2004 Top Labels
Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
Compiled by Richard Gillmann of KBCS-FM
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L
TOP LABELS OF 2004
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 152312 airplays from 286 different DJs
1. Rounder (4742)
2. Sugar Hill (3206)
3. Red House (3183)
4. Compass (2479)
5. Columbia (2446)
6. Signature (1941)
7. Smithsonian/Folkways (1757)
8. Appleseed (1596)
9. Philo (1368)
10. Hightone (1291)
11. Borealis (1246)
12. Vanguard (1114)
13. Green Linnet (1066)
14. Waterbug (1035)
15. Shanachie (991)
16. Flying Fish (920)
17. Warner (895)
18. Greentrax (854)
19. Rhino (843)
20. Rebel (688)
21. Koch (611)
22. Pinecastle (590)
23. Dualtone (515)
24. RCA Victor (479)
25. Capitol (461)
26. Elektra (433)
27. Wind River (422)
28. Folk-Legacy (408)
29. Nonesuch (376)
29. Sony (376)
31. Fossil (354)
31. MCA (354)
33. Alligator (352)
34. Gadfly (343)
35. Acoustic Disc (339)
36. Copper Creek (328)
36. Reprise (328)
38. Topic (316)
39. Yep Roc (300)
40. Private (292)
41. Skaggs Family (284)
42. Atlantic (277)
43. Razor And Tie (263)
44. New West (261)
45. Blue Corn (260)
45. Oh Boy (260)
47. Fallen Angle (256)
48. Nettwerk (250)
49. Mercury (243)
50. CMH (241)
51. Northern Blues (240)
51. Zoe (240)
53. Putumayo (237)
54. A&M (236)
54. Maggie's (236)
56. Arc (232)
57. True North (229)
58. Woodpecker (222)
59. Bear Family (210)
60. Compadre (202)
60. Epic (202)
62. Arhoolie (198)
63. Yodel-Ay-Hee (197)
64. Rykodisc (191)
65. Blix Street (189)
66. Lost Highway (188)
67. Redwing (182)
68. Jericho Beach (180)
69. EMI (177)
70. ATO (176)
70. Bloodshot (176)
72. Hannibal (175)
73. BMG (166)
74. Poetman (164)
75. Sanctuary (162)
76. Blue Pine (156)
77. Yazoo (150)
77. Stony Plain (150)
79. Narada (148)
79. Universal (148)
81. Trailer (146)
82. Fogarty's Cove (145)
83. Windham Hill (139)
84. Oasis (137)
85. Virgin (136)
86. Wilory (135)
87. Shipwhistle (129)
88. Myth America (127)
89. Blue Note (126)
90. High Street (125)
90. Northside (125)
92. Harbourtown (124)
93. Prime (123)
94. American Roots (122)
94. Asylum (122)
94. Sliced Bread (122)
97. Cornbelt (119)
97. Folk Era (119)
97. M. C. (119)
97. Temple (119)
101. New Folk (118)
102. Fantasy (117)
103. Sunbird (115)
104. Acony (114)
104. Mrs Ackroyd (114)
106. Compendia (113)
107. Rising Son (108)
108. Hay Holler (106)
109. Tantobie (105)
110. Artemis (104)
110. Backcountry (104)
110. Culburnie (104)
113. Depot (102)
113. Righteous Babe (102)
115. Fiddling Cricket (101)
116. Curb (99)
117. Addie Belle (98)
117. Telarc (98)
119. Laker (97)
120. County (96)
120. Golden Hind (96)
122. Snow Goose (94)
123. Overt (93)
123. World Village (93)
125. Redbird (91)
126. Island (90)
126. Verve (90)
128. Back Porch (89)
128. Fellside (89)
130. Angel (84)
130. Geffen (84)
130. Rabbit Island (84)
130. Well Done (84)
134. Doobie Shea (83)
134. Vault (83)
136. KBC (82)
136. Silver Wave (82)
136. Virginia Soul (82)
139. CMS (81)
140. Real World (78)
141. Arista (77)
141. Trout (77)
143. Bar None (76)
143. Blue Boat (76)
143. Festival 5 (76)
146. Falling Mountain (74)
146. Alcazar (72)
146. Interscope (72)
146. Moon House (72)
146. Watermelon (72)
151. Polydor (71)
152. Proper (70)
153. Gourd (69)
153. Omnium (69)
155. Cooking Vinyl (68)
155. Lavenir (68)
155. Mettafour (68)
155. Red Pajamas (68)
159. Tomato (67)
160. Song Dog (66)
160. Thin Man (66)
162. Bell Buckle (65)
