Chart Section
FAI FOLK CHART FOR October 2024
Compiled from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 10592 plays from 374 playlists from 101 Folk DJs
FAI Folk Chart Top Albums of the Month
| Rank | Album | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The American Dream | Amy Speace | 82 |
| 2 | Bluegrass Sings Paxton | Various Artists | 75 |
| 3 | Lonesome Road | Joel Mabus | 55 |
| 4 | Heart of the Swan | Carla Sciaky | 52 |
| 5 | Everything Must Go | Donal Hinely | 48 |
| 6 | In the Real World | Eric Bibb | 47 |
| 7 | Now, O Now | Rakish | 43 |
| 8 | Wildfire | House of Hamill | 38 |
| 9 | Woodland | Gillian Welch and David Rawlings | 35 |
| 9 | Quiet Town | Mindy Smith | 35 |
| 11 | Beneath Blue Water | Bett Padgett | 34 |
| 11 | Lantern in the Dark: Songs of Comfort and Lullabies | Edie Carey and Sarah Sample | 34 |
| 13 | The Legend of Sugarbelly | Guy Davis | 33 |
| 14 | This Hen's Gonna Crow | Colleen Kattau | 32 |
| 14 | Things Done Changed | Jerron Paxton | 32 |
| 16 | Back to the Light | Heather Pierson | 31 |
| 16 | The Sound of That | Mark Stepakoff | 31 |
| 16 | Trapeze | Kate McDonnell | 31 |
| 19 | Deep Feeler | Liv Greene | 30 |
| 20 | Carved in the Bark | Nick Carter | 29 |
| 20 | Highway Prayers | Billy Strings | 29 |
| 22 | Hot Jazz Cool Blues and Hard Hitting Songs | Barbara Dane | 28 |
| 22 | Woodbird | Jenny Burtis | 28 |
| 22 | With a Guitar and a Pen | Tish Hinojosa | 28 |
| 22 | Ten Good Sermons | Eugene Ruffolo | 28 |
| 22 | The Set | Jerry Douglas | 28 |
| 27 | Crooked Road | Steve Erickson | 26 |
| 27 | Hands of Time | Rik Palieri | 26 |
| 29 | Backbone | Kasey Chambers | 25 |
| 30 | Storm Season | Tania Elizabeth | 24 |
| 30 | Manos Panamericanos | Larry and Joe | 24 |
| 30 | From China to Appalachia | Cathy Fink, Chao Tian, and Marcy Marxer | 24 |
| 33 | Willie Watson | Willie Watson | 23 |
| 34 | Dan Tyminski: Live From the Ryman | Dan Tyminski | 22 |
| 35 | Never Too Late | Neale Eckstein | 21 |
| 35 | Somewhere in the Constellation | Brad Yoder | 21 |
| 35 | Hurricane's Eye | Jan Gillies | 21 |
| 35 | The Heart of an American | Eric Erickson | 21 |
| 39 | Earth Music | Moses Crouch | 20 |
| 39 | Terra Madre | Beppe Gambetta | 20 |
| 39 | Haunted | Steve Madewell | 20 |
| 39 | Into the Wild | Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway | 20 |
| 43 | Hanging at the Luna Star | Lou Dominguez | 19 |
| 43 | Harbortowne | Jim Patton and Sherry Brokus | 19 |
| 45 | Always Here | Trampled by Turtles | 17 |
| 45 | Pathways | Julian Taylor | 17 |
| 45 | Woman Creature (Portrait of a Woman, Part 2) | Mean Mary | 17 |
| 45 | Boarding Windows in Paradise | Rebecca Frazier | 17 |
| 49 | Neworld Sampler | Various Artists | 16 |
| 49 | Blessed by the West | Sarah Pierce | 16 |
| 49 | A Prosperous Gale | Open the Door for Three | 16 |
| 49 | Symbiont | Jake Blount and Mali Obomsawin | 16 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Songs of the Month
| Rank | Song | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The American Dream | Amy Speace | 20 |
| 2 | Standing by a River | Carla Sciaky | 16 |
| 3 | I Can't Help but Wonder (Where I'm Bound) | Tom Paxton and Della Mae | 13 |
| 3 | Me and Bobbie McGee | Kris Kristofferson | 13 |
| 5 | Something 'Bout a Town | Amy Speace | 12 |
| 5 | Wild Geese | Liv Greene | 12 |
