Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
August 2026

Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L

TOP ALBUMS of August 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 11733 plays from 419 playlists from 103 Folk DJs

  1: "This Village," Ranky Tanky [Self, 8/2026] (71)
        "Be Alright" (14)
        "This Village" (10)
  2: "Troubadourly Yours," Scott Cook [Release Guru, 8/2026] (68)
        "A Bigger Tent" (11)
        "Keeping Good Company" (10)
  3: "These Are the Days That Turn In To Years," Pharis & Jason Romero [Self, 5/2026] (65)
        "Last Call" (10)
        "Hey Babe" (9)
  4: "Home-Brewed," Kate Macleod's Mind the Gap [Courier, 8/2026] (63)
        "I Will Sing My Heart Out" (16)
        "The Green Rolling Hills of West Virginia" (10)
        "Sometimes a Sound" (8)
        "Cross-Eyed Fiddler Denver Belle" (8)
  5: "Some Comfort," Kate Waters [Wild Raspberry, 8/2026] (57)
        "Words" (9)
        "Next Right Thing" (9)
  6: "In the Meantime," Brant Miller [Miller Woods, 8/2026] (53)
        "The Last Songwriter" (11)
        "As I Build This House" (7)
  7: "Reunion," Mama's Broke [Free Dirt, 5/2026] (48)
        "Old-Fashioned Love Song" (14)
        "Build It Up" (10)
        "Heaven" (9)
  8: "Sweet Spot," Shanna in a Dress [Self, 8/2026] (47)
        "Sweet Spot" (17)
        "Shelli" (9)
        "You Are A Song" (7)
  9: "All My Faith," Maya de Vitry [Mad Maker, 7/2026] (39)
        "Bachelorette Lessons" (8)
        "Coin in Your Soul" (6)
        "Nobody Else" (5)
 10: "The Air That You Breathe," Lance Cowan [Lantzapalooza, 7/2026] (34)
        "Love" (7)
        "Where'd They Go" (7)
 10: "Diving In," Lynn Hollyfield [Self, 7/2026] (34)
        "Diving In" (7)
        "Sweet Tea" (6)
        "Blindspot" (5)
        "We Are the People" (5)
 12: "Bag of Bones," Erik Stucky [Mandolin Way, 8/2026] (32)
        "Night Train" (16)
        "Bag of Bones" (6)
        "Because You're Right" (4)
 13: "So Much for Goodbyes," Billy Strings [Reprise, 7/2026] (31)
        "Burn The Other End" (14)
        "Mill Town Flood" (11)
 14: "Days of Unrest," Margo Price [Loma Vista, 7/2026] (29)
        "Long Haired Country Girl" (8)
        "De Colores" (5)
        "Deportee" (4)
        "Oval Room" (4)
 15: "When I Am a Fossil," Benny Bleu [Circus Tent, 5/2026] (28)
        "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" (6)
        "I've Endured" (5)
        "Fairy Shrimp" (4)
 16: "Lost Cause Lover Fool," The Milk Carton Kids [Thirty Tigers, 2/2026] (27)
        "A Friend Like You" (5)
        "Blue Water" (4)
        "Lost Cause Lover Fool" (4)
        "I'll Go Home From Here" (4)
 16: "Mayday!," George Mann & Si Kahn [Legacy, 7/2026] (27)
        "Hard Times" (7)
        "Anyone Can Be President" (5)
        "In the Heart of the Country" (4)
 18: "Break & Mend," The Heists [Muskeg Collective, 8/2026] (25)
        "Buck Up Buttercup" (13)
        "Farewell Old Treadwell" (5)
        "Break & Mend" (4)
 18: "Dolly," Dolly Parton [RCA, 1975] (25)
        "The Bargain Store" (3)
 20: "New Normal," Mitch Katz [Treestar, 8/2026] (23)
        "Driverless Car" (10)
        "One & Done" (5)
        "New Normal" (4)
        "Never Enough" (3)
