Chart Section
FAI FOLK CHART FOR May 2026
Compiled from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 11340 plays from 375 playlists from 96 Folk DJs
FAI Folk Chart Top Albums of the Month
| Rank | Album | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sing Me Alive | I'm With Her | 59 |
| 2 | ES Pearl Presents Baggage Flies Free | Ed Snodderly | 51 |
| 2 | Simple As | Johnsmith | 51 |
| 4 | The Great Irish Songbook Vol 2: Poets & Storytellers | Dervish | 50 |
| 5 | When I Am a Fossil | Benny Bleu | 45 |
| 6 | Old No. 1 Revisited | Various Artists | 43 |
| 7 | Lost Cause Lover Fool | The Milk Carton Kids | 41 |
| 8 | Dark on a Sunny Day | Maisy Owen | 37 |
| 8 | Raise Your Voice | Various Artists | 37 |
| 10 | Time | Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band | 36 |
| 11 | Never Done | Annie & Rod Capps | 34 |
| 11 | Citizen | Crys Matthews | 34 |
| 13 | Twilight Tales | The Heart Collectors | 30 |
| 13 | Over Again | A Different Thread | 30 |
| 13 | Low Country Wedding | Jefferson Ross | 30 |
| 13 | Middle of Nowhere | Kacey Musgraves | 30 |
| 17 | Magic Accident | Della Mae | 29 |
| 18 | Appalachia | Emily Scott Robinson | 28 |
| 19 | Dream Chaser | Willie Nelson | 27 |
| 19 | Love and Labour | Hannah & Nathan | 27 |
| 21 | Thread the Light | The McDades | 26 |
| 22 | Field Notes | Dave Gunning | 25 |
| 22 | Veranda | Veranda | 25 |
| 24 | Broken River | Hank Alrich | 24 |
| 25 | Earl Jam 2 | Tony Trischka | 22 |
| 26 | Fortune Teller | Bobby Dove | 21 |
| 26 | Path of Totality | The Montvales | 21 |
| 26 | Whistlin' Past the Graveyard | Andy Cohen, Eleanor Ellis, & William Lee Ellis | 21 |
| 26 | Long Long Road | Ringo Starr | 21 |
| 30 | Blessing on the Wing | Newberry & Verch | 19 |
| 30 | Live at the Rock House | Sky Smeed | 19 |
| 30 | We Were Made for These Times | The Klezmatics | 19 |
| 30 | Mountains on the Moon | Paper Wings | 19 |
| 30 | Massive Negroni | Sweet Megg | 19 |
| 35 | A Line in the Sand | Phil Kennelty | 18 |
| 36 | The Matter of the Heart | Matthew Alexander | 17 |
| 36 | Better Times | Matthew Payne | 17 |
| 36 | Business Unusual | Goodnight Moonshine | 17 |
| 36 | Don't Think Twice | Abbie Gardner | 17 |
| 36 | Empty Pair of Shoes | Claire Lynch | 17 |
| 36 | Rainy Nights and Rearview Windows | Sue Horowitz | 17 |
| 36 | Saturday Night Sermon | Yarn | 17 |
| 36 | Wake Me Up Martha | Andy Revkin | 17 |
| 44 | This One's for You | Rachel Brooke | 16 |
| 44 | Overdue for a Revolution | Martin Kerr | 16 |
| 44 | Great American Jukebox | Michael J. Miles | 16 |
| 47 | Sumatra | Paula Boggs Band | 15 |
| 47 | Build Our Dreams | Neale Eckstein | 15 |
| 47 | Flight of the Robin | Debi Smith | 15 |
| 47 | These Are the Days That Turn Into Years | Pharis and Jason Romero | 15 |
| 47 | Tanasi | Tanasi | 15 |
| 47 | The Me That Remains | Amy Grant | 15 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Songs of the Month
| Rank | Song | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream | Crys Matthews | 20 |
| 1 | Simple As | Johnsmith | 20 |
| 3 | Citizen | Crys Matthews | 16 |
