Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
June 2026, Week 3

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of June 2026, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2113 plays from 73 playlists from 59 Folk DJs

  1: "These Are the Days That Turn In To Years," Pharis & Jason Romero [Self, 5/2026] (20)
        "Big Time World" (6)
        "Last Call" (5)
  2: "Nightclothes," Annie Gallup [Gallway Bay, 2/2026] (9)
        "Elephant" (2)
        "Robots" (2)
        "Nightclothes" (2)
  2: "Thread the Light," The McDades [Free Radio, 5/2026] (9)
        "Peggy-O" (2)
        "Roving Gambler" (2)
        "Dance Around The Spinning Wheel" (2)
  2: "When I Am a Fossil," Benny Bleu [Circus Tent, 5/2026] (9)
        "I've Endured" (3)
        "Serenity Song" (2)
  5: "Lost Cause Lover Fool," The Milk Carton Kids [Thirty Tigers, 2/2026] (7)
        "Blinded and Smiling" (2)
        "Young Love" (2)
  5: "Veranda," Veranda [Big In The Garden, 5/2026] (7)
        "J'entends ton nom" (3)
  7: "The Boys of Dungeon Lane," Paul McCartney [Capitol] (6)
        "Home To Us" (2)
  7: "Esperanza," Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt [Crooked Cyclone, 6/2026] (6)
        "Space Oddity" (3)
  7: "Pattonville," Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus [Berkalin, 6/2026] (6)
        "We're Not So Different" (4)
  7: "Sing Me Alive," I'm With Her [Rounder, 5/2026] (6)
        "Find My Way to You" (2)
  7: "Time," Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band [Thirty Tigers, 5/2026] (6)
        "Crazy About A Jukebox" (2)
  7: "Willow & Stone," Jenny Reynolds [Self, 6/2026] (6)
        "Listening To The Rain" (3)
 13: "Pilgrimage," Leeroy Stagger [Self] (5/6)
        "Summer Rain" (3)
 13: "Baggage Flies Free," Ed Snodderly [Majestic, 5/2026] (5)
        "Willow Green" (1)
 13: "The Fiddle and the Drum," Renée Fleming & AOIFE FLECK, BELA With O'DONOVAN [Thirty Tigers] (5)
        "Blackest Crow" (2)
 13: "Gravity Of Grace," Johnsmith [Blue Pine, 2009] (5)
        "Father's Day" (5)
 13: "The Great Irish Songbook, Vol. 2: Poets & Storytellers," Dervish [Down The Road, 4/2026] (5)
        "The Broad Majestic Shannon" (2)
        "One Irish Rover" (2)
 13: "Hand's Cove," Ken & Brad Kolodner [Fenchurch, 6/2026] (5)
        "Hand's Cove" (5)
 13: "Long Long Road," Ringo Starr [UMe, 4/2026] (5)
        "You And I" (1)
 13: "Middle of Nowhere," Kacey Musgraves [Lost Highway, 5/2026] (5)
        "I Believe In Ghosts)" (2)
 13: "Whistlin' Past the Graveyard," Andy Cohen & Eleanor Ellis & William Lee Ellis [Riverlark, 4/2026] (5)
        "South Nashville Blues" (1)
 22: "Blessing On The Wing," April Verch & Joe Newberry [Slab Town] (4)
        "Neighbors" (1)
 22: "Dream Chaser," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 4/2026] (4)
        "Fly Away" (1)
 22: "Empty Pair of Shoes," Claire Lynch [Thrill Hill, 5/2026] (4)
        "Suffer the Children" (2)
 22: "Great American Jukebox," JILL MILES, MICHAEL J. With KAEDING [Miles] (4)
        "As" (1)
 22: "Gypsy Songman," Jerry Jeff Walker [Ryko] (4)
        "My Old Man" (4)
 22: "The Little In-Between," Tim Grimm [Vault, 2023] (4)
        "New Boots" (3)
 22: "Old No. 1 Revisited," Various Artists [Truly Handmade, 4/2026] (4)
        "Texas 1947," Brennen Leigh (2)
        "Nickel for the Fiddler," Kelsey Waldon (2)

TOP SONGS of June 2026, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2113 plays from 73 playlists from 59 Folk DJs

1. "Big Time World" (6)
     from "These Are the Days That Turn In To Years" (Pharis & Jason Romero)
1. "Hand's Cove" (6)
     from "Hand's Cove" (Ken & Brad Kolodner)
3. "Father's Day" (5)
     from "Gravity Of Grace" (Johnsmith)
3. "In Love with the Quiet" (5)
     from "In Love with the Quiet - single" (Rising Appalachia)
3. "Last Call" (5)
     from "These Are the Days That Turn In To Years" (Pharis & Jason Romero)
3. "My Old Man" (5)
     from "Gypsy Songman" (Jerry Jeff Walker)
7. "The Dad I Had" (4)
     from "The Dad I Had - single" (Joe Rathburn)
7. "Deportee" (4)
     from "Deportee - single" (Mason Via, & Lucinda Williams)
7. "My Old Man" (4)
     from "No Big Surprise: the Steve Goodman Anthology" (Steve Goodman)
7. "The Randall Knife" (4)
     from "Songs And Stories" (Guy Clark)
7. "We're Not So Different" (4)
     from "Pattonville" (Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus)
12. "Dark on a Sunny Day" (3)
     from "Dark on a Sunny Day" (Maisy Owen)
12. "Feels Like Love" (3)
     from "Feel Like Love - single" (Nick Dumas)
12. "Fussing and Fighting" (3)
     from "The Breakdown" (Keb' Mo')

TOP ARTISTS of June 2026, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2113 plays from 73 playlists from 59 Folk DJs

1. Pharis & Jason Romero (20)
        "These Are the Days That Turn In To Years" (19)
2. Annie Gallup (10)
        "Nightclothes" (9)
2. Benny Bleu (10)
        "When I Am a Fossil" (9)
2. The McDades (10)
        "Thread the Light" (9)
5. Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt (9)
        "Esperanza" (6)
6. Johnsmith (8)
        "Gravity Of Grace" (5)
6. Veranda (8)
        "Veranda" (7)
8. I'm With Her (7)
        "Sing Me Alive" (6)
8. The Milk Carton Kids (7)
        "Lost Cause Lover Fool" (7)
8. Peggy Seeger (7)
        "Vintage" (4)
8. Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band (7)
        "Time" (6)
8. Willie Nelson (7)
        "Dream Chaser" (4)

TOP LABELS of June 2026, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2113 plays from 73 playlists from 59 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (29)
2. Columbia (24)
3. Smithsonian/Folkways (23)
3. Thirty Tigers (23)
5. Red House (16)
6. Free Dirt (12)
7. Elektra (11)
8. Reprise (10)
8. Signature Sounds (10)
10. Flying Fish (9)
10. Free Radio (9)
10. Lula (9)
10. Righteous Babe (9)
10. Warner (9)
15. Legacy (8)
15. New West (8)
15. Vanguard (8)
18. Philo (7/8)
18. Atlantic (7)
18. Circus Tent (7)
18. Crooked Cyclone (7)
18. Lost Highway (7)
18. RCA (7)

FOLK DJs - June 2026, Week 3
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2113 plays from 73 playlists from 59 Folk DJs

Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Art Stevenson (WORT-FM, WI)
Artie Martello (folkmusicnotebook.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)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Daryana Antipova (WFHB-FM)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM & mixcloud.com, GA)
David John (KAXE/KBXE-FM & KEOS-FM, MN)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Graham Dean & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Helen Leicht (folkmusicnotebook.com)
JB Nuttle (WSDL-FM, MD)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jean Geiger (mixcloud.com)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-FM, NY)
Justin Helmer (KVSC-FM, MN)
Katrina Knight (mixcloud.com & folkmusicnotebook.com)
Ken Batista (WRCT-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, AR)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR/WGDH-FM, VT)
Mary Katherine Aldin (KPFK-FM, CA)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Michael Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Paul Hefti (KUTZ-FM & mixcloud.com, UT)
Pete Thomas (WAER-FM, NY)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM & syndicated, BC)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WWUH-FM, CT)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Terry B. Moses & Naomi Soule (KCLC-FM, MO)
Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & podcast, PA)
Wally Bowen (KOCF-LP, OR)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC-FM & mixcloud.com, NY)