Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
2025 (so far)
Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L
TOP ALBUMS of 2025
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 117687 plays from 4053 playlists from 138 Folk DJs
1: "Bones of Trees," Tim Grimm [Vault, 3/2025] (385)
"Broken Truth" (103)
"Woody's Landlord Revisited" (48)
"In the USA" (41)
"Barbed Wire Boys" (39)
"Up in the Attic" (31)
"Mists Of Ennistymon" (30)
"Gettin' Older" (27)
"Hunting Shack" (24)
"Bow and Arrow" (19)
"Hadley's Banjo" (18)
2: "Field of Stars," John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 1/2025] (331)
"Field of Stars" (58)
"Ms St. Louis" (26)
"Here" (26)
"Hell & High Water" (25)
"Too Old To Die Young" (24)
"At the End of the Day" (24)
"Only Ones Dancing" (23)
"Blessing" (21)
"Waiting for the Moon" (19)
"Redneck" (18)
"Tikkun Olam" (17)
"The Hammer" (15)
"Peter Norman" (12)
3: "The Wind Will Change Again," The Twangtown Paramours [Inside Edge, 1/2025] (307)
"Old Friends" (42)
"The Wind Will Change Again" (39)
"Stars Without A Heaven" (34)
"Sincerely Yours No More" (33)
"Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown" (27)
"The Garden" (24)
"A Room in Bordeaux" (23)
"The Goodwill Store" (22)
"That Thing You Do" (19)
"Showin' Off For Their Girlfriends" (14)
"Coupons & Cowboys" (11)
4: "Arcadia," Alison Krauss & Union Station [Down The Road, 2/2025] (286)
"Looks Like The End Of The Road" (54)
"Richmond On The James" (44)
"The Wrong Way" (31)
"Granite Mills" (28)
"One Ray Of Shine" (25)
"There's A Light Up Ahead" (21)
"Forever" (20)
"North Side Gal" (20)
5: "Long Journey Home," Various Artists [Appalsongs, 9/2025] (257)
"I've Always Been a Rambler," Molly Tuttle (40)
"900 Miles," Tim O'Brien (27)
"Cuckoo," John McCutcheon (24)
"House Carpenter," Jake Blount (23)
"What You Gonna Do With The Baby," Old Crow Medicine Show (18)
"Rocky Road to Dinah's House," Becky Buller (17)
"Cluck Old Hen," Tray Wellington & Victor Furtado (14)
"Don't Let Your Deal Go Down," Sparky & Rhonda Rucker (14)
"Hickman's Rag," Cathy & Marcy's Old Time Coalition (13)
"Old Molly Hare," Tim O'Brien (12)
"Cumberland Gap," Stuart Duncan (11)
"Tennessee Breakdown," Bruce Molsky with Stash Wyslouch (11)
6: "Wild & Clear & Blue," I'm With Her [Rounder, 3/2025] (251)
"Ancient Light" (52)
"Find My Way to You" (50)
"Wild and Clear and Blue" (42)
"Different Rocks, Different Hills" (19)
"Mother Eagle" (18)
"Standing on the Fault Line" (18)
"Year After Year" (16)
"Only Daughter" (11)
"Rhododendron" (11)
7: "Alice Howe & Freebo Live," Alice Howe & Freebo [Know Howe, 2/2025] (233)
"Twilight" (35)
"Angel From Montgomery" (34)
"A Case of You" (27)
"Somebody's New Lover Now" (19)
"You've Been Away So Long" (17)
"Travelin' South" (14)
"With You By My Side" (14)
"Something Calls to Me" (12)
"She's My Personal GPS" (12)
"Sailin' Shoes" (12)
"She Loves My Dog More Than Me" (11)
"Standing Ovation" (10)
8: "Gold & Coal," Cassie & Maggie [Self, 5/2025] (227)
"Bow Down" (42)
"The Gold Rush is Over and I'm Moving On" (34)
"Nancy" (28)
"The Big Hewer" (23)
"Robert Frost" (21)
"I Long to Return" (17)
"The Old Miner" (16)
"Fool's Gold" (16)
"Dear Imogene" (14)
"Dougie's Set" (10)
9: "Reclamation," Crys Matthews [Self, 10/2024] (221)
"Oklahoma Sunset" (29)
"Cancel Culture" (26)
"Like Jesus Would" (23)
"The Difference Between" (22)
"Some Roads" (19)
"The Bigger Picture" (17)
"Waking Up the Dead" (16)
"My Skin" (14)
"The Good Stuff" (12)
"Clumsy" (10)
10: "All I Got & Gone," Chris Walz [Self, 3/2025] (219)
"Blue Ridge Mountain Blues" (34)
"Alabama Bound" (27)
"Hard Times Come Again No More" (26)
"Been All Around This World" (24)
"Going Across the Sea" (19)
"Diamond Joe" (16)
"Spanish Fandango" (15)
"Delia" (15)
"One Dime Blues" (14)
"See See Rider" (13)
"The Coo Coo" (13)
11: "The Lucy Story - Unreleased & Rare Tracks," Lucy Kaplansky [Lucyricky, 1/2025] (217)
"God Will" (22)
"Forget Me Not" (18)
"I Know Why the River Runs" (16)
"Let It Be" (15)
"The Ballad of Mary Magdalene" (13)
"It Makes No Difference" (13)
"No Place to Fall" (11)
"Diamond in the Rough" (11)
"Carey" (11)
12: "Dark Ages," Eliza Gilkyson [Realiza Records, 5/2025] (214)
"Dark Night of the Soul" (49)
"Times Like These" (37)
"Dark Ages" (33)
"Impossible Dreams" (23)
"10,000 Things" (21)
"Song to You" (15)
"Holy" (11)
"Esta Salida del Sol" (10)
13: "Maybe New Mexico," Helene Cronin [Self, 3/2025] (208)
"Maybe New Mexico" (47)
"Copperhill" (25)
"Maker's Mark" (22)
"People" (16)
"Power Lines" (14)
"Rifleman" (14)
"Visitors" (14)
"Not the Year" (13)
"God Stopped By" (13)
"Dear Life" (11)
"Switzerland" (11)
14: "So Much I Still Don't See," Sam Robbins [Nine Athens, 3/2025] (205)
"Piles of Sand" (39)
"What A Little Love Can Do" (31)
"So Much I Still Don't See" (26)
"The Real Thing" (25)
"I Will" (20)
"Ride With Me" (19)
"People Gonna Talk" (18)
"All So Important" (15)
"Live Them In Love" (10)
15: "Best of Steve Gillette," Steve Gillette [Compass, 6/2025] (194)
"Grapes On The Vine" (43)
"That Song About the River" (31)
"The Old Trail" (21)
"Down Where the River Meets the Road" (21)
"Back On The Street Again" (17)
"Home By Dark" (13)
"Song for Gamble" (13)
"When the First Leaves Fall" (10)
16: "Time Out #3," The Accidentals [Self, 7/2025] (192)
"Someday We Won't Live Here Anymore" (36)
"Fly Away" (33)
"Better Than Me" (30)
"Too Good To Be True" (28)
"Break Free" (14)
"Second Time Around" (12)
"What a Waste" (11)
"Kevin at the End of the World" (10)
17: "A Tip Toe High Wire," Sierra Hull [Self, 3/2025] (179)
"Come Out Of My Blues" (33)
"Boom" (26)
"Truth Be Told" (23)
"Muddy Water" (23)
"Let's Go" (17)
"Haven Hill" (15)
"E Tune" (12)
"Redbird" (11)
"Spitfire" (11)
18: "Personal History," Mary Chapin Carpenter [Thirty Tigers, 5/2025] (174)
"Girl And Her Dog" (34)
"Bitter Ender" (27)
"Home Is A Song" (23)
"Paint + Turpentine" (14)
"The Saving Things" (14)
"What Did You Miss" (13)
"The Night We Never Met" (12)
"New Religion" (12)
19: "The Shape of a Sway," Eli West [Tender and Mild, 5/2025] (166)
"Ever Lovin Need to Know" (27)
"All the Saints" (24)
"Rocks and Trees" (20)
"I'd Like To Be A Train" (18)
"Away Out on the Sea" (16)
"Cool of the Day" (16)
"Hearts and Bones" (14)
"Thanks and Sorry" (13)
"Gentleman's Bulldog" (12)
