Chart Section
FAI FOLK CHART FOR May 2023
Compiled from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 12640 plays from 421 playlists from 112 Folk DJs
FAI Folk Chart Top Albums of the Month
| Rank | Album | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gettin' Together | Michael Jerome Browne | 75 |
| 2 | Gord's Gold | Gordon Lightfoot | 69 |
| 3 | Skylark | Open Road | 65 |
| 4 | O Sun O Moon | Bruce Cockburn | 62 |
| 5 | Traveling Wildfire | Dom Flemons | 60 |
| 6 | Between Hello and Goodbye | Greg Greenway | 55 |
| 7 | Only This Far | The Rough and Tumble | 53 |
| 8 | Constellations | Meredith Moon | 50 |
| 8 | Stand in the Joy | William Prince | 50 |
| 10 | Songbook | Gordon Lightfoot | 48 |
| 11 | How to Shine | Jaime Michaels | 47 |
| 12 | Mighty Poplar | Mighty Poplar | 46 |
| 13 | Circumstance | Alice Howe | 43 |
| 13 | Forgottonia | Chris Vallillo | 43 |
| 15 | Tony Rice Sings Gordon Lightfoot | Tony Rice | 42 |
| 16 | Bluegrass Vacation | Robbie Fulks | 41 |
| 16 | Into the Night | Robinson and Rohe | 41 |
| 18 | The Little In-Between | Tim Grimm | 40 |
| 18 | Great Blue North | Special Consensus | 40 |
| 20 | Nuevo South Train | Larry and Joe | 39 |
| 21 | On Banjo | Alison Brown | 38 |
| 21 | Headland | Kalos | 38 |
| 21 | Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot | Various Artists | 38 |
| 24 | Among Other Things | Bella White | 37 |
| 24 | Angels in the Wreckage | Low Lily | 37 |
| 24 | Maybe Modern | Grace Morrison | 37 |
| 27 | Grass Roots | Leftover Salmon | 36 |
| 28 | California | The Refugees | 35 |
| 29 | God Fearing Heathen | Dan Tyminski | 33 |
| 30 | Celebrants | Nickel Creek | 32 |
| 31 | The Enchanted World | The Rifters | 31 |
| 31 | The Chicago Sessions | Rodney Crowell | 31 |
| 33 | Keep Your Courage | Natalie Merchant | 29 |
| 33 | Workin' on a World | Iris Dement | 29 |
| 35 | Nine Apples of Gold | Karan Casey | 28 |
| 35 | The Mother of Trouble | Vance Gilbert | 28 |
| 35 | Taking Flight | Amelia Hogan | 28 |
| 38 | Get Behind the Wheel | Eilen Jewell | 27 |
| 38 | Crossing the Causeway | Mary Beth Carty | 27 |
| 40 | Canvas | Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy | 25 |
| 41 | Other Voices, Other Rooms | Nanci Griffith | 24 |
| 41 | I Only See the Moon | The Milk Carton Kids | 24 |
| 43 | Rona | Queen Esther | 23 |
| 44 | Lightfoot | Gordon Lightfoot | 22 |
| 45 | When My Momma Sang to Me: Songs of Murphy Hicks Henry | Various Artists | 21 |
| 45 | If You Could Read My Mind | Gordon Lightfoot | 21 |
| 47 | The Sea Beside Us | Beth Desombre | 20 |
| 47 | Now | Graham Nash | 20 |
| 49 | All the Love | Brittany Jean | 19 |
| 49 | The Way I Feel | Gordon Lightfoot | 19 |
| 49 | Pieces of Treasure | Rickie Lee Jones | 19 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Songs of the Month
| Rank | Song | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canadian Railroad Trilogy | Gordon Lightfoot | 33 |
| 2 | If You Could Read My Mind | Gordon Lightfoot | 23 |
| 3 | Where I'm Coming From | Robinson and Rohe | 21 |
| 4 | Early Morning Rain | Gordon Lightfoot | 20 |
| 5 | The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald | Gordon Lightfoot | 19 |
| 6 | Ten Degrees and Getting Colder | Nanci Griffith | 17 |
| 6 | Coffee Blues | Michael Jerome Browne | 17 |
| 8 | My Mother's House | Cosy Sheridan | 16 |
| 8 | Jamaica Farewell | Harry Belafonte | 16 |
| 10 | Looking for Yes | Joe Crookston | 15 |
| 11 | Slow Moving Train | Meredith Moon | 14 |
| 12 | Monday Morning Blues | Michael Jerome Browne | 13 |
| 12 | Alberta Bound | Special Consensus | 13 |
| 14 | Sundown | Gordon Lightfoot | 12 |
| 14 | Cut 'Em Down | Erik Balkey | 12 |
| 14 | God of War | The Rough and Tumble | 12 |
| 14 | No Hiding Place | Open Road | 12 |
| 14 | Brakeman's Daughter | Kalos | 12 |
| 19 | Everybody Loves You | Open Road | 11 |
| 19 | Big Money Blues | Dom Flemons | 11 |
| 19 | Early Morning Rain | Ian and Sylvia | 11 |
| 19 | That's Where the Hope Comes | Greg Greenway | 11 |
| 19 | Broken Things | Grace Morrison | 11 |
| 19 | Julia Ward Howe (A Mother's Day for Peace) | Tom Chapin | 11 |
| 19 | Wildflowers | Open Road | 11 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Artists of the Month
| Rank | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gordon Lightfoot | 352 |
| 2 | Harry Belafonte | 96 |
| 3 | Willie Nelson | 93 |
| 4 | Bob Dylan | 92 |
| 5 | Bruce Cockburn | 76 |
| 6 | Michael Jerome Browne | 75 |
| 7 | Open Road | 65 |
| 8 | Pete Seeger | 64 |
| 9 | Dom Flemons | 62 |
| 10 | Greg Greenway | 56 |
| 11 | The Rough and Tumble | 55 |
| 12 | Meredith Moon | 52 |
| 13 | Tony Rice | 51 |
| 14 | William Prince | 50 |
| 15 | Jaime Michaels | 49 |
| 16 | Alice Howe | 46 |
| 16 | Mighty Poplar | 46 |
| 18 | Chris Vallillo | 45 |
| 19 | Iris Dement | 42 |
| 20 | Robinson and Rohe | 41 |
| 20 | Special Consensus | 41 |
| 20 | Robbie Fulks | 41 |
| 20 | Tim Grimm | 41 |
| 24 | Low Lily | 40 |
| 25 | Alison Brown | 39 |
| 25 | Dan Tyminski | 39 |
| 25 | Larry and Joe | 39 |
| 28 | Bella White | 38 |
| 28 | Grace Morrison | 38 |
| 28 | Kalos | 38 |
| 28 | The Refugees | 38 |
| 28 | Leftover Salmon | 38 |
| 33 | Tom Chapin | 37 |
| 33 | Nanci Griffith | 37 |
| 35 | Rodney Crowell | 32 |
| 35 | The Rifters | 32 |
| 35 | Nickel Creek | 32 |
| 38 | Karan Casey | 31 |
| 39 | Natalie Merchant | 30 |
| 40 | Judy Collins | 29 |
| 40 | Vance Gilbert | 29 |
| 40 | Amelia Hogan | 29 |
Folk DJs
| Abby Parks (WLJS-FM, AL) |
| Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN) |
| Allen Larman (KPFK-FM & syndicated, CA) |
| Annie Keville (WVBR-FM, NY) |
| Art Menius (WCOM-FM, NC) |
| Arthur Dean (WCNI-FM, CT) |
| 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) |
| Brad Edmondson (WVBR-FM, NY) |
| Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia) |
| Bruce Swan (WSFM-FM, NC) |
| Caroline Doctorow (WPKN-FM, CT) |
| 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 Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR) |
| Dave Aton (WRFG-FM, GA) |
| David John (KEOS-FM, TX) |
| David Sears (WBGU-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) |
| Doug Tucker (KWVA-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) |
| Jan Hall (syndicated & folkrootsradio.com, ON) |
| 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 & 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) |
| Kelly Walker (WEOS-FM, NY) |
| Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL) |
| Kevin Vance (KPFA-FM, CA) |
| Kim Ware (RadioPlastique.com, NC) |
| Larry Hoyt (WAER-FM, NY) |
| Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA) |
| Len Holton (KUAR-FM, AR) |
| Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL) |
| Lindsay Mar (2RRR-FM, NSW, Australia) |
| Lyle D. Skinner (CKJS & CJUM/UMFM-FM, MB) |
| Mara Noelle (KVMR-FM & KFOK-LP, CA) |
| Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM, OR) |
| Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL) |
| Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM, VT) |
| 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) |
| Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA) |
| Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN) |
| Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD) |
| Paul Hefti (live365.com, CA) |
| Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-FM, NY) |
| Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, wtsrlegacy.com, NJ) |
| Peter Thompson (KALW-FM, CA) |
| Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM, WA) |
| Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & syndicated, PA) |
| Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT) |
| Rik James (KGLT-FM, MT) |
| 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 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) |