Chart Section
FAI FOLK CHART FOR January 2026
Compiled from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 10424 plays from 344 playlists from 97 Folk DJs
FAI Folk Chart Top Albums of the Month
| Rank | Album | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Together Again | Tom Paxton and John McCutcheon | 117 |
| 2 | Maggie's Journal | Valerie Smith | 62 |
| 3 | The Blue Rock Session | Amy Speace | 60 |
| 4 | Circle and Square | Eric Brace and Thomm Jutz | 57 |
| 5 | Unentitled | John Gorka | 43 |
| 6 | Where We Go | Jesse Appelman | 34 |
| 7 | Since You Asked Me | Jan Krist | 29 |
| 8 | Together on a Rock | The Pairs | 28 |
| 8 | Safe, Sensible and Sane | Alison Brown and Steve Martin | 28 |
| 8 | You Climb the Mountain | The Onlies | 28 |
| 11 | Long Journey Home: A Century After the 1925 Mountain City Fiddlers Convention | Various Artists | 24 |
| 12 | Strangely in Tune | Diane Coll | 22 |
| 13 | Bones of Trees | Tim Grimm | 21 |
| 13 | The Work, the Hope, the Promise | Wes Weddell | 21 |
| 13 | Party in the Pines | Dave Miller | 21 |
| 13 | From Here to the Sea | Meredith Moon | 21 |
| 17 | Driftwood | Weary Ramblers | 20 |
| 18 | Voisinages | Le Vent Du Nord | 19 |
| 18 | So Much I Still Don't See | Sam Robbins | 19 |
| 18 | Hummingbird Highway | Dar Williams | 19 |
| 18 | Wild and Clear and Blue | I'm With Her | 19 |
| 18 | Hill Country Folk Music | Terry Klein | 19 |
| 18 | Gold and Coal | Cassie and Maggie | 19 |
| 18 | Dark Ages | Eliza Gilkyson | 19 |
| 18 | Empire | Kray Van Kirk | 19 |
| 26 | Tip of the Spear | Doug Mishkin | 18 |
| 26 | A Tip Toe High Wire | Sierra Hull | 18 |
| 28 | Hardscrabble Hope | Maria Dunn | 16 |
| 28 | Personal History | Mary Chapin Carpenter | 16 |
| 28 | Bringing the Light | Hot Tamale | 16 |
| 28 | The Breathing Room | Cosy Sheridan | 16 |
| 28 | Nightclothes | Annie Gallup | 16 |
| 33 | Code to Live By | Grant Peeples | 15 |
| 33 | So Long Little Miss Sunshime | Molly Tuttle | 15 |
| 33 | Here and Gone | Sara Thomsen | 15 |
| 33 | Ivyland | James O'Malley | 15 |
| 33 | The Wind Will Change Again | The Twangtown Paramours | 15 |
| 38 | A Feather in a Hurricane | Oliver the Crow | 14 |
| 38 | Avec Elodie | Eloise & Co | 14 |
| 38 | Reclamation | Crys Matthews | 14 |
| 38 | Arcadia | Alison Krauss and Union Station | 14 |
| 38 | Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle | Willie Nelson | 14 |
| 43 | Field of Stars | John McCutcheon | 13 |
| 43 | Sad and Beautiful World | Mavis Staples | 13 |
| 45 | Appalachia | Emily Scott Robinson | 12 |
| 45 | Songs From a Secret Room | Chris Rusin | 12 |
| 45 | Blue Mountain | Bob Weir | 12 |
| 45 | Southern Sky | Danny Burns | 12 |
| 49 | The Woods Have Shown Us | Ponyfolk | 11 |
| 49 | In the West | The Horsenecks | 11 |
| 49 | Labor of Love | Tinsley Ellis | 11 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Songs of the Month
| Rank | Song | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Future | Tom Paxton and John McCutcheon | 22 |
| 2 | Artie's Last Stand | Tom Paxton and John McCutcheon | 18 |
| 3 | Robots | Annie Gallup | 16 |
| 3 | Raise Your Hand | Crowes Pasture | 16 |
| 5 | Blue Kentucky Girl | Tiffany Williams | 15 |
| 6 | Peggy-O | The McDades | 14 |
| 6 | Pathfinder | Tom Paxton and John McCutcheon | 14 |
| 6 | Particle and Wave (Goodness in the World) | John Gorka | 14 |
| 9 | The Sea and the Shore | Amy Speace | 12 |
| 9 | The Ballad of Husker Scruggs | Hana Zara | 12 |
| 9 | Tough Like That | Sara Thomsen | 12 |
| 12 | Fontana Dam | Eric Brace and Thomm Jutz | 10 |
| 12 | If They'd Been Black | Doug Mishkin | 10 |
