{"id":13562,"date":"2025-10-07T13:23:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T17:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acousticmusicscene.com\/?p=13562"},"modified":"2025-10-08T10:11:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T14:11:05","slug":"fai-folk-radio-charts-september-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acousticmusicscene.com\/2025\/10\/07\/fai-folk-radio-charts-september-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"FAI Folk Radio Charts – September 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Long Journey Home: A Century After the 1925 Mountain City Fiddlers Convention<\/em> by various artists was the top album on folk radio during September 2025, while Molly Tuttle\u2019s rendition of \u201cI\u2019ve Always Been a Rambler\u201d from the album was the month\u2019s top song. Canadian singer-songwriter Connie Kaldor was the most played artist in September. So say charts compiled by Folk Alliance International based on radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an electronic discussion group for DJs and others interested in folk-based music on the radio.<\/p>\n

A 17-song tribute compilation, Long Journey Home: A Century After the 1925 Mountain City Fiddlers Convention<\/strong><\/em> celebrates the centenary of the iconic gathering of nearly 100 musicians in rural Mountain City, Tennessee. Produced by John McCutcheon (who also sings and plays banjo and fretless banjo on it), the album on Appalsongs showcases old-time fiddling and old time music with a number of today\u2019s most celebrated old-time and bluegrass artists performing their own renditions of ballads, reels and tunes that have stood the test of time. Featured artists, in addition to McCutcheon and Tuttle, include Jake Blount, Old Crow Medicine Show, Tim O\u2019Brien, Sparky & Rhonda Rucker, Becky Buller, Trey Wellington & Victor Furtado, Stuart Duncan, Cathy & Marcy\u2019s Old Time Coalition, Kody Norris Show, Earl White Stringband, and Bruce Molsky.<\/p>\n

Molly Tuttle<\/strong>, who is joined by Ketch Secor (who fronts and co-founded Old Crow Medicine Show) on \u201cI\u2019ve Always Been a Rambler,\u201d is an acclaimed guitarist known for her prowess at flatpicking and cross-picking, as well as a singer- songwriter and banjo player. At age 24, she became the first woman to win the International Bluegrass Music Association\u2019s Guitar Player of the Year Award in 2017 and did so again the following year when the Americana Music Association also named her Instrumentalist of the Year. Tuttle has been the recipient of two Grammy Awards for Best Bluegrass Album for Crooked Tree<\/em> and City of Gold<\/em> in 2023 and 2024, respectively. Crooked Tree<\/em> also was named Album of the Year in the International Bluegrass Music Awards, while its title track was feted as Song of the Year and she was named Female Vocalist of the Year. City of Gold, also recorded with her band Golden Highway, also was named Album of the Year during the 2023 International Folk Music Awards presented by Folk Alliance International.<\/p>\n

Connie Kaldor<\/strong> is a three-time Juno Award-winning singer songwriter who has been writing and performing her songs for more than 45 years and has recorded 19 albums. Her new release, Wide Open Space, was the #2 album on the FAI Folk Chart in September. A member of the Order of Canada and a Queen\u2019s Golden Jubilee Award recipient, she also received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Woodstock Folk Festival in Woodstock, Illinois earlier this year. Kaldor is based in Montreal and tours extensively. She is frequently joined in concert by her husband Paul Campagne and sons Aleksi and Gabriel Campagne. She will be among the official showcase artists during the Northeast Regional folk Alliance (NERFA) Conference in Albany, NY in November.<\/p>\n

The September 2025 top albums, songs and artists charts are based on 10, 565 airplays reported on 347 playlists submitted by 93 different folk DJs. The number of reported spins is shown below in parentheses.<\/p>\n

Folk Alliance International (folk.org<\/a>) is a nonprofit organization that aims to serve, strengthen, and engage the global folk music community through preservation, presentation and promotion.<\/p>\n

Top Albums of September 2025\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

1.Long Journey Home: A Century After the 1925 Mountain City Fiddlers<\/em>
\nConvention<\/em> by Various Artists (131)<\/p>\n

