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Chart Section

FAI FOLK CHART FOR 2021

Compiled from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 164278 plays from 5564 playlists from 152 Folk DJs

FAI Folk Chart Top Albums of the Year

Rank Album Artist Plays
1 Gone Tim Grimm 372
2 On Solid Ground Reggie Harris 371
3 Bucket List John McCutcheon 367
4 Changemakers Crys Matthews 361
5 Downhill From Everywhere Jackson Browne 337
6 Song to a Refugee Diana Jones 329
7 Distance and Time Becky Buller 309
8 First Farewell Peggy Seeger 300
9 Grit and Polish Mark Schatz & Bryan McDowell 298
10 Just Over the Ridge Lizzy Plotkin and Natalie Spears 276
11 A Better Day A-Coming Robin and Linda Williams 274
11 Normal Isn't Normal Anymore Rod Abernethy 274
13 Time Out - Session 1 The Accidentals 251
14 Stone by Stone Tret Fure 247
15 Be Ready When I Call You Guy Davis 245
16 Ballad of a Bad Girl Kate McDonnell 244
17 Red Maple Tree Sloan Wainwright 242
18 There Used to Be Horses Here Amy Speace and the Orphan Brigade 237
19 Until Now Carrie Newcomer 222
20 Come Around Rob Lutes 214
21 All This Time Running Craig Cardiff 213
22 I'll Meet You Here Dar Williams 212
23 Renaissance Valerie Smith 207
24 Long Time Coming Sierra Ferrell 206
24 They're Calling Me Home Rhiannon Giddens 206
26 He Walked On Tim O'Brien 203
26 Outside Child Allison Russell 203
28 Hourglass Murray McLauchlan 201
29 Knew Things Cliff Eberhardt 197
30 Been a Long Time Si Kahn 193
30 Joyful Banner Blazing Maria Dunn 193
30 Sober Again Jackson Grimm 193
33 Ellis Paul's Traveling Medicine Show, Vol. 1 Ellis Paul 192
34 Cold Rain and Snow Jared Rabin 190
35 Borrowed Time Joe Troop 186
36 We Shall Stay Here Paul Kaplan 183
37 Light and Dark Chris Ronald 180
38 Calla Lily The Brother Brothers 178
39 Vivian Leva and Riley Calcagno Vivian Leva and Riley Calcagno 176
40 Renewal Billy Strings 175
41 Still Woman Enough Loretta Lynn 173
41 Just Causes Noel Paul Stookey 173
43 Tapered Point of Stone Eli West 172
44 Why Wait! Kate Taylor 171
45 Chinook Waltz Over the Moon 168
45 Don't You Marry No Railroad Man JP Harris' Dreadful Wind and Rain 168
47 Uppity Laura Love 167
48 Solace in the Wild Erin Ivey 166
49 Bet on Love Pharis and Jason Romero 165
50 Hold the Line Hardened and Tempered 164
50 Woman in Color Raye Zaragoza 164
52 A Beautiful Sound Cosy Sheridan 162
53 The Fray John Smith 161
54 Streamliner Jesse Brock 160
55 Annamania Anna Elizabeth Laube 158
56 Other Voices, Other Rooms Nanci Griffith 157
57 We Can Hear Each Other Erin Ash Sullivan 156
58 We Go On: Si Kahn's Songs of Hope in Hard Times Katie Oates 154
58 Watchhouse Watchhouse 154
58 Jellyfish on the Moon Lisa Jeanette 154
58 Right Where I Am Jonathan Edwards 154
62 Poets Liz Simmons 146
63 World on the Ground Sarah Jarosz 145
64 The Canvas Before Us Joy Zimmerman 144
65 Desert Ghosts Jaspar Lepak 142
65 Echo Land Bumarang 142
67 When We Wander Jesse Terry 140
67 + 1 Mike Barnett 140
69 Songs Doc Didn't Sing Doc and Merle Watson 139
70 Undertaker's Songbook Sons of the Never Wrong 137

FAI Folk Chart Top Songs of the Year

Rank Song Artist Plays
1 Wildfire The Accidentals 105
2 Gone Tim Grimm 78
3 A Better Day A-Coming Robin and Linda Williams 77
4 Seasons Change Lizzy Plotkin and Natalie Spears 76
5 We Believe You Diana Jones 75
6 All This Time Running Craig Cardiff 73
7 Call Them In Crys Matthews 68
8 Gentle Arms of Eden Darryl Purpose 67
9 It's Who We Are Reggie Harris 66
9 Monuments Tret Fure 66
9 Exactly Where You Are Crys Matthews 66
9 Bucket List John McCutcheon 66
13 25 Trees Tim Grimm 64
14 Dreaming of King Lear Tim Grimm 63
14 My Cleveland Heart Jackson Browne 63
14 The Welcome Song Jan Aldridge Clark 63
17 Right Where I Am Jonathan Edwards 62
17 The Invisible Woman Peggy Seeger 62
19 Carry Me With You Lizzy Plotkin and Natalie Spears 61
20 Music for a Found Harmonium Patrick Street 60
20 Bryan 3rd Saturday Back Porch Harmony Kaxe Random Routes Keos College Station 60
22 All Shall Be Well The Accidentals 59
23 This Land Is Your Land Woody Guthrie 58
24 How I Long for Peace Peggy Seeger 57
24 Jeremiah Sierra Ferrell 57
24 Heart of Nat Turner Laura Love 57

