Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
December 2025, Week 3 (so far)

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of December 2025, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1732 plays from 56 playlists from 45 Folk DJs

  1: "The Blue Rock Session," Amy Speace [Windbone, 12/2025] (10)
        "The Sea & The Shore" (2)
        "Weight Of The World" (2)
        "Kindness - Acoustic" (2)
  2: "unentitled," John Gorka [Red House, 10/2025] (9)
        "Favorite Place" (2)
        "Hope Doesn't Fall" (2)
        "Welcome Home" (2)
  3: "Wrapped in Paper," Sofia Talvik [Self, 12/2025] (8)
        "Let Peace Be the Song" (3)
  4: "Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah," The Klezmatics [Jewish, 2007] (7/8)
        "Hanuka Bell" (1)
  5: "Safe, Sensible & Sane," Alison Brown & Steve Martin [Compass, 10/2025] (6)
        "Girl, Have Money When You're Old" (2)
  6: "Bones of Trees," Tim Grimm [Vault, 4/2025] (5)
        "Christmas in the Trenches" (3)
        "Up in the Attic" (2)
  6: "Together on a Rock," The Pairs [Self, 4/2025] (5)
        "Honey I" (2)
  8: "Six String Plow," Jacob Furr [Self] (4)
        "The River" (2)
  8: "Avec Elodie," Eloise & Co [Self, 10/2025] (4)
        "Janet's / Angel Rocks" (2)
        "Torrid Romance / Dress Back" (2)
  8: "Further From the Country," William Prince [Six Shooter, 10/2025] (4)
        "Damn" (2)
  8: "A Holiday Celebration With The New York Choral Society," Peter, Paul & Mary [Gold Castle, 1992] (4)
        "Light One Candle" (4)
  8: "A Planet Dancing Slow," The Short Sisters [Black Socks] (4)
        "My Candles" (2)
  8: "Where We Go," Jesse Appelman [Self] (4)
        "Glacier Song" (3)
  8: "Winter's Grace," Laurie Lewis And Tom Rozum [Signature Sounds, 2011] (4)
        "Winter Grace" (2)
  8: "Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 11/2025] (4)
        "If We Make It Through December" (3)

TOP SONGS of December 2025, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1732 plays from 56 playlists from 45 Folk DJs

1. "Light One Candle" (6)
     from "A Holiday Celebration With the New York Choral Society" (Peter, Paul & Mary)
2. "Cardinal In The Snow" (3)
     from "Sea Salt & Sawdust" (Marian Mastrorilli)
2. "Christmas in the Car" (3)
     from "Christmas in the Car - single" (Hot Tamale)
2. "Christmas in the Trenches" (3)
     from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
2. "Glacier Song" (3)
     from "Where We Go" (Jesse Appelman)
2. "Hanukkah Dance" (3)
     from "The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1-4" (Woody Guthrie)
2. "Happy Joyous Hanukkah" (3)
     from "8 Crazy Nights" (Indigo Girls)
2. "If We Make It Through December" (3)
     from "Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle" (Willie Nelson)
2. "Let Peace Be the Song" (3)
     from "Wrapped in Paper" (Sofia Talvik)

TOP ARTISTS of December 2025, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1732 plays from 56 playlists from 45 Folk DJs

1. Amy Speace (13)
        "The Blue Rock Session" (10)
2. Willie Nelson (10)
        "Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle" (4)
3. John Gorka (9)
        "unentitled" (9)
3. Sofia Talvik (9)
        "Wrapped in Paper" (8)
5. The Klezmatics (7/8)
        "Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah" (8)
5. Shelley Posen (7/8)
        "Mazel" (4)
5. Alison Brown & Steve Martin (7)
        "Safe, Sensible & Sane" (6)
5. Guy Clark (7)
        "Boats To Build" (1)
5. Peter, Paul & Mary (7)
        "A Holiday Celebration With The New York Choral Society" (4)
10. Joe Ely (6)
        "Flatland Lullaby" (1)
10. Woody Guthrie (6)
        "The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1-4" (2)
12. Christine Lavin (5)
        "Drum School Dropout" (2)
12. Eliza Gilkyson (5)
        "Dark Ages" (3)
12. The Pairs (5)
        "Together on a Rock" (5)
12. Tim Grimm (5)
        "Bones of Trees" (5)

TOP LABELS of December 2025, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1732 plays from 56 playlists from 45 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (38)
2. Compass (20)
3. Rhino (17)
4. Hudson Harding (16)
5. Columbia (15)
6. Red House (14)
7. Signature Sounds (12)
7. Smithsonian/Folkways (12)
9. Legacy (11)
10. Sugar Hill (10)
10. Windbone (10)
12. RCA (9)
13. Rebel (7/10)
13. Thirty Tigers (7)
15. Appleseed (6)
15. Philo (6)

FOLK DJs - December 2025, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1732 plays from 56 playlists from 45 Folk DJs

Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
Art Stevenson (WORT-FM, WI)
Arthur & Andrea Berman (CiTR-FM & podcast, BC)
Artie Martello (folkmusicnotebook.com & 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)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
David John (KEOS-FM, TX)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Eureka Mike (thesonicplanet.com, FL)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jean Geiger (mixcloud.com, WA)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
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)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM & mixcloud.com, OR)
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 & newfolkrecords.com, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM & mixcloud.com, WA)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NJ)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM & mixcloud.com, NY)
Wayne Greene (KEOS-FM, TX)