Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
October 2025 (so far)

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of October 2025
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 5187 plays from 194 playlists from 92 Folk DJs

  1: "Voisinages," Le Vent Du Nord [La Compagnie du Nord, 10/2025] (44)
        "Par-Dessus Le Pont" (9)
        "Le Pari De Jeanne" (7)
  2: "Long Journey Home," Various Artists [Appalsongs, 9/2025] (37)
        "House Carpenter," Jake Blount (7)
        "900 Miles," Tim O'Brien (5)
  3: "Bones of Better Days," The Whispering Tree [Eyelash Soup, 10/2025] (35)
        "Bones of Better Days" (8)
        "By My Side" (7)
        "Born Again" (6)
        "Find A Man" (5)
  4: "Unentitled," John Gorka [Red House, 10/2025] (32)
        "Particle & Wave" (11)
        "Harris and the Mare" (6)
  5: "Every Town," Anne Hills [Hand & Heart, 10/2025] (28)
        "Spoon River" (7)
        "Every Town" (6)
        "Crazy Mary" (5)
        "Ballad of Elizabeth Dark" (4)
  6: "The Breathing Room," Cosy Sheridan [Self, 10/2025] (27)
        "Claude's Cookies" (7)
        "The Breathing Room" (7)
        "I Am a Scavenger" (4)
  7: "Wide Open Spaces," Connie Kaldor [Coyote, 9/2025] (23)
        "If I Could Figure Out Love" (4)
        "Raining On The Farm" (3)
        "This Car" (3)
        "Down the Road to Lonesome" (3)
  8: "The Agonist," Leslie Jordan [Self, 7/2025] (22)
        "The Agonist" (4)
        "Athensville" (4)
        "All Things" (3)
        "Sometimes, Sylvia" (3)
        "Madonna of Sierra Madre" (3)
  8: "Shelter From the Storms," Lennie Gallant [Gallant Effort, 7/2025] (22)
        "Shelter From the Storms" (4)
        "Counting on Angels" (4)
        "On the Minnehaha" (4)
        "Sable Island Horses" (4)
 10: "Look to the Moon," Patty & Craig [Larrea, 9/2025] (21)
        "Love, Surround Me" (5)
        "You Are Not Alone" (3)
        "Look To The Moon" (3)
 11: "Safe, Sensible & Sane," Alison Brown & Steve Martin [Compass, 10/2025] (19)
        "Dear Time" (5)
        "Statement of Your Affairs, ft. Jason Mraz" (4)
        "5 Days Out, 2 Days Back" (3)
 12: "Further From the Country," William Prince [Six Shooter, 10/2025] (15)
        "For the First Time" (3)
        "Damn" (3)
        "All the Same" (2)
        "On Rolls the Wheel" (2)
 12: "The Road Taken," Reggie Garrett & Christine Gunn [Wonder Dog, 10/2025] (15)
        "A Place in This World" (3)
        "Through and Through" (3)
        "'Cross The Mountain" (2)
        "In Time" (2)
 12: "Stay Put," Elexa Dawson [Moon Flower Sounds/Turns Out, 8/2025] (15)
        "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" (6)
        "Baling Hay" (3)
        "Roots Grow" (3)
        "Stay Put" (2)
 15: "Blue Tapestry," Veronneau [Self] (14)
        "Carey" (5)
        "You've Got A Friend" (3)
        "So Far Away" (2)
 15: "Ghosts of the Old West," George Mann & Mick Coates [Running Scared, 9/2025] (14)
        "For the West" (3)
        "The Reverend Mr. Black" (2)
        "Anymore" (2)
        "The Ghosts Of The Old West" (2)
        "That Sweet Palin Talking Country Girl" (2)
 17: "Hummingbird Highway," Dar Williams [Righteous Babe, 8/2025] (13)
        "Hummingbird Highway" (3)
        "The Way I Go" (2)
        "I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight" (2)
        "Put the Coins on His Eyes" (2)
 17: "The Last Bough," Kyle Carey [Americelta, 9/2025] (13)
        "The Last Bough" (5)
        "Eden's Grief" (3)
 19: "Avec Elodie," Eloise & Co [Self] (12)
        "Avent-deux de Vitteaux / Queen's Bath" (2)
        "We're Not Broken" (2)
 19: "Billionaire," Kathleen Edwards [Dualtone] (12)
        "When the Truth Comes Out" (3)
        "Little Pink Door" (3)
 19: "Fallen Angel," The Unfaithful Servants [Self] (12)
        "Fallen Angel" (5)
        "Adeline" (3)
 19: "Fiction," Megan Bee [Self] (12)
        "Sweeter Things" (4)
        "Mockingbird" (4)
 19: "Heavy on the Blues," Rory Block [M.C. Records, 8/2025] (12)
        "High Heel Sneakers" (4)
        "The Wind Cries Mary" (3)
 19: "The Light Still Shines on the Main," Jory Nash [Self, 9/2025] (12)
        "Come Alive" (3)
        "Oh, Little One" (3)
        "The Light Still Shines on the Main" (2)
 19: "Now Then," Robbie Fulks [Compass, 9/2025] (12)
        "Savannah is a Devilish Girl" (2)
        "Ocean City" (2)
        "Nobody Cares" (2)
        "Poor And Sharp Witted" (2)
 26: "Big Wing," Lonesome Ace Stringband [Ace Music] (11)
        "Big Wing" (4)
        "Drinking with a Friend" (2)
        "Log Train" (2)
 26: "From Here to the Sea," Meredith Moon [Compass] (11)
        "East City Blues" (3)
        "I'll Remember You In The Summer" (2)
        "Poseidon" (2)
 26: "Lost & Found," Becki Davis [Self, 9/2025] (11)
        "The Edge" (3)
        "Find Our Way" (3)
        "Burn" (2)
 26: "The Raven and the Moon," Sherie Davis [Self] (11)
        "Raven Guide Us" (4)
        "You Are My Home" (3)
        "Time to Rise Up" (2)
 26: "So Long Little Miss Sunshine," Molly Tuttle [Nonesuch, 8/2025] (11)
        "Old Me New Wig" (2)
        "Easy" (2)
        "I Love It" (2)
        "That's Gonna Leave a Mark" (2)
 31: "The Ghost of Sis Draper," Shawn Camp [Skeeter Bit, 9/2025] (10)
        "Sis Draper" (3)
        "Soldieers Joy 1864" (2)
        "The Checkered Shirt Band" (2)
 31: "In the West," The Horsenecks [Tiki Parlour, 6/2025] (10)
        "In The West" (4)
        "The Brushy Forks Of Lucas's Beard" (2)
 31: "Sweet Resilience," Jane Fallon [Self, 9/2025] (10)
        "Resilience" (3)
        "Leaving Carolina" (2)
        "Not Even Maralago" (2)
 34: "Airline Highway," Rodney Crowell [New West] (9)
        "Heaven Can You Help" (3)
        "Louisiana Sunshine Feeling Okay" (2)
 34: "Gallowglass," Ann Ramsey [Self] (9)
        "The Public Enemy" (2)
        "Girl on a Bike" (2)
        "Gallowglass" (2)
 34: "Riding High in Texas," Asleep at the Wheel [Bismeaux, 9/2025] (9)
        "Beaumont Rag" (4)
        "Texas Cookin'" (2)
 34: "Saving Grace," Robert Plant [Nonesuch] (9)
        "Soul of A Man" (2)
        "As I Roved Out" (2)
        "Everybody's Song" (2)
 34: "Tidy Memorial," Josh Fortenbery [Muskeg Collective] (9)
        "Nobody is Pleased" (2)
        "Groundhog" (2)
 34: "The Winds," Selken [Kite Stripe] (9)
        "Love Me Like You Do" (2)
        "With Or Without You" (2)
        "The Winds" (2)
 34: "You Climb the Mountain," The Onlies [Self, 8/2025] (9)
        "Hook And Line" (2)
        "The Moonlight Song" (2)
 41: "Drift," Wes Corbett [Adhyâropa] (8)
        "Case of the Mundes" (3)
 41: "Kentucky Queen," Carla Gover [Redbird, 8/2025] (8)
        "Raise a Little Cane" (3)
        "Hug More Necks" (2)
        "Pine Mountain High" (2)
 41: "Main Attraction," Rosy Nolan [Treble in Mind] (8)
        "How It Feels To Fall In Love" (4)
 41: "More Than a Whisper: Celebrating the Music of Nanci Griffith," Various Artists [Rounder, 2023] (8)
        "Listen To The Radio," Billy Strings & Molly Tuttle (4)
        "Love At The Five & Dime," John Prine & Waldon Kelsey (2)
 41: "Reverse the Flow," Alice Di Micele [Alice Otter] (8)
        "The Ghost of Alice" (3)
        "Falling Through the Cracks" (2)
 41: "Songbird," Waylon Jennings [Son of Jessi] (8)
        "The Cowboy" (2)
 41: "Stone by Stone," Friction Farm [Self, 9/2025] (8)
        "Tyler And Peggy" (2)
        "American Dream" (2)
        "Stone by Stone" (2)
        "Louder Than Guns" (2)
 41: "The Trust Of Crows," Otis Gibbs [Self] (8)
        "Ditchweed" (2)
        "Holy River Blues" (2)