 21: "Carnival Ride," Barry Gray & Isabel Valls [Gude Time, 8/2026] (22)
        "Like It's My Last Day" (5)
        "Carnival Ride" (4)
 21: "Now I Know," Christopher Mark Jones [Small Batch, 8/2026] (22)
        "The Steelworker's Daughter" (10)
        "Rivers, Hills & Bridges" (5)
 21: "Simple As," Johnsmith [Blue Pine, 5/2026] (22)
        "Thick as Thieves" (10)
        "I'll Come Runnin'" (4)
        "Underneath The Stars" (4)
 24: "Clovis," Charley Crockett [Atlantic, 8/2026] (21)
        "The Hallelujah Trail" (7)
        "Albuquerque Lights" (4)
 24: "In the Hour of Chaos," Allison Russell [Fantasy, 7/2026] (21)
        "Really Real" (7)
        "No Springtime" (3)
 24: "Thread the Light," The McDades [Free Radio, 5/2026] (21)
        "Telegraph Reel/The Three Sisters" (4)
        "Gardener's Child" (3)
        "Honoloco" (3)
        "Roving Gambler" (3)
 24: "Union Made," Old Crow Medicine Show [Hartland, 6/2026] (21)
        "Last American Waltz" (4)
        "Revolution Now" (3)
        "For What It's Worth" (3)
        "Merrimack & Monitor" (3)
 24: "Willow & Stone," Jenny Reynolds [Self, 6/2026] (21)
        "The Night The Moon and the Sea" (4)
        "A Little Lie" (4)
        "In Our Way" (3)
        "Listening to the Rain" (3)
 29: "The Great Irish Songbook, Vol. 2: Poets & Storytellers," Dervish [Down The Road, 4/2026] (20)
        "Leave a Light On" (5)
        "Blue is the Eye" (3)
        "Rock the MacHine" (3)
        "Jackie" (3)
 29: "Hand's Cove," Ken & Brad Kolodner [Fenchurch, 6/2026] (20)
        "Steam Powered Aereo Plane" (3)
        "Otter Creek" (3)
        "Standing on the Mountain" (3)
        "Shuckin' the Brush" (3)
        "Voice on the Wind" (3)
 29: "Hope Is the Thing," Rhiannon Giddens [Nonesuch, 7/2026] (20)
        "Carolina Rain" (18)
 32: "Gratuitous Grace," Richard Peter Morris [Chutney & Mango, 8/2026] (19)
        "Same Old Moon" (5)
        "Entropy" (4)
 32: "Nightclothes," Annie Gallup [Gallway Bay, 2/2026] (19)
        "Arrow" (5)
        "Almost Alright" (3)
 32: "There's a Better World Coming," Charlie Mosbrook [OMR, 8/2026] (19)
        "Hard Travelin'" (3)
 32: "Unadorned," Deborah Holland [Self, 8/2026] (19)
        "Last Helicopter out of Saigon" (5)
        "How Much Money Does One Man Need" (4)
        "A Better Day" (3)
 36: "American Circus," Collide [Collidascopic, 8/2026] (18)
        "American Circus" (8)
        "Woke" (3)
        "Broken Land" (3)
 36: "A Sign in the Weather," Bella White [Rounder, 8/2026] (18)
        "All My Friends" (3)
        "Little Things" (3)
        "Stuff" (3)
 36: "Sing Me Alive," I'm With Her [Rounder, 5/2026] (18)
        "The Obvious Child" (4)
        "Lord Lead Me On" (3)
 36: "Then Again," Rodney Crowell [New West, 7/2026] (18)
        "Are You One of Us?" (5)
        "40 Winters" (3)
        "Go Light A Candle" (3)
 40: "Accordion Man," Corey Arceneaux & the Zydeco Fusion Band [MoMojo, 8/2026] (17)
        "Good Ole Days" (5)
        "Accordion Man" (3)
 40: "Blues Grass," Arlen Roth [Momojo, 8/2026] (17)
        "I Am a Pilgrim" (4)
        "Rank Strangers" (4)
        "I'll Fly Away" (3)
 40: "Head Noise," Stephanie Sammons [Point Guard, 8/2026] (17)
        "Head Noise" (7)
        "Lone Coyote" (3)
