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 66589 plays from 2334 playlists from 122 Folk DJs
1: "Appalachia," Emily Scott Robinson [Oh Boy, 1/2026] (318)
"The Time for Flowers" (57)
"Appalachia" (54)
"Dirtbag Saloon" (37)
"Bless it All" (33)
"Cast Iron Heart" (29)
"The Water Is Wide" (29)
"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] (260)
"The Future" (41)
"Artie's Last Stand" (34)
"Pathfinder" (30)
"Lay This Old Guitar Down" (24)
"Old Dog" (20)
"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] (192)
"World of Make Believe" (45)
"Pursued by Grace" (28)
"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] (183)
"The Flood" (38)
"Where The Heart Lies" (23)
"Cuckoo Storm" (22)
"Long Grass" (19)
"Danny" (18)
"On Sitric Road" (18)
"I'll Keep Singing" (16)
"Four Walls" (15)
5: "Magic Accident," Della Mae [Compass, 1/2026] (176)
"Magic Accident" (32)
"Family Tree" (22)
"Out Run 'Em" (21)
"My Own Highway" (20)
"Little Bird" (19)
"Takes All Kinds" (17)
"I Compare Everyone To You" (13)
"What You're Looking For" (11)
"Nothing At All" (11)
"Lifeline" (10)
6: "Business Unusual," Goodnight Moonshine [Self, 2/2026] (158)
"Good News" (29)
"Stars" (23)
"Get What's Mine" (15)
"Somebody's Child" (15)
"Kitchen Table" (14)
"Welcome Home" (13)
"All Babies Are Beautiful" (12)
"All Night Band" (12)
"Dead and Gone" (12)
7: "Lost Cause Lover Fool," The Milk Carton Kids [Thirty Tigers, 1/2026] (148)
"A Friend Like You" (31)
"Blue Water" (27)
"I'll Go Home From Here" (19)
"Young Love" (17)
"My Place Among The Stones" (12)
"Blinded and Smiling" (12)
"Sad Song" (12)
"Lost Cause Lover Fool" (10)
8: "Maggie's Journal," Valerie Smith [Bell Buckle, 1/2026] (144)
"That Was a Long Time Ago" (19)
"Jealous" (15)
"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)
9: "King of Hearts," Paul Kaplan [Old Coat, 2/2026] (137)
"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] (122)
"The Sea and the Shore" (25)
"Kindness" (24)
"On a Monday in London" (13)
"Weight of the World" (12)
"I Found a Halo" (12)
"The Dream of the Hawk" (10)
11: "Circle & Square," Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz [Red Beet, 1/2026] (119)
"10 To 4" (21)
"Thomas Hart Benton" (18)
"Fontana Dam" (15)
"Wide Open" (12)
"Life of the Mind" (11)
"Diego in Detroit" (10)
"Circle and Square" (10)
12: "When I Am a Fossil," Benny Bleu [Circus Tent, 5/2026] (118)
"When I Am a Fossil" (25)
"I've Endured" (19)
"Serenity Song" (16)
"Old Dog" (10)
"Fairy Shrimp" (10)
13: "unentitled," John Gorka [Red House, 10/2025] (116)
"Particle & Wave" (31)
"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] (116)
"Columbus Stockade" (9)
15: "Flight of the Robin," Debi Smith [Self, 2/2026] (112)
"Dimming of the Day" (19)
"Nebraska Moon" (18)
"Help Them Along" (14)
"Flight of the Robin" (13)
"Night's Guitar" (10)
16: "The Great Irish Songbook, Vol. 2: Poets & Storytellers," Dervish [Down The Road, 4/2026] (111)
"Blue Is the Eye" (21)
"Passage West" (16)
"Land of My Other" (15)
"The Broad Majestic Shannon" (13)
17: "Old No. 1 Revisited," Various Artists [Truly Handmade, 4/2026] (109)
"Rita Ballou," Margo Price (18)
"LA Freeway," Jade Bird (17)
"Desperados Waiting For A Train," Andrew Combs (14)
"Nickel for the Fiddler," Kelsey Waldon (13)
"She Ain't Goin' Nowhere," Sarah Jarosz (11)
"Instant Coffee Blues," Aaron Lee Tasjan (10)
"Texas 1947," Brennen Leigh (10)
18: "Earl Jam 2," Tony Trischka [Down The Road, 3/2026] (108)
"Red River Valley" (15)
"Gentle On My Mind" (13)
"Columbus Stockade Blues" (11)
18: "These Are the Days That Turn In To Years," Pharis & Jason Romero [Self, 5/2026] (108)
"These Are The Days" (20)
"Last Call" (18)
"Big Time World" (17)
20: "Songs of Hope," Tom Chapin [Sundance, 2/2026] (107)
"Quite Early Morning" (15)
"Hold Our Ground Forever" (14)
