Chart Section
FAI FOLK CHART FOR April 2025
Compiled from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 10535 plays from 350 playlists from 99 Folk DJs
FAI Folk Chart Top Albums of the Month
| Rank | Album | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bones of Trees | Tim Grimm | 114 |
| 2 | Arcadia | Alison Krauss and Union Station | 64 |
| 3 | Porcelain Angel | Rees Shad | 61 |
| 4 | All I Got and Gone | Chris Walz | 58 |
| 5 | Burnished | Amelia Hogan | 55 |
| 6 | Some Kind of Truth | Kora Feder | 47 |
| 7 | Maybe New Mexico | Helene Cronin | 46 |
| 8 | Suzy Sings Siebel Vol. 1 | Suzy Thompson | 45 |
| 9 | The Lucy Story: Unreleased & Rare Tracks 1976-2023 | Lucy Kaplansky | 44 |
| 10 | So Much I Still Don't See | Sam Robbins | 41 |
| 11 | It Matters | C. Daniel Boling | 38 |
| 12 | Foxes in the Snow | Jason Isbell | 36 |
| 13 | A Tip Toe High Wire | Sierra Hull | 34 |
| 14 | Oh What a Beautiful World | Willie Nelson | 31 |
| 15 | Backstage Balladeer | Jefferson Ross | 29 |
| 16 | The Monkey in the Crown | HuDost | 26 |
| 17 | Remains to Be Scene | The Seldom Scene | 25 |
| 17 | Wait for the Night | Eric Schmitt | 25 |
| 19 | I Made It This Far | Deborah Holland | 23 |
| 20 | Double Takes | Gordie Tentrees and Jaxon Haldane | 22 |
| 20 | What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow | Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson | 22 |
| 22 | Field of Stars | John McCutcheon | 20 |
| 22 | Here We Go! | Antonio Andrade | 20 |
| 22 | Wild and Clear and Blue | I'm With Her | 20 |
| 22 | Volume 4 | Kieran Kane and Rayna Gellert | 20 |
| 22 | Together on a Rock | The Pairs | 20 |
| 22 | Daggomit! | Max Wareham | 20 |
| 28 | Paris | Louise Coombe | 19 |
| 28 | Alice Howe and Freebo Live | Alice Howe and Freebo | 19 |
| 28 | Dear Meadowlark | The Wildwoods | 19 |
| 31 | Unravel | Henhouse Prowlers | 18 |
| 31 | Songs That Made Charlene Cry | The Dillards | 18 |
| 31 | Reclamation | Crys Matthews | 18 |
| 31 | Ghosts | Mike Berman | 18 |
| 31 | Our Way | Loveseat | 18 |
| 36 | Face the Day | Will Branch | 17 |
| 37 | I'm From Here | Rob Siegel | 16 |
| 37 | Julia Belle: The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project, Vol. 2 | Various Artists | 16 |
| 37 | Ghostwriter | Annie Stokes | 16 |
| 40 | Rushmere | Mumford and Sons | 15 |
| 41 | Froggy's Demise | Ezra | 14 |
| 41 | The Wind Will Change Again | The Twangtown Paramours | 14 |
| 43 | Racing Down the Valley | Sam Bergquist | 13 |
| 43 | Looking for the Thread | Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis, Karine Polwart | 13 |
| 43 | Carry Me Back to the Bluegrass | Big Country Bluegrass | 13 |
| 46 | Exploding Star | Heather Maloney | 12 |
| 46 | Lonesome Drifter | Charley Crockett | 12 |
| 46 | Changing Union | Chris Moore | 12 |
| 46 | Te Whare Tiwekaweka | Marlon Williams | 12 |
| 50 | Beneath Your Skin | Kim Beggs | 11 |
| 50 | Mill Pond | Rich Scher | 11 |
| 50 | The Price of Admission | Turnpike Troubadours | 11 |
| 50 | Dark Country | Gary Louris | 11 |
| 50 | Cold Feet | Mark Freeman | 11 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Songs of the Month
| Rank | Song | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ain't That the Way | Rees Shad | 21 |
| 2 | Woody's Landlord Revisited | Tim Grimm | 19 |
| 2 | Superlover | Allison Russell and Annie Lennox | 19 |
| 4 | 5 Days Out, 2 Days Back | Alison Brown and Steve Martin | 18 |
| 4 | Barbed Wire Boys | Tim Grimm | 18 |
| 6 | Rolling in the Gold | Amelia Hogan | 17 |
| 7 | Broken Truth | Tim Grimm | 16 |
| 8 | In the USA | Tim Grimm | 15 |
| 9 | I Will Not Obey | Erin Inglish | 14 |
| 10 | Mists of Ennistymon | Tim Grimm | 13 |
| 10 | Richmond on the James | Alison Krauss and Union Station | 13 |
| 12 | Ancient Light | I'm With Her | 11 |
| 12 | We Will Take Care of Each Other | Heather Pierson | 11 |
| 12 | Up in the Attic | Tim Grimm | 11 |
| 12 | Rambling Man | Kora Feder | 11 |
| 16 | Great Big World | Rees Shad | 10 |
| 16 | It Matters | C. Daniel Boling | 10 |
| 16 | Here's the Rain | Cosy Sheridan | 10 |
| 16 | North Side Gal | Alison Krauss and Union Station | 10 |
| 16 | Oh What a Beautiful World | Willie Nelson | 10 |
| 21 | Crimson and Clay | Jason Isbell | 9 |
| 21 | What Could Possibly Go Wrong | C. Daniel Boling | 9 |
| 21 | Blue Ridge Mountain Blues | Chris Walz | 9 |
| 21 | There Were People Here | Mike Berman | 9 |
| 21 | Louise | Suzy Thompson | 9 |
| 21 | What a Little Love Can Do | Sam Robbins | 9 |
| 21 | Lose My Blues | Suzy Thompson | 9 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Artists of the Month
| Rank | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tim Grimm | 125 |
| 2 | Alison Krauss and Union Station | 73 |
| 3 | Rees Shad | 66 |
| 4 | Chris Walz | 58 |
| 5 | Amelia Hogan | 57 |
| 6 | Lucy Kaplansky | 48 |
| 7 | Kora Feder | 47 |
| 8 | Helene Cronin | 46 |
| 9 | Suzy Thompson | 45 |
| 10 | Willie Nelson | 43 |
| 11 | John McCutcheon | 42 |
| 11 | C. Daniel Boling | 42 |
| 11 | Sam Robbins | 42 |
| 14 | Jason Isbell | 40 |
| 15 | Sierra Hull | 38 |
| 16 | Michael Hurley | 36 |
| 17 | John Prine | 35 |
| 18 | The Neffa Noodlers | 34 |
| 19 | Guy Clark | 32 |
| 19 | The Seldom Scene | 32 |
| 21 | Pete Seeger | 30 |
| 21 | Jefferson Ross | 30 |
| 23 | Eliza Gilkyson | 27 |
| 24 | HuDost | 26 |
| 24 | Bob Dylan | 26 |
| 26 | Eric Schmitt | 25 |
| 26 | Deborah Holland | 25 |
| 26 | Joni Mitchell | 25 |
| 29 | Gordie Tentrees and Jaxon Haldane | 23 |
| 30 | Alison Brown and Steve Martin | 22 |
| 30 | Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson | 22 |
| 30 | Crys Matthews | 22 |
| 30 | Kieran Kane and Rayna Gellert | 22 |
| 34 | Henhouse Prowlers | 21 |
| 34 | The Pairs | 21 |
| 36 | Max Wareham | 20 |
| 36 | I'm With Her | 20 |
| 36 | Antonio Andrade | 20 |
| 36 | Janis Ian | 20 |
| 36 | The Dillards | 20 |
Folk DJs
| Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN) |
| Allen Larman (KPFK-FM & syndicated, CA) |
| Annie Keville (WVBR-FM, NY) |
| Art Menius (WCOM-FM, NC) |
| Art Podell (KPFK-FM, CA) |
| Arthur Berman (CiTR-FM, BC) |
| Artie Martello (WIOX-FM, mostlyfolk.org-syndicated, powerfolk.org, NY) |
| Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT) |
| Bill \"Rusty\" Crowell and Jan Alba (WPPM-FM, PA) |
| Bob McWilliams (KANU-FM & KPR, KS) |
| Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM, MA) |
| Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia) |
| Bruce Swan (WSFM-FM, NC) |
| Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN) |
| Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY) |
| Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY) |
| Chris McGill (WSPN, NY) |
| Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia) |
| Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX) |
| Dan Maher (FolkMusicNotebook.com, WA) |
| Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR) |
| Daryana Antipova (WFHB-FM, IN) |
| Dave Aton (WRFG-FM, GA) |
| David John (KEOS-FM, TX) |
| David Sears (WBGU-FM, OH) |
| Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR) |
| Dick Hermans (WHDD-FM, CT) |
| Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM, OR) |
| Ed Mellnik (KBOO-FM, OR) |
| Ellen Stanley (KFAI-FM, MN) |
| Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC) |
| Gordon Nash (Folk Music Notebook, NY) |
| Graham and Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA) |
| Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA) |
| Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY) |
| Jeanne Holton (WMNF-FM, FL) |
| 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) |
| Joe Pszonek (Folk Music Notebook, NJ) |
| John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ) |
| Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA) |
| Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY) |
| 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) |
| Larry Berger (Saturday Light Brigade, PA) |
| Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA) |
| Len Holton (KUAR-FM, AR) |
| Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL) |
| Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM, OR) |
| Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL) |
| Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM, VT) |
| Mary Anne Moorman (KBCS-FM, WA) |
| Matt Watroba (WKAR-FM, MI) |
| 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) |
| Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA) |
| Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN) |
| Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD) |
| Paul Hefti (live365.com, CA) |
| Paul Porzio (FCAC-FM, VA) |
| Pete Thomas (WAER-FM, NY) |
| Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-FM, NY) |
| Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, wtsrlegacy.com, NJ) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Sue Kessell (WNUR-FM, IL) |
| Susan Forbes Hansen (WHUS-FM & WWUH-FM, CT) |
| 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) |