Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
December 2025, Week 2

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of December 2025, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2249 plays from 77 playlists from 64 Folk DJs

  1: "The Blue Rock Session," Amy Speace [Windbone, 12/2025] (23)
        "On A Monday In London" (7)
        "The Sea & the Shore" (4)
        "The Weight of the World" (3)
  2: "unentitled," John Gorka [Red House, 10/2025] (21)
        "Welcome Home" (4)
        "First Snow On The Mountains" (3)
        "Particle and Wave" (3)
  3: "Safe, Sensible & Sane," Alison Brown & Steve Martin [Compass, 10/2025] (12)
        "Girl, Have Money When You're Old" (3)
        "Michael" (2)
        "Evening Star" (2)
  4: "The Kasambwe Brothers," The Kasambwe Brothers [Hen House Studios, 11/2025] (10)
        "Atate Athu" (4)
        "Mtima Wanga" (2)
        "Kungade" (2)
  5: "Wrapped in Paper," Sofia Talvik [Self, 12/2025] (9/14)
        "At Christmas" (2)
        "Let Peace Be The Song" (2)
        "Merry Christmas, Adios So Long" (2)
        "Poem At Year's End" (2)
  6: "From Here to the Sea," Meredith Moon [Compass, 10/2025] (8)
        "No Closing Time" (3)
        "Lulu Gal" (2)
  6: "Hill Country Folk Music," Terry Klein [Self, 11/2025] (8)
        "Hopelessness Is Going Around" (3)
        "Try" (2)
  6: "Long Journey Home," Various Artists [Appalsongs, 9/2025] (8)
        "Forked Deer," Becky Buller (2)
        "900 Miles," Tim O'Brien (2)
  6: "Memory Mountain," Max Gomez [Marveltone, 11/2025] (8)
        "Good Friends" (2)
        "New Mexico" (2)
  6: "You Climb the Mountain," The Onlies [Self, 8/2025] (8)
        "Waves on the Sea" (2)
 11: "All Hearts Are Free," Forest Sun [Painted Sun, 12/2025] (7)
        "All Hearts Are Free" (3)
 11: "Gold & Coal," Cassie & Maggie [Self, 5/2025] (7)
        "I Long to Return" (2)
        "Nancy" (2)
 11: "Sad & Beautiful World," Mavis Staples [anti, 11/2025] (7)
        "We Got to Have Peace" (3)
        "Beautiful Strangers" (2)
 11: "Together on a Rock," The Pairs [Self, 4/2025] (7)
        "Little Light" (3)
 15: "Avec Elodie," Eloise & Co [Self, 10/2025] (6)
        "Staravychnia" (1)
 15: "Little Deaths," Sage Christie [Dignified Deathlings, 11/2025] (6)
        "Maybe I'm Learning" (3)
        "Rabbit Through the Woods" (2)
 15: "Songs From a Secret Room," Chris Rusin [Rushing River, 11/2025] (6)
        "Life Is easy" (2)
        "Cinders" (2)
 15: "Waiting For Christmas To Come," The Twangtown Paramours [Self] (6)
        "Waiting for Christmas to Come" (6)
 15: "Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 11/2025] (6)
        "Ramblin' Fever" (1)
 20: "Keep Me In Your Heart: the Songs of Warren Zevon," Various Artists [Paradiddle] (5/6)
        "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me," Freedy Johnston (2)
 20: "One Last Dance," Pete Muller [Two Truths, 11/2025] (5)
        "New York in the Rain" (2)
 20: "Featherbed," Sarah Kate Morgan & Leo Shannon [June Appal] (5)
        "A Roving On A Winter's Night" (2)
 20: "Know You From Old," Steve Howell & Fats Kaplan [Out Of The Past] (5)
        "Cold Haily Windy Night" (1)
 20: "Lavender Moonshine," Tret Fure [Tomboy Girl, 2023] (5)
        "With You" (4)
 20: "Lost & Found," Becki Davis [Self, 9/2025] (5)
        "BURN" (2)
 26: "Six String Plow," Jacob Furr [Self] (4)
        "Mockingbird" (2)
 26: "The Breathing Room," Cosy Sheridan [Self, 10/2025] (4)
        "All The Pretty Horses Want To Go" (2)
        "I'm Feeling like Seattle" (2)
 26: "Close to Home," Maggie's Wake [Self] (4)
        "Song For A Winter's Night" (2)
 26: "The Commuter," Jenna Nicholls [Royal Potato Family, 11/2025] (4)
        "All Those Days You Won't Remember" (1)
 26: "False Prophets," Kaneb Andrews [Distrokid] (4)
        "I Don't Wanna Talk To God" (2)
 26: "Ghosts of the Old West," George Mann & Mick Coates [Running Scared, 9/2025] (4)
        "Anymore" (1)
 26: "Goodnight Regret," Tom Prasada-Rao [Self, 2010] (4)
        "Angel Wings" (4)
 26: "Hummingbird Highway," Dar Williams [Righteous Babe, 8/2025] (4)
        "All is Come Undone" (1)
 26: "I'm Taking My Time," Mel Green [MLG Limited Editions, 2023] (4)
        "There's A Light On the Hill" (4)
 26: "Life of Crime," Ty Stonehawker [Self] (4)
        "Bodies Gone Cold" (2)
 26: "The Light Still Shines on the Main," Jory Nash [Self, 9/2025] (4)
        "Tell Your Heart Not To Slow" (3)
 26: "Pastures," Natalie Del Carmen [Self] (4)
        "Leanne" (1)
 26: "The Runaway Christmas Tree," Christine Lavin And The Mistletones [Appleseed, 2004] (4)
        "A Christmas/Kwanzaa/Solstice/Chanukah/Ramadan/Boxing Day Song" (1)
 26: "Saving Grace," Robert Plant [Nonesuch, 10/2025] (4)
        "Chevrolet" (1)
 26: "Songs That Sing Me," Becky Buller [Dark Shadow, 8/2025] (4)
        "A Hazy Shade Of Winter" (2)
 26: "Unimaginable Things," Dana Maragos [Self] (4)
        "Stella and the Marlboro Man" (4)
 26: "Voisinages," Le Vent Du Nord [La Compagnie du Nord, 10/2025] (4)
        "La Lettre" (2)
 26: "Where We Go," Jesse Appelman [Self] (4)
        "Glacier Song" (2)

