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 98378 plays from 3523 playlists from 128 Folk DJs
1: "Appalachia," Emily Scott Robinson [Oh Boy, 1/2026] (360)
"Appalachia" (70)
"The Time for Flowers" (59)
"Dirtbag Saloon" (39)
"Bless it All" (36)
"Cast Iron Heart" (34)
"The Water is Wide" (33)
"Hymn for the Unholy" (30)
"The Fairest View" (28)
"Time Traveler" (15)
"Sea of Ghosts" (12)
2: "Together Again," Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon [Appalseed, 1/2026] (281)
"The Future" (44)
"Artie's Last Stand" (35)
"Pathfinder" (32)
"Lay This Old Guitar Down" (25)
"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" (12)
3: "These Are the Days That Turn In To Years," Pharis & Jason Romero [Self, 5/2026] (275)
"Big Time World" (43)
"Last Call" (39)
"These Are The Days" (37)
"Left My Home" (28)
"Cannonball" (21)
"Georgie" (19)
"Everybody Wants" (16)
"Always Losing Track" (15)
"I Got Away From Myself" (15)
"Hey Babe" (14)
"Last Night" (10)
4: "Field Notes," Dave Gunning [Self, 2/2026] (204)
"World of Make Believe" (47)
"Pursued by Grace" (30)
"Vincent Coleman" (25)
"Raven's Glen" (22)
"Going Nowhere Tonight" (19)
"Angels' Share" (17)
"The Cost" (16)
"Blue Heart" (10)
5: "All Tied Together," Ye Vagabonds [River Lea, 1/2026] (202)
"The Flood" (40)
"Cuckoo Storm" (25)
"Where The Heart Lies" (25)
"Long Grass" (22)
"Danny" (20)
"On Sitric Road" (20)
"I'll Keep Singing" (18)
"Four Walls" (16)
"Mayfly" (10)
6: "Lost Cause Lover Fool," The Milk Carton Kids [Thirty Tigers, 1/2026] (195)
"A Friend Like You" (38)
"Blue Water" (35)
"I'll Go Home From Here" (25)
"Young Love" (19)
"My Place Among the Stones" (18)
"Blinded and Smiling" (16)
"Lost Cause Lover Fool" (15)
"Ribbon" (15)
"Sad Song" (13)
7: "Magic Accident," Della Mae [Compass, 1/2026] (190)
"Magic Accident" (35)
"Out Run 'Em" (25)
"My Own Highway" (23)
"Family Tree" (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: "When I Am a Fossil," Benny Bleu [Circus Tent, 5/2026] (179)
"When I Am a Fossil" (32)
"I've Endured" (25)
"Serenity Song" (21)
"Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" (20)
"Old Dog" (18)
"March of the Mollusk" (15)
"Fairy Shrimp" (15)
"All I Want to Be" (13)
"Penny's Farm" (10)
9: "Business Unusual," Goodnight Moonshine [Self, 2/2026] (178)
"Good News" (30)
"Stars" (26)
"Kitchen Table" (19)
"Somebody's Child" (18)
"Get What's Mine" (17)
"Welcome Home" (14)
"All Night Band" (14)
"Hold It All" (12)
"All Babies Are Beautiful" (12)
"Dead and Gone" (12)
10: "Reunion," Mama's Broke [Free Dirt, 4/2026] (176)
"Heaven" (52)
"Build It Up" (24)
"Old-Fashioned Love Song" (23)
"Failing" (14)
"The Nameless" (12)
11: "Maggie's Journal," Valerie Smith [Bell Buckle, 1/2026] (152)
"That Was a Long Time Ago" (20)
"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)
12: "The Great Irish Songbook, Vol. 2: Poets & Storytellers," Dervish [Down The Road, 4/2026] (150)
"Blue Is the Eye" (26)
"Land of My Other" (19)
"The Broad Majestic Shannon" (18)
"Passage West" (18)
"Jackie" (13)
"Leave a Light On" (12)
"Rock the MacHine" (10)
13: "Troubadourly Yours," Scott Cook [Release Guru, 8/2026] (148)
"A Bigger Tent" (23)
"Troubadourly Yours" (22)
"Frankie's Braids" (21)
"Keeping Good Company" (17)
"There Is a River" (16)
"Something to Do with Love" (14)
"Steady for You" (13)
"Enough" (10)
13: "Sing Me Alive," I'm With Her [Rounder, 4/2026] (148)
"The Obvious Child" (20)
"Crossing Muddy Waters" (15)
"Find My Way to You" (11)
"Ancient Light" (10)
15: "King of Hearts," Paul Kaplan [Old Coat, 2/2026] (146)
"I Will Keep You Warm" (19)
"The King of Hearts" (19)
"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)
16: "Smoketree," The Kennedys [Self, 8/2026] (143)
"Without Us" (31)
"Smoketree" (21)
"Like An Angel" (16)
"Seeds Of Peace" (13)
"A Star To Guide You" (12)
"Long Road To Freedom" (11)
"Girl On A Motorcycle" (11)
"Puzzlewood" (10)
17: "Baggage Flies Free," Ed Snodderly [Majestic, 5/2026] (142)
"Coming Down This Road" (28)
"When Doc Watson Come To Johnson City" (24)
"Will Your Down Home Be Unbroken" (15)
"Fixing This Old Gate" (12)
"The Grandest Tail" (10)
"High In The Rhyme" (10)
18: "WHISTLIN' PAST the GRAVEYARD," Andy Cohen + Eleanor Ellis + William Lee Ellis [Riverlark, 3/2026] (138)
"Columbus Stockade" (9)
19: "Circle & Square," Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz [Red Beet, 1/2026] (136)
"10 To 4" (23)
"Thomas Hart Benton" (19)
"Fontana Dam" (18)
"Wide Open" (14)
"Circle and Square" (13)
"Diego in Detroit" (12)
"Life of the Mind" (11)
20: "Simple As," Johnsmith [Blue Pine, 5/2026] (134)
"Simple As" (35)
"Thick as Thieves" (27)
"Falling" (14)
"I'll Come Runnin'" (11)
"Underneath The Stars" (10)
"Blue Rain" (10)
20: "Thread the Light," The McDades [Free Radio, 5/2026] (134)
"Dance Around the Spinning Wheel" (26)
"Gardener's Child" (19)
"Roving Gambler" (16)
"Telegraph Reel/The Three Sisters" (15)
"Peggy-O" (11)
"Sky Trails" (10)
"The Lily of the West" (10)
22: "The Blue Rock Session," Amy Speace [Windbone, 12/2025] (133)
"Kindness" (30)
"The Sea and the Shore" (26)
"On a Monday in London" (15)
"Weight of the World" (13)
"I Found a Halo" (12)
"The Dream of the Hawk" (11)
23: "Old No. 1 Revisited," Various Artists [Truly Handmade, 4/2026] (132)
"LA Freeway," Jade Bird (20)
"Rita Ballou," Margo Price (20)
"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)
24: "So Much for Goodbyes," Billy Strings [Reprise, 7/2026] (131)
"Burn The Other End" (32)
"Mill Town Flood" (19)
"I'm One of Those" (13)
"I Like Train Songs" (12)
25: "Nightclothes," Annie Gallup [Gallway Bay, 1/2026] (130)
"Robots" (29)
"Almost Alright" (22)
"Elephant" (16)
"Arrow" (12)
"Free But Not Really" (10)
26: "Earl Jam 2," Tony Trischka [Down The Road, 3/2026] (129)
"Red River Valley" (16)
"Gentle On My Mind" (13)
"Columbus Stockade Blues" (11)
26: "Flight of the Robin," Debi Smith [Self, 2/2026] (129)
"Dimming of the Day" (23)
"Nebraska Moon" (19)
"Help Them Along" (15)
"Night's Guitar" (14)
"Flight of the Robin" (13)
"Harvest Song" (11)
"Vincent Van Gogh's Mom" (10)
28: "unentitled," John Gorka [Red House, 10/2025] (124)
"Particle & Wave" (33)
"No Time To Cry" (20)
"Welcome Home" (12)
"A Light Exists in Spring" (11)
29: "Songs of Hope," Tom Chapin [Sundance, 2/2026] (116)
"Quite Early Morning" (17)
"Remember When the Music" (14)
"Hold Our Ground Forever" (14)
"Hymns" (10)
"Woody Guthrie's Dream" (10)
29: "Where We Go," Jesse Appelman [Self, 12/2025] (116)
"Out in the Valley" (21)
"Valley Springs" (14)
"Glacier Song" (14)
"Anna Lee" (11)
"Liminal Criminal" (11)
31: "Driftwood," Weary Ramblers [Self, 1/2026] (115)
"Kentucky Never Seemed So Blue" (18)
"Spring Song" (15)
"Oh, My Stars" (14)
"Day by Day Love Blues" (12)
"Driftwood" (11)
32: "Blessing on the Wing," Newberry & Verch [Slab Town, 3/2026] (114)
"Robin On The Wagon Wheel" (22)
"Blessing On The Wing" (17)
"Where the Songs Come From" (14)
"Honky Tonk Heaven" (12)
"Neighbors" (12)
"Turtle Dove" (10)
32: "Mountains on the Moon," Paper Wings [Self, 3/2026] (114)
"Fumblin" (18)
"River Stones" (13)
"White Roses" (13)
"Mountains on the Moon" (12)
"Country Girl" (12)
34: "Time," Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band [Thirty Tigers, 3/2026] (113)
"Time" (40)
"Life Of Love" (12)
35: "Union Made," Old Crow Medicine Show [Hartland, 5/2026] (112)
"Last American Waltz" (26)
"My Side of the Mountain" (17)
"For What It's Worth" (10)
36: "The Fiddle & the Drum," Renée Fleming [Thirty Tigers, 4/2026] (110)
"In The Pines" (40)
"My Epitaph" (14)
"The Cuckoo" (11)
"The Scarlet Tide" (10)
37: "Mayday!," George Mann & Si Kahn [Legacy, 6/2026] (109)
"Hard Times" (18)
"Stranger In This Land" (15)
"Anyone Can Be President" (14)
"In The Heart Of The Country" (11)
37: "Middle of Nowhere," Kacey Musgraves [Lost Highway, 5/2026] (109)
"Dry Spell" (17)
"Everybody Wants To Be A Cowboy" (12)
"Mexico Honey" (10)
"Abilene" (10)
39: "Never Done," Annie & Rod Capps [Maynard, 4/2026] (108)
"Never Done" (22)
"Pardon My Dust" (19)
"Who Am I" (16)
"Thread" (14)
"Stupid Things" (12)
40: "The Air That You Breathe," Lance Cowan [Lantzapalooza, 7/2026] (107)
"The Air That You Breathe" (21)
"Where'd They Go" (16)
"Love" (13)
"Home With You" (10)
"William Cooper Smith" (10)
40: "Keep Going," Ken Whiteley [Pyramid, 2/2026] (107)
"At The End Of The Day" (28)
"I'll Just Say I'm Fine" (16)
"Keep Going" (11)
"Everybody's Got To Be Tried" (10)
42: "Twilight Tales," The Heart Collectors [Spins The Gold, 4/2026] (106)
"One Voice" (40)
"Eagles And Horses" (24)
"Kite Song" (21)
"Wildfire" (11)
"Beneath The Fall" (10)
43: "Dream Chaser," Willie Nelson [Legacy, 3/2026] (102)
"Dream Chaser" (42)
"Fly Away" (10)
44: "Esperanza," Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt [Crooked Cyclone, 6/2026] (101)
"La Madrugada Tucsonense" (20)
"Mallory Riley" (15)
"Space Oddity" (14)
"Thanksfull Anyway" (12)
"Dust and Sunbeams" (10)
44: "Hand's Cove," Ken & Brad Kolodner [Fenchurch, 6/2026] (101)
"Hand's Cove" (16)
"Little Bird of Heaven" (13)
"Otter Creek" (11)
"Steam Powered Aereo Plane" (10)
44: "Home-Brewed," Kate Macleod's Mind the Gap [Courier, 8/2026] (101)
"I Will Sing My Heart Out" (29)
"The Green Rolling Hills of West Virginia" (13)
"Sometimes a Sound" (11)
"Never Looked So Good to Me Before" (11)
"The Moon And Mount Ranier" (10)
44: "Low Country Wedding," Jefferson Ross [Self, 4/2026] (101)
"Red State Blues" (13)
"Low Country Wedding" (13)
"The Travis Style" (12)
"United Nations" (11)
48: "Empire," Kray Van Kirk [Self, 1/2026] (99)
"Turtle Joe" (19)
"Resistance" (17)
"Fury Road" (12)
"Silence in the Archives" (11)
48: "Here & Gone," Sara Thomsen [Self, 1/2026] (99)
"Tough Like That" (23)
"We Are Each Other's Light" (19)
"The Lily" (11)
"It's Time" (10)
50: "This Village," Ranky Tanky [Self, 7/2026] (97)
"Be Alright" (17)
"Stomp It In The Ground" (13)
"This Village" (12)
51: "All My Faith," Maya de Vitry [Mad Maker, 7/2026] (96)
"All My Faith" (17)
"Coin in Your Soul" (15)
"Bachelorette Lessons" (15)
"Traveller" (12)
"Nobody Else" (12)
51: "World's Gone Wrong," Lucinda Williams [Highway, 2/2026] (96)
"The World's Gone Wrong" (15)
"So Much Trouble In The World" (14)
"Freedom Speaks" (14)
"How Much Did You Get For Your Soul" (12)
"We've Come To Far To Turn Around" (10)
53: "All That Really Matters," Kim Moberg [Self, 2/2026] (95)
"Both Sides Now" (17)
"White Lies" (16)
"I'll Always Be A Friend" (15)
"All That Really Matters" (11)
"$20 Bill" (11)
"Straight For The Heart" (10)
53: "Sumatra," Paula Boggs Band [Boggs, 4/2026] (95)
"Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round" (44)
55: "Love & Labour," Hannah & Nathan [Self, 4/2026] (94)
"Little Bird" (18)
"Blood Is Thicker Than Water" (15)
"Maggie" (10)
55: "Wild & Clear & Blue," I'm With Her [Rounder, 4/2025] (94)
"Ancient Light" (36)
"Wild and Clear and Blue" (11)
"Find My Way to You" (10)
55: "Hope Is the Thing," Rhiannon Giddens [Nonesuch, 7/2026] (94)
"Carolina Rain" (54)
"Hope Is the Thing with Feathers" (11)
58: "Bones of Trees," Tim Grimm [Vault, 4/2025] (93)
"Broken Truth" (43)
"Woody's Landlord Revisited" (14)
"In the Usa" (12)
58: "Safe, Sensible & Sane," Alison Brown & Steve Martin [Compass, 10/2025] (93)
"Dear Time" (16)
"Bluegrass Radio" (14)
"New Cluck Old Hen" (11)
60: "Diving In," Lynn Hollyfield [Self, 6/2026] (92)
"We Are The People" (29)
"Diving In" (14)
"Sweet Tea" (10)
61: "Willow & Stone," Jenny Reynolds [Self, 6/2026] (90)
"Listening To The Rain" (17)
"Learning To Be Yours" (13)
62: "Overdue for a Revolution," Martin Kerr [Nettwerk, 3/2026] (87)
"Immigrants" (23)
"Overdue for a Revolution" (22)
62: "O California!," Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands [Spruce & Maple, 1/2026] (87)
"Look Down That Lonesome Road" (14)
"Hell Broke Loose in Georgia" (12)
"Fair and Tender Ladies" (12)
64: "Dark on a Sunny Day," Maisy Owen [Tompkins Square, 5/2026] (85)
"On My Way Down" (19)
"Dark On A Sunny Day" (14)
"The Rest of Me" (13)
64: "Next Act," Steep Canyon Rangers [Yep Roc, 4/2026] (85)
"Rumble Strips" (23)
"Circling the Drain" (10)
64: "Passages," Eric Kilburn [Wellspring, 1/2026] (85)
"Antopol 1903" (17)
"Commie Like Mamdani" (16)
"American Prayer" (12)
64: "Pet," Big Richard [Signature Sounds, 2/2026] (85)
"Millionaire" (24)
"Red Fox Run" (13)
68: "Joyride," Steve Poltz [Red House, 3/2026] (83)
"Love a Little Bigger" (16)
"Petrichor" (11)
"If It Bleeds It Leads" (10)
68: "Long Journey Home," Various Artists [Appalsongs, 9/2025] (83)
"900 Miles," Tim O'Brien (12)
"I've Always Been a Rambler," Molly Tuttle (11)
68: "Some Comfort," Kate Waters [Wild Raspberry, 7/2026] (83)
"Words" (12)
"Honey, I'm Tired" (12)
"Next Right Thing" (12)
"Some Comfort" (11)
71: "Heirloom," Nathan Evans Fox [Free Dirt, 7/2026] (82)
"Little Bit of Shine" (21)
"Hillbilly Hymn" (15)
"Heirloom" (10)
71: "In the Meantime," Brant Miller [Miller Woods, 7/2026] (82)
"The Last Songwriter" (18)
"In The Meantime" (11)
71: "Rainy Nights & Rearview Windows," Sue Horowitz [Self, 3/2026] (82)
"Mystic" (12)
"Keep the light on, Cordelia" (12)
"Anybody Can Write a Song" (11)
74: "Together on a Rock," The Pairs [Self, 4/2025] (81)
"Honey I" (20)
"Little Light" (13)
"Good Bad Day" (11)
75: "With Body And Soul: A Bluegrass Tribute To Bill Monroe," Various Artists [Borealis Records, 2026] (79/84)
"Genuine Negro Jig," Carolina Chocolate Drops: Here Rattler (2)
75: "Days of Unrest," Margo Price [Loma Vista, 7/2026] (79)
"Oval Room" (16)
"Deportee" (15)
"Long Haired Country Girl" (13)
"Maggie's Farm" (11)
"De Colores" (10)
75: "Long Long Road," Ringo Starr [UMe, 3/2026] (79)
"It's Been Too Long" (19)
"Choose Love" (16)
75: "Path of Totality," The Montvales [Free Dirt, 3/2026] (79)
"Carolina" (12)
"Plains of Ohio" (11)
"Hellbent on Colorado" (10)
79: "The Ballad of Husker Scruggs," Hana Zara [Self, 1/2026] (78)
"The Ballad of Husker Scruggs" (78)
79: "Since You Asked Me," Jan Krist [Yellow Room, 1/2026] (78)
"Since You Asked Me" (15)
81: "Questioning the Forty," Kevin Neidig [Self, 2/2026] (77)
"Speed of the Sound of Loneliness" (20)
"Don't Take My Gun" (11)
81: "Requiem for a Sleepless Night," Kelly Hunt [Compass, 8/2026] (77)
"Clouds" (22)
"All the King's Horses" (14)
"Dreamer" (11)
83: "Dark Ages," Eliza Gilkyson [Realiza Records, 5/2025] (76)
"Dark Night of the Soul" (22)
"Times Like These" (20)
84: "Raise Your Voice," Various Artists [Various Artists, 5/2026] (74)
"I Don't Want Your Billions Mister," David Scott Weaver (13)
85: "Feather & the Starry Crown," Sons of the Never Wrong [Self, 2/2026] (73)
"Stand Up Shout Out" (19)
"Feather and the Starry Crown" (11)
"Sing Sing Sing" (10)
86: "Citizen," Crys Matthews [Shamus, 4/2026] (70)
"Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" (38)
"Citizen" (26)
86: "The Curves Are Still There," Jamie Anderson [Tsunami, 3/2026] (70)
"Guitar on the Wall" (11)
"Last Tucson Sunrise" (11)
88: "Fortune Teller," Bobby Dove [New Motor, 5/2026] (68)
"Did I Speak Too Soon" (12)
"Dreamt I Met John Prine" (12)
88: "In the Hour of Chaos," Allison Russell [Fantasy, 7/2026] (68)
"Really Real" (18)
"No Springtime" (15)
90: "Sweet Spot," Shanna in a Dress [Self, 7/2026] (67)
"Sweet Spot" (21)
"Shelli" (18)
"You Are A Song" (10)
90: "Voisinages," Le Vent Du Nord [La Compagnie du Nord, 10/2025] (67)
"Bienvenue" (14)
90: "You Climb the Mountain," The Onlies [Self, 8/2025] (67)
"Waves on the Sea" (15)
93: "Reckoning," Mary Gauthier [Thirty Tigers, 9/2026] (66)
"Alcohol and Adderall" (22)
"Reckoning" (11)
"Some Times" (9)
94: "Blossoms & Ghosts," Thea Hopkins [Self, 2/2026] (65)
"Here in Our World" (11)
"Red Wing" (10)
"Trouble" (10)
"Blossoms & Ghosts" (10)
94: "Then Again," Rodney Crowell [New West, 5/2026] (65)
"Are You One of Us?" (15)
"Go Light a Candle" (11)
96: "Live at the Rock House," Sky Smeed [Self, 4/2026] (64)
"Hanging On" (9)
"Nine To Five" (8)
"Don't Think Twice It's Alright" (8)
96: "Lost & Found," Becki Davis [Self, 9/2025] (64)
"Simple & Beautiful" (7)
96: "Trade My Troubles," Rising Appalachia [Self, 6/2026] (64)
"In Love with the Quiet" (22)
"Chance at Wholesome" (13)
99: "Avec Elodie," Eloise & Co [Self, 10/2025] (63)
"We're Not Broken" (8)
99: "Can't Outrun the Blues," Trey Hensley [Pinecastle, 4/2026] (63)
"Can't Outrun The Blues" (15)
"Going and Gone" (14)
"Up On Cripple Creek" (11)
"Tucson" (9)
99: "Great American Jukebox," Michael J. Miles [Right Turn On Red, 4/2026] (63)
"Madman Across the Water" (9)
"Strawberry Fields Forever" (9)
99: "Tamarack," Kalos [Self, 8/2026] (63)
"The Open Door" (13)
"Pretty Good Friday / Ladybug" (11)
103: "Pilgrimage," Leeroy Stagger [Cordova Bay, 6/2026] (62)
"Fiddler's Daughter" (13)
"Summer Rain" (10)
"Lost In The Flood" (10)
"Highlands Leaving" (9)
103: "Strangely in Tune," Diane Coll [Happy Fish, 1/2026] (62)
"In and Out of Time" (13)
"Carolina Wren" (13)
"Half Along the Way" (8)
"Strangely in Tune" (8)
103: "When Summer Comes," David Coller [Upstart Yankee, 3/2026] (62)
"Let Nothing Come Between Us" (16)
106: "Over Again," A Different Thread [Same Cloth, 5/2026] (61)
"Over Again" (17)
"Always Leaving" (8)
106: "So Much I Still Don't See," Sam Robbins [Nine Athens, 3/2025] (61)
"I Will" (10)
"Piles of Sand" (10)
"The Real Thing" (8)
106: "The Work, the Hope, the Promise," Wes Weddell [Self, 1/2026] (61)
"Still We Move" (14)
"Remembering Yesterday" (8)
109: "Broken River," Hank Alrich [Walkinay, 4/2026] (60)
"Broken River" (10)
"Fast Money" (9)
109: "Havin' a Talk," Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence [Warner, 2/2026] (60)
"Good Luck To Ya" (14)
"Joyous Time" (9)
109: "Head Noise," Stephanie Sammons [Point Guard, 8/2026] (60)
"Lone Coyote" (19)
"Head Noise" (12)
109: "Mirroring the Wildness," Vanessa Lively [Animada, 7/2026] (60)
"Red Wolf" (14)
"Ready to Find You" (9)
"She Calls The Wind" (8)
109: "Spring Green," Mark Erelli [Self, 2/2026] (60)
"Friend Like You" (14)
"Spring Green" (11)
"Weary Traveler" (9)
109: "Williams Branch Is Hard to Find," Carla Gover & Friends [Legacy, 8/2026] (60)
"Plant a Seed, Write a Song" (11)
"Williams Branch is Hard to Find" (9)
115: "Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still," Sophie Wellington [Adhyâropa, 6/2026] (59)
"Shacks and Chalets" (17)
"Scolding Wife" (10)
116: "Break & Mend," The Heists [Muskeg Collective, 7/2026] (58)
"Buck Up Buttercup" (17)
"Break & Mend" (16)
"Farewell Old Treadwell" (10)
116: "Hardscrabble Hope," Maria Dunn [Distant Whisper, 12/2025] (58)
"Pill for a Broken Heart" (9)
"Walking the Miles" (8)
116: "Ozark Shine," Sad Daddy [Catfish, 6/2026] (58)
"Bootlegger" (11)
"Did We Turn Off The Stove" (9)
116: "Prizefighter," Mumford & Sons [Self, 3/2026] (58)
"Here" (13)
"Clover" (8)
116: "The Morning Dark," Hayden Stern [Adhyâropa, 9/2026] (58)
"Boston Harbor Welcome" (9)
TOP SONGS of 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 98378 plays from 3523 playlists from 128 Folk DJs
1. "The Ballad of Husker Scruggs" (78)
from "The Ballad of Husker Scruggs" (Hana Zara)
2. "Appalachia" (68)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
3. "The Time for Flowers" (62)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
4. "Streets of Minneapolis" (55)
from "Streets of Minneapolis" (Bruce Springsteen)
5. "Carolina Rain" (54)
from "Hope Is the Thing" (Rhiannon Giddens)
6. "Forged In Fire" (53)
from "Forged in Fire" (Crys Matthews)
6. "Heaven" (53)
from "Reunion" (Mama's Broke)
8. "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round" (49)
from "Sumatra" (Paula Boggs Band)
9. "Ancient Light" (47)
from "Wild & Clear & Blue" (I'm With Her)
9. "World of Make Believe" (47)
from "Field Notes" (Dave Gunning)
11. "Broken Truth" (43)
from "Bones of Trees" (Tim Grimm)
11. "The Future" (43)
from "Together Again" (Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon)
11. "In The Pines" (43)
from "The Fiddle & the Drum" (Renée Fleming)
14. "Dream Chaser" (42)
from "Dream Chaser" (Willie Nelson)
15. "One Voice" (41)
from "Twilight Tales" (The Heart Collectors)
15. "Big Time World" (41)
from "These Are the Days That Turn In To Years" (Pharis & Jason Romero)
15. "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" (41)
from "Citizen" (Crys Matthews)
18. "The Flood" (40)
from "All Tied Together" (Ye Vagabonds)
18. "A Friend Like You" (40)
from "Lost Cause Lover Fool" (The Milk Carton Kids)
18. "Time" (40)
from "Time" (Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band)
21. "Dirtbag Saloon" (39)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
21. "Last Call" (39)
from "These Are the Days That Turn In To Years" (Pharis & Jason Romero)
23. "Hold On" (38)
from "Hold On" (Jillian Matundan)
24. "Bless it All" (36)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
25. "America's Game" (35)
from "America's Game" (John Flynn)
25. "Blue Water" (35)
from "Lost Cause Lover Fool" (The Milk Carton Kids)
25. "Magic Accident" (35)
from "Magic Accident" (Della Mae)
25. "Particle & Wave" (35)
from "unentitled" (John Gorka)
25. "Simple As" (35)
from "Simple As" (Johnsmith)
25. "A Song for Minnesota" (35)
from "A Song for Minnesota" (Katie Dahl)
31. "Cast Iron Heart" (34)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
31. "Peggy-O" (34)
from "Peggy-O" (The McDades)
33. "Artie's Last Stand" (33)
from "Together Again" (Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon)
33. "Burn The Other End" (33)
from "So Much for Goodbyes" (Billy Strings)
33. "The Water is Wide" (33)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
36. "American Dissident" (32)
from "American Dissident" (John Flynn)
36. "Coat of Many Colors" (32)
from "Coat of Many Colors" (Dolly Parton)
36. "I Will Sing My Heart Out" (32)
from "Home-Brewed" (Kate Macleod's Mind the Gap)
36. "Kindness" (32)
from "The Blue Rock Session" (Amy Speace)
36. "When I Am a Fossil" (32)
from "When I Am a Fossil" (Benny Bleu)
41. "Good News" (31)
from "Business Unusual" (Goodnight Moonshine)
41. "Pathfinder" (31)
from "Together Again" (Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon)
41. "Soldier of Fortune" (31)
from "Soldier of Fortune" (Mary Gauthier)
41. "These Are The Days" (31)
from "These Are the Days That Turn In To Years" (Pharis & Jason Romero)
41. "Without Us" (31)
from "Smoketree" (The Kennedys)
46. "Hymn for the Unholy" (30)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
46. "Last American Waltz" (30)
from "Union Made" (Old Crow Medicine Show)
46. "Pursued by Grace" (30)
from "Field Notes" (Dave Gunning)
49. "I Lie" (29)
from "I Lie" (Joe Jencks)
49. "Robots" (29)
from "Nightclothes" (Annie Gallup)
49. "The Sea and the Shore" (29)
from "The Blue Rock Session" (Amy Speace)
49. "We Are The People" (29)
from "Diving In" (Lynn Hollyfield)
53. "At The End Of The Day" (28)
from "Keep Going" (Ken Whiteley)
53. "The Fairest View" (28)
from "Appalachia" (Emily Scott Robinson)
53. "Left My Home" (28)
from "These Are the Days That Turn In To Years" (Pharis & Jason Romero)
53. "Masters of War" (28)
from "Don't Think Twice" (Abbie Gardner)
53. "Sleeves Up" (28)
from "Sleeves Up" (Crys Matthews)
58. "Citizen" (27)
from "Citizen" (Crys Matthews)
58. "Coming Down This Road" (27)
from "Baggage Flies Free" (Ed Snodderly)
58. "Dance Around the Spinning Wheel" (27)
from "Thread the Light" (The McDades)
58. "Eagles And Horses" (27)
from "Twilight Tales" (The Heart Collectors)
58. "Find My Way to You" (27)
from "Sing Me Alive" (I'm With Her)
58. "Thick as Thieves" (27)
from "Simple As" (Johnsmith)
64. "Build It Up" (26)
from "Reunion" (Mama's Broke)
64. "Heavy Foot" (26)
from "Bloodline" (Mon Rovîa)
64. "I'll Go Home From Here" (26)
from "Lost Cause Lover Fool" (The Milk Carton Kids)
64. "The Obvious Child" (26)
from "Sing Me Alive" (I'm With Her)
64. "Out Run 'Em" (26)
from "Magic Accident" (Della Mae)
64. "So This Is Heartache" (26)
from "Never Be the Same" (Teddy Thompson)
64. "Stars" (26)
from "Business Unusual" (Goodnight Moonshine)
71. "Alcohol and Adderall" (25)
from "Reckoning" (Mary Gauthier)
71. "Cuckoo Storm" (25)
from "All Tied Together" (Ye Vagabonds)
71. "I've Endured" (25)
from "When I Am a Fossil" (Benny Bleu)
71. "Lay This Old Guitar Down" (25)
from "Together Again" (Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon)
71. "Vincent Coleman" (25)
from "Field Notes" (Dave Gunning)
71. "Where The Heart Lies" (25)
from "All Tied Together" (Ye Vagabonds)
77. "Hold Our Ground Forever" (24)
from "Songs of Hope" (Tom Chapin)
77. "Millionaire" (24)
from "Pet" (Big Richard)
77. "Tough Like That" (24)
from "Here & Gone" (Sara Thomsen)
TOP ARTISTS of 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 98378 plays from 3523 playlists from 128 Folk DJs
1. Bob Dylan (373)
"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" (27)
"Bringing It All Back Home" (16)
"Through The Open Window: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 18 1956-1963" (16)
