Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
February 2026, Week 4

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of February 2026, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3068 plays from 109 playlists from 74 Folk DJs

  1: "Appalachia," Emily Scott Robinson [Oh Boy, 1/2026] (32)
        "Appalachia" (5)
        "Cast Iron Heart" (4)
        "Hymn For The Unholy" (4)
        "Time Traveler" (4)
  2: "Flight of the Robin," Debi Smith [Self, 2/2026] (21)
        "Dimming of the Day" (5)
        "Help Them Along" (3)
        "Nebraska Moon" (3)
  3: "King of Hearts," Paul Kaplan [Old Coat, 2/2026] (20)
        "The King of Hearts" (4)
        "Phil" (3)
  4: "Business Unusual," Goodnight Moonshine [Self, 2/2026] (19)
        "Somebody's Child" (4)
        "Dead & Gone" (3)
        "Good News" (3)
  5: "Together Again," Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 1/2026] (16)
        "Pathfinder" (3)
        "Every Monday At Two" (2)
        "The Future" (2)
        "Stop at Nothing" (2)
        "Lay This Old Guitar Down" (2)
  6: "All That Really Matters," Kim Moberg [Self, 2/2026] (15)
        "All That Really Matters" (4)
        "$20 Bill" (3)
        "Straight For The Heart" (2)
        "Both Sides Now" (2)
        "White Lies" (2)
  6: "Pet," Big Richard [Signature Sounds, 2/2026] (15)
        "Millionaire" (4)
        "Alaska" (2)
        "Make the World Go Away" (2)
        "Red Fox Run" (2)
        "It's Gonna Fall/Old Daingerfield" (2)
  8: "Magic Accident," Della Mae [Compass, 1/2026] (14)
        "Magic Accident" (3)
        "I Compare Everyone To You" (3)
        "Little Bird" (2)
        "Takes All Kinds" (2)
  8: "Songs of Hope," Tom Chapin [Sundance, 2/2026] (14)
        "Quite Early Morning" (3)
        "Home is the Welcoming Sound" (2)
        "Remember When the Music" (2)
        "Follow the Light" (2)
  8: "Wild & Clear & Blue," I'm With Her [Rounder, 4/2025] (14)
        "Ancient Light" (4)
        "Wild and Clear and Blue" (3)
        "Rhododendron" (2)
        "Find My Way to You" (2)
 11: "Here & Gone," Sara Thomsen [Self, 1/2026] (12)
        "We Are Each Other's Light" (3)
        "The Lily" (2)
 11: "Questioning the Forty," Kevin Neidig [Self, 2/2026] (12)
        "Speed of the Sound of Loneliness" (6)
        "It's The LIght" (2)
 13: "All Tied Together," Ye Vagabonds [River Lea, 2/2026] (11)
        "I'll Keep Singing" (2)
        "Four Walls" (2)
        "On Sitric Road" (2)
        "The Flood" (2)
 14: "Driftwood," Weary Ramblers [Self, 1/2026] (9)
        "Oh My Stars" (2)
 14: "Field Notes," Dave Gunning [Self, 2/2026] (9)
        "Pursued by Grace" (4)
        "World Of Make Believe" (2)
 14: "Fish Crow," M Sparks [Self, 2/2026] (9)
        "Full Tank and Good Fried Chicken" (4)
        "Safe To The Other Side" (2)
        "All She's Worth" (2)
 14: "World's Gone Wrong," Lucinda Williams [Highway, 2/2026] (9)
        "So Much Trouble In The World" (3)
        "Freedom Speaks" (2)
 18: "The Ballad of Husker Scruggs," Hana Zara [Self, 2/2026] (8)
        "The Ballad of Husker Scruggs" (8)
 18: "Blossoms & Ghosts," Thea Hopkins [Self, 2/2026] (8)
        "Here In Our World" (2)
 18: "Feather & the Starry Crown," Sons of the Never Wrong [Self, 2/2026] (8)
        "Feather and the Starry Crown" (3)
        "Sing Sing Sing" (2)
        "Stand Up Shout Out" (2)
 18: "Since You Asked Me," Jan Krist [Yellow Room, 1/2026] (8)
        "Nothing Is Too Damn Hard" (2)
 22: "Bones of Trees," Tim Grimm [Vault, 4/2025] (7)
        "In the Usa" (2)
        "Woody's Landlord Revisited" (2)
 22: "O California!," Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands [Spruce & Maple, 1/2026] (7)
        "Look Down That Lonesome Road" (3)
        "O' California" (2)
 24: "The Blue Rock Session," Amy Speace [Windbone, 12/2025] (6)
        "I Found a Halo" (2)
 24: "Keep Going," Ken Whiteley [Pyramid, 2/2026] (6)
        "At the End of the Day" (2)
        "Reaching Higher" (2)
 24: "On a Wing," James Houlahan [OOB] (6)
        "Waiting on Your Love" (2)
        "These Changes" (2)
 24: "Safe, Sensible & Sane," Alison Brown & Steve Martin [Compass, 10/2025] (6)
        "Let's Get Out Of Here" (2)
 24: "Where We Go," Jesse Appelman [Self, 12/2025] (6)
        "Anna Lee" (2)
        "Valley Springs" (2)
 29: "Spring Green," Mark Erelli [Self, 2/2026] (5/6)
        "Spring Green" (2)
 29: "The Curves Are Still There," Jamie Anderson [Tsunami, 2/2026] (5)
        "Guitar on the Wall" (2)
 29: "Fallen Angel," The Unfaithful Servants [Self, 10/2025] (5)
        "Adeline" (2)
 29: "John Prine," John Prine [Atlantic, 1971] (5)
        "Six O'Clock News" (1)
 29: "The Journals," Sammy Brue [Bloodshot, 2/2026] (5)
        "Promise to Keep" (1)
 29: "Passages," Eric Kilburn [Wellspring, 2/2026] (5)
        "Commie Like Mamdani" (2)
 29: "Perennial," Kate Macleod [Westmoon, 9/2025] (5)
        "Beneath the Night Sky" (2)
        "Plans Are Written in the Sand" (2)
 29: "Sad & Beautiful World," Mavis Staples [anti, 11/2025] (5)
        "We Got To Have Peace" (3)
 29: "Streets of Minneapolis," Bruce Springsteen [Columbia, 2/2026] (5)
        "Streets of Minneapolis" (4)
 29: "unentitled," John Gorka [Red House, 10/2025] (5)
        "No Time to Cry" (2)
 29: "The Work, the Hope, the Promise," Wes Weddell [Self, 1/2026] (5)
        "I Curse" (2)
 29: "You Climb the Mountain," The Onlies [Self, 8/2025] (5)
        "Cumberland Gap" (1)

TOP SONGS of February 2026, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3068 plays from 109 playlists from 74 Folk DJs

1. "The Ballad of Husker Scruggs" (8)
     from "The Ballad of Husker Scruggs" (Hana Zara)
2. "Hold On" (7)
     from "Hold On - single" (Jillian Matundan)
3. "Appalachia" (6)
     from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
3. "If I Were Free" (6)
     from "If I Were Free - single" (Naomi Sommers)
3. "I Lie" (6)
     from "I Lie - single" (Joe Jencks)
3. "It's Not for Sale" (6)
     from "It's Not for Sale - single" (Joe Jencks)
3. "Speed of the Sound of Loneliness" (6)
     from "Questioning the Forty" (Kevin Neidig)
8. "Dimming of the Day" (5)
     from "Flight of the Robin" (Debi Smith)
8. "Feather and the Starry Crown" (5)
     from "Feather & the Starry Crown" (Sons of the Never Wrong)
10. "All That Really Matters" (4)
     from "All That Really Matters" (Kim Moberg)
10. "Ancient Light" (4)
     from "Wild & Clear & Blue" (I'm With Her)
10. "Cast Iron Heart" (4)
     from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
10. "Full Tank and Good Fried Chicken" (4)
     from "Fish Crow" (M Sparks)
10. "Hymn For The Unholy" (4)
     from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)

TOP ARTISTS of February 2026, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3068 plays from 109 playlists from 74 Folk DJs

