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 102112 plays from 3516 playlists from 135 Folk DJs
1: "Bones of Trees," Tim Grimm [Vault, 3/2025] (363)
"Broken Truth" (91)
"Woody's Landlord Revisited" (47)
"In the USA" (39)
"Barbed Wire Boys" (39)
"Up in the Attic" (29)
"Mists Of Ennistymon" (29)
"Gettin' Older" (26)
"Hunting Shack" (22)
"Bow and Arrow" (18)
"Hadley's Banjo" (18)
2: "Field of Stars," John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 1/2025] (322)
"Field of Stars" (55)
"Ms St. Louis" (26)
"Here" (25)
"Too Old To Die Young" (24)
"At the End of the Day" (24)
"Hell & High Water" (24)
"Only Ones Dancing" (23)
"Waiting for the Moon" (19)
"Blessing" (19)
"Redneck" (18)
"Tikkun Olam" (16)
"The Hammer" (15)
"Peter Norman" (12)
3: "The Wind Will Change Again," The Twangtown Paramours [Inside Edge, 1/2025] (300)
"Old Friends" (41)
"The Wind Will Change Again" (36)
"Sincerely Yours No More" (33)
"Stars Without A Heaven" (33)
"Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown" (26)
"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" (10)
4: "Arcadia," Alison Krauss & Union Station [Down The Road, 2/2025] (278)
"Looks Like The End Of The Road" (53)
"Richmond On The James" (41)
"The Wrong Way" (29)
"Granite Mills" (28)
"One Ray Of Shine" (24)
"Forever" (20)
"There's A Light Up Ahead" (20)
"North Side Gal" (20)
5: "Alice Howe & Freebo Live," Alice Howe & Freebo [Know Howe, 2/2025] (231)
"Twilight" (35)
"Angel From Montgomery" (33)
"A Case of You" (27)
"Somebody's New Lover Now" (19)
"You've Been Away So Long" (16)
"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)
6: "Wild & Clear & Blue," I'm With Her [Rounder, 3/2025] (227)
"Ancient Light" (46)
"Find My Way to You" (45)
"Wild and Clear and Blue" (38)
"Standing on the Fault Line" (18)
"Different Rocks, Different Hills" (17)
"Mother Eagle" (17)
"Year After Year" (13)
"Only Daughter" (11)
"Rhododendron" (10)
7: "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)
8: "Gold & Coal," Cassie & Maggie [Self, 5/2025] (211)
"Bow Down" (40)
"The Gold Rush is Over and I'm Moving On" (33)
"Nancy" (26)
"The Big Hewer" (21)
"Robert Frost" (20)
"I Long To Return" (15)
"Fool's Gold" (15)
"The Old Miner" (13)
"Dear Imogene" (13)
8: "The Lucy Story - Unreleased & Rare Tracks," Lucy Kaplansky [Lucyricky, 1/2025] (211)
"God Will" (22)
"Forget Me Not" (18)
"I Know Why the River Runs" (16)
"Let It Be" (15)
"The Ballad of Mary Magdalene" (13)
"No Place to Fall" (11)
"It Makes No Difference" (11)
"Carey" (11)
"Diamond in the Rough" (10)
10: "All I Got & Gone," Chris Walz [Self, 3/2025] (210)
"Blue Ridge Mountain Blues" (33)
"Alabama Bound" (26)
"Hard Times Come Again No More" (25)
"Been All Around This World" (22)
"Going Across the Sea" (17)
"Diamond Joe" (16)
"Spanish Fandango" (15)
"Delia" (15)
"See See Rider" (13)
"One Dime Blues" (13)
"The Coo Coo" (12)
11: "Maybe New Mexico," Helene Cronin [Self, 3/2025] (202)
"Maybe New Mexico" (46)
"Copperhill" (24)
"Maker's Mark" (22)
"People" (16)
"Power Lines" (14)
"Visitors" (14)
"God Stopped By" (13)
"Rifleman" (12)
"Dear Life" (11)
"Not the Year" (11)
"Switzerland" (11)
12: "Dark Ages," Eliza Gilkyson [Realiza Records, 5/2025] (201)
"Dark Night of the Soul" (46)
"Times Like These" (35)
"Dark Ages" (30)
"10,000 Things" (21)
"Impossible Dreams" (21)
"Song to You" (15)
13: "So Much I Still Don't See," Sam Robbins [Nine Athens, 3/2025] (189)
"Piles of Sand" (38)
"What A Little Love Can Do" (27)
"The Real Thing" (22)
"So Much I Still Don't See" (21)
"I Will" (20)
"Ride With Me" (18)
"People Gonna Talk" (17)
"All So Important" (14)
"Live Them In Love" (10)
14: "Long Journey Home," Various Artists [Appalsongs, 9/2025] (188)
"I've Always Been a Rambler," Molly Tuttle (28)
"Cuckoo," John McCutcheon (19)
"900 Miles," Tim O'Brien (19)
"House Carpenter," Jake Blount (17)
"What You Gonna Do With The Baby," Old Crow Medicine Show (13)
"Rocky Road to Dinah's House," Becky Buller (12)
"Don't Let Your Deal Go Down," Sparky & Rhonda Rucker (10)
15: "Best of Steve Gillette," Steve Gillette [Compass, 6/2025] (187)
"Grapes On The Vine" (42)
"That Song About the River" (30)
"The Old Trail" (20)
"Down Where the River Meets the Road" (20)
"Back On The Street Again" (17)
"Song for Gamble" (13)
"Home By Dark" (12)
"When the First Leaves Fall" (10)
16: "Time Out #3," The Accidentals [Self, 7/2025] (179)
"Someday We Won't Live Here Anymore" (36)
"Fly Away" (32)
"Better Than Me" (29)
"Too Good To Be True" (25)
"Break Free" (12)
"Second Time Around" (11)
"What a Waste" (11)
17: "A Tip Toe High Wire," Sierra Hull [Self, 3/2025] (170)
"Come Out Of My Blues" (33)
"Boom" (23)
"Muddy Water" (22)
"Truth Be Told" (21)
"Let's Go" (16)
"Haven Hill" (14)
"E Tune" (12)
"Spitfire" (11)
"Redbird" (10)
18: "Personal History," Mary Chapin Carpenter [Thirty Tigers, 5/2025] (165)
"Girl And Her Dog" (32)
"Bitter Ender" (26)
"Home Is A Song" (22)
"The Saving Things" (14)
"Paint + Turpentine" (12)
"New Religion" (12)
"The Night We Never Met" (11)
"What Did You Miss" (11)
19: "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)
20: "The Shape of a Sway," Eli West [Tender and Mild, 5/2025] (155)
"Ever Lovin Need to Know" (26)
"All the Saints" (21)
"Rocks and Trees" (20)
"I'd Like To Be A Train" (17)
"Away Out on the Sea" (16)
"Cool of the Day" (15)
"Hearts and Bones" (13)
"Thanks and Sorry" (12)
"Gentleman's Bulldog" (10)
21: "Porcelain Angel," Rees Shad [Shadville, 3/2025] (152)
"Ain't That The Way" (53)
"Great Big World" (21)
"Isn't It a Lovely Day" (17)
"Porcelain Angel" (15)
"Brighter Daze" (11)
22: "Burnished," Amelia Hogan [Self, 3/2025] (149)
"Home By Bearna" (31)
"Rolling in the Gold" (29)
"Blue Is The Eye" (16)
"Patriot Game" (10)
"The Laverock Sang" (10)
23: "In the West," The Horsenecks [Tiki Parlour, 5/2025] (144)
"In the West" (39)
"Baker City Blues" (19)
"Trouble on the Mainline" (15)
"I Will Arise" (12)
"Little Old Sod Shanty" (12)
"Good Times Gone" (10)
24: "Remains to Be Scene," The Seldom Scene [Smithsonian/Folkways, 1/2025] (143)
"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" (10)
25: "Kentucky Queen," Carla Gover [Redbird, 7/2025] (139)
"Pine Mountain High" (27)
"Raise a Little Cane" (18)
"Kentucky Queen" (16)
"Hug More Necks" (15)
"Pretty Little Snake" (14)
"Angels Gather Round" (13)
"Crazy Love" (12)
26: "Beautiful You: The Songs of Tom Prasada-Rao," Tom Prasada-Rao [Self, 6/2025] (138)
"Beautiful You" (19)
"Out of the Darkness" (15)
"$20 Bill" (14)
"That's What Love Can Do" (12)
27: "Foxes in the Snow," Jason Isbell [Thirty Tigers, 1/2025] (134)
"Bury Me" (36)
"Wind Behind The Rain" (25)
"Ride to Robert's" (17)
"Foxes in the Snow" (15)
"Crimson and Clay" (14)
"Gravelweed" (11)
27: "Gold in Your Pocket," Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms [Free Dirt, 11/2024] (134)
"He's Gone" (22)
"Faraway Skies" (16)
"Same Little Heart" (15)
"Gold In Your Pocket" (13)
"All About Love" (13)
"Too Far Gone" (11)
"Shame Shame Shame" (11)
27: "Oh What a Beautiful World," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 4/2025] (134)
"Oh What A Beautiful World" (33)
"Stuff That Works" (19)
"The Fly Boy & The Kid" (15)
"Still Learning How To Fly" (13)
"Banks Of The Old Bandera" (11)
30: "It Matters," C. Daniel Boling [Berkalin, 4/2025] (131)
"It Matters" (33)
"What Could Possibly Go Wrong" (18)
"Old Red Barn" (12)
"Hidey-Ho" (10)
30: "Some Kind of Truth," Kora Feder [Self, 3/2025] (131)
"Rambling Man" (33)
"Orange Tree" (19)
"Elementary Queen" (18)
"In a Young Person's Body" (12)
"Paragraphs" (11)
"Georgian Bay" (11)
"The Faraways" (10)
32: "The Woods Have Shown Us," Ponyfolk [Hestehus, 7/2025] (129)
"Sommer" (43)
"Shenandoah" (19)
"Soteroen" (12)
"Somewhere to" (11)
33: "Connected," Darryl Purpose [Self, 8/2025] (119)
"Feel What Our Hearts Feel" (20)
"Me & Robbie Erenberg" (19)
"Connected" (12)
"Costa Rica" (10)
33: "Saltwater Country," Grace Morrison [Nonesuch, 4/2025] (119)
"Gloria" (20)
"Cranberry Blossoms" (17)
"Beer in a Teacup" (14)
"Saltwater Country" (13)
"On My Way Massachusetts" (10)
35: "Beneath Your Skin," Kim Beggs [Self, 9/2024] (112)
"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)
36: "Suzy Sings Siebel, Volume One," Suzy Thompson [Self, 3/2025] (111)
"Louise" (22)
"Bride 1945" (16)
"The Ballad of Honest Sam" (15)
"Lose My Blues" (15)
"Nashville Again" (12)
37: "The America Chronicles," Kemp Harris [Righteous Mischief, 8/2025] (110)
"Goodnight America" (23)
"Don't You Hear Them America" (13)
"America/Border Song" (12)
"Ruthie's" (12)
"Tulsa" (11)
"Down" (11)
37: "Rituals," Watchhouse [Thirty Tigers, 3/2025] (110)
"All Around You" (28)
"Rituals" (19)
"Shape" (12)
"In The Sun" (10)
39: "Be Real," Chatham Rabbits [Self, 2/2025] (107)
"Big Fish, Small Pond" (24)
"Gas Money" (20)
"Collateral Damage" (14)
"Facing 29" (12)
"Matador" (10)
40: "Daggomit!," Max Wareham [Nine Athens, 2/2025] (106)
"Walking in Jerusalem" (18)
"Gone, Baby, Gone" (13)
"Lonesome Blues, I'm Coming Home" (10)
"Hard Times Are Far Behind" (10)
41: "Look to the Moon," Patty & Craig [Larrea, 8/2025] (105)
"Love, Surround Me" (25)
"Look To The Moon" (13)
"Night Full Of Promise" (11)
42: "Look Up," Ringo Starr [Lost Highway, 1/2025] (102)
"Look Up" (13)
42: "What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow," Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson [Nonesuch, 4/2025] (102)
"Rain Crow" (15)
"Old Joe Clark" (11)
"Hook and Line" (11)
44: "Drum School Dropout," Christine Lavin [Self, 1/2025] (101)
"The Best Summer" (41)
"Mercury & Mars" (13)
44: "Wide Open Spaces," Connie Kaldor [Coyote, 8/2025] (101)
"Wide Open Spaces" (13)
"Cowboys Still Live in Saskatchewan" (12)
"This Car" (11)
"Down The Road To Lonesome" (10)
46: "New Skin," Judy Kass [Self, 7/2025] (100)
"Thank the Stone" (16)
"Look at Us Marching Now" (15)
"Soothsayer" (12)
"At Our Best" (11)
"New Skin" (10)
47: "Glimmer," Carol Crittenden [Self, 1/2025] (99)
"Fields of Athenry" (21)
"Rise" (17)
"Wakened" (15)
"Into The Wind" (11)
48: "Songs Worth Saving," Suzie Brown [Mule Kick, 5/2025] (98)
"Mothers and Daughters" (20)
"Rising" (16)
"Songs Are My Tears" (13)
"Some Hearts" (12)
"Bigger Bite" (11)
48: "Woodland," Gillian Welch & David Rawlings [Acony, 8/2024] (98)
"Empty Trainload of Sky" (28)
"Hashtag" (12)
"What We Had" (10)
