Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
January 2026, Week 1

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of January 2026, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2250 plays from 79 playlists from 62 Folk DJs

  1: "Together Again," Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 1/2026] (17)
        "The Future" (4)
  2: "From Here to the Sea," Meredith Moon [Compass, 10/2025] (11/12)
        "East City Blues" (2)
        "Sapphire Blue" (2)
  2: "The Blue Rock Session," Amy Speace [Windbone, 12/2025] (11)
        "Kindness" (3)
        "The Sea & The Shore" (2)
        "I Found a Halo" (2)
  4: "Together on a Rock," The Pairs [Self, 4/2025] (9)
        "Little Light" (2)
        "Everything Ends" (2)
        "Honey I" (2)
  4: "Wild & Clear & Blue," I'm With Her [Rounder, 4/2025] (9)
        "Ancient Light" (3)
        "Wild and Clear and Blue" (2)
        "Year After Year" (2)
        "Different Rocks Different Hills" (2)
  4: "Safe, Sensible & Sane," Alison Brown & Steve Martin [Compass, 10/2025] (9)
        "Michael" (2)
        "Dear Time" (2)
        "Bluegrass Radio" (2)
  7: "Hardscrabble Hope," Maria Dunn [Distant Whisper, 12/2025] (8)
        "Another Year" (5)
  7: "Voisinages," Le Vent Du Nord [La Compagnie du Nord, 10/2025] (8)
        "Bienvenue" (3)
        "Du Nord Au Sud" (2)
  9: "The Breathing Room," Cosy Sheridan [Self, 10/2025] (7)
        "The Breathing Room" (3)
  9: "Long Journey Home," Various Artists [Appalsongs, 9/2025] (7)
        "I've Always Been a Rambler," Molly Tuttle (3)
  9: "unentitled," John Gorka [Red House, 10/2025] (7)
        "Particle & Wave" (2)
  9: "You Climb the Mountain," The Onlies [Self, 8/2025] (7)
        "Waves on the Sea" (3)
 13: "Arcadia," Alison Krauss & Union Station [Down The Road, 3/2025] (6)
        "Looks Like The End Of The Road" (2)
        "Richmond On The James" (2)
 13: "Field of Stars," John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 1/2025] (6)
        "Field of Stars" (4)
 13: "Gold & Coal," Cassie & Maggie [Self, 5/2025] (6)
        "Bow Down" (2)
 13: "It Matters," C Daniel Boling [Berkalin] (6)
        "It Matters" (3)
 13: "So Long Little Miss Sunshine," Molly Tuttle [Nonesuch, 8/2025] (6)
        "No Regrets" (2)
 13: "So Much I Still Don't See," Sam Robbins [Nine Athens, 3/2025] (6)
        "Piles of Sand" (2)
        "So Much I Still Don't See" (2)
 19: "Bones of Trees," Tim Grimm [Vault, 4/2025] (5)
        "Broken Truth" (1)
 19: "Dark Ages," Eliza Gilkyson [Realiza Records, 5/2025] (5)
        "Times Like These" (2)
 19: "Hill Country Folk Music," Terry Klein [Self, 11/2025] (5)
        "Try" (2)
 19: "Hummingbird Highway," Dar Williams [Righteous Babe, 8/2025] (5)
        "Hummingbird Highway" (1)
 19: "Kindred Spirits," John Flynn [Self, 11/2025] (5)
        "The Victim Tree" (5)
 19: "Life's Cruelest Joke," Puppets Of Castro [Self] (5)
        "Open Book" (2)
        "More Than Anything" (2)
 19: "Personal History," Mary Chapin Carpenter [Thirty Tigers, 6/2025] (5)
        "Home Is A Song" (3)
 19: "Returning to Myself," Brandi Carlile [Interscope, 11/2025] (5)
        "Returning To Myself" (3)
 19: "Sad & Beautiful World," Mavis Staples [anti, 11/2025] (5)
        "Beautiful Strangers" (3)
 19: "Saving Grace," Robert Plant [Nonesuch, 10/2025] (5)
        "It's A Beautiful Day Today" (1)
 19: "A Tip Toe High Wire," Sierra Hull [Self, 3/2025] (5)
        "E Tune" (1)
 19: "The Wind Will Change Again," The Twangtown Paramours [Inside Edge, 1/2025] (5)
        "The Wind Will Change Again" (2)
 19: "The Woods Have Shown Us," Ponyfolk [Hestehus, 7/2025] (5)
        "Sommer" (2)

TOP SONGS of January 2026, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2250 plays from 79 playlists from 62 Folk DJs

1. "Another Year" (5)
     from "Hardscrabble Hope" (Maria Dunn)
1. "The Victim Tree" (5)
     from "Kindred Spirits" (John Flynn)
3. "Field Of Stars" (4)
     from "Field of Stars" (John McCutcheon)
3. "The Future" (4)
     from "Together Again" (Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon)
3. "Kindness" (4)
     from "The Blue Rock Session" (Amy Speace)
3. "The Walking Song" (4)
     from "Made to Wonder" (The Foreign Landers)
7. "Ancient Light" (3)
     from "Wild & Clear & Blue" (I'm With Her)
7. "Another New Year" (3)
     from "Hands" (Pat Humphries)
7. "Barricades" (3)
     from "Barricades - single" (Mark Rubin)
7. "Beautiful Strangers" (3)
     from "Sad & Beautiful World" (Mavis Staples)
7. "Bienvenue" (3)
     from "Voisinages" (Le Vent Du Nord)
7. "Bluegrass Radio" (3)
     from "Safe, Sensible & Sane" (Alison Brown & Steve Martin)
7. "The Breathing Room" (3)
     from "The Breathing Room" (Cosy Sheridan)
7. "Gallo del Cielo" (3)
     from "Letter To Laredo" (Joe Ely)
7. "Home Is A Song" (3)
     from "Personal History" (Mary Chapin Carpenter)

TOP ARTISTS of January 2026, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2250 plays from 79 playlists from 62 Folk DJs

1. Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon (15)
        "Together Again" (14)
2. Amy Speace (13)
        "The Blue Rock Session" (11)
3. John McCutcheon (12)
        "Field of Stars" (6)
4. Meredith Moon (11/12)
        "From Here to the Sea" (12)
4. Alison Brown & Steve Martin (11)
        "Safe, Sensible & Sane" (9)
4. Molly Tuttle (11)
        "So Long Little Miss Sunshine" (6)
        "Long Journey Home: A Century After the 1925 Mountain City Fiddlers Convention" (3)
7. Gordon Lightfoot (10)
        "Lightfoot!" (5)
        "The Original Lightfoot - The United Artists Years: Lightfoot!" (3)
8. Cosy Sheridan (9)
        "The Breathing Room" (7)
8. I'm With Her (9)
        "Wild & Clear & Blue" (9)
8. Maria Dunn (9)
        "Hardscrabble Hope" (7)
8. The Pairs (9)
        "Together on a Rock" (9)
12. Cassie & Maggie (8)
        "Gold & Coal" (6)
12. Eliza Gilkyson (8)
        "Dark Ages" (5)
12. John Gorka (8)
        "unentitled" (7)
12. Joni Mitchell (8)
        "Archives, Vol. 1" (1)
12. Le Vent Du Nord (8)
        "Voisinages" (8)
12. Tom Russell (8)
        "Mount Olive" (2)
18. Dar Williams (7)
        "Hummingbird Highway" (5)
18. Mary Chapin Carpenter (7)
        "Personal History" (5)
18. The Onlies (7)
        "You Climb the Mountain" (7)

TOP LABELS of January 2026, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2250 plays from 79 playlists from 62 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (35)
2. Compass (33)
3. Nonesuch (30)
4. Legacy (18)
5. Signature Sounds (17)
6. Appalseed (16)
6. Thirty Tigers (16)
8. Appalsongs (15)
8. Red House (15)
10. Smithsonian/Folkways (13)
10. Windbone (13)
12. New West (11)
12. Sugar Hill (11)
12. Warner (11)
15. Appleseed (10)
15. Capitol (10)
15. Reprise (10)
15. True North (10)
19. Columbia (9)
20. Hudson Harding (8)

FOLK DJs - January 2026, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2250 plays from 79 playlists from 62 Folk DJs

Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Art Stevenson (WORT-FM, WI)
Artie Martello (folkmusicnotebook.com & mixcloud.com, NY)
Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Bud Johnson (KNBA-FM & syndicated, AK)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
David John (KAXE/KBXE-FM, MN)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Ed Mellnick (KBOO-FM, OR)
Eureka Mike (thesonicplanet.com, FL)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Gordon Nash (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Helen Leicht (folkmusicnotebook.com, PA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jean Geiger (mixcloud.com, WA)
Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Katrina Knight (mixcloud.com)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Kevin Vance (KPFA-FM & syndicated, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, AR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR/WGDH-FM, VT)
Mark Sahlgren and Darcy Wilkin (WRKF-FM, LA)
Mary Anne Moorman (KBCS-FM, WA)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Michael Park (mixcloud.com & PRX, NY)
Michael Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers & Radio Hawke's Bay, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Hefti (KRCL-FM & live365.com, UT)
Pete Thomas (WAER-FM, NY)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM & mixcloud.com, WA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM & syndicated, BC)
Terry B. Moses & Naomi Soule (KCLC-FM, MO)
Tom Coxworth (CKUA-FM, AB)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Wanda Fischer (mixcloud.com, NY)