Chart Section
FAI FOLK CHART FOR May 2025
Compiled from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 10531 plays from 359 playlists from 102 Folk DJs
FAI Folk Chart Top Albums of the Month
| Rank | Album | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bones of Trees | Tim Grimm | 87 |
| 2 | Gold and Coal | Cassie & Maggie | 59 |
| 3 | Oh What a Beautiful World | Willie Nelson | 54 |
| 4 | Arcadia | Alison Krauss & Union Station | 53 |
| 5 | Dark Ages | Eliza Gilkyson | 49 |
| 6 | Dispatches: Songs From a World Gone Mad | Mark Rubin, Jew of Oklahoma | 46 |
| 6 | Songs Worth Saving | Suzie Brown | 46 |
| 8 | Porcelain Angel | Rees Shad | 39 |
| 9 | It Matters Featuring Tom Paxton | C. Daniel Boling | 38 |
| 10 | Wild and Clear and Blue | I'm With Her | 34 |
| 10 | Dance Till the Music Stops | Ron Sowell | 34 |
| 12 | Time and Materials | True North Duo | 33 |
| 13 | Double Takes | Gordie Tentrees & Jaxon Haldane | 32 |
| 14 | We All Dream | Terry Kitchen | 31 |
| 15 | So Much I Still Don't See | Sam Robbins | 30 |
| 15 | Suzy Sings Siebel | Suzy Thompson | 30 |
| 15 | Maybe New Mexico | Helene Cronin | 30 |
| 18 | The Way We Roll | Robert Thomas and the Sessionmen | 25 |
| 19 | All I Got and Gone | Chris Walz | 24 |
| 19 | Some Kind of Truth | Kora Feder | 24 |
| 19 | What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow | Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson | 24 |
| 19 | Burnished | Amelia Hogan | 24 |
| 23 | A Tip Toe High Wire | Sierra Hull | 23 |
| 24 | Rising of the Bold | Merry Hell | 21 |
| 24 | The Shape of a Sway | Eli West | 21 |
| 26 | Unravel | Henhouse Prowlers | 20 |
| 27 | Backstage Balladeer | Jefferson Ross | 19 |
| 27 | Volume 4 | Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert | 19 |
| 29 | The Day Today | James Lee Stanley | 18 |
| 29 | Lost Dog | Olive Klug | 18 |
| 31 | Dee From Decatur | Dee Robinson | 17 |
| 31 | Tiny Victories | Donna Lynn Caskey | 17 |
| 31 | Dear Meadowlark | The Wildwoods | 17 |
| 34 | No Bad Ideas | The Faux Paws | 16 |
| 34 | Truth Is | Carolyn Wonderland | 16 |
| 34 | Why the Worry | Seth Walker | 16 |
| 37 | Live at the Legion | Billy Strings & Bryan Sutton | 15 |
| 37 | Foxes in the Snow | Jason Isbell | 15 |
| 37 | Our Way | Loveseat | 15 |
| 40 | Paris | Louise Coombe | 14 |
| 40 | Love Bubble | Liz Miller | 14 |
| 40 | The Hammer & the Rose | Matt Andersen | 14 |
| 40 | The Herculeons | John Cowan & Andrea Zonn | 14 |
| 44 | I Kept These Old Blues | Muireann Bradley | 13 |
| 44 | Teleology | Peggy Seeger | 13 |
| 44 | Rushmere | Mumford & Sons | 13 |
| 44 | Mill Pond | Rich Scher | 13 |
| 44 | The Lucy Story | Lucy Kaplansky | 13 |
| 44 | In the West | The Horsenecks | 13 |
| 44 | Songs That Made Charlene Cry | The Dillards | 13 |
| 44 | Daggomit! | Max Wareham | 13 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Songs of the Month
| Rank | Song | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don't Think Twice, It's Alright | Abbie Gardner | 19 |
| 2 | Woody and Pete | Beppe Gambetta | 18 |
| 2 | Broken Truth | Tim Grimm | 18 |
| 4 | Mothers and Daughters | Suzie Brown | 17 |
| 5 | No Kings in America | Lisa Bastoni | 16 |
| 6 | The Gold Rush Is Over and I'm Moving On | Cassie & Maggie | 13 |
| 6 | The Times They Are A-Changin | Bryan Titus | 13 |
| 6 | Goon With the Hammer | Mark Rubin, Jew of Oklahoma | 13 |
| 9 | Bow Down | Cassie & Maggie | 12 |
| 9 | A Good Life | Jill Sobule | 12 |
| 9 | We All Dream | Terry Kitchen | 12 |
| 9 | Ain't That the Way | Rees Shad | 12 |
| 13 | Buckets of Rain | Kate McDonnell | 11 |
| 13 | Gettin' Older | Tim Grimm | 11 |
| 13 | Barbed Wire Boys | Tim Grimm | 11 |
| 16 | Richmond on the James | Alison Krauss & Union Station | 10 |
| 16 | No Kings Live Here | D. C. Anderson | 10 |
| 16 | Times Like These | Eliza Gilkyson | 10 |
| 16 | Everything That Goes Round Comes Round | Ron Sowell | 10 |
| 16 | Mama | Mad Agnes | 10 |
| 21 | The Big Hewer | Cassie & Maggie | 9 |
| 21 | Get Along Somehow | Rrinaco | 9 |
| 21 | Looks Like the End of the Road | Alison Krauss & Union Station | 9 |
| 21 | Maybe New Mexico | Helene Cronin | 9 |
| 21 | Dog Whistle | Mark Rubin, Jew of Oklahoma | 9 |
| 21 | Up in the Attic | Tim Grimm | 9 |
| 21 | Dark Ages | Eliza Gilkyson | 9 |
| 21 | Oh What a Beautiful World | Willie Nelson | 9 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Artists of the Month
| Rank | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bob Dylan | 111 |
| 2 | Tim Grimm | 89 |
| 3 | Willie Nelson | 86 |
| 4 | Pete Seeger | 70 |
| 5 | Eliza Gilkyson | 64 |
| 6 | Alison Krauss & Union Station | 60 |
| 7 | Cassie & Maggie | 59 |
| 8 | C. Daniel Boling | 49 |
| 9 | Suzie Brown | 48 |
| 10 | Mark Rubin, Jew of Oklahoma | 47 |
| 11 | Rees Shad | 46 |
| 12 | Jill Sobule | 42 |
| 13 | I'm With Her | 38 |
| 14 | Ron Sowell | 35 |
| 15 | True North Duo | 33 |
| 15 | Terry Kitchen | 33 |
| 17 | Gordie Tentrees & Jaxon Haldane | 32 |
| 18 | Suzy Thompson | 31 |
| 18 | Helene Cronin | 31 |
| 18 | Sam Robbins | 31 |
| 21 | Joan Baez | 29 |
| 21 | Bruce Cockburn | 29 |
| 23 | Amelia Hogan | 26 |
| 23 | Kora Feder | 26 |
| 25 | Robert Thomas and the Sessionmen | 25 |
| 25 | John Prine | 25 |
| 25 | Merry Hell | 25 |
| 28 | Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson | 24 |
| 28 | Sierra Hull | 24 |
| 28 | Lucy Kaplansky | 24 |
| 28 | Chris Walz | 24 |
| 32 | Abbie Gardner | 23 |
| 33 | Eli West | 22 |
| 33 | Henhouse Prowlers | 22 |
| 33 | Olive Klug | 22 |
| 33 | Mary Chapin Carpenter | 22 |
| 37 | John McCutcheon | 21 |
| 37 | Beppe Gambetta | 21 |
| 37 | Jefferson Ross | 21 |
| 37 | Peter, Paul & Mary | 21 |
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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Helen Leicht (FolkMusicNotebook.com, PA) |
| Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY) |
| 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) |
| Karen Leyse (KDRT-FM, CA) |
| Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK) |
| Kate McNally (NHPR, NH) |
| Kelly Walker (WEOS-FM, NY) |
| Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA) |
| Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |