Vi Wickam, a Colorado-based champion fiddler and singer, had the top album (The Thanksgiving Album) and the second most-played song (“Another Fine Day for Thanksgiving”) on folk radio during November 2025, while Delaware-based singer-songwriter John Flynn’s “The Victim Tree” was the top song and Archie Fisher, a notable Scottish folk singer and songwriter who died on Nov. 1 — one week after turning 86, was the month’s most-played artist. So say charts compiled by Folk Alliance International based on radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an electronic discussion group for DJs and others interested in folk-based music on the radio.
The November 2025 top albums, songs and artists charts are based on 11,366 airplays reported on 373 playlists submitted by 99 different folk DJs. The number of reported spins is shown below in parentheses.
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Top Albums of November 2025
1. The Thanksgiving Album by Vi Wickam (83)
2. Safe, Sensible and Sane by Alison Brown and Steve Martin (82)
3. Unentitled by John Gorka (81)
4. Voisinages by La Vent Du Nord (54)
5. Together on a Rock by The Pairs (53)
6. From Here to the Sea by Meredith Moon (48)
7. Long Journey Home: A Century After the 1925 Mountain City Fiddlers
Convention by Various Artists (42)
8. Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle by Willie Nelson (39)
9. The Breathing Room by Cosy Sheridan (38)
9. Songs From a Secret Room by Chris Rusin (38)
11. Avec Elodie by Eloise and Co (37)
11. The Kasambwe Brothers by The Kasambwe Brothers (37)
13. You Climb the Mountain by The Onlies (36)
14. Little Deaths by Sage Christie (35)
14. Hill Country Folk Music by Terry Klein (35)
16. Further From the Country by William Prince (31)
16. Saving Grace by Robert Plant (31)
18. The Other Evening in Chicago by Bob Franke (30)
18. Bones of Better Days by The Whispering Tree (30)
20. Seventy by Paul Kelly (29)
21. Memory Mountain by Max Gomez (27)
22. The Light Still Shines on the Main by Jory Nash (26)
23. Shelter From the Storms by Lennie Gallant (25)
23. Sad and Beautiful World by Mavis Staples (25)
23. A Silent Song by Archie Fisher (25)
26. It’s All Her Fault: A Tribute to Cindy Walker by Various Artists (24)I
26. Returning to Myself by Brandi Carlile (24)
28. The Agonist by Leslie Jordan (23)
28. Night After Night by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (23)
28. Reverse the Flow by Alice Di Micele (23)
31. Running From the Devil by Tone of Voice Orchestra (22)
31. Sunsets I’ve Galloped Into by Archie Fisher (22)
33. Every Town: More Songs by Michael Smith by Anne Hills (21)
33. Don’t You Ever Give Up On Love by Brennen Leigh (21)
35. Now Then by Robbie Fulks (20)
35. So Long Little Miss Sunshine by Molly Tuttle (20)
35. The Man With a Rhyme by Archie Fisher (20)
35. Wide Open Spaces by Connie Kaldor (20)
39. Look to the Moon by Patty and Craig (19)
39. The Commuter by Jenna Nicholls (19)
41. Easy Come, Easy Go by The Burnett Sisters Band (18)
41. The Ghost of Sis Draper by Shawn Camp (18)
41. Featherbed by Sarah Kate Morgan and Leo Shannon (18)
41. Fallen Angel by The Unfaithful Servants (18)
41. Windward Away by Archie Fisher (18)
41. Tidy Memorial by Josh Fortenbery (18)
47. We’ll Be Fine by Doug Kolmar (17)
47. Hummingbird Highway by Dar Williams (17)
47. Gold and Coal by Cassie and Maggie (17)
47. Keep Me in Your Heart: The Songs of Warren Zevon by Various Artists (17)
47. Rancho Deluxe by Nicki Bluhm (17)
47. One Last Dance by Pete Muller (17)
47. Callin’ Me Back by Petunia and the Vipers (17)
47. Fiction by Megan Bee (17)
Top Songs of November 2025
[Here’s a link to listen to “The Victim Tree” by John Flynn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r!Vr-axr-nk.]
1. “The Victim Tree” by John Flynn (20)
2. “Another Fine Day for Thanksgiving” by Vi Wickam (19)
3. “Coming for You Next” by Crowes Pasture (18)
4. “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” by Gordon Lightfoot (17)
5. “Particle and Wave” by John Gorka (16)
6. “They Do Not Speak for Me” by David Roth (15)
6. “Turkey in the Straw” by Vi Wickam (15)
8. “The Immigrant” by Tony Furtado (14)
8. “Each New Day” by Vi Wickam (14)
8. “Thanksgiving Eve” by Bob Franke (14)
11. “Marchin’ On” by Susan Hagan (12)
11. “Girl, Have Money When You’re Old” by Alison Brown and Steve Martin (12)
13. “The Parting Glass” by Archie Fisher (11)
13. “Little Light” by The Pairs (11)
13. “5 Days Out, 2 Days Back” by Alison Brown and Steve Martin (11)
13. “Thanksgiving Song” by Mary Chapin Carpenter (11)
13. “No Time to Cry” by John Gorka (11)
18. “Rabbit Through the Woods” by Sage Christie (10)
18. “Coal Dust” by Irene Kelley (10)
18. “Welcome at the Table” by Vi Wickam (10)
18. “Sitting at the Table” by Vi Wickam (10)
18. “Honey I” by The Pairs (10)
23. “Favorite Place” by John Gorka (9)
23. “We Are Better Than This” by Kim Eaton (9)
23. “The Final Trawl” by Archie Fisher and Garnet Rogers (9)
23. “First Snow on the Mountains” by John Gorka (9)
23. “New Cluck Old Hen” by Alison Brown and Steve Martin (9)
23. “Getu (Gertrude)” by The Kasambwe Brothers (9)
23. “Cinders” by Chris Rusin (9)
Top Artists of November 2025
1. Archie Fisher (106)
2. John Gorka (91)
3. Alison Brown and Steve Martin (83)
3. Vi Wickam (83)
5. Todd Snider (72)
6. Bob Franke (61)
7. La Vent Du Nord (55)
8. The Pairs (53)
9. Willie Nelson (48)
9. Meredith Moon (48)
11. Cosy Sheridan (43)
12. The Onlies (40)
13. The Kasambwe Brothers (38)
13. Chris Rusin (38)
15. Eloise and Co (37)
16. Terry Klein (36)
16. Sage Christie (36)
18. William Prince (34)
18. John Prine (34)
20. John McCutcheon (33)
21. The Whispering Tree (32)
21. Robert Plant (32)
23. Archie Fisher and Garnet Rogers (31)
23. Molly Tuttle (31)
25. Gordon Lightfoot (30)
26. Max Gomez (29)
26. Paul Kelly (29)
28. Bob Dylan (28)
28. The Mammals (28)
28. Joni Mitchell (28)
31. Stan Rogers (27)
31. Robbie Fulks (27)
31. Brandi Carlile (27)
34. Jory Nash (26)
34. Anne Hills (26)
36. Mavis Staples (25)
36. Lennie Gallant (25)
36. John Flynn (25)
39. Mary Chapin Carpenter (24)
39. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (24)
39. Connie Kaldor (24)
Editor’s Note: I would have posted the charts last week but was preoccupied with other important matters.
