Chart Section
FAI FOLK CHART FOR July 2024
Compiled from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 12429 plays from 422 playlists from 106 Folk DJs
FAI Folk Chart Top Albums of the Month
| Rank | Album | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Light Years | The Magnolia Janes | 80 |
| 2 | Terra Madre | Beppe Gambetta | 77 |
| 3 | Earl Jam | Tony Trischka | 63 |
| 4 | Signposts and Marks | Erin Ash Sullivan | 53 |
| 5 | There's a Bright Side Somewhere | Happy Traum | 47 |
| 6 | Soliloquy: Sixteen Solo Songs | Craig Bickhardt | 41 |
| 7 | Texicali | Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore | 38 |
| 7 | Broken Homes and Hearts of Gold | The Lucky Nows | 38 |
| 7 | Trees | Laurie Lewis | 38 |
| 10 | The Price of Happiness | Miranda Hardy | 36 |
| 10 | Holding the Threads | Beth DeSombre | 36 |
| 10 | Wild Birds Warble | Jubal Lee Young | 36 |
| 13 | Change Is Now: A Tribute to the Byrds | Christian Parker | 34 |
| 13 | The Two of Us | Janie Rothfield and Allan Carr | 34 |
| 15 | Colors and Covers | Brittany Jean | 32 |
| 15 | The Earth Turns and So Do We | The Honey Badgers | 32 |
| 17 | Proxy Music | Linda Thompson | 30 |
| 18 | As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again | The Decemberists | 29 |
| 18 | The Ghost of Tucumcari | Dana Cooper | 29 |
| 20 | Positively Fourth Street: A Tribute to Bob Dylan | Rory Block | 28 |
| 20 | Two Birds to Kill a Stone | Son Stone | 28 |
| 22 | Sometimes You Gotta Wear Boots | Deb Seymour | 27 |
| 22 | Banjo Jubilations | Benny Bleu | 27 |
| 24 | All About the Bones | Chris Smither | 26 |
| 25 | Look Up | Lynn Hollyfield | 25 |
| 25 | Trail of Flowers | Sierra Ferrell | 25 |
| 27 | Strange Medicine | Kaia Kater | 24 |
| 27 | From China to Appalachia | Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian | 24 |
| 27 | Wildfire | House of Hamill | 24 |
| 30 | Ship to Shore | Richard Thompson | 23 |
| 30 | Good Together | Lake Street Dive | 23 |
| 32 | Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free | Bonny Light Horseman | 20 |
| 32 | Petty Country (A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty) | Various Artists | 20 |
| 32 | Songwriter | Johnny Cash | 20 |
| 35 | Alone Again | Steve Earle | 19 |
| 35 | Wanderer | Ruth Moody | 19 |
| 35 | All My Friends | Aoife O'Donovan | 19 |
| 38 | Let the Light In | Two of a Kind | 18 |
| 38 | By Now | Heather Little | 18 |
| 38 | Off and Running | Ryan David Green | 18 |
| 41 | The Only Moment | Maya De Vitry | 17 |
| 41 | Multitudes | Alisa Amador | 17 |
| 41 | Plastic Flowers | Nichole Wagner | 17 |
| 41 | The River She Knows | Rose Morrison | 17 |
| 45 | Things Were Never Good if They're Not Good Now | Donovan Woods | 16 |
| 45 | As Above Now So Below | Crow and Gazelle | 16 |
| 45 | Let's Walk | Madeleine Peyroux | 16 |
| 48 | Every New Beginning | Kim Richey | 15 |
| 48 | Mantras | Katie Pruitt | 15 |
| 48 | Listen to the World Spin | Paper Wings | 15 |
| 48 | The Beauty of This Now | Marc Douglas Berardo | 15 |
| 48 | Polaroid Lovers | Sarah Jarosz | 15 |
| 48 | Just for the Love of It | Happy Traum | 15 |
| 48 | City of Glass | Aj Lee and Blue Summit | 15 |
| 48 | Hymn of Wild Things | Natalie Spears | 15 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Songs of the Month
| Rank | Song | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sit and Pick With You | Beppe Gambetta | 19 |
| 2 | Stones on the Road | The Magnolia Janes | 18 |
| 3 | Listen to the Radio | Beth DeSombre | 17 |
| 3 | The Sun in My Backyard | The Magnolia Janes | 17 |
| 5 | Peace, My Heart | Tom Prasada-Rao | 15 |
| 6 | There's a Bright Side Somewhere | Happy Traum | 14 |
| 6 | Raise Your Hand | Crowes Pasture | 14 |
| 8 | Saint James Hospital | Beppe Gambetta | 12 |
| 8 | Goat on a Stone Wall | Erin Ash Sullivan | 12 |
| 8 | Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention | Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian | 12 |
| 8 | Season of Suspension | Beppe Gambetta | 12 |
| 12 | Eat the Pie | Erin Ash Sullivan | 11 |
| 12 | Broken Truth | Tim Grimm | 11 |
| 12 | The Welcome Song | Jan Aldridge Clark | 11 |
| 12 | Old Friend | Amanda Penecale | 11 |
| 16 | Dark Yellow Thread | Beppe Gambetta | 10 |
| 16 | Terra Madre | Beppe Gambetta | 10 |
| 16 | Syracuse | The Lucky Nows | 10 |
| 19 | Lucky Enough | Winter Grain | 9 |
| 19 | Speed of Life | The Magnolia Janes | 9 |
| 19 | The Witch | Kaia Kater | 9 |
| 19 | Mis Amour | Beppe Gambetta | 9 |
| 19 | Ice Cream | Chris George | 9 |
| 19 | Looking for My Country | Appaloosa | 9 |
| 19 | Five More Minutes | The Magnolia Janes | 9 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Artists of the Month
| Rank | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Happy Traum | 88 |
| 2 | Beppe Gambetta | 81 |
| 3 | The Magnolia Janes | 80 |
| 4 | Tony Trischka | 66 |
| 5 | Erin Ash Sullivan | 54 |
| 6 | Sweet Honey in the Rock | 52 |
| 7 | Woody Guthrie | 48 |
| 8 | Craig Bickhardt | 47 |
| 9 | Tom Prasada-Rao | 45 |
| 10 | Laurie Lewis | 44 |
| 11 | Bob Dylan | 43 |
| 12 | Christian Parker | 39 |
| 13 | The Lucky Nows | 38 |
| 13 | Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore | 38 |
| 15 | Miranda Hardy | 37 |
| 15 | Beth DeSombre | 37 |
| 17 | Jubal Lee Young | 36 |
| 18 | Johnny Cash | 35 |
| 19 | Janie Rothfield and Allan Carr | 34 |
| 19 | Brittany Jean | 34 |
| 21 | The Honey Badgers | 33 |
| 21 | Nanci Griffith | 33 |
| 21 | Benny Bleu | 33 |
| 24 | Willie Nelson | 32 |
| 24 | Chris Smither | 32 |
| 24 | Linda Thompson | 32 |
| 27 | Rory Block | 31 |
| 27 | Dana Cooper | 31 |
| 29 | Deb Seymour | 30 |
| 29 | Pete Seeger | 30 |
| 29 | Richard Thompson | 30 |
| 32 | The Decemberists | 29 |
| 32 | John Prine | 29 |
| 32 | Steve Earle | 29 |
| 35 | Son Stone | 28 |
| 35 | Sierra Ferrell | 28 |
| 37 | Kinky Friedman | 27 |
| 38 | Kaia Kater | 26 |
| 38 | House of Hamill | 26 |
| 38 | Joni Mitchell | 26 |
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 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) |
| 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) |
| Daryana Antipova (WFHB-FM, IN) |
| Dave Aton (WRFG-FM, GA) |
| David John (KEOS-FM, TX) |
| David Sears (WBGU-FM, OH) |
| Dennis Brunnenmeyer (KVMR-FM, CA) |
| 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) |
| Jeanne Holton (WMNF-FM, FL) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Ken Yavit (KBAC-FM, PA) |
| Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL) |
| Larry Berger (Saturday Light Brigade, PA) |
| 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) |
| Mary Sue Twohy (SiriusXM & syndicated, DC) |
| 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 Fraissinet (WVBR-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) |
| Robert Resnik (VPR, VT) |
| 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) |
| 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) |