Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
August 2026 (so far)

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 3380 plays from 118 playlists from 73 Folk DJs

  1: "This Village," Ranky Tanky [Self, 8/2026] (24)
        "Be Alright" (5)
        "This Village" (3)
        "Lift Me Up" (3)
        "Jump in the Water" (3)
  1: "These Are the Days That Turn In To Years," Pharis & Jason Romero [Self, 5/2026] (24)
        "Hey Babe" (4)
        "Big Time World" (4)
        "Last Call" (3)
  3: "Some Comfort," Kate Waters [Wild Raspberry, 8/2026] (22)
        "Next Right Thing" (6)
        "Wasting Time" (4)
        "It Gets Better" (3)
        "Some Comfort" (3)
  4: "Sweet Spot," Shanna in a Dress [Self, 8/2026] (18)
        "Sweet Spot" (6)
        "Shelli" (3)
        "You Are A Song" (3)
  5: "Bag of Bones," Erik Stucky [Mandolin Way, 8/2026] (17)
        "Night Train" (8)
        "Bag of Bones" (3)
        "Jealous Of The Wind" (3)
  6: "Home-Brewed," Kate MacLeod's Mind the Gap [Courier, 8/2026] (15)
        "I Will Sing My Heart Out" (6)
        "The Moon And Mount Ranier" (3)
        "The Old Charles Town Pike" (2)
  7: "Esperanza," Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt [Crooked Cyclone, 6/2026] (13)
        "Dust and Sunbeams" (6)
        "Space Oddity" (2)
        "Midnight Sun" (2)
  7: "In The Meantime," Brant Miller [Miller Woods] (13)
        "Sometimes You Just Gotta Let It Go" (3)
        "The Last Songwriter" (3)
        "As I build this house" (2)
  7: "When I Am a Fossil," Benny Bleu [Circus Tent, 5/2026] (13)
        "I've Endured" (3)
        "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" (3)
        "March of the Mollusk" (2)
        "Abbey Lovely" (2)
 10: "All My Faith," Maya De Vitry [Mad Maker, 7/2026] (12)
        "Bachelorette Lessons" (3)
        "Occasional Oranges" (2)
        "Nobody Else" (2)
        "Coin in Your Soul" (2)
 10: "Diving In," Lynn Hollyfield [Self, 7/2026] (12)
        "Blindspot" (3)
        "Diving In" (3)
        "We Are The People" (3)
 10: "Lost Cause Lover Fool," The Milk Carton Kids [Thirty Tigers, 2/2026] (12)
        "A Friend Like You" (3)
        "I'll Go Home From Here" (2)
        "Ribbon" (2)
        "Lost Cause Lover Fool" (2)
 13: "Now I Know," Christopher Mark Jones [Small Batch] (10)
        "The Steelworker's Daughter" (6)
        "Rivers, Hills & Bridges" (2)
 14: "The Air That You Breathe," Lance Cowan [Patio, 7/2026] (9)
        "Love" (2)
 14: "Boone Creek," Boone Creek [Hightone] (9)
        "There Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me" (3)
        "Dixieland" (2)
 14: "Clovis," Charley Crockett [Atlantic] (9)
        "The Hallelujah Trail" (4)
        "Clouds" (2)
 14: "In the Hour of Chaos," Allison Russell [Fantasy, 7/2026] (9)
        "Really Real" (3)
        "Good Omens" (2)
        "No Springtime" (2)
 14: "Mayday!," George Mann & Si Kahn [Legacy, 7/2026] (9)
        "Stranger in This Land" (2)
        "Hard Times" (2)
        "In the Heart of the Country" (2)
        "Anyone Can Be President" (2)
 14: "New Normal," Mitch Katz [Treestar] (9)
        "Driverless Car" (4)
        "Never Enough" (2)
 14: "Union Made," Old Crow Medicine Show [Hartland, 6/2026] (9)
        "Lewis & Clark" (2)
        "For What It's Worth" (2)
 21: "The Reckoning," Amy Speace [Self] (8)
        "The Reckoning" (8)
 22: "Absence and Her Sister," Tim Eriksen & Peter Irvine [Soundkeeper] (7)
        "Boston" (2)
        "I Wish the Wars Were All Over" (2)
 22: "The Great Irish Songbook, Vol. 2: Poets & Storytellers," Dervish [Down The Road, 4/2026] (7)
        "Rock the MacHine" (2)
        "Leave A Light On" (2)
 22: "Hand's Cove," Ken & Brad Kolodner [Fenchurch, 6/2026] (7)
        "Steam Powered Aereo Plane" (3)
        "Shuckin' the Brush" (2)
 22: "Hope Is the Thing," Rhiannon Giddens [Nonesuch, 7/2026] (7)
        "Carolina Rain" (7)
 22: "Mirroring the Wildness," Vanessa Lively [Animada, 7/2026] (7)
        "Red Wolf" (3)
        "Realm of Memories" (2)
 22: "Once," Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova [Columbia] (7)
        "Falling Slowly" (3)
 22: "Reunion," Mama's Broke [Free Dirt, 5/2026] (7)
        "The Nameless" (2)
        "Build It Up" (2)
        "Heaven" (2)
 22: "Sugar," Tift Merritt [One Riot] (7)
        "Mad Mad World" (1)
 22: "There's a Better World Coming," Charlie Mosbrook [Self] (7)
        "Better World" (1)
 22: "Together," Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 2023] (7)
        "Ukrainian Now" (2)
 22: "Veranda," Veranda [Big In The Garden, 5/2026] (7)
        "J'entends ton nom" (3)