 40: "Lucky Broke Girl," Brittany Ann Tranbaugh [Self, 8/2026] (17)
        "Lucky Broke Girl" (6)
        "Wissahickon" (3)
        "Conventionally Attractive" (3)
 40: "Mirroring the Wildness," Vanessa Lively [Animada, 7/2026] (17)
        "Red Wolf" (5)
 40: "Pilgrimage," Leeroy Stagger [Cordova Bay, 8/2026] (17)
        "Fiddler's Daughter" (5)
        "Summer Rain" (3)
 40: "Rattlin' Bones," Bronwyn [Sugar Petunia, 8/2026] (17)
        "Johnny Ray" (5)
        "Sticks and Stones" (5)
 40: "The Reckoning," Amy Speace [Windbone, 8/2026] (17)
        "The Reckoning" (16)
 40: "Rule of Three," Maura Shawn Scanlin [Belmont, 8/2026] (17)
        "Terralsole" (3)
        "The Good Ship" (3)
 40: "Whistlin' Past the Graveyard," Andy Cohen + Eleanor Ellis + William Lee Ellis [Riverlark, 3/2026] (17)
        "Handful of Frets" (3)
        "I Will Turn Your Money Green" (3)
 50: "Absence & Her Sister," Tim Eriksen & Peter Irvine [Soundkeeper, 8/2026] (16)
        "I Wish the Wars Were All Over" (7)
        "Boston" (2)
        "Amelia" (2)
        "Two Sisters" (2)
 50: "Esperanza," Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt [Crooked Cyclone, 6/2026] (16)
        "Dust and Sunbeams" (6)
        "Space Oddity" (4)
        "La Madrugada Tucsonense" (2)
        "Midnight Sun" (2)
 50: "Ozark Shine," Sad Daddy [Catfish, 7/2026] (16)
        "Little Ozark Cabin" (3)
        "Don't You Take My Dollar Bill" (2)
        "Bossman" (2)
        "Bootlegger" (2)
        "Let's Go Fishin'" (2)
 50: "Requiem for a Sleepless Night," Kelly Hunt [Compass, 8/2026] (16)
        "Clouds" (11)
        "A Certain Shade of Blue" (2)
 50: "Trade My Troubles," Rising Appalachia [Self, 8/2026] (16)
        "Chance at Wholesome" (6)
        "In Love With The Quiet" (4)
        "Battering Ram" (3)
 50: "Veranda," Veranda [Big In The Garden, 5/2026] (16)
        "J'entends ton nom" (4)
        "Si demain" (4)
        "Reel du Pont-Méthot" (3)
        "Sans ardillon" (3)
 56: "The Fiddle & the Drum," Renée Fleming [Thirty Tigers, 4/2026] (15)
        "In The Pines" (5)
        "The Cuckoo" (3)
        "Blackest Crow" (2)
 56: "Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still," Sophie Wellington [Adhyâropa, 7/2026] (15)
        "Shacks and Chalets" (5)
        "Black Pat's Reel" (2)
        "Charleston #1" (2)
        "First of August" (2)
 56: "Little White Cross," Margo Cilker [Fossil, 8/2026] (15)
        "Little White Cross" (15)
 56: "Middle of Nowhere," Kacey Musgraves [Lost Highway, 5/2026] (15)
        "Mexico Honey" (4)
        "Abilene" (2)
        "Coyote" (2)
 56: "Smoketree," The Kennedys [Self, 8/2026] (15)
        "Without Us" (8)
        "Seeds Of Peace" (2)
        "Like an Angel" (2)
 56: "Time to Go Home," Nathan McEuen [Mesa/Bluemoon, 8/2026] (15)
        "Grand Design" (5)
        "Don't Belong Here" (4)
        "Quicker at the Draw" (3)
        "Love Will Never Die" (2)
 62: "The Great Unknowing," John R. Miller [Rounder] (14)
        "Think I'll Start Over" (2)
        "Walk of Life" (2)
        "Two Days Clean" (2)
 62: "Heirloom," Nathan Evans Fox [Free Dirt, 7/2026] (14)
        "Little Bit of Shine" (2)
        "Dancing in the Dark" (2)
 62: "Little-Kid Heart," Tipps & Obermiller [Self, 7/2026] (14)
        "The Garden" (3)
        "Dance When You're Broken" (3)
        "Apartment 303" (2)
        "Gravity" (2)
        "Love Letter" (2)
 62: "New Ways to Lose," American Aquarium [Losing Side] (14)
        "Favorite Hello" (2)
        "Twin Flames" (2)
        "Whatever Helps You Sleep At Night" (2)
        "History Repeats Itself" (2)
        "Out There In The Dark" (2)
 66: "Appalachia," Emily Scott Robinson [Oh Boy, 1/2026] (13)
        "Appalachia" (5)
        "The Fairest View" (2)
        "Cast Iron Heart" (2)
 66: "Baggage Flies Free," Ed Snodderly [Majestic, 5/2026] (13)
        "Will Your Down Home Be Unbroken" (3)
        "See You In The Morning" (2)
        "Coming Down This Road" (2)
        "This Old Guitar" (2)
 66: "Boone Creek," Boone Creek [Craft] (13)
        "There Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me" (3)
        "Dark As The Night Blue As The Day" (2)
        "White House Blues" (2)
        "Dixieland" (2)
        "Walkin' in Jerusalem" (2)
 66: "Cover to Cover," AJ Lee & Blue Summit [Signature Sounds] (13)
        "Fishin' in the Dark" (7)
        "Soak Up The Sun" (4)
 66: "How Many Moons," Laurelyn Dossett [Sycamore Road] (13)
        "Anna Lee" (7)
        "The Vision and The Call" (3)
        "Believe Me" (2)
 66: "Little Sparrow," Dolly Parton [Sugar Hill, 2001] (13)
        "Little Sparrow" (4)
        "In the Sweet By and By" (2)
        "My Blue Tears" (2)
        "Marry Me" (2)
 66: "The Millionth Mile," Phil Madeira [Mercyland] (13)
        "Hippie Chick Singer" (4)
        "The Ghosts of Belle Meade Boulevard" (2)
        "After the Rain" (2)
 66: "Sugar," Tift Merritt [One Riot] (13)
        "Mad Mad World" (2)
        "Finest Feelings" (2)
        "Philosopher's Song" (2)
        "Fate Of Man Is Sarah's Eyes" (2)
        "Generous" (2)
 66: "Together Again," Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 1/2026] (13)
        "The Future" (3)
        "We Know How This Ends" (3)
        "Artie's Last Stand" (2)

TOP SONGS of August 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 11733 plays from 419 playlists from 103 Folk DJs

1. "Carolina Rain" (18)
     from "Hope Is the Thing" (Rhiannon Giddens)
1. "I Will Sing My Heart Out" (18)
     from "Home-Brewed" (Kate Macleod's Mind the Gap)
3. "Sweet Spot" (17)
     from "Sweet Spot" (Shanna in a Dress)
4. "Night Train" (16)
     from "Bag of Bones" (Erik Stucky)
4. "The Reckoning" (16)
     from "The Reckoning" (Amy Speace)
6. "Coat of Many Colors" (15)
     from "Coat of Many Colors" (Dolly Parton)
6. "Little White Cross" (15)
     from "Little White Cross" (Margo Cilker)
8. "Be Alright" (14)
     from "This Village" (Ranky Tanky)
8. "Buck Up Buttercup" (14)
     from "Break & Mend" (The Heists)
8. "Burn The Other End" (14)
     from "So Much for Goodbyes" (Billy Strings)
8. "Old-Fashioned Love Song" (14)
     from "Reunion" (Mama's Broke)
12. "Volver A Celaya" (13)
     from "Volver a Celaya" (Steve Earle & Los Lobos)
13. "Mill Town Flood" (12)
     from "So Much for Goodbyes" (Billy Strings)
14. "A Bigger Tent" (11)
     from "Troubadourly Yours" (Scott Cook)
14. "Clouds" (11)
     from "Requiem for a Sleepless Night" (Kelly Hunt)
14. "The Last Songwriter" (11)
     from "In the Meantime" (Brant Miller)
