Chart Section
FAI FOLK CHART FOR May 2020
Compiled from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 12881 plays from 429 playlists from 105 Folk DJs
FAI Folk Chart Top Albums of the Month
| Rank | Album | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Night You Wrote That Song: The Songs of Mickey Newbury | Gretchen Peters | 83 |
| 2 | 2020 | Eliza Gilkyson | 80 |
| 3 | Western Sun | Nell and Jim Band | 57 |
| 4 | The Path of Stones | John Doyle | 55 |
| 5 | Brother Sister | Watkins Family Hour | 46 |
| 6 | Character | Rachael Sage | 42 |
| 7 | Headlight | Della Mae | 40 |
| 8 | Highway Philosophers | Lara Herscovitch | 39 |
| 9 | We Fit Together | Barry Oreck | 37 |
| 10 | Big Road | David Bromberg | 36 |
| 10 | 25 Trips | Sierra Hull | 36 |
| 12 | Early Morning Rain | Steve Forbert | 34 |
| 13 | Spider Tales | Jake Blount | 32 |
| 14 | Nonet | The Mammals | 31 |
| 14 | Chicago Barn Dance | Special Consensus | 31 |
| 16 | Time Traveler | Jason Wilber | 30 |
| 17 | The Loud Album | Carla Ulbrich | 28 |
| 17 | Bad for You | The Steeldrivers | 28 |
| 19 | Eiderdown | Gordon Thomas Ward | 27 |
| 20 | I Have Known Women: Songs by Si Kahn Celebrating Women's Lives and Struggles | Saro Lynch-Thomason and Sam Gleaves | 26 |
| 20 | Live at Seagull Shop Restaurant | Jud Caswell | 26 |
| 22 | Good Souls Better Angels | Lucinda Williams | 25 |
| 22 | Home | Billy Strings | 25 |
| 24 | Waterfalls | Thomas Aaron Garlow | 24 |
| 24 | Ashes in the Morning | Ken Dunn | 24 |
| 24 | Look Long | Indigo Girls | 24 |
| 27 | The Perfect Plan | The Lowest Pair | 23 |
| 28 | Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection | Pete Seeger | 22 |
| 28 | Waltz for Abilene | Cindy Cashdollar | 22 |
| 30 | Logan Ledger | Logan Ledger | 20 |
| 30 | Hello Stranger | Eliza Meyer | 20 |
| 32 | Mondegreens | Rachel Garlin | 19 |
| 32 | Good Good Man | Vance Gilbert | 19 |
| 32 | Lucky Girl | Claudia Nygaard | 19 |
| 32 | Bet on Love | Pharis and Jason Romero | 19 |
| 36 | Lucky in Love | Antonio Andrade | 18 |
| 37 | Chasing the Sun | Bobtown | 17 |
| 37 | Bravado | Rose Cousins | 17 |
| 37 | Making Life Sweet | The Early Risers | 17 |
| 37 | Lp5 | John Moreland | 17 |
| 37 | Facets of Folk | Mara Levine | 17 |
| 37 | Hang Me Out to Dry | Trip McCool | 17 |
| 37 | Me and the Ghost of Charlemagne | Amy Speace | 17 |
| 44 | Treat a Stranger Right | Frank and Allie Lee | 16 |
| 45 | How We Want to Live | Lisa Bastoni | 15 |
| 45 | The Family Songbook | The Haden Triplets | 15 |
| 45 | Straight to Marrow | Clint Alphin | 15 |
| 48 | Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn | Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn | 14 |
| 48 | Love and Leave You | 100 Mile House | 14 |
| 48 | And Laurie Lewis | Laurie Lewis | 14 |
| 48 | The Tree of Forgiveness | John Prine | 14 |
| 48 | Song Like a Seed | Sara Thomsen | 14 |
| 48 | Circadian | Letitia Vansant | 14 |
| 54 | A Long Way Back, the Songs of Glimmer | Kim Richey | 13 |
| 54 | Call the Captain | Western Centuries | 13 |
| 54 | Losing Ground Vol. 1 | The Sweeplings | 13 |
| 54 | Sins We Made | Harrow Fair | 13 |
| 54 | Wildwood | Katie Dahl | 13 |
| 59 | Alicia Viani | Alicia Viani | 12 |
| 59 | Someday Soon Somehow | Scott Fab | 12 |
| 59 | Strange Fascination | Chatham County Line | 12 |
| 59 | Hold My Beer | Randy Rogers and Wade Brown | 12 |
| 59 | Refuge | Sultans of String | 12 |
| 59 | Storyteller's Suitcase | | Ellis Paul | 12 |
| 59 | Caught It From the Rye | Tre Burt | 12 |
| 59 | Big Blue Sky in the Morning | Barbara Jo Kammer | 12 |
| 59 | From a Distance | Valerie Smith | 12 |
| 59 | Work My Claim | Brooks Williams | 12 |
| 59 | One Town Over | g.f. Patrick | 12 |
| 70 | Harmony Ascension Division | Pete Bernhard | 11 |
| 70 | Ready to Go | Reggie Harris | 11 |
| 70 | Honest | Ordinary Elephant | 11 |
| 70 | Wings of a Jetliner | Nate Lee | 11 |
| 70 | The Light We Bring | Trout Steak Revival | 11 |
| 70 | Ghosts of West Virginia | Steve Earle | 11 |
| 70 | Assiniboine and the Red | The Small Glories | 11 |
| 70 | Where the Wind Blows | Beppe Gambetta | 11 |
| 70 | Best of the Rest | Si Kahn | 11 |
| 70 | Be a Pain | Alastair Moock | 11 |
| 70 | Everyday Moments | Connie Kaldor | 11 |
| 70 | Blindsided | Mark Erelli | 11 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Songs of the Month
| Rank | Song | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2020 Vision | Danny Schmidt | 22 |
| 2 | From a Distance | Valerie Smith | 20 |
| 3 | A Prayer for the Sane | Danny Schmidt | 19 |
| 4 | Guantanamera | Olga Alvarez | 17 |
| 5 | Peace in Our Hearts | Eliza Gilkyson | 16 |
| 6 | Ohio | Rachael Sage | 14 |
| 7 | Six Feet Apart | Crys Matthews and Heather Mae | 13 |
| 7 | Promises to Keep | Eliza Gilkyson | 13 |
| 9 | Take This Hammer | David Bromberg | 12 |
| 9 | Just Dropped in (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) | Gretchen Peters | 12 |
| 9 | Earthman | The Dillards | 12 |
| 12 | A Simple Song | Barry Oreck | 11 |
| 12 | The Path of Stones | John Doyle | 11 |
| 12 | Why You Been Gone So Long | Gretchen Peters | 11 |
| 12 | One Vote, One Name | Joel Rafael | 11 |
| 16 | Mothers | Grace Morrison | 10 |
| 16 | Headlight | Della Mae | 10 |
| 16 | East Side West Side | The Mammals | 10 |
| 16 | Wash Your Hands | The Twangtown Paramours | 10 |
| 16 | Heaven Help the Child | Gretchen Peters | 10 |
| 16 | Bravery's on Fire | Rachael Sage | 10 |
| 16 | Frisco Depot | Gretchen Peters | 10 |
| 23 | I Wonder | Claudia Nygaard | 9 |
| 23 | Travelin' the Road West | Nell and Jim Band | 9 |
| 23 | No Place to Run | Barry Oreck | 9 |
| 23 | In My Beautiful Dream | Nell and Jim Band | 9 |
| 23 | Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Eliza Gilkyson | 9 |
| 23 | Sing Merrily to Me | John Doyle | 9 |
| 23 | My Heart Aches | Eliza Gilkyson | 9 |
| 23 | Lafayette | Watkins Family Hour | 9 |
| 23 | Bet on Love | Pharis and Jason Romero | 9 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Artists of the Month
| Rank | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bob Dylan | 149 |
| 2 | Pete Seeger | 105 |
| 3 | Eliza Gilkyson | 91 |
| 4 | Gretchen Peters | 85 |
| 5 | John Prine | 66 |
| 6 | Nell and Jim Band | 57 |
| 7 | John Doyle | 55 |
| 8 | Della Mae | 47 |
| 8 | Watkins Family Hour | 47 |
| 8 | Danny Schmidt | 47 |
| 11 | John McCutcheon | 44 |
| 11 | Carla Ulbrich | 44 |
| 13 | Rachael Sage | 43 |
| 14 | Pharis and Jason Romero | 42 |
| 15 | The Steeldrivers | 41 |
| 16 | Lara Herscovitch | 40 |
| 17 | David Bromberg | 39 |
| 18 | Barry Oreck | 38 |
| 19 | Special Consensus | 37 |
| 19 | Sierra Hull | 37 |
| 21 | Steve Forbert | 35 |
| 22 | Lucinda Williams | 34 |
| 23 | Jake Blount | 33 |
| 24 | The Mammals | 32 |
| 24 | Valerie Smith | 32 |
| 26 | Billy Strings | 31 |
| 26 | Jason Wilber | 31 |
| 26 | Joan Baez | 31 |
| 29 | Indigo Girls | 30 |
| 29 | Mara Levine | 30 |
| 31 | Little Richard | 29 |
| 32 | Saro Lynch-Thomason and Sam Gleaves | 27 |
| 32 | Gordon Thomas Ward | 27 |
| 34 | Jud Caswell | 26 |
| 35 | Ken Dunn | 25 |
| 35 | Steve Goodman | 25 |
| 35 | Tom Paxton | 25 |
| 38 | Logan Ledger | 24 |
| 38 | Thomas Aaron Garlow | 24 |
| 38 | Laurie Lewis | 24 |
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 Stuart (WFIT-FM, FL) |
| Bob Heyer (WWOV-FM, WV) |
| Bob McWilliams (KANU-FM & KPR, KS) |
| Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM, MA) |
| Brenda & Roman Tacik (CJTR-FM, SK) |
| Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia) |
| Bruce Swan (WRFR-FM, ME) |
| Bud Johnson (syndicated, AK) |
| Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN) |
| Charlie Backfish (WUSB-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 Robinson (WPR, WI) |
| Dave Aton (WRFG-FM, GA) |
| Dave Hardy (djsleepy.com, MA) |
| David John (KEOS-FM, TX) |
| 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) |
| Doug Adamz (KTAL-FM, NM) |
| Ed Mellnik (KBOO-FM, OR) |
| Eddie O'Strange (Wellington Access Radio, NZ) |
| Fred Frawley (WMPG-FN, ME) |
| Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC) |
| 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) |
| Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN) |
| Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH) |
| Joe Pszonek (WNTI & Blues and Roots Radio, NJ) |
| John & Maureen Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA) |
| John Mazza (WNHU-FM, CT) |
| John Patterson (WXPI-FM, PA) |
| John Platt (WFUV, NY) |
| John Sillberg (CKOL-FM, ON) |
| John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ) |
| Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA) |
| Jon 'Chip' Colcord (syndicated, NH) |
| Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY) |
| Juergen Kramer (ZuSa, Germany) |
| Kai Schafft (WVBR-FM, NY) |
| Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK) |
| Kelly Walker (WEOS-FM, NY) |
| Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL) |
| 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) |
| Lyle Skinner (CJUM/UMFM, MB) |
| Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM, VT) |
| Mark Tobler (WTUL-FM, LA) |
| Matt Watroba (WKAR-FM, MI) |
| Menachem Vinegrad (Upper Galilee-FM, Israel) |
| Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY) |
| Michael Park (prx.org, NY) |
| Michael Stock (WLRN-FM, FL) |
| Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON) |
| Mitch Park (Kidnappers, New Zealand) |
| Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN) |
| Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD) |
| Paul Porzio (FCAC-FM, VA) |
| Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-FM, NY) |
| Rachel Goodman (KSQD-FM, CA) |
| Ray Baumler (WRUR-FM & WITH-FM, NY) |
| Ray Naylor (WPPM-FM, PA) |
| Rich Warren (WFMT-FM & syndicated, IL) |
| Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & syndicated, PA) |
| Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT) |
| Rik Palieri (WBTV-LP-FM, VT) |
| Rob Killam (WFIT-FM, FL) |
| Robert Resnik (VPR, VT) |
| Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM) |
| Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM, NJ) |
| Sonny Ochs (WIOX-FM, NY) |
| Steve Edge (CITR-FM, BC) |
| Steven Morrison (KBOO-FM, OR) |
| Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL) |
| Susi Lanagan (PBS-FM, Australia) |
| Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA) |
| Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & syndicated, PA) |
| Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM) |
| Valerie Smith (WLIJ, TN) |
| Wanda Fischer (WAMC & syndicated, NY) |
| Wayne Greene (radiowayne.com, TX) |