FAI Folk Chart Top Artists of the Year

Rank Artist Plays
1 Nanci Griffith 847
2 John McCutcheon 828
3 Bob Dylan 778
4 Tim Grimm 517
5 John Prine 493
6 Reggie Harris 453
7 Pete Seeger 449
8 Jackson Browne 427
9 Tim O'Brien 410
10 Dar Williams 400
11 Ellis Paul 390
11 Crys Matthews 390
13 Robin and Linda Williams 388
14 Joni Mitchell 384
15 Sloan Wainwright 383
16 Diana Jones 381
17 Bill Staines 375
18 Cosy Sheridan 367
19 Carrie Newcomer 360
19 Si Kahn 360
21 The Accidentals 354
22 Rhiannon Giddens 353
23 Peggy Seeger 352
24 Becky Buller 335
25 Tret Fure 319
26 Guy Davis 312
27 Mark Schatz & Bryan McDowell 302
28 Eliza Gilkyson 290
29 Lizzy Plotkin and Natalie Spears 287
30 Sarah Jarosz 281
31 Rod Abernethy 278
32 Joan Baez 269
33 Billy Strings 264
34 Kate McDonnell 258
35 Tony Rice 255
35 Laura Love 255
35 Gillian Welch 255
38 John Smith 251
39 The Chieftains 246
39 Emmylou Harris 246

Folk DJs

Abby Parks (WLJS-FM, AL)
Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM & syndicated, CA)
Allen Mullen (KOCF-FM, OR)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM, NY)
Anne Fuller and Mike Sakarias (KRNN-FM, AK)
Annie Keville (WVBR-FM, NY)
Art Menius (WCOM-FM, NC)
Arthur Berman (CiTR-FM, BC)
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)
Bob Heyer (WWOV-FM, WV)
Bob McWilliams (KANU-FM & KPR, KS)
Bob Sherman (WFUV-FM, NY)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM, MA)
Brad Edmondson (WVBR-FM, NY)
Brenda & Roman Tacik (CJTR-FM, SK)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Bruce Swan (WRFR-FM, ME)
Bud Johnson (syndicated, AK)
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)
Clint Harding (KOPN-FM, MO)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Murphy (acousticoutpost.com, NH)
Dan Robinson (WPR, WI)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM, GA)
David John (KEOS-FM, TX)
David Sears (WBGU-FM, OH)
Dennis & Judy Cook (WOBC-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)
Eddie O'Strange (Wellington Access Radio, NZ)
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)
Greg Torrington (Stingray Music, QB)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
James Sereda (WUSB-FM, NY)
Jan Hall (syndicated & folkrootsradio.com, ON)
Jared Ingersol (syndicated & sweetharmony.fm, CA)
Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA)
Jeanne Holton (WMNF-FM, FL)
Jeff Zolitor (KZYX-FM & KNYO-FM, CA)
Jenny Flux (2bbb-FM, Australia)
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 Patterson (WXPI-FM, PA)
John Platt (WFUV, NY)
John Sillberg (CKOL-FM, ON)
John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ)
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)
Ken Nagelberg (WHYR-FM, LA)
Ken Yavit (KBAC-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Kevin Vance (KPFA-FM, CA)
Larry Hoyt (WAER-FM, NY)
Laura Chartier (KNBA-FM, AK)
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)
Mark Tobler (WTUL-FM, LA)
Mary Anne Moorman (KBCS-FM, WA)
Mary Katherine Aldin (KPFK-FM, CA)
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 Benson (WPKN-FM & WESU-FM, CT)
Michael Kane (WBRS-FM, MA)
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)
Ned Johnston (WERU-FM, ME)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Hefti (live365.com, CA)
Paul Porzio (FCAC-FM, VA)
Paul Stamler (KDHX-FM, MO)
Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-FM, NY)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, wtsrlegacy.com, NJ)
Peter Thompson (KALW-FM, CA)
Rachel Goodman (KSQD-FM, CA)
Ray Naylor (WPPM-FM, PA)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM, WA)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & syndicated, PA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Rik James (KGLT-FM, MT)
Rik Palieri (WBTV-LP-FM, VT)
Rob Killam (WFIT-FM, FL)
Robert Resnik (VPR, VT)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Ron Lewis (WNUR-FM, IL)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM, NJ)
Sonny Ochs (WIOX-FM, 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)
Susi Lanagan (PBS-FM, Australia)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Terry Fatseas (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Tom Coxworth (CKUA-FM, AB)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & syndicated, PA)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC & syndicated, NY)
Wayne Greene (radiowayne.com, TX)
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