| 12 | Kindness | Amy Speace | 10 |
| 12 | Lay This Old Guitar Down | Tom Paxton and John McCutcheon | 10 |
| 12 | That Was a Long Time Ago | Valerie Smith | 10 |
| 12 | Cheatin' When I'm Eatin' | Tom Paxton and John McCutcheon | 10 |
| 18 | On a Monday in London | Amy Speace | 9 |
| 18 | Since You Asked Me | Jan Krist | 9 |
| 18 | 10 to 4 | Eric Brace and Thomm Jutz | 9 |
| 21 | Waves on the Sea | The Onlies | 8 |
| 21 | January Guitar | Bill Camplin | 8 |
| 21 | A Friend Like You | The Milk Carton Kids | 8 |
| 21 | Both Sides Now | Cassandra Kubinski | 8 |
| 21 | Sugar Magnolia | Grateful Dead | 8 |
| 21 | Broken Truth | Tim Grimm | 8 |
| 21 | Magic Accident | Della Mae | 8 |
| 21 | Dark Night of the Soul | Eliza Gilkyson | 8 |
| 21 | Stop at Nothing | Tom Paxton and John McCutcheon | 8 |
| 21 | The Victim Tree | John Flynn | 8 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Artists of the Month
| Rank | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Paxton and John McCutcheon | 118 |
| 2 | Amy Speace | 67 |
| 3 | Valerie Smith | 63 |
| 4 | Eric Brace and Thomm Jutz | 57 |
| 5 | John Gorka | 50 |
| 6 | Joan Baez | 49 |
| 7 | Grateful Dead | 36 |
| 8 | Bob Dylan | 35 |
| 8 | Pete Seeger | 35 |
| 10 | Jesse Appelman | 34 |
| 11 | Mavis Staples | 32 |
| 12 | Dar Williams | 30 |
| 12 | Molly Tuttle | 30 |
| 14 | Jan Krist | 29 |
| 14 | John McCutcheon | 29 |
| 14 | The Onlies | 29 |
| 17 | Alison Brown and Steve Martin | 28 |
| 17 | Tiffany Williams | 28 |
| 17 | The Pairs | 28 |
| 20 | Eliza Gilkyson | 27 |
| 21 | Phil Ochs | 26 |
| 21 | Cassie and Maggie | 26 |
| 23 | Dolly Parton | 25 |
| 23 | The Mavericks | 25 |
| 25 | Joe Ely | 24 |
| 25 | Willie Nelson | 24 |
| 25 | Dave Miller | 24 |
| 25 | Diane Coll | 24 |
| 29 | Crowes Pasture | 23 |
| 29 | Bob Weir | 23 |
| 31 | I'm With Her | 22 |
| 31 | Sierra Hull | 22 |
| 31 | Mary Chapin Carpenter | 22 |
| 31 | Meredith Moon | 22 |
| 31 | Joni Mitchell | 22 |
| 31 | Tim Grimm | 22 |
| 37 | Wes Weddell | 21 |
| 37 | Cosy Sheridan | 21 |
| 37 | Grant Peeples | 21 |
| 40 | Le Vent Du Nord | 20 |
| 40 | Weary Ramblers | 20 |
| 40 | Colleen Kattau | 20 |
| 40 | Kray Van Kirk | 20 |
| 40 | Sam Robbins | 20 |
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) |
| 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) |
| Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR) |
| Doug Tucker (KWVA-FM, OR) |
| Ed Mellnik (KBOO-FM, OR) |
| Ellen Stanley (KFAI-FM, MN) |
| Gerry Goodfriend (CKUT-FM, QC) |
| Gordon Nash (Folk Music Notebook, NY) |
| Graham and Barbara Dean (WBCR-LP, MA) |
| Harlon Joye (WRFG-FM, GA) |
| Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY) |
| Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA) |
| Jeanne Holton (WMNF-FM, FL) |
| 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 (radiosummerhall.com, UK) |
| Joe Pszonek (Folk Music Notebook, NJ) |
| John Weingart (WPRB-FM, NJ) |
| Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA) |
| Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY) |
| Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK) |
| Katrina Knight (FolkMusicNotebook.com, WA) |
| 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) |
| Mark Pedersen (WOJB-FM, WI) |
| Mary Anne Moorman (KBCS-FM, WA) |
| Matthew Baya (WERU-FM, ME) |
| 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 Hefti (live365.com, CA) |
| Paul Porzio (FCAC-FM, VA) |
| Pete Thomas (WAER-FM, NY) |
| Peter Fraissinet (WVBR-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) |
| 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) |