Chart Section
FAI FOLK CHART FOR August 2022
Compiled from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 14536 plays from 492 playlists from 126 Folk DJs
FAI Folk Chart Top Albums of the Month
| Rank | Album | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There's a Bright Side Somewhere | Happy Traum | 143 |
| 2 | Love Is the Only Thing | Peter Mulvey and Sistastrings | 124 |
| 3 | The Coming of the Years | Joe Jencks. | 121 |
| 4 | Apple and Setser | Apple and Setser | 100 |
| 5 | All Those Days of Drinking Dust | Tiffany Williams | 93 |
| 6 | Last Days of Summer | Lucy Kaplansky | 87 |
| 7 | Tell 'Em You Were Gold | Pharis and Jason Romero | 84 |
| 7 | Of Hard Times and Harmony | Windborne | 84 |
| 9 | The Ties That Bind Us | Adler and Hearne | 81 |
| 10 | Horizon Line | Dan Navarro | 67 |
| 11 | Lifetime Achievement | Loudon Wainwright III | 53 |
| 12 | One More Time Before You Go | Dan Tyminski | 51 |
| 13 | Cover to Cover | The Brother Brothers | 50 |
| 13 | So Much Time, So Much Love | Shelton and Williams | 50 |
| 15 | Still | David LaMotte | 49 |
| 15 | Cottonwood | Megan Bee | 49 |
| 17 | I Am: Songs by Lynn Swisher Spears | Various Artists | 46 |
| 18 | What Are They Doing in Heaven Today? | Kathy Kallick & Friends / Dodi Kallick | 44 |
| 19 | Peculiar, Missouri | Willi Carlisle | 43 |
| 20 | All New | Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink, and Marcy Marxer | 40 |
| 21 | Endless Grace | Deidre McCalla | 39 |
| 22 | Dark Enough to See the Stars | Mary Gauthier | 37 |
| 23 | Done Come Too Far | Shemekia Copeland | 35 |
| 24 | Second-Hand | James Keelaghan | 32 |
| 24 | Americana Railroad | Various Artists | 32 |
| 26 | From Where I Stand | Wyatt Easterling | 31 |
| 26 | Ghosts and Memories | Mike P. Ryan | 31 |
| 28 | Crooked Tree | Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway | 29 |
| 29 | Out Here Now | Ever More Nest | 28 |
| 29 | Out of the Woods | Durham County Poets | 28 |
| 29 | Dobrosinger | Abbie Gardner | 28 |
| 32 | Lilygild | Hilary Hawke | 27 |
| 32 | Bloodline Maintenance | Ben Harper | 27 |
| 34 | 12th of June | Lyle Lovett | 26 |
| 34 | Long Time to Be Gone | Nora Brown | 26 |
| 34 | Prettiest Blue | The Early Mays | 26 |
| 37 | Wind Rose | Jocelyn Pettit | 25 |
| 38 | The New Faith | Jake Blount | 24 |
| 38 | One More Ride | Jon Burrowes | 24 |
| 40 | A Tickle in My Soul | Jack Williams | 23 |
| 40 | So It Goes | Roland Roberts | 23 |
| 42 | Broken Love Songs | Aimee Van Dyne | 22 |
| 42 | Narrow Line | Mama's Broke | 22 |
| 42 | Bloom and Grow | Kyla Tilley | 22 |
| 45 | No Regular Dog | Kelsey Waldon | 21 |
| 46 | Goodbye, Cloudy Sky | Marc Von Em | 20 |
| 46 | Backroads | Johnsmith | 20 |
| 48 | Another End of a Year | Connor Garvey | 18 |
| 48 | The Mountain, the Valley, the River, the Pine | Patrice Webb | 18 |
| 48 | True North | Eli Lev | 18 |
| 48 | Moving Through America | Steve Forbert | 18 |
| 48 | Gravity, Wings, and Heavy Things | Chuck Brodsky | 18 |
| 48 | Wonderland | Martha Spencer | 18 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Songs of the Month
| Rank | Song | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Theres a Bright Side Somewhere | Happy Traum | 39 |
| 2 | 500 Miles | Alice Howe | 31 |
| 3 | Last Days of Summer | Lucy Kaplansky | 29 |
| 4 | Know Your Worth | Tiffany Williams | 27 |
| 5 | It's Summer and We're Burning | Adler and Hearne | 26 |
| 6 | Shenandoah | Peter Mulvey and Sistastrings | 25 |
| 7 | Grandma Danced With the Arkansas Traveler | Apple and Setser | 23 |
| 7 | Lady of the Harbor | Windborne | 23 |
| 9 | Early Summer of '21 | Peter Mulvey and Sistastrings | 20 |
| 10 | Hand Me Down My Walking Cane | Apple and Setser | 18 |
| 10 | On Eireann's Shore | Joe Jencks | 18 |
| 10 | Souvenir | Pharis and Jason Romero | 18 |
| 13 | All Those Days of Drinking Dust | Tiffany Williams | 17 |