2. Wide Open Spaces<\/em> by Connie Kaldor (71)<\/p>\n

3. Look to the Moon<\/em> by Patty and Craig (51)
\n3. Stone by Stone<\/em> by Friction Farm (51)
\n5. Connected<\/em> by Darryl Purpose (48)
\n6. Song of the Bricoleur<\/em> by Rags Rosenberg (42)
\n7. Lost & Found<\/em> by Becki Davis (40)
\n8. Mother Mind<\/em> by Tekla Waterfield & Jeff Fiedler (39)
\n9. Hummingbird Highway<\/em> by Dar Williams (38)
\n9. Stay Put by Elexa Dawson (38)
\n9. The Last Bough<\/em> by Kyle Carey (38)
\n12. Kentucky Queen<\/em> by Carla Gover (34)
\n12. Songs That Sing Me<\/em> by Becky Buller (34)
\n12. Now Then<\/em> by Robbie Fulks (34)
\n15. Sweet Resilence<\/em> by Jane Fallon (32)
\n16. So Long Little Miss Sunshine<\/em> by Molly Tuttle (30)
\n17. Heavy on the Blues<\/em> by Rory Block (29)
\n18. The Light Still Shines on the Main<\/em> by Jory Nash (28)
\n19. The Ghost of Sis Draper<\/em> by Shawn Camp (27)
\n20. The America Chronicles<\/em> by Kemp Harris (25)
\n21. Drum School Dropout<\/em> by Christine Lavin (24)
\n22. Time Out #3<\/em> by The Accidentals (23)
\n23. New Skin<\/em> by Judy Kass (22)
\n23. NERFA Songwriters, Vol. 1<\/em> by Various Artists (22)
\n25. Perennial<\/em> by Kate MacLeod (21)
\n25. You Climb the Mountain<\/em> by The Onlies (21)
\n27. Bridging Divides<\/em> by Billy Jonas (20)
\n28. Wild and Clear and Blue<\/em> by I’m With Her (19)
\n28. Squirrels<\/em> by Jubal Lee Young (19)
\n30. One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey<\/em> by Maria Muldaur (18)
\n30. Crown of Rose<\/em> by Patty Griffin (18)
\n30. Callin’ Me Back<\/em> by Petunia & the Vipers (18)
\n30. The Woods Have Shown Us<\/em> by Ponyfolk (18)
\n30. Seeds of Dreaming<\/em> by Diyet and the Love Soldiers (18)
\n35. Bones of Trees<\/em> by Tim Grimm (17)
\n35. Personal History<\/em> by Mary Chapin Carpenter (17)
\n35. Hard Headed Woman<\/em> by Margo Price (17)
\n38. Ghost of the Old Wes<\/em>t by George Mann and Mick Coates (16)<\/p>\n

38. Lost & Found Highway<\/em> by Joselyn & Don (16)
\n38. Lift Up the Old World<\/em> by Hilary Hawke (16)
\n38. Dark Ages<\/em> by Eliza Gilkyson (16)
\n42. Riding High<\/em> in Texas by Asleep at the Wheel (15)
\n42. The Way I Tell the Story<\/em> by David Wilcox (15)
\n42. American Romance<\/em> by Lukas Nelson (15)
\n42. Kerrville Covers<\/em> by Janet Feld (15)
\n42. Shadows of a Ghost Town<\/em> by Meghan Clarisse (15)
\n47. American Portraits<\/em> by Marty Cooper (14)
\n47. Airline Highway<\/em> by Rodney Crowell (14)
\n47. Arcadia<\/em> by Alison Krauss and Union Station (14)
\n47. The Way the West Was Won<\/em> by Dallas Burrow (14)
\n47. We’re Only Human<\/em> by Hayes Carll (14)<\/p>\n

Top Songs of September 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. “I’ve Always Been a Rambler” by Molly Tuttle (23)
\n2. “No Kings Here” by Tom Paxton (18)
\n3. “Love, Surround Me” by Patty and Craig (15)
\n4. “Cuckoo” by John McCutcheon (14)
\n4. “Me & Robbie Erenberg” by Darryl Purpose (14)
\n6. “Louder Than Guns” by Friction Farm (13)
\n7. “Hummingbird Highway” by Dar Williams (12)
\n7. “900 Miles” by Tim O’Brien (12)
\n9. “Goodnight America” by Kemp Harris (11)
\n9. “Bullfrogs” by Rags Rosenberg (11)
\n11. “It Ain’t Gonna Go Away (Ode to the Epstein Files)” by Cathy Fink
\n& Marcy Marxer (10)
\n11. “Memory of August” by Anne Hills (10)
\n11. “What You Gonna Do With the Baby” by Old Crow Medicine Show (10)
\n11. “Returning to Myself” by Brandi Carlile (10)
\n11. “The Last Bough” by Kyle Carey (10)
\n11. “Tennessee Mountain Fox Chase” by Cathy and Marcy’s Old Time Coaltion (10)
\n17. “Open All the Doors and Windows” by Billy Jonas (9)
\n17. “Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down” by Sparky and Rhonda Rucker (9)
\n17. “Oh, Little One” by Jory Nash (9)
\n17. “House Carpenter” by Jake Blount (9)
\n17. “At Our Best” by Judy Kass (9)
\n17. “Dear Time” by Alison Brown and Steve Martin (9)
\n17. “Wide Open Spaces” by Connie Kaldor (9)
\n24. “Baling Hay” by Elexa Dawson (8)
\n24. “Early Fields” by Kate MacLeod (8)
\n24. “Millworker” by Becky Buller (8)
\n24. “The Edge” by Becki Davis (8)
\n24. “Something My Own” by Tekla Waterfield & Jeff Fiedler (8)
\n24. “Rocky Road to Dinah’s House” by Becky Buller (8)
\n24. “Bridget O’Brien” by Maggie’s Wake (8)
\n24. “Feel What Our Hearts Feel” by Darryl Purpose (8)
\n24. “Savannah Is a Devilish Girl” by Robbie Fulks (8)
\n24. “American Dream” by Friction Farm (8)
\n24. “This Car” by Connie Kaldor (8)
\n24. “Bright Side of the Blues” by Bryan Titus (8)<\/p>\n

Top Artists of September 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Connie Kaldor (71)
\n2. Molly Tuttle (57)
\n3. Friction Farm (53)
\n4. Patty and Craig (51)
\n4. Darryl Purpose (51)
\n6. Becky Buller (50)
\n7. Dar Williams (49)
\n8. Tom Paxton (48)
\n9. John McCutcheon (44)
\n10. Rags Rosenberg (43)
\n11. Becki Davis (41)
\n12. Tekla Waterfield & Jeff Fiedler (39)
\n12. Elexa Dawson (39)
\n14. Kyle Carey (38)
\n15. Woody Guthrie (36)
\n16. Bruce Springsteen (35)
\n16. Robbie Fulks (35)
\n18. Carla Gover (34)
\n19. Jane Fallon (33)
\n19. John Prine (33)
\n21. Christine Lavin (31)
\n22. Jory Nash (30)
\n22. Cheryl Wheeler (30)
\n24. Rory Block (29)
\n25. Eliza Gilkyson (28)
\n26. Joni Mitchell (27)
\n26. Shawn Camp (27)
\n28. Tim O’Brien (26)
\n29. Kemp Harris (25)
\n29. Tim Grimm (25)
\n31. Kate MacLeod (24)
\n31. Mary Chapin Carpenter (24)
\n33. Guy Clark (23)
\n33. Pete Seeger (23)
\n33. The Accidentals (23)
\n36. Willie Nelson (22)
\n36. Judy Kass (22)
\n36. The Onlies (22)
\n39. The Kennedys (21)
\n39. Bill Monroe (21)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Long Journey Home: A Century After the 1925 Mountain City Fiddlers Convention by various artists was the top album on folk radio during September 2025, while Molly Tuttle\u2019s rendition of \u201cI\u2019ve Always Been a Rambler\u201d from the album was the month\u2019s top song. Canadian singer-songwriter Connie Kaldor was the most played artist in September. So say charts compiled by Folk Alliance International based on radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an electronic discussion group for DJs and others interested in folk-based music on the radio.<\/p>\n

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