"Remember When the Music" (11)
"Hymns" (10)
"Woody Guthrie's Dream" (10)
21: "Driftwood," Weary Ramblers [Self, 1/2026] (106)
"Kentucky Never Seemed So Blue" (15)
"Spring Song" (15)
"Oh, My Stars" (11)
"Day by Day Love Blues" (11)
"Driftwood" (10)
21: "Where We Go," Jesse Appelman [Self, 12/2025] (106)
"Out in the Valley" (20)
"Valley Springs" (13)
"Glacier Song" (13)
"The Hills of Isle au Haut" (10)
"Anna Lee" (10)
23: "Sing Me Alive," I'm With Her [Rounder, 4/2026] (104)
"The Obvious Child" (13)
"Crossing Muddy Waters" (11)
24: "Blessing on the Wing," Newberry & Verch [Slab Town, 3/2026] (102)
"Robin On The Wagon Wheel" (21)
"Blessing On The Wing" (17)
"Where the Songs Come From" (13)
"Neighbors" (12)
24: "Never Done," Annie & Rod Capps [Maynard, 4/2026] (102)
"Never Done" (20)
"Pardon My Dust" (20)
"Who Am I" (15)
"Thread" (14)
"Stupid Things" (12)
26: "Mountains on the Moon," Paper Wings [Self, 3/2026] (100)
"Fumblin" (16)
"Mountains on the Moon" (10)
"White Roses" (10)
"After All This Time" (10)
"River Stones" (10)
27: "Keep Going," Ken Whiteley [Pyramid, 2/2026] (96)
"At The End Of The Day" (25)
"I'll Just Say I'm Fine" (14)
"Everybody's Got To Be Tried" (10)
"Keep Going" (10)
27: "Time," Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band [Thirty Tigers, 3/2026] (96)
"Time" (36)
27: "Twilight Tales," The Heart Collectors [Spins The Gold, 4/2026] (96)
"One Voice" (38)
"Eagles And Horses" (22)
"Kite Song" (16)
"Wildfire" (10)
"Beneath The Fall" (10)
30: "All That Really Matters," Kim Moberg [Self, 2/2026] (90)
"White Lies" (16)
"Both Sides Now" (16)
"I'll Always Be A Friend" (14)
"$20 Bill" (11)
"Straight For The Heart" (10)
31: "Baggage Flies Free," Ed Snodderly [Majestic, 5/2026] (89)
"Coming Down This Road" (20)
"When Doc Watson Come To Johnson City" (18)
"Will Your Down Home Be Unbroken" (11)
32: "Here & Gone," Sara Thomsen [Self, 1/2026] (87)
"Tough Like That" (22)
"We Are Each Other's Light" (17)
"It's Time" (10)
32: "Simple As," Johnsmith [Blue Pine, 5/2026] (87)
"Simple As" (29)
"Thick as Thieves" (11)
"Blue Rain" (10)
32: "Thread the Light," The McDades [Free Radio, 5/2026] (87)
"Dance Around the Spinning Wheel" (21)
"Gardener's Child" (15)
"The Lily of the West" (10)
35: "World's Gone Wrong," Lucinda Williams [Highway, 2/2026] (86)
"Freedom Speaks" (12)
"The World's Gone Wrong" (12)
"So Much Trouble In The World" (11)
"How Much Did You Get For Your Soul" (11)
"We've Come To Far To Turn Around" (10)
36: "Empire," Kray Van Kirk [Self, 1/2026] (81)
"Turtle Joe" (16)
"Resistance" (14)
36: "Nightclothes," Annie Gallup [Gallway Bay, 1/2026] (81)
"Robots" (21)
"Almost Alright" (15)
"Elephant" (13)
36: "O California!," Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands [Spruce & Maple, 1/2026] (81)
"Look Down That Lonesome Road" (14)
"Hell Broke Loose in Georgia" (13)
"Fair and Tender Ladies" (12)
39: "Passages," Eric Kilburn [Wellspring, 1/2026] (80)
"Antopol 1903" (17)
"Commie Like Mamdani" (16)
"American Prayer" (12)
40: "Overdue for a Revolution," Martin Kerr [Nettwerk, 3/2026] (79)
"Immigrants" (22)
"Overdue For A Revolution" (20)
40: "Safe, Sensible & Sane," Alison Brown & Steve Martin [Compass, 10/2025] (79)
"Bluegrass Radio" (13)
"Dear Time" (13)
"New Cluck Old Hen" (10)
42: "The Fiddle & the Drum," Renée Fleming [Thirty Tigers, 4/2026] (77)
"In The Pines" (29)
"My Epitaph" (12)
42: "Pet," Big Richard [Signature Sounds, 2/2026] (77)
"Millionaire" (23)
"Red Fox Run" (12)
42: "Wild & Clear & Blue," I'm With Her [Rounder, 4/2025] (77)
"Ancient Light" (30)
45: "Dream Chaser," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 3/2026] (76)
"Dream Chaser" (34)
46: "Bones of Trees," Tim Grimm [Vault, 4/2025] (75)
"Broken Truth" (37)
"Woody's Landlord Revisited" (10)
"In the Usa" (10)
46: "Low Country Wedding," Jefferson Ross [Self, 4/2026] (75)
"Low Country Wedding" (11)
"Red State Blues" (10)
46: "Path of Totality," The Montvales [Free Dirt, 3/2026] (75)
"Carolina" (11)
"Plains of Ohio" (10)
49: "The Ballad of Husker Scruggs," Hana Zara [Self, 1/2026] (74)
"The Ballad of Husker Scruggs" (74)
50: "Dark on a Sunny Day," Maisy Owen [Tompkins Square, 5/2026] (73)
"On My Way Down" (18)
"The Rest Of Me" (10)
50: "Middle of Nowhere," Kacey Musgraves [Lost Highway, 5/2026] (73)
"Dry Spell" (16)
50: "Since You Asked Me," Jan Krist [Yellow Room, 1/2026] (73)
"Since You Asked Me" (13)
50: "Sumatra," Paula Boggs Band [Boggs, 4/2026] (73)
"Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round" (36)
54: "Questioning the Forty," Kevin Neidig [Self, 2/2026] (70)
"Speed of the Sound of Loneliness" (17)
"Don't Take My Gun" (10)
"Shoot the Tires, Donald" (9)
55: "With Body And Soul: A Bluegrass Tribute To Bill Monroe," Various Artists [Borealis Records, 2026] (69/79)
"Genuine Negro Jig," Carolina Chocolate Drops: Here Rattler (2)
56: "Joyride," Steve Poltz [Red House, 3/2026] (68)
"Love a Little Bigger" (14)
"Petrichor" (9)
56: "Long Long Road," Ringo Starr [UMe, 3/2026] (68)
"It's Been Too Long" (19)
"Choose Love" (14)
"Returning Without Tears" (9)
56: "Love & Labour," Hannah & Nathan [Self, 4/2026] (68)
"Little Bird" (15)
"Blood Is Thicker Than Water" (13)
59: "Voisinages," Le Vent Du Nord [La Compagnie du Nord, 10/2025] (65)
"Bienvenue" (13)
60: "Rainy Nights & Rearview Windows," Sue Horowitz [Self, 3/2026] (64)
"Mystic" (11)
"Anybody Can Write A Song" (10)
"Keep the Light on, Cordelia" (9)
60: "Veranda," Veranda [Big In The Garden, 5/2026] (64)
"J'entends Ton Nom" (10)
62: "Long Journey Home," Various Artists [Appalsongs, 9/2025] (63)
"I've Always Been a Rambler," Molly Tuttle (10)
"900 Miles," Tim O'Brien (8)
62: "Raise Your Voice," Various Artists [Various Artists, 5/2026] (63)
"I Don't Want Your Billions Mister," David Scott Weaver (14)
62: "Together on a Rock," The Pairs [Self, 4/2025] (63)
"Honey I" (15)
"Good Bad Day" (9)
"Little Light" (8)
65: "Feather & the Starry Crown," Sons of the Never Wrong [Self, 2/2026] (61)
"Stand Up Shout Out" (15)
"Feather and the Starry Crown" (11)
"Sing Sing Sing" (9)
65: "You Climb the Mountain," The Onlies [Self, 8/2025] (61)
"Waves on the Sea" (13)
67: "Strangely in Tune," Diane Coll [Happy Fish, 1/2026] (59)
"In and Out of Time" (13)
"Carolina Wren" (12)
"Half Along the Way" (8)
67: "Union Made," Old Crow Medicine Show [Hartland, 5/2026] (59)
"Last American Waltz" (18)
"Howdy Do America" (8)
69: "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)
69: "The Curves Are Still There," Jamie Anderson [Tsunami, 2/2026] (58)
"Guitar on the Wall" (10)
"Last Tucson Sunrise" (10)
71: "Next Act," Steep Canyon Rangers [Yep Roc, 4/2026] (57)
"Rumble Strips" (17)
"Circling the Drain" (8)
71: "Streets of Minneapolis," Bruce Springsteen [Columbia, 1/2026] (57)
"Streets of Minneapolis" (57)
73: "Citizen," Crys Matthews [Shamus, 4/2026] (56)
"Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" (29)
"Citizen" (22)
73: "Great American Jukebox," Michael J. Miles [Right Turn On Red, 4/2026] (56)
"Strawberry Fields Forever" (9)
"Madman Across the Water" (8)
75: "Live at the Rock House," Sky Smeed [Self, 4/2026] (55)
"Hanging On" (8)
"Nine To Five" (7)
"Lunker Bass" (7)
"Don't Think Twice It's Alright" (7)
75: "The Work, the Hope, the Promise," Wes Weddell [Self, 1/2026] (55)
"Still We Move" (14)
"Inches" (7)
"I Curse" (7)
77: "Avec Elodie," Eloise & Co [Self, 10/2025] (54)
"Janet's/Angel Rocks" (7)
77: "Spring Green," Mark Erelli [Self, 2/2026] (54)
"Friend Like You" (11)
"Spring Green" (11)
"Weary Traveler" (8)
"King Of Nothing" (7)
79: "Can't Outrun the Blues," Trey Hensley [Pinecastle, 4/2026] (53)
"Going and Gone" (13)
"Up On Cripple Creek" (10)
"Can't Outrun The Blues" (9)
"Tucson" (7)
79: "Dark Ages," Eliza Gilkyson [Realiza Records, 5/2025] (53)
"Dark Night of the Soul" (18)
"Times Like These" (15)
"Impossible Dreams" (7)
79: "Reunion," Mama's Broke [Free Dirt, 4/2026] (53)
"Heaven" (28)
79: "When Summer Comes," David Coller [Upstart Yankee, 3/2026] (53)
"Let Nothing Come Between Us" (15)
"When Summer Comes" (7)
83: "Havin' a Talk," Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence [Warner, 2/2026] (52)
"Good Luck To Ya" (13)
"Joyous Time" (8)
"Thank You But No Thank You" (7)
83: "Over Again," A Different Thread [Same Cloth, 5/2026] (52)
"Over Again" (16)
"Always Leaving" (7)
85: "So Much I Still Don't See," Sam Robbins [Nine Athens, 3/2025] (51)
"Piles of Sand" (9)
"I Will" (8)
"The Real Thing" (8)
86: "Prizefighter," Mumford & Sons [Self, 3/2026] (50)
"Here" (13)
86: "Sad & Beautiful World," Mavis Staples [anti, 11/2025] (50)
"We Got To Have Peace" (11)
"Satisfied Mind" (8)
"Beautiful Strangers" (7)
88: "Forged in Fire," Crys Matthews [Shamus, 3/2026] (49)
"Forged In Fire" (49)
88: "From Here to the Sea," Meredith Moon [Compass, 10/2025] (49)
"Sapphire Blue" (9)
"Lulu Gal" (8)
"East City Blues" (7)
90: "Better Times," Matthew Payne [Self, 4/2026] (48)
"Better Times" (15)
"Down In The Valley" (10)
"Heartsick" (8)
90: "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)
90: "Sin & Squalor," Clay Street Unit [Leo 33, 3/2026] (48)
"Drive" (9)
"Nothing Else Matters" (8)
"Choctaw County" (7)
93: "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)
93: "Party in the Pines," Dave Miller [Howlin' Dog, 1/2026] (46)
"Party in the Pines" (7)
"Loser's Prayer" (7)
"Jaded Soul" (6)
95: "Devils & Doves," Sam Bergquist [Self, 3/2026] (45)
"Envy Blues" (12)
"Redwood Tree" (9)
"Louisiana Lightning" (6)
95: "It Runs Deep," Garrett Boys [Pond Ridge, 3/2026] (45)
"Back Home" (17)
"Who I Am" (8)
95: "Ivyland," James O'Malley [Self, 1/2026] (45)
"Rosie In The Roses" (9)
"Did You Ever Hear Her Sing" (6)
95: "Willow & Stone," Jenny Reynolds [Self, 6/2026] (45)
"Learning To Be Yours" (10)
"Listening To The Rain" (9)
99: "Lost & Found," Becki Davis [Self, 9/2025] (44)
"A Little Room" (5)
99: "Wake," Dirk Powell [Last Music, 4/2026] (44)
"Rowing Across the Bay" (6)
"Red Bird Road" (6)
101: "Blackbirding," Queen Esther [EL Recordings, 2/2026] (43)
"Hold Steady" (13)
"Home Free" (10)
101: "Broken River," Hank Alrich [Walkinay, 4/2026] (43)
"Fast Money" (9)
"Broken River" (7)
101: "Fish Crow," M Sparks [Self, 2/2026] (43)
"Full Tank And Good Fried Chicken" (18)
"All She's Worth" (13)
101: "Fortune Teller," Bobby Dove [New Motor, 5/2026] (43)
"Dreamt I Met John Prine" (8)
"Did I Speak Too Soon" (7)
"Fortune Teller" (7)
101: "Good as True," Yonder Mountain String Band [Thirty Tigers, 4/2026] (43)
"Brand New Heartache" (17)
"Blind" (12)
106: "The Breathing Room," Cosy Sheridan [Self, 10/2025] (42)
"The Breathing Room" (9)
"Here's the rain" (7)
"The Kind Words" (6)
106: "The Journals," Sammy Brue [Bloodshot, 2/2026] (42)
"Lonely Mornings" (9)
"Promise To Keep" (9)
108: "Empty Pair of Shoes," Claire Lynch [Thrill Hill, 4/2026] (41)
"Trouble's Not Troubling Me" (9)
"Suffer the Children" (8)
108: "Kentucky Queen," Carla Gover [Redbird, 8/2025] (41)
"Pine Mountain High" (7)
"Hug More Necks" (6)
108: "Land of the Forgotten," Brit Taylor [Thirty Tigers, 3/2026] (41)
"Warning You Whiskey" (9)
"Broke No More" (8)
111: "Gold & Coal," Cassie & Maggie [Self, 5/2025] (40)
"Bow Down" (8)
"The Gold Rush is Over and I'm Moving On" (7)
"Robert Frost" (6)
111: "Made to Wonder," The Foreign Landers [Tin Foil, 1/2026] (40)
"The Walking Song" (11)
"Wildflowers" (7)
111: "Never Be the Same," Teddy Thompson [Royal Potato Family, 4/2026] (40)
"So This Is Heartache" (21)