TOP SONGS of August 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3380 plays from 118 playlists from 73 Folk DJs

1. "Night Train" (8)
     from "Bag of Bones" (Erik Stucky)
1. "The Reckoning" (8)
     from "The Reckoning" (Amy Speace)
3. "Carolina Rain" (7)
     from "Hope Is the Thing" (Rhiannon Giddens)
3. "I Will Sing My Heart Out" (7)
     from "Home-Brewed" (Kate MacLeod's Mind the Gap)
3. "Next Right Thing" (7)
     from "Some Comfort" (Kate Waters)
6. "Dust and Sunbeams" (6)
     from "Esperanza" (Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt)
6. "The Steelworker's Daughter" (6)
     from "Now I Know" (Christopher Mark Jones)
6. "Sweet Spot" (6)
     from "Sweet Spot" (Shanna in a Dress)
9. "Seven Bridges Road" (5)
     from "Return To Tupper Street" (Ian Matthews)
9. "Be Alright" (5)
     from "This Village" (Ranky Tanky)
9. "Falling Slowly" (5)
     from "Once" (Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova)
12. "Big Time World" (4)
     from "These Are the Days That Turn In To Years" (Pharis & Jason Romero)
12. "Coyote" (4)
     from "Joni 75: a Joni Mitchell Birthday Celebration" (Glen Hansard)
12. "Don't Pick a Fight With the Pope" (4)
     from "Don't Pick a Fight With the Pope - single" (JC Clements)
12. "Driverless Car" (4)
     from "New Normal" (Mitch Katz)

TOP ARTISTS of August 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3380 plays from 118 playlists from 73 Folk DJs

1. Glen Hansard (30)
        "Didn't He Ramble" (4)
        "Joni 75" (4)
        "Rhythm and Repose" (4)
2. Pharis & Jason Romero (24)
        "These Are the Days That Turn In To Years" (22)
2. Ranky Tanky (24)
        "This Village" (24)
4. Kate Waters (22)
        "Some Comfort" (22)
5. Shanna in a Dress (18)
        "Sweet Spot" (18)
6. Erik Stucky (17)
        "Bag of Bones" (17)
7. Amy Speace (15)
        "The Reckoning" (8)
        "The Blue Rock Session" (5)
7. Brant Miller (15)
        "In The Meantime" (13)
7. Kate MacLeod's Mind the Gap (15)
        "Home-Brewed" (14)
10. The Milk Carton Kids (14)
        "Lost Cause Lover Fool" (12)
10. Ramblin' Jack Elliott (14)
        "South Coast" (5)
12. Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt (13)
        "Esperanza" (13)
12. Benny Bleu (13)
        "When I Am a Fossil" (13)
12. Grateful Dead (13)
        "American Beauty" (3)
        "Dick's Picks, Vol. 8" (3)
12. Maya De Vitry (13)
        "All My Faith" (12)
12. Old Crow Medicine Show (13)
        "Union Made" (9)
17. Lynn Hollyfield (12)
        "Diving In" (12)
18. Bob Dylan (11)
        "Another Side Of Bob Dylan" (1)
18. Rhiannon Giddens (11)
        "Hope Is the Thing" (7)
20. Christopher Mark Jones (10)
        "Now I Know" (10)
21. Allison Russell (9)
        "In the Hour of Chaos" (6)
21. Arlen Roth (9)
        "Blues Grass" (6)
        "Bluegrass" (3)
21. Boone Creek (9)
        "Boone Creek" (9)
21. Charley Crockett (9)
        "Clovis" (6)
21. Lance Cowan (9)
        "The Air That You Breathe" (9)
21. Mitch Katz (9)
        "New Normal" (9)
21. Tom Chapin (9)
        "Songs of Hope" (2)
21. Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon (9)
        "Together Again" (5)
        "Together" (4)
29. Dervish (8)
        "The Great Irish Songbook, Vol. 2: Poets & Storytellers" (7)
29. George Mann & Si Kahn (8)
        "Mayday!" (8)
29. Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova (8)
        "Once" (4)
29. Gordon Lightfoot (8)
        "All Live" (2)
29. John Prine (8)
        "Bruised Orange" (1)
29. Judy Collins (8)
        "The Very Best Of Judy Collins" (2)
29. Ken & Brad Kolodner (8)
        "Hand's Cove" (7)
29. Stan Rogers (8)
        "From Fresh Water" (2)
29. Tom Rush (8)
        "Gardens Old, Flowers New" (4)

TOP LABELS of August 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3380 plays from 118 playlists from 73 Folk DJs

1. Rounder (65)
2. Columbia (44)
3. Red House (37)
4. Thirty Tigers (30)
5. Nonesuch (27)
6. Signature Sounds (26)
7. Smithsonian/Folkways (25)
8. Warner (23)
9. Appleseed (21)
9. Compass (21)
11. Legacy (18)
12. Mandolin Way (17)
12. Wild Raspberry (17)
14. Vanguard (15)
15. Free Dirt (14)
15. Hightone (14)
15. Lula (14)
15. New West (14)
15. Rhino (14)
20. Elektra (13)
20. Sugar Hill (13)

FOLK DJs - August 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 3380 plays from 118 playlists from 73 Folk DJs

Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Art Menius (WHQR-FM & WHUP-LP, NC)
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)
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, TX)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Gordon Nash (folkmusicnotebook.com)
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)
Justin Helmer (KVSC-FM, MN)
Kai Schafft (WVBR-FM, NY)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Katrina Knight (mixcloud.com & folkmusicnotebook.com, PA)
Kejo Buchanan (CJTM-AM, ON)
Ken Batista (WRCT-FM, PA)
Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL)
Len Holton (KUAR-FM & mixcloud.com, AR)
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 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 & soundcloud.com, 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 Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NJ)
Sarah LaDuke (folkalley.com, NY)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM & syndicated, BC)
Susan Forbes Hansen (WHUS-FM & WWUH-FM, CT)
Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA)
Terry B. Moses & Naomi Soule (KCLC-FM, MO)
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:

David Scott Weaver: "Songs of Hope & Resistance" (Self)
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)
Ranky Tanky: "This Village" (Self)
Shanna in a Dress: "Sweet Spot" (Self)