Chart Section
FAI FOLK CHART FOR June 2023
Compiled from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 11698 plays from 396 playlists from 109 Folk DJs
FAI Folk Chart Top Albums of the Month
| Rank | Album | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Home | Eliza Gilkyson | 85 |
| 2 | Seven Stones | Katie Dahl | 76 |
| 3 | Nine Becomes One | Joe Crookston | 57 |
| 4 | Bits and Pieces | Malcolm Holcombe | 51 |
| 4 | 55 | Ellis Paul | 51 |
| 6 | When My Momma Sang to Me: Songs of Murphy Hicks Henry | Various Artists | 45 |
| 6 | Gettin' Together | Michael Jerome Browne | 45 |
| 8 | O Sun O Moon | Bruce Cockburn | 44 |
| 9 | Promise to Harry | The Sherpas | 43 |
| 10 | On Banjo | Alison Brown | 41 |
| 11 | Undaunted | Corey Purcell | 39 |
| 12 | Nuevo South Train | Larry and Joe | 37 |
| 13 | Now | Graham Nash | 36 |
| 14 | I Only See the Moon | The Milk Carton Kids | 35 |
| 15 | On My Way | Owen Walsh | 33 |
| 16 | All the Love | Brittany Jean | 30 |
| 16 | The Kitchen Sessions | John and Sheila Ludgate | 30 |
| 16 | Traveling Wildfire | Dom Flemons | 30 |
| 16 | The Beauty of It All | Brian Kalinec | 30 |
| 16 | The Legend of Sam Davis | Aaron Smith and the Coal Biters | 30 |
| 21 | California | The Refugees | 29 |
| 21 | Forgottonia | Chris Vallillo | 29 |
| 23 | Into the Night | Robinson and Rohe | 28 |
| 24 | Among Other Things | Bella White | 25 |
| 24 | Skylark | Open Road | 25 |
| 24 | How to Shine | Jaime Michaels | 25 |
| 27 | Stand in the Joy | William Prince | 24 |
| 28 | Mighty Poplar | Mighty Poplar | 23 |
| 28 | Rona | Queen Esther | 23 |
| 28 | Between Hello and Goodbye | Greg Greenway | 23 |
| 31 | Constellations | Meredith Moon | 22 |
| 31 | Circumstance | Alice Howe | 22 |
| 31 | Only This Far | The Rough and Tumble | 22 |
| 34 | Cup of Sugar | Tim O'Brien | 21 |
| 34 | Crossing the Causeway | Mary Beth Carty | 21 |
| 34 | The Mother of Trouble | Vance Gilbert | 21 |
| 34 | Wide Open Light | Ben Harper | 21 |
| 34 | Rants and Romance | Rod MacDonald | 21 |
| 34 | Gentle Man | Mitch Hayes | 21 |
| 40 | Nine Apples of Gold | Karan Casey | 20 |
| 40 | The Sea Beside Us | Beth DeSombre | 20 |
| 40 | The Little In-Between | Tim Grimm | 20 |
| 43 | Great Blue North | Special Consensus | 19 |
| 43 | The Chicago Sessions | Rodney Crowell | 19 |
| 45 | Folkocracy | Rufus Wainwright | 18 |
| 46 | Lucky Me | Liz Miller | 17 |
| 46 | Keep Your Courage | Natalie Merchant | 17 |
| 46 | Elan | Rachel Hair and Ron Jappy | 17 |
| 46 | Nothing | Julia Crafton | 17 |
| 46 | Makin' a Run | The Silas Powell Band | 17 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Songs of the Month
| Rank | Song | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looking for Yes | Joe Crookston | 19 |
| 2 | World Keeps on Singing | Eliza Gilkyson | 17 |
| 3 | Are You a Friend of Dorothy? | Jill Sobule | 14 |
| 3 | Temperance River | Katie Dahl | 14 |
| 5 | A Ways to Go | The Sherpas | 13 |
| 5 | Both Doors Open | Katie Dahl | 13 |
| 5 | 55 | Ellis Paul | 13 |
| 8 | Since I Was Eight | Katie Dahl | 12 |
| 8 | Sunflowers | Eliza Gilkyson | 12 |
| 8 | The Welcome Song | Jan Aldridge Clark | 12 |
| 11 | The Point | Chuck Brodsky | 11 |
| 11 | Foggy Morning Breaking | Alison Brown | 11 |
| 11 | True North | Eliza Gilkyson | 11 |
| 14 | Looking Through My Father's Eyes | Randall Kromm | 10 |
| 14 | Sacristy | Katie Dahl | 10 |
| 14 | Joy Revolution | Raye Zaragoza | 10 |
| 14 | The Banks of Sweet Dundee | Corey Purcell | 10 |
| 14 | Nuevo South Train | Larry and Joe | 10 |
| 19 | Tall Tree | Eric Kilburn | 9 |
| 19 | Conscience of Man | Malcolm Holcombe | 9 |
| 19 | How Deep | Eliza Gilkyson | 9 |
| 19 | He Was There | Beth DeSombre | 9 |
| 19 | Where I'm Coming From | Robinson and Rohe | 9 |
| 19 | Midnight Special | Lead Belly | 9 |
| 19 | To Keep the World We Know | Bruce Cockburn | 9 |
| 19 | Coffee Blues | Michael Jerome Browne | 9 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Artists of the Month
| Rank | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eliza Gilkyson | 101 |
| 2 | Katie Dahl | 78 |
| 3 | Joe Crookston | 65 |
| 4 | Ellis Paul | 63 |
| 5 | Bruce Cockburn | 55 |
| 6 | Bob Dylan | 52 |
| 7 | Malcolm Holcombe | 51 |
| 8 | Alison Brown | 47 |
| 8 | Michael Jerome Browne | 47 |
| 10 | The Sherpas | 44 |
| 11 | Larry and Joe | 40 |
| 12 | Graham Nash | 39 |
| 12 | Corey Purcell | 39 |
| 14 | The Milk Carton Kids | 38 |
| 15 | Gordon Lightfoot | 37 |
| 16 | Tim O'Brien | 34 |
| 17 | Owen Walsh | 33 |
| 18 | Brian Kalinec | 31 |
| 18 | John Prine | 31 |
| 20 | Dom Flemons | 30 |
| 20 | Stan Rogers | 30 |
| 20 | Brittany Jean | 30 |
| 20 | Aaron Smith and the Coal Biters | 30 |
| 20 | John and Sheila Ludgate | 30 |
| 25 | The Refugees | 29 |
| 25 | Chris Vallillo | 29 |
| 27 | Robinson and Rohe | 28 |
| 27 | John McCutcheon | 28 |
| 27 | Karan Casey | 28 |
| 30 | Open Road | 27 |
| 30 | Vance Gilbert | 27 |
| 30 | Tim Grimm | 27 |
| 33 | Greg Greenway | 26 |
| 34 | Jaime Michaels | 25 |
| 34 | Bella White | 25 |
| 34 | Alice Howe | 25 |
| 34 | Rod MacDonald | 25 |
| 38 | Queen Esther | 24 |
| 38 | William Prince | 24 |
| 38 | Mitch Hayes | 24 |
| 38 | Ben Harper | 24 |
Folk DJs
| Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN) |
| Allen Larman (KPFK-FM & syndicated, CA) |
| Annie Keville (WVBR-FM, NY) |
| Art Menius (WCOM-FM, NC) |
| Arthur Berman (CiTR-FM, BC) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Brad Edmondson (WVBR-FM, NY) |
| Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia) |
| Bruce Swan (WSFM-FM, NC) |
| 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 Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR) |
| Dave Aton (WRFG-FM, GA) |
| David John (KEOS-FM, TX) |
| David Sears (WBGU-FM, OH) |
| Diane Crowe (WMCB-FM, MA) |
| Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR) |
| Diane Karl (KBOO-FM etc, OR) |
| Dick Hermans (WHDD-FM, CT) |
| 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) |
| Jan Hall (syndicated & folkrootsradio.com, ON) |
| Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA) |
| Jenny Flux (2bbb-FM, Australia) |
| Jeremy Butler (WUAL-FM & APR, AL) |
| 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 Platt (WFUV, NY) |
| Jon 'Chip' Colcord (syndicated, NH) |
| Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY) |
| Justin Helmer (KVSC, MN) |
| Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK) |
| Kate McNally (NHPR, NH) |
| Kelly Walker (WEOS-FM, NY) |
| Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL) |
| Kevin Vance (KPFA-FM, CA) |
| Kim Ware (RadioPlastique.com, NC) |
| Larry Hoyt (WAER-FM, NY) |
| Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA) |
| Len Holton (KUAR-FM, AR) |
| Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL) |
| Lindsay Mar (2RRR-FM, NSW, Australia) |
| Mara Noelle (KVMR-FM & KFOK-LP, CA) |
| Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM, OR) |
| Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL) |
| Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM, VT) |
| Mary Anne Moorman (KBCS-FM, WA) |
| Mary Katherine Aldin (KPFK-FM, CA) |
| 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 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) |
| Norm Williams (WDIY-FM, PA) |
| Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD) |
| Paul Porzio (FCAC-FM, VA) |
| Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-FM, NY) |
| Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, wtsrlegacy.com, NJ) |
| Peter Thompson (KALW-FM, CA) |
| 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 Funk (KGLP-FM, NM) |
| Wally Bowen (KOCF-FM, OR) |
| Wanda Fischer (WAMC & syndicated, NY) |
| Wayne Greene (radiowayne.com, TX) |