111: "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)
111: "Shelter From the Storms," Lennie Gallant [Gallant Effort, 7/2025] (40)
"Sable Island Horses" (9)
"Uncle Harold" (6)
"Old Friends" (5)
111: "Side by Side," Pert Near Sandstone [Self, 3/2026] (40)
"Pipe Dream" (13)
"Shooting Star" (7)
117: "One Mississippi," Eric Bibb [Repute, 2/2026] (39)
"Didn't I Keep Runnin'" (11)
"This One Don't" (6)
117: "We Were Made for These Times," The Klezmatics [Shamus, 5/2026] (39)
"We Were Made for These Times" (12)
"Plane Wreck at Los Gatos" (11)
119: "Hummingbird Highway," Dar Williams [Righteous Babe, 8/2025] (38)
"Hummingbird Highway" (11)
"Put the Coins on His Eyes" (5)
119: "Massive Negroni," Sweet Megg [Self, 4/2026] (38)
"Come On Up To The House" (14)
119: "A Tip Toe High Wire," Sierra Hull [Self, 3/2025] (38)
"Come Out Of My Blues" (11)
"Lord, That's A Long Way" (7)
TOP SONGS of 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 66589 plays from 2334 playlists from 122 Folk DJs
1. "The Ballad of Husker Scruggs" (74)
from "The Ballad of Husker Scruggs" (Hana Zara)
2. "The Time for Flowers" (60)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
3. "Streets of Minneapolis" (56)
from "Streets of Minneapolis" (Bruce Springsteen)
4. "Appalachia" (53)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
5. "Forged In Fire" (49)
from "Forged in Fire" (Crys Matthews)
6. "World of Make Believe" (45)
from "Field Notes" (Dave Gunning)
7. "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round" (42)
from "Sumatra" (Paula Boggs Band)
8. "The Future" (40)
from "Together Again" (Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon)
9. "One Voice" (39)
from "Twilight Tales" (The Heart Collectors)
10. "The Flood" (38)
from "All Tied Together" (Ye Vagabonds)
11. "Ancient Light" (37)
from "Wild & Clear & Blue" (I'm With Her)
11. "Broken Truth" (37)
from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
11. "Dirtbag Saloon" (37)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
14. "Billionaires" (36)
from "Joe Troop & the Truth Machine" (Joe Troop & the Truth Machine)
14. "Time" (36)
from "Time" (Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band)
16. "A Song for Minnesota" (35)
from "A Song for Minnesota" (Katie Dahl)
17. "America's Game" (34)
from "America's Game" (John Flynn)
17. "Dream Chaser" (34)
from "Dream Chaser" (Willie Nelson)
17. "Hold On" (34)
from "Hold On" (Jillian Matundan)
20. "Artie's Last Stand" (33)
from "Together Again" (Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon)
20. "Bless it All" (33)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
20. "A Friend Like You" (33)
from "Lost Cause Lover Fool" (The Milk Carton Kids)
20. "Particle & Wave" (33)
from "unentitled" (John Gorka)
24. "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" (32)
from "Citizen" (Crys Matthews)
24. "Magic Accident" (32)
from "Magic Accident" (Della Mae)
26. "In The Pines" (31)
from "The Fiddle & the Drum" (Renée Fleming)
27. "Good News" (30)
from "Business Unusual" (Goodnight Moonshine)
27. "Peggy-O" (30)
from "Peggy-O" (The McDades)
29. "Cast Iron Heart" (29)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
29. "Heaven" (29)
from "Reunion" (Mama's Broke)
29. "Pathfinder" (29)
from "Together Again" (Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon)
29. "Simple As" (29)
from "Simple As" (Johnsmith)
29. "Soldier of Fortune" (29)
from "Soldier of Fortune" (Mary Gauthier)
29. "The Water Is Wide" (29)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
35. "I Lie" (28)
from "I Lie - single" (Joe Jencks)
35. "Pursued by Grace" (28)
from "Field Notes" (Dave Gunning)
37. "Blue Water" (27)
from "Lost Cause Lover Fool" (The Milk Carton Kids)
37. "The Sea and the Shore" (27)
from "The Blue Rock Session" (Amy Speace)
39. "Kindness" (26)
