Chart Section
FAI FOLK CHART FOR January 2024
Compiled from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 12269 plays from 414 playlists from 108 Folk DJs
FAI Folk Chart Top Albums of the Month
| Rank | Album | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Interpretations: Volume 1 | Alice Di Micele | 70 |
| 2 | More Than a Whisper: Celebrating the Music of Nanci Griffith | Various Artists | 62 |
| 3 | Never Too Late: Duets With My Friends | Jim Kweskin | 60 |
| 4 | By Request | Mustard's Retreat | 54 |
| 5 | Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90 (Live at the Hollywood Bowl) | Various Artists | 48 |
| 6 | So Strong | Jaspar Lepak | 42 |
| 7 | The Lonesome Chronicles | Kathy Kallick Band | 41 |
| 8 | Dark Harvest | Malcolm MacWatt | 38 |
| 8 | Together | Tom Paxton and John McCutcheon | 38 |
| 10 | I Kept These Old Blues | Muireann Bradley | 34 |
| 11 | Wanderlust | Elexa Dawson and Stanley Hotel | 31 |
| 11 | Simple Motion | Eric Brace and Thomm Jutz | 31 |
| 13 | Even Better on the Bad Days | Scott Sean White | 29 |
| 14 | Old Ghosts | Diane Coll | 28 |
| 14 | The Songs of Tom Gala | Free Wheelin' Fools | 28 |
| 16 | Two Singing Songs | Ben Gage | 26 |
| 17 | American Patchwork Quartet | American Patchwork Quartet | 25 |
| 18 | Fear of Falling Stars | Kristen Grainger and True North | 24 |
| 19 | At the End of the Day | Sylvia Tyson | 23 |
| 19 | The Breath Between | David Francey | 23 |
| 19 | Ozark Symphony | Kelly Hunt | 23 |
| 22 | A Recipe for Hope | Linda Marks | 22 |
| 22 | Do You Recall | Dori Freeman | 22 |
| 24 | Songs to Fight Oppression | Scott Free | 21 |
| 24 | Ever Onward | Bob and Sarah Amos | 21 |
| 24 | A Great Wild Mercy | Carrie Newcomer | 21 |
| 27 | Au Coeur De l'Aube | Genticorum | 20 |
| 27 | Colors and Covers | Brittany Jean | 20 |
| 29 | City of Gold | Golden Highway and Molly Tuttle | 19 |
| 29 | Lavender Moonshine | Tret Fure | 19 |
| 29 | The Little in Between | Tim Grimm | 19 |
| 32 | Old Cane Back Rocker | Darrell Scott String Band | 18 |
| 32 | Endless Turn of Day Into Night | Last Birds | 18 |
| 32 | Home | Eliza Gilkyson | 18 |
| 32 | Under a Cathedral Sky | Ynana Rose | 18 |
| 36 | Honeysuckle Switches: The Songs of Lucinda Williams | Amos Lee | 17 |
| 36 | Weathervanes | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | 17 |
| 36 | Praying' for Sunshine | Suzy Bogguss | 17 |
| 36 | Born Again Bluegrass | Marty Falle | 17 |
| 40 | Bigger Than in Between | Sam Robbins | 16 |
| 40 | I'm the Only One Who Will Tell You, You're Bad | Goodnight Moonshine | 16 |
| 42 | New Old Freinds | C. Daniel Boling | 15 |
| 42 | Songs for the Canyon | John Vincent Iii | 15 |
| 42 | Mile 77 | Jody Stecher and Mile Twelve | 15 |
| 42 | 1988 | Lori McKenna | 15 |
| 46 | Constellations | Meredith Moon | 14 |
| 46 | Leaning In | Open Book | 14 |
| 46 | Love and Rain | Annie and Rod Capps | 14 |
| 46 | You're the One | Rhiannon Giddens | 14 |
| 46 | Rants and Romance | Rod MacDonald | 14 |
| 46 | Folktown | Mark Leggett | 14 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Songs of the Month
| Rank | Song | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Great Forgetting | Natalia Zukerman | 17 |
| 2 | Let's Get Happy Together | Jim Kweskin | 16 |
| 3 | January Skies | Goodnight Moonshine | 15 |
| 3 | The Calendar for Peace | Colleen Kattau | 15 |
| 5 | Give Yourself to Love | Alice Di Micele | 14 |
| 6 | Even When the Light Is Low | Tom Prasada-Rao | 13 |
| 6 | Hard to Hate | Sam Robbins | 13 |
| 8 | January Knows | Open Book | 12 |
| 8 | Old Man | Alice Di Micele | 12 |
| 10 | Frost on the South Side | Eric Brace and Thomm Jutz | 11 |
| 11 | Sugaree | Alice Di Micele | 10 |
| 11 | Everybody Wants My Hat | Marc Black | 10 |
| 11 | Trouble in the Fields | Lyle Lovett and Kathy Mattea | 10 |
| 14 | Boombox | Charlie Parr | 9 |
| 14 | Square One | Alice Di Micele | 9 |
| 14 | Letter From a Groundhog | Jeff Cannon | 9 |
| 17 | Out on the Western Plain | Malcolm MacWatt | 8 |
| 17 | Don't Use Our Death & Pain | Robert Sarazin Blake | 8 |
| 17 | Tikkun Olam, Repair the World | Ellen Bukstel | 8 |
| 17 | Dirty Dish Rag | Theme: Harvey Reid | 8 |
| 17 | Buffalo Thunder | Malcolm MacWatt | 8 |
| 17 | Love at the Five and Dime | John Prine and Kelsey Waldon | 8 |
| 17 | The Welcome Song | Jan Aldridge Clark | 8 |
| 17 | Dreaming of Hassan Playing | Mike Laureanno | 8 |
| 25 | Harvest Moon | Alice Di Micele | 7 |
| 25 | You Can't Go Home Again | Sarah Jarosz | 7 |
| 25 | One Good Year | Slaid Cleaves | 7 |
| 25 | Big Dark's Fancy | Cindy Kallet | 7 |
| 25 | Can't Change the Weather | Eric Brace and Thomm Jutz | 7 |
| 25 | All My Friends | Aoife O'Donovan | 7 |
| 25 | Listen to the Radio | Billy Strings and Molly Tuttle | 7 |
| 25 | Banks of the Pontchartrain | Iris Dement | 7 |
| 25 | Workin' on a World | Iris Dement | 7 |
| 25 | Gulf Coast Highway | Brandy Clark | 7 |
| 25 | Stuck Inside | Rene Moffatt | 7 |
| 25 | Hope You Never Do | Scott Sean White | 7 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Artists of the Month
| Rank | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alice Di Micele | 70 |
| 2 | Jim Kweskin | 61 |
| 3 | Mustard's Retreat | 54 |
| 4 | Kathy Kallick Band | 47 |
| 5 | Jaspar Lepak | 44 |
| 6 | Melanie | 43 |
| 7 | Malcolm MacWatt | 40 |
| 8 | Bob Dylan | 39 |
| 9 | Tom Paxton and John McCutcheon | 38 |
| 10 | Odetta | 37 |
| 11 | Pete Seeger | 35 |
| 12 | Eliza Gilkyson | 34 |
| 12 | Muireann Bradley | 34 |
| 12 | Joan Baez | 34 |
| 15 | David Francey | 32 |
| 16 | Elexa Dawson and Stanley Hotel | 31 |
| 16 | Eric Brace and Thomm Jutz | 31 |
| 18 | Brittany Jean | 30 |
| 18 | Scott Sean White | 30 |
| 18 | Carrie Newcomer | 30 |
| 18 | Kelly Hunt | 30 |
| 18 | Ben Gage | 30 |
| 18 | Leadbelly | 30 |
| 18 | Golden Highway and Molly Tuttle | 30 |
| 25 | Diane Coll | 29 |
| 26 | Free Wheelin' Fools | 28 |
| 27 | Rhiannon Giddens | 26 |
| 27 | Kristen Grainger and True North | 26 |
| 27 | Iris Dement | 26 |
| 27 | American Patchwork Quartet | 26 |
| 27 | Audie Blaylock and Redline | 26 |
| 32 | Nanci Griffith | 25 |
| 32 | Joni Mitchell | 25 |
| 34 | Kate Wolf | 24 |
| 34 | Phil Ochs | 24 |
| 34 | Genticorum | 24 |
| 34 | Dori Freeman | 24 |
| 34 | Tim Grimm | 24 |
| 39 | Ellis Paul | 23 |
| 39 | Sylvia Tyson | 23 |
| 39 | The Smothers Brothers | 23 |
| 39 | Linda Marks | 23 |
Folk DJs
| Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN) |
| Allen Larman (KPFK-FM & syndicated, CA) |
| Annie Keville (WVBR-FM, NY) |
| Art Menius (WCOM-FM, NC) |
| Art Podell (KPFK-FM, CA) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Dave Aton (WRFG-FM, GA) |
| 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) |
| Doug Tucker (KWVA-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) |
| Greg Priddy (WJCU-FM, OH) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK) |
| Kelly Walker (WEOS-FM, NY) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Mary Katherine Aldin (KPFK-FM, CA) |
| Matt Watroba (WKAR-FM, MI) |
| 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) |
| Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-FM, NY) |
| 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 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) |
| Tim Forsman (WMHB-FM, ME) |
| 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) |