Chart Section
FAI FOLK CHART FOR December 2025
Compiled from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 10785 plays from 346 playlists from 94 Folk DJs
FAI Folk Chart Top Albums of the Month
| Rank | Album | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Blue Rock Session | Amy Speace | 74 |
| 2 | Unentitled | John Gorka | 59 |
| 3 | Wrapped in Paper | Sofia Talvik | 38 |
| 4 | Safe, Sensible & Sane | Alison Brown and Steve Martin | 34 |
| 5 | Workin' Man Willie Sings Merle | Willie Nelson | 32 |
| 6 | From Here to the Sea | Meredith Moon | 29 |
| 7 | Memory Mountain | Max Gomez | 27 |
| 7 | Together on a Rock | The Pairs | 27 |
| 9 | Long Journey Home: A Century After the 1925 Mountain City Fiddlers Convention | Various Artists | 24 |
| 10 | Bones of Trees | Tim Grimm | 23 |
| 10 | Avec Elodie | Eloise & Co | 23 |
| 12 | You Climb the Mountain | The Onlies | 22 |
| 13 | Hill Country Folk Music | Terry Klein | 21 |
| 14 | Voisinages | Le Vent Du Nord | 20 |
| 15 | Come Darkness, Come Light: Twelve Songs of Christmas | Mary Chapin Carpenter | 19 |
| 16 | Songs From a Secret Room | Chris Rusin | 18 |
| 16 | Returning to Myself | Brandi Carlile | 18 |
| 18 | The Kasambwe Brothers | The Kasambwe Brothers | 17 |
| 18 | Where We Go | Jesse Appelman | 17 |
| 18 | The Breathing Room | Cosy Sheridan | 17 |
| 18 | Close to Home | Maggie's Wake | 17 |
| 22 | Hardscrabble Hope | Maria Dunn | 16 |
| 22 | Gold and Coal | Cassie and Maggie | 16 |
| 22 | Sad and Beautiful World | Mavis Staples | 16 |
| 22 | All Hearts Are Free | Forest Sun | 16 |
| 22 | The Commuter | Jenna Nicholls | 16 |
| 22 | Christmas Day on Planet Earth | Lennie Gallant | 16 |
| 22 | Saving Grace | Robert Plant | 16 |
| 29 | Seventy | Paul Kelly | 14 |
| 29 | Little Deaths | Sage Christie | 14 |
| 29 | Drum School Dropout | Christine Lavin | 14 |
| 29 | Every Town: More Songs by Michael Smith | Anne Hills | 14 |
| 29 | Christmas | Bruce Cockburn | 14 |
| 34 | A Parlor Guitar Christmas | Joel Mabus | 13 |
| 34 | Songs That Sing Me | Becky Buller | 13 |
| 34 | O California! | Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands | 13 |
| 34 | Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah | The Klezmatics | 13 |
| 34 | Further From the Country | William Prince | 13 |
| 34 | Don't You Ever Give Up on Love | Brennen Leigh | 13 |
| 34 | Winter's Grace | Laurie Lewis and Tom Rozum | 13 |
| 41 | So Much I Still Don't See | Sam Robbins | 12 |
| 41 | The Thanksgiving Album | Vi Wickam | 12 |
| 41 | Wild and Clear and Blue | I'm With Her | 12 |
| 41 | American Noel | Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer | 12 |
| 41 | Blue | Joni Mitchell | 12 |
| 41 | Keep Me in Your Heart: The Songs of Warren Zevon | Various Artists | 12 |
| 41 | Anything but Ordinary | Jan Aldridge Clark | 12 |
| 41 | The Harder They Come (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Jimmy Cliff | 12 |
| 49 | Songbird | Waylon Jennings | 11 |
| 49 | Personal History | Mary Chapin Carpenter | 11 |
| 49 | In the West | The Horsenecks | 11 |
| 49 | O Christmas Tree - A Bluegrass Collection for the Holidays | Various Artists | 11 |
| 49 | The Light Still Shines on the Main | Jory Nash | 11 |
| 49 | Know You From Old | Steve Howell & Fats Kaplin | 11 |
| 49 | Dark Ages | Eliza Gilkyson | 11 |
| 49 | The First Christmas Gift | Robin & Linda Williams | 11 |
| 49 | Memories and Empties | Colter Wall | 11 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Songs of the Month
| Rank | Song | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waiting for Christmas to Come | The Twangtown Paramours | 24 |
| 2 | If We Make It Through December | Willie Nelson | 16 |
| 2 | Kindness | Amy Speace | 16 |
| 2 | On a Monday in London | Amy Speace | 16 |
| 5 | First Snow on the Mountains | John Gorka | 15 |
| 5 | Light One Candle | Paul & Mary Peter | 15 |
| 7 | Angel Wings | Tom Prasada-Rao | 11 |
| 7 | Particle & Wave (Goodness in the World) | John Gorka | 11 |
| 7 | River | Joni Mitchell | 11 |
| 7 | Let Peace Be the Song | Sofia Talvik | 11 |
| 11 | Good Friends | Max Gomez | 10 |
| 11 | Weight of the World | Amy Speace | 10 |
| 11 | Marchin' On | Susan Hagan | 10 |
| 11 | Christmas in the Trenches | John McCutcheon | 10 |
| 11 | Christmas in the Car | Hot Tamale | 10 |
| 11 | Christmas Day on Planet Earth | Lennie Gallant | 10 |
| 17 | December Sky | Sherie Davis | 9 |
| 17 | The Sea and the Shore | Amy Speace | 9 |
| 17 | Look Down That Lonesome Road | Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands | 9 |
| 17 | With You | Tret Fure | 9 |
| 17 | On St. Stephen's Day | Pamela Ward & Paul Cherrington | 9 |
| 17 | Coal Dust | Irene Kelley | 9 |
| 17 | Song for a Winter's Night | Maggie's Wake | 9 |
| 17 | The Victim Tree | John Flynn | 9 |
| 17 | Girl, Have Money When You're Old | Alison Brown and Steve Martin | 9 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Artists of the Month
| Rank | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amy Speace | 84 |
| 2 | John Gorka | 64 |
| 3 | Sofia Talvik | 48 |
| 4 | Joe Ely | 46 |
| 5 | Willie Nelson | 45 |
| 6 | John McCutcheon | 37 |
| 7 | Alison Brown and Steve Martin | 34 |
| 8 | Jimmy Cliff | 33 |
| 8 | Bob Dylan | 33 |
| 8 | Mary Chapin Carpenter | 33 |
| 11 | Tim Grimm | 32 |
| 12 | Phil Ochs | 31 |
| 13 | The Twangtown Paramours | 30 |
| 13 | Meredith Moon | 30 |
| 13 | Paul & Mary Peter | 30 |
| 16 | Max Gomez | 29 |
| 17 | Cassie and Maggie | 28 |
| 17 | The Pairs | 28 |
| 19 | Bruce Cockburn | 26 |
| 20 | Lennie Gallant | 25 |
| 20 | John Prine | 25 |
| 22 | Todd Snider | 24 |
| 22 | The Onlies | 24 |
| 24 | Becky Buller | 23 |
| 24 | Eloise & Co | 23 |
| 24 | The Mavericks | 23 |
| 24 | Joni Mitchell | 23 |
| 28 | Eliza Gilkyson | 22 |
| 28 | Dar Williams | 22 |
| 28 | Tom Prasada-Rao | 22 |
| 31 | Terry Klein | 21 |
| 31 | Le Vent Du Nord | 21 |
| 31 | Joel Mabus | 21 |
| 34 | Archie Fisher | 20 |
| 34 | Maggie's Wake | 20 |
| 34 | Christine Lavin | 20 |
| 34 | Woody Guthrie | 20 |
| 34 | Paul Kelly | 20 |
| 39 | Old Crow Medicine Show | 19 |
| 39 | Stan Rogers | 19 |
| 39 | Tony Trischka | 19 |
| 39 | Forest Sun | 19 |
| 39 | Shelley Posen | 19 |
| 39 | Joe Jencks | 19 |
| 39 | Cosy Sheridan | 19 |
| 39 | Jenna Nicholls | 19 |
| 39 | Maria Dunn | 19 |
| 39 | Brandi Carlile | 19 |
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 \"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) |
| 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 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) |
| Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR) |
| 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) |
| Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA) |
| 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 Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ) |
| Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA) |
| Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY) |
| Kate McNally (NHPR, NH) |
| Katrina Knight (FolkMusicNotebook.com, WA) |
| Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA) |
| Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL) |
| Kevin Vance (KPFA-FM, CA) |
| 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) |
| 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 Kernast (WTSR-FM, wtsrlegacy.com, NJ) |
| Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM, WA) |
| Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & syndicated, PA) |
| Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT) |
| 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) |
| Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL) |
| Sue Kessell (WNUR-FM, IL) |
| 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) |