Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
May 2026, Week 5

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of May 2026, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1682 plays from 56 playlists from 41 Folk DJs

  1: "Sing Me Alive," I'm With Her [Rounder, 5/2026] (11)
        "Standing On The Fault Line" (2)
        "Overland" (2)
  2: "Magic Accident," Della Mae [Compass, 1/2026] (10)
        "Out Run 'Em" (3)
        "Magic Accident" (2)
        "Takes All Kinds" (2)
  3: "The Great Irish Songbook, Vol. 2: Poets & Storytellers," Dervish [Down The Road, 4/2026] (9)
        "Blue Is the Eye" (2)
        "Tobar An tSaoil - The Well Of The World" (2)
  3: "When I Am a Fossil," Benny Bleu [Circus Tent, 5/2026] (9)
        "When I Am a Fossil" (3)
        "Old Dog" (2)
  5: "Baggage Flies Free," Ed Snodderly [Majestic, 5/2026] (8)
        "When Doc Watson Came to Johnson City" (2)
        "Fixing This Old Gate" (2)
  5: "Old No. 1 Revisited," Various Artists [Truly Handmade, 4/2026] (8)
        "Instant Coffee Blues," Aaron Lee Tasjan (1)
  7: "Appalachia," Emily Scott Robinson [Oh Boy, 1/2026] (7)
        "The Time for Flowers" (2)
  7: "Simple As," Johnsmith [Blue Pine, 5/2026] (7)
        "Simple As" (2)
        "The Boy" (2)
  7: "Spring Green," Mark Erelli [Self, 2/2026] (7)
        "Friend Like You" (4)
 10: "Twilight Tales," The Heart Collectors [Spins The Gold, 4/2026] (6)
        "Beneath the Fall" (3)
        "Kite Song" (2)
 11: "Age of the Ram," Charley Crockett [Island] (5/6)
        "Cover My Trail Tonight" (2)
 11: "Flight of the Robin," Debi Smith [Self, 2/2026] (5/6)
        "Harvest Song" (2)
        "Nebraska Moon" (2)
 11: "Never Done," Annie & Rod Capps [Maynard, 4/2026] (5/6)
        "Who Am I" (3)
        "Never Done" (2)
 11: "Citizen," Crys Matthews [Shamus, 5/2026] (5)
        "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" (3)
        "Citizen" (2)
 11: "Dark on a Sunny Day," Maisy Owen [Tompkins Square, 5/2026] (5)
        "My Youth is All For You" (1)
 11: "Field Notes," Dave Gunning [Self, 2/2026] (5)
        "Going Nowhere Tonight" (2)
 11: "Low Country Wedding," Jefferson Ross [Self, 4/2026] (5)
        "United Nations" (2)
 11: "Ring A Bellin'," Thomm Jutz [Independent release] (5)
        "Damascus Road" (1)

TOP SONGS of May 2026, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1682 plays from 56 playlists from 41 Folk DJs

1. "Friend Like You" (3/4)
     from "Spring Green" (Mark Erelli)
1. "Almost Alright" (3)
     from "Nightclothes" (Annie Gallup)
1. "Beneath the Fall" (3)
     from "Twilight Tales" (The Heart Collectors)
1. "Blowin' in the Wind" (3)
     from "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" (Bob Dylan)
1. "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" (3)
     from "Citizen" (Crys Matthews)
1. "Out Run 'Em" (3)
     from "Magic Accident" (Della Mae)
1. "When I Am a Fossil" (3)
     from "When I Am a Fossil" (Benny Bleu)

TOP ARTISTS of May 2026, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1682 plays from 56 playlists from 41 Folk DJs

1. Bob Dylan (13)
        "Bringing It All Back Home" (2)
2. I'm With Her (12)
        "Sing Me Alive" (11)
3. Della Mae (11)
        "Magic Accident" (10)
4. Dervish (10)
        "The Great Irish Songbook, Vol. 2: Poets & Storytellers" (9)
4. Doc Watson (10)
        "Southbound" (6)
4. The Heart Collectors (10)
        "Twilight Tales" (6)
7. Benny Bleu (9)
        "When I Am a Fossil" (9)
7. Johnsmith (9)
        "Simple As" (7)
9. Charley Crockett (8)
        "Age of the Ram" (6)
9. Mark Erelli (8)
        "Spring Green" (7)
11. Ed Snodderly (7/8)
        "Es Pearl Presents: Baggage Flies Free" (5)
        "Baggage Flies Free" (3)
11. Nanci Griffith (7/9)
        "Storms" (6)
11. The Allman Brothers Band (7)
        "Club R&R" (4)
        "Brothers and Sisters" (3)
11. Emily Scott Robinson (7)
        "Appalachia" (7)
15. Dave Gunning (6)
        "Field Notes" (5)
16. Eliza Gilkyson (5/8)
        "Dark Ages" (4)
16. Annie & Rod Capps (5/6)
        "Never Done" (6)
16. Debi Smith (5/6)
        "Flight of the Robin" (6)
16. The Stray Birds (5/6)
        "Magic Fire" (4)
16. Crys Matthews (5)
        "Citizen" (5)
16. Jefferson Ross (5)
        "Low Country Wedding" (5)
16. Kate Campbell (5)
        "Songs from the Levee" (2)
16. Maisy Owen (5)
        "Dark on a Sunny Day" (5)
16. Sue Horowitz (5)
        "Rainy Nights & Rearview Windows" (4)
16. Thomm Jutz (5)
        "Ring A Bellin'" (5)
16. Tim O'Brien (5)
        "Cornbread Nation" (2)

TOP LABELS of May 2026, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1682 plays from 56 playlists from 41 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (42)
2. Compass (36)
3. Red House (26)
4. Columbia (19)
4. Thirty Tigers (19)
6. Signature Sounds (15)
7. Smithsonian/Folkways (13)
7. Vanguard (13)
9. Capitol (12)
10. Oh Boy (11)
11. Down The Road (10)
11. Rhino (10)
13. Philo (9)
13. Waterbug (9)
15. Warner (8)

FOLK DJs - May 2026, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 1682 plays from 56 playlists from 41 Folk DJs

Angela Page (WJFF-FM, NY)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Bruce Swan (WSFM-LP, NC)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Eureka Mike (WFCF-FM & thesonicplanet.com, FL)
Gordon Nash (folkmusicnotebook.com)
Graham Dean & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Helen Leicht (folkmusicnotebook.com)
Ivy Sheppard (WEHC-FM, VA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
Jean Geiger (mixcloud.com)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
Justin Helmer (KVSC-FM, MN)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, AR)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR/WGDH-FM, VT)
Michael Kane (WCAS-FM & WBRS-FM, MA)
Mitch Park (Radio Hawke's Bay, New Zealand)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
Paul Porzio (Cox Cable, VA)
Pete Thomas (WAER-FM, NY)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NJ)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM & syndicated, ON)
Steven Morrison (KBOO-FM, OR)
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)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM & mixcloud.com, NY)
Zeke Duckworthy & Andy Rogovin (WZBC-FM, MA)