50: "Perfume Like a Full Moon," Ray Lambiase [Raytone, 6/2025] (97)
"Around the Horn" (21)
"Perfume Like A Full Moon" (14)
"Dylan Tattoo" (14)
"One for All" (10)
51: "I Made It This Far," Deborah Holland [Rage On, 3/2025] (95)
"Circling the Drain" (19)
"East Porpoise Bay" (11)
"Thankful" (11)
"Wildfires" (11)
52: "Dear Meadowlark," The Wildwoods [Self, 3/2025] (93)
"Hideaway" (16)
"Sweet Niobrara" (16)
"Meadowlark" (11)
"I Will Follow You to Willow" (11)
"Dear Stranger" (10)
52: "I'm From Here," Rob Siegel [Rural Electrification Mus, 3/2025] (93)
"Onward Through The Fog" (29)
"I Can't Wait" (25)
"I Dreamed I Said To Sisyphus" (16)
54: "The Monkey in the Crown," Hudost [Open Sesame, 3/2025] (91)
"Fire of Eden" (19)
"Sol Searcher" (13)
"Acting Out the Outrage" (10)
"Broken Down In America" (10)
55: "Paper Flowers," Tim O'Brien & Jan Fabricius [Howdy Skies, 6/2025] (89)
"Atchison" (17)
"Lonesome Armadillo" (15)
"Paper Flowers" (10)
"Blacktop Rag Mop" (10)
56: "Ride in the Light," Cindy Kallet [Sleepy Creek, 12/2024] (88)
"Letter to America" (28)
"Ride In The Light" (13)
"The Poet" (10)
"Standing Beside You" (10)
56: "Songs That Sing Me," Becky Buller [Dark Shadow, 8/2025] (88)
"Muddy Waters" (18)
"Ride On By" (15)
"Millworker" (14)
"A Hazy Shade Of Winter" (11)
58: "Earl Jam," Tony Trischka [Down The Road, 6/2024] (86)
"Brown's Ferry Blues" (20)
"Bury Me Beneath the Willow" (13)
"Lady Madonna" (11)
"Dooley" (11)
59: "The Chickadees," Dave & Kristi [Self, 6/2025] (85)
"All Are Welcome Here" (13)
"Outlaw Polka" (11)
"Truth or consequences" (11)
"King's Highway" (10)
59: "Dispatches: Songs From a World Gone Mad," Mark Rubin [Self, 5/2025] (85)
"Dog Whistle" (15)
"Goon With The Hammer" (12)
"Staying Put" (11)
59: "Unravel," Henhouse Prowlers [Dark Shadow, 3/2025] (85)
"Land of Confusion" (16)
"Palomino" (11)
62: "Trail of Flowers," Sierra Ferrell [Rounder, 4/2024] (84)
"American Dreaming" (20)
"Lighthouse" (15)
"I Could Drive You Crazy" (10)
"Fox Hunt" (10)
63: "The Time That Remains," Mike Ward [Self, 7/2025] (83)
"Why Not" (22)
"Instrument For Good" (19)
63: "We All Dream," Terry Kitchen [Urban Campfire, 5/2025] (83)
"We All Dream" (21)
"Rain Rain Rain" (14)
"Time Of The Season" (13)
65: "Been All Around This World," Special Consensus [Compass, 6/2025] (82)
"I've Been All Around This World" (25)
"Please Mr. Postman" (11)
66: "Fire & Honey," Wild Mountain Mystics [Blackbird, 7/2025] (80)
"All You Need Is Love" (16)
"If You Can Bluff" (12)
66: "LilyGild," Hilary Hawke with Reed Stutz [Adhyâropa, 2022] (80)
"All I've Ever Known" (17)
"Liza Jane" (14)
66: "Stay Put," Elexa Dawson [Moon Flower Sounds/Turns Out, 8/2025] (80)
"Baling Hay" (27)
"Roots Grow" (16)
"Where Have All the Flowers Gone" (13)
66: "We Were Wood," Barry Oreck & Friends [Self, 2/2025] (80)
"We Were Wood" (18)
"Build Me A City" (15)
"The Norris Dam" (11)
"Just Enough Pain" (10)
"Snake Bones" (10)
70: "Double Takes," Gordie Tentrees & Jaxon Haldane [Self, 4/2025] (79)
"Bygone Days" (17)
"Franklin" (12)
"Bobbi and Gus" (12)
"Nowhere Fast" (11)
70: "Room on the Porch," Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' [Concord, 5/2025] (79)
"Room On The Porch" (21)
"Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out" (13)
"My Darling My Dear" (11)
70: "Songs to a Wild God," Mallory Chipman [Tunnel Mountain, 9/2024] (79)
"Sing Me Home" (17)
"Big Sky Country" (16)
70: "Signs of Life," My Politic [Self, 6/2025] (79)
"Two In The Morning" (16)
"Will We Ever Make It Out Of Heaven Alive" (13)
74: "Hummingbird Highway," Dar Williams [Righteous Babe, 8/2025] (78)
"Hummingbird Highway" (25)
"Tu Sais Le Printemps" (18)
74: "Little Songs," Rrinaco [Rebel, 5/2025] (78)
"Get Along Somehow" (27)
74: "A Place Where Songs Come to Live," Vincent Cross [Self, 6/2025] (78)
"In The Eyes Of My Father" (15)
"Barefoot With The Blues" (11)
"Heart Of Hearts" (11)
77: "The American Dream," Amy Speace [Windbone, 9/2024] (77)
"The American Dream" (22)
77: "Lost & Found," Becki Davis [Self, 9/2025] (77)
"The Edge" (11)
"Find Our Way" (10)
79: "Crown of Roses," Patty Griffin [Thirty Tigers, 8/2025] (76)
"Back at the Start" (26)
"Way Up To The Sky" (14)
79: "Time & Materials," True North Duo [True North, 5/2025] (76)
"The Luthier" (12)
"Next Best Western" (12)
"'Til I Have You" (10)
"Still Life Café" (10)
81: "Better Than I Was," Sara Trunzo [Self, 6/2025] (75)
"In Your Mercy" (21)
"One Small Step" (18)
"Capricorn" (15)
"Taking My Power Back" (11)
81: "Dee From Decatur," Dee Robinson [Riverlark, 5/2025] (75)
"Carolina Breakdown" (10)
81: "Shelter From the Storms," Lennie Gallant [Gallant Effort, 7/2025] (75)
"Counting On Angels" (15)
"Sable Island Horses" (11)
84: "Exploding Star," Heather Maloney [Signature Sounds, 2/2025] (74)
"Exploding Star" (22)
85: "Shelby Means," Shelby Means [Self, 6/2025] (73)
"Streets of Boulder" (12)
"Suitcase Blues" (12)
86: "So Long Little Miss Sunshine," Molly Tuttle [Nonesuch, 8/2025] (72)
"That's Gonna Leave a Mark" (16)
"Everything Burns" (13)
87: "The Agonist," Leslie Jordan [Self, 6/2025] (71)
"The Agonist" (10)
"Truth or Consequence" (10)
88: "Highway Prayers," Billy Strings [Reprise, 10/2024] (70)
"Leaning on a Travelin' Song" (12)
88: "Hydra," Nuala Kennedy & Eamon O'Leary [Under The Arch, 11/2024] (70)
"Two Jigs" (12)
"The Dark-Eyed Sailor" (12)
"Willie-O" (9)
90: "Cruel Joke," Ken Pomeroy [Rounder, 5/2025] (69)
"Flannel Cowboy" (11)
"Rodeo Clown" (9)
90: "Homegrown," Cole Quest & the City Pickers [Jallopy, 7/2025] (69)
"Pastures of Plenty" (13)
"In Tall Buildings" (12)
"Where I'm From" (11)
90: "Paris," Louise Coombe [Zoe Cat, 3/2025] (69)
"Paris" (13)
"Brothers In Arms" (12)
90: "From China to Appalachia," Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian [Community, 7/2024] (69)
"August Flower" (11)
"Hold Each Other Up" (9)
"Mary Don't You Weep" (9)
94: "Alchymie," The Heart Collectors [Spins the Gold, 6/2025] (68)
"Shenandoah" (22)
"Carolina Mountains" (20)
"Alchymie" (18)
94: "Backstage Balladeer," Jefferson Ross [Self, 4/2025] (68)
"Let's Start a Cult" (9)
94: "You Climb the Mountain," The Onlies [Self, 8/2025] (68)
"You Climb The Mountain" (9)
"Gold Watch and Chain" (9)
"Roll On Buddy" (9)
94: "Other Voices, Other Rooms," Nanci Griffith [Elektra, 1995] (68)
"This Old Town" (7)
98: "The Black Dog & the Wandering Boy," James McMurtry [New West, 7/2025] (67)
"The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy" (16)
"The Color of Night" (9)
99: "Lost Dog," Olive Klug [Signature Sounds, 5/2025] (66)
"What To Make Of Me" (22)
"Taking Punches From The Breeze" (15)
"Train Of Thought" (10)
99: "Rising of the Bold," Merry Hell [Self, 1/2025] (66)
"Peace Can Be Louder Than War" (17)
"The Rising of the Bold" (9)
101: "Stone by Stone," Friction Farm [Self, 9/2025] (64)
"Louder Than Guns" (15)
"American Dream" (10)
"Stone By Stone" (10)
102: "In the Real World," Eric Bibb [Stony Plain, 10/2024] (63)
"Roll On Buddy" (10)
"Walk Steady On" (9)
103: "Oubliette," Jez Lowe [Tantobie, 7/2025] (62)
"A Message From A Mandolin" (11)
103: "The Way We Roll," Robert Thomas & the Sessionmen [Robert Thomas, 5/2025] (62)
"Kick the Can" (14)
"The Way We Roll" (10)
"A River Runs Through" (9)
"Springhill" (9)
105: "One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey," Maria Muldaur [Nola Blue, 7/2025] (61)
"Gotta Have What It Takes" (9)
"My Handy Man" (9)
"What Makes You Act Like That?" (8)
106: "Bluegrass Sings Paxton," Various Artists [Mountain Home, 9/2024] (60)
"You Took Me In," Tim O'Brien (10)
"I Can't Help But Wonder," Tom Paxton (9)
"The Last Thing On My Mind," Sister Sadie (8)
106: "Hear My Call," Cristina Vane [Blue Tip, 1/2025] (60)
"Hear My Call" (10)
"Storm Brewing" (8)
106: "Reverie," Amble [Warner, 6/2025] (60)
"Schoolyard Days" (8)
"Mariner Boy" (8)
106: "The Last Bough," Kyle Carey [Americelta, 9/2025] (60)
"The Last Bough" (17)
"Eden's Grief" (11)
106: "The Very Best Of Peter Paul and Mary," Peter Paiul and Mary [Warner, 2005] (60)
"Weave Me The Sunshine" (8)
111: "Deep Feeler," Liv Greene [Free Dirt, 6/2024] (59)
"Wild Geese" (20)
"Flowers" (10)
"Deep Feeler" (8)
"Halfway Out" (8)
111: "Ghosts," Mike Berman [Tanager Way, 4/2025] (59)
"There Were People Here" (22)
"Tryin' to Go Home" (9)
111: "Now Then," Robbie Fulks [Compass, 8/2025] (59)
"Poor and Sharp Witted" (11)
"Savannah Is A Devilish Girl" (10)
"Nobody Cares" (9)
111: "Old Growth," Brad Kolodner [Fenchurch, 6/2025] (59)
"Sadie At The Back Door" (10)
111: "A Complete Unknown," Timothée Chalamet [Columbia, 1/2025] (59)
"Mr. Tambourine Man" (5)
116: "Wildfire," House of Hamill [Self, 7/2024] (58)
"Wildfire" (8)
117: "If the Sky Fell," Michael Henchman [Pulse Nine, 1/2025] (57)
"If The Sky Fell" (10)
"On The Gulf" (8)
117: "No Bad Ideas," The Faux Paws [Great Bear, 4/2025] (57)
"Night" (17)
"Three Days in Cheyenne" (12)
117: "Squirrels," Jubal Lee Young [Tellico, 8/2025] (57)
"Squirrels" (12)
"Kind All the Time" (11)
"Weird" (9)
117: "Who We Are," Dan & Faith [Self, 11/2024] (57)
"My Name is George" (13)
"Se Llama Juanita" (8)
TOP SONGS of 2025
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 102112 plays from 3516 playlists from 135 Folk DJs
1. "Broken Truth" (91)
from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
2. "Looks Like The End Of The Road" (54)
from "Arcadia" (Alison Krauss & Union Station)
3. "Ain't That The Way" (53)
from "Porcelain Angel" (Rees Shad)
4. "Field of Stars" (50)
from "Field of Stars" (John McCutcheon)
5. "No Kings in America" (49)
from "No Kings in America" (Lisa Bastoni)
6. "Ancient Light" (47)
from "Wild & Clear & Blue" (I'm With Her)
6. "Grapes On The Vine" (47)
from "Best of Steve Gillette" (Steve Gillette)
6. "Woody's Landlord Revisited" (47)
from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
9. "Dark Night of the Soul" (46)
from "Dark Ages" (Eliza Gilkyson)
9. "Maybe New Mexico" (46)
from "Maybe New Mexico" (Helene Cronin)
11. "Find My Way to You" (45)
from "Wild & Clear & Blue" (I'm With Her)
12. "Sommer" (43)
from "The Woods Have Shown Us" (Ponyfolk)
13. "A Heart That Never Closes" (42)
from "Looking for the Thread" (Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart)
13. "Richmond On The James" (42)
from "Arcadia" (Alison Krauss & Union Station)
15. "The Best Summer" (41)
from "Drum School Dropout" (Christine Lavin)
