Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
August 2026, Week 5

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of August 2026, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2113 plays from 65 playlists from 46 Folk DJs

  1: "Dolly," Dolly Parton [RCA, 1975] (18)
        "Coat of Many Colors" (3)
  2: "Troubadourly Yours," Scott Cook [Release Guru, 8/2026] (17)
        "A Bigger Tent" (5)
        "Keeping Good Company" (3)
        "There is a River" (3)
  3: "Reunion," Mama's Broke [Free Dirt, 5/2026] (15)
        "Build It Up" (5)
        "Failing" (4)
        "Old-Fashioned Love Song" (2)
  4: "Head Noise," Stephanie Sammons [Point Guard, 8/2026] (10)
        "Head Noise" (3)
        "Marathon" (2)
        "Lone Coyote" (2)
  5: "The Complete Trio Collection," Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris [Rhino, 2016] (9)
        "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind" (2)
        "Wildflowers" (2)
        "Farther Along" (2)
  5: "Home-Brewed," Kate Macleod's Mind the Gap [Courier, 8/2026] (9)
        "The Green Rolling Hills of West Virginia" (2)
  5: "Requiem for a Sleepless Night," Kelly Hunt [Compass, 8/2026] (9)
        "Clouds" (5)
  5: "Smoketree," The Kennedys [Self, 8/2026] (9)
        "Without Us" (2)
        "Seeds Of Peace" (2)
        "Like an Angel" (2)
  5: "Williams Branch Is Hard to Find," Carla Gover & Friends [Legacy, 8/2026] (9)
        "Plant a Seed, Write a Song" (3)
        "Hear That Sound" (2)
 10: "The Grass Is Blue," Dolly Parton [Sugar Hill, 1999] (8)
        "A Few Old Memories" (1)
 10: "Little Sparrow," Dolly Parton [Sugar Hill, 2001] (8)
        "Little Sparrow" (3)
        "Marry Me" (2)
 12: "In the Meantime," Brant Miller [Miller Woods, 8/2026] (7/13)
        "As I Build This House" (2)
        "In The Meantime" (2)
 12: "Lost Cause Lover Fool," The Milk Carton Kids [Thirty Tigers, 2/2026] (7/8)
        "Blue Water" (2)
 12: "So Much for Goodbyes," Billy Strings [Reprise, 7/2026] (7)
        "I Like Train Songs" (2)
 12: "When I Am a Fossil," Benny Bleu [Circus Tent, 5/2026] (7)
        "Fairy Shrimp" (2)
        "Mercy Mercy Mercy" (2)
 16: "All My Faith," Maya de Vitry [Mad Maker, 7/2026] (6)
        "All My Faith'" (2)
 16: "I've Missed You All These Years," Sera Cahoone [Sub Pop] (6)
        "High and Low" (2)
 16: "Just Because I'm a Woman," Alison Krauss [Sugar Hill] (6)
        "9 To 5" (3)
        "Coat Of Many Colors" (2)
 16: "Some Comfort," Kate Waters [Wild Raspberry, 8/2026] (6)
        "Words" (2)
        "Honey, I'm Tired" (2)
        "It Gets Better" (2)
 16: "Union Made," Old Crow Medicine Show [Hartland, 6/2026] (6)
        "Last American Waltz" (2)
 16: "This Village," Ranky Tanky [Self, 8/2026] (6)
        "Stomp It In the Ground" (1)
 16: "These Are the Days That Turn Into Years," Pharis & Jason Romero [Free Dirt, 6/2026] (6)
        "Two Pianos" (1)
 23: "Black Cowboys," Dom Flemons [Smithsonian/Folkways, 2018] (5/6)
        "He's a Lone Ranger" (1)
 23: "Pilgrimage," Leeroy Stagger [Cordova Bay, 8/2026] (5/6)
        "Fiddler's Daughter" (3)
 23: "American Circus," Collide [Collidascopic, 8/2026] (5)
        "American Circus" (2)
 23: "Carnival Ride," Barry Gray & Isabel Valls [Gude Time, 8/2026] (5)
        "Watercolors" (1)
 23: "Coat of Many Colors," Dolly Parton [RCA, 1971] (5)
        "Coat of Many Colors" (3)
 23: "The Great Irish Songbook, Vol. 2: Poets & Storytellers," Dervish [Down The Road, 4/2026] (5)
        "Jackie" (2)
 23: "Hope Is the Thing," Rhiannon Giddens [Nonesuch, 7/2026] (5)
        "Carolina Rain" (5)
 23: "Little-Kid Heart," Tipps & Obermiller [Self, 7/2026] (5)
        "Apartment 303" (1)
 23: "Next Act," Steep Canyon Rangers [Yep Roc, 6/2026] (5)
        "Rumble Strips" (3)
 23: "Porchlight," Two Runner [Gar Hole] (5)
        "Late Dinner" (2)
 23: "Trio," Dolly Parton; Emmylou Harris; Linda Ronstadt; Trio [Warner] (5)
        "Wildflowers" (3)
 23: "Trio II," Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris [Asylum, 1999] (5)
        "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind" (2)
        "After the Gold Rush" (2)
 23: "Woodland," Gillian Welch & David Rawlings [Acony, 2024] (5)
        "Howdy Howdy" (1)
 23: "Blacktop Road," Doug Spears & The Florida Cracker Collective [Self] (5)
        "Blacktop Road" (2)

TOP SONGS of August 2026, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2113 plays from 65 playlists from 46 Folk DJs

1. "Coat of Many Colors" (11)
     from "Coat of Many Colors" (Dolly Parton)
2. "Jolene" (6)
     from "Dolly" (Dolly Parton)
3. "A Bigger Tent" (5)
     from "Troubadourly Yours" (Scott Cook)
3. "Build It Up" (5)
     from "Reunion" (Mama's Broke)
3. "Carolina Rain" (5)
     from "Hope Is the Thing" (Rhiannon Giddens)
3. "Clouds" (5)
     from "Requiem for a Sleepless Night" (Kelly Hunt)
3. "My Tennessee Mountain Home" (5)
     from "My Tennessee Mountain Home" (Dolly Parton)
3. "Wildflowers" (5)
     from "Trio" (Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris)
9. "Failing" (4)
     from "Reunion" (Mama's Broke)
9. "My Blue Tears" (4)
     from "Coat of Many Colors" (Dolly Parton)
9. "Plant a Seed, Write a Song" (4)
     from "Williams Branch Is Hard to Find" (Carla Gover & Friends)
12. "9 To 5" (3)
     from "Just Because I'm a Woman" (Alison Krauss)
12. "9 To 5" (3)
     from "Dolly" (Dolly Parton)
12. "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind" (3)
     from "The Complete Trio Collection" (Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris)

TOP ARTISTS of August 2026, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2113 plays from 65 playlists from 46 Folk DJs

1. Dolly Parton (91)
        "Dolly" (16)
2. Scott Cook (17)
        "Troubadourly Yours" (17)
3. Mama's Broke (14)
        "Reunion" (14)
4. Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris (11)
        "The Complete Trio Collection" (6)
        "Trio II" (3)
4. The Kennedys (11)
        "Smoketree" (9)
6. Benny Bleu (10)
        "When I Am a Fossil" (7)
6. Mary Chapin Carpenter (10)
        "The Dirt And The Stars" (2)
6. Stephanie Sammons (10)
        "Head Noise" (10)
9. Nanci Griffith (9/17)
        "Little Love Affairs" (3)
        "Lone Star State Of Mind" (3)
        "Poet in My Window" (3)
9. Billy Strings (9)
        "So Much for Goodbyes" (7)
9. Kelly Hunt (9)
        "Requiem for a Sleepless Night" (9)
9. The Milk Carton Kids (9)
        "Lost Cause Lover Fool" (8)
13. Kate Macleod's Mind the Gap (8)
        "Home-Brewed" (8)
13. Rhiannon Giddens (8)
        "Hope Is the Thing" (5)
15. Brant Miller (7/13)
        "In the Meantime" (13)
15. Cassie And Maggie (7/9)
        "Gold & Coal" (4)
        "The Willow Collection" (4)
15. Sons of the Never Wrong (7/8)
        "On A Good Day. . .I Am" (4)
        "Feather & the Starry Crown" (3)
15. Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer (7)
        "Drum Hat Buddha" (4)
15. Amy Speace (7/9)
        "The Blue Rock Session" (3)

TOP LABELS of August 2026, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2113 plays from 65 playlists from 46 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (51)
2. Legacy (36)
3. Sugar Hill (33)
4. Compass (26)
5. Free Dirt (19)
5. Thirty Tigers (19)
7. Red House (17)
8. Columbia (16)
8. Smithsonian/Folkways (16)
10. Nonesuch (13)
10. Rhino (13)
10. Warner (13)
13. Release Guru (12)
13. Signature Sounds (12)
15. Courier (10)
15. New West (10)
15. Point Guard (10)
18. Sony (9/17)
18. RCA (9)
18. Reprise (9)
18. Sub Pop (9)
18. Yep Roc (9)

FOLK DJs - August 2026, Week 5
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 2113 plays from 65 playlists from 46 Folk DJs

Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Art Menius (WHQR-FM, NC)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Bud Johnson (KNBA-FM & syndicated, AK)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dusty James & Abalone Pearl (therootsfm.org, MO)
Eureka Mike (WFUV-FM & thesonicplanet.com, FL)
Graham Dean & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Helen Leicht (folkmusicnotebook.com, New Zealand)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM & thesonicplanet.com, NY)
Jean Geiger (mixcloud.com)
Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-FM, NY)
Juliet Youngren (WEFT-FM, IL)
Justin Helmer (KVSC-FM, MN)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Katrina Knight (folkmusicnotebook.com)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, FL)
Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL)
Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL)
Mary Sue Twohy (SiriusXM)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Kane (WBRS-FM, MA)
Michael Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD)
Pete Thomas (WAER-FM, NY)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NJ)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM & syndicated, BC)
Steven Morrison (KBOO-FM, OR)
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)
Zeke Duckworthy & Andy Rogovin (WZBC-FM, MA)