Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
November 2025, Week 5 (so far)

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 927 plays from 30 playlists from 25 Folk DJs

  1: "The Thanksgiving Album," Vi Wickam [Wickam, 11/2025] (18)
        "Another Fine Day for Thanksgiving" (4)
        "My Kind of November" (3)
  2: "Voisinages," Le Vent Du Nord [La Compagnie du Nord, 10/2025] (6)
        "Bienvenue" (2)
        "L'acadie" (2)
  3: "Bones of Better Days," The Whispering Tree [Eyelash Soup, 10/2025] (5)
        "Nesting Doll" (2)
  3: "The Ghost of Sis Draper," Shawn Camp [Skeeter Bit, 9/2025] (5)
        "The Checkered Shirt Band" (2)
        "Sis Draper" (2)
  3: "Long Journey Home," Various Artists [Appalsongs, 9/2025] (5)
        "House Carpenter," Jake Blount (1)
  3: "Safe, Sensible & Sane," Alison Brown & Steve Martin [Compass, 10/2025] (5)
        "Girl, Have Money When You're Old" (1)
  3: "Songs From a Secret Room," Chris Rusin [Rushing River, 11/2025] (5)
        "Leave It in the Snow" (1)
  3: "unentitled," John Gorka [Red House, 10/2025] (5)
        "First Snow on the Mountains" (2)
  3: "Avec Elodie," Eloise & Co [Self, 10/2025] (5)
        "Moonflower" (2)
 10: "Beautiful You: The Songs of Tom Prasada-Rao," Tom Prasada-Rao [Self, 6/2025] (4)
        "I Am Grateful" (2)
 10: "By the Refinery Lights," Laura Zucker [Self] (4)
        "Thanksgiving Prayer" (4)
 10: "Shelter From the Storms," Lennie Gallant [Gallant Effort, 7/2025] (4)
        "Ready to Dance" (1)
 13: "Woodland," Gillian Welch & David Rawlings [Acony, 8/2024] (3/4)
        "Empty Trainload of Sky" (2)
 13: "The Blue Rock Session," Amy Speace [Self] (3)
        "On a Monday in London" (1)
 13: "Come Darkness, Come Light," Mary Chapin Carpenter [Zoe, 2008] (3)
        "Thanksgiving Song" (3)
 13: "Driftwood," Weary Ramblers [Self] (3)
        "Driftwood" (2)
 13: "Every Town: More Songs by Michael Smith," Anne Hills [Hand & Heart] (3)
        "Spoon River" (1)
 13: "Hill Country Folk Music," Terry Klein [Self, 11/2025] (3)
        "Try Again" (1)
 13: "Home For The Harvest," Craig Bickhardt [Stone Barn, 2018] (3)
        "Home for the Harvest" (3)
 13: "Hummingbird Highway," Dar Williams [Righteous Babe, 8/2025] (3)
        "Hummingbird Highway" (2)
 13: "Life's Cruelest Joke," Puppets of Castro [Self] (3)
        "More Than Anything" (1)
 13: "Newfoundland Bluegrass," Crooked Stovepipe [Third Wave] (3)
        "Queenstown" (3)
 13: "Running From the Devil," Tone of Voice Orchestra [Self, 11/2025] (3)
        "Inperfections" (1)
 13: "Saving Grace," Robert Plant [Nonesuch, 10/2025] (3)
        "Gospel Plough" (2)
 13: "Tidy Memorial," Josh Fortenbery [Muskeg Collective, 10/2025] (3)
        "End of the Bargain" (2)
 13: "Wheatfield With Crows," Tim Harrison [Second Avenue, 2003] (3)
        "Song of Thanksgiving" (2)
 13: "Wild & Clear & Blue," I'm With Her [Rounder, 4/2025] (3)
        "Find My Way to You" (1)
 13: "Time Out #3," The Accidentals [Self, 8/2025] (3)
        "Fly Away" (1)

TOP SONGS of November 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 927 plays from 30 playlists from 25 Folk DJs

1. "Another Fine Day for Thanksgiving" (4)
     from "The Thanksgiving Album" (Vi Wickam)
1. "Thanksgiving Prayer" (4)
     from "By the Refinery Lights" (Laura Zucker)
3. "Grateful" (3)
     from "All New" (Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer)
3. "Home for the Harvest" (3)
     from "Home For The Harvest" (Craig Bickhardt)
3. "My Kind of November" (3)
     from "The Thanksgiving Album" (Vi Wickam)
3. "Queenstown" (3)
     from "Newfoundland Bluegrass" (Crooked Stovepipe)
3. "Thanksgiving Eve" (3)
     from "In the Circle of the Sun" (Sally Rogers)
3. "Thanksgiving Song" (3)
     from "Come Darkness, Come Light" (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
9. "First Snow on the Mountains" (2)
     from "unentitled" (John Gorka)
9. "Bienvenue" (2)
     from "Voisinages" (Le Vent Du Nord)

TOP ARTISTS of November 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 927 plays from 30 playlists from 25 Folk DJs

1. Vi Wickam (17)
        "The Thanksgiving Album" (17)
2. Alison Brown & Steve Martin (6)
        "Safe, Sensible & Sane" (5)
2. John McCutcheon (6)
        "John McCutcheon's Four Seasons" (2)
2. Le Vent Du Nord (6)
        "Voisinages" (6)
2. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (6)
        "Night A" (2)
6. Chris Rusin (5)
        "Songs From a Secret Room" (5)
6. Dar Williams (5)
        "Hummingbird Highway" (3)
6. Eloise & Co (5)
        "Avec Elodie" (5)
6. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings (5)
        "Woodland" (4)
6. John Gorka (5)
        "unentitled" (5)
6. John Prine (5)
        "In Spite Of Ourselves" (1)
6. Laura Zucker (5)
        "By the Refinery Lights" (4)
6. Shawn Camp (5)
        "The Ghost of Sis Draper" (5)
6. The Whispering Tree (5)
        "Bones of Better Days" (5)

TOP LABELS of November 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 927 plays from 30 playlists from 25 Folk DJs

1. Wickam (16)
2. Rounder (15)
3. Compass (12)
4. Smithsonian/Folkways (11)
5. Columbia (8)
5. Sugar Hill (8)
7. Nonesuch (7)
7. Red House (7)
9. Acony (6)
9. Appalsongs (6)
9. Free Dirt (6)
9. Pinecastle (6)
13. Eyelash Soup (5)
13. La Compagnie du Nord (5)
13. Oh Boy (5)
13. Rushing River (5)
13. Signature Sounds (5)

FOLK DJs - November 2025, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 927 plays from 30 playlists from 25 Folk DJs

Andrea Berman (Podcast, BC)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Arthur Berman (CiTR-FM & podcast, BC)
Artie Martello (WIOX-FM & mixcloud.com, NY)
Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
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)
Jeannie Holton & Tom Elligett (WMNF-FM, FL)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
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)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers & lonanfolk.com, New Zealand)
Pete Thomas (WAER-FM, NY)
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)