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 91127 plays from 3209 playlists from 128 Folk DJs
1: "Appalachia," Emily Scott Robinson [Oh Boy, 1/2026] (346)
"Appalachia" (64)
"The Time for Flowers" (58)
"Dirtbag Saloon" (38)
"Bless it All" (36)
"Cast Iron Heart" (34)
"The Water is Wide" (31)
"The Fairest View" (28)
"Hymn for the Unholy" (27)
"Time Traveler" (15)
"Sea of Ghosts" (12)
2: "Together Again," Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 1/2026] (278)
"The Future" (44)
"Artie's Last Stand" (36)
"Pathfinder" (32)
"Lay This Old Guitar Down" (24)
"Old Dog" (21)
"Stop at Nothing" (18)
"We Know How This Ends" (15)
"Cheatin' When I'm Eatin'" (14)
"Every Monday at Two" (14)
"Last Man Sitting" (13)
"Ran Away with the Circus" (13)
"Famous For A Day" (11)
3: "These Are the Days That Turn In To Years," Pharis & Jason Romero [Self, 5/2026] (247)
"Big Time World" (39)
"These Are The Days" (36)
"Last Call" (34)
"Left My Home" (23)
"Cannonball" (19)
"Georgie" (16)
"Everybody Wants" (14)
"Hey Babe" (13)
"Always Losing Track" (13)
"I Got Away From Myself" (13)
"Last Night" (10)
4: "Field Notes," Dave Gunning [Self, 2/2026] (200)
"World of Make Believe" (46)
"Pursued by Grace" (30)
"Raven's Glen" (22)
"Vincent Coleman" (22)
"Going Nowhere Tonight" (19)
"Angels' Share" (17)
"The Cost" (16)
"Blue Heart" (10)
4: "All Tied Together," Ye Vagabonds [River Lea, 1/2026] (200)
"The Flood" (40)
"Cuckoo Storm" (25)
"Where The Heart Lies" (24)
"Long Grass" (22)
"On Sitric Road" (20)
"Danny" (19)
"I'll Keep Singing" (18)
"Four Walls" (15)
"Mayfly" (11)
6: "Lost Cause Lover Fool," The Milk Carton Kids [Thirty Tigers, 1/2026] (190)
"A Friend Like You" (38)
"Blue Water" (34)
"I'll Go Home From Here" (24)
"Young Love" (19)
"My Place Among the Stones" (17)
"Blinded and Smiling" (16)
"Lost Cause Lover Fool" (14)
"Ribbon" (14)
"Sad Song" (13)
7: "Magic Accident," Della Mae [Compass, 1/2026] (187)
"Magic Accident" (35)
"My Own Highway" (23)
"Family Tree" (22)
"Out Run 'Em" (22)
"Little Bird" (19)
"Takes All Kinds" (17)
"I Compare Everyone To You" (14)
"What You're Looking For" (12)
"Nothing At All" (12)
"Lifeline" (11)
8: "Business Unusual," Goodnight Moonshine [Self, 2/2026] (176)
"Good News" (30)
"Stars" (25)
"Kitchen Table" (19)
"Somebody's Child" (18)
"Get What's Mine" (16)
"Welcome Home" (14)
"All Night Band" (14)
"Hold It All" (12)
"All Babies Are Beautiful" (12)
"Dead and Gone" (12)
9: "When I Am a Fossil," Benny Bleu [Circus Tent, 5/2026] (171)
"When I Am a Fossil" (30)
"I've Endured" (25)
"Serenity Song" (21)
"Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" (20)
"Old Dog" (17)
"Fairy Shrimp" (15)
"March of the Mollusk" (12)
"All I Want to Be" (12)
10: "Maggie's Journal," Valerie Smith [Bell Buckle, 1/2026] (150)
"That Was a Long Time Ago" (19)
"Jealous" (16)
"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)
11: "King of Hearts," Paul Kaplan [Old Coat, 2/2026] (145)
"The King of Hearts" (19)
"I Will Keep You Warm" (18)
"Phil" (14)
"I Had an Old Coat" (14)
"Heather on the Moor" (14)
"Just Another War" (13)
"Take Out The Garbage When You Go" (13)
12: "The Great Irish Songbook, Vol. 2: Poets & Storytellers," Dervish [Down The Road, 4/2026] (143)
"Blue Is the Eye" (26)
"Land of My Other" (19)
"The Broad Majestic Shannon" (17)
"Passage West" (17)
"Jackie" (13)
"Leave a Light On" (12)
13: "Whistlin' Past the Graveyard," Andy Cohen + Eleanor Ellis + William Lee Ellis [Riverlark, 3/2026] (139)
"I Will Turn Your Money Green" (11)
14: "Sing Me Alive," I'm With Her [Rounder, 4/2026] (137)
"The Obvious Child" (19)
"Crossing Muddy Waters" (14)
"Find My Way to You" (11)
"Rhododendron" (10)
15: "Baggage Flies Free," Ed Snodderly [Majestic, 5/2026] (136)
"Coming Down This Road" (26)
"When Doc Watson Come To Johnson City" (25)
"Will Your Down Home Be Unbroken" (15)
"Fixing This Old Gate" (12)
"High In The Rhyme" (10)
15: "Reunion," Mama's Broke [Free Dirt, 4/2026] (136)
"Heaven" (43)
"Build It Up" (20)
"Old-Fashioned Love Song" (15)
"Failing" (10)
17: "Circle & Square," Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz [Red Beet, 1/2026] (134)
"10 To 4" (23)
"Thomas Hart Benton" (20)
"Fontana Dam" (18)
"Wide Open" (13)
"Circle and Square" (12)
"Diego in Detroit" (12)
"Life of the Mind" (11)
18: "The Blue Rock Session," Amy Speace [Windbone, 12/2025] (133)
"Kindness" (29)
"The Sea and the Shore" (27)
"On a Monday in London" (15)
"Weight of the World" (13)
"I Found a Halo" (12)
"The Dream of the Hawk" (11)
19: "Thread the Light," The McDades [Free Radio, 5/2026] (132)
"Dance Around the Spinning Wheel" (25)
"Gardener's Child" (19)
"Roving Gambler" (16)
"Telegraph Reel/The Three Sisters" (14)
"Peggy-O" (11)
"Sky Trails" (10)
"The Lily of the West" (10)
20: "Nightclothes," Annie Gallup [Gallway Bay, 1/2026] (127)
"Robots" (29)
"Almost Alright" (20)
"Elephant" (16)
"Arrow" (11)
"Free But Not Really" (10)
21: "Old No. 1 Revisited," Various Artists [Truly Handmade, 4/2026] (126)
"LA Freeway," Jade Bird (18)
"Rita Ballou," Margo Price (18)
"She Ain't Goin' Nowhere," Sarah Jarosz (17)
"Nickel for the Fiddler," Kelsey Waldon (16)
"Desperados Waiting For A Train," Andrew Combs (15)
"Texas 1947," Brennen Leigh (13)
"Instant Coffee Blues," Aaron Lee Tasjan (10)
22: "Simple As," Johnsmith [Blue Pine, 5/2026] (125)
"Simple As" (34)
"Thick as Thieves" (23)
"Falling" (12)
"I'll Come Runnin'" (10)
"Underneath The Stars" (10)
"Blue Rain" (10)
23: "Earl Jam 2," Tony Trischka [Down The Road, 3/2026] (123)
"Red River Valley" (16)
"Gentle On My Mind" (13)
"Columbus Stockade Blues" (11)
24: "Flight of the Robin," Debi Smith [Self, 2/2026] (122)
"Dimming of the Day" (22)
"Nebraska Moon" (19)
"Help Them Along" (15)
"Night's Guitar" (13)
"Flight of the Robin" (12)
"Vincent Van Gogh's Mom" (10)
24: "unentitled," John Gorka [Red House, 10/2025] (122)
"Particle & Wave" (32)
"No Time To Cry" (20)
"A Light Exists in Spring" (11)
"Welcome Home" (11)
26: "Mountains on the Moon," Paper Wings [Self, 3/2026] (114)
"Fumblin" (18)
"White Roses" (13)
"River Stones" (13)
"Mountains on the Moon" (12)
"Country Girl" (12)
"After All This Time" (10)
26: "Songs of Hope," Tom Chapin [Sundance, 2/2026] (114)
"Quite Early Morning" (16)
"Remember When the Music" (14)
"Hold Our Ground Forever" (14)
"Hymns" (10)
"Woody Guthrie's Dream" (10)
28: "Driftwood," Weary Ramblers [Self, 1/2026] (113)
"Kentucky Never Seemed So Blue" (16)
"Spring Song" (15)
"Oh, My Stars" (14)
"Day by Day Love Blues" (12)
"Driftwood" (10)
28: "Where We Go," Jesse Appelman [Self, 12/2025] (113)
"Out in the Valley" (20)
"Valley Springs" (14)
"Glacier Song" (14)
"Anna Lee" (11)
"The Hills of Isle au Haut" (10)
"Liminal Criminal" (10)
30: "Blessing on the Wing," Newberry & Verch [Slab Town, 3/2026] (112)
"Robin On The Wagon Wheel" (21)
"Blessing On The Wing" (17)
"Where the Songs Come From" (14)
"Honky Tonk Heaven" (12)
"Neighbors" (12)
"Turtle Dove" (10)
31: "Time," Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band [Thirty Tigers, 3/2026] (110)
"Time" (40)
"Life Of Love" (11)
32: "The Fiddle & the Drum," Renée Fleming [Thirty Tigers, 4/2026] (106)
"In The Pines" (37)
"My Epitaph" (14)
"The Cuckoo" (11)
"The Scarlet Tide" (10)
32: "Keep Going," Ken Whiteley [Pyramid, 2/2026] (106)
"At The End Of The Day" (27)
"I'll Just Say I'm Fine" (16)
"Keep Going" (11)
"Everybody's Got To Be Tried" (10)
32: "Never Done," Annie & Rod Capps [Maynard, 4/2026] (106)
"Never Done" (22)
"Pardon My Dust" (20)
"Who Am I" (15)
"Thread" (14)
"Stupid Things" (12)
35: "Troubadourly Yours," Scott Cook [Release Guru, 8/2026] (105)
"Frankie's Braids" (18)
"A Bigger Tent" (17)
"Troubadourly Yours" (14)
"Steady for You" (12)
"There Is a River" (12)
"Keeping Good Company" (11)
35: "Twilight Tales," The Heart Collectors [Spins The Gold, 4/2026] (105)
"One Voice" (40)
"Eagles And Horses" (24)
"Kite Song" (20)
"Wildfire" (11)
"Beneath The Fall" (10)
37: "Middle of Nowhere," Kacey Musgraves [Lost Highway, 5/2026] (103)
"Dry Spell" (17)
"Everybody Wants To Be A Cowboy" (11)
38: "Mayday!," George Mann & Si Kahn [Legacy, 6/2026] (102)
"Hard Times" (18)
"Stranger In This Land" (15)
"Anyone Can Be President" (13)
"In The Heart Of The Country" (11)
39: "Dream Chaser," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 3/2026] (100)
"Dream Chaser" (42)
"Fly Away" (10)
40: "The Air That You Breathe," Lance Cowan [Lantzapalooza, 7/2026] (99)
"The Air That You Breathe" (18)
"Where'd They Go" (18)
"Love" (13)
"Home With You" (10)
"William Cooper Smith" (10)
40: "Empire," Kray Van Kirk [Self, 1/2026] (99)
"Turtle Joe" (20)
"Resistance" (17)
"Fury Road" (12)
"Silence in the Archives" (11)
42: "Veranda," Veranda [Big In The Garden, 5/2026] (98)
"J'entends ton nom" (19)
"Sans Ardillon" (11)
"Si demain" (10)
42: "Union Made," Old Crow Medicine Show [Hartland, 5/2026] (98)
"Last American Waltz" (24)
"My Side of the Mountain" (14)
44: "Esperanza," Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt [Crooked Cyclone, 6/2026] (97)
"La Madrugada Tucsonense" (20)
"Mallory Riley" (14)
"Space Oddity" (14)
"Thanksfull Anyway" (12)
45: "Here & Gone," Sara Thomsen [Self, 1/2026] (95)
"Tough Like That" (22)
"We Are Each Other's Light" (19)
"It's Time" (10)
"The Lily" (10)
45: "World's Gone Wrong," Lucinda Williams [Highway, 2/2026] (95)
"The World's Gone Wrong" (15)
"So Much Trouble In The World" (14)
"Freedom Speaks" (13)
"How Much Did You Get For Your Soul" (12)
"We've Come To Far To Turn Around" (10)
47: "All That Really Matters," Kim Moberg [Self, 2/2026] (94)
"White Lies" (16)
"Both Sides Now" (16)
"I'll Always Be A Friend" (15)
"All That Really Matters" (11)
"$20 Bill" (11)
"Straight For The Heart" (10)
48: "Low Country Wedding," Jefferson Ross [Self, 4/2026] (93)
"Low Country Wedding" (13)
"Red State Blues" (12)
"The Travis Style" (11)
"United Nations" (10)
49: "Wild & Clear & Blue," I'm With Her [Rounder, 4/2025] (91)
"Ancient Light" (35)
"Wild and Clear and Blue" (11)
50: "Love & Labour," Hannah & Nathan [Self, 4/2026] (90)
"Little Bird" (18)
"Blood Is Thicker Than Water" (15)
50: "Sumatra," Paula Boggs Band [Boggs, 4/2026] (90)
"Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round" (40)
52: "Safe, Sensible & Sane," Alison Brown & Steve Martin [Compass, 10/2025] (89)
"Dear Time" (15)
"Bluegrass Radio" (14)
"New Cluck Old Hen" (10)
52: "This Village," Ranky Tanky [Self, 7/2026] (89)
"Be Alright" (16)
"Stomp It In The Ground" (11)
"This Village" (11)
54: "All My Faith," Maya de Vitry [Mad Maker, 7/2026] (88)
"All My Faith" (17)
"Bachelorette Lessons" (15)
"Coin in Your Soul" (13)
"Nobody Else" (11)
"Traveller" (10)
54: "Hand's Cove," Ken & Brad Kolodner [Fenchurch, 6/2026] (88)
"Hand's Cove" (15)
"Little Bird of Heaven" (10)
54: "Willow & Stone," Jenny Reynolds [Self, 6/2026] (88)
"Listening To The Rain" (17)
"Learning To Be Yours" (13)
57: "Bones of Trees," Tim Grimm [Vault, 4/2025] (87)
"Broken Truth" (40)
"Woody's Landlord Revisited" (14)
"In the Usa" (11)
58: "Passages," Eric Kilburn [Wellspring, 1/2026] (86)
"Antopol 1903" (18)
"Commie Like Mamdani" (16)
"American Prayer" (12)
59: "Home-Brewed," Kate Macleod's Mind the Gap [Courier, 8/2026] (85)
"I Will Sing My Heart Out" (25)
"The Green Rolling Hills of West Virginia" (11)
59: "Pet," Big Richard [Signature Sounds, 2/2026] (85)
"Millionaire" (24)
"Red Fox Run" (13)
61: "Dark on a Sunny Day," Maisy Owen [Tompkins Square, 5/2026] (84)
"On My Way Down" (18)
"Dark On A Sunny Day" (14)
"The Rest of Me" (13)
61: "Overdue for a Revolution," Martin Kerr [Nettwerk, 3/2026] (84)
"Immigrants" (22)
"Overdue For A Revolution" (21)
61: "O California!," Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands [Spruce & Maple, 1/2026] (84)
"Look Down That Lonesome Road" (13)
"Hell Broke Loose in Georgia" (12)
"Fair and Tender Ladies" (12)
64: "Diving In," Lynn Hollyfield [Self, 6/2026] (83)
"We Are The People" (28)
"Diving In" (12)
65: "Long Journey Home," Various Artists [Appalsongs, 9/2025] (81)
"900 Miles," Tim O'Brien (11)
"I've Always Been a Rambler," Molly Tuttle (10)
66: "So Much for Goodbyes," Billy Strings [Reprise, 7/2026] (80)
"Burn the Other End" (31)
"Mill Town Flood" (17)
67: "Joyride," Steve Poltz [Red House, 3/2026] (79)
"Love a Little Bigger" (16)
"Petrichor" (11)
"If It Bleeds It Leads" (10)
67: "Long Long Road," Ringo Starr [UMe, 3/2026] (79)
"It's Been Too Long" (19)
"Choose Love" (16)
67: "Next Act," Steep Canyon Rangers [Yep Roc, 4/2026] (79)
"Rumble Strips" (22)
67: "Path of Totality," The Montvales [Free Dirt, 3/2026] (79)
"Carolina" (12)
"Plains of Ohio" (11)
"Hellbent on Colorado" (10)
67: "Smoketree," The Kennedys [Self, 8/2026] (79)
"Without Us" (23)
"Smoketree" (14)
72: "Together on a Rock," The Pairs [Self, 4/2025] (78)
"Honey I" (20)
"Little Light" (12)
"Good Bad Day" (11)
73: "With Body And Soul: A Bluegrass Tribute To Bill Monroe," Various Artists [Borealis Records, 2026] (77/83)
"Genuine Negro Jig," Carolina Chocolate Drops: Here Rattler (2)
73: "The Ballad of Husker Scruggs," Hana Zara [Self, 1/2026] (77)
"The Ballad of Husker Scruggs" (77)
75: "Questioning the Forty," Kevin Neidig [Self, 2/2026] (76)
"Speed of the Sound of Loneliness" (20)
"Don't Take My Gun" (11)
75: "Since You Asked Me," Jan Krist [Yellow Room, 1/2026] (76)
"Since You Asked Me" (14)
77: "Raise Your Voice," Various Artists [Various Artists, 5/2026] (75)
"I Don't Want Your Billions Mister," David Scott Weaver (13)
77: "Rainy Nights & Rearview Windows," Sue Horowitz [Self, 3/2026] (75)
"Mystic" (12)
"Anybody Can Write a Song" (11)
79: "In the Meantime," Brant Miller [Miller Woods, 7/2026] (74)
"The Last Songwriter" (14)
"In The Meantime" (11)
80: "Some Comfort," Kate Waters [Wild Raspberry, 7/2026] (73)
"Words" (11)
"Honey, I'm Tired" (11)
"Some Comfort" (10)
81: "Heirloom," Nathan Evans Fox [Free Dirt, 7/2026] (71)
"Little Bit of Shine" (21)
"Hillbilly Hymn" (12)
"Heirloom" (10)
82: "Days of Unrest," Margo Price [Loma Vista, 7/2026] (70)
"Deportee" (15)
"Oval Room" (13)
"Long Haired Country Girl" (12)
"Maggie's Farm" (9)
82: "Feather & the Starry Crown," Sons of the Never Wrong [Self, 2/2026] (70)
"Stand Up Shout Out" (16)
"Feather and the Starry Crown" (11)
"Sing Sing Sing" (10)
84: "The Curves Are Still There," Jamie Anderson [Tsunami, 3/2026] (68)
"Guitar on the Wall" (11)
"Last Tucson Sunrise" (11)
84: "Dark Ages," Eliza Gilkyson [Realiza Records, 5/2025] (68)
"Dark Night of the Soul" (21)
"Times Like These" (17)
"Impossible Dreams" (9)
86: "Fortune Teller," Bobby Dove [New Motor, 5/2026] (67)
"Did I Speak Too Soon" (12)
"Dreamt I Met John Prine" (11)
86: "Voisinages," Le Vent Du Nord [La Compagnie du Nord, 10/2025] (67)
"Bienvenue" (14)
86: "You Climb the Mountain," The Onlies [Self, 8/2025] (67)
"Waves on the Sea" (15)
89: "Citizen," Crys Matthews [Shamus, 4/2026] (66)
"Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" (35)
"Citizen" (26)
90: "Blossoms & Ghosts," Thea Hopkins [Self, 2/2026] (65)
"Here in Our World" (11)
"Red Wing" (10)
"Trouble" (10)
"Blossoms & Ghosts" (10)
91: "Live at the Rock House," Sky Smeed [Self, 4/2026] (63)
"Hanging On" (9)
"Nine To Five" (8)
"Don't Think Twice It's Alright" (8)
92: "Can't Outrun the Blues," Trey Hensley [Pinecastle, 4/2026] (62)
"Going and Gone" (14)
"Can't Outrun The Blues" (14)
"Up On Cripple Creek" (11)
"Tucson" (9)
92: "Great American Jukebox," Michael J. Miles [Right Turn On Red, 4/2026] (62)
"Strawberry Fields Forever" (10)
"Madman Across the Water" (9)
92: "Lost & Found," Becki Davis [Self, 9/2025] (62)
"Simple & Beautiful" (6)
92: "Sweet Spot," Shanna in a Dress [Self, 7/2026] (62)
"Sweet Spot" (20)
"Shelli" (16)
"You Are A Song" (9)
92: "Then Again," Rodney Crowell [New West, 5/2026] (62)
"Are You One of Us?" (15)
"Go Light a Candle" (11)
97: "Strangely in Tune," Diane Coll [Happy Fish, 1/2026] (61)
"In and Out of Time" (13)
"Carolina Wren" (13)
"Half Along the Way" (8)
"Strangely in Tune" (8)
97: "When Summer Comes," David Coller [Upstart Yankee, 3/2026] (61)
"Let Nothing Come Between Us" (16)
99: "Avec Elodie," Eloise & Co [Self, 10/2025] (60)
"Janet's/Angel Rocks" (7)
99: "Havin' a Talk," Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence [Warner, 2/2026] (60)
"Good Luck To Ya" (14)
"Joyous Time" (9)
99: "In the Hour of Chaos," Allison Russell [Fantasy, 7/2026] (60)
"Really Real" (16)
"No Springtime" (14)
99: "Over Again," A Different Thread [Same Cloth, 5/2026] (60)
"Over Again" (16)
"Always Leaving" (8)
"Sorrow Brings Me Joy" (8)
103: "Spring Green," Mark Erelli [Self, 2/2026] (59)
"Friend Like You" (13)
"Spring Green" (11)
"Weary Traveler" (9)
104: "Mirroring the Wildness," Vanessa Lively [Animada, 7/2026] (58)
"Red Wolf" (13)
"Ready to Find You" (9)
104: "Prizefighter," Mumford & Sons [Self, 3/2026] (58)
"Here" (13)
"Clover" (8)
104: "So Much I Still Don't See," Sam Robbins [Nine Athens, 3/2025] (58)
"Piles of Sand" (10)
"I Will" (8)
"The Real Thing" (8)
104: "The Work, the Hope, the Promise," Wes Weddell [Self, 1/2026] (58)
"Still We Move" (14)
108: "Broken River," Hank Alrich [Walkinay, 4/2026] (57)
"Broken River" (9)
"Fast Money" (9)
108: "Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still," Sophie Wellington [Adhyâropa, 6/2026] (57)
"Shacks and Chalets" (16)
"Scolding Wife" (9)
108: "Streets of Minneapolis," Bruce Springsteen [Columbia, 1/2026] (57)
"Streets of Minneapolis" (57)
111: "Pattonville," Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus [Berkalin, 6/2026] (55)
"We're Not So Different" (14)
"Wouldn't Change a Thing" (8)
"Ghosts in This Room Tonight" (7)
112: "Hardscrabble Hope," Maria Dunn [Distant Whisper, 12/2025] (54)
"Walking the Miles" (8)
"Pill for a Broken Heart" (8)
"Reach Out" (7)
112: "Highway 75," March to August [Self, 6/2026] (54)
"Highway 75" (8)
112: "Hope Is the Thing," Rhiannon Giddens [Nonesuch, 7/2026] (54)
"Carolina Rain" (48)
112: "Made to Wonder," The Foreign Landers [Tin Foil, 1/2026] (54)
"The Walking Song" (13)
"Wildflowers" (8)
"Made to Wonder" (7)
116: "Forged in Fire," Crys Matthews [Shamus, 3/2026] (53)
"Forged In Fire" (53)
116: "Never Be the Same," Teddy Thompson [Royal Potato Family, 4/2026] (53)
"So This Is Heartache" (23)
116: "Party in the Pines," Dave Miller [Howlin' Dog, 1/2026] (53)
"Jaded Soul" (8)
"Party in the Pines" (8)
"Loser's Prayer" (8)
116: "Sad & Beautiful World," Mavis Staples [anti, 11/2025] (53)
"We Got To Have Peace" (11)
"Beautiful Strangers" (9)
"Satisfied Mind" (8)
116: "Wake," Dirk Powell [Last Music, 4/2026] (53)
"Rowing Across the Bay" (8)
"Tomorrow We Sail" (7)
"Red Bird Road" (7)
TOP SONGS of 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 91127 plays from 3209 playlists from 128 Folk DJs
1. "The Ballad of Husker Scruggs" (77)
from "The Ballad of Husker Scruggs" (Hana Zara)
2. "Appalachia" (62)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
3. "The Time for Flowers" (61)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
4. "Streets of Minneapolis" (56)
from "Streets of Minneapolis" (Bruce Springsteen)
5. "Forged In Fire" (53)
from "Forged in Fire" (Crys Matthews)
6. "Carolina Rain" (48)
from "Hope Is the Thing" (Rhiannon Giddens)
7. "World of Make Believe" (46)
from "Field Notes" (Dave Gunning)
8. "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round" (45)
from "Sumatra" (Paula Boggs Band)
8. "Ancient Light" (45)
from "Wild & Clear & Blue" (I'm With Her)
10. "Heaven" (44)
from "Reunion" (Mama's Broke)
11. "The Future" (43)
from "Together Again" (Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon)
12. "Dream Chaser" (42)
from "Dream Chaser" (Willie Nelson)
13. "One Voice" (41)
from "Twilight Tales" (The Heart Collectors)
14. "Broken Truth" (40)
from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
14. "The Flood" (40)
from "All Tied Together" (Ye Vagabonds)
14. "A Friend Like You" (40)
from "Lost Cause Lover Fool" (The Milk Carton Kids)
14. "In The Pines" (40)
from "The Fiddle & the Drum" (Renée Fleming)
14. "Time" (40)
from "Time" (Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band)
19. "Dirtbag Saloon" (38)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
19. "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" (38)
from "Citizen" (Crys Matthews)
21. "Big Time World" (37)
from "These Are the Days That Turn In To Years" (Pharis & Jason Romero)
21. "Billionaires" (37)
from "Joe Troop & the Truth Machine" (Joe Troop & the Truth Machine)
23. "Bless it All" (36)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
23. "Hold On" (36)
from "Hold On" (Jillian Matundan)
25. "America's Game" (35)
from "America's Game" (John Flynn)
25. "Magic Accident" (35)
from "Magic Accident" (Della Mae)
25. "A Song for Minnesota" (35)
from "A Song for Minnesota" (Katie Dahl)
28. "Artie's Last Stand" (34)
from "Together Again" (Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon)
28. "Blue Water" (34)
from "Lost Cause Lover Fool" (The Milk Carton Kids)
28. "Cast Iron Heart" (34)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
28. "Last Call" (34)
from "These Are the Days That Turn In To Years" (Pharis & Jason Romero)
28. "Particle & Wave" (34)
from "unentitled" (John Gorka)
28. "Peggy-O" (34)
from "Peggy-O" (The McDades)
28. "Simple As" (34)
from "Simple As" (Johnsmith)
35. "Burn the Other End" (32)
from "So Much for Goodbyes" (Billy Strings)
36. "American Dissident" (31)
from "American Dissident" (John Flynn)
36. "Good News" (31)
from "Business Unusual" (Goodnight Moonshine)
36. "Kindness" (31)
from "The Blue Rock Session" (Amy Speace)
36. "Pathfinder" (31)
from "Together Again" (Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon)
36. "The Water is Wide" (31)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
41. "Coat of Many Colors" (30)
from "Coat of Many Colors" (Dolly Parton)
41. "Pursued by Grace" (30)
from "Field Notes" (Dave Gunning)
41. "The Sea and the Shore" (30)
from "The Blue Rock Session" (Amy Speace)
41. "Soldier of Fortune" (30)
from "Soldier of Fortune" (Mary Gauthier)
41. "These Are The Days" (30)
from "These Are the Days That Turn In To Years" (Pharis & Jason Romero)
41. "When I Am a Fossil" (30)
from "When I Am a Fossil" (Benny Bleu)
47. "I Lie" (29)
from "I Lie" (Joe Jencks)
47. "Robots" (29)
from "Nightclothes" (Annie Gallup)
49. "The Fairest View" (28)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
49. "Last American Waltz" (28)
from "Union Made" (Old Crow Medicine Show)
49. "We Are The People" (28)
from "Diving In" (Lynn Hollyfield)
52. "At The End Of The Day" (27)
from "Keep Going" (Ken Whiteley)
52. "Citizen" (27)
from "Citizen" (Crys Matthews)
52. "Eagles And Horses" (27)
from "Twilight Tales" (The Heart Collectors)
52. "Hymn for the Unholy" (27)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
52. "I Will Sing My Heart Out" (27)
from "Home-Brewed" (Kate Macleod's Mind the Gap)
52. "Masters of War" (27)
from "Don't Think Twice" (Abbie Gardner)
58. "Dance Around the Spinning Wheel" (26)
from "Thread the Light" (The McDades)
58. "Sleeves Up" (26)
from "Sleeves Up" (Crys Matthews)
58. "So This Is Heartache" (26)
from "Never Be the Same" (Teddy Thompson)
61. "Coming Down This Road" (25)
from "Baggage Flies Free" (Ed Snodderly)
61. "Cuckoo Storm" (25)
from "All Tied Together" (Ye Vagabonds)
61. "Find My Way to You" (25)
from "Sing Me Alive" (I'm With Her)
61. "Heavy Foot" (25)
from "Bloodline" (Mon Rovîa)
61. "I'll Go Home From Here" (25)
from "Lost Cause Lover Fool" (The Milk Carton Kids)
61. "I've Endured" (25)
from "When I Am a Fossil" (Benny Bleu)
61. "Stars" (25)
from "Business Unusual" (Goodnight Moonshine)
61. "When Doc Watson Come To Johnson City" (25)
from "Baggage Flies Free" (Ed Snodderly)
69. "Gardener's Child" (24)
from "Thread the Light" (The McDades)
69. "Hold Our Ground Forever" (24)
from "Songs of Hope" (Tom Chapin)
69. "It's Not For Sale" (24)
from "It's Not for Sale - single" (Joe Jencks)
69. "Lay This Old Guitar Down" (24)
from "Together Again" (Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon)
69. "Millionaire" (24)
from "Pet" (Big Richard)
69. "The Obvious Child" (24)
from "Sing Me Alive" (I'm With Her)
69. "Where The Heart Lies" (24)
from "All Tied Together" (Ye Vagabonds)
76. "10 To 4" (23)
from "Circle & Square" (Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz)
76. "Antopol 1903" (23)
from "Passages" (Eric Kilburn)
76. "Days We Left Behind" (23)
from "The Boys of Dungeon Lane" (Paul McCartney)
76. "Family Tree" (23)
from "Magic Accident" (Della Mae)
76. "Left My Home" (23)
from "These Are the Days That Turn In To Years" (Pharis & Jason Romero)
76. "Long Grass" (23)
from "All Tied Together" (Ye Vagabonds)
TOP ARTISTS of 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 91127 plays from 3209 playlists from 128 Folk DJs
1. Emily Scott Robinson (354)
"Appalachia" (342)
2. Bob Dylan (351)
"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" (23)
"Bob Dylan" (16)
"Through The Open Window: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 18" (16)
"Bringing It All Back Home" (14)
"The Times They Are A-Changin'" (14)
"Nashville Skyline" (12)
"Blood On The Tracks" (10)
"Oh Mercy" (10)
3. Dolly Parton (303)
"Little Sparrow" (37)
"Dolly" (26)
"The Grass Is Blue" (25)
"Coat of Many Colors" (17)
"Halos And Horns" (13)
"Jolene" (11)
"Live And Well" (11)
"Those Were The Days" (11)
"Rockstar" (10)
"Treasures" (10)
4. Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon (288)
"Together Again" (265)
"Together" (20)
5. Pharis & Jason Romero (268)
"These Are the Days That Turn In To Years" (221)
"Tell 'Em You Were Gold" (10)
6. Pete Seeger (267)
"American Favorite Ballads, Vols. 1-5" (22)
"American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 1" (19)
"Headlines And Footnotes: A Collection Of Topical Songs" (14)
"If I Had A Hammer: Songs Of Hope & Struggle" (14)
"The Essential Pete Seeger" (11)
"The Complete Carnegie Hall Concert, June 8, 1963" (10)
"The Smithsonian Folkways Collection" (10)
7. I'm With Her (241)
"Sing Me Alive" (136)
"Wild & Clear & Blue" (82)
8. John Gorka (228)
"unentitled" (122)
"The Company You Keep" (10)
"So Dark You See" (10)
9. Dave Gunning (224)
"Field Notes" (199)
10. Della Mae (220)
"Magic Accident" (187)
10. Willie Nelson (220)
"Dream Chaser" (100)
"Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle" (38)
"Oh What a Beautiful World" (10)
12. Crys Matthews (219)
"Citizen" (66)
"Forged in Fire" (53)
"Reclamation" (37)
"Changemakers" (27)
"Sleeves Up" (26)
13. Eliza Gilkyson (215)
"Dark Ages" (67)
"Land Of Milk And Honey" (17)
"Songs From The River Wind" (17)
"2020" (16)
"Beautiful World" (11)
"Secularia" (10)
14. John Prine (214)
"John Prine" (32)
"Fair And Square" (27)
"The Tree Of Forgiveness" (20)
"Souvenirs" (17)
14. Ye Vagabonds (214)
"All Tied Together" (199)
16. The Milk Carton Kids (207)
"Lost Cause Lover Fool" (188)
17. Dervish (205)
"The Great Irish Songbook, Vol. 2: Poets & Storytellers" (139)
"The Great Irish Songbook" (29)
18. Amy Speace (199)
"The Blue Rock Session" (133)
"The Reckoning" (19)
"The American Dream" (11)
19. Benny Bleu (196)
"When I Am a Fossil" (171)
"Banjo Jubilations" (13)
19. John McCutcheon (196)
"Field of Stars" (33)
"Joe Hill's Last Will" (17)
"Trolling For Dreams" (11)
21. Phil Ochs (182)
"All The News That's Fit To Sing" (25)
"There But For Fortune" (21)
"Phil Ochs In Concert" (16)
"Farewells And Fantasies" (14)
22. Johnsmith (179)
"Simple As" (125)
"Gravity Of Grace" (15)
23. Goodnight Moonshine (178)
"Business Unusual" (172)
24. The McDades (177)
"Thread the Light" (132)
"Peggy-O" (21)
25. Nanci Griffith (176)
"Other Voices, Other Rooms" (30)
"Once in a Very Blue Moon" (15)
"Storms" (15)
"Other Voices Too" (14)
"Clock Without Hands" (10)
26. Tom Chapin (174)
"Songs of Hope" (108)
"Hold Our Ground" (23)
27. Joan Baez (170)
"Whistle Down The Wind" (13)
"Joan Baez" (12)
"Ring Them Bells" (12)
"Diamonds & Rust" (10)
28. Tony Trischka (167)
"Earl Jam 2" (116)
"Earl Jam" (21)
29. Joni Mitchell (166)
"Blue" (21)
"Ladies Of The Canyon" (13)
"Court and Spark" (12)
"Hits" (11)
"Clovis" (10)
30. Joe Jencks (163)
"I Lie" (28)
"It's Not for Sale - single" (23)
"Poets, Philosophers Workers & Wanderers" (22)
"The Candle And The Flame" (16)
"The Coming of the Years" (16)
"The Forgotten" (12)
"Rise As One" (10)
31. Judy Collins (161)
"Forever - An Anthology" (13)
"In My Life" (11)
31. Valerie Smith (161)
"Maggie's Journal" (148)
33. Billy Strings (150)
"So Much for Goodbyes" (80)
"Highway Prayers" (22)
"Me/And/Dad" (13)
"Home" (12)
"Renewal" (11)
34. Lucinda Williams (149)
"World's Gone Wrong" (92)
"Car Wheels On A Gravel Road" (10)
"Lucinda Williams" (10)
34. Paul Kaplan (149)
"King of Hearts" (141)
36. Bruce Springsteen (148)
"Streets of Minneapolis" (56)
"We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions" (12)
37. Woody Guthrie (142)
"This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1" (17)
"Woody At Home - Vol 1 + 2" (15)
"My Dusty Road" (13)
38. Annie Gallup (141)
"Nightclothes" (127)
38. Dar Williams (141)
"Hummingbird Highway" (42)
"Epilogue: The Cellar Tapes" (13)
"The Honesty Room" (12)
"Mortal City" (12)
38. Tim Grimm (141)
"Bones of Trees" (87)
"The Little In-Between" (14)
"The Turning Point" (10)
41. Ed Snodderly (139)
"Baggage Flies Free" (127)
41. Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz (139)
"Circle & Square" (132)
43. Old Crow Medicine Show (137)
"Union Made" (96)
44. Mama's Broke (135)
"Reunion" (114)
"Narrow Line" (12)
44. Paper Wings (135)
"Mountains on the Moon" (114)
"Mountains" (10)
46. Scott Cook (134)
"Troubadourly Yours" (104)
"Tangle Of Souls" (17)
47. The Heart Collectors (133)
"Twilight Tales" (106)
48. Debi Smith (130)
"Flight of the Robin" (122)
49. John Flynn (129)
"America's Game" (35)
"American Dissident" (28)
"Kindred Spirits" (17)
"Two Wolves" (14)
"If Jesus Had An AK - single" (10)
50. Rhiannon Giddens (126)
"Hope Is the Thing" (54)
"Freedom Highway" (24)
"They're Calling Me Home" (10)
"You're the One" (10)
51. Sons of the Never Wrong (125)
"Feather & the Starry Crown" (70)
"On A Good Day. . .I Am" (35)
52. Tom Russell (121)
"Mount Olive" (23)
"Modern Art" (14)
53. Weary Ramblers (120)
"Driftwood" (113)
54. Mary Gauthier (119)
"Soldier Of Fortune" (28)
"Reckoning" (26)
"Dark Enough to See the Stars" (12)
"Mercy Now" (12)
55. Peter, Paul & Mary (118)
"Carry It On" (20)
"Peter, Paul And Mary" (20)
"The Very Best Of Peter, Paul And Mary" (10)
56. The Kennedys (117)
"Smoketree" (79)
56. Tom Paxton (117)
"Ramblin' Boy" (8)
58. Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt (114)
"Esperanza" (95)
58. Emmylou Harris (114)
"All I Intended To Be" (10)
60. Jefferson Ross (113)
"Low Country Wedding" (93)
"Backstage Balladeer" (10)
60. Jesse Appelman (113)
"Where We Go" (112)
60. Annie & Rod Capps (113)
"Never Done" (106)
63. Lance Cowan (110)
"The Air That You Breathe" (99)
64. Molly Tuttle (109)
"So Long Little Miss Sunshine" (36)
"When You're Ready" (19)
"...But I'd Rather Be With You" (11)
"Long Journey Home" (10)
65. Lucy Kaplansky (108)
"The Lucy Story - Unreleased & Rare Tracks" (25)
"Last Days of Summer" (17)
"The Red Thread" (15)
"Reunion" (14)
66. Kim Moberg (107)
"All That Really Matters" (94)
66. Kray Van Kirk (107)
"Empire" (99)
66. Steep Canyon Rangers (107)
"Next Act" (79)
69. Greg Brown (106)
"If I Had Known: Essential Recordings, 1980-1996" (15)
"The Poet Game" (10)
70. Gordon Lightfoot (105)
"The United Artists Collection" (16)
"Gord's Gold" (14)
"Lightfoot!" (12)
"Songbook" (10)
70. Ken Whiteley (105)
"Keep Going" (96)
70. The Pairs (105)
"Together on a Rock" (77)
"If I Had a Hammer - single" (13)
70. Sara Thomsen (105)
"Here & Gone" (95)
74. Charley Crockett (104)
"Age of the Ram" (43)
"Clovis" (35)
74. Cosy Sheridan (104)
"The Breathing Room" (45)
"Grand Design" (17)
74. Kate Wolf (104)
"Close To You" (38)
77. George Mann & Si Kahn (103)
"Mayday!" (96)
78. Mary Chapin Carpenter (102)
"Personal History" (29)
78. Mavis Staples (102)
"Sad & Beautiful World" (53)
"We'll Never Turn Back" (10)
78. Paula Boggs Band (102)
"Sumatra" (88)
81. Alison Krauss & Union Station (101)
"Arcadia" (39)
"Alison Krauss & Union Station Live" (18)
"Paper Airplane" (11)
81. Veranda (101)
"Veranda" (97)
83. Eric Kilburn (100)
"Passages" (82)
"My Own Mistakes" (10)
83. Ken & Brad Kolodner (100)
"Hand's Cove" (87)
85. Maisy Owen (99)
"Dark on a Sunny Day" (84)
85. Tim O'Brien (99)
"Red On Blonde" (16)
"Long Journey Home" (15)
85. Margo Price (99)
"Days of Unrest" (60)
"Old No. 1 Revisited" (17)
85. Maya de Vitry (99)
"All My Faith" (87)
89. Kacey Musgraves (98)
"Middle of Nowhere" (87)
89. Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band (98)
"Time" (95)
91. Dave Van Ronk (97)
"In The Tradition" (22)
"Down in Washington Square" (11)
92. Alison Brown & Steve Martin (95)
"Safe, Sensible & Sane" (86)
92. Big Richard (95)
"Pet" (85)
92. Carrie Newcomer (95)
"A Great Wild Mercy" (15)
"Until Now" (14)
92. Jesse Welles (95)
"Middle" (20)
"Masks Off" (15)
"(YouTube)" (11)
96. Eric Bibb (94)
"One Mississippi" (40)
"In the Real World" (13)
96. Guy Clark (94)
"Dublin Blues" (13)
96. Lynn Hollyfield (94)
"Diving In" (83)
96. Steve Poltz (94)
"Joyride" (79)
100. Doc Watson (93)
"Southbound" (12)
"The Vanguard Years" (10)
100. Jenny Reynolds (93)
"Willow & Stone" (88)
102. Allison Russell (90)
"In the Hour of Chaos" (51)
"Outside Child" (10)
102. Johnny Cash (90)
"The Essential Johnny Cash" (16)
102. Mark Erelli (90)
"Spring Green" (59)
102. Martin Kerr (90)
"Overdue for a Revolution" (84)
102. Tom Rush (90)
"Gardens Old, Flowers New" (20)
107. Kate Macleod's Mind the Gap (89)
"Home-Brewed" (82)
108. Ranky Tanky (88)
"This Village" (86)
109. Hana Zara (87)
"The Ballad of Husker Scruggs" (77)
109. Newberry & Verch (87)
"Blessing on the Wing" (84)
111. Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands (86)
"O California!" (71)
111. Stan Rogers (86)
"Between The Breaks...Live!" (13)
"Fogarty's Cove" (12)
"Home In Halifax" (12)
113. Ringo Starr (85)
"Long Long Road" (79)
113. Rodney Crowell (85)
"Then Again" (57)
"Airline Highway" (10)
115. Sue Horowitz (84)
"Rainy Nights & Rearview Windows" (75)
116. Janis Ian (83)
"The Light At The End Of The Line" (16)
116. Susan Werner (83)
"The Gospel Truth" (13)
"Nola" (11)
118. Grateful Dead (82)
"American Beauty" (19)
"Workingman's Dead" (10)
118. Le Vent Du Nord (82)
"Voisinages" (67)
118. Sierra Hull (82)
"A Tip Toe High Wire" (47)
121. Brandi Carlile (81)
"Returning to Myself" (38)
"By The Way, I Forgive You" (10)
121. Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer (81)
"Drum Hat Buddha" (33)
"Tanglewood Tree" (22)
"Little Blue Egg" (10)
123. Jamie Anderson (80)
"The Curves Are Still There" (67)
123. Richard Thompson (80)
"Acoustic Classics II" (15)
125. Brant Miller (79)
"In the Meantime" (73)
125. Kevin Neidig (79)
"Questioning the Forty" (76)
127. Andy Cohen + Eleanor Ellis + William Lee Ellis (78)
"Whistlin' Past the Graveyard" (75)
127. Crowes Pasture (78)
"Raise Your Hand - single" (21)
"Don't Blink" (18)
"Slow It Down" (13)
127. The Montvales (78)
"Path of Totality" (78)
127. Peggy Seeger (78)
"Teleology" (16)
"Vintage" (14)
"First Farewell" (11)
131. Hannah & Nathan (77)
"Love & Labour" (74)
132. Jan Krist (76)
"Since You Asked Me" (74)
133. Odetta (75)
"Lookin' For A Home" (12)
133. Richard Shindell (75)
"Courier" (15)
"Reunion Hill" (14)
"South Of Delia" (11)
133. Bruce Cockburn (75)
"O Sun O Moon" (7)
136. Anne Hills (74)
"Every Town" (30)
136. Cheryl Wheeler (74)
"Driving Home" (14)
"Defying Gravity" (10)
"Mrs. Pinocci's Guitar" (10)
"Sylvia Hotel" (10)
136. Claire Lynch (74)
"Empty Pair of Shoes" (48)
136. James Keelaghan (74)
"Second-Hand" (13)
"History: The First 25 Years" (13)
140. Chuck Brodsky (73)
"Two Sets" (16)
140. Diane Coll (73)
"Strangely in Tune" (61)
140. Kate Waters (73)
"Some Comfort" (73)
140. Steve Goodman (73)
"No Big Surprise" (16)
"The Easter Tapes" (10)
144. Bobby Dove (72)
"Fortune Teller" (67)
144. Dolores Keane (72)
"Solid Ground" (18)
"Night Owl" (14)
144. Joe Crookston (72)
"Able Baker Charlie And Dog" (20)
"Darkling & The Bluebird Jubilee" (16)
"Georgia I'm Here" (14)
144. Joe Troop & the Truth Machine (72)
"Joe Troop & the Truth Machine" (48)
"The Truth MacHine" (20)
144. Leonard Cohen (72)
"Songs Of Leonard Cohen" (11)
144. The Steel Wheels (72)
"The Steel Wheels" (30)
150. David Francey (71)
"Torn Screen Door" (12)
"The First Set" (11)
"Skating Rink" (9)
150. The Onlies (71)
"You Climb the Mountain" (67)
TOP LABELS of 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 91127 plays from 3209 playlists from 128 Folk DJs
1. Rounder (1516)
2. Columbia (958)
3. Red House (953)
4. Smithsonian/Folkways (897)
5. Compass (880)
6. Thirty Tigers (797)
7. Signature Sounds (608)
8. Oh Boy (519)
9. Legacy (513)
10. Warner (480)
11. Sugar Hill (470)
12. Nonesuch (463)
13. Free Dirt (459)
14. Elektra (405)
15. Rhino (380)
16. New West (353)
17. Appleseed (322)
18. Vanguard (318)
19. Reprise (308)
20. Down The Road (281)
21. Philo (266)
22. Borealis (258)
23. Appalsongs (245)
24. RCA (235)
25. Yep Roc (229)
26. Appalseed (220)
27. Capitol (215)
28. Pinecastle (205)
29. Atlantic (201)
30. Shamus (200)
31. River Lea (194)
32. Sony (192)
33. Green Linnet (177)
33. Riverlark (177)
35. Nettwerk (175)
36. Windbone (174)
37. Sundance (165)
38. Fantasy (163)
39. Bell Buckle (161)
40. Alligator (159)
41. Flying Fish (155)
42. Mercury (153)
42. Waterbug (153)
44. Red Beet (152)
45. Adhyâropa (150)
46. Righteous Babe (146)
47. Free Radio (145)
48. SME (144)
49. Circus Tent (142)
50. Old Coat (141)
51. Lost Highway (139)
52. BMG (138)
53. Greentrax (137)
53. Shanachie (137)
55. Berkalin (135)
56. Topic (130)
57. MCA (129)
58. Tompkins Square (127)
59. Blue Pine (126)
59. Rebel (126)
59. Truly Handmade (126)
62. Concord (122)
63. Island (121)
64. Vault (120)
65. True North (117)
66. Yellow Room (116)
67. Dualtone (113)
68. Lula (110)
69. ATO (109)
70. Fossil (107)
71. Craft (104)
72. Acony (103)
73. Arhoolie (101)
73. Turtle Bear (101)
75. Dark Shadow (96)
75. Majestic (96)
77. Hartland (95)
77. Hightone (95)
79. Gallway Bay (91)
79. Hudson Harding (91)
81. Spins The Gold (89)
82. Pyramid (86)
83. Fenchurch (85)
84. Crooked Cyclone (84)
84. Highway (84)
84. Release Guru (84)
87. Mad Maker (83)
88. Razor & Tie (81)
88. Slab Town (81)
90. Bloodshot (79)
91. Community (78)
92. Bear Family (77/99)
92. Wellspring (77)
94. Folk-Legacy (76)
94. Strictly Country (76)
96. Stony Plain (75)
96. Verve (75)
98. A&M (74)
99. Howlin' Dog (73)
99. Loma Vista (73)
99. Sub Pop (73)
FOLK DJs - 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 91127 plays from 3209 playlists from 128 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 & WHQR-FM, 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)
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)
Daryana Antipova (WFHB-FM, IN)
Dave Aton (WRFG-FM & mixcloud.com, GA)
David John (KEOS-FM & KAXE/KBXE-FM, MN)
David Sears (WBGU-FM & syndicated, OH)
Debbie Fisher (WJFF-FM, NY)
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)
Dusty James & Abalone Pearl (therootsfm.org, MO)
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 & thesonicplanet.com, NY)
James Sereda (WUSB-FM, NY)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jean Geiger (KBOO-FM & 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 (folkmusicnotebook.com & mixcloud.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, US/CA)
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 & 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 & 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)
Sarah LaDuke (folkalley.com, NY)
Sherre Birenbaum (therootsfm.org, MO)
Sonny Ochs (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Stella Prince (KPFK-FM, CA)
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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