Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
2025
Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L
TOP ALBUMS of 2025
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 129366 plays from 4443 playlists from 138 Folk DJs
1: "Bones of Trees," Tim Grimm [Vault, 3/2025] (409)
"Broken Truth" (108)
"Woody's Landlord Revisited" (51)
"In the USA" (42)
"Barbed Wire Boys" (41)
"Up in the Attic" (35)
"Mists Of Ennistymon" (31)
"Gettin' Older" (28)
"Hunting Shack" (24)
"Bow and Arrow" (19)
"Hadley's Banjo" (18)
"Christmas in the Trenches" (11)
2: "Field of Stars," John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 1/2025] (342)
"Field of Stars" (58)
"Ms St. Louis" (27)
"Only Ones Dancing" (26)
"Here" (26)
"Hell & High Water" (26)
"Too Old To Die Young" (24)
"At the End of the Day" (24)
"Blessing" (24)
"Tikkun Olam" (20)
"Waiting for the Moon" (19)
"Redneck" (18)
"The Hammer" (15)
"Peter Norman" (12)
3: "The Wind Will Change Again," The Twangtown Paramours [Inside Edge, 1/2025] (313)
"Old Friends" (42)
"The Wind Will Change Again" (39)
"Stars Without A Heaven" (36)
"Sincerely Yours No More" (33)
"Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown" (29)
"The Garden" (24)
"A Room in Bordeaux" (24)
"The Goodwill Store" (22)
"That Thing You Do" (19)
"Showin' Off For Their Girlfriends" (14)
"Coupons & Cowboys" (12)
4: "Arcadia," Alison Krauss & Union Station [Down The Road, 2/2025] (295)
"Looks Like The End Of The Road" (55)
"Richmond On The James" (45)
"The Wrong Way" (32)
"Granite Mills" (28)
"One Ray Of Shine" (26)
"There's A Light Up Ahead" (21)
"Forever" (20)
"North Side Gal" (20)
5: "Long Journey Home," Various Artists [Appalsongs, 9/2025] (276)
"I've Always Been a Rambler," Molly Tuttle (41)
"900 Miles," Tim O'Brien (33)
"Cuckoo," John McCutcheon (26)
"House Carpenter," Jake Blount (25)
"What You Gonna Do With The Baby," Old Crow Medicine Show (19)
"Rocky Road to Dinah's House," Becky Buller (18)
"Cluck Old Hen," Tray Wellington & Victor Furtado (15)
"Hickman's Rag," Cathy & Marcy's Old Time Coalition (14)
"Don't Let Your Deal Go Down," Sparky & Rhonda Rucker (14)
"Cumberland Gap," Stuart Duncan (13)
"Old Molly Hare," Tim O'Brien (13)
"Forked Deer," Becky Buller (11)
"Tennessee Breakdown," Bruce Molsky (10)
6: "Wild & Clear & Blue," I'm With Her [Rounder, 3/2025] (263)
"Ancient Light" (53)
"Find My Way to You" (52)
"Wild and Clear and Blue" (45)
"Standing on the Fault Line" (20)
"Mother Eagle" (19)
"Different Rocks, Different Hills" (19)
"Year After Year" (17)
"Only Daughter" (11)
"Sisters of the Night Watch" (11)
"Rhododendron" (11)
7: "Gold & Coal," Cassie & Maggie [Self, 5/2025] (245)
"Bow Down" (45)
"The Gold Rush is Over and I'm Moving On" (35)
"Nancy" (30)
"The Big Hewer" (26)
"Robert Frost" (22)
"I Long to Return" (20)
"Fool's Gold" (18)
"The Old Miner" (17)
"Dear Imogene" (14)
"Dougie's Set" (12)
8: "Alice Howe & Freebo Live," Alice Howe & Freebo [Know Howe, 2/2025] (238)
"Angel From Montgomery" (37)
"Twilight" (35)
"A Case of You" (28)
"Somebody's New Lover Now" (19)
"You've Been Away So Long" (17)
"Travelin' South" (14)
"With You By My Side" (14)
"Sailin' Shoes" (13)
"Something Calls to Me" (12)
"She's My Personal GPS" (12)
"She Loves My Dog More Than Me" (11)
"Standing Ovation" (10)
9: "Reclamation," Crys Matthews [Self, 10/2024] (230)
"Oklahoma Sunset" (30)
"Cancel Culture" (28)
"Like Jesus Would" (26)
"The Difference Between" (22)
"Some Roads" (19)
"The Bigger Picture" (18)
"Waking Up the Dead" (16)
"My Skin" (14)
"The Good Stuff" (12)
"Suit and Tie" (10)
"Clumsy" (10)
10: "All I Got & Gone," Chris Walz [Self, 3/2025] (227)
"Blue Ridge Mountain Blues" (34)
"Hard Times Come Again No More" (28)
"Alabama Bound" (28)
"Been All Around This World" (25)
"Going Across the Sea" (19)
"Diamond Joe" (17)
"See See Rider" (15)
"One Dime Blues" (15)
"Spanish Fandango" (15)
"Delia" (15)
"The Coo Coo" (13)
11: "Dark Ages," Eliza Gilkyson [Realiza Records, 5/2025] (225)
"Dark Night of the Soul" (50)
"Times Like These" (42)
"Dark Ages" (34)
"Impossible Dreams" (23)
"10,000 Things" (22)
"Song to You" (15)
"Holy" (13)
"Esta Salida del Sol" (10)
12: "The Lucy Story - Unreleased & Rare Tracks," Lucy Kaplansky [Lucyricky, 1/2025] (224)
"God Will" (22)
"Forget Me Not" (19)
"I Know Why the River Runs" (16)
"Let It Be" (16)
"The Ballad of Mary Magdalene" (13)
"It Makes No Difference" (13)
"No Place to Fall" (12)
"Carey" (12)
"Diamond in the Rough" (11)
"Raleigh & Spencer" (10)
13: "So Much I Still Don't See," Sam Robbins [Nine Athens, 3/2025] (217)
"Piles of Sand" (43)
"What A Little Love Can Do" (32)
"The Real Thing" (28)
"So Much I Still Don't See" (27)
"I Will" (23)
"Ride With Me" (19)
"People Gonna Talk" (18)
"All So Important" (15)
"Live Them In Love" (10)
14: "Maybe New Mexico," Helene Cronin [Self, 3/2025] (214)
"Maybe New Mexico" (49)
"Copperhill" (26)
"Maker's Mark" (22)
"People" (16)
"Visitors" (15)
"Power Lines" (14)
"Not the Year" (14)
"Rifleman" (14)
"God Stopped By" (13)
"Switzerland" (12)
"Dear Life" (11)
15: "Time Out #3," The Accidentals [Self, 7/2025] (200)
"Someday We Won't Live Here Anymore" (36)
"Fly Away" (34)
"Better Than Me" (31)
"Too Good To Be True" (31)
"Break Free" (14)
"Second Time Around" (12)
"What a Waste" (12)
"Keep Trying" (11)
"Kevin at the End of the World" (10)
15: "unentitled," John Gorka [Red House, 10/2025] (200)
"Particle & Wave" (46)
"First Snow On The Mountains" (30)
"Favorite Place" (23)
"No Time To Cry" (22)
"Hope Doesn't Fall" (17)
"Give Us Back Our Water" (16)
"Hold On" (12)
"Welcome Home" (11)
17: "Best of Steve Gillette," Steve Gillette [Compass, 6/2025] (197)
"Grapes On The Vine" (43)
"That Song About the River" (32)
"The Old Trail" (21)
"Down Where the River Meets the Road" (21)
"Back On The Street Again" (18)
"Home By Dark" (13)
"Song for Gamble" (13)
"When the First Leaves Fall" (11)
18: "A Tip Toe High Wire," Sierra Hull [Self, 3/2025] (194)
"Come Out Of My Blues" (35)
"Boom" (26)
"Truth Be Told" (25)
"Muddy Water" (24)
"Haven Hill" (17)
"Let's Go" (17)
