Chart Section
FAI FOLK CHART FOR December 2024
Compiled from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 12269 plays from 395 playlists from 106 Folk DJs
FAI Folk Chart Top Albums of the Month
| Rank | Album | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold in Your Pocket | Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms | 74 |
| 2 | The American Dream | Amy Speace | 38 |
| 3 | Hydra | Eamon O' Leary and Nuala Kennedy | 37 |
| 4 | Last Leaf on the Tree | Willie Nelson | 36 |
| 4 | Woodland | Gillian Welch and David Rawlings | 36 |
| 6 | Deep Feeler | Liv Greene | 34 |
| 7 | Things Done Changed | Jerron Paxton | 33 |
| 8 | Highway Prayers | Billy Strings | 28 |
| 9 | Ride in the Light | Cindy Kallet | 26 |
| 10 | Can't Steal My Fire: The Songs of David Olney | Various Artists | 25 |
| 10 | Now, O Now | Rakish | 25 |
| 12 | Pathways | Julian Taylor | 24 |
| 13 | In the Real World | Eric Bibb | 23 |
| 13 | A Pinecastle Christmas Celebration | Various Artists | 23 |
| 15 | Golden | Genevieve Racette | 22 |
| 15 | Nowhere Next | Yonder Mountain String Band | 22 |
| 15 | Storm Season | Tania Elizabeth | 22 |
| 15 | Brighter Days | Dwight Yoakam | 22 |
| 19 | Bluegrass Sings Paxton | Various Artists | 21 |
| 19 | Trail of Flowers | Sierra Ferrell | 21 |
| 19 | Backbone | Kasey Chambers | 21 |
| 19 | Everything Must Go | Donal Hinely | 21 |
| 23 | Thirteen | Colin O'Brien | 19 |
| 23 | Love Your Mind | Twisted Pine | 19 |
| 23 | Christmas in the Ashram | Tom Prasada-Rao | 19 |
| 23 | Love, Dan | C. Daniel Boling | 19 |
| 27 | Back on Track | Pure Prairie League | 18 |
| 27 | Quiet Town | Mindy Smith | 18 |
| 29 | Far Away With You | Woody Platt | 17 |
| 29 | Earl Jam | Tony Trischka | 17 |
| 29 | Come Darkness, Come Light: Twelve Songs of Christmas | Mary Chapin Carpenter | 17 |
| 29 | Lonesome Road | Joel Mabus | 17 |
| 29 | Blue | Joni Mitchell | 17 |
| 34 | Yule Like This | Mark Stepakoff | 16 |
| 34 | Christmas | Bruce Cockburn | 16 |
| 34 | Lantern in the Dark: Songs of Comfort and Lullabies | Edie Carey and Sarah Sample | 16 |
| 34 | Wintertide | Brittany Jean | 16 |
| 38 | American Noel | Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer | 15 |
| 38 | This Hen's Gonna Crow | Colleen Kattau | 15 |
| 38 | With a Guitar and a Pen | Tish Hinojosa | 15 |
| 38 | Postcards of the Reckoning | Sean Kiely | 15 |
| 38 | Woodbird | Jenny Burtis | 15 |
| 43 | Waiting for Inspiration | Socks in the Frying Pan | 14 |
| 43 | Just One Angel | Various Artists | 14 |
| 43 | Where the Islands Overflow | Susan Graham Pepper | 14 |
| 43 | Willie Watson | Willie Watson | 14 |
| 47 | Ten Good Sermons | Eugene Ruffolo | 13 |
| 47 | Heart of the Swan | Carla Sciaky | 13 |
| 49 | As Above Now So Below | Crow and Gazelle | 12 |
| 49 | Songs of the Celtic Winter Ii | Ashley Davis | 12 |
| 49 | Ordinary Elephant | Ordinary Elephant | 12 |
| 49 | Midwinter | Peter Mayer | 12 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Songs of the Month
| Rank | Song | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christmas in the Ashram | Tom Prasada-Rao | 21 |
| 2 | First United Methodist Day Care Christmas Show | Amy Speace | 16 |
| 3 | Gold in Your Pocket | Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms | 15 |
| 3 | River | Joni Mitchell | 15 |
| 5 | Christmas on the Mekong | Scott Cook | 13 |
| 6 | He's Gone | Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms | 11 |
| 6 | Christmas in the Trenches | John McCutcheon | 11 |
| 8 | At Christmas | Sofia Talvik | 10 |
| 9 | The Rites of Christmas | Bett Padgett | 9 |
| 9 | Empty Trainload of Sky | Gillian Welch and David Rawlings | 9 |
| 9 | Silver Bells Ring | Ana Egge | 9 |
| 9 | Wild Geese | Liv Greene | 9 |
| 9 | Flowers | Liv Greene | 9 |
