Chart Section
FAI FOLK CHART FOR March 2025
Compiled from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 11385 plays from 382 playlists from 103 Folk DJs
FAI Folk Chart Top Albums of the Month
| Rank | Album | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lucy Story: Unreleased and Rare Tracks 1976-2023 | Lucy Kaplansky | 94 |
| 2 | All I Got and Gone | Chris Walz | 78 |
| 3 | Maybe New Mexico | Helene Cronin | 76 |
| 4 | Alice Howe and Freebo (Live) | Alice Howe and Freebo | 74 |
| 5 | So Much I Still Don't See | Sam Robbins | 58 |
| 5 | A Tip Toe High Wire | Sierra Hull | 58 |
| 7 | Foxes in the Snow | Jason Isbell | 52 |
| 8 | Remains to Be Scene | The Seldom Scene | 49 |
| 9 | Field of Stars | John McCutcheon | 46 |
| 10 | I Made It This Far | Deborah Holland | 45 |
| 11 | Reclamation | Crys Matthews | 43 |
| 12 | The Monkey in the Crown | HuDost | 42 |
| 13 | Looking for the Thread | Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis, Karine Polwert | 38 |
| 14 | Be Real With Me | Chatham Rabbits | 37 |
| 14 | Daggomit | Max Wareham | 37 |
| 16 | Beneath Your Skin | Kim Beggs | 35 |
| 17 | I'm From Here | Rob Siegel | 31 |
| 17 | Burnished | Amelia Hogan | 31 |
| 19 | Arcadia | Alison Krauss and Union Station | 28 |
| 20 | The Wind Will Change Again | The Twangtown Paramours | 26 |
| 21 | Dear Meadowlark | The Wildwoods | 25 |
| 22 | We Were Wood | Barry Oreck and Friends | 24 |
| 23 | Spirits | The Devil Makes Three | 23 |
| 24 | The Boy From Bluegrass | The Boy From Bluegrass | 22 |
| 25 | Exploding Star | Heather Maloney | 20 |
| 25 | Dark Country | Gary Louris | 20 |
| 25 | Some Kind of Truth | Kora Feder | 20 |
| 25 | To Fly So Low | Leo DiSanto | 20 |
| 29 | Glimmer | Carol Crittenden | 19 |
| 30 | Take It Easy Greasy | Jim Brewer | 17 |
| 30 | Winterbirds | Boreal | 17 |
| 30 | Gold in Your Pocket | Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms | 17 |
| 33 | Sea Salt and Sawdust | Marian Mastrorilli | 16 |
| 34 | The Purple Bird | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | 15 |
| 34 | Life Is a Wonder | Kevin Whalen | 15 |
| 36 | Waiting for Inspiration | Socks in the Frying Pan | 14 |
| 36 | Racing Down the Valley | Sam Bergquist | 14 |
| 36 | Paris | Louise Coombe | 14 |
| 36 | Face the Day | Will Branch | 14 |
| 36 | Silver Rounds | Olivia Wolf | 14 |
| 36 | Hear My Call | Cristina Vane | 14 |
| 36 | Songs of a Younger Man | Michael Melia | 14 |
| 36 | Life Is Just a Vapor | Paul Thorn | 14 |
| 36 | Cher Reve | Miss Tess | 14 |
| 45 | Julia Belle: The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project, Vol. 2 | Various Artists | 13 |
| 45 | Porcelain Angel | Rees Shad | 13 |
| 45 | The Empathist | Stephen Fearing | 13 |
| 45 | Besos Kisses | Colleen Kattau | 13 |
| 45 | Cold Feet | Mark Freeman | 13 |
| 45 | Peace With a Lion | David Lindes | 13 |
| 45 | Red Camel Collective | Red Camel Collective | 13 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Songs of the Month
| Rank | Song | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which Side Are You On? | Artists for Action | 30 |
| 2 | Elephant | Annie Gallup | 23 |
| 3 | Home by Bearna | Amelia Hogan | 22 |
| 4 | Maybe New Mexico | Helene Cronin | 21 |
| 5 | Come Out of My Blues | Sierra Hull | 19 |
| 6 | Onward Through the Fog (America Is Bleeding) | Rob Siegel | 15 |
| 6 | You Are Not God | Emma's Revolution | 15 |
| 8 | Piles of Sand | Sam Robbins | 14 |
| 9 | Circling the Drain | Deborah Holland | 13 |
| 9 | Wind Behind the Rain | Jason Isbell | 13 |
| 9 | Man at the Crossroads | The Seldom Scene | 13 |
| 12 | Fields of Athenry | Carol Crittenden | 12 |
| 12 | Bury Me | Jason Isbell | 12 |
| 12 | Granite Mills | Alison Krauss and Union Station | 12 |
| 12 | Hard Times Come Again No More | Chris Walz | 12 |
| 12 | Blue Ridge Mountain Blues | Chris Walz | 12 |
| 17 | Dangerous Women | Colleen Kattau | 11 |
| 17 | What a Little Love Can Do | Sam Robbins | 11 |
| 17 | Angel From Montgomery | Alice Howe and Freebo | 11 |
| 20 | Twilight | Alice Howe and Freebo | 10 |
| 20 | Delia | Chris Walz | 10 |
| 22 | Forget Me Not | Lucy Kaplansky | 9 |
| 22 | Mother Tongue | Jean Rohe and Sean Kiely | 9 |
| 22 | Copperhill | Helene Cronin | 9 |
| 22 | Thankful (Thanksgiving (2023) | Deborah Holland | 9 |
| 22 | Alabama Bound | Chris Walz | 9 |
| 22 | Big Fish, Small Pond | Chatham Rabbits | 9 |
| 22 | We Won't Let It Die (Without a Fight) | Len Seligman | 9 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Artists of the Month
| Rank | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucy Kaplansky | 99 |
| 2 | Chris Walz | 78 |
| 3 | Helene Cronin | 77 |
| 4 | Alice Howe and Freebo | 74 |
| 5 | John McCutcheon | 63 |
| 6 | Sierra Hull | 59 |
| 7 | Sam Robbins | 58 |
| 8 | The Seldom Scene | 55 |
| 9 | Jason Isbell | 52 |
| 10 | Crys Matthews | 51 |
| 11 | Deborah Holland | 47 |
| 12 | Bob Dylan | 45 |
| 13 | HuDost | 44 |
| 14 | Amelia Hogan | 38 |
| 14 | Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis, Karine Polwert | 38 |
| 16 | Max Wareham | 37 |
| 16 | Chatham Rabbits | 37 |
| 18 | Kim Beggs | 36 |
| 19 | Alison Krauss and Union Station | 34 |
| 20 | Rob Siegel | 31 |
| 21 | Artists for Action | 30 |
| 22 | Jesse Colin Young | 29 |
| 23 | The Twangtown Paramours | 27 |
| 23 | Tim Grimm | 27 |
| 25 | Chuck Brodsky | 26 |
| 26 | Guy Clark | 25 |
| 26 | Joni Mitchell | 25 |
| 26 | The Wildwoods | 25 |
| 29 | Barry Oreck and Friends | 24 |
| 29 | Joan Baez | 24 |
| 31 | Eliza Gilkyson | 23 |
| 31 | The Boy From Bluegrass | 23 |
| 31 | Annie Gallup | 23 |
| 31 | The Devil Makes Three | 23 |
| 31 | John Prine | 23 |
| 36 | Emma's Revolution | 22 |
| 37 | Heather Maloney | 21 |
| 37 | Colleen Kattau | 21 |
| 37 | Gary Louris | 21 |
| 37 | Karan Casey | 21 |
Folk DJs
| Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN) |
| Allen Larman (KPFK-FM & syndicated, CA) |
| Annie Keville (WVBR-FM, NY) |
| Art Menius (WCOM-FM, NC) |
| 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 Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia) |
| Bruce Swan (WSFM-FM, NC) |
| Bud Johnson (syndicated, AK) |
| 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 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) |
| Denis McGilvray (Public Radio Tulsa, OK) |
| Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR) |
| Dick Hermans (WHDD-FM, CT) |
| Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR) |
| Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM, OR) |
| Ed Mellnik (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) |
| Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA) |
| Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY) |
| James Sereda (WUSB-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 Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK) |
| Kelly Walker (WEOS-FM, NY) |
| 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) |
| Mary Anne Moorman (KBCS-FM, WA) |
| Mary Katherine Aldin (KPFK-FM, CA) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |