Chart Section
FAI FOLK CHART FOR July 2025
Compiled from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 10663 plays from 354 playlists from 96 Folk DJs
FAI Folk Chart Top Albums of the Month
| Rank | Album | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Time Out 3 | The Accidentals | 72 |
| 2 | The Woods Have Shown Us | Ponyfolk | 63 |
| 3 | Best Of | Steve Gillette | 60 |
| 4 | New Skin | Judy Kass | 50 |
| 5 | Personal History | Mary Chapin Carpenter | 49 |
| 6 | Perfume Like a Full Moon | Ray Lambiase | 44 |
| 7 | The Shape of a Sway | Eli West | 43 |
| 8 | Wild and Clear and Blue | I'm With Her | 42 |
| 9 | Saltwater Country | Grace Morrison | 41 |
| 10 | Beautiful You: The Songs of Tom Prasada-Rao | Tom Prasada-Rao | 40 |
| 11 | Gold and Coal | Cassie and Maggie | 38 |
| 11 | Dark Ages | Eliza Gilkyson | 38 |
| 13 | The Time That Remains | Mike Ward | 34 |
| 14 | Little Songs | Rrinaco | 31 |
| 14 | Lift Up This Old World | Hilary Hawke | 31 |
| 16 | Bones of Trees | Tim Grimm | 29 |
| 16 | Better Than I Was | Sara Trunzo | 29 |
| 18 | In the West | The Horsenecks | 27 |
| 19 | Been All Around This World | Special Consensus | 26 |
| 20 | Burden of Hope | Peter Campbell | 25 |
| 20 | Rituals | Watchhouse | 25 |
| 20 | Signs of Life | My Politic | 25 |
| 23 | Colored Edge of Memory | From the Dirt | 24 |
| 23 | Shelby Means | Shelby Means | 24 |
| 25 | House of the Dog | Grain Thief | 23 |
| 26 | Paper Flowers | Tim O'Brien and Jan Fabricius | 22 |
| 26 | Homegrown | Cole Quest and the City Pickers | 22 |
| 28 | So Much I Still Don't See | Sam Robbins | 21 |
| 29 | Arcadia | Alison Krauss and Union Station | 20 |
| 30 | Room on the Porch | Taj Mahal and Keb' Mo | 19 |
| 30 | Reverie | Amble | 19 |
| 30 | The Ballad of Charlie Avalon | Stillhouse Junkies | 19 |
| 33 | Shelter From the Storms | Lennie Gallant | 18 |
| 33 | Winged Victory | Willi Carlisle | 18 |
| 33 | Cruel Joke | Ken Pomeroy | 18 |
| 33 | The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy | James McMurtry | 18 |
| 33 | Old Growth | Brad Kolodner | 18 |
| 33 | A Teacher, a Preacher, and a Bad Farmer | Ernie Palmer | 18 |
| 33 | A Tip Toe High Wire | Sierra Hull | 18 |
| 33 | One Hour Mama -The Blues of Victoria Spivey | Maria Muldaur | 18 |
| 41 | The Agonist | Leslie Jordan | 17 |
| 42 | Tip of the Spear | Doug Mishkin | 16 |
| 43 | Never Been Home | Sweet Megg | 15 |
| 43 | Songs Worth Saving | Suzie Brown | 15 |
| 45 | Kentucky Queen | Carla Gover | 14 |
| 45 | What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow | Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson | 14 |
| 45 | Oubliette | Jez Lowe | 14 |
| 45 | Life Behind Bars | Vandoliers | 14 |
| 49 | All I Got and Gone | Chris Walz | 13 |
| 49 | An Inch of This New York Mile | Christian Rutledge | 13 |
| 49 | Every Ghost | Kelsey Waldon | 13 |
| 49 | We All Dream | Terry Kitchen | 13 |
| 49 | Story the Crow Told Me | Ketch Secor | 13 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Songs of the Month
| Rank | Song | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sommer | Ponyfolk | 21 |
| 2 | Woody's Children | Doug Mishkin | 15 |
| 3 | Someday We Won't Live Here Anymore | The Accidentals | 14 |
| 3 | We Are the Power | Emma's Revolution | 14 |
| 3 | Girl and Her Dog | Mary Chapin Carpenter | 14 |
| 6 | Fly Away | The Accidentals | 13 |
| 6 | Dark Night of the Soul | Eliza Gilkyson | 13 |
| 8 | Grapes on the Vine | Steve Gillette | 12 |
| 8 | The Old Trail | Steve Gillette | 12 |
| 8 | No Kings in America | Lisa Bastoni | 12 |
| 8 | Instrument for Good | Mike Ward | 12 |
| 12 | Around the Horn | Ray Lambiase | 11 |
| 12 | Better Than Me | The Accidentals | 11 |
| 12 | Why Not | Mike Ward | 11 |
| 12 | Thank the Stone | Judy Kass | 11 |
| 16 | Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) | Colleen Kattau | 10 |
| 16 | Masters of War | Abbie Gardner | 10 |
| 16 | Burden of Hope | Peter Campbell | 10 |
| 16 | Honeybees | Steve Kunzman | 10 |
| 16 | Cranberry Blossoms | Grace Morrison | 10 |
| 16 | Shenandoah | Ponyfolk | 10 |
| 16 | That Song About the River | Steve Gillette | 10 |
| 16 | Letter to America | Cindy Kallet | 10 |
| 24 | Look at Us Marching Now | Judy Kass | 9 |
| 25 | Get Along Somehow | Rrinaco | 8 |
| 25 | Too Good to Be True | The Accidentals | 8 |
| 25 | Wild and Clear and Blue | I'm With Her | 8 |
| 25 | One Small Step | Sara Trunzo | 8 |
| 25 | Home Is a Song | Mary Chapin Carpenter | 8 |
| 25 | Pastures of Plenty | Cole Quest and the City Pickers | 8 |
| 25 | Five Alarm Fire on the 4th of July | Ellis Paul | 8 |
| 25 | Radio Silence | The Sharar Sisters | 8 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Artists of the Month
| Rank | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Accidentals | 74 |
| 2 | Woody Guthrie | 66 |
| 3 | Ponyfolk | 64 |
| 3 | Steve Gillette | 64 |
| 5 | Mary Chapin Carpenter | 58 |
| 6 | Eliza Gilkyson | 55 |
| 7 | Ray Lambiase | 52 |
| 8 | Judy Kass | 50 |
| 9 | Nanci Griffith | 49 |
| 10 | Eli West | 44 |
| 10 | Tom Prasada-Rao | 44 |
| 12 | I'm With Her | 43 |
| 13 | Grace Morrison | 41 |
| 14 | John McCutcheon | 39 |
| 15 | Cassie and Maggie | 38 |
| 16 | Mike Ward | 35 |
| 17 | Bob Dylan | 33 |
| 18 | Pete Seeger | 32 |
| 18 | Tim Grimm | 32 |
| 20 | Rrinaco | 31 |
| 20 | Special Consensus | 31 |
| 20 | Hilary Hawke | 31 |
| 23 | Sara Trunzo | 29 |
| 23 | Alison Krauss and Union Station | 29 |
| 25 | The Horsenecks | 28 |
| 26 | My Politic | 26 |
| 26 | Watchhouse | 26 |
| 28 | Bruce Springsteen | 25 |
| 28 | Peter Campbell | 25 |
| 30 | Grain Thief | 24 |
| 30 | Maria Muldaur | 24 |
| 30 | From the Dirt | 24 |
| 30 | Shelby Means | 24 |
| 34 | Beppe Gambetta | 23 |
| 34 | Emma's Revolution | 23 |
| 34 | John Prine | 23 |
| 34 | Amadou and Mariam | 23 |
| 34 | Tim O'Brien and Jan Fabricius | 23 |
| 34 | Cole Quest and the City Pickers | 23 |
| 40 | The Heart Collectors | 22 |
| 40 | Sam Robbins | 22 |
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 \"Rusty\" Crowell and Jan Alba (WPPM-FM, PA) |
| Bob McWilliams (KANU-FM & KPR, KS) |
| Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM, MA) |
| 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) |
| Katrina Knight (FolkMusicNotebook.com, WA) |
| Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR) |
| Darryl Purpose (KRFC-FM, CO) |
| Daryana Antipova (WFHB-FM, IN) |
| Dave Aton (WRFG-FM, GA) |
| David John (KEOS-FM, TX) |
| David Sears (WBGU-FM, OH) |
| Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR) |
| Dick Hermans (WHDD-FM, CT) |
| Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR) |
| Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM, OR) |
| Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC) |
| Gordon Nash (Folk Music Notebook, NY) |
| Graham and Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA) |
| Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA) |
| Jack Dugan (WIOX-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 Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ) |
| Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA) |
| Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY) |
| Kai Schafft (WVBR-FM, NY) |
| Karen Leyse (KDRT-FM, CA) |
| Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK) |
| 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) |
| 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 Sue Twohy (SiriusXM & syndicated, DC) |
| Menachem Vinegrad (Upper Galilee-FM, Israel) |
| Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY) |
| Michael Benson (WPKN-FM & WESU-FM, CT) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |