Chart Section
FAI FOLK CHART FOR March 2021
Compiled from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 14709 plays from 487 playlists from 121 Folk DJs
FAI Folk Chart Top Albums of the Month
| Rank | Album | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gone | Tim Grimm | 139 |
| 2 | Changemakers | Crys Matthews | 79 |
| 2 | Still Woman Enough | Loretta Lynn | 79 |
| 4 | Jellyfish on the Moon | Lisa Jeanette | 69 |
| 5 | Just Over the Ridge | Lizzy Plotkin and Natalie Spears | 66 |
| 5 | Normal Isn't Normal Anymore | Rod Abernethy | 66 |
| 7 | Joyful Banner Blazing | Maria Dunn | 55 |
| 7 | Ellis Paul's Traveling Medicine Show Vol. 1 | Ellis Paul | 55 |
| 9 | Poets | Liz Simmons | 47 |
| 9 | Mississippi River Suite | Michael J. Miles | 47 |
| 11 | Vivian Leva and Riley Calcagno | Vivian Leva and Riley Calcagno | 45 |
| 11 | Deadstock: Uncollected Recordings 2005 – 2020 | Jeffrey Foucault | 45 |
| 11 | Boulevard | Rod Macdonald | 45 |
| 14 | Tapered Point of Stone | Eli West | 44 |
| 15 | Desert Ghosts | Jaspar Lepak | 43 |
| 15 | Distance and Time | Becky Buller | 43 |
| 17 | Calla Lily | The Brother Brothers | 41 |
| 18 | Salvation | Megan Lacy | 38 |
| 19 | Woman in Color | Raye Zaragoza | 37 |
| 20 | We Go On: Si Kahn's Songs of Hope in Hard Times | Katie Oates | 36 |
| 21 | Solace in the Wild | Erin Ivey | 35 |
| 21 | + 1 | Mike Barnett | 35 |
| 23 | Lost Songs | Terry Kitchen | 34 |
| 23 | Ecstatic Bird in the Morning | Luke Concannon | 34 |
| 25 | Stone by Stone | Tret Fure | 33 |
| 25 | Lamentations | Rupert Wates | 33 |
| 27 | Still Time | Karen Matheson | 32 |
| 27 | I'll Be Back Soon | Tiffany Williams | 32 |
| 29 | The Midnight Broadcast | Peter Case | 29 |
| 30 | The Painter | Michael Johnathon | 27 |
| 30 | Songs of 69 | Reid Jamieson | 27 |
| 30 | Karen Bella | Karen Bella | 27 |
| 33 | Roots | Liam Purcell and Cane Mill Road | 26 |
| 33 | The River Flows | John Hurlbut and Jorma Kaukonen | 26 |
| 33 | The Darkness and the Light | Mike Ward | 26 |
| 36 | Waterlines | Zoe Fitzgerald Carter | 25 |
| 36 | World on the Ground | Sarah Jarosz | 25 |
| 36 | Hold the Line | Hardened and Tempered | 25 |
| 39 | Daddy's Country Gold | Melissa Carper | 24 |
| 39 | These 13 | Jimbo Mathus and Andrew Bird | 24 |
| 41 | On the Loose | The Squirrel Hillbillies | 22 |
| 42 | Songs Doc Didn't Sing | Doc and Merle Watson | 21 |
| 43 | Shall We Hope | Tony Trischka | 20 |
| 43 | Come on Over: The Honky Tonk Duets | Domenic Cicala | 20 |
| 43 | In Our Voices | Moira Smiley and Voco | 20 |
| 46 | The Burnt Pines | The Burnt Pines | 19 |
| 47 | The Fray | John Smith | 18 |
| 47 | That's Life | Willie Nelson | 18 |
| 49 | The Mando Chronicles | Peter Ostroushko | 17 |
| 49 | The Path of Stones | John Doyle | 17 |
| 49 | Revolutionary Love | Ani Difranco | 17 |
| 49 | Red Maple Tree | Sloan Wainwright | 17 |
| 49 | Songs of Our Native Daughters | Our Native Daughters | 17 |
| 49 | Learning to Listen | Susan Ellenton | 17 |
| 55 | They're Calling Me Home | Rhiannon Giddens | 16 |
| 55 | All the Good Times Are Past and Gone | Gillian Welch and David Rawlings | 16 |
| 55 | The Great Irish Songbook | Dervish | 16 |
| 55 | We're Only Family if You Say So | The Rough and Tumble | 16 |
| 55 | Illuminations | Sean Della Croce | 16 |
| 55 | Home | Billy Strings | 16 |
| 61 | When I Wait for You | Dirk Powell | 15 |
| 61 | Evidence of Hope | Friction Farm | 15 |
| 61 | How Many Times | Esther Rose | 15 |
| 64 | Tangle of Souls | Scott Cook | 14 |
| 64 | I Have Known Women: Songs by Si Kahn Celebrating Women's Lives and Struggles | Saro Lynch-Thomason and Sam Gleaves | 14 |
| 64 | Pushing Forward | Wes Weddell and Ailisa Newhall | 14 |
| 64 | All About the Timing | Roland Roberts | 14 |
| 64 | American Silence | Chris Pierce | 14 |
| 69 | Fiddler's Pastime | Bronwyn Keith-Hynes | 13 |
| 69 | String of Pearls | Annabelle Chvostek | 13 |
| 69 | Covers | Mo Kenney | 13 |
| 69 | Fall Like Rain | Justin Moses | 13 |
| 69 | Things She Couldn't Get Over | Dale Ann Bradley | 13 |
| 69 | Everything Changes | Sara Thomsen | 13 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Songs of the Month
| Rank | Song | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dreaming of King Lear | Tim Grimm | 28 |
| 2 | 25 Trees | Tim Grimm | 26 |
| 3 | Call Them In | Crys Matthews | 24 |
| 4 | Carry Us Away | Tim Grimm | 20 |
| 5 | A Woman's Place | Sara Thomsen | 19 |
| 6 | I Am of Ireland | Cathy Jordan and Seamie O'Dowd | 18 |
| 7 | Will You | Vivian Leva and Riley Calcagno | 17 |
| 7 | Which Side Are You on - Enough | Michael J. Miles | 17 |
| 9 | Ever Gonna Fly | Jaspar Lepak | 16 |
| 9 | Seasons Change | Lizzy Plotkin and Natalie Spears | 16 |
| 11 | Gone | Tim Grimm | 15 |
| 11 | Cadillac Hearse | Tim Grimm | 15 |
| 13 | Don't Blame Me (Jolene's Reply) | Lisa Jeanette | 14 |
| 13 | Born to Be With You | Mike Barnett | 14 |
| 13 | Joseph Cross | Tim Grimm | 14 |
| 13 | A Case of You | Alice Howe | 14 |
| 13 | Exactly Where You Are | Crys Matthews | 14 |
| 18 | Still Woman Enough | Loretta Lynn | 13 |
| 18 | Carry Me With You | Lizzy Plotkin and Natalie Spears | 13 |
| 18 | In Times Like These | Sloan Wainwright | 13 |
| 21 | Joyful Banner Blazing | Maria Dunn | 12 |
| 21 | Yukon Women | Susan Ellenton | 12 |
| 21 | We Are the Girls | Lyn Koonce | 12 |
| 21 | A Dream | Tim Grimm | 12 |
| 21 | Transatlantic | Aoife O'Donovan | 12 |
| 21 | Blind Love Blues | Lizzy Plotkin and Natalie Spears | 12 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Artists of the Month
| Rank | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tim Grimm | 153 |
| 2 | Peter Ostroushko | 107 |
| 3 | Loretta Lynn | 89 |
| 4 | Crys Matthews | 82 |
| 5 | Ellis Paul | 73 |
| 6 | Lisa Jeanette | 72 |
| 7 | Rod Abernethy | 66 |
| 7 | Lizzy Plotkin and Natalie Spears | 66 |
| 9 | Maria Dunn | 61 |
| 10 | Bob Dylan | 50 |
| 11 | Jeffrey Foucault | 48 |
| 12 | Michael J. Miles | 47 |
| 12 | Rod Macdonald | 47 |
| 12 | Liz Simmons | 47 |
| 15 | Eli West | 46 |
| 15 | Tiffany Williams | 46 |
| 15 | Vivian Leva and Riley Calcagno | 46 |
| 18 | Mike Barnett | 45 |
| 19 | Becky Buller | 43 |
| 19 | Jaspar Lepak | 43 |
| 19 | The Brother Brothers | 43 |
| 22 | John McCutcheon | 41 |
| 23 | Raye Zaragoza | 39 |
| 24 | Rhiannon Giddens | 38 |
| 24 | Tret Fure | 38 |
| 24 | Megan Lacy | 38 |
| 27 | Karen Matheson | 36 |
| 27 | John Prine | 36 |
| 27 | Terry Kitchen | 36 |
| 27 | Katie Oates | 36 |
| 31 | Erin Ivey | 35 |
| 32 | Jack Hardy | 34 |
| 32 | Luke Concannon | 34 |
| 32 | Sarah Jarosz | 34 |
| 35 | Rupert Wates | 33 |
| 36 | Gillian Welch | 32 |
| 37 | Tim O'Brien | 30 |
| 37 | Joni Mitchell | 30 |
| 37 | Peter Case | 30 |
| 40 | Michael Johnathon | 29 |
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 Berman (CiTR-FM, BC) |
| 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) |
| Brenda & Roman Tacik (CJTR-FM, SK) |
| Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia) |
| Bud Johnson (syndicated, AK) |
| 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) |
| 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 Robinson (WPR, WI) |
| 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) |
| Ellen Stanley (KFAI-FM, MN) |
| Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC) |
| 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) |
| Jenny Flux (2bbb-FM, Australia) |
| Jim Canales (WWSP-FM, WI) |
| 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 Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ) |
| Jon 'Chip' Colcord (syndicated, NH) |
| Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY) |
| Juergen Kramer (ZuSa, Germany) |
| Justin Helmer (KVSC, MN) |
| Kai Schafft (WVBR-FM, NY) |
| Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK) |
| Kate McNally (NHPR, NH) |
| Kelly Walker (WEOS-FM, NY) |
| 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) |
| Mary Katherine Aldin (KPFK-FM, CA) |
| Mary Sue Twohy (SiriusXM & syndicated, DC) |
| Matt Watroba (WKAR-FM, MI) |
| Matthew Baya (WERU-FM, ME) |
| Menachem Vinegrad (Upper Galilee-FM, Israel) |
| Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY) |
| 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) |
| Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN) |
| Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD) |
| Paul Stamler (KDHX-FM, MO) |
| Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-FM, NY) |
| Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, www.wtsrlegacy.com, NJ) |
| Peter Thompson (KALW-FM, CA) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |