Southern Indiana-based singer-songwriter Tim Grimm and the Family Band had both the most-played album (A Stranger In This Time) and song (“Gonna Be Great”) on folk radio during March 2017. So say charts compiled by Richard Gillmann from radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an electronic discussion group for DJs and others interested in all folk-based music on the radio.

The March 2017 FOLKDJ-L charts are based on 14,796 airplays from 140 different DJs. Label and release date appear in brackets below, while the number of reported spins is shown in parentheses. The charts are posted on AcousticMusicScene.com, with permission.

Top Albums of March 2017

419CNWC9OEL._SS5001: A Stranger In This Time, Tim Grimm And The Family Band [Vault, new] (134)
2: This Is Absolutely Real, Pat Wictor [RiskyDisc, new] (82)
3: Small Brown Birds, Zoe Mulford [Azalea City, 1/17] (74)
4: Where The River Meets The Road, Tim O’Brien [Howdy Skies, new] (70)
5: Divining Rod, Wyatt Easterling [Phoenix Rising, new] (68)
6: Freedom Highway, Rhiannon Giddens [Nonesuch, 2/17] (57)
7: Further Down The Line, Scott Cook [scottcook.net, new] (55)
8: Coming Down The Mountain, Mipso [mipsomusic.com, new] (53)
8: Tennessee Moon, Ray Cardwell [Pinecastle, 1/17] (53)
10: Chasing The Ghost, Lydia Sylvia Martin [Dryad, 2014] (51)
11: Tunes From David Holt’s State Of Music 2, Various Artists [High Windy, new] (50)
12: Trolling For Dreams, John McCutcheon [Appalsongs, 1/17] (49)
12: Windy City, Alison Krauss [Capitol, 2/17] (49)
14: From Where I Started, Sera Cahoone [Lady Muleskinner, new] (46)
15: Workin’s Too Hard, Rayna Gellert [StorySound, 1/17] (43)
16: Every Soul Grows To The Light, Jenny Bienemann [jennybienemann.com, new] (39)
16: No Ordinary Love, Julie Snow [juliesnowsongs.com, 11/16] (39)
18: Before I Go, Ordinary Elephant [Berkalin, 1/17] (37)
19: No Rain, No Rose, John Craigie [johncraigiemusic.com, 1/17] (36)
19: Shake Me Now, Quiles And Cloud [Compass, new] (36)
19: This Much Is True, Byrd And Street [byrdandstreet.com, new] (36)
19: Universal Favorite, Noam Pikelny [Rounder, 3/17] (36)
23: Sonny And Brownie’s Last Train, Guy Davis And Fabrizio Poggi [M. C., new] (35)
24: Brighter In The Dark, Mouths Of Babes [Wild Awake, new] (33)
24: Close Ties, Rodney Crowell [New West, 3/17] (33)
24: Get Up And Do Right, Cathy Fink And Marcy Marxer [Community, 2/17] (33)
24: Ironbark, The Waifs [Compass, new] (33)
28: Mount Royal, Julian Lage And Chris Eldridge [Free Dirt, 2/17] (32)
29: Brooks’ Blues, Brooks Williams [Red Guitar Blue, 2016] (30)
29: Reach For The Stars, Elaine Mahon [Gatorbone, 2/17] (30)
32: Boat In The Water, Tom Paxton [Pax, 2/17] (29)
33: For Better, Or Worse, John Prine [Oh Boy, 9/16] (28)
33: The Penny Collector, Carrie Elkin [Self, new] (28)
33: The Swift House, Ken And Brad Kolodner [Fenchurch, 1/17] (28)
36: Jayme Stone’s Folklife, Jayme Stone [Borealis, new] (26)
36: Tightrope, Mike Laureanno [Self, new] (26)
38: Dance Across The Sky (EP), Kipyn Martin [Self, new] (25)
38: Undercurrent, Sarah Jarosz [Sugar Hill, 6/16] (25)
40: Are You Listening?, Peter Mulvey [Righteous Babe, new] (24)
40: While We’re Here, Catie Curtis [Magenta, 2/17] (24)
40: Yearbook, Ryanhood [Self, new] (24)
43: Joy Comes Back, Ruthie Foster [Blue Corn, new] (23)
43: Waves, Jennifer Cutting’s Ocean Orchestra [Sunsign, 1/17] (23)
45: Cider House Sessions, Tony Furtado [Self, new] (22)
45: Natural Conclusion, Rose Cousins [Old Farm Pony, 2/17] (22)
45: Through These Waves, Bill Scorzari [Self, new] (22)
45: The Willow Collection, Cassie And Maggie [cassieandmaggie.com, 11/16] (22)
49: Passing Trains, Annie Moscow [11 Blocks, 1/17] (21)
49: Songswarm, Vol. 1, Various Artists [Puff Bunny, 10/16] (21)
49: Souvenir, Drew Holcomb And The Neighbors [Magnolia, new] (21)
52: Solidarity, Bill And Joel Plaskett [Pheromone, 2/17] (20)
53: Everything, Darden Smith [Compass, new] (19)
53: Going Home, Joe Newberry And April Verch [Slab Town, new] (19)
53: The K.O.A. Tapes (Vol. 1), Kate Campbell [Large River, 1/16] (19)
53: Looking Back: Our American Irish Souls, The Burns Sisters [Sisters, 2015] (19)
53: The Order Of Time, Valerie June [Concord, new] (19)
53: Passing It On, All-She-Wrote [all-she-wrote.com, 2/17] (19)
53: The Producer’s Choice, Battlefield Band [Temple, 2/17] (19)
53: Sixty, Julie Gold [juliegold.com, 11/16] (19)
53: Tanglewood Tree (single), Gathering Time [Treble-G, new] (19)
62: Stove Up, Danny Barnes [Wendell World, 11/16] (18)
62: Far Away, Long Ago, Jack Williams [Wind River, 12/16] (18)
62: Highway Queen, Nikki Lane [New West, 2/17] (18)
62: In The Ground, The Gibson Brothers [Rounder, 2/17] (18)
62: Kings And Kings, Blackie And The Rodeo Kings [Self, 10/16] (18)
67: The April Verch Anthology, April Verch [Slab Town, 2/17] (17)
67: Big Things And Little Things, Truckstop Honeymoon [Squirrel, 1/17] (17)
67: Boots No. 1: The Official Revival Bootleg, Gillian Welch [Acony, 11/16] (17)
67: Loving Light, Lee Murdock [Depot, 11/16] (17)
67: Other Love Songs, Front Country [Organic, new] (17)
67: Way Out West, Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives [Superlatone, new] (17)