14. "Serenade Song" (11)
     from "Sound Signal Serenades" (Son Volt)
18. "Build It Up" (10)
     from "Reunion" (Mama's Broke)
18. "Cross-Eyed Fiddler Denver Belle" (10)
     from "Home-Brewed" (Kate Macleod's Mind the Gap)
18. "Driverless Car" (10)
     from "New Normal" (Mitch Katz)
18. "Freedom Bus" (10)
     from "Pick You Up" (Sheryl Crow)
18. "If I Had a Hammer" (10)
     from "If I Had a Hammer - single" (The Pairs)
18. "Keeping Good Company" (10)
     from "Troubadourly Yours" (Scott Cook)
18. "Last Call" (10)
     from "These Are the Days That Turn In To Years" (Pharis & Jason Romero)
18. "Next Right Thing" (10)
     from "Some Comfort" (Kate Waters)
18. "The Steelworker's Daughter" (10)
     from "Now I Know" (Christopher Mark Jones)
18. "The Swimming Song" (10)
     from "The Swimming Song" (The Head & The Heart)
18. "Thick as Thieves" (10)
     from "Simple As" (Johnsmith)
18. "This Village" (10)
     from "This Village" (Ranky Tanky)
30. "Belvelly Keep" (9)
     from "Crossing Faire" (Hana Zara & The Old-Time Pharmaceuticals)
30. "The Green Rolling Hills of West Virginia" (9)
     from "Home-Brewed" (Kate Macleod's Mind the Gap)
30. "Heaven" (9)
     from "Reunion" (Mama's Broke)
30. "Hey Babe" (9)
     from "These Are the Days That Turn In To Years" (Pharis & Jason Romero)
30. "Shelli" (9)
     from "Sweet Spot" (Shanna in a Dress)

TOP ARTISTS of August 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 11733 plays from 419 playlists from 103 Folk DJs

1. Dolly Parton (132)
        "Dolly" (23)
        "Little Sparrow" (13)
2. Ranky Tanky (71)
        "This Village" (71)
3. Scott Cook (69)
        "Troubadourly Yours" (67)
4. Pharis & Jason Romero (65)
        "These Are the Days That Turn In To Years" (62)
5. Kate Macleod's Mind the Gap (64)
        "Home-Brewed" (60)
6. Kate Waters (57)
        "Some Comfort" (57)
7. Brant Miller (55)
        "In the Meantime" (53)
8. Eliza Gilkyson (53)
        "Dark Ages" (8)
9. Mama's Broke (48)
        "Reunion" (46)
10. Shanna in a Dress (47)
        "Sweet Spot" (47)
11. John Prine (42)
        "Fair And Square" (8)
        "Souvenirs" (8)
12. Maya de Vitry (41)
        "All My Faith" (38)
13. Billy Strings (40)
        "So Much for Goodbyes" (31)
14. Glen Hansard (37)
        "Didn't He Ramble" (5)
        "Joni 75: A Joni Mitchell Birthday Celebration" (5)
15. Pete Seeger (35/37)
        "American Favorite Ballads, Vols. 1-5" (15)
15. Lynn Hollyfield (35)
        "Diving In" (34)
17. Amy Speace (34)
        "The Reckoning" (17)
        "The Blue Rock Session" (9)
17. Benny Bleu (34)
        "When I Am a Fossil" (28)
17. Lance Cowan (34)
        "The Air That You Breathe" (34)
20. Erik Stucky (33)
        "Bag of Bones" (32)
21. Rhiannon Giddens (31)
        "Hope Is the Thing" (20)
22. The Milk Carton Kids (30)
        "Lost Cause Lover Fool" (27)
23. Bob Dylan (29)
        "Concert for Bangladesh" (3)
23. Margo Price (29)
        "Days of Unrest" (25)
23. Nanci Griffith (29)
        "Lone Star State Of Mind" (4)
26. The Heists (28)
        "Break & Mend" (25)
26. Old Crow Medicine Show (28)
        "Union Made" (21)
28. Judy Collins (27)
        "Live in Ireland" (3)
29. John McCutcheon (26)
        "Field of Stars" (3)
30. Kate Wolf (25/29)
