Chart Section
FAI FOLK CHART FOR May 2021
Compiled from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 14174 plays from 490 playlists from 125 Folk DJs
FAI Folk Chart Top Albums of the Month
| Rank | Album | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On Solid Ground | Reggie Harris | 99 |
| 2 | Time Out - Session 1 | The Accidentals | 95 |
| 3 | First Farewell | Peggy Seeger | 91 |
| 4 | Red Maple Tree | Sloan Wainwright | 84 |
| 4 | Knew Things | Cliff Eberhardt | 84 |
| 6 | Ballad of a Bad Girl | Kate McDonnell | 79 |
| 6 | There Used to Be Horses Here | Amy Speace and the Orphan Brigade | 79 |
| 8 | We Shall Stay Here | Paul Kaplan | 75 |
| 9 | All This Time Running | Craig Cardiff | 73 |
| 10 | Changemakers | Crys Matthews | 64 |
| 11 | Everybody Wants My Hat | Marc Black | 57 |
| 12 | Annamania | Anna Elizabeth Laube | 55 |
| 13 | Just Causes | Noel Paul Stookey | 53 |
| 14 | They're Calling Me Home | Rhiannon Giddens | 46 |
| 15 | Markology II | Mark O'Connor | 45 |
| 16 | Gone | Tim Grimm | 41 |
| 16 | Bang at the Door | Donna Herula | 41 |
| 18 | Tapered Point of Stone | Eli West | 35 |
| 19 | Normal Isn't Normal Anymore | Rod Abernethy | 33 |
| 19 | Evidence of Hope | Friction Farm | 33 |
| 21 | Old-Time Sweethearts - Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 | Various Artists | 30 |
| 21 | When We Wander | Jesse Terry | 30 |
| 23 | Up With the Masses | Sue Jeffers | 29 |
| 24 | The Fray | John Smith | 28 |
| 24 | Be Ready When I Call You | Guy Davis | 28 |
| 26 | The Red Album | Red Molly | 26 |
| 26 | A Nod to Bob: An Artists' Tribute to Bob Dylan on His 60th Birthday | Various Artists | 26 |
| 26 | Cycles | Rachel Baiman | 26 |
| 29 | Let's Get Happy Together | Maria Muldaur | 24 |
| 29 | Vivian Leva and Riley Calcagno | Vivian Leva and Riley Calcagno | 24 |
| 29 | Just Over the Ridge | Lizzy Plotkin and Natalie Spears | 24 |
| 29 | All the Good Times Are Past and Gone | Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings | 24 |
| 33 | Calla Lily | The Brother Brothers | 23 |
| 33 | Stone by Stone | Tret Fure | 23 |
| 33 | Boulevard | Rod Macdonald | 23 |
| 36 | Ellis Paul's Traveling Medicine Show Vol. 1 | Ellis Paul | 22 |
| 37 | Palms to Pines | Dave Richardson | 21 |
| 37 | Shame and Sedition | Lula Wiles | 21 |
| 39 | Wood, Steel, Dust and Dreams | Rod Picott | 20 |
| 39 | Industrial Strength Bluegrass: Southwestern Ohio's Musical Legacy | Various Artists | 20 |
| 41 | I Wanna Start a Band | Britton Patrick Morgan | 19 |
| 41 | Still Woman Enough | Loretta Lynn | 19 |
| 43 | Up Around the Bend | Kim Moberg | 18 |
| 43 | Looking for the Light | Christopher Mark Jones | 18 |
| 45 | Poets | Liz Simmons | 17 |
| 45 | Caffeine and Nicotine | David Glaser | 17 |
| 45 | Songs Doc Didn't Sing | Doc and Merle Watson | 17 |
| 45 | Where and When | Kelly's Lot | 17 |
| 49 | But I'd Rather Be With You | Molly Tuttle | 16 |
| 49 | Ramble On | Charlie Marie | 16 |
| 49 | Distance and Time | Becky Buller | 16 |
| 52 | A Nod to Bob 2: An Artist's Tribute to Bob Dylan on His 70th Birthday | Various Artists | 15 |
| 52 | The Times They Are A-Changin | Bob Dylan | 15 |
| 52 | Jellyfish on the Moon | Lisa Jeanette | 15 |
| 52 | Echo Land | Bumarang | 15 |
| 52 | Red on Blonde | Tim O'Brien | 15 |
| 52 | In Praise of Crows | Bob Leslie | 15 |
| 58 | Looking for Wonderland | Smithfield Fair | 14 |
| 58 | Joyful Banner Blazing | Maria Dunn | 14 |
| 58 | Grenadine and Kerosene | Carolyn Shulman | 14 |
| 58 | Bottleneck Dreams | Salamander Crossing | 14 |
| 58 | Simple Syrup | Sunny War | 14 |
| 58 | Cold Harbor | Steven Gellman | 14 |
| 58 | Meridian | Miles Gannett | 14 |
| 58 | Desert Ghosts | Jaspar Lepak | 14 |
| 58 | Brand New Good Old Days | Leftover Salmon | 14 |
| 67 | Changing Faces | The Deep Dark Woods | 13 |
| 67 | Blood on the Tracks | Bob Dylan | 13 |
| 67 | Other Voices, Other Rooms | Nanci Griffith | 13 |
| 67 | Rough and Rowdy Ways | Bob Dylan | 13 |
| 67 | Illuminations | Sean Della Croce | 13 |
| 67 | The Waylon Sessions | Shannon McNally | 13 |
| 67 | Bob Dylan | Bob Dylan | 13 |
| 67 | The Light of the Moon | Gnoss | 13 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Songs of the Month
| Rank | Song | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All This Time Running | Craig Cardiff | 29 |
| 2 | Wildfire | The Accidentals | 27 |
| 3 | What's Going On | Tom Prasada-Rao | 24 |
| 4 | Borrowed Blue | Susan Cattaneo | 23 |
| 5 | There Used to Be Horses Here | Amy Speace and the Orphan Brigade | 22 |
| 6 | Room in the City | Cliff Eberhardt | 21 |
| 7 | My Flag Too | Aaron Nathans and Michael G. Ronstadt | 19 |
| 7 | Night Train | The Accidentals | 19 |
| 7 | Anyway | The Accidentals | 19 |
| 10 | With a Memory Like Mine | Red Molly | 18 |
| 11 | Ballad of a Bad Girl | Kate McDonnell | 17 |
| 11 | Long as I See the Light | Kate McDonnell | 17 |
| 11 | All Shall Be Well | The Accidentals | 17 |
| 11 | The Invisible Woman | Peggy Seeger | 17 |
| 15 | Everybody Wants My Hat | Marc Black | 16 |
| 15 | How I Long for Peace | Peggy Seeger | 16 |
| 17 | At Ease | David Glaser | 15 |
| 17 | These Are the Days | Paul Kaplan | 15 |
| 17 | Red Maple Tree | Sloan Wainwright | 15 |
| 17 | 21 Steps (Ballad for the Unknowns) | Kim Moberg | 15 |
| 17 | Sweet Boy From Minnesota | Anna Elizabeth Laube | 15 |
| 17 | Forever Young | Crowes Pasture | 15 |
| 17 | In These Times | Noel Paul Stookey | 15 |
| 24 | High Over the Hudson | Reggie Harris | 14 |
| 24 | The Voice of Pete | Paul Kaplan | 14 |
| 24 | Little Boxes | Paul Kaplan | 14 |
| 24 | Gotta Get Home by Midnight | Peggy Seeger | 14 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Artists of the Month
| Rank | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bob Dylan | 264 |
| 2 | Reggie Harris | 103 |
| 3 | Peggy Seeger | 96 |
| 4 | Pete Seeger | 95 |
| 4 | The Accidentals | 95 |
| 6 | Cliff Eberhardt | 87 |
| 7 | Sloan Wainwright | 85 |
| 8 | Kate McDonnell | 79 |
| 8 | Amy Speace and the Orphan Brigade | 79 |
| 10 | Paul Kaplan | 76 |
| 11 | Craig Cardiff | 73 |
| 12 | Crys Matthews | 64 |
| 13 | Marc Black | 58 |
| 14 | Anna Elizabeth Laube | 55 |
| 15 | Noel Paul Stookey | 53 |
| 15 | Rhiannon Giddens | 53 |
| 17 | Tim Grimm | 52 |
| 18 | Mark O'Connor | 47 |
| 19 | Guy Davis | 44 |
| 20 | Donna Herula | 41 |
| 21 | John Prine | 40 |
| 22 | Ellis Paul | 36 |
| 23 | Red Molly | 35 |
| 23 | Eli West | 35 |
| 23 | John Smith | 35 |
| 26 | Rod Abernethy | 33 |
| 26 | Friction Farm | 33 |
| 28 | Judy Collins | 32 |
| 28 | Jesse Terry | 32 |
| 28 | Nanci Griffith | 32 |
| 31 | Maria Muldaur | 31 |
| 32 | John McCutcheon | 30 |
| 32 | John Gorka | 30 |
| 32 | Tim O'Brien | 30 |
| 35 | Sue Jeffers | 29 |
| 35 | Tom Prasada-Rao | 29 |
| 35 | Sarah Jarosz | 29 |
| 35 | Utah Phillips | 29 |
| 39 | Eliza Gilkyson | 28 |
| 40 | Rod Macdonald | 27 |
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) |
| 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 & Judy Cook (WOBC-FM, OH) |
| 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) |
| Gary Crouth (WYEP-FM, PA) |
| 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) |
| Jenny Flux (2bbb-FM, Australia) |
| Jim Canales (WWSP-FM, WI) |
| Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN) |
| 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 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) |
| Justin Helmer (KVSC, MN) |
| Kai Schafft (WVBR-FM, NY) |
| Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK) |
| Kate McNally (NHPR, NH) |
| Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA) |
| Ken Nagelberg (WHYR-FM, LA) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN) |
| Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD) |
| Paul Porzio (FCAC-FM, VA) |
| 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) |
| Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM, NJ) |
| Sonny Ochs (WIOX-FM, 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) |
| Susi Lanagan (PBS-FM, Australia) |
| Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA) |
| 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) |