from "The Blue Rock Session" (Amy Speace)
40. "At The End Of The Day" (25)
from "Keep Going" (Ken Whiteley)
40. "Eagles And Horses" (25)
from "Twilight Tales" (The Heart Collectors)
40. "The Fairest View" (25)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
40. "Hymn for the Unholy" (25)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
40. "When I Am a Fossil" (25)
from "When I Am a Fossil" (Benny Bleu)
45. "Lay This Old Guitar Down" (24)
from "Together Again" (Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon)
45. "Masters of War" (24)
from "Don't Think Twice" (Abbie Gardner)
45. "Raise Your Hand" (24)
from "Raise Your Hand - single" (Crowes Pasture)
45. "Sleeves Up" (24)
from "Sleeves Up" (Crys Matthews)
45. "So This Is Heartache" (24)
from "Never Be the Same" (Teddy Thompson)
50. "Citizen" (23)
from "Citizen" (Crys Matthews)
50. "Family Tree" (23)
from "Magic Accident" (Della Mae)
50. "It's Not For Sale" (23)
from "It's Not for Sale - single" (Joe Jencks)
50. "Millionaire" (23)
from "Pet" (Big Richard)
50. "Stars" (23)
from "Business Unusual" (Goodnight Moonshine)
50. "Tough Like That" (23)
from "Here & Gone" (Sara Thomsen)
50. "Where The Heart Lies" (23)
from "All Tied Together" (Ye Vagabonds)
57. "Antopol 1903" (22)
from "Passages" (Eric Kilburn)
57. "Cuckoo Storm" (22)
from "All Tied Together" (Ye Vagabonds)
57. "Immigrants" (22)
from "Overdue for a Revolution" (Martin Kerr)
57. "Last American Waltz" (22)
from "Union Made" (Old Crow Medicine Show)
61. "10 To 4" (21)
from "Circle & Square" (Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz)
61. "Dance Around the Spinning Wheel" (21)
from "Thread the Light" (The McDades)
61. "Hold Our Ground Forever" (21)
from "Songs of Hope" (Tom Chapin)
61. "It's Been Too Long" (21)
from "Long Long Road" (Ringo Starr)
61. "Out Run 'Em" (21)
from "Magic Accident" (Della Mae)
61. "Raven's Glen" (21)
from "Field Notes" (Dave Gunning)
61. "Robots" (21)
from "Nightclothes" (Annie Gallup)
61. "Vincent Coleman" (21)
from "Field Notes" (Dave Gunning)
61. "When Doc Watson Come To Johnson City" (21)
from "Baggage Flies Free" (Ed Snodderly)
70. "American Dissident" (20)
from "American Dissident" (John Flynn)
70. "Coming Down This Road" (20)
from "Baggage Flies Free" (Ed Snodderly)
70. "Going Nowhere Tonight" (20)
from "Field Notes" (Dave Gunning)
70. "Ice On The Road" (20)
from "Ice On the Road - single" (Brian Claflin)
70. "I'll Go Home From Here" (20)
from "Lost Cause Lover Fool" (The Milk Carton Kids)
70. "Long Grass" (20)
from "All Tied Together" (Ye Vagabonds)
70. "My Own Highway" (20)
from "Magic Accident" (Della Mae)
70. "Never Done" (20)
from "Never Done" (Annie & Rod Capps)
70. "No Kings in America" (20)
from "No Kings in America" (Lisa Bastoni)
70. "No Time To Cry" (20)
from "unentitled" (John Gorka)
70. "Old Dog" (20)
from "Together Again" (Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon)
70. "Overdue For A Revolution" (20)
from "Overdue for a Revolution" (Martin Kerr)
70. "Pardon My Dust" (20)
from "Never Done" (Annie & Rod Capps)
TOP ARTISTS of 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 66589 plays from 2334 playlists from 122 Folk DJs
1. Emily Scott Robinson (327)
"Appalachia" (315)
2. Bob Dylan (277)
"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" (21)
"Through The Open Window: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 18" (16)
"Bob Dylan" (12)
"Bringing It All Back Home" (11)
"Nashville Skyline" (11)
"The Times They Are A-Changin'" (11)
3. Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon (257)
"Together Again" (243)
"Together" (12)
4. Dave Gunning (212)
"Field Notes" (191)
4. Pete Seeger (212)
"American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 1" (16)
"The Essential Pete Seeger" (10)
6. Della Mae (202)
"Magic Accident" (176)
7. Ye Vagabonds (196)
"All Tied Together" (182)
8. I'm With Her (193)
"Sing Me Alive" (103)
"Wild & Clear & Blue" (72)
9. Crys Matthews (190)
"Citizen" (56)
"Forged in Fire" (49)
"Reclamation" (31)
"Sleeves Up" (24)
"Changemakers" (20)
9. John Gorka (190)
"unentitled" (116)
11. Willie Nelson (185)
"Dream Chaser" (76)
"Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle" (34)
"Oh What a Beautiful World" (10)
12. Dervish (171)
"The Great Irish Songbook, Vol. 2: Poets & Storytellers" (108)
"The Great Irish Songbook" (28)
13. Phil Ochs (165)
"All The News That's Fit To Sing" (30)
"There But For Fortune" (19)
"Phil Ochs In Concert" (14)
"Farewells And Fantasies" (12)
"A Toast To Those Who Are Gone" (10)
14. The Milk Carton Kids (163)
"Lost Cause Lover Fool" (146)
15. Goodnight Moonshine (159)
"Business Unusual" (155)
16. John Prine (156)
"John Prine" (28)
"The Tree Of Forgiveness" (17)
"Fair And Square" (16)
17. Amy Speace (154)
"The Blue Rock Session" (122)
18. Valerie Smith (151)
"Maggie's Journal" (142)
19. Tom Chapin (150)
"Songs of Hope" (103)
"Hold Our Ground" (15)
20. Joan Baez (145)
"Whistle Down The Wind" (12)
"Joan Baez" (10)
"Ring Them Bells" (10)
20. Tony Trischka (145)
"Earl Jam 2" (101)
"Earl Jam" (15)
22. Paul Kaplan (138)
"King of Hearts" (133)
23. Benny Bleu (136)
"When I Am a Fossil" (118)
"Banjo Jubilations" (11)
23. John McCutcheon (136)
"Field of Stars" (23)
"Joe Hill's Last Will" (10)
25. Johnsmith (134)
"Simple As" (87)
"Gravity Of Grace" (15)
26. Eliza Gilkyson (133)
"Dark Ages" (53)
"Land Of Milk And Honey" (12)
"2020" (10)
27. Pharis & Jason Romero (132)
"These Are the Days That Turn In To Years" (91)
28. Joe Jencks (131)
"I Lie - single" (28)
"It's Not for Sale - single" (22)
"The Candle And The Flame" (15)
"Poets, Philosophers Workers & Wanderers" (15)
"The Coming of the Years" (13)
28. The McDades (131)
"Thread the Light" (87)
"Peggy-O" (22)
30. Nanci Griffith (130)
"Other Voices, Other Rooms" (26)
"Once in a Very Blue Moon" (12)
"Storms" (12)
"Other Voices Too" (11)
31. Lucinda Williams (129)
"World's Gone Wrong" (84)
32. Bruce Springsteen (128)
"Streets of Minneapolis" (56)
33. Judy Collins (125)
"Forever - An Anthology" (11)
34. Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz (120)
"Circle & Square" (117)
34. The Heart Collectors (120)
"Twilight Tales" (97)
36. Debi Smith (119)
"Flight of the Robin" (112)
36. Paper Wings (119)
"Mountains on the Moon" (100)
"Mountains" (10)
38. Joni Mitchell (118)
"Blue" (15)
"Ladies Of The Canyon" (13)
"Hits" (10)
39. Tim Grimm (117)
"Bones of Trees" (75)
"The Little In-Between" (11)
40. Dar Williams (113)
"Hummingbird Highway" (38)
"Mortal City" (12)
41. Weary Ramblers (111)
"Driftwood" (106)
42. Annie & Rod Capps (106)
"Never Done" (102)
42. Jesse Appelman (106)
"Where We Go" (105)
44. John Flynn (102)
"America's Game" (34)
"American Dissident" (18)
"Kindred Spirits" (17)
"Two Wolves" (11)
44. Kim Moberg (102)
"All That Really Matters" (90)
46. Ed Snodderly (99)
"Baggage Flies Free" (81)
46. Sons of the Never Wrong (99)
"Feather & the Starry Crown" (60)
"On A Good Day. . .I Am" (24)
48. Tom Paxton (96)
"Ramblin' Boy" (8)
48. Tom Russell (96)
"Mount Olive" (22)
50. Eric Kilburn (95)
"Passages" (76)
"My Own Mistakes" (10)
50. Sara Thomsen (95)
"Here & Gone" (87)
52. Ken Whiteley (94)
"Keep Going" (87)
52. Peter, Paul & Mary (94)
"Carry It On" (18)
"Peter, Paul And Mary" (18)
54. Annie Gallup (91)
"Nightclothes" (81)
54. Jefferson Ross (91)
"Low Country Wedding" (75)
"Backstage Balladeer" (10)
56. Mavis Staples (89)
"Sad & Beautiful World" (50)
57. Kray Van Kirk (88)
"Empire" (81)
58. Cosy Sheridan (87)
"The Breathing Room" (40)
"Grand Design" (14)
59. Old Crow Medicine Show (86)
"Union Made" (58)
60. Martin Kerr (84)
"Overdue for a Revolution" (79)
60. Paula Boggs Band (84)
"Sumatra" (73)
60. Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band (84)
"Time" (82)
63. Gordon Lightfoot (83)
"The United Artists Collection" (15)
"Gord's Gold" (11)
"Songbook" (10)
64. Big Richard (82)
"Pet" (77)
64. Hana Zara (82)
"The Ballad of Husker Scruggs" (74)
64. Lucy Kaplansky (82)
"The Lucy Story - Unreleased & Rare Tracks" (24)
"Last Days of Summer" (13)
"Reunion" (11)
64. Maisy Owen (82)
"Dark on a Sunny Day" (73)
64. Molly Tuttle (82)
"So Long Little Miss Sunshine" (30)
"When You're Ready" (11)
"Long Journey Home" (10)
69. Alison Brown & Steve Martin (80)
"Safe, Sensible & Sane" (75)
69. Tim O'Brien (80)
"Red On Blonde" (14)
"Long Journey Home" (12)
71. Newberry & Verch (79)
"Blessing on the Wing" (76)
71. Steve Poltz (79)
"Joyride" (68)
73. Carrie Newcomer (78)
"A Great Wild Mercy" (12)
"Until Now" (12)
73. Emmylou Harris (78)
"Hard Bargain" (6)
73. Eric Bibb (78)
"One Mississippi" (39)
73. Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands (78)
"O California!" (69)
77. Le Vent Du Nord (76)
"Voisinages" (65)
77. Mark Erelli (76)
"Spring Green" (54)
77. Woody Guthrie (76)
"Woody At Home - Vol 1 + 2" (12)
80. Mary Gauthier (75)
"Soldier Of Fortune" (27)
"Mercy Now" (10)
81. The Montvales (74)
"Path of Totality" (74)
81. The Pairs (74)
"Together on a Rock" (62)
81. Steep Canyon Rangers (74)
"Next Act" (57)
84. Brandi Carlile (73)
"Returning to Myself" (36)
"By The Way, I Forgive You" (10)
84. Dave Van Ronk (73)
"In The Tradition" (22)
84. Doc Watson (73)
"Southbound" (12)
"The Vanguard Years" (10)
84. Jan Krist (73)
"Since You Asked Me" (71)
84. Ringo Starr (73)
"Long Long Road" (68)
84. Sue Horowitz (73)
"Rainy Nights & Rearview Windows" (64)
84. Jesse Welles (73)
"Middle" (13)
"(YouTube)" (11)
91. Greg Brown (72)
"If I Had Known: Essential Recordings, 1980-1996" (9)
91. Kevin Neidig (72)
"Questioning the Forty" (70)
93. Mary Chapin Carpenter (71)
"Personal History" (25)
TOP LABELS of 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 66589 plays from 2334 playlists from 122 Folk DJs
1. Rounder (1089)
2. Columbia (750)
3. Red House (679)
4. Compass (660)
5. Smithsonian/Folkways (643)
6. Thirty Tigers (632)
7. Signature Sounds (463)
8. Oh Boy (444)
9. Warner (352)
10. Elektra (343)
11. Nonesuch (307)
12. Legacy (306)
13. Sugar Hill (285)
14. Vanguard (276)
15. Rhino (272)
16. Free Dirt (252)
17. Down The Road (234)
18. Appleseed (219)
19. Philo (213)
20. New West (205)
21. Appalsongs (200)
22. Borealis (190)
23. Reprise (188)
24. Appalseed (181)
25. River Lea (178)
26. Shamus (171)
27. RCA (167)
28. Capitol (159)
29. Pinecastle (155)
30. Bell Buckle (150)
31. Yep Roc (147)
32. Riverlark (146)
33. Sundance (144)
34. Windbone (143)
35. Sony (138)
36. Atlantic (132)
37. Green Linnet (130)
37. Old Coat (130)
39. Alligator (129)
40. Red Beet (128)
41. Waterbug (127)
42. Flying Fish (118)
42. Nettwerk (118)
44. Truly Handmade (113)
45. Mercury (111)
45. Righteous Babe (111)
47. Fantasy (109)
48. Lost Highway (106)
48. Yellow Room (106)
50. BMG (105)
50. Greentrax (105)
52. MCA (104)
53. Free Radio (102)
54. Topic (100)
55. SME (99)
55. Tompkins Square (99)
57. Vault (98)
58. Shanachie (97)
59. Blue Pine (96)
60. Circus Tent (95)
60. Rebel (95)
62. Berkalin (93)
63. Island (87)
64. True North (86)
65. Dualtone (82)
65. Spins The Gold (82)
67. Acony (80)
68. Pyramid (78)
69. ATO (77)
70. Hudson Harding (76)
71. Highway (75)
72. Arhoolie (74)
73. Turtle Bear (73)
74. Wellspring (72)
FOLK DJs - 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 66589 plays from 2334 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 (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 & syndicated, 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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