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 33998 plays from 1210 playlists from 115 Folk DJs
1: "Appalachia," Emily Scott Robinson [Oh Boy, 1/2026] (226)
"Appalachia" (38)
"The Time for Flowers" (37)
"Dirtbag Saloon" (26)
"Bless it All" (24)
"Hymn for the Unholy" (23)
"Cast Iron Heart" (22)
"The Water Is Wide" (22)
"The Fairest View" (14)
"Time Traveler" (10)
2: "Together Again," Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 1/2026] (221)
"The Future" (34)
"Artie's Last Stand" (29)
"Pathfinder" (27)
"Stop at Nothing" (18)
"Old Dog" (17)
"Lay This Old Guitar Down" (17)
"Cheatin' When I'm Eatin'" (13)
"Every Monday at Two" (12)
"We Know How This Ends" (11)
"Famous For A Day" (10)
3: "All Tied Together," Ye Vagabonds [River Lea, 1/2026] (139)
"The Flood" (30)
"Where The Heart Lies" (18)
"Cuckoo Storm" (17)
"Long Grass" (15)
"Four Walls" (14)
"Danny" (14)
"On Sitric Road" (13)
4: "Maggie's Journal," Valerie Smith [Bell Buckle, 1/2026] (130)
"That Was a Long Time Ago" (19)
"Jealous" (13)
"Maggie's Reading, Pt. 12" (12)
"Started Wrong in This Life" (12)
"When You Ain't Got Nothin'" (11)
5: "Magic Accident," Della Mae [Compass, 1/2026] (117)
"Magic Accident" (24)
"Family Tree" (16)
"My Own Highway" (13)
"Out Run 'Em" (12)
"Little Bird" (11)
"I Compare Everyone To You" (11)
"Takes All Kinds" (10)
6: "Field Notes," Dave Gunning [Self, 2/2026] (116)
"World of Make Believe" (23)
"Pursued by Grace" (16)
"Vincent Coleman" (16)
"Going Nowhere Tonight" (13)
"Blue Heart" (10)
"Angels' Share" (10)
7: "King of Hearts," Paul Kaplan [Old Coat, 2/2026] (114)
"I Will Keep You Warm" (16)
"The King of Hearts" (14)
"I Had an Old Coat" (13)
"Phil" (12)
"Take Out The Garbage When You Go" (12)
"Heather on the Moor" (12)
8: "Circle & Square," Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz [Red Beet, 1/2026] (103)
"10 To 4" (20)
"Fontana Dam" (13)
"Thomas Hart Benton" (13)
"Life of the Mind" (10)
"Circle and Square" (10)
9: "Business Unusual," Goodnight Moonshine [Self, 2/2026] (101)
"Stars" (15)
"Good News" (14)
"Get What's Mine" (11)
"Kitchen Table" (10)
10: "The Blue Rock Session," Amy Speace [Windbone, 12/2025] (93)
"The Sea and the Shore" (20)
"Kindness" (18)
"On a Monday in London" (10)
10: "Songs of Hope," Tom Chapin [Sundance, 2/2026] (93)
"Hold Our Ground Forever" (13)
"Quite Early Morning" (13)
12: "unentitled," John Gorka [Red House, 10/2025] (92)
"Particle & Wave" (27)
"No Time To Cry" (16)
13: "Where We Go," Jesse Appelman [Self, 12/2025] (88)
"Out in the Valley" (17)
"Valley Springs" (11)
"Glacier Song" (11)
14: "Driftwood," Weary Ramblers [Self, 1/2026] (80)
"Day by Day Love Blues" (11)
"Kentucky Never Seemed So Blue" (11)
15: "World's Gone Wrong," Lucinda Williams [Highway, 2/2026] (77)
"So Much Trouble In The World" (11)
"The World's Gone Wrong" (11)
"Freedom Speaks" (10)
"We've Come To Far To Turn Around" (10)
"How Much Did You Get For Your Soul" (10)
16: "Flight of the Robin," Debi Smith [Self, 2/2026] (75)
"Dimming of the Day" (14)
"Nebraska Moon" (12)
"Help Them Along" (10)
17: "All That Really Matters," Kim Moberg [Self, 1/2026] (71)
"Both Sides Now" (15)