| 5 | When Fall Comes to New England | Cheryl Wheeler | 12 |
| 8 | Gray October Days | Bett Padgett | 11 |
| 8 | Put a Woman in Charge | Raise the Vibration | 11 |
| 8 | Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down | Kris Kristofferson | 11 |
| 11 | Blues in a Bottle | Joel Mabus | 10 |
| 11 | This Hen's Gonna Crow | Colleen Kattau | 10 |
| 11 | The Frog and the Scorpion | Tom Smith | 10 |
| 11 | Love Is Gonna Come Again | Amy Speace | 10 |
| 11 | I Can't Wait to Wake Up Tomorrow | Mark Stepakoff | 10 |
| 11 | Lightly Come or Lightly Go | Rakish | 10 |
| 11 | The Welcome Song | Jan Aldridge Clark | 10 |
| 18 | Ramblin' Boy | Danny Paisley | 9 |
| 18 | Time After Time | Edie Carey and Sarah Sample | 9 |
| 18 | Crooked Road | Steve Erickson | 9 |
| 18 | Show Up | Natalia Zukerman | 9 |
| 18 | With a Guitar and a Pen | Tish Hinojosa | 9 |
| 18 | Blackbird | Edie Carey and Sarah Sample | 9 |
| 18 | Turn Off the Noise | Andy and Judy | 9 |
| 18 | Everything Must Go | Donal Hinely | 9 |
| 18 | Where Did You Go | Amy Speace | 9 |
| 18 | 1800 and Froze to Death | Carla Sciaky | 9 |
| 18 | Dirty Dish Rag | Theme: Harvey Reid | 9 |
| 18 | Up Here in the Mountains | Heather Pierson | 9 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Artists of the Month
| Rank | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kris Kristofferson | 107 |
| 2 | Amy Speace | 89 |
| 3 | Joel Mabus | 65 |
| 4 | Carla Sciaky | 54 |
| 5 | Eric Bibb | 51 |
| 6 | Donal Hinely | 48 |
| 7 | Barbara Dane | 47 |
| 8 | Rakish | 43 |
| 9 | House of Hamill | 39 |
| 9 | Gillian Welch and David Rawlings | 39 |
| 9 | The Brothers Four | 39 |
| 12 | John Prine | 37 |
| 13 | Billy Strings | 36 |
| 13 | Guy Davis | 36 |
| 13 | Mindy Smith | 36 |
| 16 | Heather Pierson | 35 |
| 16 | Colleen Kattau | 35 |
| 18 | Edie Carey and Sarah Sample | 34 |
| 18 | Bett Padgett | 34 |
| 20 | Kate McDonnell | 33 |
| 20 | Jerron Paxton | 33 |
| 22 | John McCutcheon | 32 |
| 22 | Tom Paxton | 32 |
| 24 | Mark Stepakoff | 31 |
| 25 | Tish Hinojosa | 30 |
| 25 | Liv Greene | 30 |
| 25 | Eugene Ruffolo | 30 |
| 28 | Nick Carter | 29 |
| 28 | Rik Palieri | 29 |
| 28 | Jerry Douglas | 29 |
| 31 | Jenny Burtis | 28 |
| 31 | Kasey Chambers | 28 |
| 33 | Steve Erickson | 27 |
| 33 | Cheryl Wheeler | 27 |
| 35 | Larry and Joe | 26 |
| 36 | Joni Mitchell | 25 |
| 37 | Cathy Fink, Chao Tian, and Marcy Marxer | 24 |
| 37 | Dan Tyminski | 24 |
| 37 | Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway | 24 |
| 37 | Tim Grimm | 24 |
| 37 | Tania Elizabeth | 24 |
Folk DJs
| Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN) |
| Allen Larman (KPFK-FM & syndicated, CA) |
| Angela Page (WJFF-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) |
| 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 Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia) |
| 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) |
| Denis McGilvray (Public Radio Tulsa, OK) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK) |
| Kelly Walker (WEOS-FM, NY) |
| Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA) |
| Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL) |
| Kevin Vance (KPFA-FM, CA) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
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| 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) |