Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart
2026 (so far)
Compiled by Richard Gillmann
From Playlists Submitted to FOLKDJ-L
TOP ALBUMS of 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 61807 plays from 2176 playlists from 122 Folk DJs
1: "Appalachia," Emily Scott Robinson [Oh Boy, 1/2026] (309)
"The Time for Flowers" (56)
"Appalachia" (50)
"Dirtbag Saloon" (36)
"Bless it All" (31)
"The Water Is Wide" (29)
"Cast Iron Heart" (28)
"The Fairest View" (25)
"Hymn for the Unholy" (25)
"Time Traveler" (14)
"Sea of Ghosts" (12)
2: "Together Again," Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 1/2026] (256)
"The Future" (40)
"Artie's Last Stand" (34)
"Pathfinder" (30)
"Lay This Old Guitar Down" (22)
"Old Dog" (19)
"Stop at Nothing" (18)
"Every Monday at Two" (14)
"Cheatin' When I'm Eatin'" (13)
"Ran Away with the Circus" (12)
"We Know How This Ends" (12)
"Famous For A Day" (11)
"Last Man Sitting" (11)
3: "Field Notes," Dave Gunning [Self, 2/2026] (190)
"World of Make Believe" (44)
"Pursued by Grace" (27)
"Raven's Glen" (21)
"Vincent Coleman" (21)
"Going Nowhere Tonight" (19)
"Angels' Share" (16)
"The Cost" (15)
"Blue Heart" (10)
4: "All Tied Together," Ye Vagabonds [River Lea, 1/2026] (176)
"The Flood" (37)
"Where The Heart Lies" (23)
"Cuckoo Storm" (21)
"Long Grass" (19)
"Danny" (17)
"On Sitric Road" (17)
"Four Walls" (15)
"I'll Keep Singing" (14)
5: "Magic Accident," Della Mae [Compass, 1/2026] (171)
"Magic Accident" (32)
"Family Tree" (22)
"Out Run 'Em" (20)
"Little Bird" (19)
"My Own Highway" (18)
"Takes All Kinds" (17)
"I Compare Everyone To You" (13)
"What You're Looking For" (10)
"Lifeline" (10)
"Nothing At All" (10)
6: "Business Unusual," Goodnight Moonshine [Self, 2/2026] (155)
"Good News" (28)
"Stars" (23)
"Get What's Mine" (15)
"Somebody's Child" (14)
"Welcome Home" (13)
"Kitchen Table" (13)
"All Babies Are Beautiful" (12)
"All Night Band" (12)
"Dead and Gone" (12)
7: "Maggie's Journal," Valerie Smith [Bell Buckle, 1/2026] (143)
"That Was a Long Time Ago" (19)
"Jealous" (14)
"Started Wrong in This Life" (14)
"Oh Dear Reader" (13)
"Maggie's Reading, Pt. 12" (13)
"When You Ain't Got Nothin'" (12)
"Warm My Feet And Cry" (10)
8: "Lost Cause Lover Fool," The Milk Carton Kids [Thirty Tigers, 1/2026] (138)
"A Friend Like You" (30)
"Blue Water" (24)
"I'll Go Home From Here" (18)
"Young Love" (15)
"My Place Among The Stones" (12)
"Blinded and Smiling" (12)
"Sad Song" (12)
9: "King of Hearts," Paul Kaplan [Old Coat, 2/2026] (136)
"I Will Keep You Warm" (18)
"The King of Hearts" (18)
"Phil" (14)
"Just Another War" (13)
"Take Out The Garbage When You Go" (13)
"I Had an Old Coat" (13)
"Heather on the Moor" (13)
10: "The Blue Rock Session," Amy Speace [Windbone, 12/2025] (117)
"The Sea and the Shore" (24)
"Kindness" (23)
"I Found a Halo" (12)
"On a Monday in London" (12)
"Weight of the World" (11)
11: "Circle & Square," Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz [Red Beet, 1/2026] (116)
"10 To 4" (21)
"Thomas Hart Benton" (16)
"Fontana Dam" (14)
"Wide Open" (12)
"Life of the Mind" (11)
"Diego in Detroit" (10)
"Circle and Square" (10)
12: "unentitled," John Gorka [Red House, 10/2025] (115)
"Particle & Wave" (30)
"No Time To Cry" (19)
"A Light Exists in Spring" (11)
"Welcome Home" (10)
13: "Whistlin' Past the Graveyard," Andy Cohen & Eleanor Ellis & William Lee Ellis [Riverlark, 4/2026] (114)
"Columbus Stockade" (9)
14: "Songs of Hope," Tom Chapin [Sundance, 2/2026] (106)
"Quite Early Morning" (15)
"Hold Our Ground Forever" (14)
"Hymns" (10)
"Remember When the Music" (10)
"Woody Guthrie's Dream" (10)
15: "Flight of the Robin," Debi Smith [Self, 2/2026] (104)
"Nebraska Moon" (18)
"Dimming of the Day" (17)
"Help Them Along" (13)
"Flight of the Robin" (11)
16: "Driftwood," Weary Ramblers [Self, 1/2026] (102)
"Kentucky Never Seemed So Blue" (15)
"Spring Song" (14)
"Day by Day Love Blues" (11)
"Oh, My Stars" (10)
16: "When I Am a Fossil," Benny Bleu [Circus Tent, 5/2026] (102)
"When I Am a Fossil" (24)
"I've Endured" (16)
"Serenity Song" (13)
"Old Dog" (10)
18: "Blessing on the Wing," Newberry & Verch [Slab Town, 3/2026] (101)
"Robin On The Wagon Wheel" (21)
"Blessing On The Wing" (17)