"I'll Always Be A Friend" (11)
"White Lies" (9)
"All That Really Matters" (9)
18: "Here & Gone," Sara Thomsen [Self, 1/2026] (65)
"Tough Like That" (20)
"We Are Each Other's Light" (10)
"It's Time" (9)
19: "Pet," Big Richard [Signature Sounds, 2/2026] (64)
"Millionaire" (22)
"Red Fox Run" (8)
20: "Safe, Sensible & Sane," Alison Brown & Steve Martin [Compass, 10/2025] (63)
"Bluegrass Radio" (11)
"Dear Time" (11)
21: "The Ballad of Husker Scruggs," Hana Zara [Self, 1/2026] (61)
"The Ballad of Husker Scruggs" (61)
21: "Empire," Kray Van Kirk [Self, 1/2026] (61)
"Resistance" (11)
"Turtle Joe" (11)
"Fury Road" (8)
23: "Keep Going," Ken Whiteley [Pyramid, 2/2026] (58)
"At The End Of The Day" (17)
"I'll Just Say I'm Fine" (8)
23: "Since You Asked Me," Jan Krist [Yellow Room, 1/2026] (58)
"Since You Asked Me" (11)
23: "Wild & Clear & Blue," I'm With Her [Rounder, 4/2025] (58)
"Ancient Light" (22)
"Wild and Clear and Blue" (8)
26: "O California!," Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands [Spruce & Maple, 1/2026] (57)
"Hell Broke Loose in Georgia" (11)
"Fair and Tender Ladies" (11)
"Look Down That Lonesome Road" (11)
27: "Strangely in Tune," Diane Coll [Happy Fish, 1/2026] (55)
"In and Out of Time" (12)
"Carolina Wren" (11)
"Half Along the Way" (8)
28: "Passages," Eric Kilburn [Wellspring, 1/2026] (54)
"Antopol 1903" (16)
"Commie Like Mamdani" (14)
29: "Streets of Minneapolis," Bruce Springsteen [Columbia, 1/2026] (53)
"Streets of Minneapolis" (51)
30: "Whistlin' Past the Graveyard," Andy Cohen, Eleanor Ellis, William Lee Ellis [Riverlark, 3/2026] (52)
"Columbus Stockade" (7)
31: "Bones of Trees," Tim Grimm [Vault, 4/2025] (51)
"Broken Truth" (21)
"Woody's Landlord Revisited" (8)
"In the Usa" (7)
32: "Questioning the Forty," Kevin Neidig [Self, 2/2026] (50)
"Speed of the Sound of Loneliness" (13)
"Don't Take My Gun" (10)
33: "You Climb the Mountain," The Onlies [Self, 8/2025] (48)
"Waves on the Sea" (10)
34: "Voisinages," Le Vent Du Nord [La Compagnie du Nord, 10/2025] (47)
"Bienvenue" (10)
"Carillon" (6)
34: "The Work, the Hope, the Promise," Wes Weddell [Self, 1/2026] (47)
"Still We Move" (12)
"I Curse" (6)
36: "Blossoms & Ghosts," Thea Hopkins [Self, 2/2026] (46)
"Here in Our World" (10)
"Trouble" (8)
"I Am Not A Stranger" (7)
"Blossoms & Ghosts" (7)
"Red Wing" (6)
37: "Together on a Rock," The Pairs [Self, 4/2025] (45)
"Honey I" (14)
"Everything Ends" (6)
38: "Joyride," Steve Poltz [Red House, 3/2026] (43)
"Love a Little Bigger" (11)
"If It Bleeds It Leads" (7)
39: "From Here to the Sea," Meredith Moon [Compass, 10/2025] (42)
"Sapphire Blue" (8)
"East City Blues" (7)
39: "Long Journey Home," Various Artists [Appalsongs, 9/2025] (42)
"I've Always Been a Rambler," Molly Tuttle (8)
41: "Earl Jam," Tony Trischka [Down The Road, 2024] (41)
"Gentle On My Mind" (9)
41: "Ivyland," James O'Malley [Self, 1/2026] (41)
"Rosie in the Roses" (8)
"Did You Ever Hear Her Sing" (6)
41: "Party in the Pines," Dave Miller [Howlin' Dog, 1/2026] (41)
"Party in the Pines" (7)
41: "Sad & Beautiful World," Mavis Staples [anti, 11/2025] (41)
"We Got To Have Peace" (11)
"Satisfied Mind" (6)
45: "Blackbirding," Queen Esther [EL Recordings, 2/2026] (39)
"Hold Steady" (12)
"Home Free" (9)
46: "The Curves Are Still There," Jamie Anderson [Tsunami, 2/2026] (38)
"Guitar on the Wall" (6)
"Last Tucson Sunrise" (6)
"Chocolate Is Better" (5)
47: "Avec Elodie," Eloise & Co [Self, 10/2025] (37)
"Janet's/Angel Rocks" (7)
"We're Not Broken" (6)
47: "Dark Ages," Eliza Gilkyson [Realiza Records, 5/2025] (37)
"Dark Night of the Soul" (14)
"Times Like These" (9)
"Impossible Dreams" (5)
47: "Havin' a Talk," Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence [Warner, 2/2026] (37)
"Good Luck To Ya" (10)
"Thank You But No Thank You" (6)
50: "Blessing on the Wing," Joe Newberry & April Verch [Slab Town, 3/2026] (36)
"Blessing On The Wing" (9)
"Robin On The Wagon Wheel" (7)
"Honky Tonk Heaven" (5)
"Where the Songs Come From" (5)
50: "Lost Cause Lover Fool," The Milk Carton Kids [Thirty Tigers, 1/2026] (36)
"A Friend Like You" (18)
"Blue Water" (11)
"I'll Go Home From Here" (6)
52: "Hardscrabble Hope," Maria Dunn [Distant Whisper, 12/2025] (35)
"Another Year" (6)
"Walking the Miles" (5)
"Pill For A Broken Heart" (5)
52: "Feather & the Starry Crown," Sons of the Never Wrong [Self, 2/2026] (35)
"Stand Up Shout Out" (11)
"Feather and the Starry Crown" (8)
54: "The Breathing Room," Cosy Sheridan [Self, 10/2025] (34)
"The Breathing Room" (8)
"The Kind Words" (6)
"Here's the rain" (5)
54: "Code to Live By," Grant Peeples [Ping, 1/2026] (34)
"Some Times" (8)
"Sunshine State" (6)
"Sins of the Fathers" (5)
"The Ledger" (5)
54: "So Much I Still Don't See," Sam Robbins [Nine Athens, 3/2025] (34)
"I Will" (6)
"The Real Thing" (6)
"Piles of Sand" (6)
"So Much I Still Don't See" (6)
54: "Bringing the Light," Hot Tamale [Self, 1/2026] (34)
"Stand Up!" (9)
"Ain't No Friend" (6)
"Red Betty" (5)
58: "With Body And Soul: A Bluegrass Tribute To Bill Monroe," Various Artists [Mountain Fever Records, 2026] (33/66)
"Genuine Negro Jig," Carolina Chocolate Drops: Here Rattler (2)
58: "Valentine," Courtney Marie Andrews [Thirty Tigers, 2/2026] (33)
"Everyone Wants To Feel Like You Do" (6)
"Pendulum Swing" (5)
"Keeper" (5)
"Cons and Clowns" (5)
60: "Don't Drink the Poison," Linda Sussman [Sing Out Proud, 1/2026] (32)
"Don't Drink The Poison" (7)
"Let Freedom Ring" (5)
"All the Songs of Peace" (4)
"Remember Dorothy" (4)
60: "Fish Crow," M Sparks [Self, 2/2026] (32)
"Full Tank And Good Fried Chicken" (15)
"All She's Worth" (7)
"Two Sugars" (4)
60: "On a Wing," James Houlahan [OOB, 2/2026] (32)
"Waiting on Your Love" (6)
"That Bird & I" (6)
"The Cuckoo Bird" (4)
"These Changes" (4)
63: "America's Game," John Flynn [Self, 2/2026] (31)
"America's Game" (26)
"~" (5)
63: "It Runs Deep," Garrett Boys [Pond Ridge, 3/2026] (31)
"Back Home" (14)
"Who I Am" (5)
63: "The Journals," Sammy Brue [Bloodshot, 2/2026] (31)
"Promise To Keep" (8)
"Lonely Mornings" (6)
"For Justin" (4)
63: "Returning to Myself," Brandi Carlile [Interscope, 11/2025] (31)
"Returning To Myself" (9)
"Joni" (5)
"A War With Time" (4)
63: "Spring Green," Mark Erelli [Self, 2/2026] (31)
"King Of Nothing" (6)
"Weary Traveler" (5)
"Spring Green" (5)
"Friend Like You" (4)
63: "A Song for Minnesota," Katie Dahl [Self, 2/2026] (31)
"A Song for Minnesota" (31)
69: "Hummingbird Highway," Dar Williams [Righteous Babe, 8/2025] (30)
"Hummingbird Highway" (8)
"Put the Coins on His Eyes" (5)
"Olive Tree" (4)
69: "Overdue for a Revolution," Martin Kerr [Nettwerk, 3/2026] (30)
"Immigrants" (13)
"Overdue for a Revolution" (6)
69: "Rainy Nights & Rearview Windows," Sue Horowitz [Self, 3/2026] (30)
"Keep the light on, Cordelia" (5)
"Freedom Fly" (4)
"Driving in a Rainstorm" (4)
69: "A Tip Toe High Wire," Sierra Hull [Self, 3/2025] (30)
"Come Out Of My Blues" (7)
"Lord, That's A Long Way" (5)
"Let's Go" (4)
73: "One Mississippi," Eric Bibb [Repute, 2/2026] (29)
"This One Don't" (6)
"Didn't I Keep Runnin'" (4)
73: "Devils & Doves," Sam Bergquist [Self, 3/2026] (29)
"Envy Blues" (9)
"Redwood Tree" (6)
"Louisiana Lightning" (4)
73: "Kentucky Queen," Carla Gover [Redbird, 8/2025] (29)
"Hug More Necks" (5)
"Raise a Little Cane" (4)
"Angels Gather Round" (4)
"Pine Mountain High" (4)
73: "Queen of the Angels," Linda Marks [Self, 3/2026] (29)
"Queen of the Angels" (8)
"Gardener's Lament" (8)
73: "Shelter From the Storms," Lennie Gallant [Gallant Effort, 7/2025] (29)
"Sable Island Horses" (7)
"Uncle Harold" (4)
"Old Friends" (4)
78: "Sin & Squalor," Clay Street Unit [Leo 33, 3/2026] (28)
"Drive" (7)
"Nothing Else Matters" (4)
"Freightline Blues" (4)
"Virginia" (4)
"Choctaw County" (4)
78: "The Steel Wheels," The Steel Wheels [Big Ring, 10/2025] (28)
"Go Back" (5)
"Banjos For Everyone" (5)
"Keep On Dancing" (4)
78: "Tip of the Spear," Doug Mishkin [Midoaks, 6/2025] (28)
"If They'd Been Black" (11)
"Pour Me Another Year" (5)
81: "Happiness & Misery," Kenny Shore [Self, 3/2026] (27)
"Roller Coaster Ride" (6)
"Happiness & Misery" (6)
"I'll Take Off My Hat" (5)
81: "Hill Country Folk Music," Terry Klein [Self, 11/2025] (27)
"Try Again" (12)
"The Job Interview Song" (4)
83: "Fallen Angel," The Unfaithful Servants [Self, 10/2025] (26)
"Real to Touch" (4)
"Endless Highway" (4)
"Adeline" (4)
83: "Lost & Found," Becki Davis [Self, 9/2025] (26)
"Simple & Beautiful" (3)
83: "Prizefighter," Mumford & Sons [Self, 3/2026] (26)
"Here" (5)
"Rubber Band Man" (4)
83: "Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 11/2025] (26)
"Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down" (5)
"Workin' Man Blues" (4)
"Silver Wings" (4)
"Today I Started Loving You Again" (4)
TOP SONGS of 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 33998 plays from 1210 playlists from 115 Folk DJs
1. "The Ballad of Husker Scruggs" (61)
from "The Ballad of Husker Scruggs" (Hana Zara)
2. "Streets of Minneapolis" (50)
from "Streets of Minneapolis" (Bruce Springsteen)
3. "The Time for Flowers" (39)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
4. "Appalachia" (38)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
5. "The Future" (33)
from "Together Again" (Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon)
6. "A Song for Minnesota" (31)
from "A Song for Minnesota" (Katie Dahl)
7. "The Flood" (30)
from "All Tied Together" (Ye Vagabonds)
8. "Artie's Last Stand" (28)
from "Together Again" (Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon)
8. "Particle & Wave" (28)
from "unentitled" (John Gorka)
10. "America's Game" (26)
from "America's Game" (John Flynn)
10. "Dirtbag Saloon" (26)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
10. "Pathfinder" (26)
from "Together Again" (Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon)
13. "Bless it All" (24)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
13. "I Lie" (24)
from "I Lie - single" (Joe Jencks)
13. "Magic Accident" (24)
from "Magic Accident" (Della Mae)
16. "Hymn for the Unholy" (23)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
16. "It's Not For Sale" (23)
from "It's Not for Sale - single" (Joe Jencks)
16. "Raise Your Hand" (23)
from "Raise Your Hand - single" (Crowes Pasture)
16. "World of Make Believe" (23)
from "Field Notes" (Dave Gunning)
20. "Ancient Light" (22)
from "Wild & Clear & Blue" (I'm With Her)
20. "Cast Iron Heart" (22)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
20. "Forged In Fire" (22)
from "Forged in Fire" (Crys Matthews)
20. "Millionaire" (22)
from "Pet" (Big Richard)
20. "Peggy-O" (22)
from "Peggy-O" (The McDades)
20. "The Water Is Wide" (22)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
26. "Antopol 1903" (21)
from "Passages" (Eric Kilburn)
26. "Billionaires" (21)
from "Joe Troop & the Truth Machine" (Joe Troop & the Truth Machine)
26. "Broken Truth" (21)
from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
26. "Hold On" (21)
from "Hold On - single" (Jillian Matundan)
26. "The Sea and the Shore" (21)
from "The Blue Rock Session" (Amy Speace)
26. "Tough Like That" (21)
from "Here & Gone" (Sara Thomsen)
32. "10 To 4" (20)
from "Circle & Square" (Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz)
32. "A Friend Like You" (20)
from "Lost Cause Lover Fool" (The Milk Carton Kids)
32. "Kindness" (20)
from "The Blue Rock Session" (Amy Speace)
35. "Blue Kentucky Girl" (19)
from "Blue Kentucky Girl" (Tiffany Williams)
36. "Blackbird" (18)
from "Blackbird - single" (Ed Sweeney & Cathy Clasper-Torch)
36. "Ice On The Road" (18)
from "Ice On the Road - single" (Brian Claflin)
36. "No Kings in America" (18)
from "No Kings in America" (Lisa Bastoni)
36. "Soldier of Fortune" (18)
from "Soldier of Fortune" (Mary Gauthier)
36. "Stop at Nothing" (18)
from "Together Again" (Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon)
36. "That Was a Long Time Ago" (18)
from "Maggie's Journal" (Valerie Smith)
36. "Time" (18)
from "Time" (Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band)
36. "Where The Heart Lies" (18)
from "All Tied Together" (Ye Vagabonds)
44. "At The End Of The Day" (17)
from "Keep Going" (Ken Whiteley)
44. "Cuckoo Storm" (17)
from "All Tied Together" (Ye Vagabonds)
44. "Family Tree" (17)
from "Magic Accident" (Della Mae)
44. "Hold Our Ground Forever" (17)
from "Songs of Hope" (Tom Chapin)
44. "It's Been Too Long" (17)
from "Long Long Road" (Ringo Starr)
44. "Lay This Old Guitar Down" (17)
from "Together Again" (Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon)
44. "No Time To Cry" (17)
from "unentitled" (John Gorka)
44. "Old Dog" (17)