        "Close To You" (11)
        "Back Roads" (4)
        "Give Yourself To Love" (4)
30. George Mann & Si Kahn (25)
        "Mayday!" (25)
32. Charley Crockett (24)
        "Clovis" (19)
32. I'm With Her (24)
        "Sing Me Alive" (18)
        "Wild & Clear & Blue" (5)
32. Johnsmith (24)
        "Simple As" (22)
35. The Kennedys (23)
        "Smoketree" (15)
35. The McDades (23)
        "Thread the Light" (21)
35. Mitch Katz (23)
        "New Normal" (23)
38. Barry Gray & Isabel Valls (22)
        "Carnival Ride" (22)
38. Joni Mitchell (22)
        "Miles of Aisles" (3)
        "Night Ride Home" (3)
40. Annie Gallup (21)
        "Nightclothes" (19)
40. Charlie Mosbrook (21)
        "There's a Better World Coming" (18)
40. Christopher Mark Jones (21)
        "Now I Know" (21)
40. Deborah Holland (21)
        "Unadorned" (19)
40. Dervish (21)
        "The Great Irish Songbook, Vol. 2: Poets & Storytellers" (19)
40. Emmylou Harris (21)
        "Last Date" (6)
        "All I Intended To Be" (3)
40. Jenny Reynolds (21)
        "Willow & Stone" (21)
40. Ken & Brad Kolodner (21)
        "Hand's Cove" (20)
48. Allison Russell (20)
        "In the Hour of Chaos" (15)
48. Bella White (20)
        "A Sign in the Weather" (18)
48. Kelly Hunt (20)
        "Requiem for a Sleepless Night" (16)
        "Even the Sparrow" (3)
48. Richard Peter Morris (20)
        "Gratuitous Grace" (19)
52. The Band (19)
        "Live at Woodstock" (3)
52. Grateful Dead (19)
        "American Beauty" (4)
        "Dick's Picks, Vol. 8" (3)
        "Reckoning" (3)
52. Ramblin' Jack Elliott (19)
        "South Coast" (5)
        "Ballad of Ramblin' Jack" (4)
        "Legends of Folk" (3)
52. Rodney Crowell (19)
        "Then Again" (17)
52. Tom Rush (19)
        "Gardens Old, Flowers New" (8)
57. Arlen Roth (18)
        "Blues Grass" (14)
        "Bluegrass" (4)
57. Collide (18)
        "American Circus" (18)
57. Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer (18)
        "Drum Hat Buddha" (10)
        "Tanglewood Tree" (3)
57. John Gorka (18)
        "unentitled" (4)
57. Maura Shawn Scanlin (18)
        "Rule of Three" (16)
57. Rising Appalachia (18)
        "Trade My Troubles" (16)
57. Sad Daddy (18)
        "Ozark Shine" (16)
57. Stan Rogers (18)
        "Home In Halifax" (6)
        "From Fresh Water" (4)
57. Steep Canyon Rangers (18)
        "Next Act" (12)
57. Veranda (18)
        "Veranda" (16)
67. Leonard Cohen (17/19)
        "Songs Of Leonard Cohen" (6)
        "Six Montreal Poets" (3)
67. Brittany Ann Tranbaugh (17)
        "Lucky Broke Girl" (17)
67. Kalos (17)
        "Tamarack" (11)
        "Ladybug" (3)
67. Leeroy Stagger (17)
        "Pilgrimage" (17)
67. Mary Chapin Carpenter (17)
        "Personal History" (3)
67. Neale Eckstein (17)
        "Build Our Dreams" (8)
        "Nothing But Water" (4)
67. The Pairs (17)
        "If I Had a Hammer - single" (10)
        "Together on a Rock" (4)
67. Stephanie Sammons (17)
        "Head Noise" (17)
67. Tim Eriksen & Peter Irvine (17)
        "Absence & Her Sister" (16)
67. Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon (17)
        "Together Again" (11)
        "Together" (6)
67. Vanessa Lively (17)
        "Mirroring the Wildness" (17)
78. Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt (16)
        "Esperanza" (16)
78. Bronwyn (16)
        "Rattlin' Bones" (16)
78. Gordon Lightfoot (16)
        "All Live" (4)
        "Lightfoot!" (4)
78. Greg Brown (16)
        "If I Had Known: Essential Recordings, 1980-1996" (3)
78. Kacey Musgraves (16)
        "Middle of Nowhere" (14)
78. Nathan McEuen (16)
        "Time to Go Home" (15)
78. Ray Wylie Hubbard (16)
        "Reel 2 Reel 4 Real" (11)
78. Tipps & Obermiller (16)
        "Little-Kid Heart" (14)
78. Willie Nelson (16)
        "Dream Chaser" (10)
78. Woody Guthrie (16)
        "This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1" (3)
        "My Dusty Road" (3)

TOP LABELS of August 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 11733 plays from 419 playlists from 103 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (230)
2. Red House (127)
3. Smithsonian/Folkways (116)
4. Columbia (114)
5. Legacy (95)
6. Compass (94)
7. Sugar Hill (81)
8. Free Dirt (79)
9. Nonesuch (76)
10. Thirty Tigers (70)
11. New West (69)
12. Signature Sounds (66)
13. Warner (65)
14. Release Guru (53)
15. Rhino (52)
16. Courier (50)
17. Reprise (49)
17. Wild Raspberry (49)
19. Oh Boy (48)
20. Miller Woods (44)
21. Atlantic (43)
22. Appleseed (42)
22. Craft (42)
24. Yep Roc (41)
25. Vanguard (39)
26. Elektra (38)
27. Lula (36)
27. Mad Maker (36)
29. Sony (32)
30. Capitol (31)
30. Fossil (31)
30. Mandolin Way (31)
30. RCA (31)
34. Adhyâropa (30)
34. Borealis (30)
36. Concord (29)
36. Loma Vista (29)
38. Green Linnet (28)
39. Circus Tent (27)
39. Fantasy (27)
41. Hightone (24)
41. SME (24)
43. Community (23)
43. Free Radio (23)
43. Philo (23)
43. Windbone (23)
47. MoMojo (22)
47. Nettwerk (22)
47. True North (22)
50. Down The Road (21)
50. Flying Fish (21)
50. Muskeg Collective (21)
50. Riverlark (21)
50. Small Batch (21)
55. Appalseed (20)
55. Gar Hole (20)
55. Lantzapalooza (20)
55. Mercury (20)

FOLK DJs - August 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 11733 plays from 419 playlists from 103 Folk DJs

Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Art Menius (WHQR-FM & WHUP-LP, NC)
Art Stevenson (WORT-FM, WI)
Artie Martello (folkmusicnotebook.com & folkmusicnotenook.com, NY)
Bill "Rusty" Crowell & Jan Alba (WPPM-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT)
Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio)
Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM & WFMR-FM, MA)
Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia)
Bruce Swan (WSFM-LP, NC)
Bud Johnson (KNBA-FM & syndicated, AK)
Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Cindy Howes (folkalley.com, ME)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM & mixcloud.com, GA)
David John (KEOS-FM & KAKE/KBXE-FM, TX)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Debbie Fisher (WJFF-FM, NY)
Denis McGilvray (KWGS-FM, OK)
Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR)
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, FL)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Gordon Nash (folkmusicnotebook.com)
Graham Dean & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Helen Leicht (folkmusicnotebook.com, UK)