"Where the Songs Come From" (12)
"Neighbors" (12)
18: "Earl Jam 2," Tony Trischka [Down The Road, 3/2026] (101)
"Red River Valley" (14)
"Gentle On My Mind" (12)
"Columbus Stockade Blues" (11)
20: "The Great Irish Songbook, Vol. 2: Poets & Storytellers," Dervish [Down The Road, 4/2026] (100)
"Blue Is the Eye" (20)
"Passage West" (16)
"Land of My Other" (15)
"The Broad Majestic Shannon" (11)
20: "Old No. 1 Revisited," Various Artists [Truly Handmade, 4/2026] (100)
"Rita Ballou," Margo Price (17)
"LA Freeway," Jade Bird (15)
"Desperados Waiting For A Train," Andrew Combs (13)
"Nickel for the Fiddler," Kelsey Waldon (12)
22: "Never Done," Annie & Rod Capps [Maynard, 4/2026] (99)
"Never Done" (20)
"Pardon My Dust" (20)
"Who Am I" (15)
"Thread" (13)
"Stupid Things" (11)
23: "Sing Me Alive," I'm With Her [Rounder, 4/2026] (98)
"The Obvious Child" (12)
24: "Where We Go," Jesse Appelman [Self, 12/2025] (97)
"Out in the Valley" (18)
"Valley Springs" (12)
"Glacier Song" (12)
"Anna Lee" (10)
25: "Mountains on the Moon," Paper Wings [Self, 3/2026] (96)
"Fumblin" (15)
"Mountains on the Moon" (10)
"After All This Time" (10)
26: "Keep Going," Ken Whiteley [Pyramid, 2/2026] (93)
"At The End Of The Day" (24)
"I'll Just Say I'm Fine" (14)
"Everybody's Got To Be Tried" (10)
27: "Twilight Tales," The Heart Collectors [Spins The Gold, 4/2026] (90)
"One Voice" (37)
"Eagles And Horses" (22)
"Kite Song" (14)
28: "All That Really Matters," Kim Moberg [Self, 2/2026] (89)
"Both Sides Now" (16)
"White Lies" (15)
"I'll Always Be A Friend" (14)
"$20 Bill" (11)
"Straight For The Heart" (10)
28: "Time," Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band [Thirty Tigers, 3/2026] (89)
"Time" (35)
30: "World's Gone Wrong," Lucinda Williams [Highway, 2/2026] (85)
"The World's Gone Wrong" (12)
"So Much Trouble In The World" (11)
"Freedom Speaks" (11)
"How Much Did You Get For Your Soul" (11)
"We've Come To Far To Turn Around" (10)
31: "Here & Gone," Sara Thomsen [Self, 1/2026] (84)
"Tough Like That" (21)
"We Are Each Other's Light" (16)
"It's Time" (10)
32: "Empire," Kray Van Kirk [Self, 1/2026] (81)
"Turtle Joe" (16)
"Resistance" (14)
32: "These Are the Days That Turn In To Years," Pharis & Jason Romero [Self, 5/2026] (81)
"These Are The Days" (17)
"Last Call" (16)
"Big Time World" (15)
34: "Safe, Sensible & Sane," Alison Brown & Steve Martin [Compass, 10/2025] (79)
"Bluegrass Radio" (13)
"Dear Time" (13)
"New Cluck Old Hen" (10)
34: "O California!," Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands [Spruce & Maple, 1/2026] (79)
"Hell Broke Loose in Georgia" (13)
"Look Down That Lonesome Road" (13)
"Fair and Tender Ladies" (12)
36: "Baggage Flies Free," Ed Snodderly [Majestic, 5/2026] (78)
"Coming Down This Road" (19)
"When Doc Watson Come To Johnson City" (16)
36: "Overdue for a Revolution," Martin Kerr [Nettwerk, 3/2026] (78)
"Immigrants" (22)
"Overdue For A Revolution" (19)
38: "Passages," Eric Kilburn [Wellspring, 1/2026] (77)
"Antopol 1903" (17)
"Commie Like Mamdani" (15)
"American Prayer" (10)
39: "Simple As," Johnsmith [Blue Pine, 5/2026] (76)
"Simple As" (28)
"Thick as Thieves" (10)
40: "With Body And Soul: A Bluegrass Tribute To Bill Monroe," Various Artists [Borealis Records, 2026] (75/87)
"Genuine Negro Jig," Carolina Chocolate Drops: Here Rattler (2)
40: "Pet," Big Richard [Signature Sounds, 2/2026] (75)
"Millionaire" (23)
"Red Fox Run" (11)
42: "Path of Totality," The Montvales [Free Dirt, 3/2026] (74)
"Carolina" (11)
"Plains of Ohio" (10)
43: "Thread the Light," The McDades [Free Radio, 5/2026] (73)
"Dance Around the Spinning Wheel" (19)
"Gardener's Child" (13)
43: "Wild & Clear & Blue," I'm With Her [Rounder, 4/2025] (73)
"Ancient Light" (29)
45: "The Ballad of Husker Scruggs," Hana Zara [Self, 1/2026] (72)
"The Ballad of Husker Scruggs" (72)
46: "Dream Chaser," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 3/2026] (71)
"Dream Chaser" (33)
46: "Since You Asked Me," Jan Krist [Yellow Room, 1/2026] (71)
"Since You Asked Me" (13)
46: "Sumatra," Paula Boggs Band [Boggs, 4/2026] (71)
"Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round" (34)
49: "Bones of Trees," Tim Grimm [Vault, 4/2025] (69)
"Broken Truth" (33)
"Woody's Landlord Revisited" (9)
"In the Usa" (9)
49: "Dark on a Sunny Day," Maisy Owen [Tompkins Square, 5/2026] (69)
"On My Way Down" (17)
"Dark On A Sunny Day" (9)
"The Rest of Me" (9)
49: "Questioning the Forty," Kevin Neidig [Self, 2/2026] (69)
"Speed of the Sound of Loneliness" (17)
"Don't Take My Gun" (10)
"Shoot the Tires, Donald" (9)
52: "Low Country Wedding," Jefferson Ross [Self, 4/2026] (68)
"Low Country Wedding" (10)
53: "The Fiddle & the Drum," Renée Fleming [Thirty Tigers, 4/2026] (67)
"In The Pines" (28)
"My Epitaph" (12)
54: "Joyride," Steve Poltz [Red House, 3/2026] (64)
"Love a Little Bigger" (13)
"If It Bleeds It Leads" (8)
"Petrichor" (8)
54: "Voisinages," Le Vent Du Nord [La Compagnie du Nord, 10/2025] (64)
"Bienvenue" (13)
56: "Middle of Nowhere," Kacey Musgraves [Lost Highway, 5/2026] (63)
"Dry Spell" (15)
57: "Long Long Road," Ringo Starr [UMe, 3/2026] (62)
"It's Been Too Long" (19)
"Choose Love" (14)
57: "Nightclothes," Annie Gallup [Gallway Bay, 1/2026] (62)
"Robots" (21)
"Almost Alright" (12)
"Elephant" (8)
57: "Rainy Nights & Rearview Windows," Sue Horowitz [Self, 3/2026] (62)
"Mystic" (10)
"Anybody Can Write A Song" (9)
"Keep the Light on, Cordelia" (9)
60: "Long Journey Home," Various Artists [Appalsongs, 9/2025] (61)
"I've Always Been a Rambler," Molly Tuttle w/ Ketch Secor (9)
"900 Miles," Tim O'Brien (8)
60: "Love & Labour," Hannah & Nathan [Self, 4/2026] (61)
"Little Bird" (15)
"Blood Is Thicker Than Water" (12)
62: "Together on a Rock," The Pairs [Self, 4/2025] (60)
"Honey I" (15)
"Good Bad Day" (8)
62: "Feather & the Starry Crown," Sons of the Never Wrong [Self, 2/2026] (60)
"Stand Up Shout Out" (15)
"Feather and the Starry Crown" (11)
"Sing Sing Sing" (9)
64: "Strangely in Tune," Diane Coll [Happy Fish, 1/2026] (59)
"In and Out of Time" (13)
"Carolina Wren" (12)
"Half Along the Way" (8)
65: "Blossoms & Ghosts," Thea Hopkins [Self, 2/2026] (58)
"Here in Our World" (10)
"Blossoms & Ghosts" (10)
"Trouble" (9)
"Red Wing" (8)
"I Am Not A Stranger" (8)
65: "The Curves Are Still There," Jamie Anderson [Tsunami, 2/2026] (58)
"Guitar on the Wall" (10)
"Last Tucson Sunrise" (10)
65: "You Climb the Mountain," The Onlies [Self, 8/2025] (58)
"Waves on the Sea" (12)
68: "Streets of Minneapolis," Bruce Springsteen [Columbia, 1/2026] (57)
"Streets of Minneapolis" (57)
68: "Veranda," Veranda [Big In The Garden, 5/2026] (57)
"J'entends Ton Nom" (9)
70: "The Work, the Hope, the Promise," Wes Weddell [Self, 1/2026] (55)
"Still We Move" (14)
"Inches" (7)
"I Curse" (7)
71: "Avec Elodie," Eloise & Co [Self, 10/2025] (53)
"Janet's/Angel Rocks" (7)
71: "Raise Your Voice," Various Artists [Various Artists, 5/2026] (53)
"I Don't Want Your Billions Mister," David Scott Weaver (12)
71: "When Summer Comes," David Coller [Upstart Yankee, 3/2026] (53)
"Let Nothing Come Between Us" (15)
"When Summer Comes" (7)
74: "Can't Outrun the Blues," Trey Hensley [Pinecastle, 4/2026] (52)
"Going and Gone" (13)
"Can't Outrun The Blues" (9)
"Up On Cripple Creek" (9)
"Tucson" (7)
74: "Citizen," Crys Matthews [Shamus, 4/2026] (52)
"Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" (28)
"Citizen" (19)
74: "Dark Ages," Eliza Gilkyson [Realiza Records, 5/2025] (52)
"Dark Night of the Soul" (18)
"Times Like These" (14)
"Impossible Dreams" (7)
74: "Great American Jukebox," Michael J. Miles [Right Turn On Red, 4/2026] (52)
"Strawberry Fields Forever" (9)
"Madman Across the Water" (8)
74: "Spring Green," Mark Erelli [Self, 2/2026] (52)
"Spring Green" (11)
"Friend Like You" (10)
"Weary Traveler" (8)
"King Of Nothing" (7)
79: "Havin' a Talk," Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence [Warner, 2/2026] (51)
"Good Luck To Ya" (13)
"Joyous Time" (8)
"Thank You But No Thank You" (7)
80: "Live at the Rock House," Sky Smeed [Self, 4/2026] (50)
"Hanging On" (7)
"Lunker Bass" (7)
80: "So Much I Still Don't See," Sam Robbins [Nine Athens, 3/2025] (50)
"Piles of Sand" (9)
"I Will" (8)
"The Real Thing" (8)
82: "Over Again," A Different Thread [Same Cloth, 5/2026] (49)
"Over Again" (16)
82: "Reunion," Mama's Broke [Free Dirt, 4/2026] (49)
"Heaven" (25)
82: "Sad & Beautiful World," Mavis Staples [anti, 11/2025] (49)