from "Together Again" (Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon)
44. "Robots" (17)
from "Nightclothes" (Annie Gallup)
44. "Sleeves Up" (17)
from "Sleeves Up" (Crys Matthews)
54. "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round" (16)
from "Sumatra" (Paula Boggs Band)
54. "For What It's Worth" (16)
from "For What It's Worth - single" (Tom Prasada-Rao)
54. "Full Tank And Good Fried Chicken" (16)
from "Fish Crow" (M Sparks)
54. "I Will Keep You Warm" (16)
from "King of Hearts" (Paul Kaplan)
54. "Long Grass" (16)
from "All Tied Together" (Ye Vagabonds)
54. "Out in the Valley" (16)
from "Where We Go" (Jesse Appelman)
54. "Pursued by Grace" (16)
from "Field Notes" (Dave Gunning)
54. "Vincent Coleman" (16)
from "Field Notes" (Dave Gunning)
54. "Where Liberty Lives" (16)
from "Where Liberty Lives - single" (Alex Radus)
63. "Both Sides Now" (15)
from "All That Really Matters" (Kim Moberg)
63. "Good News" (15)
from "Business Unusual" (Goodnight Moonshine)
63. "Honey I" (15)
from "Together on a Rock" (The Pairs)
63. "No ICE" (15)
from "No ICE - single" (Emma's Revolution)
63. "Stars" (15)
from "Business Unusual" (Goodnight Moonshine)
63. "The Victim Tree" (15)
from "Kindred Spirits" (John Flynn)
69. "Four Walls" (14)
from "All Tied Together" (Ye Vagabonds)
69. "Back Home" (14)
from "It Runs Deep" (Garrett Boys)
69. "Brand New Heartache" (14)
from "Good As True" (Yonder Mountain String Band)
69. "Commie Like Mamdani" (14)
from "Passages" (Eric Kilburn)
TOP ARTISTS of 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 33998 plays from 1210 playlists from 115 Folk DJs
1. Emily Scott Robinson (233)
"Appalachia" (225)
2. Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon (213)
"Together Again" (208)
3. Ye Vagabonds (149)
"All Tied Together" (138)
4. Valerie Smith (132)
"Maggie's Journal" (128)
5. Della Mae (130)
"Magic Accident" (117)
6. Dave Gunning (125)
"Field Notes" (115)
6. John Gorka (125)
"unentitled" (92)
8. Paul Kaplan (116)
"King of Hearts" (111)
9. Tom Chapin (110)
"Songs of Hope" (91)
10. Bob Dylan (107)
"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" (10)
11. Amy Speace (106)
"The Blue Rock Session" (93)
12. Lucinda Williams (104)
"World's Gone Wrong" (76)
13. Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz (102)
"Circle & Square" (101)
14. Goodnight Moonshine (101)
"Business Unusual" (98)
15. Jesse Appelman (88)
"Where We Go" (87)
15. Joan Baez (88)
"Whistle Down The Wind" (10)
17. Joe Jencks (87)
"I Lie - single" (25)
"It's Not for Sale - single" (22)
18. Weary Ramblers (84)
"Driftwood" (80)
19. Bruce Springsteen (83)
"Streets of Minneapolis" (52)
20. Crys Matthews (77)
"Forged in Fire" (23)
"Reclamation" (22)
"Sleeves Up" (17)
"Changemakers" (13)
20. Debi Smith (77)
"Flight of the Robin" (75)
22. Kim Moberg (76)
"All That Really Matters" (71)
23. Willie Nelson (75)
"Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle" (26)
"Dream Chaser" (13)
24. John Prine (74)
"John Prine" (13)
25. I'm With Her (72)
"Wild & Clear & Blue" (58)
26. Phil Ochs (71)
"All The News That's Fit To Sing" (12)
"Phil Ochs In Concert" (11)
"There But For Fortune" (9)
26. Sara Thomsen (71)
"Here & Gone" (65)
28. Mavis Staples (70)
"Sad & Beautiful World" (41)
28. Pete Seeger (70)
"The Essential Pete Seeger" (6)
28. Tim Grimm (70)
"Bones of Trees" (51)
31. Eliza Gilkyson (69)
"Dark Ages" (37)
31. Joni Mitchell (69)
"Hits" (8)
33. Dar Williams (68)
"Hummingbird Highway" (30)
"Mortal City" (12)
34. Big Richard (67)
"Pet" (64)
35. Kray Van Kirk (66)
"Empire" (61)
35. Tony Trischka (66)
"Earl Jam" (40)
37. Alison Brown & Steve Martin (64)
"Safe, Sensible & Sane" (61)
37. Hana Zara (64)
"The Ballad of Husker Scruggs" (61)
39. Judy Collins (62)
"Forever - An Anthology" (7)
40. Diane Coll (59)
"Strangely in Tune" (55)
40. John McCutcheon (59)
"Field of Stars" (15)
40. Molly Tuttle (59)
"So Long Little Miss Sunshine" (24)
"Long Journey Home" (8)
40. Roy Book Binder (59)
"The Good Book" (13)
44. Cosy Sheridan (58)
"The Breathing Room" (33)
"Grand Design" (9)
44. Eric Kilburn (58)
"Passages" (50)
46. Jan Krist (57)
"Since You Asked Me" (57)
46. John Flynn (57)
"America's Game" (31)
"Kindred Spirits" (16)
46. Ken Whiteley (57)
"Keep Going" (53)
46. Sons of the Never Wrong (57)
"Feather & the Starry Crown" (34)
"On A Good Day. . .I Am" (13)
50. Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands (55)
"O California!" (48)
51. Eric Bibb (54)
"One Mississippi" (29)
"In the Real World" (7)
51. Peter, Paul & Mary (54)
"Peter, Paul And Mary" (13)
"Carry It On" (11)
53. Grateful Dead (52)
"American Beauty" (15)
53. Kevin Neidig (52)
"Questioning the Forty" (50)
53. Le Vent Du Nord (52)
"Voisinages" (47)
53. Nanci Griffith (52)
"Other Voices, Other Rooms" (12)
"Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back To Bountiful)" (8)
53. Tim O'Brien (52)
"Long Journey Home" (9)
"Red On Blonde" (8)
58. The Pairs (51)
"Together on a Rock" (44)
59. Crowes Pasture (50)
"Raise Your Hand - single" (22)
"Don't Blink" (9)
59. Steve Poltz (50)
"Joyride" (43)
59. Wes Weddell (50)
"The Work, the Hope, the Promise" (47)
62. Emmylou Harris (49)
"Hard Bargain" (5)
62. The Onlies (49)
"You Climb the Mountain" (48)
64. Meredith Moon (48)
"From Here to the Sea" (42)
64. The Milk Carton Kids (48)
"Lost Cause Lover Fool" (35)
64. Tom Paxton (48)
"No Kings Here - Single" (4)
64. Tom Russell (48)
"Mount Olive" (15)
68. Mary Chapin Carpenter (47)
"Personal History" (19)
"Looking for the Thread" (6)
68. Thea Hopkins (47)
"Blossoms & Ghosts" (46)
68. The McDades (47)
"Peggy-O" (21)
"Thread The Light" (9)
71. Bob Weir (46)
"Blue Mountain" (23)
"Ace" (13)
71. John Hammond (46)
"So Many Road" (4)
73. Colleen Kattau (45)
"Besos Kisses" (11)
"Peace-Loving Nation - single" (8)
"This Hen's Gonna Crow" (7)
"So Much Going On" (6)
73. Dave Miller (45)
"Party in the Pines" (41)
73. Dervish (45)
"The Great Irish Songbook" (14)
"The Great Irish Songbook, Vol. 2" (7)
73. Jamie Anderson (45)
"The Curves Are Still There" (38)
73. The Steel Wheels (45)
"The Steel Wheels" (28)
78. James O'Malley (44)
"Ivyland" (41)
79. Joe Ely (43)
"Full Circle: The Lubbock Tapes" (8)
80. Brandi Carlile (42)
"Returning to Myself" (31)
81. Grant Peeples (41)
"Code to Live By" (34)
81. Maria Dunn (41)
"Hardscrabble Hope" (33)
81. Queen Esther (41)
