Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
November 2025, Week 1

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of November 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2694 plays from 94 playlists from 75 Folk DJs

  1: "Safe, Sensible & Sane," Alison Brown & Steve Martin [Compass, 10/2025] (19)
        "Dear Time" (4)
        "Friend Of Mine" (3)
        "Let's Get Out Of Here" (3)
  2: "unentitled," John Gorka [Red House, 10/2025] (17)
        "Particle & Wave" (4)
        "No Time To Cry" (3)
  3: "Long Journey Home," Various Artists [Appalsongs, 9/2025] (15)
        "I've Always Been A Rambler," Molly Tuttle (3)
        "What You Gonna Do With the Baby?," Old Crow Medicine Show (3)
        "House Carpenter," Jake Blount (2)
        "900 Miles," Tim O'Brien (2)
        "Old Molly Hare," Tim O'Brien (2)
  4: "Voisinages," Le Vent Du Nord [La Compagnie du Nord, 10/2025] (14)
        "L'acadie" (5)
        "Du Nord Au Sud" (3)
  5: "The Breathing Room," Cosy Sheridan [Self, 10/2025] (13)
        "The Kind Words" (4)
        "The Breathing Room" (2)
        "All The Pretty Horses Want To Go" (2)
  6: "From Here to the Sea," Meredith Moon [Compass, 10/2025] (12)
        "Lulu Gal" (4)
        "Category Five" (3)
        "Freight Train" (2)
  6: "It's All Her Fault: A Tribute To Cindy Walker," Various Artists [Hummingbird] (12)
        "Dream Baby," Mandy Barnett (3)
        "Goin' Away Party," Amythyst Kiah (2)
        "Take Me In Your Arms," Melissa Carper (2)
        "You've Got My Heart Doing A Tap-Dance," Brennen Leigh and Grey DeLisle (2)
  8: "The Thanksgiving Album," Vi Wickam [Wickam, 11/2025] (11/15)
        "Each New Day" (2)
        "Welcome at the Table" (2)
        "Another Fine Day for Thanksgiving" (2)
        "I'm at Home" (2)
        "My Kind of November" (2)
        "Turkey in the Straw" (2)
  8: "Bones of Better Days," The Whispering Tree [Eyelash Soup, 10/2025] (11)
        "By My Side" (3)
        "Bones Of Better Days" (2)
        "Find a Man" (2)
        "Born Again" (2)
 10: "Avec Elodie," Eloise & Co [Self, 10/2025] (10)
        "Gille's Baguette" (3)
        "Moonflower" (3)
 11: "The Kasambwe Brothers," The Kasambwe Brothers [Hen House Studios, 11/2025] (9)
        "Mtima Wanga" (3)
        "GETU" (2)
 11: "Together on a Rock," The Pairs [Self, 4/2025] (9)
        "Honey I" (3)
        "Little Light" (3)
        "Everything Ends" (2)
 11: "Stone by Stone," Friction Farm [Self, 9/2025] (9)
        "Stone By Stone" (3)
 14: "The Agonist," Leslie Jordan [Self, 7/2025] (8)
        "All Things" (4)
 14: "Easy Come Easy Go," Burnett Sisters Band [Self, 11/2025] (8)
        "Lovesick Blues" (2)
 14: "Further From the Country," William Prince [Six Shooter, 10/2025] (8)
        "Flowers on the Dash" (2)
 14: "Little Deaths," Sage Christie [Dignified Deathlings, 11/2025] (8)
        "Everywhere I go" (2)
        "Ghost Stories" (2)
 14: "Reverse the Flow," Alice Di Micele [Alice Otter, 10/2025] (8)
        "The Ghost of Alice" (2)
        "I Wanna Love" (2)
 14: "Songs From a Secret Room," Chris Rusin [Rushing River, 11/2025] (8)
        "Cinders" (3)
 14: "Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 11/2025] (8)
        "Okie from Muskogee" (2)
        "Silver Wings" (2)
 21: "Some Kind Of Truth," Kora Feeder [Self] (7/9)
        "In A Young Person's Body" (2)
        "Orange Tree" (2)
 21: "One Last Dance," Pete Muller [Two Truths, 11/2025] (7)
        "One Last Dance" (2)
        "New York In The Rain" (2)
 21: "The Other Evening In Chicago," Bob Franke [Waterbug, 2005] (7)
        "Alleluia, the Great Storm Is Over" (2)
        "Day of the Dead" (2)
 21: "Saving Grace," Robert Plant [Nonesuch, 10/2025] (7)
        "Chevrolet" (2)
 21: "Seventy," Paul Kelly [Cooking Vinyl, 11/2025] (7)
        "Tell Us A Story" (1)
 21: "You Climb the Mountain," The Onlies [Self, 8/2025] (7)
        "Gold Watch and Chain" (3)
 27: "The Best Times After All," Archie Fisher & Garnet Rogers [Snow Goose, 2019] (6)
        "The Final Trawl" (2)
 27: "Callin' Me Back," Petunia & the Vipers [Self, 9/2025] (6)
        "Shelia's Song" (1)
 27: "Featherbed," Sarah Kate Morgan & Leo Shannon [June Appal] (6)
        "If I Were a Featherbed" (2)
        "Featherbed" (2)
 27: "Kindred Spirits," John Flynn [Self, 11/2025] (6)
        "The Victim Tree" (6)
 27: "Shelter From the Storms," Lennie Gallant [Gallant Effort, 7/2025] (6)
        "God's Reply" (2)
 27: "Wide Open Spaces," Connie Kaldor [Coyote, 9/2025] (6)
        "To Those Who Say There's Nothing Here" (1)

