Chart Section
FAI FOLK CHART FOR July 2026
Compiled from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 10621 plays from 363 playlists from 94 Folk DJs
FAI Folk Chart Top Albums of the Month
| Rank | Album | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | These Are the Days That Turn in to Years | Pharis and Jason Romero | 78 |
| 2 | Mayday! | George Mann and Si Kahn | 60 |
| 3 | Esperanza | Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt | 51 |
| 4 | The Air That You Breathe | Lance Cowan | 44 |
| 5 | Hand's Cove | Ken and Brad Kolodner | 43 |
| 6 | Days of Unrest | Margo Price | 38 |
| 6 | All My Faith | Maya De Vitry | 38 |
| 8 | Mirroring the Wildness | Vanessa Lively | 37 |
| 9 | Diving In | Lynn Hollyfield | 36 |
| 9 | Nightclothes | Annie Gallup | 36 |
| 11 | Union Made | Old Crow Medicine Show | 33 |
| 12 | When I Am a Fossil | Benny Bleu | 30 |
| 13 | Thread the Light | The McDades | 29 |
| 14 | Willow and Stone | Jenny Reynolds | 26 |
| 15 | Veranda | Veranda | 25 |
| 16 | Pattonville | Jim Patton and Sherry Brokus | 24 |
| 16 | Ozark Shine | Sad Daddy | 24 |
| 18 | Simple As | Johnsmith | 23 |
| 19 | Hope Is the Thing With Feathers | Rhiannon Giddens | 22 |
| 20 | In the Hour of Chaos | Allison Russell | 21 |
| 20 | Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still | Sophie Wellington | 21 |
| 20 | Heirloom | Nathan Evans Fox | 21 |
| 23 | Songs of Hope and Resistance | David Scott Weaver | 20 |
| 24 | Middle of Nowhere | Kacey Musgraves | 19 |
| 25 | The Fiddle and the Drum | Renee Fleming | 18 |
| 25 | Little Kid Heart | Tipps and Obermiller | 18 |
| 27 | The Great Irish Songbook Vol 2: Poets & Storytellers | Dervish | 17 |
| 28 | Dream Chaser | Willie Nelson | 16 |
| 28 | Sing Me Alive | I'm With Her | 16 |
| 28 | River Shook | River Shook | 16 |
| 31 | Fortune Teller | Bobby Dove | 15 |
| 31 | Love & Labour | Hannah & Nathan | 15 |
| 31 | Then Again | Rodney Crowell | 15 |
| 34 | Long Journey Home: A Century After the 1925 Mountain City Fiddlers Convention | Various Artists | 14 |
| 34 | Who's Keeping Time? | Alela Diane | 14 |
| 34 | Tip of the Spear | Doug Mishkin | 14 |
| 34 | A Sign in the Weather | Bella White | 14 |
| 34 | Lost Cause Lover Fool | The Milk Carton Kids | 14 |
| 34 | Tanasi | Tanasi | 14 |
| 40 | Highway 75 | March to August | 13 |
| 40 | Foreign Tongues | The Rolling Stones | 13 |
| 40 | Seasons Unknown | The Two Tracks | 13 |
| 40 | New Ways to Lose | American Aquarium | 13 |
| 40 | Appalachia | Emily Scott Robinson | 13 |
| 40 | Joyride | Steve Poltz | 13 |
| 40 | Sugar | Tift Merritt | 13 |
| 40 | Next Act | Steep Canyon Rangers | 13 |
| 48 | Broken River | Hank Alrich | 12 |
| 48 | In the Snug | Tulua | 12 |
| 50 | Chestnuts | Harvey Reid | 11 |
| 50 | Massive Negroni | Sweet Megg | 11 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Songs of the Month
| Rank | Song | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carolina Rain | Rhiannon Giddens | 22 |
| 2 | We Are the People | Lynn Hollyfield | 17 |
| 3 | Big Time World | Pharis and Jason Romero | 15 |
| 3 | These Are the Days | Pharis and Jason Romero | 15 |
| 5 | Burn the Other End | Billy Strings | 14 |
| 6 | I Ain't Got No Home in This World | Sean Kiely | 13 |
| 7 | New Pledge | Andrew Pauls | 12 |
| 7 | Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) | Margo Price | 12 |
| 9 | La Madrugada Tucsonense | Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt | 11 |
| 9 | Left My Home | Pharis and Jason Romero | 11 |
| 9 | Woody's Children | Doug Mishkin | 11 |
| 9 | This Land Is Your Land | Woody Guthrie | 11 |
| 9 | The Air That You Breathe | Lance Cowan | 11 |
| 14 | Stranger in This Land | George Mann and Si Kahn | 10 |
| 14 | Wild Wolf Woody Guthrie | Rob Ferguson | 10 |
