Chart Section
FAI FOLK CHART FOR September 2022
Compiled from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 12673 plays from 433 playlists from 119 Folk DJs
FAI Folk Chart Top Albums of the Month
| Rank | Album | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leap! | John McCutcheon | 160 |
| 2 | Second Hand | James Keelaghan | 129 |
| 3 | Hold Our Ground | Tom Chapin | 111 |
| 4 | Small Towns | Stillhouse Junkies | 100 |
| 5 | The Coming of the Years | Joe Jencks | 82 |
| 6 | Love Lies 'N' Leaving | Helen Townsend | 67 |
| 7 | There's a Bright Side Somewhere | Happy Traum | 64 |
| 8 | Love Is the Only Thing | Peter Mulvey and SistaStrings | 50 |
| 8 | Apple and Setser | Apple and Setser | 50 |
| 10 | Last Days of Summer | Lucy Kaplansky | 49 |
| 10 | Hope Road: From Addiction to Recovery | John Dillon | 49 |
| 12 | Still | David LaMotte | 45 |
| 13 | Of Hard Times and Harmony | Windborne | 44 |
| 14 | Lifetime Achievement | Loudon Wainwright III | 39 |
| 15 | Two Good Hands | Darryl Purpose | 36 |
| 16 | All Those Days of Drinking Dust | Tiffany Williams | 34 |
| 17 | Stolen Time | Abigail Lapell | 33 |
| 17 | The Ties That Bind Us | Adler and Hearne | 33 |
| 19 | I Draw Slow | I Draw Slow | 32 |
| 20 | Tell 'Em You Were Gold | Pharis and Jason Romero | 31 |
| 21 | I'm Going Home | Nick Hutson | 30 |
| 22 | Cover to Cover | The Brother Brothers | 29 |
| 22 | Vol. II | Watkins Family Hour | 29 |
| 22 | Wind Rose | Jocelyn Pettit | 29 |
| 22 | Dark Enough to See the Stars | Mary Gauthier | 29 |
| 26 | Hello Old Friend | Paul Colombino | 28 |
| 27 | Folk Now: Songs for These Times September 2022 | Various Artists | 27 |
| 27 | All New | Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer Tom Paxton | 27 |
| 29 | Horizon Line | Dan Navarro | 26 |
| 30 | Try Love | Julie Gold | 25 |
| 30 | Cottonwood | Megan Bee | 25 |
| 30 | The Boat You Row | Atwater | 25 |
| 33 | Back on the Road to You | Freedy Johnston | 24 |
| 34 | Reimagining | Claudia Schmidt | 22 |
| 34 | A House With Blue Siding | Riley Cotton | 22 |
| 36 | Endless Grace | Deidre McCalla | 21 |
| 37 | The Legacy of John and Francis Reedy | John and Frances Reedy | 20 |
| 37 | Hold On | Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen | 20 |
| 39 | From Where I Stand | Wyatt Easterling | 19 |
| 39 | Peculiar, Missouri | Willi Carlisle | 19 |
| 39 | Blanket | Terry Kitchen | 19 |
| 42 | Broken Love Songs | Aimee Van Dyne | 18 |
| 42 | Whispers From the Woods | Gordon Thomas Ward | 18 |
| 44 | Gravity, Wings, and Heavy Things | Chuck Brodsky | 17 |
| 45 | Another End of a Year | Connor Garvey | 16 |
| 45 | Driving Home | Cheryl Wheeler | 16 |
| 45 | Solitary Diamond | Laura Orshaw | 16 |
| 45 | Something Borrowed, Something New: A Tribute to John Anderson | Various Artists | 16 |
| 45 | Ghosts and Memories | Mike P. Ryan | 16 |
| 45 | We Are Mighty: Sustenance for the Struggle | Fred Arcoleo | 16 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Songs of the Month
| Rank | Song | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September Me | David LaMotte | 27 |
| 1 | Walk On | James Keelaghan | 27 |
| 3 | The Ride | John McCutcheon | 26 |
| 3 | Second Hand | James Keelaghan | 26 |
| 3 | Too Many Churches | Sofia Talvik | 26 |
| 6 | It's Hard to Love September | Julie Gold | 25 |
| 7 | Devils Curse | Helen Townsend | 23 |
| 8 | Listen Close | Tom Chapin | 22 |
| 9 | Hold Our Ground Forever | Tom Chapin | 21 |
| 10 | Gathering Storm | James Keelaghan | 20 |
| 10 | Woody Guthrie's Dream | Tom Chapin | 20 |
| 12 | Last Days of Summer | Lucy Kaplansky | 19 |
| 13 | Louder Than Guns | Friction Farm | 18 |
| 13 | Song of Crows | Darryl Purpose | 18 |
| 15 | The Mighty | Fred Arcoleo | 16 |
| 15 | Never Going Back Again | Stillhouse Junkies | 16 |
| 17 | The Troubles | John McCutcheon | 15 |
| 17 | Baseball in My Blood | Erik Balkey | 15 |
| 17 | Where Are You Now | Helen Townsend | 15 |
| 17 | Before the Morning Sun | James Keelaghan | 15 |
| 17 | If You Were Real | Helen Townsend | 15 |
| 22 | Work | John McCutcheon | 14 |
| 22 | Uvalde | Bob Andrews | 14 |
| 22 | Autoharpaholic | Tom Chapin | 14 |
| 25 | Colorado Bound | Stillhouse Junkies | 13 |
| 25 | There's a Bright Side Somewhere | Happy Traum | 13 |
| 25 | Black September (Munich '72) | Max Ferguson | 13 |
| 25 | Liberty | Sarah Cade | 13 |
| 25 | Millworker | Becky Buller | 13 |
| 25 | When Fall Comes to New England | Cheryl Wheeler | 13 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Artists of the Month
| Rank | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John McCutcheon | 186 |
| 2 | James Keelaghan | 142 |
| 3 | Tom Chapin | 115 |
| 4 | Joe Jencks | 104 |
| 5 | Stillhouse Junkies | 100 |
| 6 | Lucy Kaplansky | 68 |
| 7 | Helen Townsend | 67 |
| 8 | Happy Traum | 66 |
| 9 | Bob Dylan | 53 |
| 10 | Apple and Setser | 50 |
| 10 | Windborne | 50 |
| 10 | Peter Mulvey and SistaStrings | 50 |
| 13 | John Dillon | 49 |
| 14 | David LaMotte | 46 |
| 15 | Loudon Wainwright III | 45 |
| 16 | Darryl Purpose | 39 |
| 17 | Pharis and Jason Romero | 36 |
| 18 | Tiffany Williams | 34 |
| 19 | Abigail Lapell | 33 |
| 19 | John Prine | 33 |
| 19 | Cheryl Wheeler | 33 |
| 19 | Adler and Hearne | 33 |
| 19 | Mary Gauthier | 33 |
| 24 | Watkins Family Hour | 32 |
| 24 | I Draw Slow | 32 |
| 26 | Julie Gold | 30 |
| 26 | Tom Paxton | 30 |
| 26 | The Brother Brothers | 30 |
| 26 | Nick Hutson | 30 |
| 26 | The Seekers | 30 |
| 31 | Sofia Talvik | 29 |
| 31 | Bruce Springsteen | 29 |
| 31 | Jocelyn Pettit | 29 |
| 34 | Paul Colombino | 28 |
| 34 | Pete Seeger | 28 |
| 34 | Claudia Schmidt | 28 |
| 37 | Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer Tom Paxton | 27 |
| 38 | Dan Navarro | 26 |
| 38 | Atwater | 26 |
| 38 | Nanci Griffith | 26 |
Folk DJs
| Abby Parks (WLJS-FM, AL) |
| Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN) |
| Allen Larman (KPFK-FM & syndicated, CA) |
| Angela Page (WJFF-FM, NY) |
| Art Menius (WCOM-FM, NC) |
| Art Podell (KPFK-FM, CA) |
| 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) |
| Bruce Swan (WRFR-FM, ME) |
| Carl Newman (WFVR-FM, VT) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Ellen Stanley (KFAI-FM, MN) |
| 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) |
| Jeff Zolitor (KZYX-FM & KNYO-FM, CA) |
| 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) |
| Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA) |
| Jon 'Chip' Colcord (syndicated, NH) |
| Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY) |
| Juergen Kramer (ZuSa, Germany) |
| Justin Helmer (KVSC, MN) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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 Hefti (live365.com, CA) |
| Paul Stamler (KDHX-FM, MO) |
| 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) |
| Shawna Stratton (KRFC, CO) |
| 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) |
| 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) |