FAI FOLK CHART FOR August 2020

Compiled from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 13342 plays from 423 playlists from 108 Folk DJs

FAI Folk Chart Top Albums of the Month

Rank	Album	Artist	Plays
1	Ghost Tattoo	Kristen Grainger and True North	89
2	Tangle of Souls	Scott Cook	82
3	The Dirt and the Stars	Mary Chapin Carpenter	79
4	The Balladeer	Lori McKenna	76
5	Welcome Home	Michael and Nell	65
6	World on the Ground	Sarah Jarosz	63
7	Cabin Fever: Songs From the Quarantine	John McCutcheon	61
8	Bet on Love	Pharis and Jason Romero	59
8	Pilot Me	Dennis Warner	59
10	Willie Nile Uncovered	Various Artists	57
11	Possum Came to Town	The Barbaloots	52
12	Blonde on the Tracks	Emma Swift	47
13	2020	Eliza Gilkyson	42
14	Where The Wind Blows (Dove Tia O Vento)	Beppe Gambetta	38
14	Love Circles 'Round	Byrd and Street	38
14	No Summer	Cinder Well	38
17	All by His Own Self	Charlie Barnett	37
17	Live at the Kitchen Sink	Ronny Cox	37
17	Have Purpose Live Long	Josie Bello	37
17	Long Day in the Milky Way	Kris Delmhorst	37
21	Nonet	The Mammals	34
21	I Have Known Women: Songs by Si Kahn Celebrating Women's Lives and Struggles	Saro Lynch-Thomason and Sam Gleaves	34
23	Best of Many Days	Michael Veitch	32
23	Rough and Rowdy Ways	Bob Dylan	32
23	Such Things Are Finely Done	Michael Smith	32
26	25 Trips	Sierra Hull	31
27	Spider Tales	Jake Blount	30
27	Ordinary Love	Ellis Delaney	30
27	Alternative Facts and Other White Lies	Mike Glick	30
30	Undercover	Bronwynne Brent	29
31	Keep on Walkin	Julie and John Pennell	28
31	But I'd Rather Be With You	Molly Tuttle	28
33	Highway Philosophers	Lara Herscovitch	27
34	Headlight	Della Mae	26
34	Up Around the Bend	Kim Moberg	26
36	Oh Darlin'	Bradley and Adair	25
36	The Path of Stones	John Doyle	25
38	Besos Kisses	Colleen Kattau	24
38	Gasoline	Grain Thief	24
40	Any Kind of Angel	Jenny Reynolds	23
40	Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 1	Gillian Welch	23
40	Western Sun	Nell and Jim Band	23
40	Right Now	Twisted Pine	23
44	Mondegreens	Rachel Garlin	22
44	Ledgers and Stones	Thomas Hine	22
44	Old Flowers	Courtney Marie Andrews	22
44	The Stories We Are Told	Heathcote Hill	22
44	The Night You Wrote That Song: The Songs of Mickey Newbury	Gretchen Peters	22
49	Live! At the Seagull Shop	Jud Caswell	21
49	Roots and Honey	Old-Time Pharmaceuticals	21
49	Good Good Man	Vance Gilbert	21
49	Brother, Sister	Watkins Family Hour	21
49	Roll Up the Rug	The Roe Family Singers	21
54	The Reservoir	Kenny Roby	20
55	Big Blue Sky in the Morning	Barbara Jo Kammer	19
55	There Was a Fair Maid Dwelling: Ballads of Katherine Jackson French	Liza Disavino	19
57	Rise and Fly	The Barefoot Movement	18
57	The Wildmans	The Wildmans	18
57	When I Wait for You	Dirk Powell	18
57	Bill Monroe's Lost Mandolin	Lorriane Jordan and Carolina Road	18
57	Inner Journey	Darin and Brooke Aldridge	18
57	Look Long	Indigo Girls	18
57	Freedom, Love, and the Open Road	Lindley Creek	18
57	Awake	Jayme Stone	18
57	Waltz for Abilene	Cindy Cashdollar	18
66	Bad for You	The Steeldrivers	17
66	Love in the Midst of Mayhem	Joe Ely	17
66	Chicago Barn Dance	Special Consensus	17
66	Love and Leave You	100 Mile House	17
66	Total Freedom	Kathleen Edwards	17
66	Old Tin	Erynn Marshall and Carl Jones	17
66	We Fit Together	Barry Oreck	17
66	Home	Billy Strings	17

FAI Folk Chart Top Songs of the Month

Rank	Song	Artist	Plays
1	Say Can You See	Scott Cook	19
1	Keep the River on Your Right	Kristen Grainger and True North	19
3	Election Year Rag	Michael and Nell	17
4	Farther Along and Further In	Mary Chapin Carpenter	15
4	Hometown Blues	Pharis and Jason Romero	15
4	Uphill	Lori McKenna	15
4	Queen Jane Approximately	Emma Swift	15
8	Golden Rule	Dennis Warner	14
8	The Night That John Prine Died	John McCutcheon	14
8	Put Your Good Foot in the Road	Scott Cook	14
8	Secret Keepers	Mary Chapin Carpenter	14
12	Have Purpose Live Long	Josie Bello	13
13	Far Too Fast	Tret Fure	12
13	Down in the Lonesome Draw	Kristen Grainger and True North	12
13	Hometown	Sarah Jarosz	12
16	American Stooge	Mary Chapin Carpenter	11
16	Potter's Wheel	Dennis Warner	11
16	Across the Room	Tret Fure	11
16	My Heart Aches	Eliza Gilkyson	11
16	Hold Still	Charlie Barnett	11
16	Peace in Our Hearts	Eliza Gilkyson	11
22	Walking Through	Thomas Hine	10
22	Famous in France	Michael Smith	10
22	Tattooed Love Song	Kristen Grainger and True North	10
22	Little Satchel	Sarah Jarosz	10
22	Lonesome Dark-Eyed Beauty	Caroline Doctorow	10
22	Until My Heart Grows Quiet	The Promise Is Hope	10
22	Black Eyed Dog	Ben Harper and Rhiannon Giddens	10
22	Good Fight	Lori McKenna	10
22	Where Have All the Flowers Gone	Kronos Quartet	10
22	Going Going Gone	Emma Swift	10
22	Corinna, Corinna	Charlie Barnett	10
22	No Summer	Cinder Well	10
22	1920	Saro Lynch-Thomason and Sam Gleaves	10
22	Six Feet Away	John McCutcheon	10
22	Any Kind of Angel	Jenny Reynolds	10

FAI Folk Chart Top Artists of the Month

Rank	Artist	Plays
1	John McCutcheon	95
2	Scott Cook	91
3	Kristen Grainger and True North	89
4	Mary Chapin Carpenter	84
5	Lori McKenna	76
6	Michael Smith	68
7	Sarah Jarosz	65
7	Michael and Nell	65
9	Pharis and Jason Romero	61
10	Dennis Warner	59
10	John Prine	59
12	Bob Dylan	54
13	Eliza Gilkyson	53
14	The Barbaloots	52
15	Emma Swift	47
16	Justin Townes Earle	42
16	Beppe Gambetta	42
16	Byrd and Street	42
19	Molly Tuttle	41
20	Kris Delmhorst	40
21	Ronny Cox	39
22	Steve Goodman	38
22	Cinder Well	38
24	Charlie Barnett	37
24	Josie Bello	37
26	Gillian Welch	36
27	The Mammals	35
27	Saro Lynch-Thomason and Sam Gleaves	35
29	Sierra Hull	34
30	Vance Gilbert	32
30	Michael Veitch	32
32	Mike Glick	31
32	Della Mae	31
34	Ellis Delaney	30
34	Bronwynne Brent	30
34	Jake Blount	30
37	John Gorka	29
38	Julie and John Pennell	28
38	Mara Levine	28
40	Rachael Sage	27
40	Pete Seeger	27
40	Tret Fure	27
40	Lara Herscovitch	27

Folk DJs

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 Berman (CiTR-FM, BC)

Artie Martello (WIOX-FM, mostlyfolk.org-syndicated, powerfolk.org, NY)

Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)

Bill Stuart (WFIT-FM, FL)

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)

Caroline Doctorow (WPKN-FM, CT)

Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)

Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)

Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)

Cindy Funk (WYSO-FM, OH)

Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)

Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)

Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)

Dan Murphy (www.acousticoutpost.com, NH)

Dan Robinson (WPR, WI)

Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)

Dave Aton (WRFG-FM, GA)

Dave Hardy (djsleepy.com, MA)

David John (KEOS-FM, TX)

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)

Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)

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)

Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA)

Jeanne Holton (WMNF-FM, FL)

Jeff Zolitor (KZYX-FM & KNYO-FM, CA)

Jim Canales (WWSP-FM, WI)

Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)

Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)

Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)

Joe Pszonek (WNTI & Blues and Roots Radio, 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)

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)

Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA)

Ken Nagelberg (WHYR-FM, LA)

Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)

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)

Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)

Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM, VT)

Mary Sue Twohy (SiriusXM & syndicated, DC)

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)

Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)

Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)

Paul Porzio (FCAC-FM, VA)

Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-FM, NY)

Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, www.wtsrlegacy.com, NJ)

Peter Thompson (KALW-FM, CA)

Ray Naylor (WPPM-FM, PA)

Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & syndicated, PA)

Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)

Rik Palieri (WBTV-LP-FM, VT)

Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)

Ron Lewis (WNUR-FM, IL)

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)

Susi Lanagan (PBS-FM, Australia)

Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)

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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