Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
November 2025 (so far)

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of November 2025
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 5062 plays from 179 playlists from 89 Folk DJs

  1: "Safe, Sensible & Sane," Alison Brown & Steve Martin [Compass, 10/2025] (34)
        "Dear Time" (6)
        "Let's Get Out Of Here" (5)
  1: "Unentitled," John Gorka [Red House, 10/2025] (34)
        "Particle & Wave" (7)
        "No Time To Cry" (5)
        "First Snow On The Mountain" (5)
        "Hold On" (5)
  3: "Voisinages," Le Vent Du Nord [La Compagnie du Nord, 10/2025] (29)
        "Du Nord Au Sud" (5)
        "L'acadie" (5)
        "Bienvenue" (4)
        "Carillon" (4)
  4: "The Breathing Room," Cosy Sheridan [Self, 10/2025] (25)
        "The Kind Words" (5)
        "All The Pretty Horses Want To Go" (4)
        "The Breathing Room" (4)
  4: "Long Journey Home," Various Artists [Appalsongs, 9/2025] (25)
        "What You Gonna Do With the Baby?," Old Crow Medicine Show (5)
        "I've Always Been A Rambler," Molly Tuttle (4)
        "House Carpenter," Jake Blount (4)
  6: "From Here to the Sea," Meredith Moon [Compass, 10/2025] (23)
        "Lulu Gal" (5)
        "Category Five" (4)
        "Poseidon" (4)
        "East City Blues" (3)
        "The Willow" (3)
  7: "Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 11/2025] (21)
        "Workin' Man Blues" (4)
        "Okie From Muskogee" (4)
        "Swinging Doors" (3)
        "Silver Wings" (3)
  8: "Avec Elodie," Eloise & Co [Self, 10/2025] (19)
        "Gille's Baguette" (5)
        "Moonflower" (3)
  8: "Songs From a Secret Room," Chris Rusin [Rushing River, 11/2025] (19)
        "Cinders" (5)
 10: "Bones of Better Days," The Whispering Tree [Eyelash Soup, 10/2025] (18)
        "By My Side" (6)
        "Find a Man" (4)
        "Born Again" (3)
 10: "The Kasambwe Brothers," The Kasambwe Brothers [Hen House Studios, 11/2025] (18)
        "Ndibwino" (4)
        "Getu" (4)
        "Mtima Wanga" (3)
        "Ahedi" (3)
 10: "Together on a Rock," The Pairs [Self, 4/2025] (18)
        "Honey I" (5)
        "Everything Ends" (4)
        "Little Light" (4)
 13: "You Climb the Mountain," The Onlies [Self, 8/2025] (17)
        "Gold Watch and Chain" (5)
 14: "The Thanksgiving Album," Vi Wickam [Wickam, 11/2025] (15/17)
        "Each New Day" (3)
        "I'm at Home" (3)
        "Another Fine Day for Thanksgiving" (2)
        "My Kind of November" (2)
        "Turkey in the Straw" (2)
        "Welcome at the Table" (2)
 14: "Further From the Country," William Prince [Six Shooter, 10/2025] (15)
        "Flowers on the Dash" (4)
        "Thousand Miles of Chain" (4)
        "All the Same" (2)
 14: "Keep Me In Your Heart: The Songs of Warren Zevon," Various Artists [Paradiddle, 11/2025] (15)
        "Empty Hearted Town," Claudia Jacobs (2)
        "Tenderness on the Block," Jack Licitra (2)
        "Mutineer," Willie Nile (2)