| 14 | Shame Shame Shame | Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms | 8 |
| 14 | Same Little Heart | Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms | 8 |
| 14 | Celebration | David Mallett | 8 |
| 14 | The American Dream | Amy Speace | 8 |
| 14 | Must Be Santa | Bob Dylan | 8 |
| 14 | Last of My Kind | Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms | 8 |
| 14 | The Welcome Song | Jan Aldridge Clark | 8 |
| 14 | Ride in the Light | Cindy Kallet | 8 |
| 22 | Last Leaf | Willie Nelson | 7 |
| 22 | Brown's Ferry Blues | Tony Trischka | 7 |
| 22 | Just Go to Bethlehem | Chris Haddox | 7 |
| 22 | Keep Me in Your Heart | Willie Nelson | 7 |
| 22 | The Christians and the Pagans | Dar Williams | 7 |
| 22 | Auld Lang Syne | Ed Sweeney | 7 |
| 22 | Lighthouse | Sierra Ferrell | 7 |
| 22 | Alice's Restaurant (The Massacree Revisited) | Arlo Guthrie | 7 |
| 22 | Silent Night | Jesse Lynn Madera | 7 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Artists of the Month
| Rank | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms | 74 |
| 2 | David Mallett | 61 |
| 3 | Bob Dylan | 48 |
| 4 | John McCutcheon | 45 |
| 5 | Amy Speace | 44 |
| 6 | Willie Nelson | 41 |
| 6 | Joel Mabus | 41 |
| 8 | Gillian Welch and David Rawlings | 37 |
| 8 | Eamon O' Leary and Nuala Kennedy | 37 |
| 10 | Billy Strings | 34 |
| 10 | Liv Greene | 34 |
| 12 | Jerron Paxton | 33 |
| 13 | Mary Chapin Carpenter | 30 |
| 13 | Tony Trischka | 30 |
| 13 | Cindy Kallet | 30 |
| 13 | Joni Mitchell | 30 |
| 17 | Pete Seeger | 29 |
| 17 | Tom Prasada-Rao | 29 |
| 19 | Eric Bibb | 28 |
| 20 | Mark Stepakoff | 27 |
| 20 | Brittany Jean | 27 |
| 22 | Rakish | 26 |
| 23 | Julian Taylor | 25 |
| 23 | Bruce Cockburn | 25 |
| 25 | Phil Ochs | 24 |
| 25 | Paul and Mary Peter | 24 |
| 27 | Judy Collins | 23 |
| 27 | Genevieve Racette | 23 |
| 27 | Stan Rogers | 23 |
| 27 | John Prine | 23 |
| 27 | Dwight Yoakam | 23 |
| 27 | Carrie Newcomer | 23 |
| 27 | Sierra Ferrell | 23 |
| 34 | Willie Watson | 22 |
| 34 | Mindy Smith | 22 |
| 34 | Yonder Mountain String Band | 22 |
| 34 | Tish Hinojosa | 22 |
| 34 | Kasey Chambers | 22 |
| 34 | Tania Elizabeth | 22 |
| 34 | Bett Padgett | 22 |
Folk DJs
| Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN) |
| Allen Larman (KPFK-FM & syndicated, CA) |
| Angela Page (WJFF-FM, NY) |
| Art Menius (WCOM-FM, NC) |
| Arthur Berman (CiTR-FM, BC) |
| Artie Martello (WIOX-FM, mostlyfolk.org-syndicated, powerfolk.org, NY) |
| 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 Weiser (WOMR-FM, MA) |
| Brad Edmondson (WVBR-FM, NY) |
| Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia) |
| Bruce Swan (WSFM-FM, NC) |
| Bud Johnson (syndicated, AK) |
| Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN) |
| Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY) |
| Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY) |
| Chris McGill (WSPN, NY) |
| Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia) |
| Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL) |
| 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) |
| Denis McGilvray (Public Radio Tulsa, OK) |
| Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR) |
| Dick Hermans (WHDD-FM, CT) |
| Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM, OR) |
| Ed Mellnik (KBOO-FM, OR) |
| 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) |
| James Sereda (WUSB-FM, NY) |
| Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA) |
| 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) |
| John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ) |
| Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA) |
| Jon 'Chip' Colcord (syndicated, NH) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |