Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
November 2025, Week 5

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of November 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1697 plays from 54 playlists from 38 Folk DJs

  1: "The Thanksgiving Album," Vi Wickam [Wickam, 11/2025] (23)
        "Another Fine Day for Thanksgiving" (5)
        "Sitting at the Table" (4)
        "Each New Day" (3)
        "My Kind of November" (3)
        "Turkey in the Straw" (3)
  2: "Safe, Sensible & Sane," Alison Brown & Steve Martin [Compass, 10/2025] (12)
        "Girl, Have Money When You're Old" (3)
        "Michael" (2)
        "Five Days Out & Two Days Back" (2)
  3: "Together on a Rock," The Pairs [Self, 4/2025] (11)
        "Good Bad Day" (3)
        "Self Aware Then Self Obsessed" (2)
        "Honey I" (2)
        "Little Light" (2)
  3: "unentitled," John Gorka [Red House, 10/2025] (11)
        "First Snow on the Mountains" (4)
        "Particle & Wave" (2)
  5: "Little Deaths," Sage Christie [Dignified Deathlings, 11/2025] (9)
        "Everywhere I Go" (2)
        "Maybe I'm Learning" (2)
        "Rabbit Through the Woods" (2)
  5: "Voisinages," Le Vent Du Nord [La Compagnie du Nord, 10/2025] (9)
        "Bienvenue" (3)
        "L'acadie" (2)
  7: "Hummingbird Highway," Dar Williams [Righteous Babe, 8/2025] (7)
        "Hummingbird Highway" (3)
  7: "Songs From a Secret Room," Chris Rusin [Rushing River, 11/2025] (7)
        "Time to Love" (3)
  7: "A Tip Toe High Wire," Sierra Hull [Self, 3/2025] (7)
        "Haven Hill" (1)
 10: "Bones of Better Days," The Whispering Tree [Eyelash Soup, 10/2025] (6)
        "Nesting Doll" (2)
 10: "Come Darkness, Come Light," Mary Chapin Carpenter [Zoe, 2008] (6)
        "Thanksgiving Song" (6)
 10: "From Here to the Sea," Meredith Moon [Compass, 10/2025] (6)
        "Lulu Gal" (1)
 10: "The Ghost of Sis Draper," Shawn Camp [Skeeter Bit, 9/2025] (6)
        "Sis Draper" (2)
        "The Checkered Shirt Band" (2)
 10: "Hill Country Folk Music," Terry Klein [Self, 11/2025] (6)
        "Try Again" (1)
 10: "House Concert," Lou & Peter Berryman [Cornbelt] (6)
        "Uncle Dave's Grace" (4)
 10: "Long Journey Home," Various Artists [Appalsongs, 9/2025] (6)
        "900-Miles," Various (2)
 10: "Alice's Restaurant 50th Anniversary Massacree," Arlo Guthrie [Self] (6)
        "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" (4)

TOP SONGS of November 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1697 plays from 54 playlists from 38 Folk DJs

1. "Thanksgiving Song" (6)
     from "Come Darkness, Come Light" (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
2. "Another Fine Day for Thanksgiving" (5)
     from "The Thanksgiving Album" (Vi Wickam)
3. "First Snow on the Mountains" (4)
     from "unentitled" (John Gorka)
3. "I Am Grateful" (4)
     from "Beautiful You: The Songs of Tom Prasada-Rao" (Tom Prasada-Rao)
3. "Sitting at the Table" (4)
     from "The Thanksgiving Album" (Vi Wickam)
3. "Thanksgiving Prayer" (4)
     from "By the Refinery Lights" (Laura Zucker)
3. "Thanksgiving" (4)
     from "Thanksgiving" (Si Kahn)
3. "Uncle Dave's Grace" (4)
     from "House Concert" (Lou & Peter Berryman)
9. "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" (3)
     from "Alice's Restaurant" (Arlo Guthrie)

TOP ARTISTS of November 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1697 plays from 54 playlists from 38 Folk DJs

1. Vi Wickam (22)
        "The Thanksgiving Album" (22)
2. Alison Brown & Steve Martin (13)
        "Safe, Sensible & Sane" (12)
2. John Gorka (13)
        "unentitled" (11)
4. The Pairs (12)
        "Together on a Rock" (11)
5. Mary Chapin Carpenter (11)
        "Come Darkness, Come Light" (6)
        "Personal History" (3)
6. Arlo Guthrie (10)
        "Alice's Restaurant 50th Anniversary Massacree" (3)
6. Dar Williams (10)
        "Hummingbird Highway" (7)
6. Jimmy Cliff (10)
        "The Harder They Come" (6)
9. Le Vent Du Nord (9)
        "Voisinages" (9)
9. Sage Christie (9)
        "Little Deaths" (9)
11. Archie Fisher (8)
        "A Silent Song" (4)
11. John McCutcheon (8)
        "John McCutcheon's Four Seasons" (2)
13. Chris Rusin (7)
        "Songs From a Secret Room" (7)
13. John Prine (7)
        "In Person And On Stage" (1)
13. Sierra Hull (7)
        "A Tip Toe High Wire" (7)
13. Terry Klein (7)
        "Hill Country Folk Music" (6)
13. Bob Dylan (7)
        "Blood On The Tracks" (1)
18. Amy Speace (6)
        "The Blue Rock Session" (5)
18. David Roth (6)
        "Meet You Where You Are" (3)
18. Joni Mitchell (6)
        "Blue" (3)
18. Lou & Peter Berryman (6)
        "House Concert" (6)
18. Meredith Moon (6)
        "From Here to the Sea" (6)
18. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (6)
        "Night A" (2)
18. Shawn Camp (6)
        "The Ghost of Sis Draper" (6)
18. Tom Prasada-Rao (6)
        "Beautiful You: The Songs of Tom Prasada-Rao" (5)
18. The Whispering Tree (6)
        "Bones of Better Days" (6)
18. William Prince (6)
        "Further From the Country" (5)

TOP LABELS of November 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1697 plays from 54 playlists from 38 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (40)
2. Compass (32)
3. Red House (22)
4. Wickam (21)
5. Nonesuch (15)
6. Smithsonian/Folkways (13)
7. Columbia (12)
8. Sugar Hill (11)
9. Dark Shadow (9)
9. Warner (9)
11. Oh Boy (8)
11. Rhino (8)
11. Vanguard (8)
14. Dualtone (7/9)
14. Pinecastle (7/8)
14. Free Dirt (7)
14. La Compagnie du Nord (7)
14. Reprise (7)
14. Signature Sounds (7)
14. Tone Tree (7)

FOLK DJs - November 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1697 plays from 54 playlists from 38 Folk DJs

Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Arthur & Andrea Berman (CiTR-FM & podcast, BC)
Artie Martello (WIOX-FM & mixcloud.com, NY)
Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bud Johnson (KNBA-FM & syndicated, AK)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris Denerley (beyondradio.co.uk, UK)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
Jeannie Holton & Tom Elligett (WMNF-FM, FL)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Katrina Knight (mixcloud.com)
Kevin Vance (KALW-FM & KPFA-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, AR)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM & mixcloud.com, OR)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR/WGDH-FM, VT)
Mary Katherine Aldin (KPFK-FM, CA)
Matthew Baya (WERU-FM, ME)
Michael Kane (WBRS-FM, MA)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers & lonanfolk.com, New Zealand)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Pete Thomas (WAER-FM, NY)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NJ)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, QC)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Tom Coxworth (CKUA-FM, AB)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM & mixcloud.com, NY)