TOP SONGS of October 2025
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 5187 plays from 194 playlists from 92 Folk DJs

1. "No Kings Here" (11)
     from "No Kings Here - Single" (Tom Paxton)
1. "Particle & Wave" (11)
     from "Unentitled" (John Gorka)
3. "Speed of the Sound of Loneliness" (10)
     from "Speed of the Sound of Loneliness - single" (Jesse Lynn Madera)
4. "Par-Dessus Le Pont" (9)
     from "Voisinages" (Le Vent Du Nord)
5. "Bones of Better Days" (8)
     from "Bones of Better Days" (The Whispering Tree)
6. "By My Side" (7)
     from "Bones of Better Days" (The Whispering Tree)
6. "Claude's Cookies" (7)
     from "The Breathing Room" (Cosy Sheridan)
6. "House Carpenter" (7)
     from "Long Journey Home" (Jake Blount)
6. "Le Pari De Jeanne" (7)
     from "Voisinages" (Le Vent Du Nord)
10. "Born Again" (6)
     from "Bones of Better Days" (The Whispering Tree)
10. "The Breathing Room" (6)
     from "The Breathing Room" (Cosy Sheridan)
10. "Every Town" (6)
     from "Every Town" (Anne Hills)
10. "Harris and the Mare" (6)
     from "Unentitled" (John Gorka)
10. "Spoon River" (6)
     from "Every Town" (Anne Hills)
10. "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" (6)
     from "Stay Put" (Elexa Dawson)
10. "When Fall Comes To New England" (6)
     from "Driving Home" (Cheryl Wheeler)
10. "Workin' Man Blues" (6)
     from "Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle" (Willie Nelson)
18. "900 Miles" (5)
     from "Long Journey Home" (Tim O'Brien)
18. "Broken Truth" (5)
     from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
18. "Carey" (5)
     from "Blue Tapestry" (Veronneau)
18. "Crazy Mary" (5)
     from "Every Town" (Anne Hills)
18. "Dear Time" (5)
     from "Safe, Sensible & Sane" (Alison Brown & Steve Martin)
18. "Fallen Angel" (5)
     from "Fallen Angel" (The Unfaithful Servants)
18. "Find A Man" (5)
     from "Bones of Better Days" (The Whispering Tree)

TOP ARTISTS of October 2025
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 5187 plays from 194 playlists from 92 Folk DJs

1. Le Vent Du Nord (43)
        "Voisinages" (43)
2. John Gorka (41)
        "Unentitled" (32)
3. The Whispering Tree (38)
        "Bones of Better Days" (35)
4. Cosy Sheridan (32)
        "The Breathing Room" (26)
5. Anne Hills (30)
        "Every Town" (26)
6. Connie Kaldor (25)
        "Wide Open Spaces" (23)
7. John Prine (23)
        "John Prine" (3)
        "Souvenirs" (3)
        "Sweet Revenge: The Early Years" (3)
8. Leslie Jordan (22)
        "The Agonist" (21)
9. Lennie Gallant (21)
        "Shelter From the Storms" (21)
9. Patty & Craig (21)
        "Look to the Moon" (21)
11. Alison Brown & Steve Martin (20)
        "Safe, Sensible & Sane" (19)
12. Bob Dylan (19)
        "Love and Theft" (3)
13. Dar Williams (18)
        "Hummingbird Highway" (13)
13. Joan Baez (18)
        "Farewell Angelina" (4)
        "Joan Baez" (3)
15. Elexa Dawson (17)
        "Stay Put" (15)
16. George Mann & Mick Coates (15)
        "Ghosts of the Old West" (14)
16. Molly Tuttle (15)
        "So Long Little Miss Sunshine" (11)
        "Long Journey Home: A Century After the 1925 Mountain City Fiddlers Convention" (3)
16. Robbie Fulks (15)
        "Now Then" (12)
16. Tom Paxton (15)
        "No Kings Here - Single" (11)
20. John McCutcheon (14)
        "Long Journey Home" (3)
20. William Prince (14)
        "Further From the Country" (14)
22. Eloise & Co (13)
        "Avec Elodie" (12)
22. Kyle Carey (13)
        "The Last Bough" (13)
22. Lonesome Ace Stringband (13)
        "Big Wing" (11)
22. Nanci Griffith (13)
        "Other Voices Too" (3)
22. Tim Grimm (13)
        "Bones of Trees" (7)
22. The Unfaithful Servants (13)
        "Fallen Angel" (12)
22. Veronneau (13)
        "Blue Tapestry" (13)
29. Jory Nash (12)
        "The Light Still Shines on the Main" (12)
29. Meredith Moon (12)
        "From Here to the Sea" (11)
29. Reggie Garrett & Christine Gunn (12)
        "The Road Taken" (12)
29. Rory Block (12)
        "Heavy on the Blues" (12)
33. Becky Buller (11)
        "Songs That Sing Me" (7)
        "Long Journey Home" (3)
33. Cheryl Wheeler (11)
        "Driving Home" (5)
33. Jane Fallon (11)
        "Sweet Resilience" (10)
33. Jesse Lynn Madera (11)
        "Speed of the Sound of Loneliness - single" (10)
33. Johnny Cash (11)
        "Bitter Tears" (3)
33. Kathleen Edwards (11)
        "Billionaire" (11)
33. Megan Bee (11)
        "Fiction" (11)
33. Michael Smith (11)
        "Such Things Are Finely Done" (4)
        "Love Letter On A Fish" (3)
33. The Onlies (11)
        "You Climb the Mountain" (9)
33. Shawn Camp (11)
        "The Ghost of Sis Draper" (10)
33. Sherie Davis (11)
        "The Raven and the Moon" (11)
33. Willie Nelson (11)
        "Workin' Man" (5)
        "Oh What a Beautiful World" (3)
45. Becki Davis (10)
        "Lost & Found" (10)
45. Eliza Gilkyson (10)
        "Dark Ages" (7)
45. The Horsenecks (10)
        "In the West" (10)
45. Simon & Garfunkel (10)
        "Collected Works" (3)
45. Wes Corbett (10)
        "Drift" (8)

