Chart Section
FAI FOLK CHART FOR May 2024
Compiled from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 12387 plays from 420 playlists from 110 Folk DJs
FAI Folk Chart Top Albums of the Month
| Rank | Album | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One of These Days | Cris Jacobs | 73 |
| 2 | Wanderer | Ruth Moody | 64 |
| 2 | Sharing in the Spirit | Ana Egge | 64 |
| 4 | Trail of Flowers | Sierra Ferrell | 62 |
| 5 | Diamond Days | Brooks Williams | 61 |
| 6 | As Above Now So Below | Crow and Gazelle | 59 |
| 7 | The Ghost of Tucumcari | Dana Cooper | 56 |
| 8 | All About the Bones | Chris Smither | 54 |
| 9 | By Now | Heather Little | 49 |
| 10 | Sailing Dreams | Muriel Anderson | 45 |
| 11 | Strange Medicine | Kaia Kater | 44 |
| 12 | My Black Country: The Songs of Alice Randall | Various Artists | 42 |
| 13 | Restless Soul Syndrome | Jon Shain | 40 |
| 13 | Dear Future Me | Stella Prince | 40 |
| 15 | Jubilee | Becky Buller | 37 |
| 16 | The Pie Chart of Love | RubyJoyful | 36 |
| 17 | Bring in the Light | Phoebe Rees | 35 |
| 18 | Trees | Laurie Lewis | 33 |
| 18 | Gary Davis Style: The Legacy of Reverend Gary Davis | Various Artists | 33 |
| 20 | Every New Beginning | Kim Richey | 32 |
| 20 | Ordinary Elephant | Ordinary Elephant | 32 |
| 22 | All Is Song | Misner and Smith | 30 |
| 23 | Another Heart | Ann Savoy | 26 |
| 24 | Garden Old, Flowers New | Tom Rush | 25 |
| 25 | Change Is Now: A Tribute to the Byrds | Christian Parker | 23 |
| 26 | Les Secrets Du Ciel | Yann Falquet | 22 |
| 26 | Listen to the World Spin | Paper Wings | 22 |
| 26 | Used to Ain't Here No More | Ken Tillery | 22 |
| 29 | Another Side | Rachael Sage | 21 |
| 30 | Life After Life | Mark and Maggie O'Connor | 20 |
| 30 | $10 Cowboy | Charley Crockett | 20 |
| 30 | Little Sun | Charlie Parr | 20 |
| 30 | Time and Evolution | Stephanie Sammons | 20 |
| 30 | The Living Kind | John Smith | 20 |
| 30 | The Last Trip Home | Wendy Grossman | 20 |
| 30 | Before the Machine | Zoe Fitzgerald Carter | 20 |
| 30 | The Border | Willie Nelson | 20 |
| 38 | Out of the Darkness | Nina Jo Smith | 19 |
| 38 | All My Friends | Aoife O'Donovan | 19 |
| 38 | World Brand New | Mouths of Babes | 19 |
| 41 | Tigers Blood | Waxahatchee | 18 |
| 41 | Banjo Jubulations | Benny Bleu | 18 |
| 43 | Edge of a Hurricane | Katie Oates | 17 |
| 43 | Yellow Line | Liam Purcell and Cane Mill Road | 17 |
| 43 | Water This Dark | John Shipe | 17 |
| 43 | Seed | Todd Burge | 17 |
| 43 | American Patchwork Quartet | American Patchwork Quartet | 17 |
| 43 | Ship to Shore | Richard Thompson | 17 |
| 43 | Simple Motion | Eric Brace and Thomm Jutz | 17 |
| 43 | The Complete Friends of Old Time Music Concert (Live) | Georgia Sea Island Singers | 17 |
| 43 | The Beauty of This Now | Marc Douglas Berardo | 17 |
| 43 | The Best Part | Lisa Redfern | 17 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Songs of the Month
| Rank | Song | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dear Future Me | Stella Prince | 21 |
| 2 | Broken Truth | Tim Grimm | 19 |
| 3 | Don't You Sleep | Ana Egge | 17 |
| 4 | Where Berries Grow | Ana Egge | 14 |
| 4 | These Are the Days | Crow and Gazelle | 14 |
| 4 | Work Song (I Can Still Sing) | Cris Jacobs | 14 |