162. Crossroads (65)
162. Hudson Valley (65)
165. Crosscut (64)
166. Alula (63)
166. Blind Pig (63)
166. Milagrito (63)
169. American (62)
169. OMS (62)
171. Audium (61)
171. Wildflower (61)
173. Guardian (59)
173. Ledgewood (59)
175. North Road (58)
176. Anti (57)
176. Ceili (57)
176. Horus (57)
176. Lochshore (57)
176. Sage Arts (57)
176. Strictly Country (57)
182. Binky (56)
182. Makoche (56)
184. CMG (55)
184. Cracker Barrel (55)
184. Dunkeld (55)
184. Mudthumper (55)
188. Cimarron (54)
188. Patio (54)
190. Almo (53)
190. Caribou (53)
190. Dreamworks (53)
193. Document (52)
193. Takoma (52)
195. Blue Plate (51)
195. Festival (51)
195. Lonesome Day (51)
198. Black Hen (50)
198. Dmz (50)
198. Polygram (50)
198. Reckless (50)
198. Universal South (50)
203. Dancing Cat (49)
203. Dead Reckoning (49)
203. Or (49)
206. Fuel (48)
206. Eminent (48)
206. Howdy Skies (48)
206. Tara (48)
210. Bohemia Beat (47)
210. Eastern Front (47)
210. Piney Ridge (47)
213. Great Divide (46)
213. Humble Abode (46)
213. New Time (46)
216. Cake (45)
216. Collector's Choice (45)
216. E-Squared (45)
216. Hollywood (45)
216. Sain (45)
216. Uncle Gus (45)
222. AML (44)
222. Big Strike (44)
222. CBS (44)
222. McCoury (44)
226. Alcove (43)
226. EarthBeat! (43)
226. Park (43)
229. Castle (42)
229. Calico Tracks (42)
229. Fgm (42)
229. Hungry For (42)
229. Triloka (42)
229. Urban Campfire (42)
235. V2 (41)
236. Abc (40)
236. Good Dog (40)
236. Large River (40)
236. Metta 4 (40)
236. Thunderation (40)
236. Timberhead (40)
236. World (40)
243. Beltane (39)
243. Footprint (39)
243. Lone Star (39)
243. Second Avenue (39)
243. Tin Halo (39)
243. Vision Company (39)
249. Catamount (38)
249. Col (38)
249. Maggies (38)
249. Decca (38)
249. Loudhouse (38)
249. Sire (38)
249. White Boxer (38)
256. Barsuk (37)
256. Community (37)
256. Delmark (37)
256. Little Miller (37)
256. Pdc (37)
256. Snake River (37)
256. Vigortone (37)
256. Welding Rod (37)
264. Ruf (36)
264. Accord (36)
264. Black Iris (36)
264. Hand And Heart (36)
264. Harmonia Mundi (36)
269. Coal Holler (35)
269. Daring (35)
269. Earthbeat! (35)
269. Freewheel (35)
269. Hip-O (35)
269. Kells (35)
269. No Masters (35)
269. Orissor (35)
269. Sky And Earth (35)
269. Tradition (35)
279. Canyon (34)
279. Flariella (34)
279. Front Hall (34)
279. Good Grains (34)
279. Heart (34)
279. Hudson Harding (34)
279. Red Engine (34)
279. Transatlantic (34)
279. Wilbertone (34)
288. Dorian (33)
288. Kindred Voices (33)
288. King (33)
288. Roundhole (33)
288. Silverwolf (33)
293. Ak Press (32)
293. Bluesky (32)
293. Chess (32)
293. Chrysalis (32)
293. Corvus (32)
293. Elizabeth (32)
293. Jsp (32)
293. Native And Fine (32)
293. Palo Duro (32)
293. Quinlan Road (32)
293. Shambling Gate (32)
293. Vintage (32)
293. Virt (32)
293. Windy (32)
307. Isg (31)
307. Rain Water (31)
307. Recluse (31)
307. Wellfield (31)
311. Coyote (30)
311. Fast Folk (30)
311. Free Reed (30)
311. Sweet Briar (30)
315. Chateau (29)
315. Clever Shark (29)
315. Dejadisc (29)
315. Dog My Cat (29)
315. Flyin' Cloud (29)
315. Fortunate (29)
315. Gold Castle (29)
315. Plump (29)
315. Red Guitar Blue (29)
315. Tangible (29)
315. Terrakin (29)
326. Big Canoe (28)
326. American Melody (28)
326. Bluebird (28)
326. Buddha (28)
326. Dragonwing (28)
326. Eek! (28)
326. Higher Octave (28)
326. Hobemian (28)
326. Kaleidoscope (28)
326. Maidenrock (28)
326. Munde's Child (28)
326. Roheen (28)
326. Sombrero (28)
