Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
December 2025, Week 1

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of December 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2178 plays from 78 playlists from 65 Folk DJs

  1: "The Blue Rock Session," Amy Speace [Windbone, 12/2025] (20)
        "On a Monday in London" (6)
        "I Found a Halo" (4)
        "Kindness" (3)
  2: "Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 11/2025] (11)
        "If We Make It Through December" (6)
        "Mama Tried" (3)
  3: "Returning to Myself," Brandi Carlile [Interscope, 11/2025] (9)
        "Joni" (2)
        "A War With Time" (2)
        "Returning to Myself" (2)
  3: "unentitled," John Gorka [Red House, 10/2025] (9)
        "First Snow On The Mountains" (3)
        "Give Us Back Our Water" (2)
        "First Snow on the Mountain" (2)
  5: "Together on a Rock," The Pairs [Self, 4/2025] (8)
        "Honey I" (3)
  6: "All Hearts Are Free," Forest Sun [Painted Sun, 12/2025] (7)
        "All Hearts are Free" (3)
  6: "The Thanksgiving Album," Vi Wickam [Wickam, 11/2025] (7)
        "Turkey in the Straw" (1)
  8: "The Breathing Room," Cosy Sheridan [Self, 10/2025] (6)
        "The Breathing Room" (1)
  8: "A Feather in a Hurricane," Oliver the Crow [Self] (6)
        "Shore Song" (2)
  8: "From Here to the Sea," Meredith Moon [Compass, 10/2025] (6)
        "Poseidon" (1)
  8: "The Harder They Come," Jimmy Cliff [Mango] (6)
        "The Harder They Come" (3)
  8: "Marchin' On," Susan Hagan [Self, 11/2025] (6)
        "Marchin' On" (6)
  8: "Memory Mountain," Max Gomez [Marveltone, 11/2025] (6)
        "Good Friends" (3)
        "Too Afraid To Fall In Love" (2)
  8: "Pale, Through the Window," Ruston Kelly [Rounder, 11/2025] (6)
        "Pale, Through the Window" (2)
  8: "Pastures," Natalie Del Carmen [Self] (6)
        "Plans Upon Plans" (2)
        "El Cortez" (2)
  8: "Sad & Beautiful World," Mavis Staples [anti, 11/2025] (6)
        "We Got To Have Peace" (2)
  8: "Safe, Sensible & Sane," Alison Brown & Steve Martin [Compass, 10/2025] (6)
        "Girl, Have Money When You're Old" (1)
 18: "Fallen Angel," The Unfaithful Servants [Self, 10/2025] (5/6)
        "Frankenstein" (1)
 18: "One Morning Soon," Robert Top Thomas [Self] (5)
        "I Heard The Angels Singing" (1)
 18: "Avec Elodie," Eloise & Co [Self, 10/2025] (5)
        "Staravychnia" (1)
 18: "Hill Country Folk Music," Terry Klein [Self, 11/2025] (5)
        "If You Go" (2)
 18: "Keep Me In Your Heart: The Songs of Warren Zevon," Various Artists [Paradiddle] (5)
        "Mama Couldn't Be Persuaded," Annie Mark (1)
 18: "Life's Cruelest Joke," Puppets Of Castro [Trough] (5)
        "Extraordinary Things" (2)
        "More Than Anything" (2)
 18: "Little Deaths," Sage Christie [Dignified Deathlings, 11/2025] (5)
        "Medicine" (1)
 18: "Seventy," Paul Kelly [Cooking Vinyl, 11/2025] (5)
        "Take In Handy" (1)
 18: "Songs From a Secret Room," Chris Rusin [Rushing River, 11/2025] (5)
        "Flower" (1)
 18: "Together," Country Joe & The Fish [Appalsongs] (5)
        "Past My Prime" (1)
 18: "Voisinages," Le Vent Du Nord [La Compagnie du Nord, 10/2025] (5)
        "Par Dessus Le Point" (2)
 18: "Blue Tapestry," Veronneau [Antidote, 10/2025] (5)
        "River" (1)
 18: "Dead Blues," Luther Dickinson [Strolling Bones] (5)
        "Sitting on Top of the World" (3)

