Chart Section
FAI FOLK CHART FOR March 2024
Compiled from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 13042 plays from 429 playlists from 111 Folk DJs
FAI Folk Chart Top Albums of the Month
| Rank | Album | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polaroid Lovers | Sarah Jarosz | 80 |
| 2 | Gardens Old, Flowers New | Tom Rush | 70 |
| 3 | World Brand New | Mouths of Babes | 69 |
| 3 | Donegal | Altan | 69 |
| 5 | American Patchwork Quartet | American Patchwork Quartet | 53 |
| 6 | Singing to the Moon | Jillian Matundan | 50 |
| 7 | Sparrow | Jeff Talmadge | 49 |
| 8 | More Than a Whisper: Celebrating the Music of Nanci Griffith | Various Artists | 44 |
| 9 | When the Light Gets In | Runa | 43 |
| 9 | Ordinary Sunrise | Jay Linden | 43 |
| 11 | Simple Motion | Eric Brace and Thomm Jutz | 40 |
| 12 | Bound for Land | Leslie Evers | 38 |
| 13 | All My Friends | Aoife O'Donovan | 36 |
| 14 | Halfway to Houston | Susan Werner | 34 |
| 14 | No Such Thing as Forever | Josh Fortenbery | 34 |
| 16 | Likely Story: An Eclectic Collection of Songs for the Soul | Mad Agnes | 33 |
| 17 | The Fields of Chazy | Claudia Gibson | 32 |
| 18 | I Kept These Old Blues | Muireann Bradley | 31 |
| 18 | Never Too Late: Duets With My Friends | Jim Kweskin | 31 |
| 18 | My Black Country: The Songs of Alice Randall | Various Artists | 31 |
| 21 | Salt Box | Charm City Junction | 30 |
| 21 | Speed of Sound | Jesse Lynn Madera | 30 |
| 21 | The Space Between | The Heart Collectors | 30 |
| 24 | Graced by Leaves | Simone Keane | 28 |
| 25 | North Star | Carole Wise | 27 |
| 26 | The Living Kind | John Smith | 26 |
| 27 | The Robin's Call | Wayne Brereton | 25 |
| 27 | On the Water | Lisa Bastoni | 25 |
| 27 | Critterland | Willi Carlisle | 25 |
| 30 | Dark Harvest | Malcolm MacWatt | 24 |
| 31 | Highlander | Missy Raines | 23 |
| 32 | Whitechapel | West of Eden | 22 |
| 33 | Sideways | The Steel Wheels | 21 |
| 34 | Peaceful Means | Peaceful Means | 20 |
| 34 | Little Sun | Charlie Parr | 20 |
| 36 | Forever | Old Dogs New Tricks | 19 |
| 36 | Bits and Pieces | Malcolm Holcombe | 19 |
| 38 | Together | Tom Paxton and John McCutcheon | 18 |
| 38 | Morning Sun | Lisa Klotz | 18 |
| 38 | Halfsies | Lizzie No | 18 |
| 38 | Ezra | Ezra | 18 |
| 38 | So Strong | Jaspar Lepak | 18 |
| 43 | Land of Dreams | Annie Moscow | 17 |
| 43 | Did You Hear the Red-Winged Blackbird? | Annie Gallup | 17 |
| 43 | Mother | The Wandering Hearts | 17 |
| 46 | Songs of a Lifetime | Stan Rogers | 16 |
| 46 | The Breath Between | David Francey | 16 |
| 46 | Return Home | Lisa Doscher | 16 |
| 46 | Interpretations Vol. 1 | Alice Di Micele | 16 |
| 46 | Desert Pavement | Ismay | 16 |
| 46 | Ozark Symphony | Kelly Hunt | 16 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Songs of the Month
| Rank | Song | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Ballad of Sally Anne | Rhiannon Giddens | 23 |
| 1 | If God Is an Apple | Erik Balkey and Jessica Smucker | 23 |
| 3 | World Brand New | Mouths of Babes | 18 |
| 3 | Trapped in an Irish Drinking Song | Miranda Hardy | 18 |
| 5 | One More Time Around the Sun | Tom Rush | 17 |
| 6 | The Barley and the Rye | Altan | 15 |
| 7 | Someone to Follow | Aoife O'Donovan | 14 |
| 7 | Runaway Train | Sarah Jarosz | 14 |
| 9 | Days Can Turn Around | Sarah Jarosz | 13 |
| 9 | River Rock | Meghan Cary | 13 |
| 11 | Worth | Jillian Matundan | 12 |
| 11 | The Fields of Chazy | Claudia Gibson | 12 |
| 11 | Pictures of You | Mouths of Babes | 12 |
| 14 | Tree of Life | Mara Levine | 11 |
| 14 | 10 Dollar Show | Jay Linden | 11 |
| 14 | Relic of the Rain | Ordinary Elephant | 11 |
| 14 | When the Lights Go Out | Sarah Jarosz | 11 |
| 14 | Her Voice Is a River | Colleen Kattau | 11 |
| 14 | Nothing Says It's Springtime Like the Redbud | Chris Haddox | 11 |
| 14 | The Border | Willie Nelson | 11 |
| 14 | Jubilee | Mouths of Babes | 11 |
| 22 | Rhapsody in Blue(s) | Bela Fleck | 10 |
| 22 | Frozen | Jillian Matundan | 10 |
| 22 | Take the High Road | Sarah Jarosz | 10 |
| 22 | Once Upon a Time | Ordinary Elephant | 10 |
| 22 | Sailing | Tom Rush | 10 |
| 22 | Beneath the Willow | American Patchwork Quartet | 10 |
| 22 | The Donegal Selection: An Bothar Mor/Tommy Peoples' Reel/Is Cuma Liom (Reels) | Altan | 10 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Artists of the Month
| Rank | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sarah Jarosz | 92 |
| 2 | Tom Rush | 76 |
| 2 | Altan | 76 |
| 4 | Mouths of Babes | 70 |
| 5 | Stan Rogers | 57 |
| 6 | American Patchwork Quartet | 53 |
| 7 | Jillian Matundan | 51 |
| 7 | Susan Werner | 51 |
| 9 | Malcolm Holcombe | 50 |
| 10 | Jeff Talmadge | 49 |
| 10 | Runa | 49 |
| 12 | Rhiannon Giddens | 48 |
| 13 | Jay Linden | 43 |
| 14 | Eric Brace and Thomm Jutz | 40 |
| 14 | Aoife O'Donovan | 40 |
| 16 | John Smith | 38 |
| 16 | Leslie Evers | 38 |
| 18 | Mad Agnes | 35 |
| 18 | Nanci Griffith | 35 |
| 18 | Jim Kweskin | 35 |
| 21 | Josh Fortenbery | 34 |
| 22 | John McCutcheon | 32 |
| 22 | Muireann Bradley | 32 |
| 22 | The Heart Collectors | 32 |
| 22 | Claudia Gibson | 32 |
| 26 | Jesse Lynn Madera | 31 |
| 26 | Doc Watson | 31 |
| 28 | Simone Keane | 30 |
| 28 | Charm City Junction | 30 |
| 30 | David Francey | 29 |
| 30 | Joni Mitchell | 29 |
| 32 | The Chieftains | 28 |
| 32 | Carole Wise | 28 |
| 32 | Tim O'Brien | 28 |
| 32 | Lisa Bastoni | 28 |
| 36 | Bob Dylan | 27 |
| 36 | Charlie Parr | 27 |
| 38 | Ordinary Elephant | 26 |
| 39 | Willi Carlisle | 25 |
| 39 | Wayne Brereton | 25 |
| 39 | Malcolm MacWatt | 25 |
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) |
| Caroline Doctorow (WPKN-FM, CT) |
| 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) |
| Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR) |
| Diane Karl (KBOO-FM etc, OR) |
| Dick Hermans (WHDD-FM, CT) |
| Don Jacobson (KBOO-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) |
| Jared Ingersol (syndicated & sweetharmony.fm, CA) |
| 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 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) |
| John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ) |
| Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA) |
| 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) |
| Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA) |
| Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL) |
| Kevin Vance (KPFA-FM, CA) |
| Larry Berger (Saturday Light Brigade, PA) |
| Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA) |
| 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 Anne Moorman (KBCS-FM, WA) |
| Mary Sue Twohy (SiriusXM & syndicated, DC) |
| 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) |
| Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD) |
| Paul Hefti (live365.com, CA) |
| Paul Porzio (FCAC-FM, VA) |
| 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) |
| Steven Morrison (KBOO-FM, OR) |
| 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) |