| 7 | Door Won't Close | Ana Egge | 13 |
| 7 | The Witch | Kaia Kater | 13 |
| 9 | Big Sciota | Benny Bleu | 12 |
| 9 | American Dreaming | Sierra Ferrell | 12 |
| 9 | Honey Whatcha Like Me to Do | Jon Shain | 12 |
| 12 | Big Sky | Brooks Williams | 11 |
| 12 | Dangerfield Newby | New Dangerfield | 11 |
| 12 | Digging the Hole | Chris Smither | 11 |
| 12 | The Spell of the Lilac Bloom | Ruth Moody | 11 |
| 12 | Poor Davey | Cris Jacobs | 11 |
| 12 | The Ghost of Tucumcari | Dana Cooper | 11 |
| 12 | If You See Her, Say Hello | Erik Balkey | 11 |
| 12 | One of These Days | Cris Jacobs | 11 |
| 20 | That Laugh | Josie Bello | 10 |
| 20 | The Same Day | RubyJoyful | 10 |
| 20 | In Montreal | Kaia Kater | 10 |
| 20 | Calm Before the Storm | Chris Smither | 10 |
| 20 | North Calling | Ruth Moody | 10 |
| 20 | Sailing Dream | Muriel Anderson | 10 |
| 20 | Already Free | Ruth Moody | 10 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Artists of the Month
| Rank | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bob Dylan | 102 |
| 2 | Pete Seeger | 76 |
| 3 | Cris Jacobs | 75 |
| 4 | Ruth Moody | 66 |
| 4 | Ana Egge | 66 |
| 4 | Sierra Ferrell | 66 |
| 7 | Brooks Williams | 65 |
| 8 | Chris Smither | 61 |
| 9 | Dana Cooper | 59 |
| 9 | Crow and Gazelle | 59 |
| 11 | Heather Little | 49 |
| 12 | Muriel Anderson | 47 |
| 13 | Kaia Kater | 45 |
| 14 | Becky Buller | 43 |
| 15 | Stella Prince | 42 |
| 16 | Laurie Lewis | 40 |
| 16 | Jon Shain | 40 |
| 18 | RubyJoyful | 36 |
| 19 | Phoebe Rees | 35 |
| 19 | Benny Bleu | 35 |
| 21 | Ordinary Elephant | 34 |
| 22 | John Prine | 33 |
| 23 | Willie Nelson | 32 |
| 23 | Kim Richey | 32 |
| 23 | Spider John Koerner | 32 |
| 26 | Misner and Smith | 30 |
| 27 | Tom Rush | 29 |
| 27 | Tim O'Brien | 29 |
| 27 | Tim Grimm | 29 |
| 30 | Judy Collins | 28 |
| 30 | Joan Baez | 28 |
| 32 | John Smith | 27 |
| 33 | Ann Savoy | 26 |
| 33 | Christian Parker | 26 |
| 35 | John McCutcheon | 25 |
| 35 | Sarah Jarosz | 25 |
| 35 | Bruce Cockburn | 25 |
| 35 | Joni Mitchell | 25 |
| 39 | Gordon Lightfoot | 24 |
| 39 | Leyla McCalla | 24 |
| 39 | Carrie Newcomer | 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 \"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 Swan (WSFM-FM, NC) |
| Bud Johnson (syndicated, AK) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| James Sereda (WUSB-FM, NY) |
| Jared Ingersol (syndicated & sweetharmony.fm, CA) |
| 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) |
| Jim Welsh (radiosummerhall.com, UK) |
| Joe Pszonek (Folk Music Notebook, NJ) |
| John & Maureen Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA) |
| John Platt (WFUV, NY) |
| Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA) |
| Jon 'Chip' Colcord (syndicated, NH) |
| Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY) |
| Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK) |
| Kate McNally (NHPR, NH) |
| Kelly Walker (WEOS-FM, NY) |
| Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA) |
| Ken Yavit (KBAC-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) |
| 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) |
| Matt Watroba (WKAR-FM, MI) |
| 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) |