326. Swallow (28)
326. Traditional Crossroads (28)
326. Vision (28)
342. Frog (27)
342. Gearle (27)
342. Highland (27)
342. Lower Dryad (27)
342. Mighty Sound (27)
342. Point Clear (27)
342. Quarterstick (27)
342. Rough Trade (27)
342. Surfdog (27)
342. Terminus (27)
342. Texas (27)
342. Virtue (27)
354. Sunshine (26)
354. Oxford Road (26)
354. Collectables (26)
354. Epact (26)
354. Silent Planet (26)
354. Collector (26)
354. Eagle (26)
354. Gazell (26)
354. Great Meadow (26)
354. Hazelwood (26)
354. Inverted Turtle (26)
354. Lyric Partners (26)
354. Machine Heart (26)
354. Manitoba (26)
354. Marimac (26)
354. Messenger (26)
354. Molly Gamblin (26)
354. New Model (26)
354. Prestige (26)
354. Rural Grit (26)
354. Scuffletown (26)
354. Skaggs (26)
376. Burnside (25)
376. Cattail (25)
376. Charisma (25)
376. Epic/Legacy (25)
376. Heads Up (25)
376. Hippo Coop (25)
376. Jelly Roll (25)
376. Niller Bean (25)
376. Omtown (25)
376. Reckless Pedestrian (25)
376. Rubberneck (25)
376. World Circuit (25)
388. Redhouse (24)
388. Wea (24)
388. Sing Out (24)
388. Aisling (24)
388. Bad Dog (24)
388. Barb Hollow (24)
388. Big W (24)
388. Daemon (24)
388. Dara (24)
388. Evidence (24)
388. Freeland (24)
388. High Windy (24)
388. Luaka Bop (24)
388. Merriweather (24)
388. Okeh (24)
388. Olivia (24)
388. Outer Green (24)
388. Providence (24)
388. Rude Girl/Oh Boy (24)
388. Tinder (24)
388. Western Seeds (24)
409. Acoustic (23)
409. Big Fat (23)
409. Bozart (23)
409. Concord (23)
409. Frog Pad (23)
409. June Appal (23)
409. Kicking Mule (23)
409. Raven (23)
409. Stone's Throw (23)
418. Pipe (22)
418. Starday (22)
418. Big Plain (22)
418. Living Tradition (22)
418. Acoustics (22)
418. Antone's (22)
418. Azalea City (22)
418. Bedspring (22)
418. Behemoth (22)
418. Blue Groove (22)
418. Johnny Cut (22)
418. Luna Chica (22)
418. Music For Little People (22)
418. New World (22)
418. North Star (22)
418. Official Seal (22)
418. Old Hat (22)
418. Red Biddy (22)
418. Red Hen (22)
418. Redwood (22)
418. Taylor Park (22)
418. Webco (22)
418. Xenophile (22)
441. Acoustic Tonic (21)
441. Chesky (21)
441. Cogtone (21)
441. Coppersongs (21)
441. Favored Nations (21)
441. Flying Cloud (21)
441. Mountain Home (21)
441. Omac (21)
441. Riverlark (21)
441. Souper (21)
441. Tsunami (21)
441. Wild Goose (21)
453. Mastershield (20)
453. Parlophone (20)
453. Motown (20)
453. Crossties (20)
453. Bottom Line (20)
453. Hear (20)
453. Herd (20)
453. Larrikin (20)
453. Legacy (20)
453. Liberty (20)
453. Little Dog (20)
453. Major Label (20)
453. Okra-Tone (20)
453. Pingleblobber (20)
453. Selah (20)
453. Threshold (20)
453. Thrill Jockey (20)
453. Varese Sarabande (20)
453. What Are (20)
472. Disappear (19)
472. High Noon (19)
472. Magna Carta (19)
472. Netwerk (19)
472. Ripple (19)
472. Rose Street (19)
472. Shout Factory (19)
472. Time Life (19)
472. Vertical (19)
481. Tales From The Tavern (18)
481. Big Bender (18)
481. Brambus (18)
481. Durango Rose (18)
481. Acoustic Woods (18)
481. Adult Swim (18)
481. American/Lost Highway (18)
481. Buddah (18)
481. Catalyst (18)
481. Celtic (18)
481. Fat Possum (18)
481. Firepink (18)
481. Flatfish (18)
481. Free Radio (18)
481. Heart Of Texas (18)
481. Jarrah (18)
481. Mammoth (18)
481. Monarch (18)
481. Music Masters (18)
481. Nomadic Press (18)
481. Palmetto (18)
481. Right On (18)
481. Riverside (18)
481. Sierra (18)
481. Sing Out! (18)
481. Wild Mane (18)
481. Yellow Rose (18)