Chart Section
FAI FOLK CHART FOR September 2024
Compiled from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 10787 plays from 362 playlists from 101 Folk DJs
FAI Folk Chart Top Albums of the Month
| Rank | Album | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bluegrass Sings Paxton | Various Artists | 124 |
| 2 | Labor Day: A Tribute to Hardworking People Everywhere | Si Kahn and George Mann | 103 |
| 3 | Trapeze | Kate McDonnell | 58 |
| 4 | Wildfire | House of Hamill | 56 |
| 5 | From China to Appalachia | Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer and Chao Tian | 53 |
| 6 | The Legend of Sugarbelly | Guy Davis | 52 |
| 7 | Ten Good Sermons | Eugene Ruffolo | 51 |
| 8 | Manos Pan Americanos | Larry and Joe | 45 |
| 8 | Boarding Windows in Paradise | Rebecca Frazier | 45 |
| 10 | Everything Must Go | Donal Hinely | 44 |
| 11 | Back to the Light | Heather Pierson | 43 |
| 12 | Woodland | Gillian Welch and David Rawlings | 33 |
| 12 | The Set | Jerry Douglas | 33 |
| 14 | The American Dream | Amy Speace | 31 |
| 14 | Bloom Where You Fall | Hana Zara | 31 |
| 16 | Dan Tyminski: Live From the Ryman | Dan Tyminski | 30 |
| 17 | Carved in the Bark | Nick Carter | 29 |
| 17 | A Prosperous Gale | Open the Door for Three | 29 |
| 19 | Blessed by the West | Sarah Pierce | 28 |
| 19 | Heart on a Wire | Carolyn Shulman | 28 |
| 19 | Now, O Now | Rakish | 28 |
| 22 | Terra Madre | Beppe Gambetta | 27 |
| 23 | Earl Jam | Tony Trischka | 26 |
| 24 | Willie Watson | Willie Watson | 25 |
| 25 | Live at Steelstacks | River Drivers | 24 |
| 26 | City of Glass | Aj Lee and Blue Summit | 23 |
| 27 | The Great Northwest | Steve Lundquist | 22 |
| 28 | The First Day of December | Ivan Strunin | 21 |
| 29 | Harbortowne | Jim Patton and Sherry Brokus | 20 |
| 29 | Lessen the Blue | Larry Folk | 20 |
| 31 | The Light Years | The Magnolia Janes | 19 |
| 32 | Blame It on Eve | Shemekia Copeland | 18 |
| 33 | The Unspeakable Milo Binder | Milo Binder | 17 |
| 33 | The Two of Us | Janie Rothfield and Allan Carr | 17 |
| 33 | Thus Spoke the Fool | Pony Bradshaw | 17 |
| 33 | Bluegrass Tracks | Andy Statman | 17 |
| 33 | Weird Wild Wonderful | Emily Hicks | 17 |
| 33 | Quiet Town | Mindy Smith | 17 |
| 33 | Hanging at the Luna Star | Lou Dominguez | 17 |
| 40 | Wasted Luck | Tiffany Williams and Dalton Mills | 16 |
| 40 | Goldenrod | Teni Rane | 16 |
| 40 | One of These Days | Cris Jacobs | 16 |
| 40 | Trail of Flowers | Sierra Ferrell | 16 |
| 44 | Soliloquy | Craig Bickhardt | 15 |
| 44 | Long Way Home | Ray Lamontagne | 15 |
| 46 | Driven to Drive | Joe Ely | 14 |
| 47 | Phthalo Blue | Andrew Marlin | 13 |
| 47 | Polaroid Lovers | Sarah Jarosz | 13 |
| 47 | More Than a Whisper: Celebrating the Music of Nanci Griffith | Various Artists | 13 |
| 50 | Western Chill | Robert Earl Keen | 12 |
| 50 | Diamond Days | Brooks Williams | 12 |
| 50 | Daylight Savings Time | Steve Forbert | 12 |
| 50 | The Price of Happiness | Miranda Hardy | 12 |
| 50 | Sweet Critters | Caleb Caudle | 12 |
| 50 | Trees | Laurie Lewis | 12 |
| 50 | Atlantic Sounds | Miscellany of Folk | 12 |
| 50 | 20 | The Grascals | 12 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Songs of the Month
| Rank | Song | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Can't Help but Wonder (Where I'm Bound) | Tom Paxton and Della Mae | 27 |
| 2 | I Give You the Morning | Claire Lynch | 17 |
| 3 | Canaan | Danny Schmidt | 16 |
| 4 | The Old Labor Hall | Joe Jencks | 13 |
| 5 | Banks of the Brandywine | House of Hamill | 12 |
| 5 | The Same River Twice | Aaron Burdett | 12 |
| 5 | The American Dream | Amy Speace | 12 |
| 5 | Central Square | Laurie Lewis | 12 |
| 5 | Something You Got | Jerry Douglas | 12 |
| 10 | You Took Me In | Tim O'Brien | 11 |
| 10 | Ramblin' Boy | Danny Paisley | 11 |
| 10 | It Takes All Kinds | Mark Stepakoff | 11 |
| 10 | Everything Must Go | Donal Hinely | 11 |
| 10 | Up Here in the Mountains | Heather Pierson | 11 |
| 10 | The Last Thing on My Mind | Sister Sadie | 11 |
| 16 | Back to the Light | Heather Pierson | 10 |
| 16 | A World Minus One | Eugene Ruffolo | 10 |
| 16 | Wildfire | House of Hamill | 10 |
| 19 | Long Way to Harlan | Si Kahn and Laurie Lewis | 9 |
| 19 | The Things I Notice Now | Alice Gerrard | 9 |
| 19 | High on a Mountain | Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer and Chao Tian | 9 |
| 19 | Gone Gonna Rise Again | Michael Johnathon and Odetta | 9 |
| 19 | Late Bloomer | Eugene Ruffolo | 9 |
| 19 | Back When Times Were Hard | Si Kahn | 9 |
| 19 | No Child Should Ever Go Hungry | Tret Fure | 9 |
| 19 | Pretty Good Day | Kate McDonnell | 9 |
| 19 | Beautiful You | Tom Prasada-Rao | 9 |
| 19 | Ain't That Me and You | Nick Carter | 9 |
| 19 | What's Gonna Become of Me | Jerron Paxton | 9 |
| 19 | Lawrence Jones | Kathy Mattea | 9 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Artists of the Month
| Rank | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kate McDonnell | 60 |
| 1 | House of Hamill | 60 |
| 3 | Highwaymen | 55 |
| 4 | Guy Davis | 54 |
| 5 | Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer and Chao Tian | 53 |
| 6 | Eugene Ruffolo | 51 |
| 7 | Heather Pierson | 48 |
| 8 | Donal Hinely | 47 |
| 9 | Larry and Joe | 45 |
| 9 | Rebecca Frazier | 45 |
| 11 | Bob Dylan | 39 |
| 11 | Amy Speace | 39 |
| 13 | Jerry Douglas | 38 |
| 14 | Gillian Welch and David Rawlings | 36 |
| 15 | Laurie Lewis | 34 |
| 16 | Hana Zara | 31 |
| 16 | Open the Door for Three | 31 |
| 16 | Rakish | 31 |
| 19 | Dan Tyminski | 30 |
| 19 | Tony Trischka | 30 |
| 21 | John McCutcheon | 29 |
| 21 | Leonard Cohen | 29 |
| 21 | Nick Carter | 29 |
| 21 | Beppe Gambetta | 29 |
| 25 | Willie Watson | 28 |
| 25 | Carolyn Shulman | 28 |
| 25 | Sarah Pierce | 28 |
| 28 | Tom Paxton and Della Mae | 27 |
| 28 | Willie Nelson | 27 |
| 28 | Tim O'Brien | 27 |
| 31 | River Drivers | 26 |
| 31 | Si Kahn | 26 |
| 31 | Danny Schmidt | 26 |
| 34 | John Gorka | 24 |
| 34 | Dar Williams | 24 |
| 34 | Joe Jencks | 24 |
| 37 | Aj Lee and Blue Summit | 23 |
| 37 | Nanci Griffith | 23 |
| 37 | Joni Mitchell | 23 |
| 37 | Tim Grimm | 23 |
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 Wagman (KDVS-FM, CA) |
| Bill \"Rusty\" Crowell and Jan Alba (WPPM-FM, PA) |
| Bob Heyer (WWOV-FM, WV) |
| Bob McWilliams (KANU-FM & KPR, KS) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Larry Berger (Saturday Light Brigade, PA) |
| Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA) |
| Len Holton (KUAR-FM, AR) |
| Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM, OR) |
| Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL) |
| Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM, VT) |
| Mary Anne Moorman (KBCS-FM, WA) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |