Chart Section
FAI FOLK CHART FOR June 2021
Compiled from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 13103 plays from 451 playlists from 118 Folk DJs
FAI Folk Chart Top Albums of the Month
| Rank | Album | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grit and Polish | Mark Schatz and Bryan McDowell | 105 |
| 2 | Be Ready When I Call You | Guy Davis | 83 |
| 3 | Light and Dark | Chris Ronald | 74 |
| 4 | Outside Child | Allison Russell | 69 |
| 5 | Ballad of a Bad Girl | Kate McDonnell | 61 |
| 5 | On Solid Ground | Reggie Harris | 61 |
| 7 | Red Maple Tree | Sloan Wainwright | 57 |
| 8 | All This Time Running | Craig Cardiff | 52 |
| 8 | Time out Session 1 | The Accidentals | 52 |
| 10 | We Can Hear Each Other | Erin Ash Sullivan | 50 |
| 11 | There Used to Be Horses Here | Amy Speace | 45 |
| 12 | Undertaker's Songbook | Sons of the Never Wrong | 44 |
| 12 | He Walked On | Tim O'Brien | 44 |
| 12 | Don't You Marry No Railroad Man | JP Harris | 44 |
| 12 | Echo Land | Bumarang | 44 |
| 16 | Animal Communicator | Robin Bienemann | 43 |
| 17 | Let Us Sing | Andy and Judy | 40 |
| 18 | First Farewell | Peggy Seeger | 38 |
| 19 | They're Calling Me Home | Rhiannon Giddens | 36 |
| 19 | Bang at the Door | Donna Herula | 36 |
| 19 | Downhill From Everywhere | Jackson Browne | 36 |
| 22 | Grenadine and Kerosene | Carolyn Shulman | 33 |
| 23 | I Wanna Start a Band | Britton Patrick Morgan | 32 |
| 24 | Knew Things | Cliff Eberhardt | 31 |
| 25 | Everybody Wants My Hat | Marc Black | 29 |
| 25 | A Better Day A-Coming | Robin and Linda Williams | 29 |
| 25 | Shame and Sedition | Lula Wiles | 29 |
| 25 | Where and When | Kelly's Lot | 29 |
| 29 | Sharecropper's Son | Robert Finley | 28 |
| 30 | Appalachia: American Stories | Grant Maloy Smith | 27 |
| 30 | We Shall Stay Here | Paul Kaplan | 27 |
| 32 | Cycles | Rachel Baiman | 26 |
| 32 | The Waylon Sessions | Shannon McNally | 26 |
| 34 | Changemakers | Crys Matthews | 25 |
| 34 | Migrants | Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra | 25 |
| 34 | Six Degrees of Separation | Wilson Banjo Co. | 25 |
| 37 | Markology II | Mark O'Connor | 24 |
| 37 | Annamania | Anna Elizabeth Laube | 24 |
| 37 | Songs of a Simple Life | Merle Monroe | 24 |
| 37 | Song to a Refugee | Diana Jones | 24 |
| 37 | When We Wander | Jesse Terry | 24 |
| 42 | Madison Archives | Frank Evans and Ben Plotnick | 23 |
| 43 | Friends in High Places | Turner Cody and the Soldiers of Love | 22 |
| 44 | Happy Again | Bill and the Belles | 21 |
| 44 | Meridian | Miles Gannett | 21 |
| 46 | Just Causes | Noel Paul Stookey | 19 |
| 46 | Backyard Birds | Lisa Bastoni | 19 |
| 48 | Calla Lily | The Brother Brothers | 18 |
| 48 | Haymakers Live at Art Church | Haymakers | 18 |
| 48 | Gone | Tim Grimm | 18 |
| 51 | Normal Isn't Normal Anymore | Rod Abernethy | 17 |
| 51 | Cheater's Waltz | Michelle and Jason Hannan | 17 |
| 51 | Blue | Joni Mitchell | 17 |
| 51 | Queen of the In-Between | K. C. Jones | 17 |
| 55 | The Fray | John Smith | 16 |
| 55 | Truer Picture | Graham Sharp | 16 |
| 55 | American Quilt | Paula Cole | 16 |
| 58 | Poets | Liz Simmons | 15 |
| 58 | Let's Get Happy Together | Maria Muldaur with Tuba Skinny | 15 |
| 58 | Just Over the Ridge | Lizzy Plotkin and Natalie Spears | 15 |
| 58 | Streamliner | Jesse Brock | 15 |
| 58 | Adeline | Sam Allison, Chris Coole, Adrian Gross, Mark Kilianski, John Showman | 15 |
| 58 | Desert Ghosts | Jaspar Lepak | 15 |
| 64 | Renaissance | Valerie Smith | 14 |
| 64 | Tapered Point of Stone | Eli West | 14 |
| 64 | Still Woman Enough | Loretta Lynn | 14 |
| 64 | Only Human | Luke Leblanc | 14 |
| 64 | Smoke From the Chimney | Tony Joe White | 14 |
| 64 | Leftover Feelings | John Hiatt and the Jerry Douglas Band | 14 |
| 64 | Hourglass | Murray McLauchlan | 14 |
| 64 | Into the Ground | Beth Whitney | 14 |
| 64 | Up With the Masses | Sue Jeffers | 14 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Songs of the Month
| Rank | Song | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My Cleveland Heart | Jackson Browne | 36 |
| 2 | A Better Day A-Coming | Robin and Linda Williams | 30 |
| 3 | Father's Day | Amy Speace | 20 |
| 4 | The Keeper | Sloan Wainwright | 19 |
| 5 | For What It's Worth | Tom Prasada-Rao | 17 |
| 6 | Kensington Station | Mark Schatz and Bryan McDowell | 16 |
| 6 | Still Turning | Chris Ronald | 16 |
| 8 | God's Gonna Make Things Over | Guy Davis | 15 |
| 8 | Fireflies | Erin Ash Sullivan | 15 |
| 8 | Tmi | Robin Bienemann | 15 |
| 8 | I Found | Valerie Smith | 15 |
| 12 | All This Time Running | Craig Cardiff | 14 |
| 12 | The Best Summer | Christine Lavin | 14 |
| 14 | The Girl I Love Don't Pay Me No Mind | Mark Schatz and Bryan McDowell | 13 |
| 14 | Please Don't Come for Me Now | Chris Ronald | 13 |
| 14 | Wildfire | The Accidentals | 13 |
| 14 | All Shall Be Well | The Accidentals | 13 |
| 14 | Tears of Joy | Marc Black | 13 |
| 19 | Persephone | Allison Russell | 12 |
| 19 | Standing in Freedom's Name | Reggie Harris | 12 |
| 19 | Ballad of a Bad Girl | Kate McDonnell | 12 |
| 19 | Hob Thrasher | Michael McNevin | 12 |
| 19 | My Father's Eye | Leah Kaufman | 12 |
| 24 | Badonkadonk Train | Guy Davis | 11 |
| 24 | Muskrat | Mark Schatz and Bryan McDowell | 11 |
| 24 | My Old Man | Steve Goodman | 11 |
| 24 | What Do You Care | Anne E Dechant | 11 |
| 24 | Clearwater Tune | Emma's Revolution | 11 |
| 24 | My East Tennessee Home | Mark Schatz and Bryan McDowell | 11 |
| 24 | Flint River Blues | Guy Davis | 11 |
| 24 | House Carpenter | JP Harris | 11 |
| 24 | City Girl | Chris Ronald | 11 |
| 24 | Got Your Letter in My Pocket | Guy Davis | 11 |
| 24 | The Invisible Woman | Peggy Seeger | 11 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Artists of the Month
| Rank | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Schatz and Bryan McDowell | 105 |
| 2 | Guy Davis | 87 |
| 3 | Reggie Harris | 82 |
| 4 | Chris Ronald | 76 |
| 5 | Bob Dylan | 71 |
| 5 | Allison Russell | 71 |
| 7 | Kate McDonnell | 62 |
| 8 | Sloan Wainwright | 61 |
| 9 | Tim O'Brien | 57 |
| 10 | Craig Cardiff | 53 |
| 10 | The Accidentals | 53 |
| 12 | Amy Speace | 51 |
| 12 | Sons of the Never Wrong | 51 |
| 14 | Erin Ash Sullivan | 50 |
| 15 | John McCutcheon | 48 |
| 16 | Rhiannon Giddens | 47 |
| 17 | Bumarang | 44 |
| 17 | JP Harris | 44 |
| 17 | Robin Bienemann | 44 |
| 20 | Peggy Seeger | 43 |
| 20 | Jackson Browne | 43 |
| 22 | Andy and Judy | 41 |
| 23 | Donna Herula | 36 |
| 23 | Robin and Linda Williams | 36 |
| 25 | Grace Griffith | 35 |
| 26 | Cliff Eberhardt | 34 |
| 26 | Joni Mitchell | 34 |
| 28 | Carolyn Shulman | 33 |
| 29 | Tom Prasada-Rao | 32 |
| 29 | Britton Patrick Morgan | 32 |
| 31 | Grant Maloy Smith | 31 |
| 31 | Kelly's Lot | 31 |
| 31 | John Prine | 31 |
| 31 | John Smith | 31 |
| 31 | Tim Grimm | 31 |
| 31 | Lula Wiles | 31 |
| 37 | Ellis Paul | 29 |
| 37 | Marc Black | 29 |
| 37 | Paul Kaplan | 29 |
| 40 | Robert Finley | 28 |
| 40 | Diana Jones | 28 |
| 40 | Kate Wolf | 28 |
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 Dean (WCNI-FM, CT) |
| 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) |
| Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN) |
| Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY) |
| Chris Denerley (beyondradio.co.uk, UK) |
| Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, 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 Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR) |
| Dave Aton (WRFG-FM, GA) |
| David John (KEOS-FM, TX) |
| 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) |
| Eddie O'Strange (Wellington Access Radio, NZ) |
| 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) |
| Greg Torrington (Stingray Music, QB) |
| 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) |
| Jeanne Holton (WMNF-FM, FL) |
| Jeff Zolitor (KZYX-FM & KNYO-FM, CA) |
| Jenny Flux (2bbb-FM, Australia) |
| 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 Patterson (WXPI-FM, PA) |
| John Platt (WFUV, NY) |
| John Sillberg (CKOL-FM, ON) |
| John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ) |
| Jon 'Chip' Colcord (syndicated, NH) |
| Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY) |
| Juergen Kramer (ZuSa, Germany) |
| Justin Helmer (KVSC, MN) |
| Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK) |
| Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA) |
| Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL) |
| Kevin Vance (KPFA-FM, CA) |
| Larry Hoyt (WAER-FM, NY) |
| Laura Chartier (KNBA-FM, AK) |
| 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) |
| 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 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) |
| Ned Johnston (WERU-FM, ME) |
| Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN) |
| Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD) |
| Paul Porzio (FCAC-FM, VA) |
| Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-FM, NY) |
| Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, www.wtsrlegacy.com, NJ) |
| Rachel Goodman (KSQD-FM, CA) |
| Ray Naylor (WPPM-FM, PA) |
| 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, 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) |
| Terry Fatseas (2MCE-FM, Australia) |
| 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) |