"We Got To Have Peace" (11)
"Satisfied Mind" (8)
85: "Hardscrabble Hope," Maria Dunn [Distant Whisper, 12/2025] (48)
"Pill for a Broken Heart" (8)
"Walking the Miles" (7)
"Coal is a Thirsty Business" (6)
"Another Year" (6)
86: "Forged in Fire," Crys Matthews [Shamus, 3/2026] (47)
"Forged In Fire" (47)
86: "From Here to the Sea," Meredith Moon [Compass, 10/2025] (47)
"Sapphire Blue" (9)
"Lulu Gal" (8)
"East City Blues" (7)
86: "Sin & Squalor," Clay Street Unit [Leo 33, 3/2026] (47)
"Drive" (9)
"Nothing Else Matters" (8)
"Choctaw County" (7)
89: "Joe Troop & the Truth Machine," Joe Troop & the Truth Machine [Joe Troop, 3/2026] (46)
"Billionaires" (18)
"Mercy for Migrants" (9)
"Overdrive" (8)
"Runnin' from the Weather" (6)
89: "Party in the Pines," Dave Miller [Howlin' Dog, 1/2026] (46)
"Party in the Pines" (7)
"Loser's Prayer" (7)
"Jaded Soul" (6)
89: "Prizefighter," Mumford & Sons [Self, 3/2026] (46)
"Here" (12)
92: "Devils & Doves," Sam Bergquist [Self, 3/2026] (45)
"Envy Blues" (12)
"Redwood Tree" (9)
"Louisiana Lightning" (6)
92: "Next Act," Steep Canyon Rangers [Yep Roc, 4/2026] (45)
"Rumble Strips" (14)
"Circling the Drain" (6)
94: "It Runs Deep," Garrett Boys [Pond Ridge, 3/2026] (44)
"Back Home" (17)
"Who I Am" (8)
94: "Ivyland," James O'Malley [Self, 1/2026] (44)
"Rosie In The Roses" (9)
96: "The A," Various Artists [Skipping Stone, 4/2026] (43)
"Lone Tree of Your Heart," Allen Dobb (2)
96: "Better Times," Matthew Payne [Self, 4/2026] (43)
"Better Times" (12)
"Down in the Valley" (9)
"Heartsick" (8)
96: "Blackbirding," Queen Esther [EL Recordings, 2/2026] (43)
"Hold Steady" (13)
"Home Free" (10)
96: "Fish Crow," M Sparks [Self, 2/2026] (43)
"Full Tank And Good Fried Chicken" (18)
"All She's Worth" (13)
96: "Lost & Found," Becki Davis [Self, 9/2025] (43)
"A Little Room" (5)
101: "The Breathing Room," Cosy Sheridan [Self, 10/2025] (42)
"The Breathing Room" (9)
"Here's the rain" (7)
"The Kind Words" (6)
101: "Good as True," Yonder Mountain String Band [Thirty Tigers, 4/2026] (42)
"Brand New Heartache" (17)
"Blind" (12)
101: "The Journals," Sammy Brue [Bloodshot, 2/2026] (42)
"Lonely Mornings" (9)
"Promise To Keep" (9)
104: "Broken River," Hank Alrich [Walkinay, 4/2026] (41)
"Broken River" (7)
"Fast Money" (7)
105: "Kentucky Queen," Carla Gover [Redbird, 8/2025] (40)
"Hug More Necks" (6)
"Pine Mountain High" (6)
"Kentucky Queen" (5)
"Angels Gather Round" (5)
105: "On a Wing," James Houlahan [OOB, 2/2026] (40)
"Waiting on Your Love" (6)
"That Bird & I" (6)
"These Changes" (6)
"Joy 'Round My Brain" (5)
"The Cuckoo Bird" (5)
105: "Wake," Dirk Powell [Last Music, 4/2026] (40)
"Rowing Across the Bay" (5)
"Red Bird Road" (5)
108: "One Mississippi," Eric Bibb [Repute, 2/2026] (39)
"Didn't I Keep Runnin'" (11)
"This One Don't" (6)
108: "Gold & Coal," Cassie & Maggie [Self, 5/2025] (39)
"Bow Down" (8)
"The Gold Rush is Over and I'm Moving On" (7)
"Robert Frost" (6)
108: "Land of the Forgotten," Brit Taylor [Thirty Tigers, 3/2026] (39)
"Warning You Whiskey" (9)
"Broke No More" (8)
108: "Shelter From the Storms," Lennie Gallant [Gallant Effort, 7/2025] (39)
"Sable Island Horses" (9)
"Uncle Harold" (6)
"Old Friends" (5)
108: "Side by Side," Pert Near Sandstone [Self, 3/2026] (39)
"Pipe Dream" (12)
"Shooting Star" (7)
113: "Empty Pair of Shoes," Claire Lynch [Thrill Hill, 4/2026] (38)
"Trouble's Not Troubling Me" (9)
"Suffer the Children" (8)
"One Mistake at a Time" (5)
113: "Fortune Teller," Bobby Dove [New Motor, 5/2026] (38)
"Dreamt I Met John Prine" (8)
"Fortune Teller" (7)
"Did I Speak To Soon" (5)
113: "Never Be the Same," Teddy Thompson [Royal Potato Family, 4/2026] (38)
"So This Is Heartache" (21)
116: "Don't Drink the Poison," Linda Sussman [Sing Out Proud, 1/2026] (37)
"Don't Drink The Poison" (8)
"Let Freedom Ring" (7)
116: "Made to Wonder," The Foreign Landers [Tin Foil, 1/2026] (37)
"The Walking Song" (10)
"Wildflowers" (6)
116: "A Tip Toe High Wire," Sierra Hull [Self, 3/2025] (37)
"Come Out Of My Blues" (10)
"Lord, That's A Long Way" (7)
116: "Union Made," Old Crow Medicine Show [Hartland, 5/2026] (37)
"Last American Waltz" (14)
"My Side of the Mountain" (6)