15. "Old Friends" (41)
from "The Wind Will Change Again" (The Twangtown Paramours)
17. "Barbed Wire Boys" (39)
from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
17. "In the USA" (39)
from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
17. "In the West" (39)
from "In the West" (The Horsenecks)
20. "Piles of Sand" (38)
from "So Much I Still Don't See" (Sam Robbins)
20. "Someday We Won't Live Here Anymore" (38)
from "Time Out #3" (The Accidentals)
22. "Bow Down" (37)
from "Gold & Coal" (Cassie & Maggie)
22. "Wild and Clear and Blue" (37)
from "Wild & Clear & Blue" (I'm With Her)
24. "Bury Me" (36)
from "Foxes in the Snow" (Jason Isbell)
24. "Twilight" (36)
from "Alice Howe & Freebo Live" (Alice Howe & Freebo)
24. "Which Side Are You On?" (36)
from "Which Side Are You On?" (Artists for Action)
24. "The Wind Will Change Again" (36)
from "The Wind Will Change Again" (The Twangtown Paramours)
28. "Come Out Of My Blues" (35)
from "A Tip Toe High Wire" (Sierra Hull)
28. "Times Like These" (35)
from "Dark Ages" (Eliza Gilkyson)
28. "Woody and Pete" (35)
from "Woody & Pete" (Beppe Gambetta)
31. "Rambling Man" (34)
from "Some Kind of Truth" (Kora Feder)
32. "Blue Ridge Mountain Blues" (33)
from "All I Got & Gone" (Chris Walz)
32. "The Gold Rush is Over and I'm Moving On" (33)
from "Gold & Coal" (Cassie & Maggie)
32. "It Matters" (33)
from "It Matters" (C. Daniel Boling)
32. "No Kings Here" (33)
from "No Kings Here - Single" (Tom Paxton)
32. "Sincerely Yours No More" (33)
from "The Wind Will Change Again" (The Twangtown Paramours)
32. "Stars Without A Heaven" (33)
from "The Wind Will Change Again" (The Twangtown Paramours)
38. "Angel From Montgomery" (32)
from "Alice Howe & Freebo Live" (Alice Howe & Freebo)
38. "Fly Away" (32)
from "Time Out #3" (The Accidentals)
38. "Girl And Her Dog" (32)
from "Personal History" (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
38. "Home By Bearna" (32)
from "Burnished" (Amelia Hogan)
38. "Summer Skin" (32)
from "Summer Skin - single" (The Honey Badgers)
43. "Last of the Steam-Powered Trains" (31)
from "Remains to Be Scene" (The Seldom Scene)
43. "That Song About the River" (31)
from "Best of Steve Gillette" (Steve Gillette)
43. "Up in the Attic" (31)
from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
46. "Dark Ages" (30)
from "Dark Ages" (Eliza Gilkyson)
46. "Rolling in the Gold" (30)
from "Burnished" (Amelia Hogan)
48. "A Case of You" (29)
from "Alice Howe & Freebo Live" (Alice Howe & Freebo)
48. "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" (29)
from "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright - single" (Abbie Gardner)
48. "Empty Trainload of Sky" (29)
from "Woodland" (Gillian Welch & David Rawlings)
48. "Farewell Angelina" (29)
from "Remains to Be Scene" (The Seldom Scene)
48. "Granite Mills" (29)
from "Arcadia" (Alison Krauss & Union Station)
48. "Letter to America" (29)
from "Ride in the Light" (Cindy Kallet)
48. "Mists Of Ennistymon" (29)
from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
48. "Oklahoma Sunset" (29)
from "Reclamation" (Crys Matthews)
48. "Onward Through The Fog" (29)
from "I'm From Here" (Rob Siegel)
48. "The Wrong Way" (29)
from "Arcadia" (Alison Krauss & Union Station)
58. "All Around You" (28)
from "Rituals" (Watchhouse)
58. "Baling Hay" (28)
from "Stay Put" (Elexa Dawson)
58. "Better Than Me" (28)
from "Time Out #3" (The Accidentals)
58. "Get Along Somehow" (28)
from "Little Songs" (Rrinaco)
58. "Oh What A Beautiful World" (28)
from "Oh What a Beautiful World" (Willie Nelson)
58. "Pine Mountain High" (28)
from "Kentucky Queen" (Carla Gover)
58. "What A Little Love Can Do" (28)
from "So Much I Still Don't See" (Sam Robbins)
65. "Reach" (27)
from "Ride On By" (Becky Buller)
65. "Where We Come From" (27)
from "Past Lives" (Eli Lev)
67. "Alabama Bound" (26)
from "All I Got & Gone" (Chris Walz)
67. "Back at the Start" (26)
from "Crown of Roses" (Patty Griffin)
67. "Bitter Ender" (26)
from "Personal History" (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
67. "Cancel Culture" (26)
from "Reclamation" (Crys Matthews)
67. "Ever Lovin Need to Know" (26)
from "The Shape of a Sway" (Eli West)
67. "Gettin' Older" (26)
from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
67. "Goodnight America" (26)
from "The America Chronicles" (Kemp Harris)
67. "I Will Not Obey" (26)
from "I Will Not Obey - single" (Erin Inglish)
67. "Ms St. Louis" (26)
from "Field of Stars" (John McCutcheon)
TOP ARTISTS of 2025
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 102112 plays from 3516 playlists from 135 Folk DJs
1. John McCutcheon (521)
"Field of Stars" (315)
"Long Journey Home" (24)
"This Land: Woody Guthrie's America" (13)
"Sermon On The Mound" (13)
"Cabin Fever: Songs From The Quarantine" (12)
"John McCutcheon's Four Seasons: Wintersongs" (10)
"To Everyone in All the World: A Celebration of Pete Seeger" (10)
2. Tim Grimm (439)
"Bones of Trees" (361)
"The Little In-Between" (18)
3. Bob Dylan (436)
"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" (34)
"Blood On The Tracks" (27)
"Bob Dylan" (26)
"Bringing It All Back Home" (25)
"Highway 61 Revisited" (20)
"The Times They Are A-Changin'" (17)
"Love And Theft" (13)
"Nashville Skyline" (12)
"Blonde On Blonde" (11)
"Biograph" (10)
4. Mary Chapin Carpenter (393)
"Personal History" (164)
"Looking for the Thread" (147)
5. Eliza Gilkyson (344)
"Dark Ages" (201)
"Songs From The River Wind" (20)
"Home" (18)
"Land Of Milk And Honey" (15)
"Beautiful World" (11)
"Paradise Hotel" (10)
"Your Town Tonight" (10)
6. The Twangtown Paramours (305)
"The Wind Will Change Again" (300)
7. Alison Krauss & Union Station (300)
"Arcadia" (247)
8. Willie Nelson (295)
"Oh What a Beautiful World" (126)
"Last Leaf on the Tree" (35)
"Red Headed Stranger" (18)
"Workin' Man" (13)
9. Lucy Kaplansky (294)
"The Lucy Story - Unreleased & Rare Tracks" (205)
"Last Days of Summer" (24)
"The Tide" (13)
10. Crys Matthews (289)
"Reclamation" (221)
"Changemakers" (33)
"Sleeves Up" (24)
11. Pete Seeger (249)
"American Favorite Ballads, Vols. 1-5" (30)
"The Smithsonian Folkways Collection" (17)
"The Essential Pete Seeger" (10)
"Live In '65" (10)
12. I'm With Her (246)
"Wild & Clear & Blue" (223)
"See You Around" (10)
13. John Prine (234)
"John Prine" (43)
"The Tree Of Forgiveness" (38)
"Fair And Square" (19)
"Lost Dogs & Mixed Blessings" (13)
"The Missing Years" (13)
14. Peter, Paul & Mary (233)
"Peter, Paul And Mary" (27)
"Around The Campfire" (25)
"Carry It On" (21)
"In The Wind" (15)
"Lifelines" (14)
"Moving" (14)
"Album 1700" (11)
15. Alice Howe & Freebo (230)
"Alice Howe & Freebo Live" (230)
15. Nanci Griffith (230)
"Other Voices, Other Rooms" (40)
"Other Voices Too" (28)
"Once in a Very Blue Moon" (14)
"The MCA Years - A Retrospective" (13)
"Clock Without Hands" (11)
"Lone Star State Of Mind" (11)
"Flyer" (10)
"The Last Of The True Believers" (10)
"The Loving Kind" (10)
17. Chris Walz (215)
"All I Got & Gone" (210)
18. Cassie & Maggie (210)
"Gold & Coal" (197)
19. Steve Gillette (208)
"Best of Steve Gillette" (187)
20. Helene Cronin (207)
"Maybe New Mexico" (202)
21. Guy Clark (204)
"Looking for the Words: Live at U of H Coffee House" (32)
"Dublin Blues" (21)
"Tell It To The Wind" (17)
"Truly Handmade, Vol. 1" (17)
"Old Friends" (12)
"Keepers" (11)
"Old No. 1" (11)
21. Joni Mitchell (204)
"Blue" (36)
"Ladies Of The Canyon" (24)
"Court and Spark" (19)
"Hits" (19)
"Clouds" (16)
23. Sam Robbins (201)
"So Much I Still Don't See" (188)
24. Sierra Hull (198)
"A Tip Toe High Wire" (170)
25. The Accidentals (195)
"Time Out #3" (178)
"Time Out Session 1" (10)
26. Tom Paxton (187)
"No Kings Here - Single" (31)
"The Best of Tom Paxton" (15)
"Looking For The Moon" (15)
"Peace Will Come" (14)
27. Tom Prasada-Rao (186)
"Beautiful You: The Songs of Tom Prasada-Rao" (136)
28. Joan Baez (184)
"Joan Baez - Greatest Hits" (15)
"The Best of Joan Baez" (14)
"Ring Them Bells" (13)
"Whistle Down The Wind" (12)
28. The Seldom Scene (184)
"Remains to Be Scene" (143)
30. Dar Williams (181)
"Hummingbird Highway" (78)
"Mortal City" (13)
"The Beauty Of The Rain" (11)
"The Honesty Room" (11)
"End Of The Summer" (10)
31. John Gorka (173)
"Unentitled" (32)
"True In Time" (22)
"Bright Side Of Down" (12)
"I Know" (10)
"Jack's Crows" (10)
"Out Of The Valley" (10)
32. Woody Guthrie (170)
"Woody At Home - Vol 1 + 2" (26)
"My Dusty Road" (16)
"Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection" (15)
"Dust Bowl Ballads" (13)
"This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1" (11)
33. Becky Buller (169)
"Songs That Sing Me" (88)
"Ride On By" (18)
"Long Journey Home" (17)
"Jubilee" (14)
"Cover Project" (10)
"Distance And Time" (10)
34. Amelia Hogan (167)
"Burnished" (148)
"Taking Flight" (14)
35. C. Daniel Boling (166)
"It Matters" (105)
"Love, Dan" (39)
35. Rees Shad (166)
"Porcelain Angel" (147)
37. David Mallett (164)
"Parallel Lives" (26)
"Greenin' Up" (24)
"Celebration" (13)
"Midnight On The Water" (12)
"Inches And Miles" (11)
"This Town" (11)
"David Mallett" (10)
38. Eli West (161)
"The Shape of a Sway" (154)
39. Christine Lavin (156)
"Drum School Dropout" (99)
40. Connie Kaldor (152)
"Wide Open Spaces" (100)
"Keep Going" (15)
40. Bruce Springsteen (152)
"Tracks II: The Lost Albums" (20)
"We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions" (15)
"Land Of Hope & Dreams" (12)
"Nebraska" (12)
42. The Horsenecks (147)
"In the West" (142)
43. Jason Isbell (144)
"Foxes in the Snow" (134)
44. Darryl Purpose (143)
"Connected" (115)
45. Cosy Sheridan (141)
"Grand Design" (42)
"The Breathing Room" (27)
"Here's The Rain - single" (14)
45. Molly Tuttle (141)
"So Long Little Miss Sunshine" (72)
"Long Journey Home" (22)
"When You're Ready" (18)
"Rise" (11)
47. Gordon Lightfoot (140)
"Gord's Gold" (31)
"The United Artists Collection" (17)
"Songbook" (14)
"Sit Down Young Stranger" (10)
48. Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms (139)
"Gold in Your Pocket" (132)
48. Carla Gover (139)
"Kentucky Queen" (138)
50. Kora Feder (137)
"Some Kind of Truth" (131)
51. Billy Strings (136)
"Highway Prayers" (69)
"Me/And/Dad" (29)
"Renewal" (12)
51. Tim O'Brien (136)
"Long Journey Home" (27)
"Red On Blonde" (17)
"The Crossing" (16)
"Where The River Meets The Road" (13)
"Bluegrass Sings Paxton" (10)
53. The Band (135)
"The Band" (47)
"Music From Big Pink" (25)
54. Stan Rogers (130)
"The Very Best Of Stan Rogers" (29)
"Northwest Passage" (18)
"From Fresh Water" (15)
"Between The Breaks...Live!" (14)
"Home In Halifax" (13)
54. Tom Rush (130)
"Gardens Old, Flowers New" (49)
"The Circle Game" (16)
"Blues, Songs and Ballads" (11)
56. Ray Lambiase (128)
"Perfume Like a Full Moon" (97)
"The Road Ahead" (12)
57. Judy Collins (127)
"Forever - An Anthology" (12)
"The Very Best of Judy Collins" (12)
57. Ponyfolk (127)
"The Woods Have Shown Us" (127)
59. Grace Morrison (125)
"Saltwater Country" (119)
60. Emmylou Harris (124)
"Roses In The Snow" (12)
"Wrecking Ball" (12)
"Red Dirt Girl" (10)
61. Carrie Newcomer (123)
"A Great Wild Mercy" (25)
"Until Now" (22)
"The Beautiful Not Yet" (12)
"Before And After" (10)
62. Emma's Revolution (122)
"Hope" (33)
"You Are Not God - single" (20)
"One" (13)
"Rooted" (12)
"We Are The Power - single" (12)
"Roots, Rock And Revolution" (11)
62. Tony Trischka (122)
"Earl Jam" (80)
"Territory" (12)
64. Kim Beggs (119)
"Beneath Your Skin" (112)
64. Phil Ochs (119)
"All The News That's Fit To Sing" (35)
"Farewells And Fantasies" (11)
"There But For Fortune" (11)
"Phil Ochs In Concert" (10)
66. Janis Ian (118)
"The Light At The End Of The Line" (39)
"The Essential Janis Ian" (10)
"God & The FBI" (10)
67. Susan Werner (117)
"Halfway to Houston" (24)
"Gospel Truth" (13)
"Hayseed" (10)
67. Watchhouse (117)
"Rituals" (105)
69. Kemp Harris (116)
"The America Chronicles" (109)
70. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings (115)
"Woodland" (93)
70. Joe Jencks (115)
"The Coming of the Years" (28)
"The Forgotten" (15)
"Poets, Philosophers Workers & Wanderers" (14)
"The Candle And The Flame" (11)
"Links In A Chain" (10)
"Rise As One" (10)
70. Patty Griffin (115)
"Crown of Roses" (76)
"Children Running Through" (10)
70. Suzy Thompson (115)
"Suzy Sings Siebel, Volume One" (104)
74. Mike Ward (113)
"The Time That Remains" (79)
"Still Troubled" (20)
75. Special Consensus (111)
"Been All Around This World" (74)
"Chicago Barn Dance" (11)
"Great Blue North" (10)
76. Deborah Holland (109)
"I Made It This Far" (95)
77. Cheryl Wheeler (108)
"Driving Home" (29)
"Sylvia Hotel" (26)
"Defying Gravity" (13)
"Greetings From Cheryl Wheeler Live" (10)
77. Greg Brown (108)
"If I Had Known: Essential Recordings, 1980-1996" (15)
77. Peggy Seeger (108)
"Teleology" (30)
"First Farewell" (23)
77. Tom Russell (108)
"Modern Art" (9)
81. Henhouse Prowlers (107)
"Unravel" (82)
"Lead & Iron" (17)
81. Suzie Brown (107)
"Songs Worth Saving" (98)
83. Charley Crockett (106)
"Lonesome Drifter" (49)
"Dollar a Day" (35)
84. Chatham Rabbits (105)
"Be Real" (105)
84. Max Wareham (105)
"Daggomit!" (104)
84. Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian (105)
"From China to Appalachia" (63)
84. Sierra Ferrell (105)
"Trail of Flowers" (84)
"Long Time Coming" (12)
88. Patty & Craig (104)
"Look to the Moon" (104)
88. Steve Goodman (104)
"No Big Surprise: The Steve Goodman Anthology" (20)
"Affordable Art" (10)
"The Easter Tapes" (10)
90. David Francey (103)
"maps" (24)
"The Broken Heart Of Everything" (15)
"Torn Screen Door" (14)
90. Ellis Paul (103)
"The Storyteller's Suitcase" (19)
"55" (11)
"Chasing Beauty" (10)
"The Day After Everything Changed" (10)
90. Eric Bibb (103)
"In the Real World" (63)
90. Sarah Jarosz (103)
"Polaroid Lovers" (49)
"Follow Me Down" (19)
"Song Up In Her Head" (10)
94. Beppe Gambetta (102)
"Terra Madre" (47)
"Woody & Pete" (34)
94. Judy Kass (102)
"New Skin" (100)
96. Richard Thompson (101)
"Acoustic Classics II" (11)
"Ship to Shore" (10)
97. The Beatles (100)
"The Beatles (White Album)" (12)
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (11)
97. Cindy Kallet (100)
"Ride in the Light" (77)
97. Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson (100)
"What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow" (98)
100. Kate Wolf (99)
"Close To You" (17)
"Give Yourself to Love" (15)
"Weaver Of Visions" (13)
100. Tom Lehrer (99)
"That Was the Year That Was" (31)
"The Remains of Tom Lehrer" (19)
"Songs And More Songs By Tom Lehrer" (15)
102. Carol Crittenden (98)
"Glimmer" (98)
102. Colleen Kattau (98)
"This Hen's Gonna Crow" (49)
"Besos Kisses" (18)
"Inhabited Woman" (13)
"Deportee - single" (12)
102. Joel Mabus (98)
"Lonesome Road" (27)
"Golden Willow Tree" (10)
102. Rhiannon Giddens (98)
"Freedom Highway" (28)
"Tomorrow Is My Turn" (12)
"You're the One" (11)
106. Chuck Brodsky (96)
"Gravity, Wings, & Heavy Things" (19)
"The Baseball Ballads" (11)
"Letters In The Dirt" (11)
106. Rob Siegel (96)
"I'm From Here" (92)
106. Terry Kitchen (96)
"We All Dream" (83)
106. The Wildwoods (96)
"Dear Meadowlark" (93)
110. Hudost (95)
"The Monkey in the Crown" (91)
110. Robbie Fulks (95)
"Now Then" (57)
"Bluegrass Vacation" (12)
"Upland Stories" (12)
112. Guy Davis (94)
"The Legend of Sugarbelly" (46)
"Be Ready When I Call You" (10)
112. Iris DeMent (94)
"Infamous Angel" (29)
"Workin' on a World" (20)
"The Way I Should" (14)
112. James McMurtry (94)
"The Black Dog & the Wandering Boy" (67)
112. Simon & Garfunkel (94)
"The Best of Simon & Garfunkel" (11)
