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Chart Section

FAI FOLK CHART FOR January 2022

Compiled from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 15373 plays from 499 playlists from 122 Folk DJs

FAI Folk Chart Top Albums of the Month

Rank Album Artist Plays
1 The Light at the End of the Line Janis Ian 143
2 Long Haul John Wort Hannam 96
3 Strings, Wings and Curious Things Sue Horowitz 86
3 Songs From the River Wind Eliza Gilkyson 86
5 Folk Hero House of Hamill 79
6 Rabbit Buffalo Rose and Tom Paxton 73
7 Raise the Roof Robert Plant and Alison Krauss 70
8 Sacred Spaces Eric Bannan 69
9 Anthems of Home HuDost 59
10 Head Above Water Heather Sarona 49
10 Over the Moon Chinook Waltz 49
12 The Village Out West: The Lost Tapes of Alan Oakes Various Artists 44
13 Bucket List John McCutcheon 42
14 Renewal Billy Strings 41
15 Blues Ballads Cowboy Songs Peter Keane 38
15 Come What May Kevin Burgess Project 38
17 Until Now Carrie Newcomer 37
18 Home Linda Marks 36
19 Long Time Coming Sierra Ferrell 35
19 The Birds of Florida Susan Werner 35
21 Age of Apathy Aoife O'Donovan 34
22 A Little Life Liz Miller 33
22 A Better Day A-Coming Robin and Linda Williams 33
24 Awake Mala Oreen 31
25 Stops Time Brooksie Wells 30
26 Song to a Refugee Diana Jones 29
26 My Bluegrass Heart Bela Fleck 29
28 The Empress The McDades 28
29 Hell on Church Street Punch Brothers 27
29 Hometown Tragedies Terry Family 27
29 Outside Child Allison Russell 27
29 The Insurrection Blues Corey Harris 27
33 Everything Will Be Eric Brace and Last Train Home 26
33 Changemakers Crys Matthews 26
33 Turning Over Stones Bett Padgett 26
36 I'll Meet You Here Dar Williams 25
36 Buffalo Nichols Buffalo Nichols 25
38 Day by Day Norman Blake 24
39 Borrowed Time Joe Troop 23
39 A World Like This George Mann 23
41 Arrivals Declan O'Rourke 21
41 The St Buryan Sessions Sarah McQuaid 21
41 Be Here for a While Shane Cook and the Woodchippers 21
44 Gone Tim Grimm 20
44 Downhill From Everywhere Jackson Browne 20
46 Be a Better Me George Ensle 19
47 Watchhouse Watchhouse 18
47 Surely Will Be Singing Tammy Rogers and Thomm Jutz 18
47 Cosmic Banjo Michael Johnathon 18
47 The Turning Year Jennifer Cutting's Ocean Orchestra 18
47 Rewrite the Ending Ina May Wool 18
47 On Solid Ground Reggie Harris 18
47 Timeless Hours Last Chance 18
54 Settler Malcolm Macwatt 17
54 Violet Light Maya De Vitry 17
54 Stories and Memories Mohavisoul 17
57 Good to Be Keb' Mo 16
57 Renaissance Valerie Smith 16
57 Grit and Polish Mark Schatz and Bryan McDowell 16
57 The Other Side Kristi Flagg 16
61 American Siren Emily Scott Robinson 15
61 Satisfyin Lady A 15
61 Lost Love Songs The Pine Hearts 15
61 Uranium Maiden Kate Macleod 15
61 Be Ready When I Call You Guy Davis 15
66 The Way the River Goes Dan Weber 14
66 First Farewell Peggy Seeger 14
66 Pohorylle Margo Cilker 14
66 Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys 14
66 Frame by Frame T. Buckley 14
66 The Second Million Miles Bill Staines 14
66 Declining With Thanks Ian Robb and James Stephens 14
66 Right Where I Am Jonathan Edwards 14
66 Beating the Odds Eric Lambert 14
66 The Road Ahead Ray Lambiase 14

FAI Folk Chart Top Songs of the Month

Rank Song Artist Plays
1 I Give You the Morning Buffalo Rose and Tom Paxton 38
2 Better Times Will Come Janis Ian 33
2 I'm Still Standing Janis Ian 33
4 January Sue Horowitz 32
5 If You Can't Fly Eric Bannan 24
6 Wonderful Things John Wort Hannam 20
7 The South Wind Ailisa Newhall 18
8 Dancing With the Dark Janis Ian 16
8 Sister's Keeper Crys Matthews 16
8 Louder Than the Guns Tret Fure 16
8 Take Back The Red White And Blue Crowes Pasture 16
8 Swannanoa Janis Ian 16
13 Our Words Will Be Louder HuDost 15
13 At Least It's Not Terrorism Ina May Wool 15
15 Winter Wonderland Noel Paul Stookey 14
15 Wanderin Eliza Gilkyson 14
17 Runaway Buffalo Rose and Tom Paxton 13
17 I'll Be Lost Heather Sarona 13
17 Last Kind Word Blues Robert Plant and Alison Krauss 13
17 Bristlecone Pine Eliza Gilkyson 13
21 Green Light Buffalo Rose and Tom Paxton 12
21 Ladder to the Sun House of Hamill 12
21 Sacred Spaces Eric Bannan 12
21 You Led Me to the Wrong Robert Plant and Alison Krauss 12
21 Long Haul John Wort Hannam 12
21 Step on the Gas Sue Horowitz 12
21 Young at Heart John Wort Hannam 12
21 Hate That Kind of Love Marion Halliday 12

FAI Folk Chart Top Artists of the Month

Rank Artist Plays
1 Janis Ian 150
2 Eliza Gilkyson 106
3 John Wort Hannam 97
4 Sue Horowitz 87
5 Bill Staines 82
6 House of Hamill 79
7 Buffalo Rose and Tom Paxton 76
7 Joan Baez 76
9 John McCutcheon 73
10 Eric Bannan 71
11 Robert Plant and Alison Krauss 70
12 Christine Lavin 65
13 HuDost 61
14 Bob Dylan 59
15 Heather Sarona 51
16 Billy Strings 49
16 Chinook Waltz 49
18 J.D. Crowe the New South 48
19 Crys Matthews 46
19 Carrie Newcomer 46
19 Susan Werner 46
22 Pete Seeger 43
23 Peter Keane 38
23 Kevin Burgess Project 38
23 Nanci Griffith 38
23 Sierra Ferrell 38
27 Linda Marks 37
28 Ina May Wool 35
28 Dar Williams 35
30 Liz Miller 34
30 Aoife O'Donovan 34
30 Robin and Linda Williams 34
33 Diana Jones 32
33 Tim Grimm 32
33 Michael Johnathon 32
36 Tret Fure 31
36 Mala Oreen 31
38 Jackson Browne 30
38 Brooksie Wells 30
40 Sarah McQuaid 29
40 Punch Brothers 29
40 Bela Fleck 29
40 Allison Russell 29
40 Corey Harris 29
40 Bett Padgett 29

Folk DJs

Abby Parks (WLJS-FM, AL)
Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM & syndicated, CA)
Allen Mullen (KOCF-FM, OR)
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 Wagman (KDVS-FM, CA)
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)
Bud Johnson (syndicated, AK)
Caroline Doctorow (WPKN-FM, CT)
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)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Murphy (acousticoutpost.com, NH)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM, GA)
Dave Hardy (djsleepy.com, MA)
David John (KEOS-FM, TX)
David Sears (WBGU-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)
Ellen Stanley (KFAI-FM, MN)
Fred Frawley (WMPG-FN, ME)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Gordon Nash (Folk Music Notebook, NY)
Graham and Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Greg Priddy (WJCU-FM, OH)
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)
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 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)
Kai Schafft (WVBR-FM, NY)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kate McNally (NHPR, NH)
Kelly Walker (WEOS-FM, NY)
Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA)
Ken Nagelberg (WHYR-FM, LA)
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)
Mara Noelle (KVMR-FM & KFOK-LP, CA)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM, OR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM, VT)
Mark Pedersen (WOJB-FM, WI)
Mary Anne Moorman (KBCS-FM, WA)
Matt Watroba (WKAR-FM, MI)
Matthew Baya (WERU-FM, ME)
Menachem Vinegrad (Upper Galilee-FM, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
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)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Hefti (live365.com, CA)
Paul Porzio (FCAC-FM, VA)
Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-FM, NY)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, wtsrlegacy.com, NJ)
Peter Thompson (KALW-FM, CA)
Rachel Goodman (KSQD-FM, CA)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM, WA)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & syndicated, PA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Rik James (KGLT-FM, MT)
Robert Resnik (VPR, VT)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM, NJ)
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)
Susi Lanagan (PBS-FM, Australia)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Tom Coxworth (CKUA-FM, AB)
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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