Chart Section
FAI FOLK CHART FOR 2025
Compiled from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 129528 plays from 4290 playlists from 122 Folk DJs
FAI Folk Chart Top Albums of the Year
| Rank | Album | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bones of Trees | Tim Grimm | 386 |
| 2 | Field of Stars | John McCutcheon | 344 |
| 3 | The Wind Will Change Again | The Twangtown Paramours | 289 |
| 4 | Arcadia | Alison Krauss and Union Station | 259 |
| 5 | Wild and Clear and Blue | I'm With Her | 253 |
| 6 | Alice Howe and Freebo (Live) | Alice Howe and Freebo | 242 |
| 7 | Gold and Coal | Cassie and Maggie | 241 |
| 8 | Reclamation | Crys Matthews | 229 |
| 9 | All I Got and Gone | Chris Walz | 227 |
| 10 | So Much I Still Don't See | Sam Robbins | 222 |
| 11 | The Lucy Story: Unreleased & Rare Tracks 1976-2023 | Lucy Kaplansky | 215 |
| 11 | Dark Ages | Eliza Gilkyson | 215 |
| 13 | Maybe New Mexico | Helene Cronin | 214 |
| 14 | Long Journey Home: A Century After the 1925 Mountain City Fiddlers Convention | Various Artists | 209 |
| 15 | Unentitled | John Gorka | 201 |
| 16 | Best Of | Steve Gillette | 198 |
| 17 | Time Out 3 | The Accidentals | 197 |
| 18 | A Tip Toe High Wire | Sierra Hull | 193 |
| 19 | Safe, Sensible and Sane | Alison Brown and Steve Martin | 187 |
| 20 | Personal History | Mary Chapin Carpenter | 181 |
| 21 | In the West | The Horsenecks | 167 |
| 21 | The Shape of a Sway | Eli West | 167 |
| 23 | Kentucky Queen | Carla Gover | 160 |
| 24 | Burnished | Amelia Hogan | 159 |
| 25 | Porcelain Angel | Rees Shad | 152 |
| 26 | Remains to Be Scene | The Seldom Scene | 147 |
| 26 | Wide Open Spaces | Connie Kaldor | 147 |
| 26 | It Matters | C. Daniel Boling featuring Tom Paxton | 147 |
| 29 | You Climb the Mountain | The Onlies | 145 |
| 30 | The Woods Have Shown Us | Ponyfolk | 142 |
| 31 | Gold in Your Pocket | Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms | 140 |
| 32 | Oh What a Beautiful World | Willie Nelson | 138 |
| 33 | Connected | Darryl Purpose | 137 |
| 33 | Beautiful You: The Songs of Tom Prasada-Rao | Tom Prasada-Rao | 137 |
| 33 | Foxes in the Snow | Jason Isbell | 137 |
| 36 | Some Kind of Truth | Kora Feder | 134 |
| 36 | The America Chronicles | Kemp Harris | 134 |
| 38 | Look to the Moon | Patty and Craig | 132 |
| 39 | Drum School Dropout | Christine Lavin | 129 |
| 40 | The Agonist | Leslie Jordan | 125 |
| 41 | Shelter From the Storms | Lennie Gallant | 123 |
| 42 | Suzy Sings Siebel Volume One | Suzy Thompson | 119 |
| 42 | Together on a Rock | The Pairs | 119 |
| 44 | What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow | Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson | 118 |
| 45 | Looking for the Thread | Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis, Karine Polwart | 117 |
| 46 | Bones of Better Days | The Whispering Tree | 116 |
| 47 | Rituals | Watchhouse | 114 |
| 48 | Hummingbird Highway | Dar Williams | 113 |
| 48 | Beneath Your Skin | Kim Beggs | 113 |
| 50 | From Here to the Sea | Meredith Moon | 112 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Songs of the Year
| Rank | Song | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Broken Truth | Tim Grimm | 107 |
| 2 | No Kings in America | Lisa Bastoni | 56 |
| 3 | Ancient Light | I'm With Her | 53 |
| 4 | Field of Stars | John McCutcheon | 52 |
| 4 | Looks Like the End of the Road | Alison Krauss and Union Station | 52 |
| 6 | Find My Way to You | I'm With Her | 51 |
| 7 | Ain't That the Way | Rees Shad | 49 |
| 8 | Grapes on the Vine | Steve Gillette | 48 |
| 8 | Maybe New Mexico | Helene Cronin | 48 |
| 8 | Dark Night of the Soul | Eliza Gilkyson | 48 |
| 11 | Woody's Landlord Revisited | Tim Grimm | 47 |
| 12 | I've Always Been a Rambler | Molly Tuttle | 45 |
| 13 | Richmond on the James | Alison Krauss and Union Station | 44 |
| 14 | No Kings Here | Tom Paxton | 43 |
| 14 | In the West | The Horsenecks | 43 |
| 16 | The Victim Tree | John Flynn | 42 |
| 16 | Wild and Clear and Blue | I'm With Her | 42 |
| 16 | Sommer | Ponyfolk | 42 |
| 19 | Which Side Are You On? | Artists for Action | 41 |
| 19 | Times Like These | Eliza Gilkyson | 41 |
| 21 | Old Friends | The Twangtown Paramours | 40 |
| 21 | Bow Down | Cassie and Maggie | 40 |
| 21 | The Best Summer | Christine Lavin | 40 |
| 24 | Piles of Sand | Sam Robbins | 39 |
| 25 | 5 Days Out, 2 Days Back | Alison Brown and Steve Martin | 38 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Artists of the Year
| Rank | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John McCutcheon | 621 |
| 2 | Tim Grimm | 504 |
| 3 | Bob Dylan | 496 |
| 4 | Eliza Gilkyson | 404 |
| 5 | Willie Nelson | 398 |
| 6 | John Gorka | 355 |
| 7 | Pete Seeger | 334 |
| 8 | The Twangtown Paramours | 326 |
| 9 | Alison Krauss and Union Station | 324 |
| 10 | Lucy Kaplansky | 308 |
| 11 | Crys Matthews | 306 |
| 12 | Mary Chapin Carpenter | 303 |
| 13 | John Prine | 302 |
| 14 | I'm With Her | 288 |
| 15 | Cassie and Maggie | 267 |
| 16 | Nanci Griffith | 260 |
| 17 | Joni Mitchell | 253 |
| 18 | Alice Howe and Freebo | 242 |
| 19 | Cosy Sheridan | 238 |
| 20 | Dar Williams | 235 |
| 21 | Helene Cronin | 234 |
| 22 | Alison Brown and Steve Martin | 233 |
| 22 | Sam Robbins | 233 |
| 24 | Chris Walz | 228 |
| 25 | Tom Paxton | 227 |
| 26 | Sierra Hull | 226 |
| 27 | Guy Clark | 223 |
| 28 | Joan Baez | 220 |
| 29 | Steve Gillette | 218 |
| 30 | The Accidentals | 216 |
| 31 | Becky Buller | 214 |
| 32 | Connie Kaldor | 211 |
| 33 | Molly Tuttle | 206 |
| 34 | Christine Lavin | 204 |
| 35 | Woody Guthrie | 200 |
| 36 | Tom Prasada-Rao | 198 |
| 37 | The Seldom Scene | 191 |
| 38 | Amy Speace | 188 |
| 39 | David Mallett | 187 |
| 40 | Darryl Purpose | 184 |
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) |
| Art Podell (KPFK-FM, CA) |
| Arthur Berman (CiTR-FM, BC) |
| 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 McWilliams (KANU-FM & KPR, KS) |
| Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM, MA) |
| Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia) |
| Bruce Swan (WSFM-FM, NC) |
| Bud Johnson (syndicated, AK) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Jeanne Holton (WMNF-FM, FL) |
| 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) |
| Justin Helmer (KVSC, MN) |
| Kai Schafft (WVBR-FM, NY) |
| Karen Leyse (KDRT-FM, CA) |
| Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK) |
| Kate McNally (NHPR, NH) |
| Katrina Knight (FolkMusicNotebook.com, WA) |
| 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) |
| Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Tim Forsman (WMHB-FM, ME) |
| 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) |