the Same" (1)
 13: "The Other Evening In Chicago," Bob Franke [Waterbug, 2005] (5)
        "Alleluia The Great Storm Is Over" (1)
 13: "Songbird," Waylon Jennings [Son of Jessi, 10/2025] (5)
        "Autumn Leaves" (1)
 13: "Stay Put," Elexa Dawson [Moon Flower Sounds/Turns Out, 8/2025] (5)
        "Man Mountain" (2)
        "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" (2)

TOP SONGS of October 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1229 plays from 45 playlists from 31 Folk DJs

1. "Bones of Better Days" (4)
     from "Bones of Better Days" (The Whispering Tree)
1. "The Breathing Room" (4)
     from "The Breathing Room" (Cosy Sheridan)
3. "First Snow On the Mountains" (3)
     from "unentitled" (John Gorka)
3. "Ain't No Grave" (3)
     from "Ain't No Grave - single" (The Curse of KK Hammond (feat. David & The Devil & Kaspar Berry Rapkin)
3. "Footprints" (3)
     from "Chilling, Thrilling Hooks And Haunted Harmonies: the Big Stir Records Halloween Grimoire" (Hungrytown)
3. "Heavens Above" (3)
     from "Tidy Memorial" (Josh Fortenbery)
3. "I Talk to Ghosts" (3)
     from "I Talk to Ghosts - single" (Nicole Mish)
8. "900 Miles" (2)
     from "Long Journey Home" (Tim O'Brien)
8. "All Things" (2)
     from "The Agonist" (Leslie Jordan)

TOP ARTISTS of October 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1229 plays from 45 playlists from 31 Folk DJs

1. Alison Brown & Steve Martin (12)
        "Safe, Sensible & Sane" (10)
2. Connie Kaldor (11/16)
        "Wide Open Spaces" (11)
        "Wood River" (3)
2. John Gorka (11)
        "unentitled" (11)
2. The Whispering Tree (11)
        "Bones of Better Days" (11)
5. Cosy Sheridan (9)
        "The Breathing Room" (9)
5. Le Vent Du Nord (9)
        "Voisinages" (9)
7. Anne Hills (8)
        "Every Town" (6)
7. Leslie Jordan (8)
        "The Agonist" (8)
9. Bob Franke (7/9)
        "The Other Evening In Chicago" (5)
9. Alice Di Micele (7)
        "Reverse the Flow" (6)
9. Amelia Hogan (7)
        "Burnished" (6)
9. Josh Fortenbery (7)
        "Tidy Memorial" (7)
13. Becky Buller (6)
        "Songs That Sing Me" (4)
13. Eloise & Co (6)
        "Avec Elodie" (6)
13. William Prince (6)
        "Further From the Country" (5)
16. Ketch Secor (5/6)
        "Story The Crow Told Me" (6)
16. Patty Griffin (5/6)
        "Crown of Roses" (4)
16. Darryl Purpose (5)
        "Connected" (3)
16. Dar Williams (5)
        "Hummingbird Highway" (3)
16. Elexa Dawson (5)
        "Stay Put" (5)
16. Meredith Moon (5)
        "From Here to the Sea" (5)
16. Molly Tuttle (5)
        "When You're Ready" (3)
16. Shawn Colvin (5)
        "Steady On" (3)
16. Tim Grimm (5)
        "Bones of Trees" (4)

TOP LABELS of October 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1229 plays from 45 playlists from 31 Folk DJs

1. Compass (38)
2. Red House (21)
3. Rounder (20)
4. Columbia (12)
5. Eyelash Soup (11)
6. Signature Sounds (10)
7. Coyote (9/11)
7. La Compagnie du Nord (9)
9. Legacy (8)
10. Thirty Tigers (7/11)
10. Muskeg Collective (7)
10. Waterbug (7)
13. Alice Otter (6)
13. Dark Shadow (6)
13. Fantasy (6)
13. Six Shooter (6)
13. True North (6)

FOLK DJs - October 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1229 plays from 45 playlists from 31 Folk DJs

Angela Page (WJFF-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
Artie Martello (folkmusicnotebook.com & mixcloud.com, NY)
Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM, OR)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Graham Dean & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
James Sereda (WUSB-FM, NY)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jeannie Holton & Tom Elligett (WMNF-FM, FL)
Jeannie Holton (WMNF-FM, FL)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Mary Sue Twohy (SiriusXM, DC)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Kane (WBRS-FM, MA)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers & Radio Hawke's Bay, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Paul Porzio (Cox Cable, VA)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Sue Kessell (WNUR-FM, IL)
Tom Coxworth (CKUA-FM, AB)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)