Top Songs of March 2017

1. “Gonna Be Great” (28)
by Tim Grimm And The Family Band
from A Stranger In This Time
2. “These Rollin’ Hills” (23)
by Tim Grimm And The Family Band
from A Stranger In This Time
3. “Tanglewood Tree” (22)
by Gathering Time
from Tanglewood Tree (single)
4. “Gentle On My Mind” (20)
by Alison Krauss
from Windy City
4. “Stumbling Towards The Light” (20)
by Wyatt Easterling
from Divining Rod
6. “Knock On The Door” (18)
by Pat Wictor
from This Is Absolutely Real
7. “Further Down The Line” (17)
by Scott Cook
from Further Down The Line
7. “There But For Fortune” (17)
by Pat Wictor
from This Is Absolutely Real
9. “13 Years” (16)
by Tim Grimm And The Family Band
from A Stranger In This Time
9. “Coming Down The Mountain” (16)
by Mipso
from Coming Down The Mountain
9. “Lincoln Park” (16)
by Pat Wictor
from This Is Absolutely Real
12. “Shake Sugaree” (15)
by Rhiannon Giddens, Dirk Powell, Jason Sypher
from Tunes From David Holt’s State Of Music 2
also Tomorrow Is My Turn
13. “Finding Home” (14)
by Tim Grimm And The Family Band
from A Stranger In This Time
14. “Shine A Light On Washington” (13)
by Mike Laureanno
from Tightrope
14. “Tide” (13)
by Rachael Sage
from The Tide (EP)
16. “Always Turn Around” (12)
by Sera Cahoone
from From Where I Started
16. “American Dream” (12)
by Wyatt Easterling
from Divining Rod
16. “Where The River Meets The Road” (12)
by Tim O’Brien
from Where The River Meets The Road
16. “Workin’s Too Hard” (12)
by Rayna Gellert
from Workin’s Too Hard
20. “Black Snake” (11)
by Tim Grimm And The Family Band
from A Stranger In This Time
20. “Blackbird” (11)
by Zoe Mulford
from Small Brown Birds
20. “Broken” (11)
by John Craigie
from No Rain, No Rose
20. “Celia” (11)
by Pat Wictor
from This Is Absolutely Real
20. “Dance Across The Sky” (11)
by Kipyn Martin
from Dance Across The Sky (EP)
20. “Pay The Piper” (11)
by Jenny Bienemann
from Every Soul Grows To The Light
20. “President Sang Amazing Grace” (11)
by Zoe Mulford
from Small Brown Birds
20. “Zillionaire” (11)
by Zoe Mulford
from Small Brown Birds