1. Emily Scott Robinson (34)
        "Appalachia" (32)
2. Debi Smith (23)
        "Flight of the Robin" (21)
3. Paul Kaplan (20)
        "King of Hearts" (19)
4. Goodnight Moonshine (18)
        "Business Unusual" (18)
5. I'm With Her (17)
        "Wild & Clear & Blue" (14)
5. Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon (17)
        "Together Again" (16)
7. Big Richard (16)
        "Pet" (15)
8. Della Mae (15)
        "Magic Accident" (14)
8. Joe Jencks (15)
        "I Lie - single" (6)
        "It's Not for Sale - single" (6)
8. Kim Moberg (15)
        "All That Really Matters" (15)
11. Tom Chapin (14)
        "Songs of Hope" (14)
12. Sons of the Never Wrong (13/14)
        "Feather & the Starry Crown" (8)
        "On A Good Day. . .I Am" (3)
12. Bob Dylan (13)
        "Through the Open Window: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 18, 1956-1963" (3)
12. Sara Thomsen (13)
        "Here & Gone" (12)
15. Kevin Neidig (12)
        "Questioning the Forty" (12)
16. Bruce Springsteen (11)
        "Streets of Minneapolis" (5)
16. Dave Gunning (11)
        "Field Notes" (9)
16. John Prine (11)
        "John Prine" (5)
16. Ye Vagabonds (11)
        "All Tied Together" (11)
20. Joni Mitchell (10)
        "Court and Spark" (4)
20. Thea Hopkins (10)
        "Blossoms & Ghosts" (8)
22. Crys Matthews (9)
        "Sleeves Up" (4)
22. Lucinda Williams (9)
        "World's Gone Wrong" (8)
22. M Sparks (9)
        "Fish Crow" (9)
22. Tim Grimm (9)
        "Bones of Trees" (7)
22. Tom Paxton (9)
        "One Million Lawyers" (1)
22. Weary Ramblers (9)
        "Driftwood" (9)
28. Hana Zara (8)
        "The Ballad of Husker Scruggs" (8)
28. Jan Krist (8)
        "Since You Asked Me" (8)
28. Joan Baez (8)
        "Whistle Down The Wind" (2)
28. Kate Macleod (8)
        "Perennial" (5)
28. Pete Seeger (8)
        "American Favorite Ballads:, Vol. 1" (2)

TOP LABELS of February 2026, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3068 plays from 109 playlists from 74 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (54)
2. Compass (40)
3. Oh Boy (37)
3. Signature Sounds (37)
5. Columbia (33)
6. Red House (32)
7. Nonesuch (21)
8. Old Coat (19)
8. Smithsonian/Folkways (19)
10. Thirty Tigers (17)
11. Philo (15)
11. Sundance (15)
13. Borealis (13)
14. River Lea (11)
14. Waterbug (11)
16. Appalseed (10)
17. Alligator (9)
17. Elektra (9)
17. RCA (9)
17. Rhino (9)
17. Vanguard (9)
17. Warner (9)

FOLK DJs - February 2026, Week 4
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3068 plays from 109 playlists from 74 Folk DJs

Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
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 McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Cheryl Prashker (folkmusicnotebook.com)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM & mixcloud.com, GA)
David John (KAXE/KBXE-FM, MN)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Denis McGilvray (KWGS-FM, OK)
Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM, OR)
Ed Mellnick (KBOO-FM, OR)
Ellen Stanley (KFAI-FM & PRX, MN)
Eureka Mike (WFCF-FM & thesonicplanet.com, FL)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Gordon Nash (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Graham Dean & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Helen Leicht (folkmusicnotebook.com, PA)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jeannie Holton & Tom Elligett (WMNF-FM, FL)
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)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-FM, NY)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Katrina Knight (mixcloud.com)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM & mixcloud.com, OR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR/WGDH-FM, VT)
Matthew Baya (WERU-FM, ME)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Kane (KBCO-FM & WBRS-FM, MA)
Michael Park (mixcloud.com & PRX, NY)
Michael S. Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Hawke's Bay & Radio Kidnappers, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Porzio (Cox Cable, VA)
Pete Thomas (WAER-FM, NY)
Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-FM, NY)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM & mixcloud.com, WA)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NJ)
Sonny Ochs (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM & syndicated, BC)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Sue Kessell (WNUR-FM, IL)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Terry B- Moses & Naomi Soule (KCLC-FM, MO)
Tom Coxworth (CKUA-FM, AB)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)
Wanda Fischer (mixcloud.com, NY)
Zeke Duckworthy & Andy Rogovin (WZBC-FM, MA)