        "Mohammed's Radio," Andy Fortier (2)
 14: "A Silent Song," Archie Fisher [Red House, 2015] (15)
        "The Parting Glass" (9)
        "Waltz Into Winter" (4)
 18: "It's All Her Fault: A Tribute To Cindy Walker," Various Artists [Hummingbird] (14)
        "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)
 18: "The Other Evening In Chicago," Bob Franke [Waterbug, 2005] (14)
        "Alleluia, the Great Storm Is Over" (3)
        "For Real" (2)
        "Day of the Dead" (2)
 18: "Sunsets I've Galloped Into," Archie Fisher [Red House] (14)
        "All That You Ask Me" (2)
        "Archie Fisher" (2)
        "Eastfield" (2)
 21: "The Best Times After All," Archie Fisher and Garnet Rogers [Snow Goose Songs] (13)
        "Make and Break Harbour" (3)
        "The Final Trawl" (2)
        "Archie Fisher and Garnet Rogers" (2)
        "Ride Through the Rainbow" (2)
 21: "Kindred Spirits," John Flynn [Self] (13)
        "The Victim Tree" (13)
 21: "The Man with a Rhyme," Archie Fisher [Folk-Legacy] (13)
        "Witch of the West-Mer-Lands" (4)
        "Western Island" (3)
 21: "Reverse the Flow," Alice Di Micele [Alice Otter, 10/2025] (13)
        "The Ghost of Alice" (3)
        "Reverse the Flow" (2)
        "The Mystery" (2)
        "I Wanna Love" (2)
 21: "Seventy," Paul Kelly [Cooking Vinyl] (13)
        "Tell Us A Story" (4)
        "Don't Give Up On Me" (2)
        "I Keep On Coming Back For More" (2)
 21: "Shelter From the Storms," Lennie Gallant [Gallant Effort, 7/2025] (13)
        "Shelter From the Storms" (3)
        "God's Reply" (3)
        "Please Wait" (2)
 21: "Windward Away," Archie Fisher [Red House, 2008] (13)
        "Final Trawl" (4)
        "Windward Away" (4)
        "Ride Through the Rainbow" (2)
 28: "Easy Come Easy Go," Burnett Sisters Band [Self] (12)
        "Fool's Gold" (3)
        "Lovesick Blues" (2)
 28: "The Light Still Shines on the Main," Jory Nash [Self, 9/2025] (12)
        "The Light Still Shines on the Main" (4)
        "Come Alive" (4)
        "Sign Me Up" (2)
 28: "Saving Grace," Robert Plant [Nonesuch, 10/2025] (12)
        "Gospel Plough" (3)
        "Chevrolet" (2)
        "Soul Of A Man" (2)
 28: "Songbird," Waylon Jennings [Son of Jessi, 10/2025] (12)
        "The Cowboy" (4)
        "Wrong Road Again" (2)
 28: "Every Town," Anne Hills [Hand & Heart, 10/2025] (12)
        "Spoon River" (3)
        "Crazy Mary" (3)
        "The Ghost of Lash LaRue" (2)
        "Ballad Of Elizabeth Dark" (2)
 33: "One Last Dance," Pete Muller [Two Truths] (11)
        "One Last Dance" (3)
        "Living With The Cold" (2)
        "New York In The Rain" (2)
 33: "The Agonist," Leslie Jordan [Self, 7/2025] (11)
        "All Things" (4)
        "The Fight" (2)
 33: "The Immigrant," Tony Furtado [Yousay Furtado] (11)
        "The Immigrant" (11)
 33: "Little Deaths," Sage Christie [Dignified Deathlings] (11)
        "Ghost Stories" (3)
        "Epilogue" (2)
        "Rabbit Through the Woods" (2)