20: "Looking for the Thread," Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart [Lambent Light, 1/2025] (161)
"A Heart That Never Closes" (45)
"Rebecca" (19)
"Looking For The Thread" (16)
"Hold Everything" (15)
"Send Love" (14)
"You Know Where You Are" (13)
"Silver In The Blue" (13)
"Gradh Geal Mo Chridhe" (10)
"Satellite" (10)
21: "Burnished," Amelia Hogan [Self, 3/2025] (159)
"Home By Bearna" (32)
"Rolling in the Gold" (31)
"Blue Is The Eye" (17)
"Patriot Game" (10)
"The Laverock Sang" (10)
21: "In the West," The Horsenecks [Tiki Parlour, 5/2025] (159)
"In the West" (42)
"Baker City Blues" (20)
"Trouble on the Mainline" (16)
"I Will Arise" (13)
"Little Old Sod Shanty" (12)
"Good Times Gone" (11)
"Mountain Rain" (10)
21: "Porcelain Angel," Rees Shad [Shadville, 3/2025] (159)
"Ain't That The Way" (55)
"Great Big World" (21)
"Isn't It a Lovely Day" (18)
"Porcelain Angel" (16)
"Brighter Daze" (11)
"Thumbing The Scales" (10)
24: "Kentucky Queen," Carla Gover [Redbird, 7/2025] (153)
"Pine Mountain High" (29)
"Raise a Little Cane" (19)
"Hug More Necks" (18)
"Kentucky Queen" (17)
"Pretty Little Snake" (15)
"Angels Gather Round" (14)
"Crazy Love" (13)
25: "Beautiful You: The Songs of Tom Prasada-Rao," Tom Prasada-Rao [Self, 6/2025] (148)
"Beautiful You" (20)
"Out of the Darkness" (16)
"$20 Bill" (15)
"That's What Love Can Do" (12)
26: "Remains to Be Scene," The Seldom Scene [Smithsonian/Folkways, 1/2025] (147)
"Last of the Steam-Powered Trains" (31)
"Farewell Angelina" (29)
"Man at the Crossroads" (16)
"Hard Travelin'" (15)
"Walking Down The Line" (14)
"A Good Time Man Like Me Ain't Got No Business" (11)
27: "Some Kind of Truth," Kora Feder [Self, 3/2025] (145)
"Rambling Man" (36)
"Orange Tree" (23)
"Elementary Queen" (19)
"In a Young Person's Body" (14)
"Paragraphs" (12)
"Georgian Bay" (12)
"The Faraways" (11)
"Jason Song" (10)
28: "Wide Open Spaces," Connie Kaldor [Coyote, 8/2025] (140)
"Wide Open Spaces" (17)
"Cowboys Still Live in Saskatchewan" (16)
"This Car" (15)
"Hitched Together" (13)
"Outlaw" (13)
"Down The Road To Lonesome" (13)
"Raining On The Farm" (11)
"Crane Valley Road" (10)
29: "Look to the Moon," Patty & Craig [Larrea, 8/2025] (139)
"Love, Surround Me" (33)
"Look To The Moon" (20)
"Bad Moon Rising" (12)
"Night Full Of Promise" (11)
"Once In A Blue Moon" (11)
"Agave Moon" (11)
"You're The River" (10)
"Blood Moon" (10)
30: "Gold in Your Pocket," Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms [Free Dirt, 11/2024] (138)
"He's Gone" (22)
"Faraway Skies" (17)
"Gold In Your Pocket" (15)
"Same Little Heart" (15)
"Too Far Gone" (12)
"All About Love" (12)
"Shame Shame Shame" (11)
30: "The Woods Have Shown Us," Ponyfolk [Hestehus, 7/2025] (138)
"Sommer" (43)
"Shenandoah" (19)
"Soteroen" (13)
"Somewhere to" (13)
"Midnight on the Water" (10)
32: "Foxes in the Snow," Jason Isbell [Thirty Tigers, 1/2025] (136)
"Bury Me" (38)
"Wind Behind The Rain" (25)
"Ride to Robert's" (17)
"Foxes in the Snow" (15)
"Crimson and Clay" (14)
"Gravelweed" (11)
32: "It Matters," C. Daniel Boling [Berkalin, 4/2025] (136)
"It Matters" (33)
"What Could Possibly Go Wrong" (19)
"Old Red Barn" (12)
"Hidey-Ho" (10)
32: "Voisinages," Le Vent Du Nord [La Compagnie du Nord, 10/2025] (136)
"Par-Dessus Le Pont" (20)
"Le Pari de Jeanne" (16)
"Bienvenue" (14)
"L'acadie" (14)
"Du Nord au Sud" (13)
"Fleur Radieuse" (12)
"Carillon" (11)
"La Lettre" (10)
35: "Oh What a Beautiful World," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 4/2025] (135)
"Oh What A Beautiful World" (34)
"Stuff That Works" (19)
"The Fly Boy & The Kid" (15)
"Still Learning How To Fly" (13)
"Banks Of The Old Bandera" (11)
36: "Connected," Darryl Purpose [Self, 8/2025] (131)
"Feel What Our Hearts Feel" (22)
"Me & Robbie Erenberg" (19)
"Connected" (15)
"Costa Rica" (11)
37: "unentitled," John Gorka [Red House, 10/2025] (130)
"Particle & Wave" (34)
"Favorite Place" (15)
"No Time To Cry" (13)
"First Snow On The Mountain" (13)
"Give Us Back Our Water" (12)
"Hope Doesn't Fall" (10)
"Hold On" (10)
38: "Safe, Sensible & Sane," Alison Brown & Steve Martin [Compass, 10/2025] (129)
"Dear Time" (25)
"Girl, Have Money When You're Old" (16)
"5 Days Out, 2 Days Back" (15)
"Statement Of Your Affairs" (12)
"Friend Of Mine" (12)
"Michael" (10)
"Let's Get Out Of Here" (10)
39: "The America Chronicles," Kemp Harris [Righteous Mischief, 8/2025] (126)
"Goodnight America" (28)
"Don't You Hear Them America" (14)
"Standing Your Ground" (13)
"America/Border Song" (13)
"Ruthie's" (13)
"Tulsa" (11)
"Down" (11)
"This is America, Right" (11)
40: "Saltwater Country," Grace Morrison [Nonesuch, 4/2025] (123)
"Gloria" (20)
"Cranberry Blossoms" (17)
"Beer in a Teacup" (15)
"Saltwater Country" (14)
"On My Way Massachusetts" (10)
41: "Rituals," Watchhouse [Thirty Tigers, 3/2025] (119)
"All Around You" (29)
"Rituals" (19)
"Shape" (13)
"In The Sun" (11)
42: "Songs That Sing Me," Becky Buller [Dark Shadow, 1/2025] (118)
"Reach" (20)
"Muddy Waters" (18)
"Millworker" (18)
"A Hazy Shade Of Winter" (15)
"Ride On By" (15)
42: "You Climb the Mountain," The Onlies [Self, 8/2025] (118)
"Gold Watch and Chain" (20)
"Roll On Buddy" (13)
"You Climb The Mountain" (11)
"Waves on the Sea" (10)
"The Moonlight Song" (10)
44: "Shelter From the Storms," Lennie Gallant [Gallant Effort, 7/2025] (115)
"Counting on Angels" (20)
"Old Friends" (18)
"Sable Island Horses" (13)
"Shelter From the Storms" (12)
"On the Minnehaha" (10)
44: "Suzy Sings Siebel, Volume One," Suzy Thompson [Self, 3/2025] (115)
"Louise" (22)
"Bride 1945" (17)
"Lose My Blues" (16)
"The Ballad of Honest Sam" (15)
"Nashville Again" (13)
46: "The Agonist," Leslie Jordan [Self, 6/2025] (114)
"The Agonist" (15)
"Truth or Consequence" (15)
"All Things" (14)
"Golden Gate" (14)
"Madonna of Sierra Madre" (13)
"Athensville" (12)
"Loved Me For A Little While" (11)
"The Fight" (10)
46: "Beneath Your Skin," Kim Beggs [Self, 9/2024] (114)
"House for Slaughter" (14)
"You Been Down My Road" (13)
"Ragged in the Frozen Mist" (12)
"Bury Me Inside Your Heart" (12)
"Alive and Well in My Dreams" (12)
"Beneath Your Skin" (11)
"Down By the River Where the People Gather" (11)
48: "New Skin," Judy Kass [Self, 7/2025] (112)
"Look at Us Marching Now" (20)
"Thank the Stone" (16)
"Soothsayer" (14)
"New Skin" (13)
"At Our Best" (11)
"Hopeful Hearts" (10)
49: "Drum School Dropout," Christine Lavin [Self, 1/2025] (111)
"The Best Summer" (41)
"Mercury & Mars" (15)
"A Smack of Jellyfish" (10)
50: "Bones of Better Days," The Whispering Tree [Eyelash Soup, 10/2025] (110)
"Bones of Better Days" (28)
"By My Side" (21)
"Born Again" (18)
"Find A Man" (14)
50: "Daggomit!," Max Wareham [Nine Athens, 2/2025] (110)
"Walking in Jerusalem" (18)
"Gone, Baby, Gone" (13)
"Hard Times Are Far Behind" (12)
"Lonesome Blues, I'm Coming Home" (10)
52: "Be Real," Chatham Rabbits [Self, 2/2025] (109)
"Big Fish, Small Pond" (25)
"Gas Money" (20)
"Collateral Damage" (14)
"Facing 29" (12)
"Pool Shark's Table" (10)
"Matador" (10)
53: "Together on a Rock," The Pairs [Self, 4/2025] (108)
"Good Bad Day" (27)
"Little Light" (14)
"Rain Is Coming Soon" (14)
"Honey I" (14)
"Like A Moth" (11)
54: "Stay Put," Elexa Dawson [Moon Flower Sounds/Turns Out, 8/2025] (107)
"Baling Hay" (30)
"Where Have All the Flowers Gone" (19)
"Roots Grow" (19)
"Man Mountain" (13)
"Stay Put" (12)
55: "What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow," Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson [Nonesuch, 4/2025] (106)
"Rain Crow" (17)
"Hook and Line" (12)
"Old Joe Clark" (11)
56: "Lost & Found," Becki Davis [Self, 9/2025] (105)
"The Edge" (15)
"Find Our Way" (12)
"Burn" (10)
57: "Look Up," Ringo Starr [Lost Highway, 1/2025] (102)
"Look Up" (13)
57: "Woodland," Gillian Welch & David Rawlings [Acony, 8/2024] (102)
"Empty Trainload of Sky" (30)
"Hashtag" (12)
"North Country" (10)
"What We Had" (10)
59: "Hummingbird Highway," Dar Williams [Righteous Babe, 8/2025] (101)
"Hummingbird Highway" (28)
"Tu Sais Le Printemps" (19)
"I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight" (10)
"The Way I Go" (10)
59: "Perfume Like a Full Moon," Ray Lambiase [Raytone, 6/2025] (101)
"Around the Horn" (23)
"Perfume Like A Full Moon" (14)
"Dylan Tattoo" (14)
"One for All" (10)
61: "Glimmer," Carol Crittenden [Self, 1/2025] (100)
"Fields of Athenry" (21)
"Rise" (18)
"Wakened" (15)
"Into The Wind" (11)
62: "Songs Worth Saving," Suzie Brown [Mule Kick, 5/2025] (99)
"Mothers and Daughters" (20)
"Rising" (16)
"Songs Are My Tears" (13)
"Some Hearts" (12)
"Bigger Bite" (11)
63: "I Made It This Far," Deborah Holland [Rage On, 3/2025] (98)
"Circling the Drain" (19)
"Thankful" (14)
"East Porpoise Bay" (11)
"Wildfires" (11)
64: "I'm From Here," Rob Siegel [Rural Electrification Mus, 3/2025] (97)
"I Can't Wait" (29)
"Onward Through The Fog" (29)
"I Dreamed I Said To Sisyphus" (16)
65: "So Long Little Miss Sunshine," Molly Tuttle [Nonesuch, 8/2025] (96)
"That's Gonna Leave a Mark" (18)
"Everything Burns" (16)
65: "We All Dream," Terry Kitchen [Urban Campfire, 5/2025] (96)
"We All Dream" (23)
"Time Of The Season" (15)
"Rain Rain Rain" (15)
"Loretta's Icebox" (10)
67: "Been All Around This World," Special Consensus [Compass, 6/2025] (95)
"I've Been All Around This World" (27)
"Please Mr. Postman" (13)
"King Of The Road" (11)
68: "The Chickadees," Dave & Kristi [Self, 6/2025] (94)
"Outlaw Polka" (13)
"All Are Welcome Here" (13)
"Truth or consequences" (12)
"King's Highway" (10)
68: "Dear Meadowlark," The Wildwoods [Self, 3/2025] (94)
"Hideaway" (16)
"Sweet Niobrara" (16)
"I Will Follow You to Willow" (12)
"Meadowlark" (11)
"Dear Stranger" (10)
68: "The Thanksgiving Album," Vi Wickam [Wickam, 11/2025] (94)
"Another Fine Day for Thanksgiving" (20)
"Each New Day" (18)
"Turkey in the Straw" (13)
71: "Dispatches: Songs From a World Gone Mad," Mark Rubin [Self, 5/2025] (92)
"Dog Whistle" (18)
"Goon With The Hammer" (12)
"Staying Put" (11)
"Blues for the Innocent" (10)
71: "The Monkey in the Crown," Hudost [Open Sesame, 3/2025] (92)
"Fire of Eden" (19)
"Sol Searcher" (13)
"Acting Out the Outrage" (11)
"Broken Down In America" (10)
71: "Unravel," Henhouse Prowlers [Dark Shadow, 3/2025] (92)
"Land of Confusion" (16)
"Line the Avenues" (12)
"Palomino" (11)
74: "Paper Flowers," Tim O'Brien & Jan Fabricius [Howdy Skies, 6/2025] (91)
"Atchison" (17)
"Lonesome Armadillo" (15)
"Paper Flowers" (11)
"Blacktop Rag Mop" (10)
75: "The Breathing Room," Cosy Sheridan [Self, 10/2025] (90)
"The Breathing Room" (20)
"The Kind Words" (12)
"Claude's Cookies" (11)
"All The Pretty Horses Want To Go" (11)
75: "Ride in the Light," Cindy Kallet [Sleepy Creek, 12/2024] (90)
"Letter to America" (29)
"Ride In The Light" (13)
"Standing Beside You" (11)
"The Poet" (10)
75: "The Time That Remains," Mike Ward [Self, 7/2025] (90)
"Why Not" (23)
"Instrument For Good" (22)
75: "Stone by Stone," Friction Farm [Self, 9/2025] (90)
"Louder Than Guns" (19)
"Stone By Stone" (14)
"American Dream" (12)
"Spread A Little Sunshine" (11)
"Everything Will Be All Right" (10)
79: "Earl Jam," Tony Trischka [Down The Road, 6/2024] (88)
"Brown's Ferry Blues" (20)
"Bury Me Beneath the Willow" (13)
"Dooley" (12)
"Lady Madonna" (11)
79: "Little Songs," Rrinaco [Rebel, 5/2025] (88)
"Get Along Somehow" (27)
"The Voice of the Southland" (10)
81: "Trail of Flowers," Sierra Ferrell [Rounder, 4/2024] (87)
"American Dreaming" (20)
"Lighthouse" (16)
"Fox Hunt" (11)
"I Could Drive You Crazy" (10)
82: "Crown of Roses," Patty Griffin [Thirty Tigers, 8/2025] (86)
"Back at the Start" (28)
"Way Up To The Sky" (17)
"A Word" (10)
82: "Now Then," Robbie Fulks [Compass, 8/2025] (86)
"Savannah Is A Devilish Girl" (13)
"Poor and Sharp Witted" (12)
"Nobody Cares" (12)
"Workin' No More Blues" (10)
84: "Room on the Porch," Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' [Concord, 5/2025] (84)
"Room On The Porch" (23)
"Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out" (14)
"My Darling My Dear" (11)
84: "Time & Materials," True North Duo [True North, 5/2025] (84)
"The Luthier" (14)
"Next Best Western" (12)
"'Til I Have You" (11)
"Still Life Café" (11)
86: "Fire & Honey," Wild Mountain Mystics [Blackbird, 7/2025] (83)
"All You Need Is Love" (16)
"If You Can Bluff" (12)
86: "Signs of Life," My Politic [Self, 6/2025] (83)
"Two In The Morning" (16)
"Will We Ever Make It Out Of Heaven Alive" (13)
"Who Could Ask For More" (11)
88: "Better Than I Was," Sara Trunzo [Self, 6/2025] (82)
"In Your Mercy" (22)
"One Small Step" (19)
"Capricorn" (15)
"Taking My Power Back" (13)
"Keeping the Light" (11)
88: "A Place Where Songs Come to Live," Vincent Cross [Self, 6/2025] (82)
"In The Eyes Of My Father" (16)
"Barefoot With The Blues" (12)
"Heart Of Hearts" (11)
88: "Every Town," Anne Hills [Hand & Heart, 10/2025] (82)
"Memory of August" (15)
"Spoon River" (15)
"Ballad of Elizabeth Dark" (10)
"The Ghost Of Lash LaRue" (10)
91: "The American Dream," Amy Speace [Windbone, 9/2024] (81)
"The American Dream" (24)
91: "Double Takes," Gordie Tentrees & Jaxon Haldane [Self, 4/2025] (81)
"Bygone Days" (18)
"Franklin" (12)
"Bobbi and Gus" (12)
"Nowhere Fast" (11)
91: "LilyGild," Hilary Hawke with Reed Stutz [Adhyâropa, 2022] (81)
"All I've Ever Known" (17)
"Liza Jane" (14)
91: "Songs to a Wild God," Mallory Chipman [Tunnel Mountain, 9/2024] (81)
"Sing Me Home" (17)
"Big Sky Country" (17)
91: "We Were Wood," Barry Oreck & Friends [Self, 2/2025] (81)
"We Were Wood" (18)
"Build Me A City" (15)
"The Norris Dam" (11)
"Just Enough Pain" (10)
"Snake Bones" (10)
91: "The Last Bough," Kyle Carey [Americelta, 9/2025] (81)
"The Last Bough" (19)
"For Your Journey" (13)
"Eden's Grief" (12)
97: "From Here to the Sea," Meredith Moon [Compass, 10/2025] (80)
"East City Blues" (16)
"Poseidon" (11)
"The Willow" (10)
"Lulu Gal" (10)
98: "Avec Elodie," Eloise & Co [Self, 9/2025] (79)
"Moonflower" (10)
98: "Homegrown," Cole Quest & the City Pickers [Jallopy, 7/2025] (79)
"Pastures of Plenty" (15)
"In Tall Buildings" (13)
"Where I'm From" (12)
98: "Songbird," Waylon Jennings [Son of Jessi, 7/2025] (79)
"Songbird" (14)
"The Cowboy" (11)
101: "Dee From Decatur," Dee Robinson [Riverlark, 5/2025] (78)
"Carolina Breakdown" (11)
101: "Oubliette," Jez Lowe [Tantobie, 7/2025] (78)
"A Message From A Mandolin" (12)
101: "Shelby Means," Shelby Means [Self, 6/2025] (78)
"Streets of Boulder" (12)
"Suitcase Blues" (12)
101: "Other Voices, Other Rooms," Nanci Griffith [Elektra, 1995] (78)
"This Old Town" (8)
105: "Cruel Joke," Ken Pomeroy [Rounder, 5/2025] (77)
"Flannel Cowboy" (11)
"Rodeo Clown" (10)
105: "The Light Still Shines on the Main," Jory Nash [Self, 9/2025] (77)
"Oh Little One" (19)
"Come Alive" (15)
"The Light Still Shines on the Main" (14)
107: "Exploding Star," Heather Maloney [Signature Sounds, 2/2025] (75)
"Exploding Star" (22)
"Labyrinth in the Weeds" (10)
108: "Further From the Country," William Prince [Six Shooter, 10/2025] (74)
"For the First Time" (12)
"All The Same" (10)
109: "Paris," Louise Coombe [Zoe Cat, 3/2025] (73)
"Paris" (13)
"Brothers In Arms" (12)
110: "Hydra," Nuala Kennedy & Eamon O'Leary [Under The Arch, 11/2024] (72)
"Two Jigs" (13)
"The Dark-Eyed Sailor" (12)
"Willie-O" (10)
110: "Lost Dog," Olive Klug [Signature Sounds, 5/2025] (72)
"What To Make Of Me" (22)
"Taking Punches From The Breeze" (16)
"Train of Thought" (11)
110: "From China to Appalachia," Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian [Community, 7/2024] (72)
"August Flower" (11)
"Hold Each Other Up" (10)
"Mary Don't You Weep" (9)
113: "Mother Mind," Tekla Waterfield & Jeff Fielder [Oliver Blue, 8/2025] (71)
"Something My Own" (13)
"Slowboat" (12)
"Visions Of A Life" (10)
114: "Highway Prayers," Billy Strings [Reprise, 10/2024] (70)
"Leaning on a Travelin' Song" (12)
115: "The Black Dog & the Wandering Boy," James McMurtry [New West, 7/2025] (69)
"The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy" (16)
"The Color of Night" (10)
116: "One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey," Maria Muldaur [Nola Blue, 7/2025] (68)
"Gotta Have What It Takes" (10)
"What Makes You Act Like That?" (10)
"My Handy Man" (9)
116: "Backstage Balladeer," Jefferson Ross [Self, 4/2025] (68)
"Let's Start a Cult" (9)
116: "The Ghost of Sis Draper," Shawn Camp [Skeeter Bit, 9/2025] (68)
"Sis Draper" (19)
116: "Heavy on the Blues," Rory Block [M.C. Records, 8/2025] (68)
"High Heel Sneakers" (13)
"The Wind Cries Mary" (13)
116: "Reverie," Amble [Warner, 6/2025] (68)
"Mariner Boy" (10)
"Schoolyard Days" (9)
116: "Rising of the Bold," Merry Hell [Self, 1/2025] (68)
"Peace Can Be Louder Than War" (18)
"The Rising of the Bold" (9)
TOP SONGS of 2025
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 117687 plays from 4053 playlists from 138 Folk DJs
1. "Broken Truth" (103)
from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
2. "No Kings in America" (57)
from "No Kings in America" (Lisa Bastoni)
3. "Ain't That The Way" (55)
from "Porcelain Angel" (Rees Shad)
3. "Looks Like The End Of The Road" (55)
from "Arcadia" (Alison Krauss & Union Station)
5. "Ancient Light" (54)
from "Wild & Clear & Blue" (I'm With Her)
6. "Field of Stars" (53)
from "Field of Stars" (John McCutcheon)
7. "Find My Way to You" (50)
from "Wild & Clear & Blue" (I'm With Her)
8. "Dark Night of the Soul" (49)
from "Dark Ages" (Eliza Gilkyson)
9. "Grapes On The Vine" (48)
from "Best of Steve Gillette" (Steve Gillette)
9. "Woody's Landlord Revisited" (48)
from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
11. "Maybe New Mexico" (47)
from "Maybe New Mexico" (Helene Cronin)
12. "Richmond On The James" (45)
from "Arcadia" (Alison Krauss & Union Station)
13. "Sommer" (43)
from "The Woods Have Shown Us" (Ponyfolk)
14. "A Heart That Never Closes" (42)
from "Looking for the Thread" (Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart)
14. "In the West" (42)
from "In the West" (The Horsenecks)
14. "Old Friends" (42)
from "The Wind Will Change Again" (The Twangtown Paramours)
17. "The Best Summer" (41)
from "Drum School Dropout" (Christine Lavin)
17. "In the USA" (41)
from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
17. "No Kings Here" (41)
from "No Kings Here - Single" (Tom Paxton)
17. "Wild and Clear and Blue" (41)
from "Wild & Clear & Blue" (I'm With Her)
21. "Barbed Wire Boys" (39)
from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
21. "Bow Down" (39)
from "Gold & Coal" (Cassie & Maggie)
21. "Piles of Sand" (39)
from "So Much I Still Don't See" (Sam Robbins)
21. "The Wind Will Change Again" (39)
from "The Wind Will Change Again" (The Twangtown Paramours)
25. "Bury Me" (38)
from "Foxes in the Snow" (Jason Isbell)
25. "Someday We Won't Live Here Anymore" (38)
from "Time Out #3" (The Accidentals)
27. "Rambling Man" (37)
from "Some Kind of Truth" (Kora Feder)
27. "Times Like These" (37)
from "Dark Ages" (Eliza Gilkyson)
27. "The Victim Tree" (37)
from "Kindred Spirits" (John Flynn)
27. "Which Side Are You On?" (37)
from "Which Side Are You On?" (Artists for Action)
31. "I've Always Been a Rambler" (36)
from "Long Journey Home" (Molly Tuttle)
31. "Twilight" (36)
from "Alice Howe & Freebo Live" (Alice Howe & Freebo)
31. "Woody and Pete" (36)
from "Woody & Pete" (Beppe Gambetta)
34. "Come Out Of My Blues" (35)
from "A Tip Toe High Wire" (Sierra Hull)
35. "Blue Ridge Mountain Blues" (34)
from "All I Got & Gone" (Chris Walz)
35. "Girl And Her Dog" (34)
from "Personal History" (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
35. "The Gold Rush is Over and I'm Moving On" (34)
from "Gold & Coal" (Cassie & Maggie)
35. "Particle & Wave" (34)
from "unentitled" (John Gorka)
35. "Stars Without A Heaven" (34)
from "The Wind Will Change Again" (The Twangtown Paramours)
40. "Angel From Montgomery" (33)
from "Alice Howe & Freebo Live" (Alice Howe & Freebo)
40. "Dark Ages" (33)
from "Dark Ages" (Eliza Gilkyson)
40. "Fly Away" (33)
from "Time Out #3" (The Accidentals)
40. "Home By Bearna" (33)
from "Burnished" (Amelia Hogan)
40. "It Matters" (33)
from "It Matters" (C. Daniel Boling)
40. "Love, Surround Me" (33)
from "Look to the Moon" (Patty & Craig)
40. "Sincerely Yours No More" (33)
from "The Wind Will Change Again" (The Twangtown Paramours)
40. "Up in the Attic" (33)
from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
48. "5 Days Out, 2 Days Back" (32)
from "5 Days Out, 2 Days Back" (Alison Brown & Steve Martin)
48. "Rolling in the Gold" (32)
from "Burnished" (Amelia Hogan)
48. "Summer Skin" (32)
from "Summer Skin - single" (The Honey Badgers)
48. "That Song About the River" (32)
from "Best of Steve Gillette" (Steve Gillette)
48. "What A Little Love Can Do" (32)
from "So Much I Still Don't See" (Sam Robbins)
53. "Baling Hay" (31)
from "Stay Put" (Elexa Dawson)
53. "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" (31)
from "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright - single" (Abbie Gardner)
53. "Empty Trainload of Sky" (31)
from "Woodland" (Gillian Welch & David Rawlings)
53. "Goodnight America" (31)
from "The America Chronicles" (Kemp Harris)
53. "Last of the Steam-Powered Trains" (31)
from "Remains to Be Scene" (The Seldom Scene)
53. "The Wrong Way" (31)
from "Arcadia" (Alison Krauss & Union Station)
59. "Letter to America" (30)
from "Ride in the Light" (Cindy Kallet)
59. "Mists Of Ennistymon" (30)
from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
59. "Pine Mountain High" (30)
from "Kentucky Queen" (Carla Gover)
62. "All Around You" (29)
from "Rituals" (Watchhouse)
62. "Better Than Me" (29)
from "Time Out #3" (The Accidentals)
62. "A Case of You" (29)
from "Alice Howe & Freebo Live" (Alice Howe & Freebo)
62. "Farewell Angelina" (29)
from "Remains to Be Scene" (The Seldom Scene)
62. "Get Along Somehow" (29)
from "Little Songs" (Rrinaco)
62. "Granite Mills" (29)
from "Arcadia" (Alison Krauss & Union Station)
62. "Oklahoma Sunset" (29)
from "Reclamation" (Crys Matthews)
62. "Onward Through The Fog" (29)
from "I'm From Here" (Rob Siegel)
62. "Reach" (29)
from "Songs That Sing Me" (Becky Buller)
71. "Back at the Start" (28)
from "Crown of Roses" (Patty Griffin)
71. "Bones of Better Days" (28)
from "Bones of Better Days" (The Whispering Tree)
71. "Hummingbird Highway" (28)
from "Hummingbird Highway" (Dar Williams)
71. "Nancy" (28)
from "Gold & Coal" (Cassie & Maggie)
TOP ARTISTS of 2025
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 117687 plays from 4053 playlists from 138 Folk DJs
1. John McCutcheon (570)
"Field of Stars" (324)
"Long Journey Home" (30)
"John McCutcheon's Four Seasons: Autumnsongs" (17)
"This Land: Woody Guthrie's America" (16)
"Sermon On The Mound" (13)
"Cabin Fever: Songs From The Quarantine" (12)
"To Everyone in All the World: A Celebration of Pete Seeger" (11)
"Wintersongs" (10)
2. Bob Dylan (474)
"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" (34)
"Bringing It All Back Home" (29)
"Blood On The Tracks" (28)
"Bob Dylan" (27)
"Highway 61 Revisited" (21)
"The Times They Are A-Changin'" (18)
"Love And Theft" (14)
"Nashville Skyline" (14)
"Blonde On Blonde" (11)
"Modern Times" (11)
"Biograph" (10)
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. II" (10)
3. Tim Grimm (468)
"Bones of Trees" (383)
"The Little In-Between" (19)
"Farm Songs" (10)
"Gone" (10)
4. Mary Chapin Carpenter (415)
"Personal History" (173)
"Looking for the Thread" (147)
"Come Darkness, Come Light" (13)
5. Eliza Gilkyson (369)
"Dark Ages" (214)
"Songs From The River Wind" (22)
"Home" (21)
"Land Of Milk And Honey" (16)
"Beautiful World" (13)
"Your Town Tonight" (11)
"Paradise Hotel" (10)
6. Willie Nelson (349)
"Oh What a Beautiful World" (126)
"Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle" (53)
"Last Leaf on the Tree" (37)
"Red Headed Stranger" (18)
"The Border" (10)
7. The Twangtown Paramours (313)
"The Wind Will Change Again" (307)
8. Alison Krauss & Union Station (310)
"Arcadia" (255)
"Alison Krauss & Union Station Live" (10)
9. Lucy Kaplansky (307)
"The Lucy Story - Unreleased & Rare Tracks" (211)
"Last Days of Summer" (27)
"The Tide" (13)
10. Crys Matthews (293)
"Reclamation" (221)
"Changemakers" (35)
"Sleeves Up" (25)
11. John Gorka (291)
"unentitled" (130)
"True In Time" (23)
"Bright Side Of Down" (13)
"Jack's Crows" (12)
"Out Of The Valley" (12)
"I Know" (11)
"So Dark You See" (10)
12. John Prine (279)
"John Prine" (51)
"The Tree Of Forgiveness" (41)
"Fair And Square" (20)
"The Missing Years" (16)
"Lost Dogs & Mixed Blessings" (13)
"Great Days" (11)
"Sweet Revenge" (11)
"In Spite Of Ourselves" (10)
"Souvenirs" (10)
13. I'm With Her (271)
"Wild & Clear & Blue" (247)
"See You Around" (10)
14. Pete Seeger (270)
"American Favorite Ballads, Vols. 1-5" (36)
"The Smithsonian Folkways Collection" (17)
"The Essential Pete Seeger" (10)
"Live In '65" (10)
"Pete" (10)
15. Nanci Griffith (252)
"Other Voices, Other Rooms" (46)
"Other Voices Too" (31)
"Clock Without Hands" (14)
"The MCA Years - A Retrospective" (14)
"Once in a Very Blue Moon" (14)
"Lone Star State Of Mind" (13)
"Flyer" (11)
"The Last Of The True Believers" (11)
"The Loving Kind" (10)
16. Peter, Paul & Mary (245)
"Peter, Paul And Mary" (30)
"Around The Campfire" (26)
"Carry It On" (21)
"In The Wind" (16)
"Lifelines" (14)
"Moving" (14)
"Album 1700" (12)
17. Joni Mitchell (233)
"Blue" (40)
"Ladies Of The Canyon" (30)
"Court and Spark" (21)
"Hits" (19)
"Clouds" (17)
"For The Roses" (12)
18. Alice Howe & Freebo (232)
"Alice Howe & Freebo Live" (232)
19. Cassie & Maggie (227)
"Gold & Coal" (212)
20. Guy Clark (226)
"Looking for the Words: Live at U of H Coffee House" (32)
"Dublin Blues" (25)
"Tell It To The Wind" (21)
"Truly Handmade, Vol. 1" (18)
"Old Friends" (13)
"Old No. 1" (12)
"Keepers" (11)
21. Chris Walz (224)
"All I Got & Gone" (219)
22. Helene Cronin (223)
"Maybe New Mexico" (208)
23. Sam Robbins (217)
"So Much I Still Don't See" (204)
23. Steve Gillette (217)
"Best of Steve Gillette" (194)
25. Dar Williams (213)
"Hummingbird Highway" (101)
"Mortal City" (15)
"The Honesty Room" (13)
"The Beauty Of The Rain" (11)
"End Of The Summer" (10)
"Many Great Companions" (10)
26. The Accidentals (212)
"Time Out #3" (191)
"Time Out Session 1" (12)
27. Cosy Sheridan (209)
"The Breathing Room" (86)
"Grand Design" (47)
"Here's The Rain - single" (15)
28. Sierra Hull (208)
"A Tip Toe High Wire" (179)
28. Tom Paxton (208)
"No Kings Here - Single" (39)
"The Best of Tom Paxton" (15)
"Looking For The Moon" (15)
"Peace Will Come" (14)
30. Joan Baez (203)
"Joan Baez" (18)
"The Best of Joan Baez" (14)
"Ring Them Bells" (14)
"Whistle Down The Wind" (13)
31. Connie Kaldor (201)
"Wide Open Spaces" (138)
"Keep Going" (16)
"Wood River" (10)
32. Tom Prasada-Rao (200)
"Beautiful You: The Songs of Tom Prasada-Rao" (146)
33. Becky Buller (194)
"Songs That Sing Me" (118)
"Long Journey Home" (23)
"Jubilee" (15)
"Distance And Time" (11)
"Cover Project" (10)
34. The Seldom Scene (190)
"Remains to Be Scene" (147)
35. Molly Tuttle (184)
"So Long Little Miss Sunshine" (95)
"Long Journey Home" (33)
"When You're Ready" (20)
"Rise" (13)
36. Woody Guthrie (183)
"Woody At Home - Vol 1 + 2" (28)
"Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection" (18)
"My Dusty Road" (17)
"Dust Bowl Ballads" (13)
"This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1" (13)
"Woody at Home, Vol. 1 & 2" (12)
37. Le Vent Du Nord (182)
"Voisinages" (134)
"20 Printemps" (18)
38. Amelia Hogan (179)
"Burnished" (158)
"Taking Flight" (16)
39. Alison Brown & Steve Martin (176)
"Safe, Sensible & Sane" (124)
"5 Days Out, 2 Days Back" (17)
40. C. Daniel Boling (175)
"It Matters" (110)
"Love, Dan" (39)
40. David Mallett (175)
"Parallel Lives" (27)
"Greenin' Up" (24)
"Celebration" (19)
"Midnight On The Water" (12)
"This Town" (12)
"Inches And Miles" (11)
"David Mallett" (10)
42. Eli West (174)
"The Shape of a Sway" (165)
42. Gordon Lightfoot (174)
"Gord's Gold" (33)
"Songbook" (20)
"The United Artists Collection" (17)
"Summertime Dream" (12)
"Lightfoot!" (11)
"Sit Down Young Stranger" (10)
44. Rees Shad (173)
"Porcelain Angel" (154)
45. Christine Lavin (170)
"Drum School Dropout" (109)
46. Bruce Springsteen (168)
"Tracks II: The Lost Albums" (20)
"We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions" (18)
"Nebraska" (14)
"Land Of Hope & Dreams" (12)
"Nebraska '82: Expanded Edition" (10)
47. The Horsenecks (163)
"In the West" (157)
48. Darryl Purpose (162)
"Connected" (129)
48. Stan Rogers (162)
"The Very Best Of Stan Rogers" (29)
"Between The Breaks...Live!" (20)
"Northwest Passage" (20)
"From Fresh Water" (17)
"Home In Halifax" (15)
"Turnaround" (13)
"From Coffee House To Concert Hall" (10)
50. Tim O'Brien (156)
"Long Journey Home" (38)
"Red On Blonde" (18)
"The Crossing" (16)
"Where The River Meets The Road" (13)
"Bluegrass Sings Paxton" (11)
"Cup of Sugar" (10)
"He Walked On" (10)
51. Carla Gover (153)
"Kentucky Queen" (152)
51. Kora Feder (153)
"Some Kind of Truth" (145)
53. Billy Strings (150)
"Highway Prayers" (69)
"Me/And/Dad" (34)
"Renewal" (15)
"Home" (12)
54. Carrie Newcomer (147)
"A Great Wild Mercy" (27)
"Until Now" (26)
"The Beautiful Not Yet" (17)
"Before And After" (11)
55. Jason Isbell (146)
"Foxes in the Snow" (136)
55. Judy Collins (146)
"Forever - An Anthology" (14)
"The Very Best of Judy Collins" (13)
55. Tom Rush (146)
"Gardens Old, Flowers New" (53)
"The Circle Game" (19)
"Blues, Songs and Ballads" (14)
58. Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms (144)
"Gold in Your Pocket" (136)
59. The Band (143)
"The Band" (47)
"Music From Big Pink" (28)
"The Last Waltz" (11)
60. Kemp Harris (139)
"The America Chronicles" (124)
60. Tony Trischka (139)
"Earl Jam" (82)
"Territory" (12)
62. Emmylou Harris (138)
"Wrecking Ball" (13)
"Roses In The Snow" (12)
"Red Dirt Girl" (11)
62. Patty & Craig (138)
"Look to the Moon" (138)
62. Phil Ochs (138)
"All The News That's Fit To Sing" (38)
"There But For Fortune" (17)
"Farewells And Fantasies" (12)
65. Patty Griffin (137)
"Crown of Roses" (86)
"Children Running Through" (10)
66. Anne Hills (136)
"Every Town" (80)
"Angle Of The Light" (12)
66. Ponyfolk (136)
"The Woods Have Shown Us" (136)
66. Tom Russell (136)
"Old Songs Yet To Sing" (11)
"Blood And Candle Smoke" (10)
"Modern Art" (10)
69. Ray Lambiase (134)
"Perfume Like a Full Moon" (101)
"The Road Ahead" (12)
70. Janis Ian (133)
"The Light At The End Of The Line" (46)
"The Essential Janis Ian" (10)
"God & The FBI" (10)
71. Joe Jencks (132)
"The Coming of the Years" (37)
"The Forgotten" (16)
"Poets, Philosophers Workers & Wanderers" (16)
"The Candle And The Flame" (13)
"Links In A Chain" (12)
"Rise As One" (11)
71. The Onlies (132)
"You Climb the Mountain" (118)
73. Robbie Fulks (131)
"Now Then" (84)
"Upland Stories" (16)
"Bluegrass Vacation" (15)
74. Emma's Revolution (130)
"Hope" (36)
"You Are Not God - single" (20)
"Rooted" (14)
"One" (13)
"We Are The Power - single" (12)
"Roots, Rock And Revolution" (11)
"Revolution Now" (10)
75. Grace Morrison (129)
"Saltwater Country" (123)
76. Watchhouse (128)
"Rituals" (114)
77. Archie Fisher (127)
"A Silent Song" (27)
"The Man With A Rhyme" (25)
"Windward Away" (22)
"Sunsets I've Galloped Into" (19)
"Will Ye Gang, Love" (10)
78. Cheryl Wheeler (125)
"Driving Home" (32)
"Sylvia Hotel" (26)
"Defying Gravity" (16)
"Greetings From Cheryl Wheeler Live" (14)
78. Special Consensus (125)
"Been All Around This World" (84)
"Chicago Barn Dance" (12)
"Great Blue North" (11)
80. Susan Werner (124)
"Halfway to Houston" (24)
"Gospel Truth" (15)
"Hayseed" (10)
81. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings (123)
"Woodland" (97)
81. Lennie Gallant (123)
"Shelter From the Storms" (114)