TOP SONGS of December 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2178 plays from 78 playlists from 65 Folk DJs

1. "If We Make It Through December" (6)
     from "Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle" (Willie Nelson)
1. "Marchin' On" (6)
     from "Marchin' On" (Susan Hagan)
1. "On a Monday in London" (6)
     from "The Blue Rock Session" (Amy Speace)
4. "First Snow On The Mountains" (5)
     from "unentitled" (John Gorka)
5. "Coal Dust" (4)
     from "Coal Dust" (Irene Kelley)
5. "The Harder They Come" (4)
     from "The Harder They Come" (Jimmy Cliff)
5. "I Found a Halo" (4)
     from "The Blue Rock Session" (Amy Speace)
5. "Look Down That Lonesome Road" (4)
     from "Look Down That Lonesome Road - single" (Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands)
5. "Waiting For Christmas To Come" (4)
     from "Waiting for Christmas to Come" (The Twangtown Paramours)
10. "All Hearts are Free" (3)
     from "All Hearts Are Free" (Forest Sun)
10. "December Sky" (3)
     from "The Raven & the Moon" (Sherie Davis)
10. "Dirtbag Saloon" (3)
     from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
10. "Good Friends" (3)
     from "Memory Mountain" (Max Gomez)

TOP ARTISTS of December 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2178 plays from 78 playlists from 65 Folk DJs

1. Amy Speace (21)
        "The Blue Rock Session" (20)
2. Jimmy Cliff (14)
        "The Harder They Come" (6)
3. Willie Nelson (12)
        "Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle" (11)
4. Brandi Carlile (10)
        "Returning to Myself" (9)
4. John Gorka (10)
        "unentitled" (9)
6. The Pairs (9)
        "Together on a Rock" (8)
7. Todd Snider (8)
        "Near Truths and Hotel Rooms Live" (2)
8. Bob Dylan (7)
        "Bootleg Series, Vol. 18: Through the Open Window: 1956-1963" (2)
8. Forest Sun (7)
        "All Hearts Are Free" (7)
8. Meredith Moon (7)
        "From Here to the Sea" (6)
8. Stan Rogers (7)
        "Between The Breaks...Live!" (2)
8. Tim Grimm (7)
        "Bones of Trees" (3)
8. Vi Wickam (7)
        "The Thanksgiving Album" (7)

TOP LABELS of December 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2178 plays from 78 playlists from 65 Folk DJs

1. Columbia (30)
2. Compass (29)
3. Rounder (28)
4. Red House (20)
4. Windbone (20)
6. Legacy (18)
7. Nonesuch (17)
8. Signature Sounds (15)
9. Borealis (13)
9. Smithsonian/Folkways (13)
11. Oh Boy (11)
12. Sugar Hill (10)
12. Warner (10)
14. Strolling Bones (8)
14. Thirty Tigers (8)
16. Free Dirt (7)
16. Philo (7)
16. Reprise (7)
19. Marveltone (6)
19. Rhino (6)
19. Sony (6)
19. Stax (6)
19. Vanguard (6)
19. Vault (6)

FOLK DJs - December 2025, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2178 plays from 78 playlists from 65 Folk DJs

Angela Page (WJFF-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
Artie Martello (folkmusicnotebook.com & 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)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, 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)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM & mixcloud.com, GA)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
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)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Helen Leicht (folkmusicnotebook.com, PA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jim Canales (WWSP-FM, WI)
Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-FM, NY)
Ken Batista (WRCT-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, VA)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM & mixcloud.com, OR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR/WGDH-FM, VT)
Mary Anne Moorman (KBCS-FM, WA)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Michael Park (mixcloud.com & PRX, NY)
Michael 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)
Paul Hefti (KRCL-FM & live365.com, UT)
Pete Thomas (WAER-FM, NY)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
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)