Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
November 2025, Week 4

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of November 2025, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2567 plays from 88 playlists from 66 Folk DJs

  1: "The Thanksgiving Album," Vi Wickam [Wickam, 11/2025] (38)
        "Another Fine Day for Thanksgiving" (11)
        "Each New Day" (8)
        "Turkey in the Straw" (7)
  2: "Safe Sensible & Sane," Alison Brown & Steve Martin [Compass, 11/2025] (17)
        "Girl, Have Money When You're Old" (4)
        "Statement Of Your Affairs" (3)
        "5 Days Out, 2 Days Back" (3)
  3: "unentitled," John Gorka [Red House, 10/2025] (14)
        "Particle & Wave" (3)
        "Favorite Place" (3)
        "No Time to Cry" (2)
        "Give Us Back Our Water" (2)
  4: "The Kasambwe Brothers," The Kasambwe Brothers [Hen House Studios, 11/2025] (11)
        "Langizani Mwachikondi" (3)
        "Getu" (3)
        "Kungade" (2)
  4: "The Other Evening In Chicago," Bob Franke [Waterbug, 2005] (11)
        "Thanksgiving Eve" (5)
  4: "Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 11/2025] (11)
        "Somewhere Between" (2)
        "Mama Tried" (2)
  7: "Fallen Angel," The Unfaithful Servants [Self, 10/2025] (10)
        "Adeline" (3)
        "Endless Highway" (2)
        "The River" (2)
  7: "From Here to the Sea," Meredith Moon [Compass, 10/2025] (10)
        "No Closing Time" (3)
        "The Willow" (3)
  9: "Saving Grace," Robert Plant [Nonesuch, 10/2025] (9)
        "Higher Rock" (4)
        "Soul Of A Man" (2)
  9: "Together on a Rock," The Pairs [Self, 4/2025] (9)
        "Past My Prime" (2)
        "Out to Breakfast" (2)
 11: "Hill Country Folk Music," Terry Klein [Self, 11/2025] (8)
        "The Job Interview Song" (2)
        "Hopelessness Is Going Around" (2)
 11: "Little Deaths," Sage Christie [Dignified Deathlings, 11/2025] (8)
        "Rabbit Through the Woods" (4)
        "As Short As You Want" (2)
 11: "The Winds," Selken [Kite Stripe, 10/2025] (8)
        "Love Me Like You Do" (2)
        "With or Without You" (2)
 14: "The Commuter," Jenna Nicholls [Royal Potato Family, 11/2025] (7/11)
        "Holy Moses" (2)
 14: "The Light Still Shines on the Main," Jory Nash [Self, 9/2025] (7)
        "Everybody Knows By Now" (2)
 14: "Night A," Nitty Gritty Dirt Band [NGDB Records, 11/2025] (7)
        "Nashville Skyline" (3)
        "If You Hang Around Long Enough" (2)
 14: "Seventy," Paul Kelly [Cooking Vinyl, 11/2025] (7)
        "Take It Handy" (2)
        "I Keep On Coming Back For More" (2)
 18: "The Agonist," Leslie Jordan [Self, 7/2025] (6)
        "Elegy" (1)
 18: "Further From the Country," William Prince [Six Shooter, 10/2025] (6)
        "More of the Same" (2)
 18: "Memory Mountain," Max Gomez [Marveltone, 11/2025] (6)
        "Good Friends" (3)
 18: "A Silent Song," Archie Fisher [Red House, 2015] (6)
        "Waltz into Winter" (3)
        "The Parting Glass" (2)
 18: "Voisinages," Le Vent Du Nord [La Compagnie du Nord, 10/2025] (6)
        "Du Nord au Sud" (2)
 23: "Memories & Empties," Colter Wall [LaHonda, 11/2025] (5/10)
        "My Present Just Gets Past Me" (2)
 23: "Look to the Moon," Patty & Craig [Larrea, 9/2025] (5/9)
        "Look To The Moon" (3)
        "Love, Surround Me" (2)
 23: "Hardscrabble Hope," Maria Dunn [Distant Whisper] (5/6)
        "Accordiona" (2)
        "West Cork Hills" (2)
 23: "Night Owl Envies the Mourning Dove," Caitlin Canty [Tone Tree] (5/6)
        "Don't Worry About Nothing" (1)
 23: "All Hat," Joshua Hedley [New West] (5)
        "Fresh Hot Biscuits" (2)
 23: "Best of Steve Gillette," Steve Gillette [Compass, 6/2025] (5)
        "The Old Trail" (1)
 23: "Come Darkness, Come Light," Mary Chapin Carpenter [Zoe, 2008] (5)
        "Thanksgiving Song" (5)
 23: "Don't You Ever Give Up on Love," Brennen Leigh [Signature Sounds, 11/2025] (5)
        "Alone In The Lone Star" (2)
        "Nothin' You Can't Fix" (2)
 23: "Harvest Home," Jay Ungar & Molly Mason [Angel] (5)
        "Thanksgiving Waltz" (5)
 23: "Mary's Rock," Dale Ann Bradley [Self] (5)
        "Mary's Rock" (3)
 23: "Returning to Myself," Brandi Carlile [Interscope, 11/2025] (5)
        "Returning to Myself" (1)
 23: "So Long Little Miss Sunshine," Molly Tuttle [Nonesuch, 8/2025] (5)
        "Everything Burns" (2)
 23: "Songbird," Waylon Jennings [Son of Jessi, 10/2025] (5)
        "Let's All Help the Cowboys" (1)
 23: "Songs That Sing Me," Becky Buller [Dark Shadow, 8/2025] (5)
        "A Hazy Shade of Winter" (2)
 23: "Sunsets I've Galloped Into," Archie Fisher [Red House, 1986] (5)
        "Eastfield" (1)
 23: "Tidy Memorial," Josh Fortenbery [Muskeg Collective, 10/2025] (5)
        "City Lights" (2)
 23: "We'll Be Fine," Doug Kolmar [Self, 11/2025] (5)
        "Walking" (2)
        "Wading" (2)
 23: "Wide Open Spaces," Connie Kaldor [Coyote, 9/2025] (5)
        "Cowboys Still Live in Saskatchewan" (1)

TOP SONGS of November 2025, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2567 plays from 88 playlists from 66 Folk DJs

1. "Another Fine Day for Thanksgiving" (11)
     from "The Thanksgiving Album" (Vi Wickam)
2. "Each New Day" (8)
     from "The Thanksgiving Album" (Vi Wickam)
3. "Marchin' On" (7)
     from "Marchin' On - single" (Susan Hagan)
3. "Thanksgiving Eve" (7)
     from "The Other Evening In Chicago" (Bob Franke)
3. "Turkey in the Straw" (7)
     from "The Thanksgiving Album" (Vi Wickam)
6. "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" (5)
     from "Alice'S Restaurant Massacree" (Arlo Guthrie)
6. "Thanksgiving Song" (5)
     from "Come Darkness, Come Light" (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
6. "Thanksgiving Waltz" (5)
     from "Harvest Home" (Jay Ungar & Molly Mason)
9. "Coming For You Next" (4)
     from "Coming For You Next - single" (Crowes Pasture)
9. "Girl, Have Money When You're Old" (4)
     from "Safe Sensible & Sane" (Alison Brown & Steve Martin)
9. "Higher Rock" (4)
     from "Saving Grace" (Robert Plant)
9. "Rabbit Through the Woods" (4)
     from "Little Deaths" (Sage Christie)

TOP ARTISTS of November 2025, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2567 plays from 88 playlists from 66 Folk DJs

1. Vi Wickam (36)
        "The Thanksgiving Album" (36)
2. Todd Snider (26)
        "High, Lonesome and Then Some" (4)
3. Archie Fisher (25)
        "Will Ye Gang, Love" (7)
        "A Silent Song" (6)
        "Sunsets I've Galloped Into" (5)
        "The Man With A Rhyme" (4)
4. Alison Brown & Steve Martin (18)
        "Safe Sensible & Sane" (17)
5. John Gorka (16)
        "unentitled" (14)
6. Bob Franke (14)
        "The Other Evening In Chicago" (11)
7. Willie Nelson (12)
        "Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle" (10)
8. Mary Chapin Carpenter (11)
        "Come Darkness, Come Light" (5)
        "Personal History" (4)
9. The Kasambwe Brothers (10)
        "The Kasambwe Brothers" (10)
9. Meredith Moon (10)
        "From Here to the Sea" (10)
9. The Unfaithful Servants (10)
        "Fallen Angel" (10)
12. The Pairs (9)
        "Together on a Rock" (9)
13. Brennen Leigh (8)
        "Don't You Ever Give Up on Love" (5)
13. Molly Tuttle (8)
        "So Long Little Miss Sunshine" (5)
13. Robert Plant (8)
        "Saving Grace" (8)
13. Sage Christie (8)
        "Little Deaths" (8)
13. Terry Klein (8)
        "Hill Country Folk Music" (8)
18. Jenna Nicholls (7/11)
        "The Commuter" (11)
18. Jory Nash (7)
        "The Light Still Shines on the Main" (7)
18. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (7)
        "Night A" (7)
18. Paul Kelly (7)
        "Seventy" (7)
18. Steve Gillette (7)
        "Best of Steve Gillette" (5)
18. Susan Hagan (7)
        "Marchin' On - single" (7)

TOP LABELS of November 2025, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2567 plays from 88 playlists from 66 Folk DJs

1. Compass (46)
2. Rounder (43)
3. Red House (42)
4. Wickam (30)
5. Signature Sounds (27)
6. Nonesuch (23)
7. Warner (22)
8. Flying Fish (16)
9. New West (15)
9. Waterbug (15)
11. Thirty Tigers (14)
12. Legacy (12)
13. Columbia (11)
13. Oh Boy (11)
13. Sony (11)
16. Borealis (10)
17. Rebel (9/13)
17. Royal Potato Family (9/12)
17. Capitol (9)
20. La Compagnie du Nord (8)
20. Rhino (8)
20. Smithsonian/Folkways (8)

FOLK DJs - November 2025, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2567 plays from 88 playlists from 66 Folk DJs

Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Annie Keville (WVBR-FM, NY)
Artie Martello (folkmusicnotebook.com & 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)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM, OR)
Ed Mellnick (KBOO-FM, OR)
Ellen Stanley (KFAI-FM & PRX, MN)
Eureka Mike (thesonicplanet.com, FL)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Graham Dean & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Helen Leicht (folkmusicnotebook.com, PA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
James Sereda (WUSB-FM, NY)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jean Geiger (mixcloud.com, WA)
Jeannie Holton & Tom Elligett (WMNF-FM, FL)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-FM, NY)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Katrina Knight (mixcloud.com, UK)
Ken Batista (WRCT-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Kevin Vance (KPFA-FM, CA)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
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 Kane (WBRS-FM & WTMX-FM, MA)
Michael Park (mixcloud.com & PRX, NY)
Michael S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Hawke's Bay & lonanfolk.com, New Zealand)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Hefti (KRCL-FM & live365.com, UT)
Pete Thomas (WAER-FM, NY)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Sonny Ochs (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Sue Kessell (WNUR-FM, IL)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Terry B. Moses & Naomi Soule (KCLC-FM, MO)
Tom Coxworth (CKUA-FM, AB)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)