| 3 | When Doc Watson Came to Johnson City | Ed Snodderly | 16 |
| 5 | Masters of War | Abbie Gardner | 15 |
| 6 | Coming Down This Road | Ed Snodderly | 13 |
| 7 | Ring Them Bells | The Copper Ponies | 11 |
| 7 | Over Again | A Different Thread | 11 |
| 7 | No Kings, No Kings | John Forster, Tom Chapin & Friends | 11 |
| 10 | American Dissident | John Flynn | 10 |
| 10 | Heaven | Mama's Broke | 10 |
| 10 | When I Am a Fossil | Benny Bleu | 10 |
| 10 | One Voice | The Heart Collectors | 10 |
| 14 | Dance Around the Spinning Wheel | The McDades | 9 |
| 14 | Thread | Annie & Rod Capps | 9 |
| 14 | Home to Us | Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr | 9 |
| 14 | Desperados Waiting for a Train | Andrew Combs | 9 |
| 14 | Hold On | Jillian Matundan | 9 |
| 14 | Crazy About a Jukebox | Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band | 9 |
| 20 | My Youth Is All for You | Maisy Owen | 8 |
| 20 | Never Done | Annie & Rod Capps | 8 |
| 20 | Little Bird | Hannah & Nathan | 8 |
| 20 | Young Love | The Milk Carton Kids | 8 |
| 20 | I Don't Want Your Billions Mister | David Scott Weaver | 8 |
| 20 | I'll Go Home From Here | The Milk Carton Kids | 8 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Artists of the Month
| Rank | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bob Dylan | 104 |
| 2 | Pete Seeger | 85 |
| 3 | I'm With Her | 59 |
| 4 | Johnsmith | 58 |
| 5 | Dervish | 53 |
| 6 | Ed Snodderly | 52 |
| 7 | Benny Bleu | 49 |
| 8 | Crys Matthews | 45 |
| 9 | Willie Nelson | 44 |
| 10 | The Milk Carton Kids | 41 |
| 11 | Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band | 38 |
| 12 | The Heart Collectors | 37 |
| 12 | Maisy Owen | 37 |
| 14 | Della Mae | 35 |
| 14 | Annie & Rod Capps | 35 |
| 16 | Utah Phillips | 34 |
| 17 | John Gorka | 31 |
| 17 | Jefferson Ross | 31 |
| 19 | Tony Trischka | 30 |
| 19 | Emily Scott Robinson | 30 |
| 19 | A Different Thread | 30 |
| 19 | Kacey Musgraves | 30 |
| 23 | Nanci Griffith | 29 |
| 24 | Eliza Gilkyson | 28 |
| 24 | Judy Collins | 28 |
| 26 | Hannah & Nathan | 27 |
| 26 | Dave Gunning | 27 |
| 28 | Pharis and Jason Romero | 26 |
| 28 | The McDades | 26 |
| 30 | Veranda | 25 |
| 30 | Andy Revkin | 25 |
| 32 | John McCutcheon | 24 |
| 32 | Joan Baez | 24 |
| 32 | Hank Alrich | 24 |
| 35 | Charley Crockett | 23 |
| 35 | Yarn | 23 |
| 37 | Abbie Gardner | 21 |
| 37 | Claire Lynch | 21 |
| 37 | The Montvales | 21 |
| 37 | John Prine | 21 |
| 37 | Bobby Dove | 21 |
| 37 | The Klezmatics | 21 |
| 37 | Ringo Starr | 21 |
| 37 | Andy Cohen, Eleanor Ellis, & William Lee Ellis | 21 |
| 37 | Doc Watson | 21 |
Folk DJs
| Al Kniola (WVPE-FM, IN) |
| Allen Larman (KPFK-FM & syndicated, CA) |
| Angela Page (WJFF-FM, NY) |
| Annie Keville (WVBR-FM, NY) |
| Art Menius (WCOM-FM, NC) |
| Artie Martello (WIOX-FM, mostlyfolk.org-syndicated, powerfolk.org, NY) |
| Bill Revill (WESU-FM, CT) |
| Bill \"Rusty\" Crowell and Jan Alba (WPPM-FM, PA) |
| Bob McWilliams (KANU-FM & KPR, KS) |
| Bob Weiser (WOMR-FM, MA) |
| Bruce Cameron (2MCE-FM, Australia) |
| Bruce Swan (WSFM-FM, NC) |
| Bud Johnson (syndicated, AK) |
| Carolyn VandeWiele (WFHB-FM, IN) |
| Charlie Backfish (WUSB-FM, NY) |
| Chris Kocher (WHRW-FM, NY) |
| Chris McGill (WSPN, 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, GA) |
| David John (KEOS-FM, TX) |
| David Sears (WBGU-FM, OH) |
| Denis McGilvray (Public Radio Tulsa, OK) |
| Diane Hunt (KBOO-FM, OR) |
| Dick Hermans (WHDD-FM, CT) |
| Ed Mellnik (KBOO-FM, OR) |
| Ellen Stanley (KFAI-FM, MN) |
| Eureka Mike (thesonicplanet.com, FL) |
| Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC) |
| Gordon Nash (Folk Music Notebook, NY) |
| Graham and Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA) |
| Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA) |
| Helen Leicht (FolkMusicNotebook.com, PA) |
| Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY) |
| Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA) |
| Jenny Flux (2bbb-FM, Australia) |
| Jim Canales (WWSP-FM, WI) |
| Jim Gilliland (WRUW-FM, OH) |
| Jim Marino (CFMU-FM, ON) |
| Joe Pszonek (Folk Music Notebook, NJ) |
| John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ) |
| Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA) |
| Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY) |
| Justin Helmer (KVSC, MN) |
| Kai Schafft (WVBR-FM, NY) |
| Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK) |
| Katrina Knight (FolkMusicNotebook.com, WA) |
| Kejo Buchanan (CJTM - AM, ON) |
| Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA) |
| Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL) |
| Kevin Vance (KPFA-FM, CA) |
| Laurie DesJardins (KVMR-FM, CA) |
| Len Holton (KUAR-FM, AR) |
| Lilli Kuzma (WDCB-FM, IL) |
| Marc Albert (KMUZ-FM, OR) |
| Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT-FM, IL) |
| Mark Michaelis (WGDR-FM, VT) |
| Mary Katherine Aldin (KPFK-FM, CA) |
| Menachem Vinegrad (Upper Galilee-FM, Israel) |
| Michael Alzo (WSLU-FM, NY) |
| Michael Benson (WPKN-FM & WESU-FM, CT) |
| Michael Kane (WBRS-FM, MA) |
| Michael Park (prx.org, NY) |
| Michael Stock (WLRN-FM, FL) |
| Mike Regenstreif (CKCU-FM, ON) |
| Mitch Park (Kidnappers, New Zealand) |
| Naomi Soule and Terry Moses (KCLC-FM, MO) |
| Nick Noble (WICN-FM, MA) |
| Norm Mast (WVPE-FM, IN) |
| Paul Hartman (WTMD-FM, MD) |
| Paul Porzio (FCAC-FM, VA) |
| Pete Thomas (WAER-FM, NY) |
| Peter Kernast (WTSR-FM, wtsrlegacy.com, NJ) |
| Richard Gillmann (KBCS-FM, WA) |
| Richard Gordon (WRCT-FM & syndicated, PA) |
| Richard Howard (KZMU-FM, UT) |
| Ron Cooke (KTAL-LP, NM) |
| Ron Olesko (WFDU-FM and FolkMusicNotebook.com, NJ) |
| Sonny Ochs (FolkMusicNotebook.com, NY) |
| Steve Brockway (KRFC-FM, CO) |
| Steve Edge (CITR-FM, BC) |
| Steven Morrison (KBOO-FM, OR) |
| Stu Weaver (WFCF-FM, FL) |
| Sue Kessell (WNUR-FM, IL) |
| Susan Forbes Hansen (WHUS-FM & WWUH-FM, CT) |
| Taylor Caffery (WRKF-FM, LA) |
| Tom Coxworth (CKUA-FM, AB) |
| Tom Druckenmiller (WDIY-FM & syndicated, PA) |
| Tom Funk (KGLP-FM, NM) |
| Wally Bowen (KOCF-FM, OR) |
| Wanda Fischer (WAMC & syndicated, NY) |
| Wayne Greene (radiowayne.com, TX) |
| Zeke Duckworthy & Andy Rogovin (WZBC-FM, MA) |