Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
January 2026, Week 2

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 2227 plays from 79 playlists from 63 Folk DJs

  1: "Together Again," Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 1/2026] (31)
        "The Future" (7)
        "Pathfinder" (6)
        "Cheatin' While I'm Eatin'" (4)
  2: "Maggie's Journal," Valerie Smith [Bell Buckle, 1/2026] (26)
        "That Was a Long Time Ago" (4)
        "Started Wrong in this Life" (4)
  3: "The Blue Rock Session," Amy Speace [Windbone, 12/2025] (15)
        "The Sea and the Shore" (6)
        "Kindness" (3)
        "On A Monday in London" (2)
  4: "Circle & Square," Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz [Red Beet, 1/2026] (14)
        "Fontana Dam" (4)
        "Life of the Mind" (3)
        "Thomas Hart Benton" (2)
        "10 To 4" (2)
        "Diego In Detroit" (2)
  5: "unentitled," John Gorka [Red House, 10/2025] (10)
        "Particle & Wave" (4)
        "Hope Doesn't Fall" (2)
  6: "Peggy-O," The McDades [Free Radio, 1/2026] (8)
        "Peggy-O" (7)
  6: "Together on a Rock," The Pairs [Self, 4/2025] (8)
        "Honey I" (4)
  8: "Ivyland," James O'Malley [Self, 1/2026] (7)
        "Rosie In The Roses" (3)
  8: "Where We Go," Jesse Appelman [Self, 12/2025] (7)
        "Anna Lee" (2)
 10: "Party in the Pines," Dave Miller [Howlin' Dog, 1/2026] (6)
        "Backside Of A Guitar" (1)
 10: "Since You Asked Me," Jan Krist [Yellow Room, 1/2026] (6)
        "Since You Asked Me" (4)
 10: "You Climb the Mountain," The Onlies [Self, 8/2025] (6)
        "Waves On The Sea" (2)
        "Keg Of Brandy" (2)
 13: "Bones of Trees," Tim Grimm [Vault, 4/2025] (5)
        "Broken Truth" (2)
 13: "Dark Ages," Eliza Gilkyson [Realiza Records, 5/2025] (5)
        "Dark Night of the Soul" (2)
 13: "Driftwood," Weary Ramblers [Self, 1/2026] (5)
        "Kentucky Never Seemed so Blue" (3)
        "Oh, My Stars" (2)
 13: "We'll Be Fine," Doug Kolmar [Self, 11/2025] (5)
        "In the Garden" (2)
 13: "Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 11/2025] (5)
        "Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down" (2)
 18: "Blue Kentucky Girl," Tiffany Williams [Self, 1/2026] (4)
        "Blue Kentucky Girl" (4)
 18: "Every Town: More Songs by Michael Smith," Anne Hills [Hand & Heart] (4)
        "We Become Birds" (1)
 18: "Fiction," Megan Bee [Self, 10/2025] (4)
        "Sweeter Things" (2)
 18: "Field of Stars," John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 1/2025] (4)
        "Waiting For The Moon" (1)
 18: "Gold & Coal," Cassie & Maggie [Self, 5/2025] (4)
        "Robert Frost" (2)
 18: "Here & Gone," Sara Thomsen [Self, 1/2026] (4)
        "Tough Like That" (4)
 18: "Hill Country Folk Music," Terry Klein [Self, 11/2025] (4)
        "Try" (2)
        "Try Again" (2)
 18: "If I Catch My Dream: Songs of Hope for a Better World," Bett Padgett [Self] (4)
        "Don't Take My Child from Me" (2)
 18: "Long Journey Home," Various Artists [Appalsongs, 9/2025] (4)
        "Tennessee Mountain Fox Chase," Cathy & Marcy's Old Time Coalition (1)
 18: "Nightclothes," Annie Gallup [Self] (4)
        "Robots" (4)
 18: "Passages," Eric Kilburn [Wellspring] (4)
        "Commie Like Mamdani" (4)
 18: "Phil Ochs In Concert," Phil Ochs [Elektra] (4)
        "Santo Domingo" (2)
 18: "Songs From a Secret Room," Chris Rusin [Rushing River, 11/2025] (4)
        "Life is Easy" (2)
 18: "Strangely in Tune," Diane Coll [Happy Fish, 1/2026] (4)
        "The Dream of You" (2)
 18: "What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow," Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson [Nonesuch, 4/2025] (4)
        "Love Somebody" (1)
 18: "Safe, Sensible & Sane," Alison Brown & Steve Martin [Compass, 10/2025] (4)
        "Let's Get Out Of Here" (2)
 18: "Tip of the Spear," Doug Mishkin [Midoaks, 6/2025] (4)
        "Pour Me Another Year" (2)
        "If They'd Been Black" (2)

TOP SONGS of January 2026, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2227 plays from 79 playlists from 63 Folk DJs

1. "Peggy-O" (8)
     from "Peggy-O" (The McDades)
2. "The Future" (6)
     from "Together Again" (Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon)
2. "Pathfinder" (6)
     from "Together Again" (Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon)
2. "The Sea and the Shore" (6)
     from "The Blue Rock Session" (Amy Speace)
5. "Blue Kentucky Girl" (4)
     from "Blue Kentucky Girl" (Tiffany Williams)
5. "Cheatin' While I'm Eatin'" (4)
     from "Together Again" (Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon)
5. "Commie Like Mamdani" (4)
     from "Passages" (Eric Kilburn)
5. "Find Your Way" (4)
     from "Find Your Way - single" (Bruce T Carroll)
5. "Fontana Dam" (4)
     from "Circle & Square" (Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz)
5. "Honey I" (4)
     from "Together on a Rock" (The Pairs)
5. "Particle & Wave" (4)
     from "unentitled" (John Gorka)
5. "Robots" (4)
     from "Nightclothes" (Annie Gallup)
5. "Since You Asked Me" (4)
     from "Since You Asked Me" (Jan Krist)
5. "Started Wrong in this Life" (4)
     from "Maggie's Journal" (Valerie Smith)

TOP ARTISTS of January 2026, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2227 plays from 79 playlists from 63 Folk DJs

1. Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon (31)
        "Together Again" (30)
2. Valerie Smith (26)
        "Maggie's Journal" (26)
3. Amy Speace (16)
        "The Blue Rock Session" (15)
3. Joan Baez (16)
        "Ring Them Bells" (3)
5. Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz (14)
        "Circle & Square" (14)
6. John Gorka (13)
        "unentitled" (10)
7. John McCutcheon (9)
        "Field of Stars" (4)
7. The McDades (9)
        "Peggy-O" (8)
7. Willie Nelson (9)
        "Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle" (5)
10. The Pairs (8)
        "Together on a Rock" (8)
10. Phil Ochs (8)
        "Phil Ochs In Concert" (4)
12. Colleen Kattau (7/14)
        "Besos Kisses" (6)
        "This Hen's Gonna Crow" (3)
12. Bob Dylan (7)
        "Bringing It All Back Home" (2)
12. James O'Malley (7)
        "Ivyland" (7)
12. Jesse Appelman (7)
        "Where We Go" (7)
12. J. P. Cormier (7)
        "50 Years Of Guitar" (4)
12. Dave Miller (7)
        "Party in the Pines" (6)

TOP LABELS of January 2026, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2227 plays from 79 playlists from 63 Folk DJs

1. Red House (28)
2. Rounder (26)
3. Bell Buckle (24)
3. Compass (24)
5. Smithsonian/Folkways (23)
6. Appalseed (21)
7. Appalsongs (17)
7. Rhino (17)
9. Legacy (16)
9. Thirty Tigers (16)
9. Windbone (16)
12. Columbia (14)
13. Nonesuch (13)
14. Elektra (12)
14. Red Beet (12)
16. Capitol (11)
17. Signature Sounds (10)
17. Warner (10)
19. New West (9)
19. Philo (9)

FOLK DJs - January 2026, Week 2
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2227 plays from 79 playlists from 63 Folk DJs

Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Annie Keville (WVBR-FM, NY)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
Artie Martello (WIOX-FM & mixcloud.com, NY)
Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Bruce Swan (WSFM-LP, NC)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM & mixcloud.com, GA)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Denis McGilvray (KWGS-FM, OK)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM, OR)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Graham Dean & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Helen Leicht (folkmusicnotebook.com, PA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jeff Zolitor (KZYX-FM, CA)
Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-FM, NY)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Ken Batista (WRCT-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Kevin Vance (KALW-FM & KPFA-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, AR)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM & mixcloud.com, OR)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR/WGDH-FM, VT)
Mark Sahlgren and Darcy Wilkin (WRKF-FM, LA)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Michael Kane (WBRS-FM, MA)
Michael Park (mixcloud.com & PRX, NY)
Michael Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Hawke's Bay, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Pete Thomas (WAER-FM, NY)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM & mixcloud.com, WA)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NJ)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM & syndicated, BC)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Terry B. Moses & Naomi Soule (KCLC-FM, MO)
Tom Coxworth (CKUA-FM, AB)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)