JB Nuttle (WSDL-FM, MD)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM & thesonicplanet.com, NY)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jean Geiger (mixcloud.com)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com, SC)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-FM & soundcloud.com, NY)
Juliet Youngren (WEFT-FM, IL)
Justin Helmer (KVSC-FM, MN)
Kai Schafft (WVBR-FM, NY)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Katrina Knight (folkmusicnotebook.com & mixcloud.com, PA)
Kejo Buchanan (CJTM-AM, ON)
Ken Batista (WRCT-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Kevin Vance (KALW-FM & soundcloud.com, 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, VT)
Mark Pedersen (WOJB-FM, WI)
Mary Anne Moorman (KBCS-FM, WA)
Mary Katherine Aldin (KPFK-FM, CA)
Mary Sue Twohy (SiriusXM, US/CA)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Michael Kane (WBRS-FM, MA)
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 & soundcloud.com, MD)
Paul Hefti (KUTZ-FM & mixcloud.com, UT)
Paul Porzio (Cox Cable, VA)
Pete Thomas (WAER-FM, NY)
Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-FM, NY)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NJ)
Sarah LaDuke (folkalley.com, NY)
Sherre Birenbaum (therootsfm.org, MO)
Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM & syndicated, BC)
Steven Morrison (KBOO-FM, OR)
Sue Kessell (WNUR-FM, IL)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WWUH-FM & WHUS-FM, CT)
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)
Wayne Greene (KEOS-FM, TX)
Zeke Duckworthy & Andy Rogovin (WZBC-FM, MA)


Releases new to the chart in August:

Amy Speace: "The Reckoning" (Windbone)
Arlen Roth: "Blues Grass" (Momojo)
Barry Gray & Isabel Valls: "Carnival Ride" (Gude Time)
Bella White: "A Sign in the Weather" (Rounder)
Brant Miller: "In the Meantime" (Miller Woods)
Brittany Ann Tranbaugh: "Lucky Broke Girl" (Self)
Bronwyn: "Rattlin' Bones" (Sugar Petunia)
Charley Crockett: "Clovis" (Atlantic)
Charlie Mosbrook: "There's a Better World Coming" (OMR)
Christopher Mark Jones: "Now I Know" (Small Batch)
Collide: "American Circus" (Collidascopic)
Corey Arceneaux & the Zydeco Fusion Band: "Accordion Man" (MoMojo)
David Scott Weaver: "Songs of Hope & Resistance" (Self)
Deborah Holland: "Unadorned" (Self)
Dolly Parton: "Dolly" (RCA)
Erik Stucky: "Bag of Bones" (Mandolin Way)
Joe Jencks: "I Lie" (Turtle Bear)
Kate Macleod's Mind the Gap: "Home-Brewed" (Courier)
Kate Waters: "Some Comfort" (Wild Raspberry)
Kelly Hunt: "Requiem for a Sleepless Night" (Compass)
Leeroy Stagger: "Pilgrimage" (Cordova Bay)
Margo Cilker: "Little White Cross" (Fossil)
Maura Shawn Scanlin: "Rule of Three" (Belmont)
Mitch Katz: "New Normal" (Treestar)
Nathan McEuen: "Time to Go Home" (Mesa/Bluemoon)
Paul McCartney: "The Boys of Dungeon Lane" (MPL/Capitol)
Pharis & Jason Romero: "These Are the Days That Turn Into Years" (Free Dirt)
Ranky Tanky: "This Village" (Self)
Renée Fleming: "The Fiddle & the Drum" (Thirty Tigers)
Richard Peter Morris: "Gratuitous Grace" (Chutney & Mango)
Scott Cook: "Troubadourly Yours" (Release Guru)
Shanna in a Dress: "Sweet Spot" (Self)
Stephanie Sammons: "Head Noise" (Point Guard)
The Heists: "Break & Mend" (Muskeg Collective)
The Kennedys: "Smoketree" (Self)
Tim Eriksen & Peter Irvine: "Absence & Her Sister" (Soundkeeper)