        "Everywhere I go" (2)
 33: "Night After Night," Nitty Gritty Dirt Band [NGDB Records] (11)
        "Nashville Skyline" (4)
        "For All the Good it Did" (2)
        "Peace and Quiet" (2)
        "If You Hang Around Long Enough" (2)
 33: "Wide Open Spaces," Connie Kaldor [Coyote, 9/2025] (11)
        "Simplest of Things" (2)
        "Outlaw" (2)
 33: "Stone by Stone," Friction Farm [Self, 9/2025] (11)
        "Stone By Stone" (3)
        "Everything Will Be Alright" (2)
 40: "Callin' Me Back," Petunia & the Vipers [Self, 9/2025] (10)
        "Shelia's Song" (2)
 40: "Featherbed," Sarah Kate Morgan & Leo Shannon [June Appal] (10)
        "Belle of Lexington" (3)
        "A Roving On A Winter's Night" (2)
        "If I Were a Featherbed" (2)
        "Featherbed" (2)
 40: "Hill Country Folk Music," Terry Klein [Self] (10)
        "The Job Interview Song" (3)
        "If You Go" (2)
        "I Used To Be Cool" (2)
        "Try" (2)
 40: "Lost & Found," Becki Davis [Self, 9/2025] (10)
        "The Edge" (2)
        "Simple & Beautiful" (2)
 40: "Memory Mountain," Max Gomez [Marveltone] (10)
        "New Mexico" (2)
        "Lost Train of Thought" (2)
        "Good Friends" (2)
        "Memory Mountain" (2)
 45: "Big Wing," Lonesome Ace Stringband [Ace Music, 10/2025] (9)
        "Hurricane Season" (2)
        "The Moon is Down" (2)
        "Crowe River" (2)
 45: "Fiction," Megan Bee [Self, 10/2025] (9)
        "Fiction" (2)
        "Part of the Mystery" (2)
 45: "Meet You Where You Are," David Roth [Stockfisch] (9)
        "They Do Not Speak for Me" (9)
 45: "Now Then," Robbie Fulks [Compass, 9/2025] (9)
        "Savannah is a Devilish Girl" (2)
 45: "Off The Map," Archie Fisher & Garnet Rogers [Snow Goose Songs] (9)
        "Borderland" (2)
        "Archie Fisher and Garnet Rogers" (2)
 45: "Rancho Deluxe," Nicki Bluhm [Little Sur] (9)
        "Falling Out Of Dreams" (2)
        "Keep On Growing" (2)
 45: "Returning to Myself," Brandi Carlile [Interscope] (9)
        "Church & State" (3)
        "Human" (2)
 45: "Running from the Devil," Tone Voice Orchestra [Self] (9)
        "Trommedans" (3)
        "Running from the Devil" (2)
 45: "The Winds," Selken [Kite Stripe, 10/2025] (9)
        "Keep Me in Your Heart" (2)
 54: "Gallowglass," Ann Ramsey [Self, 10/2025] (8)
        "Gallowglass" (3)
        "Withered and Died" (2)
 54: "The Ghost of Sis Draper," Shawn Camp [Skeeter Bit, 9/2025] (8)
        "Old Hillbilly Hand-Me-Down" (2)
        "Grandpa's Rovin' Ear" (2)
 54: "Gold & Coal," Cassie & Maggie [Self, 5/2025] (8)
        "Nancy" (2)
        "The Big Hewer" (2)
 54: "The Lies The Poets Tell," Laurie MacAllister [Self, 2018] (8)
        "Birches" (5)
 54: "So Long Little Miss Sunshine," Molly Tuttle [Nonesuch, 8/2025] (8)
        "Rosalee" (2)
        "The Highway Knows" (2)
 54: "We'll Be Fine," Doug Kolmar [Self] (8)
        "Citizen of the World" (4)
 54: "Touch Grass, Vol. 1," The Mammals [Humble Abode] (8)
        "Unpopular Ideas" (4)

