Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
August 2026, Week 1 (so far)

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of August 2026, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2372 plays from 84 playlists from 64 Folk DJs

  1: "This Village," Ranky Tanky [Self, 8/2026] (18)
        "Be Alright" (4)
  2: "These Are the Days That Turn In To Years," Pharis & Jason Romero [Self, 5/2026] (17)
        "Hey Babe" (3)
  3: "Some Comfort," Kate Waters [Wild Raspberry] (12)
        "Next Right Thing" (4)
        "Wasting Time" (2)
        "Words" (2)
  4: "All My Faith," Maya De Vitry [Mad Maker, 7/2026] (11)
        "Bachelorette Lessons" (3)
        "Occasional Oranges" (2)
        "Nobody Else" (2)
        "Coin in Your Soul" (2)
  4: "Lost Cause Lover Fool," The Milk Carton Kids [Thirty Tigers, 2/2026] (11)
        "A Friend Like You" (3)
        "I'll Go Home From Here" (2)
        "Lost Cause Lover Fool" (2)
  4: "Sweet Spot," Shanna in a Dress [Self] (11)
        "Sweet Spot" (4)
        "You Are A Song" (3)
        "Shelli" (2)
  7: "Bag of Bones," Erik Stucky [Mandolin Way] (10)
        "Night Train" (5)
        "Because You're Right" (2)
        "Bag of Bones" (2)
  7: "In The Meantime," Brant Miller [Miller Woods] (10)
        "Sometimes You Just Gotta Let It Go" (2)
        "As I build this house" (2)
  7: "When I Am a Fossil," Benny Bleu [Circus Tent, 5/2026] (10)
        "I've Endured" (3)
        "Abbey Lovely" (2)
        "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" (2)
 10: "Diving In," Lynn Hollyfield [Self, 7/2026] (9)
        "We Are The People" (3)
 11: "The Great Irish Songbook, Vol. 2: Poets & Storytellers," Dervish [Down The Road, 4/2026] (7)
        "Rock the MacHine" (2)
        "Leave A Light On" (2)
 11: "Hand's Cove," Ken & Brad Kolodner [Fenchurch, 6/2026] (7)
        "Steam Powered Aereo Plane" (3)
        "Shuckin' the Brush" (2)
 11: "Once," Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova [Columbia] (7)
        "Falling Slowly" (3)
 11: "Together," Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 2023] (7)
        "Ukrainian Now" (2)
 15: "Absence and Her Sister," Tim Eriksen & Peter Irvine [Soundkeeper] (6)
        "Boston" (2)
 15: "In the Hour of Chaos," Allison Russell [Fantasy, 7/2026] (6)
        "Really Real" (2)
        "No Springtime" (2)
 15: "Mayday!," George Mann & Si Kahn [Legacy, 7/2026] (6)
        "Anyone Can Be President" (2)
 15: "Middle of Nowhere," Kacey Musgraves [Lost Highway, 5/2026] (6)
        "Mexico Honey" (2)
 15: "Mirroring the Wildness," Vanessa Lively [Animada, 7/2026] (6)
        "Red Wolf" (3)
        "Realm of Memories" (2)
 15: "Now I Know," Christopher Mark Jones [Small Batch] (6)
        "The Steelworker's Daughter" (4)
        "Rivers, Hills & Bridges" (2)
 15: "Union Made," Old Crow Medicine Show [Hartland, 6/2026] (6)
        "Rainbow Stew" (1)
 22: "A Sign in the Weather," Bella White [Rounder] (5/8)
        "Stuff" (2)
 22: "All Tied Together," Ye Vagabonds [River Lea, 2/2026] (5/7)
        "On Sitric Road" (2)
 22: "Boone Creek," Boone Creek [Hightone] (5/6)
        "Dixieland" (2)
        "There Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me" (2)
 22: "Accordion Man," Corey Arceneaux & the Zydeco Fusion Band [Self] (5)
        "Good Ole Days" (2)
 22: "The Air That You Breathe," Lance Cowan [Patio, 7/2026] (5)
        "Love" (2)
 22: "Esperanza," Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt [Crooked Cyclone, 6/2026] (5)
        "Dust and Sunbeams" (3)
 22: "The Great Unknowing," John R Miller [Rounder] (5)
        "Think I'll Start Over" (2)
 22: "Home-Brewed," Kate MacLeod's Mind the Gap [Courier Music CM] (5)
        "I Will Sing My Heart Out" (2)
        "The Moon And Mount Ranier" (2)
 22: "Hope Is the Thing," Rhiannon Giddens [Nonesuch, 7/2026] (5)
        "Carolina Rain" (5)
 22: "Never Too Late," Various Artists [?] (5)
        "What Does the Deep Sea Say," Jim Kweskin (1)
 22: "Nightclothes," Annie Gallup [Gallway Bay, 2/2026] (5)
        "Arrow" (2)
 22: "South Coast," Ramblin' Jack Elliott [Red House] (5)
        "Cocaine Blues" (1)
 22: "Sugar," Tift Merritt [One Riot] (5)
        "Everyday Singing" (1)

TOP SONGS of August 2026, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2372 plays from 84 playlists from 64 Folk DJs

1. "Carolina Rain" (5)
     from "Hope Is the Thing" (Rhiannon Giddens)
1. "Falling Slowly" (5)
     from "Once: Music from the Motion Picture" (Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova)
1. "Night Train" (5)
     from "Bag of Bones" (Erik Stucky)
1. "The Reckoning" (5)
     from "The Reckoning - single" (Amy Speace)
5. "Be Alright" (4)
     from "This Village" (Ranky Tanky)
5. "Don't Pick a Fight With the Pope" (4)
     from "Don't Pick a Fight With the Pope - single" (JC Clements)
5. "Next Right Thing" (4)
     from "Some Comfort" (Kate Waters)
5. "The Steelworker's Daughter" (4)
     from "Now I Know" (Christopher Mark Jones)
5. "Sweet Spot" (4)
     from "Sweet Spot" (Shanna in a Dress)
5. "Winning Streak" (4)
     from "Didn't He Ramble" (Glen Hansard)
11. "Seven Bridges Road" (3)
     from "Return To Tupper Street" (Ian Matthews)
11. "Bachelorette Lessons" (3)
     from "All My Faith" (Maya De Vitry)
11. "Cocaine Walking - Booze Talking" (3)
     from "Cocaine Walking, Booze Talking - single" (Richard Thompson)
11. "Coyote" (3)
     from "Joni 75: a Joni Mitchell Birthday Celebration" (Glen Hansard)
11. "Dust and Sunbeams" (3)
     from "Esperanza" (Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt)

TOP ARTISTS of August 2026, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2372 plays from 84 playlists from 64 Folk DJs

1. Glen Hansard (28)
        "Didn't He Ramble" (4)
        "Rhythm and Repose" (4)
2. Ranky Tanky (18)
        "This Village" (18)
3. Pharis & Jason Romero (17)
        "These Are the Days That Turn In To Years" (15)
4. Ramblin' Jack Elliott (14)
        "South Coast" (5)
5. Kate Waters (12)
        "Some Comfort" (12)
5. Maya De Vitry (12)
        "All My Faith" (11)
5. The Milk Carton Kids (12)
        "Lost Cause Lover Fool" (11)
8. Amy Speace (11)
        "The Reckoning - single" (5)
        "The Blue Rock Session" (4)
8. Shanna in a Dress (11)
        "Sweet Spot" (11)
10. Benny Bleu (10)
        "When I Am a Fossil" (10)
10. Brant Miller (10)
        "In The Meantime" (10)
10. Erik Stucky (10)
        "Bag of Bones" (10)
13. The Grateful Dead (9/10)
        "American Beauty" (3)
        "Dick's Picks, Vol. 8" (3)
13. Lynn Hollyfield (9)
        "Diving In" (9)
13. Old Crow Medicine Show (9)
        "Union Made" (6)
16. Allison Russell (8)
        "In the Hour of Chaos" (5)
16. Dervish (8)
        "The Great Irish Songbook, Vol. 2: Poets & Storytellers" (7)
16. Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova (8)
        "Once" (4)
16. Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon (8)
        "Together" (4)
        "Together Again" (4)
20. Bob Dylan (7)
        "Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2" (1)
20. Gordon Lightfoot (7)
        "All Live" (2)
20. Joe Jencks (7)
        "Poets Philosophers Workers and Wanderers" (2)
20. John Prine (7)
        "Bruised Orange" (1)
20. Judy Collins (7)
        "In Concert: Wildflowers at The Town Hall" (1)
20. Ken & Brad Kolodner (7)
        "Hand's Cove" (7)
20. Rhiannon Giddens (7)
        "Hope Is the Thing" (5)
20. Tom Chapin (7)
        "Common Ground" (1)

TOP LABELS of August 2026, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2372 plays from 84 playlists from 64 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (50)
2. Columbia (36)
3. Red House (24)
4. Nonesuch (20)
4. Smithsonian/Folkways (20)
6. Thirty Tigers (18)
6. Warner (18)
8. Compass (17)
9. Appleseed (16)
10. Signature Sounds (15)
11. Legacy (14)
12. Hightone (13)
13. Elektra (11)
14. Green Linnet (10)
14. Mad Maker (10)
14. Mandolin Way (10)
14. Rhino (10)
14. Wild Raspberry (10)
19. Circus Tent (9)
19. Free Dirt (9)
19. Lula (9)
19. Miller Woods (9)
19. Vanguard (9)

FOLK DJs - August 2026, Week 1
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2372 plays from 84 playlists from 64 Folk DJs

Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP & WHQR-FM, NC)
Artie Martello (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
David John (KAXE/KBXE-FM, MN)
David Sears (WBGU-FM, OH)
Denis McGilvray (KWGS-FM, OK)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dusty James & Abalone Pearl (therootsfm.org, MO)
Ed Mellnick (KBOO-FM, OR)
Eureka Mike (WFCF-FM & thesonicplanet.com, WA)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Graham Dean & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Helen Leicht (folkmusicnotebook.com, UK)
JB Nuttle (WSDL-FM, MD)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
Jean Geiger (mixcloud.com)
Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-FM, NY)
Kai Schafft (WVBR-FM, NY)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Katrina Knight (mixcloud.com & folkmusicnotebook.com, PA)
Ken Batista (WRCT-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, NC)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR/WGDH-FM, VT)
Mark Pedersen (WOJB-FM, WI)
Mary Katherine Aldin (KPFK-FM, CA)
Mary Sue Twohy (SiriusXM, US/CA)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Michael Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers & folktunefinder.com, New Zealand)
Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA)
Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN)
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)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NJ)
Sarah LaDuke (folkalley.com, NY)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM & syndicated, BC)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WWUH-FM & WHUS-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)
Zeke Duckworthy & Andy Rogovin (WZBC-FM, MA)


Releases new to the chart:
Ranky Tanky: "This Village" (Self)