"The Times They Are A-Changin'" (15)
"Love and Theft" (13)
"Nashville Skyline" (13)
"Blood On The Tracks" (11)
"Blonde On Blonde" (10)
"Oh Mercy" (10)
2. Emily Scott Robinson (367)
"Appalachia" (355)
3. Dolly Parton (362)
"Little Sparrow" (47)
"Dolly" (34)
"The Grass Is Blue" (31)
"Coat of Many Colors" (19)
"My Tennessee Mountain Home" (18)
"Halos & Horns" (17)
"Jolene" (16)
"Rockstar" (12)
"Live And Well" (11)
"Those Were The Days" (11)
"Treasures" (10)
4. Pharis & Jason Romero (296)
"These Are the Days That Turn In To Years" (248)
"Tell 'Em You Were Gold" (11)
5. Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon (289)
"Together Again" (266)
"Together" (20)
6. Pete Seeger (283)
"American Favorite Ballads, Vols. 1-5" (23)
"American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 1" (19)
"Headlines And Footnotes: A Collection Of Topical Songs" (17)
"If I Had A Hammer" (13)
"The Smithsonian Folkways Collection" (12)
"The Essential Pete Seeger" (11)
"The Complete Carnegie Hall Concert, June 8, 1963" (10)
"Pete" (10)
"Pete Seeger's Greatest Hits" (10)
7. I'm With Her (253)
"Sing Me Alive" (147)
"Wild & Clear & Blue" (86)
8. John Prine (241)
"The Tree Of Forgiveness" (31)
"Fair And Square" (28)
"Souvenirs" (18)
"John Prine" (17)
"The Missing Years" (11)
9. Crys Matthews (234)
"Citizen" (69)
"Forged in Fire" (53)
"Reclamation" (40)
"Changemakers" (29)
"Sleeves Up" (28)
9. John Gorka (234)
"unentitled" (124)
"The Company You Keep" (11)
"So Dark You See" (11)
11. Dave Gunning (230)
"Field Notes" (203)
11. Eliza Gilkyson (230)
"Dark Ages" (75)
"Land Of Milk And Honey" (20)
"Songs From The River Wind" (18)
"2020" (17)
"Beautiful World" (11)
"Secularia" (10)
13. Willie Nelson (228)
"Dream Chaser" (102)
"Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle" (38)
"Oh What a Beautiful World" (10)
14. Billy Strings (221)
"So Much for Goodbyes" (131)
"Highway Prayers" (29)
"Me/And/Dad" (19)
"Renewal" (14)
"Home" (13)
15. Della Mae (220)
"Magic Accident" (190)
16. John McCutcheon (217)
"Field of Stars" (35)
"Joe Hill's Last Will" (18)
"Trolling For Dreams" (12)
"Untold" (10)
17. The Milk Carton Kids (216)
"Lost Cause Lover Fool" (193)
18. Ye Vagabonds (215)
"All Tied Together" (201)
19. Dervish (214)
"The Great Irish Songbook, Vol. 2: Poets & Storytellers" (145)
"The Great Irish Songbook" (29)
20. Amy Speace (210)
"The Blue Rock Session" (133)
"The Reckoning" (19)
"The American Dream" (11)
21. Benny Bleu (206)
"When I Am a Fossil" (179)
"Banjo Jubilations" (14)
22. Nanci Griffith (192)
"Other Voices, Other Rooms" (33)
"Other Voices Too" (17)
"Once in a Very Blue Moon" (16)
"Storms" (15)
"One Fair Summer Evening" (10)
"Clock Without Hands" (10)
23. Johnsmith (190)
"Simple As" (134)
"Gravity Of Grace" (15)
24. Phil Ochs (188)
"There But For Fortune" (29)
"All The News That's Fit To Sing" (26)
"Phil Ochs In Concert" (21)
"Farewells And Fantasies" (14)
25. The Kennedys (186)
"Smoketree" (143)
26. Joni Mitchell (184)
"Blue" (25)
"Hits" (15)
"Ladies Of The Canyon" (15)
"Court and Spark" (13)
"Clovis" (10)
27. The McDades (179)
"Thread the Light" (134)
"Peggy-O" (21)
27. Scott Cook (179)
"Troubadourly Yours" (147)
"Tangle Of Souls" (18)
27. Tom Chapin (179)
"Songs of Hope" (109)
"Hold Our Ground" (24)
30. Goodnight Moonshine (178)
"Business Unusual" (174)
31. Tony Trischka (177)
"Earl Jam 2" (122)
"Earl Jam" (22)
32. Mama's Broke (174)
"Reunion" (153)
"Narrow Line" (12)
33. Joan Baez (173)
"Whistle Down The Wind" (14)
"Ring Them Bells" (12)
"Diamonds & Rust" (10)
33. Rhiannon Giddens (173)
"Hope Is the Thing" (92)
"Freedom Highway" (27)
"You're the One" (11)
"They're Calling Me Home" (10)
35. Joe Jencks (167)
"I Lie" (28)
"Poets, Philosophers Workers & Wanderers" (26)
"It's Not for Sale - single" (23)
"The Candle And The Flame" (16)
"The Coming of the Years" (16)
"The Forgotten" (13)
"Rise As One" (11)
36. Judy Collins (166)
"Forever - An Anthology" (13)
"In My Life" (11)
37. Valerie Smith (164)
"Maggie's Journal" (150)
38. Bruce Springsteen (156)
"Streets of Minneapolis" (55)
"We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions" (12)
39. Tim Grimm (152)
"Bones of Trees" (93)
"The Little In-Between" (15)
"The Turning Point" (10)
40. Mary Gauthier (151)
"Reckoning" (55)
"Soldier Of Fortune" (28)
"Dark Enough to See the Stars" (12)
"Mercy Now" (12)
40. Woody Guthrie (151)
"This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1" (18)
"Woody At Home - Vol 1 + 2" (16)
"My Dusty Road" (14)
"Dust Bowl Ballads" (10)
"Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection" (10)
42. Lucinda Williams (150)
"World's Gone Wrong" (93)
"Car Wheels On A Gravel Road" (10)
42. Old Crow Medicine Show (150)
"Union Made" (106)
42. Paul Kaplan (150)
"King of Hearts" (142)
45. Dar Williams (148)
"Hummingbird Highway" (44)
"Epilogue: The Cellar Tapes" (13)
"The Honesty Room" (12)
"Mortal City" (12)
46. Annie Gallup (145)
"Nightclothes" (130)
47. Ed Snodderly (144)
"Baggage Flies Free" (133)
48. Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz (140)
"Circle & Square" (133)
49. Tom Russell (138)
"Mount Olive" (23)
"Modern Art" (14)
50. Paper Wings (137)
"Mountains on the Moon" (113)
"Mountains" (10)
51. Debi Smith (136)
"Flight of the Robin" (129)
51. The Heart Collectors (136)
"Twilight Tales" (107)
"The Space Between" (10)
53. John Flynn (132)
"America's Game" (35)
"American Dissident" (29)
"Kindred Spirits" (17)
"Two Wolves" (14)
"If Jesus Had An AK - single" (10)
53. Sons of the Never Wrong (132)
"Feather & the Starry Crown" (73)
"On A Good Day. . .I Am" (38)
55. Tom Paxton (127)
"Ramblin' Boy" (10)
56. Emmylou Harris (126)
"Hard Bargain" (11)
"All I Intended To Be" (10)
"Last Date" (10)
57. Molly Tuttle (124)
"So Long Little Miss Sunshine" (48)
"When You're Ready" (19)
"...But I'd Rather Be With You" (12)
"Long Journey Home" (11)
58. Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt (122)
"Esperanza" (99)
59. Jefferson Ross (121)
"Low Country Wedding" (101)
"Backstage Balladeer" (11)
59. Peter, Paul & Mary (121)
"Carry It On" (21)
"Peter, Paul And Mary" (17)
"The Very Best Of Peter, Paul And Mary" (13)
61. Weary Ramblers (119)
"Driftwood" (115)
62. Lance Cowan (118)
"The Air That You Breathe" (107)
63. Annie & Rod Capps (117)
"Never Done" (108)
64. Steep Canyon Rangers (116)
"Next Act" (85)
65. Lucy Kaplansky (115)
"The Lucy Story - Unreleased & Rare Tracks" (25)
"Last Days of Summer" (20)
"The Red Thread" (15)
"Reunion" (15)
66. Gordon Lightfoot (114)
"The United Artists Collection" (18)
"Gord's Gold" (14)
"Lightfoot!" (13)
"Songbook" (10)
66. Jesse Appelman (114)
"Where We Go" (113)
66. Ken & Brad Kolodner (114)
"Hand's Cove" (100)
69. Greg Brown (113)
"If I Had Known: Essential Recordings, 1980-1996" (16)
"The Poet Game" (12)
70. Charley Crockett (112)
"Age of the Ram" (43)
"Clovis" (43)
70. Mary Chapin Carpenter (112)
"Personal History" (30)
72. Kate Wolf (111)
"Close To You" (38)
"Carry It On" (10)
"Give Yourself to Love" (10)
"The Wind Blows Wild" (10)
72. Margo Price (111)
"Days of Unrest" (67)
"Old No. 1 Revisited" (19)
"Hard Headed Woman" (10)
74. George Mann & Si Kahn (110)
"Mayday!" (102)
74. The Pairs (110)
"Together on a Rock" (80)
"If I Had a Hammer - single" (14)
74. Sara Thomsen (110)
"Here & Gone" (99)
74. Jesse Welles (110)
"Middle" (21)
"Masks Off" (19)
"Joan Baez" (12)
"(YouTube)" (12)
"Join Ice - single" (10)
78. Kim Moberg (109)
"All That Really Matters" (95)
79. Alison Krauss & Union Station (108)
"Arcadia" (42)
"Alison Krauss & Union Station Live" (18)
"Paper Airplane" (11)
79. Kate Macleod's Mind the Gap (108)
"Home-Brewed" (98)
79. Mavis Staples (108)
"Sad & Beautiful World" (54)
"We'll Never Turn Back" (11)
82. Cosy Sheridan (107)
"The Breathing Room" (45)
"Grand Design" (19)
82. Paula Boggs Band (107)
"Sumatra" (93)
82. Maya de Vitry (107)
"All My Faith" (95)
85. Ken Whiteley (106)
"Keep Going" (97)
85. Kray Van Kirk (106)
"Empire" (98)
85. Tim O'Brien (106)
"Red On Blonde" (17)
"Long Journey Home" (16)
"Where The River Meets The Road" (10)
88. Guy Clark (105)
"Dublin Blues" (15)
88. Lynn Hollyfield (105)
"Diving In" (92)
88. Maisy Owen (105)
"Dark on a Sunny Day" (85)
"Dark" (10)
91. Carrie Newcomer (104)
"A Great Wild Mercy" (18)
"Until Now" (14)
91. Kacey Musgraves (104)
"Middle of Nowhere" (91)
93. Allison Russell (103)
"In the Hour of Chaos" (56)
"Outside Child" (10)
93. Dave Van Ronk (103)
"In The Tradition" (22)
"Down in Washington Square" (12)
95. Richard Thompson (102)
"Acoustic Classics II" (20)
"Hippies, Thugs and Heroes" (13)
96. Doc Watson (101)
"Southbound" (12)
"The Vanguard Years" (11)
97. Alison Brown & Steve Martin (99)
"Safe, Sensible & Sane" (89)
97. Eric Kilburn (99)
"Passages" (81)
"My Own Mistakes" (10)
97. Johnny Cash (99)
"The Essential Johnny Cash" (19)
97. Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band (99)
"Time" (96)
101. Big Richard (98)
"Pet" (85)
102. Eric Bibb (97)
"One Mississippi" (40)
"In the Real World" (14)
103. Jenny Reynolds (95)
"Willow & Stone" (90)
103. Kelly Hunt (95)
"Requiem for a Sleepless Night" (77)
"Even the Sparrow" (11)
103. Ranky Tanky (95)
"This Village" (94)
106. Cheryl Wheeler (94)
"Driving Home" (24)
"Defying Gravity" (14)
"Mrs. Pinocci's Guitar" (11)
"Sylvia Hotel" (10)
106. Steve Poltz (94)
"Joyride" (80)
108. Bruce Cockburn (93)
"The Blood of Others" (19)
108. Martin Kerr (93)
"Overdue for a Revolution" (87)
110. Tom Rush (92)
"Gardens Old, Flowers New" (21)
"Blues, Songs and Ballads" (11)
110. Susan Werner (92)
"The Gospel Truth" (13)
"Nola" (11)
112. David Coller (91)
"When Summer Comes" (60)
"Blue Water" (26)
112. Hana Zara (91)
"The Ballad of Husker Scruggs" (78)
112. Mark Erelli (91)
"Spring Green" (60)
115. Brandi Carlile (90)
"Returning to Myself" (45)
"By The Way, I Forgive You" (10)
115. Rodney Crowell (90)
"Then Again" (60)
"Airline Highway" (10)
115. Stan Rogers (90)
"Between The Breaks...Live!" (13)
