Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
December 2025 (so far)

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of December 2025
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1758 plays from 64 playlists from 54 Folk DJs

  1: "The Blue Rock Session," Amy Speace [Windbone, 12/2025] (17)
        "I Found a Halo" (4)
        "On A Monday In London" (4)
        "Kindness" (3)
  2: "Returning to Myself," Brandi Carlile [Interscope, 11/2025] (7)
        "Joni" (2)
        "A War With Time" (2)
  2: "The Thanksgiving Album," Vi Wickam [Wickam, 11/2025] (7)
        "Turkey in the Straw" (1)
  2: "Together on a Rock," The Pairs [Self, 4/2025] (7)
        "Honey I" (3)
  2: "Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 11/2025] (7)
        "If We Make It Through December" (3)
        "Mama Tried" (3)
  6: "The Harder They Come," Jimmy Cliff [Mango] (6)
        "The Harder They Come" (3)
  6: "Pastures," Natalie Del Carmen [Self] (6)
        "Plans Upon Plans" (2)
        "El Cortez" (2)
  6: "Sad & Beautiful World," Mavis Staples [anti, 11/2025] (6)
        "We Got To Have Peace" (2)
  6: "unentitled," John Gorka [Red House, 10/2025] (6)
        "Give Us Back Our Water" (2)
 10: "Fallen Angel," The Unfaithful Servants [Self, 10/2025] (5/6)
        "Frankenstein" (1)
 10: "Avec Elodie," Eloise & Co [Self, 10/2025] (5)
        "Staravychnia" (1)
 10: "Blue Tapestry," Veronneau [Antidote, 10/2025] (5)
        "River" (1)
 10: "The Breathing Room," Cosy Sheridan [Self, 10/2025] (5)
        "The Breathing Room" (1)
 10: "From Here to the Sea," Meredith Moon [Compass, 10/2025] (5)
        "Poseidon" (1)
 10: "Memory Mountain," Max Gomez [Marveltone, 11/2025] (5)
        "Good Friends" (3)
 10: "Voisinages," Le Vent Du Nord [La Compagnie du Nord, 10/2025] (5)
        "Par Dessus Le Point" (2)
 10: "Dead Blues," Luther Dickinson [Strolling Bones] (5)
        "Sitting on Top of the World" (3)

TOP SONGS of December 2025
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1758 plays from 64 playlists from 54 Folk DJs

1. "Marchin' On" (5)
     from "Marching On - single" (Susan Hagan)
2. "Coal Dust" (4)
     from "Coal Dust" (Irene Kelley)
2. "I Found a Halo" (4)
     from "The Blue Rock Session" (Amy Speace)
2. "Look Down That Lonesome Road" (4)
     from "Look Down That Lonesome Road - single" (Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands)
2. "On A Monday In London" (4)
     from "The Blue Rock Session" (Amy Speace)
2. "Waiting For Christmas To Come" (4)
     from "Waiting For Christmas To Come - single" (The Twangtown Paramours)
7. "The Welcome Song" (3/4)
     from "Anything But Ordinary" (Jan Aldridge Clark)
7. "Awake The Voice" (3)
     from "The Silver Wood" (Krista Detor)
7. "Good Friends" (3)
     from "Memory Mountain" (Max Gomez)
7. "The Harder They Come" (3)
     from "The Harder They Come" (Jimmy Cliff)

TOP ARTISTS of December 2025
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1758 plays from 64 playlists from 54 Folk DJs

1. Amy Speace (18)
        "The Blue Rock Session" (17)
2. Jimmy Cliff (13)
        "The Harder They Come" (6)
3. Todd Snider (8)
        "Near Truths and Hotel Rooms Live" (2)
4. Brandi Carlile (7)
        "Returning to Myself" (7)
4. The Pairs (7)
        "Together on a Rock" (7)
4. Stan Rogers (7)
        "Between The Breaks...Live!" (2)
4. Vi Wickam (7)
        "The Thanksgiving Album" (7)
4. Willie Nelson (7)
        "Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle" (7)
9. Bob Dylan (6)
        "Bootleg Series, Vol. 18: Through the Open Window: 1956-1963" (2)
9. John Gorka (6)
        "unentitled" (6)
9. John McCutcheon (6)
        "John McCutcheon's Four Seasons: Autumnsongs" (1)
9. Mavis Staples (6)
        "Sad & Beautiful World" (6)
9. Meredith Moon (6)
        "From Here to the Sea" (5)
9. Natalie Del Carmen (6)
        "Pastures" (6)
9. Tim Grimm (6)
        "Bones of Trees" (3)
9. Tony Trischka (6)
        "Glory Shone Around: A Christmas Collection" (2)
17. The Unfaithful Servants (5/6)
        "Fallen Angel" (6)
17. Cosy Sheridan (5)
        "The Breathing Room" (5)
17. Eloise & Co (5)
        "Avec Elodie" (5)
17. Irene Kelley (5)
        "Coal Dust" (4)
17. Le Vent Du Nord (5)
        "Voisinages" (5)
17. Luther Dickinson (5)
        "Dead Blues" (3)
17. Max Gomez (5)
        "Memory Mountain" (5)
17. Susan Hagan (5)
        "Marching On - single" (5)
17. Veronneau (5)
        "Blue Tapestry" (5)

TOP LABELS of December 2025
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1758 plays from 64 playlists from 54 Folk DJs

1. Compass (24)
2. Rounder (21)
3. Columbia (19)
4. Windbone (17)
5. Nonesuch (15)
6. Borealis (13)
7. Smithsonian/Folkways (12)
8. Legacy (10)
8. Red House (10)
10. Signature Sounds (9)
11. Strolling Bones (8)
12. Oh Boy (7)
13. Free Dirt (6)
13. RCA (6)
13. Reprise (6)
13. Rhino (6)
13. Sony (6)
13. Sugar Hill (6)
13. Thirty Tigers (6)
13. Vanguard (6)
13. Warner (6)

FOLK DJs - December 2025
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1758 plays from 64 playlists from 54 Folk DJs

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)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
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)
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 Platt (WFHB-FM, IN)
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)
Mary Anne Moorman (KBCS-FM, WA)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
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)
Paul Hefti (KRCL-FM & live365.com, UT)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)