| 16 | Hard Times | George Mann and Si Kahn | 9 |
| 16 | If Jesus Had an AK | John Flynn | 9 |
| 18 | All My Faith | Maya De Vitry | 8 |
| 18 | Build It Up | Mama's Broke | 8 |
| 18 | American Dissident | John Flynn | 8 |
| 18 | Deportee | Mason via and Lucinda Williams | 8 |
| 18 | Oval Room | Margo Price | 8 |
| 23 | Canaries | Vanessa Lively | 7 |
| 23 | In the Heart of the Country | George Mann and Si Kahn | 7 |
| 23 | Maggie's Farm | Margo Price | 7 |
| 23 | In Love With the Quiet | Rising Appalachia | 7 |
| 23 | Make Good Trouble Again | Phil Henry and George Nostrand | 7 |
| 23 | The Land of Free | Chris George | 7 |
| 23 | Space Oddity | Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt | 7 |
| 23 | Dance Around the Spinning Wheel | The McDades | 7 |
| 23 | The Human Side | Liz Reed | 7 |
| 23 | Power and the Glory | Phil Ochs | 7 |
| 23 | Ready to Find You | Vanessa Lively | 7 |
| 23 | Thankful Anyway | Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt | 7 |
| 23 | Red Wolf | Vanessa Lively | 7 |
| 23 | Anyone Can Be President | George Mann and Si Kahn | 7 |
| 23 | Where'd They Go | Lance Cowan | 7 |
| 23 | Cannonball | Pharis and Jason Romero | 7 |
| 23 | All American Music | Phil Kennelty | 7 |
| 23 | Ask the Penguin, Ask the Seal | George Mann and Si Kahn | 7 |
| 23 | Love Is Everywhere (Beware) | Trampled by Turtles & Jeff Tweedy | 7 |
| 23 | Fishin' in the Dark | Aj Lee & Blue Summit | 7 |
| 23 | Little Bird of Heaven | Ken and Brad Kolodner | 7 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Artists of the Month
| Rank | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pharis and Jason Romero | 82 |
| 2 | Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt | 60 |
| 2 | George Mann and Si Kahn | 60 |
| 4 | Woody Guthrie | 53 |
| 5 | Ken and Brad Kolodner | 50 |
| 6 | Lance Cowan | 46 |
| 7 | Margo Price | 39 |
| 7 | Maya De Vitry | 39 |
| 9 | Vanessa Lively | 38 |
| 10 | Annie Gallup | 37 |
| 11 | Old Crow Medicine Show | 36 |
| 11 | Lynn Hollyfield | 36 |
| 13 | Pete Seeger | 35 |
| 14 | Alison Krauss & Union Station | 32 |
| 15 | Benny Bleu | 30 |
| 16 | Johnsmith | 29 |
| 16 | The McDades | 29 |
| 18 | Jenny Reynolds | 27 |
| 18 | Rhiannon Giddens | 27 |
| 20 | John Flynn | 25 |
| 20 | Veranda | 25 |
| 20 | Bob Dylan | 25 |
| 20 | Dave Van Ronk | 25 |
| 20 | Jim Patton and Sherry Brokus | 25 |
| 25 | Sad Daddy | 24 |
| 26 | Billy Strings | 23 |
| 26 | Willie Nelson | 23 |
| 26 | Nanci Griffith | 23 |
| 29 | I'm With Her | 22 |
| 29 | John McCutcheon | 22 |
| 29 | Allison Russell | 22 |
| 32 | Sophie Wellington | 21 |
| 32 | David Scott Weaver | 21 |
| 32 | Nathan Evans Fox | 21 |
| 35 | Crys Matthews | 20 |
| 35 | Tom Russell | 20 |
| 35 | John Prine | 20 |
| 35 | Steep Canyon Rangers | 20 |
| 39 | Eliza Gilkyson | 19 |
| 39 | Ed Snodderly | 19 |
| 39 | Rodney Crowell | 19 |
| 39 | Kacey Musgraves | 19 |
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) |
| Art Stevenson (WORT-FM, WI) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Dick Hermans (WHDD-FM, CT) |
| Don Jacobson (KBOO-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) |
| Helen Leicht (FolkMusicNotebook.com, PA) |
| JB Nuttle (WSDL-FM, MD) |
| Jack Dugan (WIOX-FM, NY) |
| James Sereda (WUSB-FM, NY) |
| Jean Geiger (KBCS-FM, WA) |
| 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) |
| Joe Pszonek (Folk Music Notebook, NJ) |
| Johnny Bazzano (KRCB-FM, CA) |
| Jon Stein (WTBQ-AM, NY) |
| Juliet Youngren (WEFT-FM, IL) |
| Justin Helmer (KVSC, MN) |
| 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) |
| 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 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 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) |
| 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) |