Chart Section
FOLK DJ CHART FOR February 2018
Compiled from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 12024 plays from 477 playlists from 133 Folk DJs
Folk DJ Chart Top Albums of the Month
| Rank | Album | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghost Light | John McCutcheon | 149 |
| 2 | Low Tide | Tracy Grammer | 100 |
| 3 | See You Around | I'm With Her | 85 |
| 4 | Time to Fly | Mare Wakefield and Nomad | 76 |
| 5 | American Folk (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Various Artists | 64 |
| 6 | True in Time | John Gorka | 63 |
| 7 | Ginkgo | Johnsmith | 62 |
| 8 | Open Road, Broken Heart | True North | 61 |
| 9 | Wishes on a Neon Sign | Abbie Gardner | 53 |
| 10 | The Art of Forgetting | Kyle Carey | 47 |
| 11 | Rifles and Rosary Beads | Mary Gauthier | 45 |
| 12 | Time Is Everything | Vivian Leva | 41 |
| 13 | Settling Scores, Vol. II | Grant Peeples and the Peeples Republik | 39 |
| 13 | Call Me Lucky | Chris Smither | 39 |
| 15 | The Promise of Strangers | The Fugitives | 37 |
| 16 | Skeins | Andrew and Casey Calhoun | 35 |
| 17 | Out in the Open | The Steep Canyon Rangers | 31 |
| 17 | Big Fat Love | Chris LaVancher | 31 |
| 17 | Lord of the Desert | 3hattrio | 31 |
| 20 | Letters Never Read | Dori Freeman | 30 |
| 21 | A Heart Never Knows | The Price Sisters | 29 |
| 22 | Gut It to the Studs | Letitia VanSant | 28 |
| 22 | Whistle Down the Wind | Joan Baez | 28 |
| 22 | The Orphan King | Ed Romanoff | 28 |
| 25 | February | Simon Linsteadt | 26 |
| 25 | Home on the River | Caroline Cotter | 26 |
| 25 | Short Stories | Beppe Gambetta | 26 |
| 25 | Fifteen | The Wailin' Jennys | 26 |
| 25 | Little Red Wagon | Elly Wininger | 26 |
| 25 | After the Flood | After the Flood | 26 |
| 31 | Accomplice One | Tommy Emmanuel | 24 |
| 31 | Reunion of Broken Parts | Ruth Hill | 24 |
| 33 | One With the Tide | Alice DiMicele | 23 |
| 34 | While I Was Asleep | Darling West | 22 |
| 34 | Echo in the Valley | Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn | 22 |
| 36 | Poets, Philosophers, Workers and Wanderers | Joe Jencks | 21 |
| 37 | Turmoil and Tinfoil | Billy Strings | 20 |
| 37 | Arkansas | John Oats | 20 |
| 37 | You Are Welcome Here | Eric Bannan | 20 |
| 40 | Heartbreak Song for the Radio | Lynnes | 19 |
| 40 | Live at Club 47 | Doc Watson | 19 |
| 40 | Rise | Molly Tuttle | 19 |
| 40 | Spaghettification | Christine Lavin | 19 |
| 40 | Mixtape | Mark Erelli | 19 |
| 45 | Bidin' My Time | Chris Hillman | 18 |
| 45 | Go | Gloria Attoun | 18 |
| 45 | Rare Songs | John O'Connor | 18 |
| 48 | Ukulele Crimes | Joel Mabus | 17 |
| 49 | The Nashville Sound | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | 16 |
| 50 | A Game of Swans | Nancy K Dillon | 15 |
| 50 | Pirate | Michael Johnathon | 15 |
| 50 | At the End of the Day | Bett Padgett | 15 |
| 50 | Laws of Gravity | The Infamous Stringdusters | 15 |
| 54 | Small Brown Birds | Zoe Mulford | 14 |
| 54 | String Theory | We Banjo 3 | 14 |
| 54 | Gettin' Handy With the Blues: A Tribute to the Legacy of W.C. Handy | Jon Shain | 14 |
| 54 | Freedom Highway | Rhiannon Giddens | 14 |
| 54 | Evermore | Smithfield Fair | 14 |
| 54 | Sing Louder | Meghan Cary | 14 |
| 54 | The Gap of Dreams | Altan | 14 |
| 61 | Countries | Van William | 13 |
| 61 | Love Ia an Army | Janiva Magness | 13 |
| 61 | True Enough | Larry Kaplan | 13 |
| 61 | The Long-Awaited Album | Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers | 13 |
| 61 | The Family Feast | Uncle Bonsai | 13 |
| 61 | California Calling | Laura Cortese and the Dance Cards | 13 |
| 61 | Another Life | Billy Kemp | 13 |
| 68 | Happy Little Trees | KC Groves | 12 |
| 68 | Sunshiner | Mammals | 12 |
| 68 | Small Believer | Anna Tivel | 12 |
| 68 | If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous | Sarah McQuaid | 12 |
| 68 | Spirit to the Sea | Trout Steak Revival | 12 |
Folk DJ Chart Top Songs of the Month
| Rank | Song | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hole | Tracy Grammer | 27 |
| 2 | Real Big Love | Mare Wakefield and Nomad | 22 |
| 3 | This Road | John McCutcheon | 21 |
| 4 | A Perfect Day | John McCutcheon | 19 |
| 5 | Good Life | Tracy Grammer | 16 |
| 5 | The Machine | John McCutcheon | 16 |
| 7 | When My Fight for Life Is Over | John McCutcheon | 15 |
| 7 | Ghost Light | John McCutcheon | 15 |
| 9 | Ain't That Fine | I'm With Her | 14 |
| 10 | February | Simon Linsteadt | 13 |
| 10 | She Just Dances | John McCutcheon | 13 |
| 10 | Nazarene Guitar | John Gorka | 13 |
| 10 | Forty-Niner | Tracy Grammer | 13 |
| 14 | Pitchforks and Torches | Grant Peeples and the Peeples Republik | 12 |
| 14 | Game to Lose | I'm With Her | 12 |
| 14 | Cold Mountains | Vivian Leva | 12 |
| 17 | Jojo's Bread | Johnsmith | 11 |
| 17 | Dust Devil | 3hattrio | 11 |
| 19 | Crescent City | I'm With Her | 10 |
| 19 | Me and Jesus | John McCutcheon | 10 |
| 19 | The Verdant Mile | Tracy Grammer | 10 |
| 19 | Townes | Amber Rubarth and Joe Purdy | 10 |
| 19 | Soldiering On | Mary Gauthier | 10 |
| 19 | See This Winter Out | The Fugitives | 10 |
| 19 | Wilder Than Her | True North | 10 |
Folk DJ Chart Top Artists of the Month
| Rank | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John McCutcheon | 170 |
| 2 | Tracy Grammer | 101 |
| 3 | I'm With Her | 85 |
| 4 | John Gorka | 84 |
| 5 | Mare Wakefield and Nomad | 76 |
| 6 | Johnsmith | 63 |
| 7 | True North | 61 |
| 8 | Abbie Gardner | 58 |
| 9 | Mary Gauthier | 51 |
| 10 | Chris Smither | 50 |
| 11 | Kyle Carey | 48 |
| 11 | Joan Baez | 48 |
| 13 | Vivian Leva | 41 |
| 13 | Joel Mabus | 41 |
| 15 | The Wailin' Jennys | 40 |
| 16 | Grant Peeples and the Peeples Republik | 39 |
| 17 | The Fugitives | 37 |
| 18 | The Steep Canyon Rangers | 36 |
| 18 | 3hattrio | 36 |
| 20 | Andrew and Casey Calhoun | 35 |
| 21 | Beppe Gambetta | 32 |
| 21 | Chris LaVancher | 32 |
| 23 | Bob Dylan | 31 |
| 24 | Doc Watson | 30 |
| 24 | Dori Freeman | 30 |
| 24 | Mark Erelli | 30 |
| 27 | Joe Purdy and Amber Rubarth | 29 |
| 27 | The Price Sisters | 29 |
| 27 | Christine Lavin | 29 |
| 30 | Ed Romanoff | 28 |
| 30 | Joe Jencks | 28 |
| 30 | Letitia VanSant | 28 |
| 33 | Tommy Emmanuel | 27 |
| 33 | Tom Russell | 27 |
| 33 | Caroline Cotter | 27 |
| 33 | Mara Levine | 27 |
| 37 | Altan | 26 |
| 37 | Elly Wininger | 26 |
| 37 | Simon Linsteadt | 26 |
| 37 | Tom Paxton | 26 |
| 37 | After the Flood | 26 |
| 37 | The Infamous Stringdusters | 26 |
Folk DJs
| Abby Parks (WLJS-FM, AL) |
| Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN) |
| Allison Brock (CKUA-FM, AB) |
| Amy & Travis Luncan (WYSO-FM, OH) |
| 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 Hahn (WFDU-FM, NJ) |
| Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT) |
| Bill Stuart (WFIT-FM, FL) |
| Bill Wagman (KDVS-FM, CA) |
| Bob Heyer (WWOV-FM, WV) |
| Bob McWilliams (KANU-FM & KPR, KS) |
| Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM, MA) |
| Brad Edmondson (WVBR-FM, NY) |
| Brenda & Roman Tacik (CJTR-FM, SK) |
| Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia) |
| Bud Johnson (syndicated, AK) |
| Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN) |
| Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY) |
| Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY) |
| Chris McGill (WSPN, NY) |
| Cindy Funk (WYSO-FM, OH) |
| Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia) |
| Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL) |
| Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX) |
| Dan Robinson (WPR, WI) |
| Darwin Davidson (WERU-FM, ME) |
| Dave Hardy (djsleepy.com, MA) |
| David John (KTRU-FM, TX) |
| David Sears (WBGU-FM, OH) |
| Denis McKay (VOX-FM, Australia) |
| Dennis & Judy Cook (WOBC-FM, OH) |
| Dennis Brunnenmeyer (KVMR-FM, CA) |
| Diane Crowe (WMCB-FM, MA) |
| Diane Karl (KBOO-FM etc, OR) |
| Dick Hermans (WHDD-FM, CT) |
| Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR) |
| Doug Dick (WQCS-FM, FL) |
| Ed Mellnik (KBOO-FM, OR) |
| Fred Frawley (WMPG-FN, ME) |
| Fred Knittel (WXPN-FM, PA) |
| Gail Comfort (UMFM, ON) |
| Gaye Auxier (WDBX-FM, IL) |
| Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC) |
| Graham Rice (WJFF-FM, NY) |
| Graham and Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA) |
| Greg Priddy (WJCU-FM, OH) |
| Greg Schatzmann (CJLX-FM, ON) |
| Hansjoerg Malonek (ISW-FM, Germany) |
| Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA) |
| Ian Zolitor (WXPN-FM, PA) |
| Jan Hall (folkrootsradio.com, ON) |
| Jared Ingersol (syndicated & sweetharmony.fm, CA) |
| Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA) |
| Jeff Robson (CJUM-FM, MB) |
| Jeff Zolitor (KNYO-FM, CA) |
| Jeremy Butler (WUAL-FM & APR, AL) |
| Jim Canales (WWSP-FM, WI) |
| Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN) |
| Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON) |
| Jim Rogers (WIUP-FM, PA) |
| Joe Pszonek (WMSC-FM & radiohowhere903.com, NJ) |
| John & Maureen Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA) |
| John C. Falstaff (WRFG-FM, GA) |
| John Lupton and George Mercer (WVUD-FM, DE) |
| John Mazza (WNHU-FM, CT) |
| 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) |
| Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK) |
| Kate McNally (NHPR, NH) |
| Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA) |
| Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL) |
| Kevin Vance (KPFA-FM, CA) |
| Larry Hoyt (WAER-FM, NY) |
| Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA) |
| Len Holton (KUAR-FM, AR) |
| Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL) |
| Linda Fahey (WKSU-FM & FolkAlley.com, NY) |
| Lyle D. Skinner (CJUM-FM, MB) |
| Lyle Skinner (CJUM/UMFM, MB) |
| Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM, VT) |
| Mark Tobler (WTUL-FM, LA) |
| Mary Sue Twohy (SiriusXM & syndicated, DC) |
| Matt Watroba (WKAR-FM, MI) |
| Menachem Vinegrad (Upper Galilee-FM, Israel) |
| Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY) |
| Michael Kane (WBRS-FM, MA) |
| Michael Stock (WLRN-FM, FL) |
| Mike Flynn (KUAF-FM & syndicated, AR) |
| Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON) |
| Mitch Park (Kidnappers, New Zealand) |
| Naomi Soule and Terry Moses (KCLC-FM, MO) |
| Nick Barr (WAMC-FM, NY) |
| Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN) |
| Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD) |
| Paul Hefti (live365.com, CA) |
| Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-FM, NY) |
| Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ) |
| Ray Baumler (WRUR-FM & WITH-FM, NY) |
| Rich Warren (WFMT-FM & syndicated, IL) |
| Richard Gordon (WVUD-FM, DE) |
| Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT) |
| Rik James (KGLT-FM, MT) |
| Robert Resnik (VPR, VT) |
| Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM) |
| Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM, NJ) |
| Sheila Shigley (WPR, WI) |
| Sonny Ochs (WIOX-FM, NY) |
| Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO) |
| Steve Edge (CITR-FM, BC) |
| Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL) |
| Susan Forbes Hansen (WHUS-FM & WWUH-FM, CT) |
| Susi Lanagan (PBS-FM, Australia) |
| Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA) |
| Terry Fatseas (2MCE-FM, Australia) |
| Terry O'Laughlin (WORT-FM, WI) |
| Tom Coxworth (CKUA-FM, AB) |
| Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & syndicated, PA) |
| Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM) |
| WTJU Folk (WTJU-FM & WHAN-FM, VA) |
| Wanda Fischer (WAMC & syndicated, NY) |