"E Tune" (14)
"Redbird" (13)
"Spitfire" (12)
19: "Personal History," Mary Chapin Carpenter [Thirty Tigers, 5/2025] (186)
"Girl And Her Dog" (36)
"Bitter Ender" (30)
"Home Is A Song" (25)
"New Religion" (15)
"The Saving Things" (15)
"Paint + Turpentine" (14)
"What Did You Miss" (14)
"The Night We Never Met" (12)
20: "Safe, Sensible & Sane," Alison Brown & Steve Martin [Compass, 10/2025] (178)
"Dear Time" (31)
"Girl, Have Money When You're Old" (27)
"Wall Guitar" (17)
"5 Days Out, 2 Days Back" (17)
"Statement Of Your Affairs" (16)
"Michael" (15)
"Friend Of Mine" (12)
"Bluegrass Radio" (11)
"Evening Star" (11)
"New Cluck Old Hen" (10)
"Let's Get Out Of Here" (10)
21: "The Shape of a Sway," Eli West [Tender and Mild, 5/2025] (177)
"Ever Lovin Need to Know" (27)
"All the Saints" (26)
"Rocks and Trees" (22)
"I'd Like To Be A Train" (18)
"Away Out on the Sea" (17)
"Hearts and Bones" (16)
"Cool of the Day" (16)
"Thanks and Sorry" (14)
"Gentleman's Bulldog" (14)
22: "In the West," The Horsenecks [Tiki Parlour, 5/2025] (172)
"In the West" (45)
"Baker City Blues" (20)
"Trouble on the Mainline" (19)
"I Will Arise" (13)
"Good Times Gone" (13)
"Mountain Rain" (12)
"Little Old Sod Shanty" (12)
23: "Looking for the Thread," Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart [Lambent Light, 1/2025] (164)
"A Heart That Never Closes" (45)
"Rebecca" (19)
"Looking For The Thread" (17)
"Hold Everything" (15)
"You Know Where You Are" (14)
"Silver In The Blue" (14)
"Send Love" (14)
"Gradh Geal Mo Chridhe" (10)
"Satellite" (10)
23: "Porcelain Angel," Rees Shad [Shadville, 3/2025] (164)
"Ain't That The Way" (56)
"Great Big World" (22)
"Isn't It a Lovely Day" (19)
"Porcelain Angel" (16)
"Brighter Daze" (11)
"Thumbing The Scales" (11)
25: "Burnished," Amelia Hogan [Self, 3/2025] (163)
"Home By Bearna" (32)
"Rolling in the Gold" (31)
"Blue Is The Eye" (17)
"The Laverock Sang" (11)
"Come Away In" (10)
"Patriot Game" (10)
25: "Kentucky Queen," Carla Gover [Redbird, 7/2025] (163)
"Pine Mountain High" (29)
"Hug More Necks" (21)
"Raise a Little Cane" (21)
"Kentucky Queen" (19)
"Angels Gather Round" (16)
"Pretty Little Snake" (15)
"Crazy Love" (13)
27: "Voisinages," Le Vent Du Nord [La Compagnie du Nord, 10/2025] (160)
"Par-Dessus Le Pont" (22)
"Le Pari de Jeanne" (19)
"Bienvenue" (17)
"Du Nord au Sud" (16)
"L'acadie" (16)
"La Lettre" (14)
"Carillon" (13)
"Fleur Radieuse" (13)
"La Nuit dans les Auberges" (10)
28: "Beautiful You: The Songs of Tom Prasada-Rao," Tom Prasada-Rao [Self, 6/2025] (155)
"Beautiful You" (20)
"$20 Bill" (16)
"Out of the Darkness" (16)
"That's What Love Can Do" (12)
"I Am Grateful" (10)
29: "Remains to Be Scene," The Seldom Scene [Smithsonian/Folkways, 1/2025] (152)
"Last of the Steam-Powered Trains" (32)
"Farewell Angelina" (31)
"Man at the Crossroads" (16)
"Hard Travelin'" (15)
"Walking Down The Line" (15)
"A Good Time Man Like Me Ain't Got No Business" (12)
30: "Some Kind of Truth," Kora Feder [Self, 3/2025] (148)
"Rambling Man" (36)
"Orange Tree" (25)
"Elementary Queen" (19)
"In a Young Person's Body" (14)
"Paragraphs" (12)
"Georgian Bay" (12)
"Jason Song" (11)
"The Faraways" (11)
31: "Wide Open Spaces," Connie Kaldor [Coyote, 8/2025] (147)
"Wide Open Spaces" (19)
"Cowboys Still Live in Saskatchewan" (17)
"This Car" (16)
"Down The Road To Lonesome" (14)
"Hitched Together" (13)
"Outlaw" (13)
"Raining On The Farm" (11)
"Crane Valley Road" (10)
32: "Look to the Moon," Patty & Craig [Larrea, 8/2025] (144)
"Love, Surround Me" (33)
"Look To The Moon" (21)
"Night Full Of Promise" (12)
"Agave Moon" (12)
"Bad Moon Rising" (12)
"Once In A Blue Moon" (11)
"Blood Moon" (11)
"You're The River" (10)
33: "It Matters," C. Daniel Boling [Berkalin, 4/2025] (143)
"It Matters" (35)
"What Could Possibly Go Wrong" (19)
"Old Red Barn" (13)
"Hidey-Ho" (10)
33: "Together on a Rock," The Pairs [Self, 4/2025] (143)
"Good Bad Day" (32)
"Little Light" (24)
"Honey I" (24)
"Rain Is Coming Soon" (15)
"Like A Moth" (12)
"Past My Prime" (11)
"Everything Ends" (11)
35: "The Woods Have Shown Us," Ponyfolk [Hestehus, 7/2025] (142)
"Sommer" (44)
"Shenandoah" (19)
"Soteroen" (13)
"Somewhere to" (13)
"Midnight on the Water" (10)
"Philosopher's Waltz" (10)
36: "Oh What a Beautiful World," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 4/2025] (141)
"Oh What A Beautiful World" (37)
"Stuff That Works" (19)
"The Fly Boy & The Kid" (16)
"Still Learning How To Fly" (13)
"Banks Of The Old Bandera" (11)
37: "Foxes in the Snow," Jason Isbell [Thirty Tigers, 1/2025] (140)
"Bury Me" (38)
"Wind Behind The Rain" (26)
"Ride to Robert's" (20)
"Foxes in the Snow" (15)
"Crimson and Clay" (14)
"Gravelweed" (11)
37: "Gold in Your Pocket," Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms [Free Dirt, 11/2024] (140)
"He's Gone" (22)
"Faraway Skies" (17)
"Gold In Your Pocket" (15)
"Same Little Heart" (15)
"Too Far Gone" (12)
"Shame Shame Shame" (12)
"All About Love" (12)
37: "You Climb the Mountain," The Onlies [Self, 8/2025] (140)
"Gold Watch and Chain" (22)
"Roll On Buddy" (14)
"Waves on the Sea" (13)
"You Climb The Mountain" (12)
"The Moonlight Song" (11)
"Spectacle Lake" (11)
40: "Connected," Darryl Purpose [Self, 8/2025] (137)
"Feel What Our Hearts Feel" (23)
"Me & Robbie Erenberg" (19)
"Connected" (16)
"Costa Rica" (13)
"The Day I Forgot Your Birthday" (10)
"Colorado" (10)
41: "Songs That Sing Me," Becky Buller [Dark Shadow, 1/2025] (134)
"A Hazy Shade of Winter" (23)
"Reach" (22)
"Muddy Waters" (20)
"Millworker" (19)
"Ride On By" (16)
"Auction At The Home Place" (10)
42: "The America Chronicles," Kemp Harris [Righteous Mischief, 8/2025] (133)
"Goodnight America" (30)
"Don't You Hear Them America" (16)
"Standing Your Ground" (13)
"America/Border Song" (13)
"Ruthie's" (13)
"Down" (12)
"Tulsa" (11)
"This is America, Right" (11)
43: "Saltwater Country," Grace Morrison [Nonesuch, 4/2025] (128)
"Gloria" (21)
"Cranberry Blossoms" (17)
"Saltwater Country" (15)
"Beer in a Teacup" (15)
"On My Way Massachusetts" (10)
"Avoiding Confrontation" (10)
44: "Drum School Dropout," Christine Lavin [Self, 1/2025] (124)
"The Best Summer" (42)
"Mercury & Mars" (16)
"A Smack of Jellyfish" (10)
44: "Rituals," Watchhouse [Thirty Tigers, 3/2025] (124)
"All Around You" (31)
"Rituals" (20)
"Shape" (13)
"In The Sun" (11)
44: "Shelter From the Storms," Lennie Gallant [Gallant Effort, 7/2025] (124)
"Counting on Angels" (20)
"Old Friends" (19)
"Sable Island Horses" (14)
"Shelter From the Storms" (13)
"On the Minnehaha" (10)
47: "The Agonist," Leslie Jordan [Self, 6/2025] (123)
"All Things" (16)
"Truth or Consequence" (16)
"The Agonist" (15)
"Golden Gate" (14)
"Loved Me For A Little While" (13)
"Madonna of Sierra Madre" (13)
"Athensville" (13)
"The Fight" (12)
48: "Suzy Sings Siebel, Volume One," Suzy Thompson [Self, 3/2025] (120)
"Louise" (23)
"Bride 1945" (18)
"The Ballad of Honest Sam" (16)
"Lose My Blues" (16)
"Nashville Again" (13)
49: "Bones of Better Days," The Whispering Tree [Eyelash Soup, 10/2025] (117)
"Bones of Better Days" (29)
"By My Side" (23)
"Born Again" (19)
"Find A Man" (15)
"Nesting Doll" (10)
49: "Beneath Your Skin," Kim Beggs [Self, 9/2024] (117)
"House for Slaughter" (15)
"You Been Down My Road" (13)
"Alive and Well in My Dreams" (13)
"Ragged in the Frozen Mist" (12)
"Bury Me Inside Your Heart" (12)
"Beneath Your Skin" (11)
"Down By the River Where the People Gather" (11)
51: "Lost & Found," Becki Davis [Self, 9/2025] (116)
"The Edge" (16)
"Find Our Way" (14)
"Burn" (12)
51: "New Skin," Judy Kass [Self, 7/2025] (116)
"Look at Us Marching Now" (21)
"Soothsayer" (16)
"Thank the Stone" (16)
"New Skin" (13)
"At Our Best" (12)
"Hopeful Hearts" (10)
51: "What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow," Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson [Nonesuch, 4/2025] (116)
"Rain Crow" (19)
"Hook and Line" (13)
"Old Joe Clark" (11)
"Marching Jaybird" (10)
54: "From Here to the Sea," Meredith Moon [Compass, 10/2025] (114)
"East City Blues" (19)
"Lulu Gal" (17)
"Sapphire Blue" (14)
"The Willow" (12)
"Poseidon" (12)
"No Closing Time" (11)
55: "Daggomit!," Max Wareham [Nine Athens, 2/2025] (112)
"Walking in Jerusalem" (18)
"Gone, Baby, Gone" (13)
"Hard Times Are Far Behind" (12)
"Lonesome Blues, I'm Coming Home" (10)
55: "Hummingbird Highway," Dar Williams [Righteous Babe, 8/2025] (112)
"Hummingbird Highway" (29)
"Tu Sais Le Printemps" (19)
"I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight" (11)
"The Way I Go" (10)
"Olive Tree" (10)
57: "Stay Put," Elexa Dawson [Moon Flower Sounds/Turns Out, 8/2025] (110)
"Baling Hay" (30)
"Roots Grow" (20)
"Where Have All the Flowers Gone" (19)
"Man Mountain" (13)
"Stay Put" (13)
58: "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)
58: "The Breathing Room," Cosy Sheridan [Self, 10/2025] (109)
"The Breathing Room" (22)
"All The Pretty Horses Want To Go" (16)
"I'm Feeling Like Seattle" (15)
"The Kind Words" (14)
"Claude's Cookies" (12)
58: "Glimmer," Carol Crittenden [Self, 1/2025] (109)
"Fields of Athenry" (22)
"Rise" (19)
"Wakened" (16)
"Into The Wind" (12)
"One Small Step" (10)
61: "Look Up," Ringo Starr [Lost Highway, 1/2025] (105)
"Look Up" (13)
61: "Woodland," Gillian Welch & David Rawlings [Acony, 8/2024] (105)
"Empty Trainload of Sky" (32)
"Hashtag" (12)
"North Country" (10)
"What We Had" (10)
63: "So Long Little Miss Sunshine," Molly Tuttle [Nonesuch, 8/2025] (104)
"That's Gonna Leave a Mark" (19)
"Everything Burns" (17)
"No Regrets" (11)
"The Highway Knows" (10)
64: "Perfume Like a Full Moon," Ray Lambiase [Raytone, 6/2025] (103)
"Around the Horn" (23)
"Perfume Like A Full Moon" (14)
"Dylan Tattoo" (14)
"One for All" (10)
65: "Avec Elodie," Eloise & Co [Self, 9/2025] (101)
"Moonflower" (13)
"Avant-Deux De Vitteaux" (11)
"Gille's Baguette" (11)
65: "The Chickadees," Dave & Kristi [Self, 6/2025] (101)
"Outlaw Polka" (14)
"All Are Welcome Here" (13)
"Truth or consequences" (12)
"King's Highway" (10)
65: "I'm From Here," Rob Siegel [Rural Electrification Mus, 3/2025] (101)
"I Can't Wait" (31)
"Onward Through The Fog" (29)
"I Dreamed I Said To Sisyphus" (16)
65: "Songs Worth Saving," Suzie Brown [Mule Kick, 5/2025] (101)
"Mothers and Daughters" (20)
"Rising" (16)
"Songs Are My Tears" (14)
"Bigger Bite" (12)
"Some Hearts" (12)
65: "The Thanksgiving Album," Vi Wickam [Wickam, 11/2025] (101)
"Another Fine Day for Thanksgiving" (21)
"Each New Day" (20)
"Turkey in the Straw" (14)
"Grateful" (10)
"Sitting at the Table" (10)
70: "Been All Around This World," Special Consensus [Compass, 6/2025] (100)
"I've Been All Around This World" (27)
"Please Mr. Postman" (14)
"King Of The Road" (11)
71: "I Made It This Far," Deborah Holland [Rage On, 3/2025] (99)
"Circling the Drain" (19)
"Thankful" (15)
"East Porpoise Bay" (11)
"Wildfires" (11)
72: "Now Then," Robbie Fulks [Compass, 8/2025] (98)
"Poor and Sharp Witted" (15)
"Savannah Is A Devilish Girl" (13)
"Workin' No More Blues" (12)
"Nobody Cares" (12)
72: "We All Dream," Terry Kitchen [Urban Campfire, 5/2025] (98)
"We All Dream" (23)
"Time Of The Season" (15)
"Rain Rain Rain" (15)
"Loretta's Icebox" (10)
74: "Dear Meadowlark," The Wildwoods [Self, 3/2025] (97)
"Sweet Niobrara" (17)
"Hideaway" (16)
"Meadowlark" (12)
"I Will Follow You to Willow" (12)
"Dear Stranger" (10)
75: "Every Town," Anne Hills [Hand & Heart, 10/2025] (96)
"Memory of August" (19)
"Spoon River" (15)
"Ballad of Elizabeth Dark" (11)
"The Ghost Of Lash LaRue" (11)
"Crazy Mary" (10)
76: "Dispatches: Songs From a World Gone Mad," Mark Rubin [Self, 5/2025] (95)
"Dog Whistle" (17)
"Goon With The Hammer" (12)
"Staying Put" (11)
"Blues for the Innocent" (10)
76: "Unravel," Henhouse Prowlers [Dark Shadow, 3/2025] (95)
"Land of Confusion" (18)
"Line the Avenues" (12)
"Palomino" (11)
78: "Stone by Stone," Friction Farm [Self, 9/2025] (94)
"Louder Than Guns" (19)
"Stone By Stone" (14)
"American Dream" (13)
"Spread A Little Sunshine" (11)
"Everything Will Be All Right" (11)
79: "The Monkey in the Crown," Hudost [Open Sesame, 3/2025] (93)
"Fire of Eden" (19)
"Sol Searcher" (13)
"Acting Out the Outrage" (11)
"Broken Down In America" (11)
79: "Ride in the Light," Cindy Kallet [Sleepy Creek, 12/2024] (93)
"Letter to America" (30)
"Ride In The Light" (15)
"Standing Beside You" (11)
"The Poet" (10)
81: "Earl Jam," Tony Trischka [Down The Road, 6/2024] (92)
"Brown's Ferry Blues" (20)
"Bury Me Beneath the Willow" (14)
"Dooley" (13)
"Lady Madonna" (12)
81: "Paper Flowers," Tim O'Brien & Jan Fabricius [Howdy Skies, 6/2025] (92)
"Atchison" (17)
"Lonesome Armadillo" (15)
"Paper Flowers" (11)
"Blacktop Rag Mop" (10)
83: "Little Songs," Rrinaco [Rebel, 5/2025] (91)
"Get Along Somehow" (27)
"The Voice of the Southland" (11)
83: "Room on the Porch," Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' [Concord, 5/2025] (91)
"Room On The Porch" (24)
"Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out" (14)
"My Darling My Dear" (11)
"Make Up Your Mind" (10)
83: "The Time That Remains," Mike Ward [Self, 7/2025] (91)
"Why Not" (23)
"Instrument For Good" (22)
86: "Further From the Country," William Prince [Six Shooter, 10/2025] (90)
"For the First Time" (16)
"All the Same" (13)
"Damn" (11)
"Flowers on the Dash" (10)
"Thousand Miles of Chain" (10)
86: "Songbird," Waylon Jennings [Son of Jessi, 7/2025] (90)
"Songbird" (15)
"The Cowboy" (12)
86: "Time & Materials," True North Duo [True North, 5/2025] (90)
"The Luthier" (15)
"Next Best Western" (13)
"Still Life Café" (12)
"'Til I Have You" (12)
89: "Crown of Roses," Patty Griffin [Thirty Tigers, 8/2025] (89)
"Back at the Start" (30)
"Way Up To The Sky" (17)
"A Word" (10)
90: "The Light Still Shines on the Main," Jory Nash [Self, 9/2025] (88)
"Oh Little One" (20)
"Come Alive" (16)
"The Light Still Shines on the Main" (15)
90: "Trail of Flowers," Sierra Ferrell [Rounder, 4/2024] (88)
"American Dreaming" (20)
"Lighthouse" (17)
"Fox Hunt" (11)
"I Could Drive You Crazy" (10)
92: "Double Takes," Gordie Tentrees & Jaxon Haldane [Self, 4/2025] (85)
"Bygone Days" (19)
"Bobbi and Gus" (14)
"Franklin" (12)
"Nowhere Fast" (12)
92: "Fire & Honey," Wild Mountain Mystics [Blackbird, 7/2025] (85)
"All You Need Is Love" (16)
"If You Can Bluff" (12)
92: "A Place Where Songs Come to Live," Vincent Cross [Self, 6/2025] (85)
"In The Eyes Of My Father" (16)
"Barefoot With The Blues" (12)
"Heart Of Hearts" (11)
92: "Signs of Life," My Politic [Self, 6/2025] (85)
"Two In The Morning" (16)
"Will We Ever Make It Out Of Heaven Alive" (13)
"Who Could Ask For More" (11)
92: "The Last Bough," Kyle Carey [Americelta, 9/2025] (85)
"The Last Bough" (18)
"Eden's Grief" (15)
"For Your Journey" (14)
97: "The American Dream," Amy Speace [Windbone, 9/2024] (83)
"The American Dream" (25)
97: "We Were Wood," Barry Oreck & Friends [Self, 2/2025] (83)
"We Were Wood" (18)
"Build Me A City" (16)
"The Norris Dam" (11)
"Snake Bones" (11)
"Just Enough Pain" (10)
97: "Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 11/2025] (83)
"Workin' Man Blues" (23)
"If We Make It Through December" (16)
100: "Better Than I Was," Sara Trunzo [Self, 6/2025] (82)
"In Your Mercy" (22)
"One Small Step" (19)
"Capricorn" (15)
"Taking My Power Back" (13)
"Keeping the Light" (11)
100: "Homegrown," Cole Quest & the City Pickers [Jallopy, 7/2025] (82)
"Pastures of Plenty" (16)
"In Tall Buildings" (13)
"Where I'm From" (13)
100: "LilyGild," Hilary Hawke with Reed Stutz [Adhyâropa, 2022] (82)
"All I've Ever Known" (18)
"Liza Jane" (14)
103: "Shelby Means," Shelby Means [Self, 6/2025] (81)
"Suitcase Blues" (13)
"Streets of Boulder" (12)
"High Plains Wyoming" (10)
103: "Songs to a Wild God," Mallory Chipman [Tunnel Mountain, 9/2024] (81)
"Sing Me Home" (17)
"Big Sky Country" (17)
105: "Cruel Joke," Ken Pomeroy [Rounder, 5/2025] (80)
"Flannel Cowboy" (12)
"Rodeo Clown" (10)
105: "Dee From Decatur," Dee Robinson [Riverlark, 5/2025] (80)
"Carolina Breakdown" (11)
"Railroad Bill" (10)
107: "The Blue Rock Session," Amy Speace [Windbone, 12/2025] (79)
"On a Monday in London" (19)
"Kindness - Acoustic" (16)
107: "Oubliette," Jez Lowe [Tantobie, 7/2025] (79)
"A Message From A Mandolin" (12)
"Oubliette" (10)
107: "Saving Grace," Robert Plant [Nonesuch, 10/2025] (79)
"Soul Of A Man" (14)
"Higher Rock" (10)
"Everybody's Song" (10)
110: "Exploding Star," Heather Maloney [Signature Sounds, 2/2025] (76)
"Exploding Star" (22)
"Labyrinth in the Weeds" (10)
110: "Paris," Louise Coombe [Zoe Cat, 3/2025] (76)
"Paris" (13)
"Brothers In Arms" (12)
TOP SONGS of 2025
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 129366 plays from 4443 playlists from 138 Folk DJs
1. "Broken Truth" (108)
from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
2. "No Kings in America" (57)
from "No Kings in America" (Lisa Bastoni)
3. "Ain't That The Way" (56)
from "Porcelain Angel" (Rees Shad)
3. "Looks Like The End Of The Road" (56)
from "Arcadia" (Alison Krauss & Union Station)
5. "Ancient Light" (55)
from "Wild & Clear & Blue" (I'm With Her)
6. "Field of Stars" (53)
from "Field of Stars" (John McCutcheon)
7. "Find My Way to You" (52)
from "Wild & Clear & Blue" (I'm With Her)
8. "Woody's Landlord Revisited" (51)
from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
9. "Dark Night of the Soul" (50)
from "Dark Ages" (Eliza Gilkyson)
10. "Maybe New Mexico" (49)
from "Maybe New Mexico" (Helene Cronin)
11. "Grapes On The Vine" (48)
from "Best of Steve Gillette" (Steve Gillette)
12. "Particle & Wave" (46)
from "unentitled" (John Gorka)
12. "Richmond On The James" (46)
from "Arcadia" (Alison Krauss & Union Station)
12. "The Victim Tree" (46)
from "Kindred Spirits" (John Flynn)
15. "In the West" (45)
from "In the West" (The Horsenecks)
16. "Sommer" (44)
from "The Woods Have Shown Us" (Ponyfolk)
16. "Wild and Clear and Blue" (44)
from "Wild & Clear & Blue" (I'm With Her)
18. "Piles of Sand" (43)
from "So Much I Still Don't See" (Sam Robbins)
19. "The Best Summer" (42)
from "Drum School Dropout" (Christine Lavin)
19. "Bow Down" (42)
from "Gold & Coal" (Cassie & Maggie)
19. "A Heart That Never Closes" (42)
from "Looking for the Thread" (Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart)
19. "In the USA" (42)
from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
19. "Old Friends" (42)
from "The Wind Will Change Again" (The Twangtown Paramours)
19. "Times Like These" (42)
from "Dark Ages" (Eliza Gilkyson)
25. "Barbed Wire Boys" (41)
from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
25. "No Kings Here" (41)
from "No Kings Here - Single" (Tom Paxton)
27. "The Wind Will Change Again" (39)
from "The Wind Will Change Again" (The Twangtown Paramours)
28. "Bury Me" (38)
from "Foxes in the Snow" (Jason Isbell)
28. "Someday We Won't Live Here Anymore" (38)
from "Time Out #3" (The Accidentals)
30. "Come Out Of My Blues" (37)
from "A Tip Toe High Wire" (Sierra Hull)
30. "Rambling Man" (37)
from "Some Kind of Truth" (Kora Feder)
30. "Stars Without A Heaven" (37)
from "The Wind Will Change Again" (The Twangtown Paramours)
30. "Up in the Attic" (37)
from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
30. "Which Side Are You On?" (37)
from "Which Side Are You On?" (Artists for Action)
35. "Angel From Montgomery" (36)
from "Alice Howe & Freebo Live" (Alice Howe & Freebo)
35. "Girl And Her Dog" (36)
from "Personal History" (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
35. "I've Always Been a Rambler" (36)
from "Long Journey Home" (Molly Tuttle)
35. "Twilight" (36)
from "Alice Howe & Freebo Live" (Alice Howe & Freebo)
35. "Woody and Pete" (36)
from "Woody & Pete" (Beppe Gambetta)
40. "The Gold Rush is Over and I'm Moving On" (35)
from "Gold & Coal" (Cassie & Maggie)
40. "It Matters" (35)
from "It Matters" (C. Daniel Boling)
42. "Blue Ridge Mountain Blues" (34)
from "All I Got & Gone" (Chris Walz)
42. "Dark Ages" (34)
from "Dark Ages" (Eliza Gilkyson)
42. "Fly Away" (34)
from "Time Out #3" (The Accidentals)
45. "5 Days Out, 2 Days Back" (33)
from "5 Days Out, 2 Days Back" (Alison Brown & Steve Martin)
45. "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" (33)
from "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright - single" (Abbie Gardner)
45. "Goodnight America" (33)
from "The America Chronicles" (Kemp Harris)
45. "Home By Bearna" (33)
from "Burnished" (Amelia Hogan)
45. "Love, Surround Me" (33)
from "Look to the Moon" (Patty & Craig)
45. "Sincerely Yours No More" (33)
from "The Wind Will Change Again" (The Twangtown Paramours)
45. "That Song About the River" (33)
from "Best of Steve Gillette" (Steve Gillette)
45. "What A Little Love Can Do" (33)
from "So Much I Still Don't See" (Sam Robbins)
53. "Dear Time" (32)
from "Safe, Sensible & Sane" (Alison Brown & Steve Martin)
53. "Empty Trainload of Sky" (32)
from "Woodland" (Gillian Welch & David Rawlings)
53. "Good Bad Day" (32)
from "Together on a Rock" (The Pairs)
53. "Last of the Steam-Powered Trains" (32)
from "Remains to Be Scene" (The Seldom Scene)
53. "Rolling in the Gold" (32)
from "Burnished" (Amelia Hogan)
53. "Summer Skin" (32)
from "Summer Skin - single" (The Honey Badgers)
53. "The Wrong Way" (32)
from "Arcadia" (Alison Krauss & Union Station)
60. "900 Miles" (31)
from "Long Journey Home" (Tim O'Brien)
60. "All Around You" (31)
from "Rituals" (Watchhouse)
60. "Baling Hay" (31)
from "Stay Put" (Elexa Dawson)
60. "Farewell Angelina" (31)
from "Remains to Be Scene" (The Seldom Scene)
60. "Letter to America" (31)
from "Ride in the Light" (Cindy Kallet)
60. "Mists Of Ennistymon" (31)
from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
60. "Reach" (31)
from "Songs That Sing Me" (Becky Buller)
60. "Too Good To Be True" (31)
from "Time Out #3" (The Accidentals)
68. "First Snow On The Mountains" (30)
from "unentitled" (John Gorka)
68. "Back at the Start" (30)
from "Crown of Roses" (Patty Griffin)
68. "Better Than Me" (30)
from "Time Out #3" (The Accidentals)
68. "Bitter Ender" (30)
from "Personal History" (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
68. "A Case of You" (30)
from "Alice Howe & Freebo Live" (Alice Howe & Freebo)
68. "Nancy" (30)
from "Gold & Coal" (Cassie & Maggie)
68. "Oh What A Beautiful World" (30)
from "Oh What a Beautiful World" (Willie Nelson)
68. "Oklahoma Sunset" (30)
from "Reclamation" (Crys Matthews)
68. "Pine Mountain High" (30)
from "Kentucky Queen" (Carla Gover)
TOP ARTISTS of 2025
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 129366 plays from 4443 playlists from 138 Folk DJs
1. John McCutcheon (609)
"Field of Stars" (335)
"Long Journey Home" (32)
"John McCutcheon's Four Seasons: Autumnsongs" (17)
"This Land: Woody Guthrie's America" (17)
"Cabin Fever: Songs From The Quarantine" (13)
"Sermon On The Mound" (13)
"To Everyone in All the World: A Celebration of Pete Seeger" (12)
"Live At Wolf Trap" (10)
"Winter Solstice" (10)
"Wintersongs" (10)
2. Bob Dylan (509)
"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" (35)
"Blood On The Tracks" (30)
"Bringing It All Back Home" (29)
"Bob Dylan" (27)
"Highway 61 Revisited" (21)
"The Times They Are A-Changin'" (20)
"Nashville Skyline" (15)
"Love And Theft" (14)
"Blonde On Blonde" (12)
"Modern Times" (11)
"Biograph" (10)
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. II" (10)
3. Tim Grimm (501)
"Bones of Trees" (407)
"The Little In-Between" (20)
"Farm Songs" (13)
"Gone" (10)
"The Turning Point" (10)
4. Mary Chapin Carpenter (451)
"Personal History" (185)
"Looking for the Thread" (150)
"Come Darkness, Come Light" (29)
5. Willie Nelson (394)
"Oh What a Beautiful World" (131)
"Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle" (81)
"Last Leaf on the Tree" (37)
"Red Headed Stranger" (18)
"The Border" (10)
6. Eliza Gilkyson (392)
"Dark Ages" (225)
"Songs From The River Wind" (24)
"Home" (22)
"Land Of Milk And Honey" (17)
"Beautiful World" (16)
"Paradise Hotel" (11)
"Your Town Tonight" (11)
7. John Gorka (368)
"unentitled" (200)
"True In Time" (23)
"Bright Side Of Down" (14)
"I Know" (12)
"Jack's Crows" (12)
"Out Of The Valley" (12)
"So Dark You See" (10)
8. The Twangtown Paramours (346)
"The Wind Will Change Again" (314)
"Waiting for Christmas to Come" (27)
9. Alison Krauss & Union Station (321)
"Arcadia" (263)
"Alison Krauss & Union Station Live" (10)
10. Lucy Kaplansky (317)
"The Lucy Story - Unreleased & Rare Tracks" (218)
"Last Days of Summer" (27)
"The Tide" (13)
11. John Prine (310)
"John Prine" (56)
"The Tree Of Forgiveness" (42)
"Fair And Square" (21)
"The Missing Years" (18)
"Lost Dogs & Mixed Blessings" (16)
"Souvenirs" (13)
"In Spite Of Ourselves" (12)
"Great Days" (11)
"Sweet Revenge" (11)
12. Crys Matthews (305)
"Reclamation" (230)
"Changemakers" (37)
"Sleeves Up" (26)
13. Peter, Paul & Mary (300)
"Around The Campfire" (30)
"Peter, Paul And Mary" (30)
"Carry It On" (24)
"The Very Best of Peter, Paul and Mary" (21)
"A Holiday Celebration With The New York Choral Society" (19)
"Moving" (18)
"In The Wind" (16)
"Lifelines" (14)
"Album 1700" (13)
"No Easy Walk to Freedom" (10)
14. I'm With Her (285)
"Wild & Clear & Blue" (259)
"See You Around" (11)
15. Pete Seeger (279)
"American Favorite Ballads, Vols. 1-5" (36)
"The Smithsonian Folkways Collection" (17)
"If I Had A Hammer: Songs Of Hope & Struggle" (11)
"The Essential Pete Seeger" (10)
"Live In '65" (10)
"Pete" (10)
16. Joni Mitchell (260)
"Blue" (54)
"Ladies Of The Canyon" (30)
"Court and Spark" (23)
"Hits" (21)
"Clouds" (19)
"For The Roses" (12)
17. Nanci Griffith (258)
"Other Voices, Other Rooms" (49)
"Other Voices Too" (30)
"Clock Without Hands" (14)
"The MCA Years - A Retrospective" (14)
"Once in a Very Blue Moon" (14)
"Lone Star State Of Mind" (13)
"Flyer" (12)
"The Last Of The True Believers" (11)
"The Loving Kind" (10)
18. Cassie & Maggie (257)
"Gold & Coal" (230)
19. Guy Clark (246)
"Looking for the Words: Live at U of H Coffee House" (33)
"Dublin Blues" (27)
"Tell It To The Wind" (22)
"Truly Handmade, Vol. 1" (18)
"Old Friends" (14)
"Old No. 1" (13)
"Keepers" (11)
"Cold Dog Soup" (10)
"The Dark" (10)
20. Dar Williams (242)
"Hummingbird Highway" (112)
"Mortal City" (23)
"The Honesty Room" (13)
"The Beauty Of The Rain" (12)
"End Of The Summer" (10)
"Many Great Companions" (10)
21. Alice Howe & Freebo (238)
"Alice Howe & Freebo Live" (237)
22. Helene Cronin (233)
"Maybe New Mexico" (214)
22. Chris Walz (233)
"All I Got & Gone" (227)
24. Cosy Sheridan (230)
"The Breathing Room" (105)
"Grand Design" (47)
"Here's The Rain - single" (15)
25. Sam Robbins (229)
"So Much I Still Don't See" (216)
26. Sierra Hull (225)
"A Tip Toe High Wire" (194)
27. The Accidentals (224)
"Time Out #3" (199)
"Time Out Session 1" (12)
27. Joan Baez (224)
"Joan Baez - Greatest Hits" (19)
"The Best of Joan Baez" (15)
"Ring Them Bells" (14)
"Whistle Down The Wind" (13)
"Farewell, Angelina" (10)
29. Tom Prasada-Rao (223)
"Beautiful You: The Songs of Tom Prasada-Rao" (153)
"Christmas In The Ashram" (12)
30. Tom Paxton (221)
"No Kings Here - Single" (39)
"The Best of Tom Paxton" (15)
"Looking For The Moon" (15)
"Peace Will Come" (14)
31. Steve Gillette (220)
"Best of Steve Gillette" (197)
32. Becky Buller (219)
"Songs That Sing Me" (134)
"Long Journey Home" (26)
"Jubilee" (15)
"Distance And Time" (11)
"Cover Project" (10)
33. Alison Brown & Steve Martin (217)
"Safe, Sensible & Sane" (171)
"5 Days Out, 2 Days Back" (17)
34. Connie Kaldor (214)
"Wide Open Spaces" (145)
"Keep Going" (16)
"Wood River" (10)
35. Le Vent Du Nord (207)
"Voisinages" (158)
"20 Printemps" (19)
36. Woody Guthrie (206)
"Woody At Home - Vol 1 + 2" (40)
"Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection" (19)
"My Dusty Road" (17)
"This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1" (14)
"Dust Bowl Ballads" (13)
37. The Seldom Scene (196)
"Remains to Be Scene" (152)
38. Molly Tuttle (195)
"So Long Little Miss Sunshine" (103)
"Long Journey Home" (32)
"When You're Ready" (20)
"Rise" (14)
39. Christine Lavin (190)
"Drum School Dropout" (122)
40. Amy Speace (186)
"The Blue Rock Session" (79)
"The American Dream" (60)
41. Amelia Hogan (185)
"Burnished" (162)
"Taking Flight" (18)
41. Eli West (185)
"The Shape of a Sway" (176)
41. Gordon Lightfoot (185)
"Gord's Gold" (38)
"Songbook" (20)
"The United Artists Collection" (18)
"Summertime Dream" (12)
"Lightfoot!" (11)
"Sit Down Young Stranger" (10)
44. David Mallett (183)
"Parallel Lives" (27)
"Greenin' Up" (24)
"Celebration" (20)
"David Mallett" (13)
"Inches And Miles" (12)
"Midnight On The Water" (12)
"This Town" (12)
45. Stan Rogers (181)
"The Very Best Of Stan Rogers" (33)
"Between The Breaks...Live!" (27)
"Northwest Passage" (21)
"From Fresh Water" (17)
"Home In Halifax" (16)
"Turnaround" (14)
"From Coffee House To Concert Hall" (11)
"Fogarty's Cove" (10)
46. C. Daniel Boling (180)
"It Matters" (115)
"Love, Dan" (39)
46. Darryl Purpose (180)
"Connected" (135)
"Next Time Around" (10)
48. Rees Shad (178)
"Porcelain Angel" (158)
49. Bruce Springsteen (177)
"Tracks II: The Lost Albums" (20)
"We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions" (19)
"Nebraska" (14)
"Nebraska '82: Expanded Edition" (13)
"Land Of Hope & Dreams" (12)
50. The Horsenecks (176)
"In the West" (170)
51. Phil Ochs (174)
"All The News That's Fit To Sing" (43)
"There But For Fortune" (19)
"Farewells And Fantasies" (13)
"Phil Ochs In Concert" (11)
"in concert" (10)
52. Tim O'Brien (173)
"Long Journey Home" (44)
"Red On Blonde" (19)
"The Crossing" (16)
"Where The River Meets The Road" (14)
"Bluegrass Sings Paxton" (11)
"Cup of Sugar" (10)
"He Walked On" (10)
53. Carla Gover (163)
"Kentucky Queen" (162)
54. Carrie Newcomer (162)
"A Great Wild Mercy" (30)
"Until Now" (28)
"The Beautiful Not Yet" (17)
"Before And After" (11)
"A Permeable Life" (10)
55. The Pairs (159)
"Together on a Rock" (143)
56. Judy Collins (158)
"Forever - An Anthology" (15)
"The Very Best of Judy Collins" (14)
56. The Onlies (158)
"You Climb the Mountain" (140)
58. Tony Trischka (157)
"Earl Jam" (86)
"Territory" (12)
"Maple On The Hill - single" (10)
59. Archie Fisher (156)
"A Silent Song" (37)
"The Man With A Rhyme" (27)
"Windward Away" (27)
"Sunsets I've Galloped Into" (24)
"Will Ye Gang, Love" (12)
59. Joe Jencks (156)
"The Coming of the Years" (42)
"Poets, Philosophers Workers & Wanderers" (22)
"The Forgotten" (17)
"The Candle And The Flame" (13)
"Links In A Chain" (13)
"Rise As One" (13)
"I Hear Your Voice" (11)
59. Kora Feder (156)
"Some Kind of Truth" (148)
62. Anne Hills (153)
"Every Town" (94)
"Angle Of The Light" (12)
62. Billy Strings (153)
"Highway Prayers" (71)
"Me/And/Dad" (33)
"Renewal" (16)
"Home" (13)
62. Jason Isbell (153)
"Foxes in the Snow" (140)
65. Tom Rush (152)
"Gardens Old, Flowers New" (54)
"The Circle Game" (22)
"Blues, Songs and Ballads" (14)
66. Emmylou Harris (151)
"Wrecking Ball" (14)
"Roses In The Snow" (12)
"Red Dirt Girl" (11)
66. Lennie Gallant (151)
"Shelter From the Storms" (123)
"Christmas Day on Planet Earth" (13)
66. Tom Russell (151)
"Blood And Candle Smoke" (12)
"Mount Olive" (12)
"Modern Art" (11)
"Old Songs Yet To Sing" (11)
69. Robbie Fulks (148)
"Now Then" (96)
"Upland Stories" (17)
"Bluegrass Vacation" (16)
70. Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms (147)
"Gold in Your Pocket" (138)
70. Kemp Harris (147)
"The America Chronicles" (131)
72. The Band (144)
"The Band" (47)
"Music From Big Pink" (28)
"The Last Waltz" (12)
72. Patty & Craig (144)
"Look to the Moon" (143)
74. Patty Griffin (142)
"Crown of Roses" (89)
"Children Running Through" (11)
75. Ponyfolk (140)
"The Woods Have Shown Us" (140)
76. Emma's Revolution (138)
"Hope" (40)
"You Are Not God - single" (20)
"Rooted" (14)
"One" (13)
"We Are The Power - single" (13)
"Roots, Rock And Revolution" (12)
"Revolution Now" (11)
76. Janis Ian (138)
"The Light At The End Of The Line" (46)
"The Essential Janis Ian" (11)
"God & The FBI" (11)
"Between the Lines" (10)
76. Ray Lambiase (138)
"Perfume Like a Full Moon" (103)
"The Road Ahead" (12)
76. Todd Snider (138)
"High, Lonesome and Then Some" (24)
"Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3" (13)
"New Connection" (12)
80. Grace Morrison (136)
"Saltwater Country" (128)
80. Watchhouse (136)
"Rituals" (119)
82. Cheryl Wheeler (132)
"Driving Home" (32)
"Sylvia Hotel" (28)
"Defying Gravity" (16)
"Greetings From Cheryl Wheeler Live" (14)
82. Special Consensus (132)
"Been All Around This World" (89)
"Chicago Barn Dance" (12)
"Great Blue North" (12)
84. Bruce Cockburn (129)
"Christmas" (15)
"O Sun O Moon" (15)
84. David Francey (129)
"maps" (25)
"The Broken Heart Of Everything" (18)
"Torn Screen Door" (16)
"The Breath Between" (14)
"Skating Rink" (11)
"So Say We All" (10)
86. Ellis Paul (128)
"The Storyteller's Suitcase" (24)
"55" (13)
"Chasing Beauty" (11)
"The Day After Everything Changed" (10)
86. Leslie Jordan (128)
"The Agonist" (122)
86. Mike Ward (128)
"The Time That Remains" (87)
"Still Troubled" (23)
89. Susan Werner (127)
"Halfway to Houston" (24)
"Gospel Truth" (16)
"Hayseed" (10)
90. Bob Franke (126)
"The Other Evening In Chicago" (55)
"In This Night" (16)
"The Heart of the Flower" (14)
"Brief Histories" (13)
90. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings (126)
"Woodland" (98)
90. Kim Beggs (126)
"Beneath Your Skin" (117)
90. Suzy Thompson (126)
"Suzy Sings Siebel, Volume One" (113)
90. The Whispering Tree (126)
"Bones of Better Days" (117)
95. Greg Brown (125)
"If I Had Known: Essential Recordings, 1980-1996" (16)
96. Steve Goodman (124)
"No Big Surprise: The Steve Goodman Anthology" (24)
"Words We Can Dance To" (12)
"Affordable Art" (11)
"The Easter Tapes" (10)
97. Charley Crockett (123)
"Lonesome Drifter" (56)
"Dollar a Day" (42)
98. The Beatles (122)
"The Beatles (White Album)" (16)
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (11)
98. Beppe Gambetta (122)
"Terra Madre" (52)
"Woody & Pete" (35)
98. Joel Mabus (122)
"Lonesome Road" (27)
"A Parlor Guitar Christmas" (12)
"Golden Willow Tree" (10)
"Time And Truth" (10)
101. Richard Thompson (120)
"Acoustic Classics II" (12)
"Ship to Shore" (12)
"1000 Years Of Popular Music" (11)
101. Sarah Jarosz (120)
"Polaroid Lovers" (52)
"Follow Me Down" (22)
"Song Up In Her Head" (14)
103. Eric Bibb (119)
"In the Real World" (65)
103. Johnny Cash (119)
"The Essential Johnny Cash" (16)
103. Meredith Moon (119)
"From Here to the Sea" (114)
103. Vi Wickam (119)
"The Thanksgiving Album" (94)
"Armadillo On A Hot Tin Roof" (21)
107. Judy Kass (118)
"New Skin" (116)
107. Kate Wolf (118)
"Close To You" (23)
"Weaver Of Visions" (16)
"Give Yourself to Love" (14)
"Carry It On" (10)
107. Terry Kitchen (118)
"We All Dream" (98)
107. Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian (118)
"From China to Appalachia" (64)
"It Ain't Gonna Go Away - single" (16)
111. Elexa Dawson (117)
"Stay Put" (108)
111. Henhouse Prowlers (117)
"Unravel" (92)
"Lead & Iron" (17)
113. Chuck Brodsky (116)
"Gravity, Wings, & Heavy Things" (24)
"Two Sets" (13)
"The Baseball Ballads" (12)
"Letters In The Dirt" (11)
113. Sierra Ferrell (116)
"Trail of Flowers" (88)
"Long Time Coming" (13)
115. David Wilcox (115)
"The Way I Tell the Story" (51)
115. Deborah Holland (115)
"I Made It This Far" (99)
117. Muireann Bradley (114)
"I Kept These Old Blues" (56)
"Don't Think Twice, It's Alright - single" (15)
"These Days" (13)
"Rose Dogs - EP" (11)
117. Peggy Seeger (114)
"Teleology" (31)
"First Farewell" (25)
117. Tom Lehrer (114)
"That Was the Year That Was" (34)
"The Remains of Tom Lehrer" (22)
"Songs And More Songs By Tom Lehrer" (16)
120. Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson (113)
"What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow" (112)
120. Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer (113)
"Drum Hat Buddha" (28)
"Tanglewood Tree" (26)
"When I Go" (17)
"American Noel" (15)
"Seven Is The Number" (12)
122. Laurie Lewis (112)
"Trees" (55)
122. The Mammals (112)
"Touch Grass, Vol. 1" (37)
"Touch Grass, Vol. 2" (25)
"Nonet" (13)
"Touch Grass" (10)
122. Simon & Garfunkel (112)
"The Best of Simon and Garfunkel" (13)
"Bookends" (12)
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" (12)
"Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme" (10)
125. Chatham Rabbits (111)
"Be Real" (107)
125. Colleen Kattau (111)
"This Hen's Gonna Crow" (52)
"Besos Kisses" (22)
"Deportee - single" (15)
"Inhabited Woman" (14)
125. Dave Van Ronk (111)
"In The Tradition" (23)
"Down in Washington Square" (11)
125. Max Wareham (111)
"Daggomit!" (110)
129. Cindy Kallet (110)
"Ride in the Light" (82)
"Dreaming Down a Quiet Line" (11)
129. Guy Davis (110)
"The Legend of Sugarbelly" (50)
"Be Ready When I Call You" (11)
129. Suzie Brown (110)
"Songs Worth Saving" (101)
132. Carol Crittenden (108)
"Glimmer" (108)
132. Crowes Pasture (108)
"Edge Of America" (29)
"Coming For You Next - single" (18)
"Crowes Pasture" (15)
132. Rhiannon Giddens (108)
"Freedom Highway" (30)
"Tomorrow Is My Turn" (14)
"You're the One" (11)
135. Friction Farm (107)
"Stone by Stone" (87)
135. Odetta (107)
"Lookin' For A Home" (14)
"Absolutely the Best - Odetta" (12)
"Gonna Let It Shine" (10)
137. Rory Block (106)
"Heavy on the Blues" (68)
137. The Wailin' Jennys (106)
"40 Days" (28)
"Fifteen" (26)
"Live At The Mauch Chunk Opera House" (22)
"Firecracker" (15)
"Bright Morning Stars" (11)
139. Rob Siegel (105)
"I'm From Here" (100)
139. William Prince (105)
"Further From the Country" (89)
141. Dave & Kristi (104)
"The Chickadees" (101)
141. James McMurtry (104)
"The Black Dog & the Wandering Boy" (72)
141. John Flynn (104)
"Kindred Spirits" (47)
"Two Wolves" (12)
144. Doc Watson (103)
"The Essential Doc Watson" (14)
"The Vanguard Years" (10)
145. Eloise & Co (102)
"Avec Elodie" (99)
145. John Hartford (102)
"Gum Tree Canoe" (15)
"Aereo-Plain" (13)
145. The Wildwoods (102)
"Dear Meadowlark" (97)
148. Jory Nash (101)
"The Light Still Shines on the Main" (87)
148. Kate Rusby (101)
"When They All Looked Up" (40)
"Hourglass" (14)
148. Maria Muldaur (101)
"One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey" (70)
148. Richard Shindell (101)
"South Of Delia" (16)
"Reunion Hill" (12)
"Blue Divide" (10)
"Courier" (10)
TOP LABELS of 2025
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 129366 plays from 4443 playlists from 138 Folk DJs
1. Rounder (2274)
2. Compass (1694)
3. Smithsonian/Folkways (1461)
4. Columbia (1455)
5. Red House (1181)
6. Thirty Tigers (934)
7. Signature Sounds (901)
8. Nonesuch (879)
9. Warner (674)
10. Legacy (643)
11. Sugar Hill (618)
12. Rhino (576)
13. Elektra (538)
14. New West (517)
15. Appleseed (487)
16. Borealis (485)
17. Reprise (477)
18. Vanguard (443)
19. Philo (440)
20. Free Dirt (420)
21. Capitol (415)
22. Vault (409)
23. Appalsongs (384)
24. Yep Roc (353)
25. RCA (345)
26. Flying Fish (339)
27. Rebel (324)
28. Oh Boy (314)
29. Appalseed (311)
30. Dark Shadow (309)
30. Pinecastle (309)
32. Waterbug (306)
33. Sony (286)
34. Berkalin (281)
35. Down The Road (276)
36. Green Linnet (264)
37. Inside Edge (263)
38. Alligator (255)
39. Atlantic (252)
40. True North (248)
41. Mercury (242)
42. Topic (230)
43. Righteous Babe (216)
44. Nine Athens (208)
45. Acony (206)
46. Concord (205)
47. Stony Plain (201)
48. Fantasy (191)
49. Greentrax (190)
50. Bear Family (186)
51. Riverlark (185)
52. Dualtone (182)
52. Shanachie (182)
54. Island (178)
55. BMG (177)
56. Adhyâropa (176)
57. Hudson Harding (175)
58. Lambent Light (171)
59. Know Howe (170)
60. Lucyricky (168)
61. Realiza (163)
61. Windbone (163)
63. Coyote (154)
64. Redbird (151)
65. Tiki Parlour (145)
66. Arhoolie (139)
66. MCA (139)
66. Shadville (139)
69. La Compagnie du Nord (138)
70. Lost Highway (136)
71. Mountain Home (134)
72. Cooking Vinyl (132)
73. Mountain Fever (131)
74. Folk-Legacy (130)
75. Howdy Skies (128)
76. Strictly Country (126)
76. Tender and Mild (126)
78. Hightone (122)
78. Mule Kick (122)
80. Six Shooter (121)
81. Jalopy (117)
82. Gallant Effort (113)
82. Hestehus (113)
82. Howlin' Dog (113)
85. Turtle Bear (112)
86. Larrea (111)
87. Community (110)
87. Royal Potato Family (110)
89. Fossil (107)
89. Razor & Tie (107)
91. Blue Corn (106)
92. Proper (105)
92. Verve (105)
94. Humble Abode (104)
95. Urban Campfire (103)
FOLK DJs - 2025
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 129366 plays from 4443 playlists from 138 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 & Andrea Berman (CiTR-FM & podcast, BC)
Artie Martello (WIOX-FM & mixcloud.com, 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 (KEXP-FM & thesonicplanet.com, FL)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Gordon Nash (WLRN-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Graham Dean & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Helen Leicht (folkmusicnotebook.com, PA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
James Sereda (WUSB-FM, NY)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jean Geiger (KSER-FM & mixcloud.com, WA)
Jeannie Holton & Tom Elligett (WMNF-FM, FL)
Jeannie Holton (WMNF-FM, FL)
Jeff Zolitor (KZYX-FM, CA)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jeremy Butler (Alabama Public Radio)
Jim Canales (WWSP-FM, WI)
Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Jim Welsh (Radio Summerhall & mixcloud.com, UK)
Joe Jencks (folkmusicnotebook.com)
Joe McMahon & Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-FM, NY)
Joe Pszonek (WERE-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
John Platt (WFUV-FM, NY)
John Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA)
John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA)
Jon Colcord (Syndicated, NH)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-FM & podcast, NY)
Joyce Miller (KVMR-FM, CA)
Justin Helmer (KVSC-FM, MN)
Kai Schafft (WVBR-FM, NY)
Karen Leyse (KDRT-LP, CA)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kate McNally (New Hampshire Public Radio)
Katrina Knight (3RFS-FM & 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)
Mark Sahlgren and Darcy Wilkin (WRKF-FM, LA)
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 & WTMX-FM, MA)
Michael Park (mixcloud.com & PRX, NY)
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 & syndicated, 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 Gregson & Renee McLachlan (CKUA-FM, AB)
Wendy Ramsay (WAER-FM, NY)
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