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 110677 plays from 3805 playlists from 137 Folk DJs
1: "Bones of Trees," Tim Grimm [Vault, 3/2025] (379)
"Broken Truth" (100)
"Woody's Landlord Revisited" (48)
"In the USA" (41)
"Barbed Wire Boys" (39)
"Up in the Attic" (30)
"Mists Of Ennistymon" (30)
"Gettin' Older" (27)
"Hunting Shack" (23)
"Bow and Arrow" (18)
"Hadley's Banjo" (18)
2: "Field of Stars," John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 1/2025] (330)
"Field of Stars" (58)
"Ms St. Louis" (26)
"Here" (26)
"Too Old To Die Young" (24)
"At the End of the Day" (24)
"Hell & High Water" (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] (306)
"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" (10)
4: "Arcadia," Alison Krauss & Union Station [Down The Road, 2/2025] (282)
"Looks Like The End Of The Road" (53)
"Richmond On The James" (42)
"The Wrong Way" (31)
"Granite Mills" (28)
"One Ray Of Shine" (24)
"There's A Light Up Ahead" (21)
"Forever" (20)
"North Side Gal" (20)
5: "Long Journey Home," Various Artists [Appalsongs, 9/2025] (239)
"I've Always Been a Rambler," Molly Tuttle (37)
"900 Miles," Tim O'Brien (26)
"Cuckoo," John McCutcheon (23)
"House Carpenter," Jake Blount (21)
"Rocky Road to Dinah's House," Becky Buller (17)
"What You Gonna Do With The Baby," Old Crow Medicine Show (17)
"Hickman's Rag," Cathy & Marcy's Old Time Coalition (13)
"Don't Let Your Deal Go Down," Sparky & Rhonda Rucker (12)
"Cluck Old Hen," Tray Wellington & Victor Furtado (11)
"Old Molly Hare," Tim O'Brien (11)
6: "Wild & Clear & Blue," I'm With Her [Rounder, 3/2025] (237)
"Ancient Light" (48)
"Find My Way to You" (46)
"Wild and Clear and Blue" (41)
"Different Rocks, Different Hills" (18)
"Standing on the Fault Line" (18)
"Mother Eagle" (17)
"Year After Year" (15)
"Only Daughter" (11)
"Rhododendron" (11)
7: "Alice Howe & Freebo Live," Alice Howe & Freebo [Know Howe, 2/2025] (232)
"Twilight" (35)
"Angel From Montgomery" (34)
"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)
8: "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)
9: "Gold & Coal," Cassie & Maggie [Self, 5/2025] (218)
"Bow Down" (41)
"The Gold Rush is Over and I'm Moving On" (34)
"Nancy" (27)
"The Big Hewer" (22)
"Robert Frost" (20)
"Fool's Gold" (16)
"I Long To Return" (15)
"The Old Miner" (15)
"Dear Imogene" (13)
10: "All I Got & Gone," Chris Walz [Self, 3/2025] (216)
"Blue Ridge Mountain Blues" (34)
"Hard Times Come Again No More" (26)
"Alabama Bound" (26)
"Been All Around This World" (23)
"Going Across the Sea" (19)
"Diamond Joe" (16)
"Spanish Fandango" (15)
"Delia" (15)
"One Dime Blues" (14)
"See See Rider" (13)
"The Coo Coo" (12)
11: "The Lucy Story - Unreleased & Rare Tracks," Lucy Kaplansky [Lucyricky, 1/2025] (212)
"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" (12)
"No Place to Fall" (11)
"Carey" (11)
"Diamond in the Rough" (10)
12: "Dark Ages," Eliza Gilkyson [Realiza Records, 5/2025] (209)
"Dark Night of the Soul" (48)
"Times Like These" (37)
"Dark Ages" (31)
"Impossible Dreams" (23)
"10,000 Things" (21)
"Song to You" (15)
"Holy" (10)
13: "Maybe New Mexico," Helene Cronin [Self, 3/2025] (205)
"Maybe New Mexico" (47)
"Copperhill" (25)
"Maker's Mark" (22)
"People" (16)
"Power Lines" (14)
"Visitors" (14)
"God Stopped By" (13)
"Not the Year" (12)
"Rifleman" (12)
"Dear Life" (11)
"Switzerland" (11)
14: "So Much I Still Don't See," Sam Robbins [Nine Athens, 3/2025] (199)
"Piles of Sand" (38)
"What A Little Love Can Do" (30)
"The Real Thing" (25)
"So Much I Still Don't See" (23)
"I Will" (20)
"Ride With Me" (19)
"People Gonna Talk" (18)
"All So Important" (14)
"Live Them In Love" (10)
15: "Time Out #3," The Accidentals [Self, 7/2025] (189)
"Someday We Won't Live Here Anymore" (36)
"Fly Away" (32)
"Better Than Me" (30)
"Too Good To Be True" (28)
"Second Time Around" (13)
"Break Free" (13)
"What a Waste" (11)
"Kevin at the End of the World" (10)
16: "Best of Steve Gillette," Steve Gillette [Compass, 6/2025] (188)
"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)
17: "A Tip Toe High Wire," Sierra Hull [Self, 3/2025] (174)
"Come Out Of My Blues" (33)
"Muddy Water" (23)
"Boom" (23)
"Truth Be Told" (22)
"Let's Go" (16)
"Haven Hill" (15)
"E Tune" (12)
"Redbird" (11)
"Spitfire" (11)
18: "Personal History," Mary Chapin Carpenter [Thirty Tigers, 5/2025] (169)
"Girl And Her Dog" (33)
"Bitter Ender" (26)
"Home Is A Song" (23)
"The Saving Things" (14)
"Paint + Turpentine" (13)
"The Night We Never Met" (12)
"New Religion" (12)
"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] (159)
"Ever Lovin Need to Know" (26)
"All the Saints" (23)
"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" (14)
"Thanks and Sorry" (12)
"Gentleman's Bulldog" (10)
21: "Porcelain Angel," Rees Shad [Shadville, 3/2025] (157)
"Ain't That The Way" (54)
"Great Big World" (21)
"Isn't It a Lovely Day" (18)
"Porcelain Angel" (16)
"Brighter Daze" (11)
"Thumbing The Scales" (10)
22: "Burnished," Amelia Hogan [Self, 3/2025] (156)
"Home By Bearna" (32)
"Rolling in the Gold" (30)
"Blue Is The Eye" (17)
"Patriot Game" (10)
"The Laverock Sang" (10)
23: "In the West," The Horsenecks [Tiki Parlour, 5/2025] (151)
"In the West" (42)
"Baker City Blues" (20)
"Trouble on the Mainline" (15)
"I Will Arise" (12)
"Little Old Sod Shanty" (12)
"Good Times Gone" (11)
24: "Kentucky Queen," Carla Gover [Redbird, 7/2025] (148)
"Pine Mountain High" (28)
"Raise a Little Cane" (19)
"Kentucky Queen" (17)
"Hug More Necks" (16)
"Pretty Little Snake" (15)
"Angels Gather Round" (14)
"Crazy Love" (12)
25: "Remains to Be Scene," The Seldom Scene [Smithsonian/Folkways, 1/2025] (146)
"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)
26: "Beautiful You: The Songs of Tom Prasada-Rao," Tom Prasada-Rao [Self, 6/2025] (145)
"Beautiful You" (20)
"$20 Bill" (15)
"Out of the Darkness" (15)
"That's What Love Can Do" (12)
26: "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: "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)
28: "Gold in Your Pocket," Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms [Free Dirt, 11/2024] (136)
"He's Gone" (22)
"Faraway Skies" (17)
"Same Little Heart" (15)
"Gold In Your Pocket" (14)
"All About Love" (12)
"Too Far Gone" (11)
"Shame Shame Shame" (11)
28: "The Woods Have Shown Us," Ponyfolk [Hestehus, 7/2025] (136)
"Sommer" (43)
"Shenandoah" (19)
"Soteroen" (13)
"Somewhere to" (12)
31: "It Matters," C. Daniel Boling [Berkalin, 4/2025] (135)
"It Matters" (33)
"What Could Possibly Go Wrong" (18)
"Old Red Barn" (12)
"Hidey-Ho" (10)
31: "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)
33: "Wide Open Spaces," Connie Kaldor [Coyote, 8/2025] (128)
"Wide Open Spaces" (16)
"Cowboys Still Live in Saskatchewan" (14)
"Outlaw" (13)
"Hitched Together" (12)
"This Car" (12)
"Down The Road To Lonesome" (12)
"Raining On The Farm" (11)
34: "Connected," Darryl Purpose [Self, 8/2025] (127)
"Feel What Our Hearts Feel" (22)
"Me & Robbie Erenberg" (19)
"Connected" (14)
"Costa Rica" (11)
35: "The America Chronicles," Kemp Harris [Righteous Mischief, 8/2025] (121)
"Goodnight America" (28)
"Don't You Hear Them America" (14)
"America/Border Song" (13)
"Ruthie's" (13)
"Tulsa" (11)
"Down" (11)
"This is America, Right" (10)
"Standing Your Ground" (10)
35: "Look to the Moon," Patty & Craig [Larrea, 8/2025] (121)
"Love, Surround Me" (29)
"Look To The Moon" (16)
"Night Full Of Promise" (11)
"Bad Moon Rising" (11)
"Agave Moon" (10)
35: "Saltwater Country," Grace Morrison [Nonesuch, 4/2025] (121)
"Gloria" (20)
"Cranberry Blossoms" (17)
"Beer in a Teacup" (15)
"Saltwater Country" (13)
"On My Way Massachusetts" (10)
38: "Rituals," Watchhouse [Thirty Tigers, 3/2025] (117)
"All Around You" (29)
"Rituals" (19)
"Shape" (13)
"In The Sun" (10)
39: "Beneath Your Skin," Kim Beggs [Self, 9/2024] (113)
"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)
39: "Suzy Sings Siebel, Volume One," Suzy Thompson [Self, 3/2025] (113)
"Louise" (22)
"Bride 1945" (16)
"The Ballad of Honest Sam" (15)
"Lose My Blues" (15)
"Nashville Again" (13)
41: "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)
41: "Drum School Dropout," Christine Lavin [Self, 1/2025] (109)
"The Best Summer" (41)
"Mercury & Mars" (14)
"A Smack of Jellyfish" (10)
43: "Daggomit!," Max Wareham [Nine Athens, 2/2025] (108)
"Walking in Jerusalem" (18)
"Gone, Baby, Gone" (13)
"Hard Times Are Far Behind" (11)
"Lonesome Blues, I'm Coming Home" (10)
44: "New Skin," Judy Kass [Self, 7/2025] (104)
"Look at Us Marching Now" (17)
"Thank the Stone" (16)
"Soothsayer" (13)
"At Our Best" (11)
"New Skin" (11)
44: "Voisinages," Le Vent Du Nord [La Compagnie du Nord, 10/2025] (104)
"Par-Dessus Le Pont" (18)
"Le Pari de Jeanne" (13)
"L'acadie" (11)
"Du Nord au Sud" (10)
44: "What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow," Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson [Nonesuch, 4/2025] (104)
"Rain Crow" (17)
"Old Joe Clark" (11)
"Hook and Line" (11)
47: "Look Up," Ringo Starr [Lost Highway, 1/2025] (102)
"Look Up" (13)
47: "Shelter From the Storms," Lennie Gallant [Gallant Effort, 7/2025] (102)
"Counting on Angels" (20)
"Old Friends" (15)
"Sable Island Horses" (12)
"Shelter From the Storms" (11)
49: "The Agonist," Leslie Jordan [Self, 6/2025] (101)
"All Things" (14)
"The Agonist" (13)
"Truth or Consequence" (13)
"Golden Gate" (11)
"Madonna of Sierra Madre" (11)
"Athensville" (11)
"Loved Me for a Little While" (10)
"The Fight" (10)
49: "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)
49: "Stay Put," Elexa Dawson [Moon Flower Sounds/Turns Out, 8/2025] (101)
"Baling Hay" (29)
"Roots Grow" (19)
"Where Have All the Flowers Gone" (17)
"Stay Put" (12)
"Man Mountain" (11)
52: "Glimmer," Carol Crittenden [Self, 1/2025] (100)
"Fields of Athenry" (21)
"Rise" (18)
"Wakened" (15)
"Into The Wind" (11)
53: "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)
54: "Woodland," Gillian Welch & David Rawlings [Acony, 8/2024] (98)
"Empty Trainload of Sky" (28)