TOP SONGS of November 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2694 plays from 94 playlists from 75 Folk DJs

1. "The Victim Tree" (6)
     from "Kindred Spirits" (John Flynn)
2. "The Immigrant" (5)
     from "The Immigrant" (Tony Furtado)
2. "L'acadie" (5)
     from "Voisinages" (Le Vent Du Nord)
4. "All Things" (4)
     from "The Agonist" (Leslie Jordan)
4. "Coming For You Next" (4)
     from "Coming For You Next - single" (Crowes Pasture)
4. "Dear Time" (4)
     from "Safe, Sensible & Sane" (Alison Brown & Steve Martin)
4. "The Kind Words" (4)
     from "The Breathing Room" (Cosy Sheridan)
4. "Lulu Gal" (4)
     from "From Here to the Sea" (Meredith Moon)
4. "Marchin' On" (4)
     from "Marchin' On - single" (Susan Hagan)
4. "Particle & Wave" (4)
     from "unentitled" (John Gorka)
11. "Broken Truth" (3)
     from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
11. "By My Side" (3)
     from "Bones of Better Days" (The Whispering Tree)
11. "Category Five" (3)
     from "From Here to the Sea" (Meredith Moon)
11. "Cinders" (3)
     from "Songs From a Secret Room" (Chris Rusin)

TOP ARTISTS of November 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2694 plays from 94 playlists from 75 Folk DJs

1. Bob Franke (24)
        "The Other Evening In Chicago" (7)
        "In This Night" (4)
2. John Gorka (23)
        "unentitled" (17)
3. Archie Fisher (22)
        "A Silent Song" (5)
        "Archie Fisher" (3)
        "Sunsets I've Galloped Into" (3)
        "Windward Away" (3)
4. Alison Brown & Steve Martin (20)
        "Safe, Sensible & Sane" (18)
5. Cosy Sheridan (14)
        "The Breathing Room" (13)
5. Le Vent Du Nord (14)
        "Voisinages" (14)
7. Vi Wickam (13/15)
        "The Thanksgiving Album" (14)
8. Meredith Moon (12)
        "From Here to the Sea" (12)
9. The Whispering Tree (11)
        "Bones of Better Days" (11)
10. Eloise & Co (10)
        "Avec Elodie" (10)
10. John McCutcheon (10)
        "Field of Stars" (2)
10. John Prine (10)
        "Tree of Forgiveness" (2)
13. The Kasambwe Brothers (9)
        "The Kasambwe Brothers" (9)
13. The Pairs (9)
        "Together on a Rock" (9)
13. Willie Nelson (9)
        "Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle" (8)
16. Alice Di Micele (8)
        "Reverse the Flow" (8)
16. Chris Rusin (8)
        "Songs From a Secret Room" (8)
16. Friction Farm (8)
        "Stone by Stone" (7)
16. Leslie Jordan (8)
        "The Agonist" (8)
16. The Mammals (8)
        "Touch Grass, Vol. 1" (4)
16. Sage Christie (8)
        "Little Deaths" (8)
16. Stan Rogers (8)
        "Between The Breaks...Live!" (2)
16. William Prince (8)
        "Further From the Country" (8)
24. Kora Feeder (7/11)
        "Some Kind Of Truth" (9)
24. Burnett Sisters Band (7)
        "Easy Come Easy Go" (7)
24. Grateful Dead (7)
        "American Beauty" (3)
24. Molly Tuttle (7)
        "So Long Little Miss Sunshine" (3)
24. The Onlies (7)
        "You Climb the Mountain" (7)
24. Paul Kelly (7)
        "Seventy" (7)
24. Pete Muller (7)
        "One Last Dance" (7)
24. Robbie Fulks (7)
        "Now Then" (4)
        "Bluegrass Vacation" (3)

TOP LABELS of November 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2694 plays from 94 playlists from 75 Folk DJs

1. Compass (73)
2. Red House (40)
3. Rounder (35)
4. Smithsonian/Folkways (25)
5. Nonesuch (21)
6. Appalsongs (20)
7. Warner (16)
8. Columbia (15)
8. Signature Sounds (15)
10. Legacy (13)
10. Vanguard (13)
10. Waterbug (13)
13. Philo (12)
14. Borealis (11)
14. La Compagnie du Nord (11)
14. Sugar Hill (11)
17. New West (10)
18. Wickam (9/14)
18. Six Shooter (9)
18. Thirty Tigers (9)

FOLK DJs - November 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2694 plays from 94 playlists from 75 Folk DJs

Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
Artie Martello (WIOX-FM & mixcloud.com, NY)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Bruce Swan (WSFM-LP, NC)
Bud Johnson (KNBA-FM & syndicated, AK)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM & syndicated, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Daryana Antipova (WFHB-FM, IN)
David Sears (WBGU-FM, 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)
Eureka Mike (thesonicplanet.com, FL)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
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)
Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, IL)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-FM, NY)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Katrina Knight (mixcloud.com, PA)
Ken Batista (WRCT-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Kevin Vance (KALW-FM, CA)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, TN)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM & mixcloud.com, OR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR/WGDH-FM, VT)
Mary Katherine Aldin ()
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Michael Kane (WBRS-FM & WUMB-FM, MA)
Michael Park (mixcloud.com & PRX, NY)
Michael S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
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 Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & syndicated, PA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, ON)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Terry B. Moses & Naomi Soule (KCLC-FM, MO)
Tom Coxworth (CKUA-FM, AB)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM & mixcloud.com, NY)