TOP SONGS of December 2025, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2249 plays from 77 playlists from 64 Folk DJs

1. "On A Monday In London" (7)
     from "The Blue Rock Session" (Amy Speace)
2. "Waiting for Christmas to Come" (6)
     from "Waiting For Christmas To Come" (The Twangtown Paramours)
3. "Angel Wings" (4)
     from "Goodnight Regret" (Tom Prasada-Rao)
3. "Atate Athu" (4)
     from "The Kasambwe Brothers" (The Kasambwe Brothers)
3. "The Sea & the Shore" (4)
     from "The Blue Rock Session" (Amy Speace)
3. "Speak Up" (4)
     from "Speak Up - single" (Krista O'Connell)
3. "Stella And The Marlboro Man" (4)
     from "Unimaginable Things" (Dana Maragos)
3. "There's A Light On the Hill" (4)
     from "I'm Taking My Time" (Mel Green)
3. "Welcome Home" (4)
     from "unentitled" (John Gorka)
3. "With You" (4)
     from "Lavender Moonshine" (Tret Fure)
11. "First Snow" (3)
     from "First Snow - single" (Jamie Michaels)
11. "First Snow On The Mountains" (3)
     from "unentitled" (John Gorka)
11. "All Hearts Are Free" (3)
     from "All Hearts Are Free" (Forest Sun)
11. "December Sky" (3)
     from "The Raven & the Moon" (Sherie Davis)

TOP ARTISTS of December 2025, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2249 plays from 77 playlists from 64 Folk DJs

1. Amy Speace (24)
        "The Blue Rock Session" (23)
2. John Gorka (21)
        "unentitled" (21)
3. Sofia Talvik (17/18)
        "Wrapped in Paper" (14)
        "Mini-Concert" (3)
4. Cassie & Maggie (12)
        "Gold & Coal" (7)
5. Alison Brown & Steve Martin (10)
        "Safe, Sensible & Sane" (10)
5. The Kasambwe Brothers (10)
        "The Kasambwe Brothers" (10)
7. The Mavericks (9)
        "Brand New Day" (3)
7. The Onlies (9)
        "You Climb the Mountain" (8)
9. Bob Dylan (8)
        "Blonde On Blonde" (1)
9. Max Gomez (8)
        "Memory Mountain" (8)
9. Meredith Moon (8)
        "From Here to the Sea" (8)
9. The Pairs (8)
        "Together on a Rock" (7)
9. Terry Klein (8)
        "Hill Country Folk Music" (8)
9. Willie Nelson (8)
        "Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle" (6)
15. David Wilcox (7/12)
        "The Way I Tell My Story" (9)
15. Becky Buller (7)
        "Songs That Sing Me" (4)
15. Bruce Cockburn (7)
        "Christmas" (3)
15. Dar Williams (7)
        "Hummingbird Highway" (4)
15. Forest Sun (7)
        "All Hearts Are Free" (7)
15. John Prine (7)
        "John Prine" (2)
15. Mavis Staples (7)
        "Sad & Beautiful World" (7)

TOP LABELS of December 2025, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2249 plays from 77 playlists from 64 Folk DJs

1. Red House (34)
2. Compass (27)
3. Columbia (26)
4. Rounder (23)
4. Windbone (23)
6. Smithsonian/Folkways (19)
7. Signature Sounds (14)
8. Legacy (13)
9. Capitol (11)
9. Nonesuch (11)
11. Rhino (9)
11. True North (9)
13. Appalsongs (8)
13. Marveltone (8)
13. New West (8)
13. RCA (8)
17. Hudson Harding (7)
17. Painted Sun (7)
17. Sugar Hill (7)
20. Dignified Deathlings (6)
20. Pinecastle (6)
20. Rushing River (6)
20. Thirty Tigers (6)
20. Vanguard (6)
20. Warner (6)

FOLK DJs - December 2025, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2249 plays from 77 playlists from 64 Folk DJs

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 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)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Daryana Antipova (WFHB-FM)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM, OR)
Eureka Mike (thesonicplanet.com, FL)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jim Canales (WWSP-FM, WI)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-FM, NY)
Katrina Knight (CRAB-FM & mixcloud.com, Australia)
Ken Batista (WRCT-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, AR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR/WGDH-FM, VT)
Mark Sahlgren and Darcy Wilkin (WRKF-FM, LA)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
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)
Pete Thomas (WAER-FM, NY)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM & mixcloud.com, WA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, QC)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Terry B. Moses & Naomi Soule (KCLC-FM, MO)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM & mixcloud.com, NY)
Wendy Gregson & Renee McLachlan (CKUA-FM, AB)