Chart Section
FAI FOLK CHART FOR September 2025
Compiled from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 10565 plays from 347 playlists from 93 Folk DJs
FAI Folk Chart Top Albums of the Month
| Rank | Album | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Long Journey Home: A Century After the 1925 Mountain City Fiddlers Convention | Various Artists | 131 |
| 2 | Wide Open Spaces | Connie Kaldor | 71 |
| 3 | Look to the Moon | Patty and Craig | 51 |
| 3 | Stone by Stone | Friction Farm | 51 |
| 5 | Connected | Darryl Purpose | 48 |
| 6 | Song of the Bricoleur | Rags Rosenberg | 42 |
| 7 | Lost & Found | Becki Davis | 40 |
| 8 | Mother Mind | Tekla Waterfield & Jeff Fiedler | 39 |
| 9 | Hummingbird Highway | Dar Williams | 38 |
| 9 | Stay Put | Elexa Dawson | 38 |
| 9 | The Last Bough | Kyle Carey | 38 |
| 12 | Kentucky Queen | Carla Gover | 34 |
| 12 | Songs That Sing Me | Becky Buller | 34 |
| 12 | Now Then | Robbie Fulks | 34 |
| 15 | Sweet Resilence | Jane Fallon | 32 |
| 16 | So Long Little Miss Sunshine | Molly Tuttle | 30 |
| 17 | Heavy on the Blues | Rory Block | 29 |
| 18 | The Light Still Shines on the Main | Jory Nash | 28 |
| 19 | The Ghost of Sis Draper | Shawn Camp | 27 |
| 20 | The America Chronicles | Kemp Harris | 25 |
| 21 | Drum School Dropout | Christine Lavin | 24 |
| 22 | Time Out #3 | The Accidentals | 23 |
| 23 | New Skin | Judy Kass | 22 |
| 23 | NERFA Songwriters, Vol. 1 | Various Artists | 22 |
| 25 | Perennial | Kate MacLeod | 21 |
| 25 | You Climb the Mountain | The Onlies | 21 |
| 27 | Bridging Divides | Billy Jonas | 20 |
| 28 | Wild and Clear and Blue | I'm With Her | 19 |
| 28 | Squirrels | Jubal Lee Young | 19 |
| 30 | One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey | Maria Muldaur | 18 |
| 30 | Crown of Roses | Patty Griffin | 18 |
| 30 | Callin' Me Back | Petunia & the Vipers | 18 |
| 30 | The Woods Have Shown Us | Ponyfolk | 18 |
| 30 | Seeds of Dreaming | Diyet and the Love Soldiers | 18 |
| 35 | Bones of Trees | Tim Grimm | 17 |
| 35 | Personal History | Mary Chapin Carpenter | 17 |
| 35 | Hard Headed Woman | Margo Price | 17 |
| 38 | Ghost of the Old West | George Mann and Mick Coates | 16 |
| 38 | Lost & Found Highway | Joselyn & Don | 16 |
| 38 | Lift Up the Old World | Hilary Hawke | 16 |
| 38 | Dark Ages | Eliza Gilkyson | 16 |
| 42 | Riding High in Texas | Asleep at the Wheel | 15 |
| 42 | The Way I Tell the Story | David Wilcox | 15 |
| 42 | American Romance | Lukas Nelson | 15 |
| 42 | Kerrville Covers | Janet Feld | 15 |
| 42 | Shadows of a Ghost Town | Meghan Clarisse | 15 |
| 47 | American Portraits | Marty Cooper | 14 |
| 47 | Airline Highway | Rodney Crowell | 14 |
| 47 | Arcadia | Alison Krauss and Union Station | 14 |
| 47 | The Way the West Was Won | Dallas Burrow | 14 |
| 47 | We're Only Human | Hayes Carll | 14 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Songs of the Month
| Rank | Song | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I've Always Been a Rambler | Molly Tuttle | 23 |
| 2 | No Kings Here | Tom Paxton | 18 |
| 3 | Love, Surround Me | Patty and Craig | 15 |
| 4 | Cuckoo | John McCutcheon | 14 |
| 4 | Me & Robbie Erenberg | Darryl Purpose | 14 |
| 6 | Louder Than Guns | Friction Farm | 13 |
| 7 | Hummingbird Highway | Dar Williams | 12 |
| 7 | 900 Miles | Tim O'Brien | 12 |
| 9 | Goodnight America | Kemp Harris | 11 |
| 9 | Bullfrogs | Rags Rosenberg | 11 |
| 11 | It Ain't Gonna Go Away (Ode to the Epstein Files) | Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer | 10 |
| 11 | Memory of August | Anne Hills | 10 |
| 11 | What You Gonna Do With the Baby | Old Crow Medicine Show | 10 |
| 11 | Returning to Myself | Brandi Carlile | 10 |
| 11 | The Last Bough | Kyle Carey | 10 |
| 11 | Tennessee Mountain Fox Chase | Cathy and Marcy's Old Time Coaltion | 10 |
| 17 | Open All the Doors and Windows | Billy Jonas | 9 |
| 17 | Don't Let Your Deal Go Down | Sparky and Rhonda Rucker | 9 |
| 17 | Oh, Little One | Jory Nash | 9 |
| 17 | House Carpenter | Jake Blount | 9 |
| 17 | At Our Best | Judy Kass | 9 |
| 17 | Dear Time | Alison Brown and Steve Martin | 9 |
| 17 | Wide Open Spaces | Connie Kaldor | 9 |
| 24 | Baling Hay | Elexa Dawson | 8 |
| 24 | Early Fields | Kate MacLeod | 8 |
| 24 | Millworker | Becky Buller | 8 |
| 24 | The Edge | Becki Davis | 8 |
| 24 | Something My Own | Tekla Waterfield & Jeff Fiedler | 8 |
| 24 | Rocky Road to Dinah's House | Becky Buller | 8 |
| 24 | Bridget O'Brien | Maggie's Wake | 8 |
| 24 | Feel What Our Hearts Feel | Darryl Purpose | 8 |
| 24 | Savannah Is a Devilish Girl | Robbie Fulks | 8 |
| 24 | American Dream | Friction Farm | 8 |
| 24 | This Car | Connie Kaldor | 8 |
| 24 | Bright Side of the Blues | Bryan Titus | 8 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Artists of the Month
| Rank | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connie Kaldor | 71 |
| 2 | Molly Tuttle | 57 |
| 3 | Friction Farm | 53 |
| 4 | Patty and Craig | 51 |
| 4 | Darryl Purpose | 51 |
| 6 | Becky Buller | 50 |
| 7 | Dar Williams | 49 |
| 8 | Tom Paxton | 48 |
| 9 | John McCutcheon | 44 |
| 10 | Rags Rosenberg | 43 |
| 11 | Becki Davis | 41 |
| 12 | Tekla Waterfield & Jeff Fiedler | 39 |
| 12 | Elexa Dawson | 39 |
| 14 | Kyle Carey | 38 |
| 15 | Woody Guthrie | 36 |
| 16 | Bruce Springsteen | 35 |
| 16 | Robbie Fulks | 35 |
| 18 | Carla Gover | 34 |
| 19 | Jane Fallon | 33 |
| 19 | John Prine | 33 |
| 21 | Christine Lavin | 31 |
| 22 | Jory Nash | 30 |
| 22 | Cheryl Wheeler | 30 |
| 24 | Rory Block | 29 |
| 25 | Eliza Gilkyson | 28 |
| 26 | Joni Mitchell | 27 |
| 26 | Shawn Camp | 27 |
| 28 | Tim O'Brien | 26 |
| 29 | Kemp Harris | 25 |
| 29 | Tim Grimm | 25 |
| 31 | Kate MacLeod | 24 |
| 31 | Mary Chapin Carpenter | 24 |
| 33 | Guy Clark | 23 |
| 33 | Pete Seeger | 23 |
| 33 | The Accidentals | 23 |
| 36 | Willie Nelson | 22 |
| 36 | Judy Kass | 22 |
| 36 | The Onlies | 22 |
| 39 | The Kennedys | 21 |
| 39 | Bill Monroe | 21 |
Folk DJs
| Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN) |
| Allen Larman (KPFK-FM & syndicated, CA) |
| Angela Page (WJFF-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 McWilliams (KANU-FM & KPR, KS) |
| Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM, MA) |
| Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia) |
| Bruce Swan (WSFM-FM, NC) |
| 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) |
| Darryl Purpose (KRFC-FM, CO) |
| 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) |
| James Sereda (WUSB-FM, NY) |
| Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA) |
| Jenny Flux (2bbb-FM, Australia) |
| 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) |
| Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA) |
| Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY) |
| Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK) |
| Kate McNally (NHPR, NH) |
| Katrina Knight (FolkMusicNotebook.com, WA) |
| Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA) |
| Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL) |
| Kevin Vance (KPFA-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 Sue Twohy (SiriusXM & syndicated, DC) |
| Menachem Vinegrad (Upper Galilee-FM, Israel) |
| Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY) |
| Michael Benson (WPKN-FM & WESU-FM, CT) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL) |
| Sue Kessell (WNUR-FM, IL) |
| 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) |