TOP SONGS of November 2025
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 5062 plays from 179 playlists from 89 Folk DJs

1. "The Victim Tree" (13)
     from "Kindred Spirits" (John Flynn)
1. "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" (13)
     from "Summertime Dream" (Gordon Lightfoot)
3. "The Immigrant" (11)
     from "The Immigrant" (Tony Furtado)
4. "Coming for You Next" (9)
     from "Coming for You Next - single" (Crowes Pasture)
4. "The Parting Glass" (9)
     from "A Silent Song" (Archie Fisher)
4. "They Do Not Speak for Me" (9)
     from "Meet You Where You Are" (David Roth)
7. "Marchin' On" (7)
     from "Marchin' On - single" (Susan Hagan)
7. "Particle & Wave" (7)
     from "Unentitled" (John Gorka)
9. "Broken Truth" (6)
     from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
9. "By My Side" (6)
     from "Bones of Better Days" (The Whispering Tree)
9. "Dear Time" (6)
     from "Safe, Sensible & Sane" (Alison Brown & Steve Martin)
9. "Final Trawl" (6)
     from "Windward Away" (Archie Fisher)
13. "First Snow On The Mountain" (5)
     from "Unentitled" (John Gorka)
13. "Birches" (5)
     from "The Lies The Poets Tell" (Laurie MacAllister)
13. "Cinders" (5)
     from "Songs From a Secret Room" (Chris Rusin)
13. "Du Nord Au Sud" (5)
     from "Voisinages" (Le Vent Du Nord)
13. "The Final Trawl" (5)
     from "Off the Map" (Archie Fisher & Garnet Rogers)
13. "For Real" (5)
     from "The Other Evening In Chicago" (Bob Franke)
13. "Gille's Baguette" (5)
     from "Avec Elodie" (Eloise & Co)
13. "Gold Watch and Chain" (5)
     from "You Climb the Mountain" (The Onlies)
13. "Hold On" (5)
     from "Unentitled" (John Gorka)
13. "Honey I" (5)
     from "Together on a Rock" (The Pairs)
13. "The Kind Words" (5)
     from "The Breathing Room" (Cosy Sheridan)
13. "L'acadie" (5)
     from "Voisinages" (Le Vent Du Nord)
13. "Let's Get Out Of Here" (5)
     from "Safe, Sensible & Sane" (Alison Brown & Steve Martin)

TOP ARTISTS of November 2025
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 5062 plays from 179 playlists from 89 Folk DJs

1. Archie Fisher (68)
        "A Silent Song" (15)
        "Windward Away" (13)
        "The Man with a Rhyme" (12)
        "Sunsets I've Galloped Into" (12)
2. John Gorka (43)
        "Unentitled" (34)
3. Bob Franke (39)
        "The Other Evening In Chicago" (14)
        "In This Night" (7)
4. Alison Brown & Steve Martin (35)
        "Safe, Sensible & Sane" (33)
5. Le Vent Du Nord (29)
        "Voisinages" (29)
6. Cosy Sheridan (26)
        "The Breathing Room" (24)
7. Willie Nelson (25)
        "Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle" (21)
8. Meredith Moon (23)
        "From Here to the Sea" (23)
9. The Onlies (21)
        "You Climb the Mountain" (17)
10. Chris Rusin (19)
        "Songs From a Secret Room" (19)
10. The Whispering Tree (19)
        "Bones of Better Days" (18)
12. The Kasambwe Brothers (18)
        "The Kasambwe Brothers" (18)
12. The Pairs (18)
        "Together on a Rock" (18)
14. Eloise & Co (17)
        "Avec Elodie" (17)
14. John Flynn (17)
        "Kindred Spirits" (13)
        "Two Wolves" (3)
14. John Prine (17)
        "John Prine" (4)
14. Vi Wickam (17)
        "The Thanksgiving Album" (15)
18. John McCutcheon (16)
        "Field of Stars" (3)
18. The Mammals (16)
        "Touch Grass, Vol. 1" (7)
        "Touch Grass, Vol. 2" (5)
18. William Prince (16)
        "Further From the Country" (15)
21. Archie Fisher & Garnet Rogers (15)
        "The Best Times After All" (8)
        "Off The Map" (6)
21. Gordon Lightfoot (15)
        "Summertime Dream" (7)
21. Paul Kelly (15)
        "Seventy" (13)
21. Robbie Fulks (15)
        "Now Then" (9)
        "Bluegrass Vacation" (3)
25. Anne Hills (14)
        "Every Town" (11)
25. Stan Rogers (14)
        "Turnaround" (4)
        "Between The Breaks...Live!" (3)
27. Alice Di Micele (13)
        "Reverse the Flow" (13)
27. Lennie Gallant (13)
        "Shelter From the Storms" (13)
29. Connie Kaldor (12)
        "Wide Open Spaces" (11)
29. David Roth (12)
        "Meet You Where You Are" (9)
29. Jory Nash (12)
        "The Light Still Shines on the Main" (12)
29. Molly Tuttle (12)
        "So Long Little Miss Sunshine" (7)
        "Long Journey Home" (3)
29. Sage Christie (12)
        "Little Deaths" (11)
29. Tone Voice Orchestra (12)
        "Running from the Devil" (9)
29. Tony Furtado (12)
        "The Immigrant" (11)
36. Burnett Sisters Band (11)
        "Easy Come Easy Go" (11)
36. Crowes Pasture (11)
        "Coming for You Next - single" (8)
36. Garnet Rogers (11)
        "The Best Times After All" (3)
36. Joni Mitchell (11)
        "Clouds" (2)
36. Leslie Jordan (11)
        "The Agonist" (11)
36. Max Gomez (11)
        "Memory Mountain" (10)
36. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (11)
        "Night After Night" (11)
36. Pete Muller (11)
        "One Last Dance" (11)
36. Terry Klein (11)
        "Hill Country Folk Music" (10)
36. Tom Paxton (11)
        "I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound: Best of" (3)
        "No Kings Here - Single" (3)
36. Waylon Jennings (11)
        "Songbird" (11)
47. Bob Dylan (10)
        "Fragments" (3)
47. Brandi Carlile (10)
        "Returning to Myself" (9)
47. Friction Farm (10)
        "Stone by Stone" (9)
47. Lonesome Ace Stringband (10)
        "Big Wing" (9)
47. Petunia & the Vipers (10)
        "Callin' Me Back" (10)

TOP LABELS of November 2025
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 5062 plays from 179 playlists from 89 Folk DJs

1. Compass (117)
2. Red House (88)
3. Rounder (71)
4. Smithsonian/Folkways (42)
5. Columbia (37)
6. Appalsongs (34)
6. Nonesuch (34)
8. Legacy (29)
9. Greentrax (27)
10. Warner (26)
11. Thirty Tigers (25)
11. Waterbug (25)
13. Signature Sounds (22)
14. New West (21)
15. Elektra (20)
16. Flying Fish (19)
16. Philo (19)
16. Reprise (19)
16. Snow Goose Songs (19)
20. Borealis (17)
20. La Compagnie du Nord (17)
20. Six Shooter (17)
23. RCA (16)
23. Rhino (16)
23. Sugar Hill (16)
23. Vanguard (16)
27. Rushing River (15)
28. Cooking Vinyl (14)
28. Paradiddle (14)
30. Wickam (13/16)
30. Folk-Legacy (13)
30. Free Dirt (13)
30. Gallant Effort (13)
30. Humble Abode (13)
30. Topic (13)
36. Hen House Studios (12)
37. Coyote (11)
37. Dualtone (11)
37. Eyelash Soup (11)
40. Atlantic (10)
40. Capitol (10)
40. NGDB Records (10)
40. No Quarter (10)
40. Oh Boy (10)
40. Rebel (10)
40. Two Truths (10)
40. Yep Roc (10)

FOLK DJs - November 2025
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 5062 plays from 179 playlists from 89 Folk DJs

Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
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 "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
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)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Daryana Antipova (WFHB-FM, IN)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM & mixcloud.com, GA)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, 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)
Graham Dean & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
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)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, IL)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-FM, NY)
Kai Schafft (WVBR-FM, NY)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kate McNally (New Hampshire Public Radio)
Katrina Knight (mixcloud.com, PA)
Kejo Buchanan (CJTM-AM, ON)
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 & WGDR-FM, VT)
Mary Katherine Aldin ()
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
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 Gillmann (KBCS-FM & mixcloud.com, WA)
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 Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM & mixcloud.com, NY)
Wayne Greene (KEOS-FM, TX)