Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
March 2026 (so far)

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of March 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 5579 plays from 198 playlists from 90 Folk DJs

  1: "Appalachia," Emily Scott Robinson [Oh Boy, 1/2026] (56)
        "The Time for Flowers" (11)
        "Bless it All" (10)
        "Appalachia" (8)
  2: "Field Notes," Dave Gunning [Self, 2/2026] (45)
        "World of Make Believe" (13)
        "Pursued by Grace" (7)
        "Going Nowhere Tonight" (6)
  3: "All Tied Together," Ye Vagabonds [River Lea, 2/2026] (35)
        "The Flood" (9)
        "Where The Heart Lies" (8)
        "Four Walls" (5)
  4: "Magic Accident," Della Mae [Compass, 1/2026] (30)
        "Magic Accident" (6)
        "Out Run 'Em" (5)
        "Lifeline" (4)
        "Takes All Kinds" (4)
  5: "Songs of Hope," Tom Chapin [Sundance, 2/2026] (29)
        "Remember When The Music" (4)
        "Sing for Peace" (4)
  6: "Business Unusual," Goodnight Moonshine [Self, 2/2026] (24)
        "Get What's Mine" (4)
        "Good News" (3)
        "Stars" (3)
        "Hold It All" (3)
        "All Night Band" (3)
  7: "King of Hearts," Paul Kaplan [Old Coat, 2/2026] (20)
        "Just Another War" (5)
        "Take Out the Garbage When You Go" (4)
  7: "Passages," Eric Kilburn [Wellspring, 3/2026] (20)
        "Antopol" (6)
        "Toaster" (3)
        "Commie Like Mamdani" (3)
        "The Time Thief" (3)
  7: "Together Again," Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 1/2026] (20)
        "Pathfinder" (3)
  7: "World's Gone Wrong," Lucinda Williams [Highway, 2/2026] (20)
        "So Much Trouble In The World" (4)
        "How Much Did You Get For Your Soul" (4)
        "Punchline" (4)
 11: "Keep Going," Ken Whiteley [Pyramid, 2/2026] (18)
        "A Smooth One" (4)
        "I'll Just Say I'm Fine" (4)
 11: "Where We Go," Jesse Appelman [Self, 12/2025] (18)
        "Lyell Fork" (3)
        "Montara" (3)
 13: "Blossoms & Ghosts," Thea Hopkins [Self, 3/2026] (16)
        "Here in Our World" (5)
        "Red Wing" (2)
        "I Am Not A Stranger" (2)
        "Trouble" (2)
        "Blossoms & Ghosts" (2)
 13: "Flight of the Robin," Debi Smith [Self, 2/2026] (16)
        "Nebraska Moon" (3)
        "Dimming of the Day" (3)
        "I Still Think About You" (2)
        "Flight of the Robin" (2)
        "Here I Go Again" (2)
 13: "Feather & the Starry Crown," Sons of the Never Wrong [Self, 3/2026] (16)
        "Stand Up Shout Out" (5)
        "Feather and the Starry Crown" (4)
        "Our Lady of the Morning" (3)
 16: "The Curves Are Still There," Jamie Anderson [Tsunami, 3/2026] (15)
        "Last Tucson Sunrise" (3)
        "When We're Singing" (3)
        "Bite Me" (2)
        "Mi Corazon" (2)
 16: "Pet," Big Richard [Signature Sounds, 2/2026] (15)
        "Make the World Go Away" (4)
        "Alaska" (3)
        "Holy Holy" (2)
        "Millionaire" (2)
 18: "Here & Gone," Sara Thomsen [Self, 1/2026] (13)
        "It's Time" (3)
        "The Lily" (2)
        "Tough Like That" (2)
        "We Are Each Other's Light" (2)
        "Tell Me What Song" (2)
 18: "unentitled," John Gorka [Red House, 10/2025] (13)
        "A Light Exists in Spring" (3)
        "Richard III" (3)
        "Welcome Home" (2)
        "No Time To Cry" (2)
        "Particle & Wave" (2)
 20: "All That Really Matters," Kim Moberg [Self, 2/2026] (12)
        "Straight For The Heart" (4)
        "I'll Always Be A Friend" (3)
        "Both Sides Now" (3)
 20: "The Ballad of Husker Scruggs," Hana Zara [Self, 2/2026] (12)
        "The Ballad of Husker Scruggs" (12)
 20: "Blackbirding," Queen Esther [EL Recordings, 3/2026] (12)
        "Home Free" (4)
        "Hold Steady" (3)
        "Hey Virginia!" (2)
 20: "Havin' a Talk," Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence [Warner, 2/2026] (12)
        "Thank You But No Thank You" (4)
        "The Way I Remember You" (2)
        "Supermarket Flowers" (2)
 20: "Joyride," Steve Poltz [Red House, 3/2026] (12)
        "Love a Little Bigger" (4)
        "If It Bleeds It Leads" (2)
        "Petrichor" (2)
 25: "Empire," Kray Van Kirk [Self, 1/2026] (11)
        "Be It Resolved" (3)
        "Fury Road" (3)
 25: "The Journals," Sammy Brue [Bloodshot, 3/2026] (11)
        "Lonely Mornings" (3)
        "Promise To Keep" (3)
        "You Tell Me" (2)
 25: "Long Long Road," Ringo Starr [UME {Universal Music Enterprises}] (11)
        "It's Been Too Long" (11)
 28: "Devils & Doves," Sam Bergquist [Self] (10)
        "Redwood Tree" (3)
        "Louisiana Lightning" (2)
        "Envy Blues" (2)
        "Song on the Wind" (2)
 28: "Driftwood," Weary Ramblers [Self, 1/2026] (10)
        "Kinder Waters" (2)
 28: "Sin & Squalor," Clay Street Unit [Leo 33, 3/2026] (10)
        "Nothing Else Matters" (2)
        "Drive" (2)
        "Freightline Blues" (2)
        "Choctaw County" (2)
 31: "Blessing On The Wing," Joe Newberry & April Verch [Slab Town] (9)
        "Blessing On The Wing" (2)
        "Robin On The Wagon Wheel" (2)
 31: "Circle & Square," Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz [Red Beet, 1/2026] (9)
        "Wide Open" (3)
 31: "It Runs Deep," Garrett Boys [Pond Ridge, 3/2026] (9)
        "Back Home" (3)
        "Who Am I" (2)
        "Ride The Timber Down" (2)
 31: "On a Wing," James Houlahan [OOB] (9)
        "Chariot Song" (2)
        "That Bird & I" (2)
        "Joy 'Round My Brain" (2)
 31: "Questioning the Forty," Kevin Neidig [Self, 2/2026] (9)
        "Don't Take My Gun" (2)
 31: "Rainy Nights & Rearview Windows," Sue Horowitz [Self] (9)
        "Freedom Fly" (3)
        "Keep the Light On Cordelia" (2)
 31: "Whistlin' Past The Graveyard," Andy Cohen [Riverlark] (9)
        "Columbus Stockade" (2)
 31: "A Song for Minnesota," Katie Dahl [Self, 2/2026] (9)
        "A Song for Minnesota" (9)
 39: "The Good Book," Roy Book Binder [Peg Leg, 2013] (8)
        "What You Gonna Do" (3)
        "It Coulda Been Worse" (2)
 39: "O California!," Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands [Spruce & Maple, 1/2026] (8)
        "Look Down That Lonesome Road" (3)
        "This Little Light of Mine" (2)
 39: "Safe, Sensible & Sane," Alison Brown & Steve Martin [Compass, 10/2025] (8)
        "Dear Time" (2)
        "Girl, Have Money When You're Old" (2)
 39: "Valentine," Courtney Marie Andrews [Thirty Tigers, 2/2026] (8)
        "Pendulum Swing" (2)
        "Everyone Wants to Feel Like You Do" (2)
 39: "Wild & Clear & Blue," I'm With Her [Rounder, 4/2025] (8)
        "Wild and Clear and Blue" (3)

TOP SONGS of March 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 5579 plays from 198 playlists from 90 Folk DJs

1. "It's Been Too Long" (13)
     from "Long Long Road" (Ringo Starr)
1. "World of Make Believe" (13)
     from "Field Notes" (Dave Gunning)
3. "The Ballad of Husker Scruggs" (12)
     from "The Ballad of Husker Scruggs" (Hana Zara)
3. "The Time for Flowers" (12)
     from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
5. "Bless it All" (10)
     from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
6. "The Flood" (9)
     from "All Tied Together" (Ye Vagabonds)
6. "A Song for Minnesota" (9)
     from "A Song for Minnesota" (Katie Dahl)
8. "Appalachia" (8)
     from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
8. "Where The Heart Lies" (8)
     from "All Tied Together" (Ye Vagabonds)
10. "Going Nowhere Tonight" (7)
     from "Field Notes" (Dave Gunning)
10. "Pursued by Grace" (7)
     from "Field Notes" (Dave Gunning)
12. "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round" (6)
     from "Sumatra" (Paula Boggs Band)
12. "Antopol" (6)
     from "Passages" (Eric Kilburn)
12. "Hold On" (6)
     from "Hold On - single" (Jillian Matundan)
12. "Hymn for the Unholy" (6)
     from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
12. "Immigrants" (6)
     from "Overdue for a Revolution" (Martin Kerr)
12. "Magic Accident" (6)
     from "Magic Accident" (Della Mae)
12. "No ICE" (6)
     from "No ICE - single" (Emma's Revolution)
19. "Four Walls" (5)
     from "All Tied Together" (Ye Vagabonds)
19. "Dirtbag Saloon" (5)
     from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
19. "Feather and the Starry Crown" (5)
     from "Feather & the Starry Crown" (Sons of the Never Wrong)
19. "Here in Our World" (5)
     from "Blossoms & Ghosts" (Thea Hopkins)
19. "Ice On The Road" (5)
     from "Ice On the Road - single" (Brian Clafin)
19. "I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag" (5)
     from "I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to See" (Country Joe McDonald)
19. "I Lie" (5)
     from "I Lie - single" (Joe Jencks)

TOP ARTISTS of March 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 5579 plays from 198 playlists from 90 Folk DJs

1. Emily Scott Robinson (57)
        "Appalachia" (56)
2. Dave Gunning (46)
        "Field Notes" (44)
3. Ye Vagabonds (36)
        "All Tied Together" (35)
4. Della Mae (34)
        "Magic Accident" (30)
4. Tom Chapin (34)
        "Songs of Hope" (28)
6. Roy Book Binder (31)
        "The Good Book" (8)
        "Live Book: Don't Start Me Talkin'..." (5)
        "Travelin' Man" (4)
7. Lucinda Williams (24)
        "World's Gone Wrong" (20)
8. Goodnight Moonshine (23)
        "Business Unusual" (23)
9. Paul Kaplan (20)
        "King of Hearts" (20)
10. Jesse Appelman (19)
        "Where We Go" (18)
10. John Hammond (19)
        "Wicked Grin" (3)
10. Sons of the Never Wrong (19)
        "Feather & the Starry Crown" (15)
10. Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon (19)
        "Together Again" (18)
14. Country Joe McDonald (18)
        "Tonight I'm Singing Just for You" (6)
14. Eric Kilburn (18)
        "Passages" (18)
14. John Gorka (18)
        "unentitled" (13)
14. Ken Whiteley (18)
        "Keep Going" (17)
14. Tim O'Brien (18)
        "Long Journey Home" (4)
        "Chameleon" (3)
19. Debi Smith (16)
        "Flight of the Robin" (16)
19. Jamie Anderson (16)
        "The Curves Are Still There" (15)
19. Thea Hopkins (16)
        "Blossoms & Ghosts" (16)
22. Big Richard (15)
        "Pet" (15)
23. Hana Zara (14)
        "The Ballad of Husker Scruggs" (12)
24. Bob Weir (13)
        "Ace" (6)
        "Blue Mountain" (5)
24. Kim Moberg (13)
        "All That Really Matters" (12)
24. Kray Van Kirk (13)
        "Empire" (11)
24. Sara Thomsen (13)
        "Here & Gone" (13)
24. Ringo Starr (13)
        "Long Long Road" (11)
29. Bob Dylan (12)
        "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" (2)
29. Queen Esther (12)
        "Blackbirding" (12)
29. Steve Poltz (12)
        "Joyride" (12)
32. Eric Bibb (11)
        "One Mississippi" (6)
32. Katie Dahl (11)
        "A Song for Minnesota" (8)
32. Mavis Staples (11)
        "Sad & Beautiful World" (7)
32. Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence (11)
        "Havin' a Talk" (11)
32. Sammy Brue (11)
        "The Journals" (11)
32. Weary Ramblers (11)
        "Driftwood" (10)
38. Altan (10)
        "Donegal" (3)
38. Bruce Springsteen (10)
        "Streets of Minneapolis" (4)
38. Clay Street Unit (10)
        "Sin & Squalor" (10)
38. Joe Jencks (10)
        "I Lie - single" (5)
        "It's Not For Sale - single" (3)
38. Sam Bergquist (10)
        "Devils & Doves" (10)
38. Sue Horowitz (10)
        "Rainy Nights & Rearview Windows" (9)
38. Tom Russell (10)
        "The Long Way Around" (2)
38. Kevin Neidig (10)
        "Questioning the Forty" (9)

TOP LABELS of March 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 5579 plays from 198 playlists from 90 Folk DJs

1. Compass (93)
2. Rounder (87)
3. Columbia (67)
4. Oh Boy (60)
5. Smithsonian/Folkways (58)
6. Red House (51)
7. Vanguard (39)
8. Signature Sounds (34)
8. Sundance (34)
10. Rhino (32)
10. River Lea (32)
10. Thirty Tigers (32)
13. Warner (28)
14. Nonesuch (21)
15. Alligator (19)
15. Green Linnet (19)
15. Old Coat (19)
15. RCA (19)
19. Appleseed (18)
19. Elektra (18)
21. Sugar Hill (17)
22. Legacy (16)
22. Philo (16)
22. Topic (16)
25. Appalsongs (15)
25. BMG (15)
25. New West (15)
25. Wellspring (15)
29. Free Dirt (14)
30. Atlantic (13)
30. Bloodshot (13)
30. Reprise (13)
30. Tsunami (13)
34. Pyramid (12)
35. Capitol (11)
35. Mercury (11)
37. Appalseed (10)
37. Borealis (10)
37. Highway (10)
37. Righteous Babe (10)
37. Riverlark (10)
37. Shanachie (10)
37. Yep Roc (10)

FOLK DJs - March 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 5579 plays from 198 playlists from 90 Folk DJs

Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, 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 Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Daryana Antipova (WFHB-FM, IN)
David John (KAXE/KBXE-FM, MN)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Debbie Fisher Pics (WJFF-FM, NY)
Denis McGilvray (KWGS-FM, OK)
Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
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)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jean Geiger (mixcloud.com, WA)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jim Canales (WWSP-FM, WI)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-FM, NY)
Kai Schafft (WVBR-FM, NY)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kate McNally (New Hampshire Public Radio)
Katrina Knight (mixcloud.com)
Kejo Buchanan (CJTM-AM, ON)
Ken Batista (WRCT-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Kevin Vance (KPFA-FM & KALW-FM, CA)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, AR)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM & mixcloud.com, OR)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR/WGDH-FM & WGDR-FM, VT)
Mary Anne Moorman (KBCS-FM, WA)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Michael Kane (WBRS-FM, MA)
Michael Park (mixcloud.com & PRX, NY)
Michael S. 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 (mixcloud.com & live365.com, UT)
Paul Porzio (Cox Cable, VA)
Pete Thomas (WAER-FM, NY)
Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-FM, NY)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
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)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM & syndicated, BC)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Terry B- Moses & Naomi Soule (KCLC-FM, MO)
Tom Coxworth (CKUA-FM, AB)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)
Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM & mixcloud.com, NY)
Zeke Duckworthy & Andy Rogovin (WZBC-FM, MA)