TOP LABELS of October 2025
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 5187 plays from 194 playlists from 92 Folk DJs

1. Compass (80)
2. Rounder (79)
3. Columbia (70)
4. Red House (56)
5. Nonesuch (40)
6. La Compagnie du Nord (37)
7. Signature Sounds (31)
7. Sugar Hill (31)
9. Smithsonian/Folkways (29)
10. Appalsongs (28)
10. Eyelash Soup (28)
12. Legacy (25)
13. Warner (24)
14. Coyote (23)
14. Oh Boy (23)
16. Elektra (21)
17. Adhyâropa (18)
17. New West (18)
17. RCA (18)
17. Reprise (18)
21. Gallant Effort (17)
21. Hand & Heart (17)
21. Thirty Tigers (17)
24. Appleseed (16)
24. Borealis (16)
24. Dualtone (16)
24. Righteous Babe (16)
28. Rhino (15)
28. Vanguard (15)
30. Flying Fish (14)
30. Six Shooter (14)
32. Appalseed (13/15)
32. Larrea (13/15)
32. Philo (13)
35. Capitol (12)
35. Island (12)
35. Yep Roc (12)
38. M.C. Records (11)
38. True North (11)
40. Alligator (10)
40. Americelta (10)
40. Big Fat Dress (10)
40. Green Linnet (10)
40. Greentrax (10)
40. Redbird (10)
40. Running Scared (10)
40. Sony (10)
40. Tiki Parlour (10)
40. Vault (10)
40. Waterbug (10)

FOLK DJs - October 2025
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 5187 plays from 194 playlists from 92 Folk DJs

Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
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 Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Daryana Antipova (WFHB-FM, IN)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM & mixcloud.com, GA)
David John (KAXE/KBXE-FM, MN)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Denis McGilvray (KWGS-FM, OK)
Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM, OR)
Ed Mellnick (KBOO-FM, OR)
Ellen Stanley (KFAI-FM, MN)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Gordon Nash (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Graham Dean & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Helen Leicht (folkmusicnotebook.com, PA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jean Geiger (mixcloud.com, WA)
Jeff Zolitor (KZYX-FM, CA)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jim Canales (WWSP-FM, WI)
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)
Joyce Miller (KVMR-FM, CA)
Justin Helmer (KVSC-FM, MN)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kate McNally (New Hampshire Public Radio)
Katrina Knight (mixcloud.com, BC)
Kejo Buchanan (CJTM-AM, ON)
Ken Batista (WRCT-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, AR)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM & mixcloud.com, OR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM & WGDR/WGDH-FM, VT)
Matt Watroba (WKAR-FM, MI)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Michael Kane (WBRS-FM, MA)
Michael Park (mixcloud.com & PRX, NY)
Michael S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
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)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NJ)
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 Coxworth (CKUA-FM, AB)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM & mixcloud.com, NY)