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" (10)
116. Doc Watson (93)
"The Essential Doc Watson" (13)
116. Tim O'Brien & Jan Fabricius (93)
"Paper Flowers" (89)
118. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway (92)
"Into the Wild" (41)
"Crooked Tree" (28)
"City of Gold" (19)
119. Johnny Cash (91)
"The Essential Johnny Cash" (11)
119. The Wailin' Jennys (91)
"Fifteen" (23)
"40 Days" (22)
"Live At The Mauch Chunk Opera House" (20)
"Firecracker" (13)
"Bright Morning Stars" (10)
121. Bruce Cockburn (90)
"O Sun O Moon" (12)
121. Laurie Lewis (90)
"Trees" (45)
123. Le Vent Du Nord (89)
"Voisinages" (46)
"20 Printemps" (18)
124. Heather Maloney (88)
"Exploding Star" (74)
124. Mark Rubin (88)
"Dispatches: Songs From a World Gone Mad" (67)
124. Richard Shindell (88)
"South Of Delia" (15)
"Blue Divide" (10)
127. Limeliters (87/122)
"Until We Can't Sing Anymore" (26)
"Until We Get It Right" (17)
"The Limeliters" (15)
127. Dave & Kristi (87)
"The Chickadees" (85)
127. Elexa Dawson (87)
"Stay Put" (79)
130. Amy Speace (86)
"The American Dream" (56)
130. The Heart Collectors (86)
"Alchymie" (67)
"The Space Between" (12)
130. Maria Muldaur (86)
"One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey" (60)
133. Joe Crookston (85)
"Able Baker Charlie And Dog" (24)
"Darkling & The Bluebird Jubilee" (17)
"Nine Becomes One Chapter 7 (Time Become)" (15)
"Fall Down As The Rain" (10)
133. Muireann Bradley (85)
"I Kept These Old Blues" (48)
"Don't Think Twice, It's Alright - single" (13)
135. James Taylor (84)
"Sweet Baby James" (20)
135. Rory Block (84)
"Heavy on the Blues" (55)
137. Anne Hills (83)
"Every Town" (35)
137. Hilary Hawke with Reed Stutz (83)
"LilyGild" (80)
137. Jefferson Ross (83)
"Backstage Balladeer" (68)
137. Lennie Gallant (83)
"Shelter From the Storms" (74)
137. Mallory Chipman (83)
"Songs to a Wild God" (79)
137. Vincent Cross (83)
"A Place Where Songs Come to Live" (77)
137. Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer (83)
"Drum Hat Buddha" (25)
"Tanglewood Tree" (22)
"When I Go" (13)
"Seven Is The Number" (10)
144. Van Morrison (82)
"Remembering Now" (28)
145. Abbie Gardner (81)
"Don't Think Twice, It's Alright - single" (49)
"Dobrosinger" (13)
145. Hayes Carll (81)
"We're Only Human" (56)
147. John Hartford (80)
"Gum Tree Canoe" (12)
"Aereo-Plain" (10)
147. Wild Mountain Mystics (80)
"Fire & Honey" (79)
149. Bill Staines (79)
"The Whistle Of The Jay" (14)
"The First Million Miles" (10)
149. The Onlies (79)
"You Climb the Mountain" (68)
149. Sara Trunzo (79)
"Better Than I Was" (75)
TOP LABELS of 2025
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 102112 plays from 3516 playlists from 135 Folk DJs
1. Rounder (1837)
2. Smithsonian/Folkways (1312)
3. Compass (1217)
4. Columbia (1196)
5. Red House (800)
6. Thirty Tigers (797)
7. Nonesuch (706)
8. Signature Sounds (700)
9. Warner (551)
10. Sugar Hill (517)
11. Legacy (485)
12. Rhino (471)
13. Elektra (454)
14. Appleseed (425)
15. New West (418)
16. Borealis (396)
17. Reprise (386)
18. Free Dirt (372)
19. Vanguard (365)
20. Philo (357)
21. Capitol (354)
22. Vault (351)
23. Appalseed (288)
24. Appalsongs (285)
25. Yep Roc (279)
26. Flying Fish (277)
27. Pinecastle (273)
28. Down The Road (258)
29. Dark Shadow (254)
30. Rebel (253)
31. RCA (252)
32. Berkalin (251)
33. Inside Edge (250)
34. Oh Boy (235)
35. Sony (230)
36. Green Linnet (224)
37. Alligator (219)
38. Waterbug (208)
39. True North (198)
40. Atlantic (197)
40. Mercury (197)
42. Nine Athens (184)
43. Topic (181)
44. Acony (179)
45. Stony Plain (176)
46. Riverlark (172)
47. Lambent Light (168)
47. Righteous Babe (168)
49. Concord (166)
50. Know Howe (162)
51. Lucyricky (157)
52. Island (156)
53. Bear Family (152)
54. BMG (149)
54. Fantasy (149)
56. Shanachie (147)
57. Dualtone (145)
58. Realiza (144)
59. Greentrax (132)
60. Adhyâropa (131)
61. Redbird (130)
62. Shadville (128)
63. Arhoolie (125)
64. Howdy Skies (120)
65. Tiki Parlour (119)
66. Lost Highway (117)
67. Hudson Harding (112)
67. Mountain Home (112)
69. Tender and Mild (111)
70. Mountain Fever (107)
71. Coyote (106)
72. Hestehus (104)
72. Strictly Country (104)
74. Jalopy (103)
75. Hightone (101)
75. Mule Kick (101)
77. MCA (100)
78. Blue Corn (95)
78. Community (95)
80. Howlin' Dog (94)
81. Folk-Legacy (90)
82. Proper (88)
83. Raytone (86)
83. Verve (86)
85. Nettwerk (85)
85. Razor & Tie (85)
87. Urban Campfire (84)
88. Larrea (81)
89. Fossil (80)
90. Cooking Vinyl (79)
90. Laker (79)
90. Turtle Bear (79)
93. Acoustic Disc (78)
94. Truly Handmade (77)
94. Windbone (77)
96. Dead Reckoning (75)
97. Bell Buckle (74)
97. Blix Street (74)
99. Open Sesame (73)
99. Tompkins Square (73)
99. Wind River (73)
FOLK DJs - 2025
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 102112 plays from 3516 playlists from 135 Folk DJs
Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
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 (KORA-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)
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)
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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