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Chart Section

FAI FOLK CHART FOR 2022

Compiled from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 163802 plays from 5501 playlists from 151 Folk DJs

FAI Folk Chart Top Albums of the Month

Rank Album Artist Plays
1 Tell 'Em You Were Gold Pharis and Jason Romero 491
2 The Light at the End of the Line Janis Ian 438
3 Songs From the River Wind Eliza Gilkyson 406
4 Last Days of Summer Lucy Kaplansky 349
5 DobroSinger Abbie Gardner 346
6 Leap! John McCutcheon 329
7 There's a Bright Side Somewhere Happy Traum 308
8 Gravity, Wings, and Heavy Things Chuck Brodsky 298
9 Second-Hand James Keelaghan 297
10 What Are They Doing in Heaven Today? Kathy Kallick & Friends / Dodi Kallick 296
11 Dark Enough to See the Stars Mary Gauthier 292
12 Backroads Johnsmith 290
13 Endless Grace Deidre McCalla 288
14 All New Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer 284
15 Crooked Tree Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway 281
15 The Coming of the Years Joe Jencks 281
17 Time Out Session #2 The Accidentals 253
18 Folk Hero House of Hamill 249
19 Still David LaMotte 248
20 Love Is the Only Thing Peter Mulvey and SistaStrings 247
21 Narrow Line Mama's Broke 242
22 Tucson Amy Speace 240
23 Hold Our Ground Tom Chapin 234
24 Long Haul John Wort Hannam 231
25 All Is Quiet Susan Cattaneo 220
26 Small Towns Stillhouse Junkies 218
27 Lilygild Hilary Hawke 214
28 All Those Days of Drinking Dust Tiffany Williams 213
29 12th of June Lyle Lovett 204
30 Raise the Roof Robert Plant and Alison Krauss 196
30 Apple and Setser Apple and Setser 196
32 I Can Face the Truth Dana Cooper 195
33 Of Hard Times and Harmony Windborne 193
33 Age of Apathy Aoife O'Donovan 193
33 20 Printemps Le Vent Du Nord 193
36 Dirt Does Dylan Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 190
37 The Way the River Goes Dan Weber 186
38 Bullet in the Cabin Wall Cheryl Cawood 185
38 Hurricane Clarice Allison De Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves 185
40 Flare Pat Wictor 178
41 Strings, Wings and Curious Things Sue Horowitz 176
42 Songs From the Beginning Greg Greenway 175
43 The New Faith Jake Blount 168
44 Lost Love Songs The Pine Hearts 166
45 Southern Currency Jefferson Ross 160
46 Renewal Billy Strings 159
46 Hell on Church Street Punch Brothers 159
48 8-String Sketches Mike Mullins 158
49 A Beautiful Time Willie Nelson 156
50 Horizon Line Dan Navarro 155
50 The Ties That Bind Us Adler and Hearne 155

FAI Folk Chart Top Songs of the Month

Rank Song Artist Plays
1 Souvenir Pharis and Jason Romero 108
2 I'm Still Standing Janis Ian 98
3 The Welcome Song Jan Aldridge Clark 84
4 Half the People Chuck Brodsky 77
5 Born in the City Abbie Gardner 76
6 Last Days of Summer Lucy Kaplansky 74
6 Better Times Will Come Janis Ian 74
6 12th of June Lyle Lovett 74
6 Woody Guthrie's Dream Tom Chapin 74
10 Eastern Standard Time The Accidentals 71
11 I Give You the Morning Buffalo Rose and Tom Paxton 68
11 Shoulder to the Wheel Deidre McCalla 68
11 If You Fall Amy Speace 68
14 It Takes Two Wings Chuck Brodsky 66
15 The Ride John McCutcheon 65
16 Ukrainian Now John McCutcheon 64
17 Cannot Change It All Pharis and Jason Romero 63
17 At the Foot of the Mountain Eliza Gilkyson 63
17 Put My Little Shoes Away Kathy Kallick 63
20 Walk On James Keelaghan 61
21 This Land Is Your Land Woody Guthrie 60
22 Crooked Tree Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway 59
22 All Those Days of Drinking Dust Tiffany Williams 59
24 Down the Mountain Abbie Gardner 58
25 Music for a Found Harmonium Patrick Street 57
25 Amsterdam Mary Gauthier 57
25 Dark Enough to See the Stars Mary Gauthier 57

FAI Folk Chart Top Artists of the Month

Rank Artist Plays
1 John McCutcheon 934
2 Bob Dylan 633
3 Eliza Gilkyson 606
4 Pharis and Jason Romero 591
5 Janis Ian 514
6 Lucy Kaplansky 500
7 Joe Jencks 426
8 Chuck Brodsky 410
9 Abbie Gardner 405
10 Pete Seeger 400
11 Mary Gauthier 393
12 Johnsmith 390
13 James Keelaghan 376
14 John Prine 374
15 Willie Nelson 365
16 Joni Mitchell 358
17 Nanci Griffith 355
18 Happy Traum 335
19 Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer 333
20 Deidre McCalla 312
21 Tom Chapin 305
22 Amy Speace 302
23 The Accidentals 301
24 Carrie Newcomer 290
25 Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway 286
26 Windborne 277
27 Billy Strings 275
27 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 275
27 Cheryl Wheeler 275
30 Lyle Lovett 265
31 David LaMotte 260
32 Cosy Sheridan 259
33 House of Hamill 256
34 Dar Williams 252
34 Joan Baez 252
34 Jake Blount 252
37 John Wort Hannam 251
38 Mama's Broke 250
39 Peter Mulvey and SistaStrings 248
40 Sam Bush 244

Folk DJs

Abby Parks (WLJS-FM, AL)
Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM & syndicated, CA)
Allen Mullen (KOCF-FM, OR)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM, NY)
Annie Keville (WVBR-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)
Brad Edmondson (WVBR-FM, NY)
Brenda & Roman Tacik (CJTR-FM, SK)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Bruce Swan (WSFM-FM, NC)
Bud Johnson (syndicated, AK)
Carl Newman (WFVR-FM, VT)
Caroline Doctorow (WPKN-FM, CT)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris Denerley (beyondradio.co.uk, UK)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Chris McGill (WSPN, NY)
Cindy Funk (WYSO-FM, OH)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Murphy (acousticoutpost.com, NH)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Darryl Purpose (KRFC-FM, CO)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM, GA)
Dave Hardy (djsleepy.com, MA)
David John (KEOS-FM, TX)
David Sears (WBGU-FM, OH)
Dennis & Judy Cook (WOBC-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)
Gary Crouth (WYEP-FM, PA)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Gordon Nash (Folk Music Notebook, NY)
Graham and Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Greg Priddy (WJCU-FM, OH)
Greg Torrington (Stingray Music, QB)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
James Sereda (WUSB-FM, NY)
Jan Hall (syndicated & folkrootsradio.com, ON)
Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA)
Jeanne Holton (WMNF-FM, FL)
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 Patterson (WXPI-FM, PA)
John Platt (WFUV, NY)
John Sillberg (CKOL-FM, ON)
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)
Kai Schafft (WVBR-FM, NY)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kate McNally (NHPR, NH)
Kelly Walker (WEOS-FM, NY)
Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA)
Ken Nagelberg (WHYR-FM, LA)
Ken Yavit (KBAC-FM, PA)
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 Katherine Aldin (KPFK-FM, CA)
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 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)
Ned Johnston (WERU-FM, ME)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Norm Williams (WDIY-FM, PA)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Hefti (live365.com, CA)
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)
Rachel Goodman (KSQD-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)
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