"Blackbirding" (39)
81. Sierra Hull (41)
"A Tip Toe High Wire" (30)
TOP LABELS of 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 33998 plays from 1210 playlists from 115 Folk DJs
1. Rounder (471)
2. Compass (433)
3. Columbia (366)
4. Red House (352)
5. Smithsonian/Folkways (311)
6. Oh Boy (293)
7. Signature Sounds (239)
7. Thirty Tigers (239)
9. Nonesuch (186)
10. Warner (184)
11. Rhino (151)
12. Elektra (143)
13. Vanguard (141)
14. Appalseed (139)
15. Legacy (137)
15. Sugar Hill (137)
17. Appalsongs (136)
18. River Lea (135)
19. Bell Buckle (133)
20. Appleseed (110)
20. New West (110)
22. Old Coat (107)
22. Sundance (107)
24. Red Beet (106)
25. Windbone (101)
26. Philo (98)
26. RCA (98)
28. Reprise (97)
29. Borealis (92)
30. Capitol (90)
31. Alligator (84)
32. Free Dirt (76)
33. Down The Road (70)
33. Riverlark (70)
35. MCA (67)
36. Green Linnet (66)
37. BMG (65)
38. Flying Fish (64)
38. Waterbug (64)
40. Atlantic (63)
41. Sony (62)
42. Righteous Babe (60)
42. Yellow Room (60)
44. Highway (59)
45. Nettwerk (57)
46. Dualtone (56)
46. Mercury (56)
48. Shamus (55)
48. Turtle Bear (55)
50. Greentrax (54)
50. True North (54)
52. Pinecastle (53)
53. Vault (52)
53. Yep Roc (52)
55. Fantasy (50)
55. Rebel (50)
57. Topic (49)
57. Wellspring (49)
59. Shanachie (48)
60. Hudson Harding (47)
60. La Compagnie du Nord (47)
60. Pyramid (47)
63. Mountain Fever (46)
64. Happy Fish (45)
65. Berkalin (42)
66. Stony Plain (41)
67. Bloodshot (40)
67. Howlin' Dog (40)
69. Verve (39)
70. ATO (38)
70. Cooking Vinyl (38)
70. Razor & Tie (38)
70. Tsunami (38)
74. Anti- (36)
FOLK DJs - 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 33998 plays from 1210 playlists from 115 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 & mixcloud.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 & PRX, MN)
Eureka Mike (WFCF-FM & thesonicplanet.com, FL)
Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC)
Gordon Nash (folkmusicnotebook.com, NY)
Graham Dean & Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA)
Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA)
Helen Leicht (folkmusicnotebook.com, PA)
Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY)
James Sereda (WUSB-FM, NY)
Jan Vanderhorst (justusfolk.com, ON)
Jean Geiger (mixcloud.com, WA)
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, SC)
John Rumsey (KVMR-FM, CA)
John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ)
Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA)
Jon Stein (WTBQ-FM & soundcloud.com, NY)
Kai Schafft (WVBR-FM, NY)
Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK)
Kate McNally (New Hampshire Public Radio)
Katrina Knight (mixcloud.com, BC)
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 & 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)
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 (PRX & mixcloud.com, NY)
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 (KRCL-FM & live365.com, UT)
Paul Porzio (Cox Cable, VA)
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)
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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