"Hashtag" (12)
"What We Had" (10)
55: "Songs That Sing Me," Becky Buller [Dark Shadow, 8/2025] (97)
"Muddy Waters" (18)
"Millworker" (18)
"Ride On By" (15)
"A Hazy Shade Of Winter" (13)
55: "You Climb the Mountain," The Onlies [Self, 8/2025] (97)
"Gold Watch and Chain" (17)
"Roll On Buddy" (11)
"You Climb The Mountain" (10)
57: "Bones of Better Days," The Whispering Tree [Eyelash Soup, 10/2025] (96)
"Bones of Better Days" (26)
"By My Side" (19)
"Born Again" (15)
"Find A Man" (12)
58: "I Made It This Far," Deborah Holland [Rage On, 3/2025] (95)
"Circling the Drain" (19)
"East Porpoise Bay" (11)
"Thankful" (11)
"Wildfires" (11)
58: "Lost & Found," Becki Davis [Self, 9/2025] (95)
"The Edge" (12)
"Find Our Way" (12)
"Burn" (10)
60: "I'm From Here," Rob Siegel [Rural Electrification Mus, 3/2025] (94)
"Onward Through The Fog" (29)
"I Can't Wait" (26)
"I Dreamed I Said To Sisyphus" (16)
61: "Been All Around This World," Special Consensus [Compass, 6/2025] (93)
"I've Been All Around This World" (27)
"Please Mr. Postman" (12)
"King Of The Road" (11)
61: "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)
61: "We All Dream," Terry Kitchen [Urban Campfire, 5/2025] (93)
"We All Dream" (22)
"Rain Rain Rain" (15)
"Time Of The Season" (14)
"Loretta's Icebox" (10)
64: "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)
65: "The Chickadees," Dave & Kristi [Self, 6/2025] (91)
"Outlaw Polka" (13)
"All Are Welcome Here" (13)
"Truth or consequences" (12)
"King's Highway" (10)
65: "Paper Flowers," Tim O'Brien & Jan Fabricius [Howdy Skies, 6/2025] (91)
"Atchison" (17)
"Lonesome Armadillo" (15)
"Paper Flowers" (11)
"Blacktop Rag Mop" (10)
65: "Unravel," Henhouse Prowlers [Dark Shadow, 3/2025] (91)
"Land of Confusion" (16)
"Palomino" (11)
"Line the Avenues" (11)
68: "Hummingbird Highway," Dar Williams [Righteous Babe, 8/2025] (90)
"Hummingbird Highway" (25)
"Tu Sais Le Printemps" (19)
68: "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)
70: "Dispatches: Songs From a World Gone Mad," Mark Rubin [Self, 5/2025] (88)
"Dog Whistle" (18)
"Goon With The Hammer" (12)
"Staying Put" (11)
70: "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)
72: "The Time That Remains," Mike Ward [Self, 7/2025] (87)
"Why Not" (22)
"Instrument For Good" (21)
72: "Stone by Stone," Friction Farm [Self, 9/2025] (87)
"Louder Than Guns" (19)
"Stone By Stone" (14)
"American Dream" (12)
"Spread A Little Sunshine" (10)
74: "Trail of Flowers," Sierra Ferrell [Rounder, 4/2024] (86)
"American Dreaming" (20)
"Lighthouse" (16)
"Fox Hunt" (11)
"I Could Drive You Crazy" (10)
75: "Crown of Roses," Patty Griffin [Thirty Tigers, 8/2025] (85)
"Back at the Start" (28)
"Way Up To The Sky" (16)
"A Word" (10)
75: "So Long Little Miss Sunshine," Molly Tuttle [Nonesuch, 8/2025] (85)
"That's Gonna Leave a Mark" (16)
"Everything Burns" (14)
77: "Unentitled," John Gorka [Red House, 10/2025] (83)
"Particle & Wave" (24)
78: "Fire & Honey," Wild Mountain Mystics [Blackbird, 7/2025] (82)
"All You Need Is Love" (16)
"If You Can Bluff" (12)
78: "Safe, Sensible & Sane," Alison Brown & Steve Martin [Compass, 10/2025] (82)
"Dear Time" (24)
"Girl, Have Money When You're Old" (10)
80: "Better Than I Was," Sara Trunzo [Self, 6/2025] (81)
"In Your Mercy" (22)
"One Small Step" (19)
"Capricorn" (15)
"Taking My Power Back" (13)
"Keeping the Light" (10)
80: "LilyGild," Hilary Hawke with Reed Stutz [Adhyâropa, 2022] (81)
"All I've Ever Known" (17)
"Liza Jane" (14)
80: "Now Then," Robbie Fulks [Compass, 8/2025] (81)
"Savannah Is A Devilish Girl" (13)
"Poor and Sharp Witted" (12)
"Nobody Cares" (11)
"Workin' No More Blues" (10)
80: "A Place Where Songs Come to Live," Vincent Cross [Self, 6/2025] (81)
"In The Eyes Of My Father" (16)
"Barefoot With The Blues" (11)
"Heart Of Hearts" (11)
80: "Songs to a Wild God," Mallory Chipman [Tunnel Mountain, 9/2024] (81)
"Sing Me Home" (17)
"Big Sky Country" (17)
80: "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)
80: "Signs of Life," My Politic [Self, 6/2025] (81)
"Two In The Morning" (16)
"Will We Ever Make It Out Of Heaven Alive" (13)
"Who Could Ask For More" (10)
87: "Double Takes," Gordie Tentrees & Jaxon Haldane [Self, 4/2025] (80)
"Bygone Days" (18)
"Franklin" (12)
"Bobbi and Gus" (12)
"Nowhere Fast" (11)
87: "Time & Materials," True North Duo [True North, 5/2025] (80)
"The Luthier" (13)
"Next Best Western" (12)
"'Til I Have You" (11)
"Still Life Café" (11)
89: "The American Dream," Amy Speace [Windbone, 9/2024] (79)
"The American Dream" (23)
89: "Little Songs," Rrinaco [Rebel, 5/2025] (79)
"Get Along Somehow" (27)
89: "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)
92: "Dee From Decatur," Dee Robinson [Riverlark, 5/2025] (77)
"Carolina Breakdown" (11)
93: "The Last Bough," Kyle Carey [Americelta, 9/2025] (76)
"The Last Bough" (19)
"For Your Journey" (12)
"Eden's Grief" (12)
94: "Cruel Joke," Ken Pomeroy [Rounder, 5/2025] (75)
"Flannel Cowboy" (11)
"Rodeo Clown" (10)
94: "Homegrown," Cole Quest & the City Pickers [Jallopy, 7/2025] (75)
"Pastures of Plenty" (15)
"In Tall Buildings" (13)
"Where I'm From" (11)
94: "Shelby Means," Shelby Means [Self, 6/2025] (75)
"Streets of Boulder" (12)
"Suitcase Blues" (12)
94: "Together on a Rock," The Pairs [Self, 4/2025] (75)
"Good Bad Day" (23)
"Rain Is Coming Soon" (11)
98: "Exploding Star," Heather Maloney [Signature Sounds, 2/2025] (74)
"Exploding Star" (22)
99: "Paris," Louise Coombe [Zoe Cat, 3/2025] (73)
"Paris" (13)
"Brothers In Arms" (12)
99: "Other Voices, Other Rooms," Nanci Griffith [Elektra, 1995] (73)
"This Old Town" (7)
101: "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)
102: "Hydra," Nuala Kennedy & Eamon O'Leary [Under The Arch, 11/2024] (71)
"Two Jigs" (12)
"The Dark-Eyed Sailor" (12)
"Willie-O" (10)
102: "From China to Appalachia," Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian [Community, 7/2024] (71)
"August Flower" (11)
"Hold Each Other Up" (10)
"Mary Don't You Weep" (9)
104: "Highway Prayers," Billy Strings [Reprise, 10/2024] (70)
"Leaning on a Travelin' Song" (12)
104: "Every Town," Anne Hills [Hand & Heart, 10/2025] (70)
"Memory of August" (13)
"Spoon River" (13)
"Ballad of Elizabeth Dark" (9)
106: "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)
106: "The Breathing Room," Cosy Sheridan [Self, 10/2025] (69)
"The Breathing Room" (18)
"The Kind Words" (9)
"Claude's Cookies" (9)
106: "Oubliette," Jez Lowe [Tantobie, 7/2025] (69)
"A Message From A Mandolin" (11)
"Frozen Roman" (9)
106: "Songbird," Waylon Jennings [Son of Jessi, 7/2025] (69)
"Songbird" (11)
"The Cowboy" (10)
110: "Alchymie," The Heart Collectors [Spins the Gold, 6/2025] (68)
"Shenandoah" (22)
"Carolina Mountains" (20)
"Alchymie" (18)
110: "Backstage Balladeer," Jefferson Ross [Self, 4/2025] (68)
"Let's Start a Cult" (9)
112: "Mother Mind," Tekla Waterfield & Jeff Fielder [Oliver Blue, 8/2025] (67)
"Something My Own" (13)
"Slowboat" (11)
"Visions Of A Life" (10)
112: "Reverie," Amble [Warner, 6/2025] (67)
"Mariner Boy" (10)
"Schoolyard Days" (9)
112: "Rising of the Bold," Merry Hell [Self, 1/2025] (67)
"Peace Can Be Louder Than War" (17)
"The Rising of the Bold" (9)
115: "One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey," Maria Muldaur [Nola Blue, 7/2025] (66)
"What Makes You Act Like That?" (10)
"Gotta Have What It Takes" (9)
"My Handy Man" (9)
116: "We're Only Human," Hayes Carll [Hwy Records, 8/2025] (65)
"Progress of Man" (16)
"Good People" (12)
"We're Only Human" (9)
117: "Two Boats Under the Moon," Donald Wg Lindsay [Self, 6/2025] (64)
"When You Were Young" (13)
"The Grinder/Hardiman The Fiddler/Fy Let Us A Tae Bridal" (8)
118: "Bluegrass Sings Paxton," Various Artists [Mountain Home, 9/2024] (63)
"I Can't Help But Wonder," Tom Paxton (10)
"You Took Me In," Tim O'Brien (10)
"The Last Thing On My Mind," Sister Sadie (9)
118: "Heavy on the Blues," Rory Block [M.C. Records, 8/2025] (63)
"High Heel Sneakers" (11)
"The Wind Cries Mary" (11)
118: "In the Real World," Eric Bibb [Stony Plain, 10/2024] (63)
"Roll On Buddy" (10)
"Walk Steady On" (9)
118: "Squirrels," Jubal Lee Young [Tellico, 8/2025] (63)
"Squirrels" (12)
"Kind All the Time" (11)
"Weird" (11)
118: "Wildfire," House of Hamill [Self, 7/2024] (63)
"Unquiet Grave" (8)
"Into the Golden" (8)
"Wildfire" (8)
TOP SONGS of 2025
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 110677 plays from 3805 playlists from 137 Folk DJs
1. "Broken Truth" (100)
from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
2. "No Kings in America" (55)
from "No Kings in America" (Lisa Bastoni)
3. "Ain't That The Way" (54)
from "Porcelain Angel" (Rees Shad)
3. "Looks Like The End Of The Road" (54)
from "Arcadia" (Alison Krauss & Union Station)
5. "Field of Stars" (53)
from "Field of Stars" (John McCutcheon)
6. "Ancient Light" (50)
from "Wild & Clear & Blue" (I'm With Her)
7. "Dark Night of the Soul" (48)
from "Dark Ages" (Eliza Gilkyson)
7. "Woody's Landlord Revisited" (48)
from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
9. "Grapes On The Vine" (47)
from "Best of Steve Gillette" (Steve Gillette)
9. "Maybe New Mexico" (47)
from "Maybe New Mexico" (Helene Cronin)
11. "Find My Way to You" (46)
from "Wild & Clear & Blue" (I'm With Her)
12. "Richmond On The James" (43)
from "Arcadia" (Alison Krauss & Union Station)
12. "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)
19. "No Kings Here" (40)
from "No Kings Here - Single" (Tom Paxton)
19. "Wild and Clear and Blue" (40)
from "Wild & Clear & Blue" (I'm With Her)
21. "Barbed Wire Boys" (39)
from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
21. "The Wind Will Change Again" (39)
from "The Wind Will Change Again" (The Twangtown Paramours)
23. "Bow Down" (38)
from "Gold & Coal" (Cassie & Maggie)
23. "Bury Me" (38)
from "Foxes in the Snow" (Jason Isbell)
23. "Piles of Sand" (38)
from "So Much I Still Don't See" (Sam Robbins)
23. "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)
29. "Twilight" (36)