| 14 | Lancelot | Jonathan Byrd | 16 |
| 14 | New York Town | Happy Traum | 16 |
| 14 | A Friend You'd Never Met | Apple and Setser | 16 |
| 17 | Caledonia | Joe Jencks | 15 |
| 17 | Used to Be | Megan Bee | 15 |
| 17 | The Coming of the Years | Joe Jencks | 15 |
| 17 | Once There Was No Sun | Jake Blount | 15 |
| 21 | When Two Worlds Collide | Bruce T Carroll | 14 |
| 21 | When the Moon Rises Over Skibbereen | Joe Jencks | 14 |
| 21 | Horizon Line | Dan Navarro | 14 |
| 21 | Farewell | Happy Traum | 14 |
| 25 | Elusive Butterfly | Shelton and Williams | 13 |
| 25 | Sweet Texas Songs | Adler and Hearne | 13 |
| 25 | Between Heaven and the Ground | Mike P. Ryan | 13 |
| 25 | Animal | Jean Rohe | 13 |
| 25 | Pray for Rain | Peter Mulvey and Sistastrings | 13 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Artists of the Month
| Rank | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Happy Traum | 145 |
| 2 | Joe Jencks | 125 |
| 3 | Peter Mulvey and Sistastrings | 124 |
| 4 | Apple and Setser | 100 |
| 5 | Tiffany Williams | 95 |
| 6 | Lucy Kaplansky | 92 |
| 7 | Windborne | 89 |
| 7 | Pharis and Jason Romero | 89 |
| 9 | Adler and Hearne | 81 |
| 10 | John McCutcheon | 74 |
| 11 | Dan Navarro | 67 |
| 12 | Loudon Wainwright III | 60 |
| 13 | The Brother Brothers | 53 |
| 14 | Dan Tyminski | 52 |
| 15 | Joni Mitchell | 50 |
| 15 | Shelton and Williams | 50 |
| 17 | Megan Bee | 49 |
| 17 | David LaMotte | 49 |
| 19 | Bob Dylan | 46 |
| 20 | Mary Gauthier | 44 |
| 21 | Willi Carlisle | 43 |
| 22 | Deidre McCalla | 41 |
| 23 | Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink, and Marcy Marxer | 40 |
| 24 | James Keelaghan | 38 |
| 24 | Nanci Griffith | 38 |
| 26 | Mick Moloney | 37 |
| 27 | Shemekia Copeland | 36 |
| 28 | Alice Howe | 34 |
| 29 | Kathy Kallick | 33 |
| 30 | Ever More Nest | 32 |
| 30 | Wyatt Easterling | 32 |
| 32 | Lyle Lovett | 31 |
| 32 | Mike P. Ryan | 31 |
| 34 | John Prine | 30 |
| 35 | Abbie Gardner | 29 |
| 35 | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | 29 |
| 35 | Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway | 29 |
| 38 | Nora Brown | 28 |
| 38 | Ben Harper | 28 |
| 38 | Durham County Poets | 28 |
Folk DJs
| Abby Parks (WLJS-FM, AL) |
| Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN) |
| Allen Larman (KPFK-FM & syndicated, CA) |
| Angela Page (WJFF-FM, NY) |
| Annie Keville (WVBR-FM, NY) |
| Art Menius (WCOM-FM, NC) |
| Arthur Dean (WCNI-FM, CT) |
| Artie Martello (WIOX-FM, mostlyfolk.org-syndicated, powerfolk.org, NY) |
| Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT) |
| Bill Wagman (KDVS-FM, CA) |
| Bill \"Rusty\" Crowell and Jan Alba (WPPM-FM, PA) |
| Bob Heyer (WWOV-FM, WV) |
| Bob McWilliams (KANU-FM & KPR, KS) |
| Bob Sherman (WFUV-FM, NY) |
| Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM, MA) |
| Brenda & Roman Tacik (CJTR-FM, SK) |
| Bruce Swan (WRFR-FM, ME) |
| Carl Newman (WFVR-FM, VT) |
| Caroline Doctorow (WPKN-FM, CT) |
| Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN) |
| Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY) |
| Chris Denerley (beyondradio.co.uk, UK) |
| Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY) |
| Chris McGill (WSPN, NY) |
| Cindy Funk (WYSO-FM, OH) |
| Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia) |
| Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL) |
| Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX) |
| Dan Murphy (acousticoutpost.com, NH) |
| Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR) |
| Darryl Purpose (KRFC-FM, CO) |
| Dave Aton (WRFG-FM, GA) |
| David John (KEOS-FM, TX) |
| David Sears (WBGU-FM, OH) |
| Dennis Brunnenmeyer (KVMR-FM, CA) |
| Diane Crowe (WMCB-FM, MA) |
| Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR) |
| Diane Karl (KBOO-FM etc, OR) |
| Dick Hermans (WHDD-FM, CT) |
| Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR) |
| Ellen Stanley (KFAI-FM, MN) |
| Fred Frawley (WMPG-FN, ME) |
| Gary Crouth (WYEP-FM, PA) |
| Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC) |
| Gordon Nash (Folk Music Notebook, NY) |
| Graham and Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA) |
| Greg Priddy (WJCU-FM, OH) |
| Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA) |
| Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY) |
| James Sereda (WUSB-FM, NY) |
| Jan Hall (syndicated & folkrootsradio.com, ON) |
| Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA) |
| Jeanne Holton (WMNF-FM, FL) |
| Jeff Zolitor (KZYX-FM & KNYO-FM, CA) |
| Jenny Flux (2bbb-FM, Australia) |
| Jeremy Butler (WUAL-FM & APR, AL) |
| Jim Canales (WWSP-FM, WI) |
| Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN) |
| Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH) |
| Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON) |
| Jim Welsh (radiosummerhall.com, UK) |
| Joe Pszonek (Folk Music Notebook, NJ) |
| John & Maureen Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA) |
| John Platt (WFUV, NY) |
| Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA) |
| Jon 'Chip' Colcord (syndicated, NH) |
| Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY) |
| Juergen Kramer (ZuSa, Germany) |
| Justin Helmer (KVSC, MN) |
| Kai Schafft (WVBR-FM, NY) |
| Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK) |
| Kate McNally (NHPR, NH) |
| Kelly Walker (WEOS-FM, NY) |
| Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA) |
| Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL) |
| Kevin Vance (KPFA-FM, CA) |
| Kim Ware (RadioPlastique.com, NC) |
| Larry Hoyt (WAER-FM, NY) |
| Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA) |
| Len Holton (KUAR-FM, AR) |
| Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL) |
| Lyle D. Skinner (CKJS & CJUM/UMFM-FM, MB) |
| Mara Noelle (KVMR-FM & KFOK-LP, CA) |
| Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM, OR) |
| Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL) |
| Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM, VT) |
| Mark Pedersen (WOJB-FM, WI) |
| Mary Sue Twohy (SiriusXM & syndicated, DC) |
| Matt Watroba (WKAR-FM, MI) |
| Matthew Baya (WERU-FM, ME) |
| Menachem Vinegrad (Upper Galilee-FM, Israel) |
| Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY) |
| Michael Park (prx.org, NY) |
| Michael Stock (WLRN-FM, FL) |
| Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON) |
| Mitch Park (Kidnappers, New Zealand) |
| Naomi Soule and Terry Moses (KCLC-FM, MO) |
| Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN) |
| Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD) |
| Paul Hefti (live365.com, CA) |
| Paul Porzio (FCAC-FM, VA) |
| Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-FM, NY) |
| Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, wtsrlegacy.com, NJ) |
| Peter Thompson (KALW-FM, CA) |
| Rachel Goodman (KSQD-FM, CA) |
| Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM, WA) |
| Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & syndicated, PA) |
| Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT) |
| Robert Resnik (VPR, VT) |
| Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM) |
| Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM and FolkMusicNotebook.com, NJ) |
| Shawna Stratton (KRFC, CO) |
| 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) |
| Susan Forbes Hansen (WHUS-FM & WWUH-FM, CT) |
| Susi Lanagan (PBS-FM, Australia) |
| Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA) |
| Tom Coxworth (CKUA-FM, AB) |
| Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & syndicated, PA) |
| Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM) |
| Wally Bowen (KOCF-FM, OR) |
| Wanda Fischer (WAMC & syndicated, NY) |
| Wayne Greene (radiowayne.com, TX) |