Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
January 2026, Week 5

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of January 2026, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1352 plays from 52 playlists from 33 Folk DJs

  1: "Together Again," Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 1/2026] (16)
        "The Future" (4)
        "Artie's Last Stand" (3)
        "Stop at Nothing" (2)
        "Cheatin' When I'm Eatin'" (2)
  2: "Since You Asked Me," Jan Krist [Yellow Room, 1/2026] (8)
        "Hemingway's Woods" (2)
        "Since You Asked Me" (2)
        "Praying for Rain" (2)
  3: "All Tied Together," Ye Vagabonds [River Lea, 1/2026] (7)
        "The Flood" (3)
        "Cuckoo Storm" (3)
  3: "Appalachia," Emily Scott Robinson [Oh Boy, 1/2026] (7)
        "The Water Is Wide" (2)
        "The Time For Flowers" (2)
  3: "Bones of Trees," Tim Grimm [Vault, 4/2025] (7)
        "Broken Truth" (4)
        "In the U.S.A" (2)
  3: "Circle & Square," Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz [Red Beet, 1/2026] (7)
        "10 To 4" (2)
  3: "Where We Go," Jesse Appelman [Self, 12/2025] (7)
        "Glacier Song" (2)
  8: "Empire," Kray Van Kirk [Self, 1/2026] (5)
        "Resistance" (3)
  8: "Here & Gone," Sara Thomsen [Self, 1/2026] (5)
        "Tough Like That" (4)
  8: "Safe, Sensible & Sane," Alison Brown & Steve Martin [Compass, 10/2025] (5)
        "New Cluck Old Hen" (2)
  8: "Seeds: The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Vol. 3," Pete Seeger And Friends [Appleseed, 2003] (5)
        "Take It From Dr. King" (2)
  8: "A Tip Toe High Wire," Sierra Hull [Self, 3/2025] (5)
        "Come Out Of My Blues" (2)
  8: "unentitled," John Gorka [Red House, 10/2025] (5)
        "Favorite Place" (2)
        "No Time To Cry" (2)
 14: "All That Really Matters," Kim Moberg [Self] (4)
        "I'll Always Be a Friend" (2)
 14: "American Patchwork Quartet," American Patchwork Quartet [Carolina Jasmine, 2024] (4)
        "Wayfaring Stranger" (1)
 14: "The Blue Rock Session," Amy Speace [Windbone, 12/2025] (4)
        "Kindness" (2)
        "On a Monday in London" (2)
 14: "The Breathing Room," Cosy Sheridan [Self, 10/2025] (4)
        "Claude's Cookies" (1)
 14: "Connected," Darryl Purpose [Self, 8/2025] (4)
        "Colorado" (2)
 14: "Dark Ages," Eliza Gilkyson [Realiza Records, 5/2025] (4)
        "Dark Night of the Soul" (3)
 14: "The Garden," Ruth Moody [Red House, 2010] (4)
        "The Garden" (2)
 14: "Lost Cause Lover Fool," The Milk Carton Kids [Self] (4)
        "A Friend Like You" (3)
 14: "Made to Wonder," The Foreign Landers [Tin Foil] (4)
        "The Walking Song" (2)
 14: "Magic Accident," Della Mae [Compass, 1/2026] (4)
        "Magic Accident" (2)
 14: "Rouse & Raise Your Voice," Broom Bezzums [Self] (4)
        "Crooked Jack" (1)
 14: "So Much I Still Don't See," Sam Robbins [Nine Athens, 3/2025] (4)
        "What A Little Love Can Do" (2)
 14: "Wild & Clear & Blue," I'm With Her [Rounder, 4/2025] (4)
        "Find My Way to You" (2)

TOP SONGS of January 2026, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1352 plays from 52 playlists from 33 Folk DJs

1. "Raise Your Hand" (5)
     from "Raise Your Hand - single" (Crowes Pasture)
1. "Streets of Minneapolis" (5)
     from "Streets of Minneapolis - single" (Bruce Springsteen)
3. "The Ballad of Husker Scruggs" (4)
     from "The Ballad of Husker Scruggs - single" (Hana Zara)
3. "Broken Truth" (4)
     from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
3. "A Friend Like You" (4)
     from "Lost Cause Lover Fool" (The Milk Carton Kids)
3. "The Future" (4)
     from "Together Again" (Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon)
3. "Tough Like That" (4)
     from "Here & Gone" (Sara Thomsen)
8. "America's Game" (3)
     from "America's Game - single" (John Flynn)

TOP ARTISTS of January 2026, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1352 plays from 52 playlists from 33 Folk DJs

1. Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon (13)
        "Together Again" (13)
2. Jan Krist (8)
        "Since You Asked Me" (8)
2. Ye Vagabonds (8)
        "All Tied Together" (7)
4. Emily Scott Robinson (7)
        "Appalachia" (7)
4. Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz (7)
        "Circle & Square" (7)
4. Jesse Appelman (7)
        "Where We Go" (7)
4. John Gorka (7)
        "unentitled" (5)
4. Sara Thomsen (7)
        "Here & Gone" (5)
4. Sierra Hull (7)
        "A Tip Toe High Wire" (5)
4. Tim Grimm (7)
        "Bones of Trees" (7)
11. Dar Williams (6)
        "Hummingbird Highway" (3)
11. Eliza Gilkyson (6)
        "Dark Ages" (4)
11. Eric Kilburn (6)
        "Passages" (3)
11. I'm With Her (6)
        "Wild & Clear & Blue" (4)
11. Joni Mitchell (6)
        "Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 1" (2)
11. Socks In The Frying Pan (6)
        "Return Of The Giant Sock Monsters From Outer Space" (2)
17. Joe Jencks (5/6)
        "Poets, Philosophers Workers & Wanderers" (3)
17. Alison Brown & Steve Martin (5)
        "Safe, Sensible & Sane" (5)
17. Amy Speace (5)
        "The Blue Rock Session" (4)
17. Bruce Springsteen (5)
        "Streets of Minneapolis - single" (5)
17. Crowes Pasture (5)
        "Raise Your Hand - single" (4)
17. Kray Van Kirk (5)
        "Empire" (5)
17. Lucinda Williams (5)
        "This Sweet Old World" (2)
17. The Milk Carton Kids (5)
        "Lost Cause Lover Fool" (5)
17. Molly Tuttle (5)
        "...But I'd Rather Be With You" (2)
17. Muireann Bradley (5)
        "Rose Dogs" (3)
17. Rising Appalachia (5)
        "Lady Liberty - single" (2)
17. Ruth Moody (5)
        "The Garden" (4)
17. Sam Robbins (5)
        "So Much I Still Don't See" (4)
17. Tom Chapin (5)
        "Songs of Hope" (3)
17. Wes Weddell (5)
        "The Work, the Hope, the Promise" (4)

TOP LABELS of January 2026, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1352 plays from 52 playlists from 33 Folk DJs

1. Compass (23)
2. Rounder (22)
3. Red House (20)
4. Thirty Tigers (15/16)
5. Borealis (12)
6. Appalseed (11)
7. Smithsonian/Folkways (10)
8. Columbia (9)
8. Sugar Hill (9)
8. Yellow Room (9)
11. Appleseed (8)
11. Rhino (8)
11. River Lea (8)
14. Oh Boy (7)
14. Vault (7)

FOLK DJs - January 2026, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1352 plays from 52 playlists from 33 Folk DJs

Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
Bruce Swan (WSFM-LP, NC)
Bud Johnson (KNBA-FM & syndicated, AK)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Graham Dean & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jeff Zolitor (KZYX-FM, CA)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, AR)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM & mixcloud.com, OR)
Mark Sahlgren and Darcy Wilkin (WRKF-FM, LA)
Matthew Baya (WERU-FM, ME)
Michael Kane (WBRS-FM, MA)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Hawke's Bay, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Paul Porzio (Cox Cable, VA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NJ)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM & syndicated, BC)
Sue Kessell (WNUR-FM, IL)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)
Zeke Duckworthy & Andy Rogovin (WZBC-FM, MA)