from "Alice Howe & Freebo Live" (Alice Howe & Freebo)
29. "Which Side Are You On?" (36)
from "Which Side Are You On?" (Artists for Action)
29. "Woody and Pete" (36)
from "Woody & Pete" (Beppe Gambetta)
32. "Come Out Of My Blues" (35)
from "A Tip Toe High Wire" (Sierra Hull)
33. "Blue Ridge Mountain Blues" (34)
from "All I Got & Gone" (Chris Walz)
33. "The Gold Rush is Over and I'm Moving On" (34)
from "Gold & Coal" (Cassie & Maggie)
33. "Stars Without A Heaven" (34)
from "The Wind Will Change Again" (The Twangtown Paramours)
36. "Angel From Montgomery" (33)
from "Alice Howe & Freebo Live" (Alice Howe & Freebo)
36. "Girl And Her Dog" (33)
from "Personal History" (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
36. "Home By Bearna" (33)
from "Burnished" (Amelia Hogan)
36. "It Matters" (33)
from "It Matters" (C. Daniel Boling)
36. "Sincerely Yours No More" (33)
from "The Wind Will Change Again" (The Twangtown Paramours)
41. "Fly Away" (32)
from "Time Out #3" (The Accidentals)
41. "Summer Skin" (32)
from "Summer Skin - single" (The Honey Badgers)
41. "Up in the Attic" (32)
from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
44. "Dark Ages" (31)
from "Dark Ages" (Eliza Gilkyson)
44. "Goodnight America" (31)
from "The America Chronicles" (Kemp Harris)
44. "I've Always Been a Rambler" (31)
from "Long Journey Home" (Molly Tuttle)
44. "Last of the Steam-Powered Trains" (31)
from "Remains to Be Scene" (The Seldom Scene)
44. "Rolling in the Gold" (31)
from "Burnished" (Amelia Hogan)
44. "That Song About the River" (31)
from "Best of Steve Gillette" (Steve Gillette)
44. "What A Little Love Can Do" (31)
from "So Much I Still Don't See" (Sam Robbins)
44. "The Wrong Way" (31)
from "Arcadia" (Alison Krauss & Union Station)
52. "Baling Hay" (30)
from "Stay Put" (Elexa Dawson)
52. "Letter to America" (30)
from "Ride in the Light" (Cindy Kallet)
52. "Mists Of Ennistymon" (30)
from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
55. "All Around You" (29)
from "Rituals" (Watchhouse)
55. "Better Than Me" (29)
from "Time Out #3" (The Accidentals)
55. "A Case of You" (29)
from "Alice Howe & Freebo Live" (Alice Howe & Freebo)
55. "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" (29)
from "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright - single" (Abbie Gardner)
55. "Empty Trainload of Sky" (29)
from "Woodland" (Gillian Welch & David Rawlings)
55. "Farewell Angelina" (29)
from "Remains to Be Scene" (The Seldom Scene)
55. "Granite Mills" (29)
from "Arcadia" (Alison Krauss & Union Station)
55. "Love, Surround Me" (29)
from "Look to the Moon" (Patty & Craig)
55. "Oklahoma Sunset" (29)
from "Reclamation" (Crys Matthews)
55. "Onward Through The Fog" (29)
from "I'm From Here" (Rob Siegel)
55. "Pine Mountain High" (29)
from "Kentucky Queen" (Carla Gover)
66. "Back at the Start" (28)
from "Crown of Roses" (Patty Griffin)
66. "Get Along Somehow" (28)
from "Little Songs" (Rrinaco)
66. "Oh What A Beautiful World" (28)
from "Oh What a Beautiful World" (Willie Nelson)
66. "Too Good To Be True" (28)
from "Time Out #3" (The Accidentals)
66. "Where We Come From" (28)
from "Past Lives" (Eli Lev)
71. "Gettin' Older" (27)
from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
71. "Nancy" (27)
from "Gold & Coal" (Cassie & Maggie)
71. "Reach" (27)
from "Ride On By" (Becky Buller)
71. "Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown" (27)
from "The Wind Will Change Again" (The Twangtown Paramours)
75. "Alabama Bound" (26)
from "All I Got & Gone" (Chris Walz)
TOP ARTISTS of 2025
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 110677 plays from 3805 playlists from 137 Folk DJs
1. John McCutcheon (549)
"Field of Stars" (323)
"Long Journey Home" (29)
"This Land: Woody Guthrie's America" (16)
"Sermon On The Mound" (13)
"Cabin Fever: Songs From The Quarantine" (12)
"John McCutcheon's Four Seasons: Autumnsongs" (12)
"To Everyone in All the World: A Celebration of Pete Seeger" (10)
2. Tim Grimm (460)
"Bones of Trees" (377)
"The Little In-Between" (18)
"Gone" (10)
3. Bob Dylan (456)
"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" (34)
"Blood On The Tracks" (27)
"Bob Dylan" (27)
"Bringing It All Back Home" (26)
"Highway 61 Revisited" (21)
"The Times They Are A-Changin'" (18)
"Love And Theft" (13)
"Nashville Skyline" (13)
"Blonde On Blonde" (11)
"Biograph" (10)
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. II" (10)
4. Mary Chapin Carpenter (398)
"Personal History" (168)
"Looking for the Thread" (147)
5. Eliza Gilkyson (358)
"Dark Ages" (209)
"Songs From The River Wind" (21)
"Home" (20)
"Land Of Milk And Honey" (16)
"Beautiful World" (12)
"Paradise Hotel" (10)
"Your Town Tonight" (10)
6. Willie Nelson (319)
"Oh What a Beautiful World" (126)
"Last Leaf on the Tree" (37)
"Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle" (33)
"Red Headed Stranger" (18)
7. The Twangtown Paramours (311)
"The Wind Will Change Again" (306)
8. Alison Krauss & Union Station (305)
"Arcadia" (251)
"Alison Krauss & Union Station Live" (10)
9. Lucy Kaplansky (299)
"The Lucy Story - Unreleased & Rare Tracks" (206)
"Last Days of Summer" (26)
"The Tide" (13)
10. Crys Matthews (291)
"Reclamation" (221)
"Changemakers" (35)
"Sleeves Up" (24)
11. Pete Seeger (260)
"American Favorite Ballads, Vols. 1-5" (34)
"The Smithsonian Folkways Collection" (17)
"The Essential Pete Seeger" (10)
"Live In '65" (10)
12. John Prine (258)
"John Prine" (49)
"The Tree Of Forgiveness" (41)
"Fair And Square" (20)
"Lost Dogs & Mixed Blessings" (13)
"The Missing Years" (13)
"Great Days" (11)
"Sweet Revenge" (10)
13. I'm With Her (257)
"Wild & Clear & Blue" (233)
"See You Around" (10)
14. Peter, Paul & Mary (241)
"Peter, Paul And Mary" (28)
"Around The Campfire" (26)
"Carry It On" (21)
"In The Wind" (15)
"Lifelines" (14)
"Moving" (14)
"Album 1700" (11)
15. Nanci Griffith (240)
"Other Voices, Other Rooms" (42)
"Other Voices Too" (30)
"The MCA Years - A Retrospective" (14)
"Once in a Very Blue Moon" (14)
"Clock Without Hands" (13)
"Lone Star State Of Mind" (11)
"Flyer" (10)
"The Last Of The True Believers" (10)
"The Loving Kind" (10)
16. John Gorka (239)
"Unentitled" (83)
"True In Time" (22)
"Bright Side Of Down" (12)
"I Know" (11)
"Jack's Crows" (11)
"Out Of The Valley" (11)
"So Dark You See" (10)
17. Alice Howe & Freebo (231)
"Alice Howe & Freebo Live" (231)
18. Chris Walz (221)
"All I Got & Gone" (216)
19. Guy Clark (218)
"Looking for the Words: Live at U of H Coffee House" (32)
"Dublin Blues" (24)
"Tell It To The Wind" (20)
"Truly Handmade, Vol. 1" (18)
"Old Friends" (12)
"Old No. 1" (12)
"Keepers" (11)
20. Cassie & Maggie (217)
"Gold & Coal" (204)
20. Joni Mitchell (217)
"Blue" (37)
"Ladies Of The Canyon" (26)
"Court and Spark" (19)
"Hits" (19)
"Clouds" (17)
22. Helene Cronin (214)
"Maybe New Mexico" (205)
23. Sam Robbins (211)
"So Much I Still Don't See" (198)
24. Steve Gillette (209)
"Best of Steve Gillette" (188)
25. The Accidentals (205)
"Time Out #3" (188)
"Time Out Session 1" (10)
26. Sierra Hull (203)
"A Tip Toe High Wire" (174)
26. Tom Paxton (203)
"No Kings Here - Single" (38)
"The Best of Tom Paxton" (15)
"Looking For The Moon" (15)
"Peace Will Come" (14)
28. Dar Williams (197)
"Hummingbird Highway" (90)
"Mortal City" (13)
"The Beauty Of The Rain" (11)
"The Honesty Room" (11)
"End Of The Summer" (10)
"Many Great Companions" (10)
28. Tom Prasada-Rao (197)
"Beautiful You: The Songs of Tom Prasada-Rao" (143)
30. Joan Baez (196)
"Joan Baez" (18)
"The Best of Joan Baez" (14)
"Ring Them Bells" (14)
"Whistle Down The Wind" (13)
31. The Seldom Scene (189)
"Remains to Be Scene" (146)
32. Becky Buller (186)
"Songs That Sing Me" (97)
"Long Journey Home" (23)
"Ride On By" (18)
"Jubilee" (14)
"Distance And Time" (11)
"Cover Project" (10)
32. Connie Kaldor (186)
"Wide Open Spaces" (126)
"Keep Going" (15)
"Wood River" (10)
32. Cosy Sheridan (186)
"The Breathing Room" (67)
"Grand Design" (44)
"Here's The Rain - single" (15)
35. Woody Guthrie (177)
"Woody At Home - Vol 1 + 2" (26)
"My Dusty Road" (17)
"Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection" (17)
"Dust Bowl Ballads" (13)
"This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1" (11)
36. Amelia Hogan (175)
"Burnished" (155)
"Taking Flight" (15)
37. C. Daniel Boling (171)
"It Matters" (109)
"Love, Dan" (39)
37. Rees Shad (171)
"Porcelain Angel" (152)
39. David Mallett (170)
"Parallel Lives" (27)
"Greenin' Up" (24)
"Celebration" (14)
"Midnight On The Water" (12)
"This Town" (12)
"Inches And Miles" (11)
"David Mallett" (10)
40. Eli West (167)
"The Shape of a Sway" (158)
41. Christine Lavin (165)
"Drum School Dropout" (107)
41. Molly Tuttle (165)
"So Long Little Miss Sunshine" (84)
"Long Journey Home" (29)
"When You're Ready" (20)
"Rise" (11)
43. Bruce Springsteen (159)
"Tracks II: The Lost Albums" (20)
"We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions" (16)
"Nebraska" (13)
"Land Of Hope & Dreams" (12)
44. Darryl Purpose (157)
"Connected" (125)
45. The Horsenecks (155)
"In the West" (149)
46. Gordon Lightfoot (154)
"Gord's Gold" (32)
"The United Artists Collection" (17)
"Songbook" (16)
"Sit Down Young Stranger" (10)
47. Kora Feder (153)
"Some Kind of Truth" (145)
48. Tim O'Brien (149)
"Long Journey Home" (36)
"Red On Blonde" (17)
"The Crossing" (16)
"Where The River Meets The Road" (13)
"Bluegrass Sings Paxton" (10)
"Cup of Sugar" (10)
"He Walked On" (10)
49. Carla Gover (148)
"Kentucky Queen" (147)
49. Le Vent Du Nord (148)
"Voisinages" (103)
"20 Printemps" (18)
51. Billy Strings (146)
"Highway Prayers" (69)
"Me/And/Dad" (33)
"Renewal" (13)
"Home" (11)
51. Jason Isbell (146)
"Foxes in the Snow" (136)
53. Stan Rogers (145)
"The Very Best Of Stan Rogers" (29)
"Northwest Passage" (19)
"Between The Breaks...Live!" (17)
"From Fresh Water" (17)
"Home In Halifax" (13)
54. Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms (142)
"Gold in Your Pocket" (134)
55. Judy Collins (140)
"Forever - An Anthology" (13)
