Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
January 2026, Week 2 (so far)

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of January 2026, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 573 plays from 21 playlists from 17 Folk DJs

  1: "Maggie's Journal," Valerie Smith [Bell Buckle] (9)
        "Started Wrong In This Life" (2)
  2: "Circle and Square," Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz [Red Beet] (5)
        "10 To 4" (2)
  2: "Together Again," Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 1/2026] (5)
        "The Future" (4)
  4: "Bones of Trees," Tim Grimm [Vault, 4/2025] (3)
        "Woody's Landlord Revisited" (1)

TOP SONGS of January 2026, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 573 plays from 21 playlists from 17 Folk DJs

1. "The Future" (4)
     from "Together Again" (Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon)
2. "Peggy-O" (3)
     from "Peggy-O - single" (The McDades)
3. "10 To 4" (2)
     from "Circle and Square" (Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz)
3. "Blue Kentucky Girl" (2)
     from "Blue Kentucky Girl" (Tiffany Williams)
3. "Box Of Wishes" (2)
     from "Box of Wishes" (Jill Barber)
3. "Commie Like Mamdani" (2)
     from "Passages" (Eric Kilburn)
3. "In the Bleak Mid Winter" (2)
     from "In the Bleak Mid Winter" (Paul Cherrington)
3. "No More Blood For Oil" (2)
     from "Brave Faces" (Rory McLeod)
3. "Revolution Right Now" (2)
     from "Revolution Right Now - single" (Jason Baker)
3. "Robots" (2)
     from "Nightclothes" (Annie Gallup)

TOP ARTISTS of January 2026, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 573 plays from 21 playlists from 17 Folk DJs

1. Valerie Smith (9)
        "Maggie's Journal" (9)
2. Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz (5)
        "Circle and Square" (5)
2. Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon (5)
        "Together Again" (5)

TOP LABELS of January 2026, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 573 plays from 21 playlists from 17 Folk DJs

1. Bell Buckle (7)
2. Red House (5)
2. Smithsonian/Folkways (5)

FOLK DJs - January 2026, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 573 plays from 21 playlists from 17 Folk DJs

Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Bruce Swan (WSFM-LP, NC)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM & mixcloud.com, GA)
Denis McGilvray (KWGS-FM, OK)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM, OR)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Graham Dean & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-FM, NY)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM & mixcloud.com, OR)
Mitch Park (Radio Hawke's Bay, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM & syndicated, BC)