Chart Section
FAI FOLK CHART FOR February 2020
Compiled from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 13600 plays from 452 playlists from 125 Folk DJs
FAI Folk Chart Top Albums of the Month
| Rank | Album | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Treat a Stranger Right | Frank and Allie Lee | 77 |
| 1 | The Family Songbook | The Haden Triplets | 77 |
| 3 | The Far Si: The Si Kahn Funny Song Sing-Along Songbook | Matt Watroba | 72 |
| 4 | Alicia Viani | Alicia Viani | 63 |
| 5 | Next Time We Meet | Terry Kitchen | 62 |
| 6 | Good Good Man | Vance Gilbert | 59 |
| 7 | Treasures in My Chest | Andrew McKnight | 56 |
| 8 | Lacher Prise | Michael Doucet | 49 |
| 9 | Hello Stranger | Eliza Meyer | 48 |
| 10 | Recollections / Revolutions | Windborne | 47 |
| 10 | Making Life Sweet | The Early Risers | 47 |
| 12 | Collection 2008-2018 | Jim Patton and Sherry Brokus | 46 |
| 13 | Old Tin | Erynn Marshall and Carl Jones | 43 |
| 14 | Circadian | Letitia Vansant | 42 |
| 15 | Embracing the Journey | Kathleen Healy | 41 |
| 15 | Lp5 | John Moreland | 41 |
| 17 | Daytime Highs and Overnight Lows | Eric Brace and Last Train Home | 40 |
| 17 | The Storyteller's Suitcase | Ellis Paul | 40 |
| 19 | Love and Fire | Annette Wasilik | 37 |
| 20 | Rearrange My Heart | Che Apalache | 36 |
| 20 | Legacy | Michael Johnathon | 36 |
| 22 | The Kingston Trio | The Kingston Trio | 34 |
| 22 | Bad Wife | Grant Peeples | 34 |
| 24 | The Light We Bring | Trout Steak Revival | 33 |
| 25 | Slow Steady Heart | Claudia Schmidt | 32 |
| 26 | No Holds Barred | The Flyin' A's | 31 |
| 27 | Songs of Our Native Daughters | Our Native Daughters | 28 |
| 28 | All Mine | Sarah Morris | 27 |
| 28 | Heartland Again | Tim Grimm | 27 |
| 28 | Bravado | Rose Cousins | 27 |
| 28 | Stony Run | Ken and Brad Kolodner | 27 |
| 28 | Straight to Marrow | Clint Alphin | 27 |
| 33 | Visions | Alice Howe | 26 |
| 33 | Oklahoma | Keb' Mo | 26 |
| 33 | String Tides | Mark Grobner | 26 |
| 36 | Let Love Go On | Mark Dvorak | 25 |
| 36 | Chasing the Sun | Bobtown | 25 |
| 38 | Wildwood | Katie Dahl | 24 |
| 38 | Sky Tonight | Anne Marie Menta | 24 |
| 40 | Coyote | Catherine Maclellan | 23 |
| 41 | Rise and Fly | The Barefoot Movement | 22 |
| 41 | Assiniboine and the Red | The Small Glories | 22 |
| 41 | Tall Fiddler | Michael Cleveland | 22 |
| 44 | Medicine for Living | Alexa Rose | 21 |
| 44 | Eddy and the Abstract Truth | Eddy Lawrence | 21 |
| 46 | Winter Stories | Judy Collins and Jonas Fjeld | 20 |
| 46 | In This Town You're Owned | Robert Vincent | 20 |
| 48 | Honest | Ordinary Elephant | 19 |
| 48 | From Liberty Street | Mapache | 19 |
| 48 | Best of the Rest | Si Kahn | 19 |
| 48 | Lines and Spaces | Heather Pierson | 19 |
| 52 | Bones and Gravity | Lizanne Knott | 18 |
| 53 | Fair Play to You All | Tommy Sands | 17 |
| 53 | Going to the Well | Linda McRae | 17 |
| 53 | Bright Lights, Long Drives, First Words | Nora Jane Struthers | 17 |
| 53 | Me and the Ghost of Charlemagne | Amy Speace | 17 |
| 57 | The Hard Stuff | Susan Gibson | 16 |
| 57 | We'll Never Know Unless We Try | Darling West | 16 |
| 57 | Today Again | Fred Arcoleo | 16 |
| 57 | If I Catch My Dream Song of Hope for a Better World | Bett Padgett | 16 |
| 61 | When They Fall | Annie and Rod Capps | 15 |
| 61 | Wonderful Fairytale | Bill Jones | 15 |
| 61 | Heroes and Sparrows | Kevin Brown | 15 |
| 61 | Modern Old-Time Sounds for the Bluegrass and Folksong Jamboree | The Lonesome Ace Stringband | 15 |
| 61 | Home | Billy Strings | 15 |
| 61 | Bitter Ballads and Cynical Prayers | Chris Moyse | 15 |
| 67 | Up Against the Sky | Dave Gunning | 14 |
| 67 | The Moon Is an Ashtray | Miss Tess | 14 |
| 67 | Just Words | Lynne Hanson | 14 |
| 67 | Early Bright | Seamus Egan | 14 |
| 67 | Mortal Flames | John Dennis | 14 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Songs of the Month
| Rank | Song | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You Can't Say @#$% on the Air | Matt Watroba | 26 |
| 2 | Wildwood Flower | The Haden Triplets | 17 |
| 2 | Pie & Whiskey | Vance Gilbert | 17 |
| 4 | Party on the Roof | Terry Kitchen | 14 |
| 4 | You Can't Put My Fire Out | Letitia Vansant | 14 |
| 4 | Two to Tango | Kathleen Healy | 14 |
| 7 | Good Man | Alicia Viani | 12 |
| 7 | Legacy | Michael Johnathon | 12 |
| 7 | Another Great Day Above Ground | Vance Gilbert | 12 |
| 10 | Scotch and Soda | The Kingston Trio | 11 |
| 11 | When My Fever Breaks | John Moreland | 10 |
| 11 | Unsustainable | Grant Peeples | 10 |
| 11 | Lazy Farmer | Frank and Allie Lee | 10 |
| 11 | Lonesome for You | Alicia Viani | 10 |
| 11 | You Can Walk Up There | Darryl Purpose | 10 |
| 11 | Who Will You Love | The Haden Triplets | 10 |
| 11 | Arrows in the Dark | Trout Steak Revival | 10 |
| 11 | Norwegian Wood | Terry Kitchen | 10 |
| 11 | Hello Stranger | Eliza Meyer | 10 |
| 11 | Tom Dooley | The Kingston Trio | 10 |
| 21 | Wayfaring Stranger | The Haden Triplets | 9 |
| 21 | Walt's Waltz | Matt Watroba | 9 |
| 21 | You Are My Flower | Frank and Allie Lee | 9 |
| 21 | The Agreement | Rose Cousins | 9 |
| 21 | Bless Your Heart | Clint Alphin | 9 |
| 21 | Lamplight | Alicia Viani | 9 |
| 21 | Walking on a Mardi Gras Day | Michael Doucet | 9 |
| 21 | The Sailor and the Soldier | Frank and Allie Lee | 9 |
| 21 | This Changes Everything | The Early Risers | 9 |
| 21 | Harder Dreams | John Moreland | 9 |
| 21 | Water, Water | Michael Doucet | 9 |
| 21 | The Dreamer | Che Apalache | 9 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Artists of the Month
| Rank | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Kingston Trio | 81 |
| 2 | The Haden Triplets | 77 |
| 2 | Frank and Allie Lee | 77 |
| 4 | Matt Watroba | 72 |
| 5 | Terry Kitchen | 65 |
| 5 | David Olney | 65 |
| 7 | Alicia Viani | 63 |
| 8 | Vance Gilbert | 59 |
| 9 | Andrew McKnight | 57 |
| 10 | Windborne | 54 |
| 11 | Ellis Paul | 51 |
| 12 | Michael Doucet | 49 |
| 13 | Eliza Meyer | 48 |
| 13 | Jim Patton and Sherry Brokus | 48 |
| 15 | The Early Risers | 47 |
| 16 | Erynn Marshall and Carl Jones | 45 |
| 17 | Letitia Vansant | 42 |
| 17 | Tim Grimm | 42 |
| 19 | Kathleen Healy | 41 |
| 19 | John Moreland | 41 |
| 21 | Eric Brace and Last Train Home | 40 |
| 22 | Annette Wasilik | 38 |
| 22 | Michael Johnathon | 38 |
| 24 | Trout Steak Revival | 37 |
| 25 | Ladysmith Black Mambazo | 36 |
| 25 | Che Apalache | 36 |
| 25 | Claudia Schmidt | 36 |
| 28 | Si Kahn | 35 |
| 29 | John McCutcheon | 34 |
| 29 | Grant Peeples | 34 |
| 29 | Bob Dylan | 34 |
| 32 | The Flyin' A's | 32 |
| 33 | Willie Nelson | 31 |
| 34 | Rose Cousins | 30 |
| 34 | John Prine | 30 |
| 34 | Mark Dvorak | 30 |
| 37 | Our Native Daughters | 29 |
| 37 | The Wailin' Jennys | 29 |
| 39 | Ken and Brad Kolodner | 28 |
| 39 | Keb' Mo | 28 |
| 39 | Nanci Griffith | 28 |
| 39 | Susan Werner | 28 |
Folk DJs
| Abby Parks (WLJS-FM, AL) |
| Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN) |
| Allen Larman (KPFK-FM & syndicated, CA) |
| Angela Page (WJFF-FM, NY) |
| Anne Fuller and Mike Sakarias (KRNN-FM, AK) |
| 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 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 Sherman (WFUV-FM, NY) |
| 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) |
| Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN) |
| Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY) |
| Chris Denerley (beyondradio.co.uk, UK) |
| 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 Murphy (www.acousticoutpost.com, NH) |
| Dan Robinson (WPR, WI) |
| Dave Aton (WRFG-FM, GA) |
| Dave Hardy (djsleepy.com, MA) |
| David John (KEOS-FM, TX) |
| David Sears (WBGU-FM, OH) |
| Dennis & Judy Cook (WOBC-FM, OH) |
| 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) |
| Doug Dick (WQCS-FM, FL) |
| Ed Mellnik (KBOO-FM, OR) |
| Eddie O'Strange (Wellington Access Radio, NZ) |
| Ellen Stanley (KFAI-FM, MN) |
| Fred Frawley (WMPG-FN, ME) |
| Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC) |
| Graham and Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA) |
| Greg Priddy (WJCU-FM, OH) |
| Greg Schatzmann (CJLX-FM, ON) |
| Greg Torrington (Stingray Music, QB) |
| Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA) |
| Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY) |
| Jan Hall (syndicated & folkrootsradio.com, ON) |
| Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA) |
| Jeff Zolitor (KZYX-FM & KNYO-FM, CA) |
| 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 (WNTI & Blues and Roots Radio, NJ) |
| John & Maureen Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA) |
| 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) |
| Kai Schafft (WVBR-FM, NY) |
| Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK) |
| Kate McNally (NHPR, NH) |
| Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA) |
| Ken Nagelberg (WHYR-FM, LA) |
| Ken Yavit (KBAC-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) |
| Lyle D. Skinner (CKJS & CJUM/UMFM-FM, MB) |
| Lyle Skinner (CJUM/UMFM, MB) |
| Mara Noelle (KVMR-FM & KFOK-LP, CA) |
| Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM, VT) |
| Mark Tobler (WTUL-FM, LA) |
| Matt Watroba (WKAR-FM, MI) |
| Menachem Vinegrad (Upper Galilee-FM, Israel) |
| Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY) |
| Michael Stock (WLRN-FM, FL) |
| Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON) |
| Mitch Park (Kidnappers, New Zealand) |
| Naomi Soule and Terry Moses (KCLC-FM, MO) |
| 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) |
| Rachel Goodman (KSQD-FM, CA) |
| Ray Baumler (WRUR-FM & WITH-FM, NY) |
| Ray Naylor (WPPM-FM, PA) |
| Rich Warren (WFMT-FM & syndicated, IL) |
| Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & syndicated, PA) |
| Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT) |
| Rik James (KGLT-FM, MT) |
| Rob Killam (WFIT-FM, FL) |
| Robert Resnik (VPR, VT) |
| Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM) |
| Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM, NJ) |
| Sonny Ochs (WIOX-FM, NY) |
| Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO) |
| Steve Edge (CITR-FM, BC) |
| Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL) |
| Sue Kessell (WNUR-FM, IL) |
| Susan Forbes Hansen (WHUS-FM & WWUH-FM, CT) |
| 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) |