"The Very Best of Judy Collins" (13)
56. Tom Rush (139)
"Gardens Old, Flowers New" (51)
"The Circle Game" (16)
"Blues, Songs and Ballads" (13)
57. Carrie Newcomer (137)
"A Great Wild Mercy" (27)
"Until Now" (26)
"The Beautiful Not Yet" (14)
"Before And After" (11)
58. The Band (136)
"The Band" (47)
"Music From Big Pink" (26)
59. Kemp Harris (134)
"The America Chronicles" (119)
59. Patty Griffin (134)
"Crown of Roses" (85)
"Children Running Through" (10)
59. Ponyfolk (134)
"The Woods Have Shown Us" (134)
62. Ray Lambiase (133)
"Perfume Like a Full Moon" (101)
"The Road Ahead" (12)
63. Emmylou Harris (132)
"Wrecking Ball" (13)
"Roses In The Snow" (12)
"Red Dirt Girl" (11)
64. Tony Trischka (131)
"Earl Jam" (82)
"Territory" (12)
65. Emma's Revolution (129)
"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)
66. Alison Brown & Steve Martin (127)
"Safe, Sensible & Sane" (78)
"5 Days Out, 2 Days Back" (17)
66. Grace Morrison (127)
"Saltwater Country" (121)
68. Joe Jencks (126)
"The Coming of the Years" (35)
"The Forgotten" (15)
"Poets, Philosophers Workers & Wanderers" (15)
"The Candle And The Flame" (13)
"Rise As One" (11)
"Links In A Chain" (10)
68. Phil Ochs (126)
"All The News That's Fit To Sing" (37)
"There But For Fortune" (15)
"Farewells And Fantasies" (11)
70. Watchhouse (125)
"Rituals" (112)
71. Janis Ian (124)
"The Light At The End Of The Line" (43)
"The Essential Janis Ian" (10)
"God & The FBI" (10)
72. Special Consensus (123)
"Been All Around This World" (83)
"Chicago Barn Dance" (12)
"Great Blue North" (10)
73. Robbie Fulks (121)
"Now Then" (79)
"Bluegrass Vacation" (15)
"Upland Stories" (13)
73. Susan Werner (121)
"Halfway to Houston" (24)
"Gospel Truth" (14)
"Hayseed" (10)
75. Anne Hills (120)
"Every Town" (67)
"Angle Of The Light" (10)
75. Kim Beggs (120)
"Beneath Your Skin" (113)
75. Mike Ward (120)
"The Time That Remains" (83)
"Still Troubled" (22)
75. Patty & Craig (120)
"Look to the Moon" (120)
79. Suzy Thompson (118)
"Suzy Sings Siebel, Volume One" (106)
79. Tom Russell (118)
"Old Songs Yet To Sing" (11)
"Modern Art" (10)
81. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings (117)
"Woodland" (93)
82. Cheryl Wheeler (116)
"Driving Home" (31)
"Sylvia Hotel" (26)
"Defying Gravity" (14)
"Greetings From Cheryl Wheeler Live" (11)
83. Greg Brown (114)
"If I Had Known: Essential Recordings, 1980-1996" (16)
84. Charley Crockett (113)
"Lonesome Drifter" (53)
"Dollar a Day" (37)
84. Ellis Paul (113)
"The Storyteller's Suitcase" (22)
"55" (11)
"Chasing Beauty" (11)
"The Day After Everything Changed" (10)
84. Henhouse Prowlers (113)
"Unravel" (88)
"Lead & Iron" (17)
84. Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian (113)
"From China to Appalachia" (65)
"It Ain't Gonna Go Away - single" (12)
88. Peggy Seeger (112)
"Teleology" (30)
"First Farewell" (25)
89. The Onlies (111)
"You Climb the Mountain" (97)
89. Sarah Jarosz (111)
"Polaroid Lovers" (51)
"Follow Me Down" (21)
"Song Up In Her Head" (13)
91. Beppe Gambetta (110)
"Terra Madre" (48)
"Woody & Pete" (35)
91. Deborah Holland (110)
"I Made It This Far" (95)
91. Lennie Gallant (110)
"Shelter From the Storms" (101)
91. Steve Goodman (110)
"No Big Surprise: The Steve Goodman Anthology" (21)
"Affordable Art" (10)
"The Easter Tapes" (10)
95. Richard Thompson (109)
"Acoustic Classics II" (12)
"1000 Years Of Popular Music" (10)
"Ship to Shore" (10)
96. Chatham Rabbits (108)
"Be Real" (107)
96. Suzie Brown (108)
"Songs Worth Saving" (99)
98. David Francey (107)
"maps" (24)
"The Broken Heart Of Everything" (17)
"Torn Screen Door" (14)
"The Breath Between" (11)
98. Elexa Dawson (107)
"Stay Put" (99)
98. Kate Wolf (107)
"Close To You" (18)
"Give Yourself to Love" (15)
"Weaver Of Visions" (14)
98. Max Wareham (107)
"Daggomit!" (106)
98. Terry Kitchen (107)
"We All Dream" (93)
98. Sierra Ferrell (107)
"Trail of Flowers" (86)
"Long Time Coming" (12)
104. Eric Bibb (106)
"In the Real World" (63)
104. Judy Kass (106)
"New Skin" (104)
104. Leslie Jordan (106)
"The Agonist" (100)
107. Chuck Brodsky (105)
"Gravity, Wings, & Heavy Things" (23)
"The Baseball Ballads" (12)
"Letters In The Dirt" (11)
108. Johnny Cash (103)
"The Essential Johnny Cash" (12)
109. The Beatles (102)
"The Beatles (White Album)" (13)
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (11)
109. Cindy Kallet (102)
"Ride in the Light" (79)
109. Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson (102)
"What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow" (100)
109. Tom Lehrer (102)
"That Was the Year That Was" (31)
"The Remains of Tom Lehrer" (20)
"Songs And More Songs By Tom Lehrer" (15)
109. Simon & Garfunkel (102)
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" (12)
"The Best of Simon & Garfunkel" (11)
"Bookends" (10)
114. Rhiannon Giddens (101)
"Freedom Highway" (28)
"Tomorrow Is My Turn" (12)
"You're the One" (11)
114. The Whispering Tree (101)
"Bones of Better Days" (96)
116. Colleen Kattau (100)
"This Hen's Gonna Crow" (50)
"Besos Kisses" (18)
"Inhabited Woman" (14)
"Deportee - single" (12)
116. Guy Davis (100)
"The Legend of Sugarbelly" (48)
"Be Ready When I Call You" (10)
118. Carol Crittenden (99)
"Glimmer" (99)
118. Doc Watson (99)
"The Essential Doc Watson" (14)
118. Joel Mabus (99)
"Lonesome Road" (27)
"Golden Willow Tree" (10)
121. James McMurtry (98)
"The Black Dog & the Wandering Boy" (69)
122. Friction Farm (97)
"Stone by Stone" (80)
122. Hudost (97)
"The Monkey in the Crown" (92)
122. Rob Siegel (97)
"I'm From Here" (93)
125. Iris DeMent (96)
"Infamous Angel" (31)
"Workin' on a World" (20)
"The Way I Should" (14)
125. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway (96)
"Into the Wild" (42)
"Crooked Tree" (29)
"City of Gold" (21)
125. The Wildwoods (96)
"Dear Meadowlark" (93)
128. Bruce Cockburn (95)
"O Sun O Moon" (13)
128. Maria Muldaur (95)
"One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey" (65)
128. Tim O'Brien & Jan Fabricius (95)
"Paper Flowers" (91)
131. Dave & Kristi (94)
"The Chickadees" (91)
131. The Wailin' Jennys (94)
"Fifteen" (23)
"40 Days" (22)
"Live At The Mauch Chunk Opera House" (21)
"Firecracker" (14)
"Bright Morning Stars" (10)
133. Joe Crookston (92)
"Able Baker Charlie And Dog" (26)
"Darkling & The Bluebird Jubilee" (22)
"Nine Becomes One Chapter 7 (Time Become)" (15)
"Fall Down As The Rain" (10)
133. Laurie Lewis (92)
"Trees" (46)
133. Muireann Bradley (92)
"I Kept These Old Blues" (49)
"Don't Think Twice, It's Alright - single" (14)
133. Richard Shindell (92)
"South Of Delia" (15)
"Blue Divide" (10)
133. Rory Block (92)
"Heavy on the Blues" (62)
138. Amy Speace (91)
"The American Dream" (58)
138. Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer (91)
"Drum Hat Buddha" (27)
"Tanglewood Tree" (25)
"When I Go" (16)
"Seven Is The Number" (10)
140. Hayes Carll (90)
"We're Only Human" (65)
140. Mark Rubin (90)
"Dispatches: Songs From a World Gone Mad" (68)
142. Limeliters (89/125)
"Until We Can't Sing Anymore" (26)
"Until We Get It Right" (18)
"The Limeliters" (16)
143. Crowes Pasture (88)
"Edge Of America" (29)
"Crowes Pasture" (13)
143. David Wilcox (88)
"The Way I Tell the Story" (46)
143. Heather Maloney (88)
"Exploding Star" (74)
143. The Pairs (88)
"Together on a Rock" (75)
147. James Taylor (87)
"Sweet Baby James" (20)
148. The Heart Collectors (86)
"Alchymie" (67)
"The Space Between" (12)
148. Van Morrison (86)
"Remembering Now" (28)
"Moondance" (10)
148. Vincent Cross (86)
"A Place Where Songs Come to Live" (80)
TOP LABELS of 2025
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 110677 plays from 3805 playlists from 137 Folk DJs
1. Rounder (1952)
2. Compass (1420)
3. Smithsonian/Folkways (1383)
4. Columbia (1258)
5. Red House (920)
6. Thirty Tigers (852)
7. Nonesuch (776)
8. Signature Sounds (752)
9. Warner (591)
10. Sugar Hill (541)
11. Legacy (535)
12. Rhino (499)
13. Elektra (483)
14. New West (456)
15. Appleseed (447)
16. Borealis (424)
17. Reprise (410)
18. Philo (400)
19. Vanguard (390)
20. Free Dirt (388)
21. Capitol (372)
22. Vault (370)
23. Appalsongs (336)
24. Yep Roc (317)
25. Flying Fish (298)
26. Appalseed (297)
26. Pinecastle (297)
28. RCA (293)
29. Rebel (279)
30. Dark Shadow (270)
31. Down The Road (263)
32. Berkalin (259)
33. Sony (257)
34. Inside Edge (255)
35. Waterbug (254)
36. Oh Boy (250)
37. Green Linnet (243)
38. Alligator (233)
39. Atlantic (218)
40. True North (215)
41. Mercury (207)
42. Topic (204)
43. Nine Athens (191)
44. Righteous Babe (188)
45. Acony (185)
46. Stony Plain (182)
47. Riverlark (177)
48. Concord (174)
49. Lambent Light (168)
50. Fantasy (165)
51. Island (163)
51. Know Howe (163)
53. Dualtone (157)
53. Lucyricky (157)
53. Shanachie (157)
56. Bear Family (156)
57. BMG (155)
58. Greentrax (152)
58. Realiza (152)
60. Adhyâropa (148)
61. Redbird (139)
62. Coyote (133)
62. Shadville (133)
64. Tiki Parlour (132)
65. Arhoolie (129)
66. Howdy Skies (124)
67. Lost Highway (120)
67. Mountain Home (120)
69. Mountain Fever (118)
70. Mule Kick (115)
71. Hudson Harding (114)
72. Tender and Mild (112)
73. Strictly Country (111)
74. Hestehus (110)
74. Hightone (110)
76. Jalopy (109)
77. MCA (108)
78. Howlin' Dog (105)
79. Community (103)
80. Folk-Legacy (100)
81. Blue Corn (98)
82. Cooking Vinyl (96)
83. La Compagnie du Nord (95)
83. Urban Campfire (95)
85. Larrea (92)
86. Gallant Effort (91)
87. Nettwerk (89)
87. Razor & Tie (89)
89. Proper (88)
89. Raytone (88)
89. Turtle Bear (88)
89. Verve (88)
93. Six Shooter (86)
94. Truly Handmade (84)
95. Acoustic Disc (83)
95. Fossil (83)
95. Laker (83)
98. Windbone (82)
99. ATO (80)
99. Blix Street (80)
99. Tompkins Square (80)
FOLK DJs - 2025
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 110677 plays from 3805 playlists from 137 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 (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 (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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