120: "......," Various Artists [Skipping Stone, 6/2026] (36)
"Crooked," Amos Lee (2)
120: "Code to Live By," Grant Peeples [Ping, 1/2026] (36)
"Some Times" (8)
"Sunshine State" (6)
"Sins of the Fathers" (5)
"The Ledger" (5)
120: "Queen of the Angels," Linda Marks [Self, 3/2026] (36)
"Queen of the Angels" (10)
"Gardener's Lament" (9)
120: "Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 11/2025] (36)
"Workin' Man Blues" (8)
"Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down" (5)
TOP SONGS of 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 61807 plays from 2176 playlists from 122 Folk DJs
1. "The Ballad of Husker Scruggs" (72)
from "The Ballad of Husker Scruggs" (Hana Zara)
2. "The Time for Flowers" (59)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
3. "Streets of Minneapolis" (56)
from "Streets of Minneapolis" (Bruce Springsteen)
4. "Appalachia" (49)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
5. "Forged In Fire" (47)
from "Forged in Fire" (Crys Matthews)
6. "World of Make Believe" (44)
from "Field Notes" (Dave Gunning)
7. "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round" (40)
from "Sumatra" (Paula Boggs Band)
8. "The Future" (39)
from "Together Again" (Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon)
9. "One Voice" (38)
from "Twilight Tales" (The Heart Collectors)
10. "The Flood" (37)
from "All Tied Together" (Ye Vagabonds)
11. "Billionaires" (36)
from "Joe Troop & the Truth Machine" (Joe Troop & the Truth Machine)
11. "Dirtbag Saloon" (36)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
13. "Ancient Light" (35)
from "Wild & Clear & Blue" (I'm With Her)
13. "A Song for Minnesota" (35)
from "A Song for Minnesota" (Katie Dahl)
13. "Time" (35)
from "Time" (Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band)
16. "America's Game" (34)
from "America's Game" (John Flynn)
17. "Artie's Last Stand" (33)
from "Together Again" (Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon)
17. "Broken Truth" (33)
from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
17. "Dream Chaser" (33)
from "Dream Chaser" (Willie Nelson)
17. "Hold On" (33)
from "Hold On" (Jillian Matundan)
21. "A Friend Like You" (32)
from "Lost Cause Lover Fool" (The Milk Carton Kids)
21. "Magic Accident" (32)
from "Magic Accident" (Della Mae)
23. "Bless it All" (31)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
23. "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" (31)
from "Citizen" (Crys Matthews)
23. "Particle & Wave" (31)
from "unentitled" (John Gorka)
26. "In The Pines" (30)
from "The Fiddle & the Drum" (Renée Fleming)
27. "Good News" (29)
from "Business Unusual" (Goodnight Moonshine)
27. "Pathfinder" (29)
from "Together Again" (Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon)
27. "Peggy-O" (29)
from "Peggy-O" (The McDades)
27. "The Water Is Wide" (29)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
31. "Cast Iron Heart" (28)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
31. "Simple As" (28)
from "Simple As" (Johnsmith)
33. "I Lie" (27)
from "I Lie - single" (Joe Jencks)
33. "Pursued by Grace" (27)
from "Field Notes" (Dave Gunning)
33. "Soldier of Fortune" (27)
from "Soldier of Fortune" (Mary Gauthier)
36. "Heaven" (26)
from "Reunion" (Mama's Broke)
36. "The Sea and the Shore" (26)
from "The Blue Rock Session" (Amy Speace)
38. "The Fairest View" (25)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
38. "Hymn for the Unholy" (25)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
38. "Kindness" (25)
from "The Blue Rock Session" (Amy Speace)
41. "At The End Of The Day" (24)
from "Keep Going" (Ken Whiteley)
41. "Blue Water" (24)
from "Lost Cause Lover Fool" (The Milk Carton Kids)
41. "Eagles And Horses" (24)
from "Twilight Tales" (The Heart Collectors)
41. "Raise Your Hand" (24)
from "Raise Your Hand - single" (Crowes Pasture)
41. "So This Is Heartache" (24)
from "Never Be the Same" (Teddy Thompson)
41. "When I Am a Fossil" (24)
from "When I Am a Fossil" (Benny Bleu)
47. "Family Tree" (23)
from "Magic Accident" (Della Mae)
47. "It's Not For Sale" (23)
from "It's Not for Sale - single" (Joe Jencks)
47. "Millionaire" (23)
from "Pet" (Big Richard)
47. "Stars" (23)
from "Business Unusual" (Goodnight Moonshine)
47. "Tough Like That" (23)
from "Here & Gone" (Sara Thomsen)
47. "Where The Heart Lies" (23)
from "All Tied Together" (Ye Vagabonds)
53. "Antopol 1903" (22)
from "Passages" (Eric Kilburn)
53. "Immigrants" (22)
from "Overdue for a Revolution" (Martin Kerr)
53. "Lay This Old Guitar Down" (22)
from "Together Again" (Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon)
53. "Masters of War" (22)
from "Don't Think Twice" (Abbie Gardner)
57. "10 To 4" (21)
from "Circle & Square" (Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz)
57. "Cuckoo Storm" (21)
from "All Tied Together" (Ye Vagabonds)
57. "It's Been Too Long" (21)
from "Long Long Road" (Ringo Starr)
57. "Raven's Glen" (21)
from "Field Notes" (Dave Gunning)
57. "Robots" (21)
from "Nightclothes" (Annie Gallup)
57. "Sleeves Up" (21)
from "Sleeves Up" (Crys Matthews)
57. "Vincent Coleman" (21)
from "Field Notes" (Dave Gunning)
64. "Citizen" (20)
from "Citizen" (Crys Matthews)
64. "Going Nowhere Tonight" (20)
from "Field Notes" (Dave Gunning)
64. "Hold Our Ground Forever" (20)
from "Songs of Hope" (Tom Chapin)
64. "Ice On The Road" (20)
from "Ice On the Road - single" (Brian Claflin)
64. "Long Grass" (20)
from "All Tied Together" (Ye Vagabonds)
64. "Never Done" (20)
from "Never Done" (Annie & Rod Capps)
64. "No Kings in America" (20)
from "No Kings in America" (Lisa Bastoni)
64. "No Time To Cry" (20)
from "unentitled" (John Gorka)
64. "Out Run 'Em" (20)
from "Magic Accident" (Della Mae)
64. "Pardon My Dust" (20)
from "Never Done" (Annie & Rod Capps)
TOP ARTISTS of 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 61807 plays from 2176 playlists from 122 Folk DJs
1. Emily Scott Robinson (318)
"Appalachia" (306)
2. Bob Dylan (267)
"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" (20)
"Through The Open Window: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 18" (15)
"Bob Dylan" (11)
"Bringing It All Back Home" (11)
"Nashville Skyline" (11)
"The Times They Are A-Changin'" (10)
3. Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon (248)
"Together Again" (239)
4. Dave Gunning (207)
"Field Notes" (189)
5. Della Mae (196)
"Magic Accident" (171)
6. Pete Seeger (193)
"The Essential Pete Seeger" (10)
7. Ye Vagabonds (188)
"All Tied Together" (175)
8. John Gorka (185)
"unentitled" (115)
9. I'm With Her (184)
"Sing Me Alive" (97)
"Wild & Clear & Blue" (70)
10. Willie Nelson (175)
"Dream Chaser" (71)
"Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle" (33)
"Oh What a Beautiful World" (10)
11. Crys Matthews (174)
"Citizen" (52)
"Forged in Fire" (47)
"Reclamation" (27)
"Sleeves Up" (21)
"Changemakers" (17)
12. Dervish (160)
"The Great Irish Songbook, Vol. 2: Poets & Storytellers" (98)
"The Great Irish Songbook" (27)
13. Goodnight Moonshine (156)
"Business Unusual" (152)
14. The Milk Carton Kids (153)
"Lost Cause Lover Fool" (136)
15. Phil Ochs (152)
"All The News That's Fit To Sing" (23)
"There But For Fortune" (17)
"Phil Ochs In Concert" (14)
"Farewells And Fantasies" (11)
"A Toast To Those Who Are Gone" (10)
16. Valerie Smith (150)
"Maggie's Journal" (141)
17. Amy Speace (146)
"The Blue Rock Session" (117)
18. John Prine (145)
"John Prine" (25)
"The Tree Of Forgiveness" (16)
"Fair And Square" (15)
"Souvenirs" (10)
18. Tom Chapin (145)
"Songs of Hope" (102)
"Hold Our Ground" (13)
20. Joan Baez (139)
"Whistle Down The Wind" (12)
"Joan Baez" (10)
"Ring Them Bells" (10)
21. Tony Trischka (138)
"Earl Jam 2" (94)
"Earl Jam" (15)
22. Paul Kaplan (137)
"King of Hearts" (132)
23. Joe Jencks (127)
"I Lie - single" (27)
"It's Not for Sale - single" (22)
"The Candle And The Flame" (15)
"Poets, Philosophers Workers & Wanderers" (13)
"The Coming of the Years" (12)
23. Lucinda Williams (127)
"World's Gone Wrong" (83)
25. Eliza Gilkyson (122)
"Dark Ages" (52)
"Land Of Milk And Honey" (11)
26. Benny Bleu (120)
"When I Am a Fossil" (102)
"Banjo Jubilations" (11)
26. Bruce Springsteen (120)
"Streets of Minneapolis" (56)
28. John McCutcheon (118)
"Field of Stars" (22)
28. Judy Collins (118)
"Forever - An Anthology" (11)
30. Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz (117)
"Circle & Square" (114)
31. Johnsmith (116)
"Simple As" (76)
"Gravity Of Grace" (10)
32. The McDades (115)
"Thread the Light" (73)
"Peggy-O" (22)
33. Paper Wings (114)
"Mountains on the Moon" (96)
34. The Heart Collectors (113)
"Twilight Tales" (90)
34. Nanci Griffith (113)
"Other Voices, Other Rooms" (25)
"Once in a Very Blue Moon" (11)
"Storms" (11)
"Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back To Bountiful)" (10)
36. Debi Smith (111)
"Flight of the Robin" (104)
37. Tim Grimm (109)
"Bones of Trees" (69)
"The Little In-Between" (10)
38. Joni Mitchell (108)
"Blue" (13)
"Hits" (10)
"Ladies Of The Canyon" (10)
39. Pharis & Jason Romero (107)
"These Are the Days That Turn In To Years" (69)
39. Weary Ramblers (107)
"Driftwood" (102)
41. Annie & Rod Capps (103)
"Never Done" (99)
42. Kim Moberg (100)
"All That Really Matters" (89)
43. Dar Williams (97)
"Hummingbird Highway" (33)
"Mortal City" (12)
43. Jesse Appelman (97)
"Where We Go" (96)
43. Sons of the Never Wrong (97)
"Feather & the Starry Crown" (59)
"On A Good Day. . .I Am" (24)
46. Sara Thomsen (93)
"Here & Gone" (84)
47. John Flynn (91)
"America's Game" (34)
"Kindred Spirits" (17)
"American Dissident" (15)
"Two Wolves" (10)
48. Ken Whiteley (90)
"Keep Going" (84)
48. Tom Paxton (90)
"The Best of Tom Paxton" (7)
50. Kray Van Kirk (88)
"Empire" (81)
51. Cosy Sheridan (86)
"The Breathing Room" (40)
"Grand Design" (14)
52. Mavis Staples (85)
"Sad & Beautiful World" (49)
52. Peter, Paul & Mary (85)
"Carry It On" (16)
"Peter, Paul And Mary" (16)
54. Jefferson Ross (84)
"Low Country Wedding" (68)
"Backstage Balladeer" (10)
54. Tom Russell (84)
"Mount Olive" (22)
56. Martin Kerr (83)
"Overdue for a Revolution" (78)
57. Ed Snodderly (81)
"Baggage Flies Free" (71)
57. Eric Kilburn (81)
"Passages" (72)
57. Paula Boggs Band (81)
"Sumatra" (71)
60. Big Richard (80)
"Pet" (75)
60. Hana Zara (80)
"The Ballad of Husker Scruggs" (72)
62. Alison Brown & Steve Martin (79)
"Safe, Sensible & Sane" (75)
62. Molly Tuttle (79)
"So Long Little Miss Sunshine" (30)
64. Newberry & Verch (78)
"Blessing on the Wing" (75)
64. Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band (78)
"Time" (76)
66. Eric Bibb (77)
"One Mississippi" (39)
66. Gordon Lightfoot (77)
"The United Artists Collection" (15)
"Gord's Gold" (11)
"Songbook" (10)
66. Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands (77)
"O California!" (68)
66. Maisy Owen (77)
"Dark on a Sunny Day" (69)
70. Emmylou Harris (76)
"Hard Bargain" (6)
70. Tim O'Brien (76)
"Red On Blonde" (14)
"Long Journey Home" (12)
72. Le Vent Du Nord (74)
"Voisinages" (64)
72. Steve Poltz (74)
"Joyride" (64)
74. The Montvales (73)
"Path of Totality" (73)
75. Carrie Newcomer (72)
"A Great Wild Mercy" (12)
"Until Now" (12)
75. Jan Krist (72)
"Since You Asked Me" (70)
77. Kevin Neidig (71)
"Questioning the Forty" (69)
77. Lucy Kaplansky (71)
"The Lucy Story - Unreleased & Rare Tracks" (21)
"Last Days of Summer" (10)
"Reunion" (10)
77. The Pairs (71)
"Together on a Rock" (59)
77. Sue Horowitz (71)
"Rainy Nights & Rearview Windows" (62)
TOP LABELS of 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 61807 plays from 2176 playlists from 122 Folk DJs
1. Rounder (991)
2. Columbia (673)
3. Compass (663)
4. Red House (638)
5. Smithsonian/Folkways (580)
6. Thirty Tigers (565)
7. Oh Boy (429)
8. Signature Sounds (423)
9. Warner (333)
10. Elektra (296)
11. Sugar Hill (273)
12. Nonesuch (272)
13. Legacy (269)
14. Vanguard (254)
15. Rhino (252)
16. Free Dirt (232)
17. Down The Road (222)
18. Philo (200)
19. Appleseed (197)
19. New West (197)
21. Capitol (193)
22. Appalsongs (187)
23. Appalseed (175)
23. Borealis (175)
25. Reprise (174)
26. River Lea (170)
27. Shamus (154)
28. Bell Buckle (149)
28. RCA (149)
30. Pinecastle (144)
31. Riverlark (142)
32. Sundance (138)
33. Windbone (135)
34. Old Coat (129)
35. Skipping Stone (128)
36. Green Linnet (126)
37. Red Beet (125)
38. Yep Roc (123)
39. Alligator (122)
40. Atlantic (120)
41. Waterbug (115)
42. Nettwerk (113)
42. Sony (113)
44. Flying Fish (112)
45. Mercury (108)
46. Truly Handmade (107)
47. Yellow Room (104)
48. Fantasy (98)
49. MCA (97)
49. Topic (97)
51. Greentrax (95)
51. Lost Highway (95)
53. BMG (93)
53. Righteous Babe (93)
53. Tompkins Square (93)
56. Shanachie (91)
57. Free Radio (89)
57. Vault (89)
59. SME (87)
60. Rebel (86)
61. Blue Pine (83)
62. Circus Tent (81)
63. Island (80)
63. True North (80)
65. Berkalin (79)
66. Spins The Gold (78)
67. Dualtone (77)
68. Pyramid (75)
69. ATO (74)
70. Highway (73)
71. Turtle Bear (71)
FOLK DJs - 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 61807 plays from 2176 playlists from 122 Folk DJs
Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN)
Allen Larman (KPFK-FM, CA)
Angela Page (WJFF-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Annie Keville (WVBR-FM, NY)
Art Menius (WHUP-LP, NC)
Art Stevenson (WORT-FM, WI)
Artie Martello (WIOX-FM & folkmusicnotebook.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 & WHFB-FM, IN)
Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY)
Cheryl Prashker (folkmusicnotebook.com)
Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY)
Chris McGill (WSPN-FM, NY)
Colin Fielding (3INR-FM, Australia)
Craig Huegel (WMNF-FM, FL)
Dan Alloway (KTEP-FM, TX)
Dan Shramek (KBOO-FM, OR)
Daryana Antipova (WFHB-FM, IN)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM & mixcloud.com, GA)
David John (KAXE/KBXE-FM & KEOS-FM, MN)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Debbie Fisher Pics (WJFF-FM, NY)
Denis McGilvray (KWGS-FM, OK)
Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR)
Dick Hermans (WKZE-FM, NY)
Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR)
Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM, OR)
Ed Mellnick (KBOO-FM, OR)
Ellen Stanley (KFAI-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, MN)
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)
Ivy Sheppard (WEHC-FM, VA)
JB Nuttle (WSDL-FM, MD)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
James Sereda (WUSB-FM, NY)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jean Geiger (mixcloud.com)
Jeannie Holton & Tom Elligett (WMNF-FM, FL)
Jeff Zolitor (KZYX-FM, CA)
Jenny Flux (2BBB-FM, Australia)
Jim Canales (WWSP-FM, WI)
Jim Fisher (WGCS-FM, IN)
Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH)
Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON)
Jim Welsh (Radio Summerhall & mixcloud.com, UK)
Joe Pszonek (folkmusicnotebook.com & podcast, SC)
John Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA)
John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ)
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)
Kate McNally (New Hampshire Public Radio)
Katrina Knight (mixcloud.com & folkmusicnotebook.com)
Kejo Buchanan (CJTM-AM & soundcloud.com, 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 & podcast, IL)
Mark Humphrey (KPFK-FM, CA)
Mark Michaelis (WGDR/WGDH-FM & WGDR-FM, VT)
Mark Pedersen (WOJB-FM, WI)
Mary Anne Moorman (KBCS-FM, WA)
Mary Katherine Aldin (KPFK-FM, CA)
Mary Sue Twohy (SiriusXM)
Matt Watroba (WKAR-FM, MI)
Matthew Baya (WERU-FM, ME)
Menachem Vinegrad (Radio Upper Galilee & folkmusicnotebook.com, Israel)
Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY)
Michael Benson (WESU-FM, CT)
Michael Kane (WBRS-FM & KBCO-FM, MA)
Michael Park (mixcloud.com, PRX)
Michael Stock (WLRN-FM, FL)
Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON)
Mitch Park (Radio Kidnappers & newfolkrecords.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)
Paul Porzio (Cox Cable & WFIT-FM, VA)
Paul Stamler (KDHX-FM, MO)
Pete Thomas (WAER-FM, NY)
Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-FM & syndicated, NY)
Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, NJ)
Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM & mixcloud.com, WA)
Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT)
Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM)
Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM & folkmusicnotebook.com, NJ)
Rusty & Jan (WPPM-FM & mixcloud.com, PA)
Sonny Ochs (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO)
Steve Edge (CiTR-FM & syndicated, BC)
Steven Morrison (KBOO-FM, OR)
Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL)
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)
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