81. Mike Ward (123)
"The Time That Remains" (86)
"Still Troubled" (22)
84. Kim Beggs (122)
"Beneath Your Skin" (114)
85. Charley Crockett (121)
"Lonesome Drifter" (56)
"Dollar a Day" (40)
85. The Pairs (121)
"Together on a Rock" (108)
85. Suzy Thompson (121)
"Suzy Sings Siebel, Volume One" (108)
88. Leslie Jordan (119)
"The Agonist" (113)
89. Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian (118)
"From China to Appalachia" (66)
"It Ain't Gonna Go Away - single" (15)
90. The Whispering Tree (117)
"Bones of Better Days" (110)
91. Beppe Gambetta (116)
"Terra Madre" (50)
"Woody & Pete" (35)
91. Ellis Paul (116)
"The Storyteller's Suitcase" (22)
"55" (12)
"Chasing Beauty" (11)
"The Day After Everything Changed" (10)
91. Greg Brown (116)
"If I Had Known: Essential Recordings, 1980-1996" (16)
91. Sarah Jarosz (116)
"Polaroid Lovers" (52)
"Follow Me Down" (21)
"Song Up In Her Head" (14)
95. Bob Franke (115)
"The Other Evening In Chicago" (49)
"In This Night" (16)
"The Heart of the Flower" (14)
"Brief Histories" (12)
96. David Francey (114)
"maps" (24)
"The Broken Heart Of Everything" (18)
"Torn Screen Door" (14)
"The Breath Between" (13)
96. Elexa Dawson (114)
"Stay Put" (105)
96. Henhouse Prowlers (114)
"Unravel" (89)
"Lead & Iron" (17)
96. Judy Kass (114)
"New Skin" (112)
100. Deborah Holland (113)
"I Made It This Far" (98)
100. Peggy Seeger (113)
"Teleology" (30)
"First Farewell" (25)
100. Richard Thompson (113)
"Acoustic Classics II" (12)
"Ship to Shore" (12)
"1000 Years Of Popular Music" (10)
100. Steve Goodman (113)
"No Big Surprise: The Steve Goodman Anthology" (21)
"Affordable Art" (10)
"The Easter Tapes" (10)
"Words We Can Dance To" (10)
100. Terry Kitchen (113)
"We All Dream" (96)
105. Kate Wolf (112)
"Close To You" (20)
"Weaver Of Visions" (16)
"Give Yourself to Love" (14)
105. Todd Snider (112)
"High, Lonesome and Then Some" (17)
"Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3" (14)
"New Connection" (11)
107. Chatham Rabbits (109)
"Be Real" (107)
107. Max Wareham (109)
"Daggomit!" (108)
107. Sierra Ferrell (109)
"Trail of Flowers" (87)
"Long Time Coming" (12)
110. The Beatles (108)
"The Beatles (White Album)" (16)
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (11)
110. Eric Bibb (108)
"In the Real World" (63)
110. Johnny Cash (108)
"The Essential Johnny Cash" (13)
110. Suzie Brown (108)
"Songs Worth Saving" (99)
110. Vi Wickam (108)
"The Thanksgiving Album" (87)
"Armadillo On A Hot Tin Roof" (20)
115. Chuck Brodsky (107)
"Gravity, Wings, & Heavy Things" (24)
"The Baseball Ballads" (12)
"Letters In The Dirt" (11)
116. Dave Van Ronk (106)
"In The Tradition" (23)
"Down in Washington Square" (10)
116. Simon & Garfunkel (106)
"The Best of Simon and Garfunkel" (13)
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" (12)
"Bookends" (11)
118. Colleen Kattau (105)
"This Hen's Gonna Crow" (51)
"Besos Kisses" (19)
"Deportee - single" (14)
"Inhabited Woman" (14)
118. Guy Davis (105)
"The Legend of Sugarbelly" (50)
"Be Ready When I Call You" (10)
120. Cindy Kallet (104)
"Ride in the Light" (79)
120. Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson (104)
"What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow" (102)
122. Tom Lehrer (103)
"That Was the Year That Was" (31)
"The Remains of Tom Lehrer" (21)
"Songs And More Songs By Tom Lehrer" (15)
123. Joel Mabus (102)
"Lonesome Road" (27)
"Golden Willow Tree" (10)
"Time And Truth" (10)
123. Rhiannon Giddens (102)
"Freedom Highway" (28)
"Tomorrow Is My Turn" (12)
"You're the One" (11)
125. Friction Farm (101)
"Stone by Stone" (83)
125. Rob Siegel (101)
"I'm From Here" (96)
125. The Wailin' Jennys (101)
"Fifteen" (26)
"40 Days" (23)
"Live At The Mauch Chunk Opera House" (22)
"Firecracker" (15)
"Bright Morning Stars" (11)
128. Bruce Cockburn (100)
"O Sun O Moon" (13)
128. Crowes Pasture (100)
"Edge Of America" (29)
"Coming For You Next - single" (15)
"Crowes Pasture" (14)
128. Doc Watson (100)
"The Essential Doc Watson" (14)
128. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway (100)
"Into the Wild" (42)
"Crooked Tree" (32)
"City of Gold" (21)
132. Carol Crittenden (99)
"Glimmer" (99)
132. Laurie Lewis (99)
"Trees" (50)
132. Muireann Bradley (99)
"I Kept These Old Blues" (52)
"Don't Think Twice, It's Alright - single" (14)
135. Amy Speace (98)
"The American Dream" (59)
135. Iris DeMent (98)
"Infamous Angel" (33)
"Workin' on a World" (20)
"The Way I Should" (14)
135. James McMurtry (98)
"The Black Dog & the Wandering Boy" (69)
135. Joe Crookston (98)
"Able Baker Charlie And Dog" (27)
"Darkling & The Bluebird Jubilee" (23)
"Nine Becomes One Chapter 7 (Time Become)" (15)
"Fall Down As The Rain" (12)
135. Rory Block (98)
"Heavy on the Blues" (67)
140. Dave & Kristi (97)
"The Chickadees" (94)
140. Hudost (97)
"The Monkey in the Crown" (92)
140. The Wildwoods (97)
"Dear Meadowlark" (94)
143. David Wilcox (96)
"The Way I Tell the Story" (50)
143. The Mammals (96)
"Touch Grass, Vol. 1" (28)
"Touch Grass, Vol. 2" (21)
"Nonet" (13)
143. Maria Muldaur (96)
"One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey" (66)
143. Richard Shindell (96)
"South Of Delia" (16)
"Blue Divide" (10)
147. Tim O'Brien & Jan Fabricius (95)
"Paper Flowers" (91)
148. John Flynn (93)
"Kindred Spirits" (38)
"Two Wolves" (12)
148. Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer (93)
"Drum Hat Buddha" (28)
"Tanglewood Tree" (25)
"When I Go" (16)
"Seven Is The Number" (11)
150. James Taylor (92)
"Sweet Baby James" (23)
150. Jez Lowe (92)
"Oubliette" (78)
TOP LABELS of 2025
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 117687 plays from 4053 playlists from 138 Folk DJs
1. Rounder (2064)
2. Compass (1549)
3. Smithsonian/Folkways (1432)
4. Columbia (1331)
5. Red House (1030)
6. Thirty Tigers (880)
7. Nonesuch (827)
8. Signature Sounds (811)
9. Warner (621)
10. Sugar Hill (570)
11. Legacy (568)
12. Rhino (521)
13. Elektra (508)
14. New West (490)
15. Appleseed (468)
16. Borealis (449)
17. Reprise (441)
18. Vanguard (410)
19. Free Dirt (407)
20. Philo (404)
21. Capitol (394)
22. Vault (378)
23. Appalsongs (360)
24. Yep Roc (333)
25. Flying Fish (326)
26. Rebel (311)
27. Pinecastle (309)
27. RCA (309)
29. Appalseed (300)
30. Oh Boy (288)
31. Waterbug (285)
32. Dark Shadow (280)
33. Sony (270)
34. Berkalin (267)
