Chart Section
FAI FOLK CHART FOR November 2022
Compiled from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 12807 plays from 422 playlists from 117 Folk DJs
FAI Folk Chart Top Albums of the Month
| Rank | Album | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radio John: Songs of John Hartford | Sam Bush | 80 |
| 2 | Book of Life | Brian Blake | 55 |
| 3 | Seth Avett Sings Greg Brown | Seth Avett | 49 |
| 4 | Arsonist Daughter | Aspen Jacobsen | 45 |
| 5 | Leap! | John McCutcheon | 42 |
| 6 | The New Faith | Jake Blount | 41 |
| 7 | Flare | Pat Wictor | 40 |
| 8 | Second Hand | James Keelaghan | 39 |
| 9 | Tell 'Em You Were Gold | Pharis and Jason Romero | 37 |
| 10 | Chasing the Light | Jared Rabin | 36 |
| 10 | Pioneering Women of Bluegrass: The Definitive Edition | Alice Gerrard and Hazel Dickens | 36 |
| 12 | Listen to the Red Rock | Various Artists | 31 |
| 12 | Small Towns | Stillhouse Junkies | 31 |
| 14 | Mama Was a Bandit | The Foxgloves | 30 |
| 14 | Ramblin' Soul | Melissa Carper | 30 |
| 16 | Hold Our Ground | Tom Chapin | 29 |
| 16 | Live at Budokan | Willie Nelson | 29 |
| 18 | Still | David LaMotte | 27 |
| 19 | Words on the Wind | Kerri Powers | 26 |
| 20 | The Liar | John Fullbright | 25 |
| 20 | Traveler's Rest | The Foreign Landers | 25 |
| 22 | Feels Like Home: Songs From the Sonoran Borderlands-Linda Ronstadt's Musical Odyssey | Various Artists | 24 |
| 22 | Ain't Nobody Worried: Celebrating Great Women of Song | Rory Block | 24 |
| 22 | Man With the Muse | Bryce Ernest Taylor | 24 |
| 22 | Witness | Angela Easterling | 24 |
| 26 | The Blues Don't Lie | Buddy Guy | 23 |
| 27 | There's a Bright Side Somewhere | Happy Traum | 22 |
| 27 | Heal the Heart | The Deer's Cry | 22 |
| 27 | Ripples in the Wake | Kirby Heard | 22 |
| 30 | The Old Man and the C Chord | Chris Coole | 21 |
| 30 | Something Borrowed, Something New: A Tribute to John Anderson | Various Artists | 21 |
| 32 | The American Fiddler | Andy Leftwich | 20 |
| 32 | Love Is the Only Thing | Peter Mulvey and Sistastrings | 20 |
| 32 | The Coming of the Years | Joe Jencks | 20 |
| 35 | Lift the World | Curtis and Loretta | 19 |
| 35 | Stolen Time | Abigail Lapell | 19 |
| 35 | Blood and Water | Mike Mangione | 19 |
| 35 | Caveman | Gurf Morlix | 19 |
| 39 | Time Stands Still | Kenny Shore | 18 |
| 39 | Rolling Golden Holy | Bonny Light Horseman | 18 |
| 39 | Up the Hill and Through the Fog | The Slocan Ramblers | 18 |
| 42 | Built on Bones | Emily Scott Robinson | 17 |
| 42 | Roll On | Michael Doucet and Tom Rigney | 17 |
| 42 | Fountain Pen | Nick Carter | 17 |
| 42 | Reimagining | Claudia Schmidt | 17 |
| 42 | While I'm Here | Tina Ross | 17 |
| 47 | Jubilation | Appalachian Road Show | 16 |
| 47 | Thanksgiving | Si Kahn | 16 |
| 47 | Railroad Town | Jr. Williams | 16 |
| 50 | Fugue State | Luke LeBlanc | 15 |
| 50 | Lifetime Achievement | Louden Wainwright III | 15 |
| 50 | All New | Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer Tom Paxton | 15 |
| 50 | Come Darkness, Come Light | Mary Chapin Carpenter | 15 |
| 50 | Of Hard Times and Harmony | Windborne | 15 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Songs of the Month
| Rank | Song | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In Tall Buildings | Sam Bush | 17 |
| 1 | Rice Field in the Distance | Brian Blake | 17 |
| 3 | Thanksgiving Song | Mary Chapin Carpenter | 16 |
| 4 | Thanksgiving | Si Kahn | 15 |
| 5 | The Poet Game | Seth Avett | 14 |
| 5 | Shouldn't Give a Damn | Aspen Jacobsen | 14 |
| 7 | No End of Love | Sam Bush | 13 |
| 7 | The Last Time I Saw Richard | Colleen Kattau | 13 |
| 7 | Laughing River | Seth Avett | 13 |
| 10 | Magdalene Laundries | Terri Camilari | 12 |
| 10 | Talkin' Election | Tom Smith | 12 |
| 10 | Did Galileo Pray? | James Lee Baker | 12 |
| 10 | Through the Dark | Slaid Cleaves | 12 |
| 14 | California Earthquake | Sam Bush | 10 |
| 14 | A Case of You | Belle-Skinner | 10 |
| 14 | Toledo | The Foxgloves | 10 |
| 14 | Radio John | Sam Bush | 10 |
| 14 | Election Day | Ellis Paul | 10 |
| 14 | Book of Life | Brian Blake | 10 |
| 14 | Thanksgiving | Ron Israel | 10 |
| 21 | Walk On | James Keelaghan | 9 |
| 21 | Screen Door | Timothy Scott | 9 |
| 21 | Sorry, Alan | Aaron Nathans and Michael G Ronstadt | 9 |
| 21 | Vote | Spook Handy | 9 |
| 21 | How Will They Tell It? | Pat Wictor | 9 |
| 21 | Rolling Mills | Pharis and Jason Romero | 9 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Artists of the Month
| Rank | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John McCutcheon | 84 |
| 1 | Sam Bush | 84 |
| 3 | Brian Blake | 55 |
| 4 | Joni Mitchell | 54 |
| 5 | Seth Avett | 49 |
| 6 | Willie Nelson | 47 |
| 6 | James Keelaghan | 47 |
| 8 | Alice Gerrard and Hazel Dickens | 46 |
| 8 | Jake Blount | 46 |
| 10 | Aspen Jacobsen | 45 |
| 11 | Pharis and Jason Romero | 42 |
| 12 | Pat Wictor | 41 |
| 12 | Tom Chapin | 41 |
| 14 | Jerry Lee Lewis | 39 |
| 15 | Jared Rabin | 37 |
| 16 | Tom Paxton | 36 |
| 16 | Bob Dylan | 36 |
| 16 | Mary McCaslin | 36 |
| 19 | Stan Rogers | 35 |
| 20 | Melissa Carper | 32 |
| 21 | Stillhouse Junkies | 31 |
| 22 | Cheryl Wheeler | 30 |
| 22 | David LaMotte | 30 |
| 22 | The Foxgloves | 30 |
| 25 | Billy Strings | 29 |
| 25 | Mary Chapin Carpenter | 29 |
| 25 | Claudia Schmidt | 29 |
| 25 | Arlo Guthrie | 29 |
| 29 | Kerri Powers | 28 |
| 30 | John Fullbright | 27 |
| 30 | Rory Block | 27 |
| 30 | Joe Jencks | 27 |
| 30 | Neil Young | 27 |
| 34 | Watkins Family Hour | 26 |
| 35 | Angela Easterling | 25 |
| 35 | The Foreign Landers | 25 |
| 35 | Bryce Ernest Taylor | 25 |
| 35 | Gordon Lightfoot | 25 |
| 35 | Chuck Brodsky | 25 |
| 40 | Si Kahn | 24 |
| 40 | Buddy Guy | 24 |
| 40 | Happy Traum | 24 |
| 40 | Nanci Griffith | 24 |
Folk DJs
| Abby Parks (WLJS-FM, AL) |
| 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) |
| 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 Sherman (WFUV-FM, NY) |
| Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM, MA) |
| Brad Edmondson (WVBR-FM, NY) |
| 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 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) |
| Fred Frawley (WMPG-FN, ME) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ) |
| Jon 'Chip' Colcord (syndicated, NH) |
| Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY) |
| Justin Helmer (KVSC, MN) |
| Kai Schafft (WVBR-FM, NY) |
| Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK) |
| Kate McNally (NHPR, NH) |
| 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) |
| Mark Pedersen (WOJB-FM, WI) |
| Mary Anne Moorman (KBCS-FM, WA) |
| Mary Sue Twohy (SiriusXM & syndicated, DC) |
| Matt Watroba (WKAR-FM, MI) |
| Matthew Baya (WERU-FM, ME) |
| Menachem Vinegrad (Upper Galilee-FM, Israel) |
| Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY) |
| 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, 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Wally Bowen (KOCF-FM, OR) |
| Wanda Fischer (WAMC & syndicated, NY) |
| Wayne Greene (radiowayne.com, TX) |