"Home In Halifax" (13)
"Fogarty's Cove" (12)
"Turnaround" (10)
"The Very Best Of Stan Rogers" (10)
118. Sierra Hull (89)
"A Tip Toe High Wire" (48)
"25 Trips" (12)
118. Sue Horowitz (89)
"Rainy Nights & Rearview Windows" (80)
120. Brant Miller (88)
"In the Meantime" (81)
120. Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands (88)
"O California!" (73)
120. Newberry & Verch (88)
"Blessing on the Wing" (86)
120. Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer (88)
"Drum Hat Buddha" (36)
"Tanglewood Tree" (23)
"Little Blue Egg" (14)
124. Janis Ian (87)
"The Light At The End Of The Line" (19)
124. Ringo Starr (87)
"Long Long Road" (79)
126. Anne Hills (86)
"Every Town" (30)
"The Benevolence of Trees" (12)
"Angle Of The Light" (10)
127. Andy Cohen + Eleanor Ellis + William Lee Ellis (85)
"WHISTLIN' PAST the GRAVEYARD" (82)
127. Rod MacDonald (85)
"Undo the Damage" (35)
"Rants & Romance" (10)
129. Joe Crookston (84)
"Darkling & The Bluebird Jubilee" (21)
"Able Baker Charlie And Dog" (20)
"Georgia I'm Here" (16)
129. Peggy Seeger (84)
"Teleology" (15)
"First Farewell" (14)
"Vintage" (14)
131. James Keelaghan (83)
"Second-Hand" (16)
"History: The First 25 Years" (15)
"Home" (10)
"A Recent Future" (10)
131. Kalos (83)
"Tamarack" (63)
"Headland" (10)
131. Kate Waters (83)
"Some Comfort" (83)
131. Le Vent Du Nord (83)
"Voisinages" (67)
135. David Francey (82)
"Torn Screen Door" (15)
"The First Set" (11)
"Skating Rink" (10)
135. Gillian Welch (82)
"Revival" (18)
"Time (The Revelator)" (12)
"The Harrow And The Harvest" (11)
"Boots No. 1: The Official Revival Bootleg" (10)
135. Grateful Dead (82)
"American Beauty" (20)
"Workingman's Dead" (10)
135. Jamie Anderson (82)
"The Curves Are Still There" (69)
135. Rising Appalachia (82)
"Trade My Troubles" (63)
140. Leonard Cohen (81)
"Songs Of Leonard Cohen" (12)
140. Odetta (81)
"Lookin' For A Home" (14)
140. Steve Goodman (81)
"No Big Surprise" (20)
"The Easter Tapes" (10)
"Somebody Else's Troubles" (10)
143. Kevin Neidig (80)
"Questioning the Forty" (77)
144. Hannah & Nathan (79)
"Love & Labour" (76)
144. Simon & Garfunkel (79)
"Sounds of Silence" (13)
"Bookends" (10)
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" (10)
146. Arlo Guthrie (78)
"Alice's Restaurant" (13)
146. The Beatles (78)
"The Beatles (White Album)" (8)
146. Jan Krist (78)
"Since You Asked Me" (76)
146. Keb' Mo' (78)
"The Breakdown" (51)
146. The Montvales (78)
"Path of Totality" (78)
146. Richard Shindell (78)
"Courier" (15)
"Reunion Hill" (14)
"South Of Delia" (11)
146. Chuck Brodsky (78)
"Two Sets" (18)
TOP LABELS of 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 98378 plays from 3523 playlists from 128 Folk DJs
1. Rounder (1648)
2. Columbia (1029)
3. Compass (993)
4. Red House (992)
5. Smithsonian/Folkways (956)
6. Thirty Tigers (876)
7. Signature Sounds (668)
8. Legacy (578)
9. Oh Boy (575)
10. Nonesuch (532)
11. Free Dirt (515)
12. Warner (514)
13. Sugar Hill (513)
14. Elektra (424)
15. Rhino (405)
16. Reprise (393)
17. New West (385)
18. Appleseed (342)
19. Vanguard (329)
20. Philo (309)
21. Down The Road (295)
22. Borealis (277)
23. RCA (263)
24. Appalsongs (258)
25. Yep Roc (239)
26. Capitol (230)
27. Appalseed (226)
28. Pinecastle (224)
29. Shamus (203)
30. Sony (200)
31. Atlantic (199)
32. River Lea (196)
33. Mercury (191)
34. Windbone (189)
35. Fantasy (185)
36. Adhyâropa (182)
36. Nettwerk (182)
38. Alligator (178)
39. Green Linnet (176)
40. Riverlark (175)
41. Sundance (170)
42. Flying Fish (169)
43. Concord (166)
43. Waterbug (166)
45. Bell Buckle (161)
46. SME (159)
47. Red Beet (154)
48. Righteous Babe (153)
49. Circus Tent (149)
50. Lost Highway (148)
51. Free Radio (147)
51. Topic (147)
53. Greentrax (145)
54. BMG (144)
55. Shanachie (142)
56. Berkalin (141)
56. Old Coat (141)
58. Blue Pine (135)
59. Rebel (134)
60. Truly Handmade (132)
61. MCA (129)
61. Vault (129)
63. Island (128)
63. Tompkins Square (128)
65. ATO (127)
66. True North (124)
66. Yellow Room (124)
68. Acony (119)
69. Fossil (117)
69. Lula (117)
71. Release Guru (116)
72. Dualtone (115)
73. Arhoolie (113)
74. Hartland (108)
74. Turtle Bear (108)
76. Craft (101)
76. Dark Shadow (101)
78. Sub Pop (99)
79. Majestic (98)
80. Hightone (97)
81. Fenchurch (95)
81. Gallway Bay (95)
83. Hudson Harding (92)
83. Spins The Gold (92)
85. Mad Maker (90)
86. Crooked Cyclone (87)
86. Highway (87)
86. Pyramid (87)
86. Stony Plain (87)
90. Bloodshot (85)
91. Courier (83)
91. Slab Town (83)
93. Bear Family (81/111)
93. Strictly Country (81)
93. Verve (81)
96. Folk-Legacy (80)
96. Loma Vista (80)
98. A&M (79)
98. Down the Road (79)
98. Razor & Tie (79)
FOLK DJs - 2026
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 98378 plays from 3523 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)
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 & folkmusicnotebook.com, 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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