Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
November 2025, Week 3

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of November 2025, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2185 plays from 78 playlists from 67 Folk DJs

  1: "The Thanksgiving Album," Vi Wickam [Wickam, 11/2025] (21)
        "Each New Day" (6)
        "Welcome at the Table" (4)
        "Another Fine Day for Thanksgiving" (3)
        "Grateful" (3)
  2: "unentitled," John Gorka [Red House, 10/2025] (19)
        "Favorite Place" (4)
        "Particle & Wave" (4)
  3: "Safe Sensible & Sane," Alison Brown & Steve Martin [Compass, 11/2025] (16)
        "New Cluck Old Hen" (4)
        "Michael" (4)
        "5 Days Out, 2 Days Back" (3)
        "Evening Star" (2)
  4: "Sad & Beautiful World," Mavis Staples [anti, 11/2025] (15)
        "Human Mind" (4)
        "Satisfied Mind" (2)
        "Anthem" (2)
        "Chicago" (2)
        "Sad And Beautiful World" (2)
  4: "Together on a Rock," The Pairs [Self, 4/2025] (15)
        "Past My Prime" (4)
        "Little Light" (3)
        "Good Bad Day" (2)
        "Rain is Coming Soon" (2)
        "Honey I" (2)
  6: "Avec Elodie," Eloise & Co [Self, 10/2025] (11)
        "Staravychnia" (3)
        "Humours Of Trim / Humours Of Kilclogher" (2)
  6: "Voisinages," Le Vent Du Nord [La Compagnie du Nord, 10/2025] (11)
        "La Letter" (3)
        "Le Pari De Jeanne" (2)
  8: "The Breathing Room," Cosy Sheridan [Self, 10/2025] (10)
        "The Kind Words" (2)
        "Claude's Cookies" (2)
        "I'm Feeling like Seattle" (2)
  8: "You Climb the Mountain," The Onlies [Self, 8/2025] (10)
        "The Moonlight Song" (3)
        "Cumberland Gap" (2)
 10: "From Here to the Sea," Meredith Moon [Compass, 10/2025] (9)
        "Poseidon" (3)
        "Sapphire Blue" (3)
 10: "Memory Mountain," Max Gomez [Marveltone, 11/2025] (9)
        "Good Friends" (2)
        "Lost Train of Thought" (2)
 10: "The Road Taken," Reggie Garrett & Christine Gunn [Wonder Dog, 10/2025] (9)
        "A Place In This World" (4)
        "Through And Through" (2)
 10: "Songs From a Secret Room," Chris Rusin [Rushing River, 11/2025] (9)
        "Cinders" (3)
        "Time To Love" (2)
 14: "The Kasambwe Brothers," The Kasambwe Brothers [Hen House Studios, 11/2025] (8)
        "Ndibwino" (2)
        "getu" (2)
 14: "Saving Grace," Robert Plant [Nonesuch, 10/2025] (8)
        "Soul Of Man" (2)
        "It's A Beautiful Day Today" (2)
 16: "Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3," Todd Snider [Thirty Tigers, 2019] (7)
        "Like a Force of Nature" (2)
        "Talking Reality Television Blues" (2)
 16: "High, Lonesome and Then Some," Todd Snider [Aimless] (7)
        "High, Lonesome And Then Some" (3)
        "While We Still Have A Chance" (2)
 16: "Hill Country Folk Music," Terry Klein [Self, 11/2025] (7)
        "If You Go" (2)
 16: "Little Deaths," Sage Christie [Dignified Deathlings, 11/2025] (7)
        "Apparition" (2)
 16: "Long Journey Home," Various Artists [Appalsongs, 9/2025] (7)
        "Cluck Old Hen," Tray Wellington (3)
 16: "Returning to Myself," Brandi Carlile [Interscope, 11/2025] (7)
        "Human" (2)
 16: "Seventy," Paul Kelly [Cooking Vinyl, 11/2025] (7)
        "Rita Wrote a Letter" (1)
 23: "Bones of Better Days," The Whispering Tree [Eyelash Soup, 10/2025] (6)
        "Find a Man" (1)
 23: "Further From the Country," William Prince [Six Shooter, 10/2025] (6)
        "The Charmer" (1)
 23: "Running From the Devil," Tone of Voice Orchestra [Self, 11/2025] (6)
        "We Owe it to the Planet" (1)
 26: "One Year Since," Kate & Brendan [Adhyâropa] (5)
        "Little Bird" (3)
        "One Year Since" (2)
 26: "Coal Dust," Irene Kelley [Self] (5)
        "Coal Dust" (5)
 26: "Don't You Ever Give Up on Love," Brennen Leigh [Signature Sounds, 11/2025] (5)
        "How's The Getting Over Me Going" (2)
 26: "Every Town," Anne Hills [Hand & Heart, 10/2025] (5)
        "Memory Of August" (1)
 26: "Featherbed," Sarah Kate Morgan & Leo Shannon [June Appal] (5)
        "Cait's Jig" (2)
        "If I Were A Featherbed" (2)
 26: "Gold & Coal," Cassie & Maggie [Self, 5/2025] (5)
        "Bow Down" (1)
 26: "Living in the Light," Tommy Emmanuel [CGP] (5)
        "A Drowning Heart" (2)
 26: "Mount Olive Ep," Tom Russell [Frontera] (5)
        "1946 Martin D-18" (2)
 26: "New Connection," Todd Snider [Oh Boy] (5)
        "Statistician's Blues" (2)
 26: "Reverse the Flow," Alice Di Micele [Alice Otter, 10/2025] (5)
        "Reverse the Flow" (3)
 26: "Songbird," Waylon Jennings [Son of Jessi, 10/2025] (5)
        "Songbird" (3)

TOP SONGS of November 2025, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2185 plays from 78 playlists from 67 Folk DJs

1. "Coal Dust" (5)
     from "Coal Dust" (Irene Kelley)
1. "Each New Day" (5)
     from "The Thanksgiving Album" (Vi Wickam)
3. "Favorite Place" (4)
     from "unentitled" (John Gorka)
3. "Human Mind" (4)
     from "Sad & Beautiful World" (Mavis Staples)
3. "Michael" (4)
     from "Safe Sensible & Sane" (Alison Brown & Steve Martin)
3. "New Cluck Old Hen" (4)
     from "Safe Sensible & Sane" (Alison Brown & Steve Martin)
3. "Particle & Wave" (4)
     from "unentitled" (John Gorka)
3. "Past My Prime" (4)
     from "Together on a Rock" (The Pairs)
3. "A Place In This World" (4)
     from "The Road Taken" (Reggie Garrett & Christine Gunn)
3. "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" (4)
     from "Summertime Dream" (Gordon Lightfoot)
11. "1946 Martin D-18" (3)
     from "Mount Olive" (Tom Russell)
11. "5 Days Out, 2 Days Back" (3)
     from "Safe Sensible & Sane" (Alison Brown & Steve Martin)
11. "Alabama at Night" (3)
     from "Upland Stories" (Robbie Fulks)
11. "Another Fine Day for Thanksgiving" (3)
     from "The Thanksgiving Album" (Vi Wickam)
11. "Cinders" (3)
     from "Songs From a Secret Room" (Chris Rusin)

TOP ARTISTS of November 2025, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2185 plays from 78 playlists from 67 Folk DJs

1. Todd Snider (46)
        "Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3" (7)
        "High, Lonesome and Then Some" (7)
2. John Gorka (21)
        "unentitled" (19)
3. Vi Wickam (20)
        "The Thanksgiving Album" (19)
4. Alison Brown & Steve Martin (16)
        "Safe Sensible & Sane" (15)
5. Mavis Staples (15)
        "Sad & Beautiful World" (15)
5. The Pairs (15)
        "Together on a Rock" (15)
7. Le Vent Du Nord (13)
        "Voisinages" (11)
8. Eloise & Co (11)
        "Avec Elodie" (11)
8. John Prine (11)
        "The Singing Mailman Delivers" (6)
8. Tom Russell (11)
        "Mount Olive Ep" (5)
11. Cosy Sheridan (10)
        "The Breathing Room" (9)
11. The Onlies (10)
        "You Climb the Mountain" (10)
13. Bob Dylan (9)
        "Blood On The Tracks" (1)
13. Chris Rusin (9)
        "Songs From a Secret Room" (9)
13. Max Gomez (9)
        "Memory Mountain" (9)
13. Meredith Moon (9)
        "From Here to the Sea" (9)
13. Reggie Garrett & Christine Gunn (9)
        "The Road Taken" (9)
13. Terry Klein (9)
        "Hill Country Folk Music" (7)
13. Willie Nelson (9)
        "Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle" (4)
20. Brandi Carlile (8)
        "Returning to Myself" (7)
20. The Kasambwe Brothers (8)
        "The Kasambwe Brothers" (8)
20. The Whispering Tree (8)
        "Bones of Better Days" (6)
23. Archie Fisher (7)
        "Windward Away" (3)
23. Brennen Leigh (7)
        "Don't You Ever Give Up on Love" (5)
23. Paul Kelly (7)
        "Seventy" (7)
23. Sage Christie (7)
        "Little Deaths" (7)
23. William Prince (7)
        "Further From the Country" (6)

TOP LABELS of November 2025, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2185 plays from 78 playlists from 67 Folk DJs

1. Compass (44)
2. Red House (37)
3. Rounder (28)
4. Aimless (25)
5. Columbia (19)
6. Oh Boy (18)
7. Wickam (17)
8. Reprise (16)
8. Smithsonian/Folkways (16)
10. Signature Sounds (15)
11. Legacy (13)
12. Nonesuch (12)
13. Elektra (10)
14. Vanguard (9/12)
14. Borealis (9)
14. New West (9)
14. anti (9)
18. Marveltone (8)
18. Mercury (8)
18. Rhino (8)
18. Rushing River (8)
18. Wonder Dog (8)

FOLK DJs - November 2025, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2185 plays from 78 playlists from 67 Folk DJs

Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
Art Stevenson (WORT-FM, WI)
Artie Martello (WIOX-FM & mixcloud.com, NY)
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)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
David John (KAXE/KBXE-FM & KEOS-FM, MN)
David Sears (WBGU-FM, OH)
Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM, OR)
Eureka Mike (thesonicplanet.com, FL)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Gordon Nash (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Helen Leicht (folkmusicnotebook.com, PA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
James Sereda (WUSB-FM, NY)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
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)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-FM, NY)
Katrina Knight (mixcloud.com)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Kevin Vance (KALW-FM & KPFA-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, AR)
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)
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 Fraissinet & Joe McMahon (WVBR-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)
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)