35. Down The Road (266)
36. Inside Edge (256)
37. Green Linnet (253)
38. Alligator (239)
39. Atlantic (231)
40. Mercury (227)
41. True North (225)
42. Topic (214)
43. Righteous Babe (203)
44. Nine Athens (198)
45. Acony (194)
46. Stony Plain (190)
47. Concord (185)
48. Riverlark (183)
49. Dualtone (180)
50. Fantasy (174)
51. Greentrax (172)
52. Island (170)
53. Lambent Light (168)
54. Adhyâropa (167)
55. Bear Family (166)
56. Know Howe (164)
57. BMG (162)
58. Lucyricky (161)
59. Shanachie (160)
60. Realiza (154)
61. Coyote (146)
62. Redbird (144)
63. Arhoolie (138)
64. Shadville (135)
65. Tiki Parlour (134)
66. Howdy Skies (126)
67. Lost Highway (124)
68. Hudson Harding (123)
69. Mountain Home (122)
70. Mountain Fever (121)
71. Cooking Vinyl (119)
72. Folk-Legacy (118)
72. La Compagnie du Nord (118)
72. Mule Kick (118)
72. Strictly Country (118)
72. Tender and Mild (118)
77. MCA (116)
78. Hightone (114)
78. Jalopy (114)
80. Hestehus (111)
80. Howlin' Dog (111)
82. Community (109)
83. Larrea (107)
84. Six Shooter (105)
85. Blue Corn (103)
85. Gallant Effort (103)
87. Urban Campfire (99)
88. Razor & Tie (96)
89. Proper (94)
89. Turtle Bear (94)
91. ATO (92)
91. Nettwerk (92)
91. Verve (92)
94. Eyelash Soup (91)
95. Tompkins Square (89)
96. Laker (88)
96. Raytone (88)
98. Acoustic Disc (86)
98. Blix Street (86)
98. Fossil (86)
FOLK DJs - 2025
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 117687 plays from 4053 playlists from 138 Folk DJs
Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Andrea Berman (Podcast, BC)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Annie Keville (WVBR-FM, NY)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
Art Podell (KPFK-FM, CA)
Art Stevenson (WORT-FM, WI)
Arthur Berman (CiTR-FM & podcast, BC)
Artie Martello (WIOX-FM & podcast, NY)
Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bill Wagman (KDRT-LP, CA)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
Brad Edmondson (WVBR-FM, NY)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Bruce Swan (WSFM-LP, NC)
Bud Johnson (KNBA-FM & syndicated, AK)
Caroline Doctorow (WPKN-FM, CT)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM & podcast, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris Denerley (beyondradio.co.uk, UK)
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 Maher (mixcloud.com, WA)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Daryana Antipova (WFHB-FM, IN)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM & mixcloud.com, GA)
David John (KAXE/KBXE-FM & KEOS-FM, MN)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Denis McGilvray (KPBX-FM & 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)
Ellen Stanley (KFAI-FM & PRX, MN)
Eureka Mike (thesonicplanet.com, FL)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Gordon Nash (WLRN-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Graham Dean & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Helen Leicht (folkmusicnotebook.com, PA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
James Sereda (WUSB-FM, NY)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jean Geiger (KSER-FM & mixcloud.com, WA)
Jeannie Holton & Tom Elligett (WMNF-FM, FL)
Jeannie Holton (WMNF-FM, FL)
Jeff Zolitor (KZYX-FM, CA)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jeremy Butler (Alabama Public Radio)
Jim Canales (WWSP-FM, WI)
Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Jim Welsh (Radio Summerhall & mixcloud.com, UK)
Joe Jencks (folkmusicnotebook.com)
Joe McMahon & Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-FM, NY)
Joe Pszonek (WERE-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
John Platt (WFUV-FM, NY)
John Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA)
John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA)
Jon Colcord (Syndicated, NH)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-FM & podcast, NY)
Joyce Miller (KVMR-FM, CA)
Justin Helmer (KVSC-FM, MN)
Kai Schafft (WVBR-FM, NY)
Karen Leyse (KDRT-LP, CA)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kate McNally (New Hampshire Public Radio)
Katrina Knight (mixcloud.com, WA)
Kejo Buchanan (CJTM-AM & CJRU-AM, ON)
Kelly Walker (WTSU-FM & podcast, AL)
Ken Batista (WRCT-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Kevin Vance (KALW-FM & syndicated, CA)
Larry Berger (WRCT-FM & syndicated, PA)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, AR)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM & mixcloud.com, OR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM & podcast, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR/WGDH-FM & WGDR-FM, VT)
Mark Pedersen (WOJB-FM, WI)
Mary Anne Moorman (KBCS-FM, WA)
Mary Katherine Aldin (KPFK-FM, CA)
Mary Sue Twohy (SiriusXM, DC)
Matt Watroba (WKAR-FM, MI)
Matthew Baya (WERU-FM, ME)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Michael Kane (WBRS-FM & KSCA-FM, MA)
Michael Park (mixcloud.com & PRX, NY)
Michael S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Michael Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM & syndicated, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers & folktunefinder.com, New Zealand)
Moonshine Brigade (cowboysjukejoint.com-FM, US and Australia)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Hefti (KRCL-FM & live365.com, UT)
Paul Porzio (Cox Cable & KISS-FM, VA)
Pete Thomas (WAER-FM, NY)
Peter Fraissinet & Joe McMahon (WVBR-FM, NY)
Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-FM, NY)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM & mixcloud.com, WA)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Robert Resnik (Vermont Public Radio)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Ron Lewis (WNUR-FM, IL)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NJ)
Sonny Ochs (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM, BC)
Steven Morrison (KBOO-FM, OR)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Sue Kessell (WNUR-FM, IL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WHUS-FM & WWUH-FM, CT)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Terry B. Moses & Naomi Soule (KCLC-FM, MO)
Tim Forsman (WMHB-FM, ME)
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)
Wendy Ramsay (WAER-FM, NY)
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