Chart Section
FAI FOLK CHART FOR June 2026
Compiled from FOLKDJ-L playlists
Based on 9744 plays from 331 playlists from 95 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 | 61 |
| 2 | When I Am a Fossil | Benny Bleu | 49 |
| 3 | Nightclothes | Annie Gallup | 48 |
| 4 | The Fiddle and the Drum | Renee Fleming | 42 |
| 4 | The Great Irish Songbook Vol 2: Poets & Storytellers | Dervish | 42 |
| 6 | Lost Cause Lover Fool | The Milk Carton Kids | 41 |
| 7 | Baggage Flies Free | Ed Snodderly | 37 |
| 8 | Thread the Light | The McDades | 35 |
| 8 | Willow and Stone | Jenny Reynolds | 35 |
| 10 | Sing Me Alive | I'm With Her | 33 |
| 11 | Union Made | Old Crow Medicine Show | 30 |
| 12 | Simple As | Johnsmith | 28 |
| 13 | Dark on a Sunny Day | Maisy Owen | 27 |
| 14 | Next Act | Steep Canyon Rangers | 25 |
| 15 | Esperanza | Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronsadt | 24 |
| 16 | Old No. 1 Revisited | Various Artists | 23 |
| 17 | Pattonville | Jim Patton and Sherry Brokus | 22 |
| 17 | Dream Chaser | Willie Nelson | 22 |
| 17 | Veranda | Veranda | 22 |
| 20 | Time | Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band | 20 |
| 20 | Appalachia | Emily Scott Robinson | 20 |
| 20 | Middle of Nowhere | Kacey Musgraves | 20 |
| 23 | Highway 75 | March to August | 19 |
| 23 | Days Are Long | Scott Sean White | 19 |
| 25 | Seasons Unknown | The Two Tracks | 18 |
| 26 | Hand's Cove | Ken and Brad Kolodner | 17 |
| 27 | Whistlin' Past the Graveyard | Various Artists | 16 |
| 28 | Over Again | A Different Thread | 15 |
| 28 | Earl Jam 2 | Tony Trischka | 15 |
| 28 | Low Country Wedding | Jefferson Ross | 15 |
| 28 | Great American Jukebox | Michael J. Miles | 15 |
| 28 | Mountains on the Moon | Paper Wings | 15 |
| 28 | Raise Your Voice: Songs of Resistance From the Nation's Capital | Various Artists | 15 |
| 28 | Long Long Road | Ringo Starr | 15 |
| 35 | Love and Labour | Hannah & Nathan | 14 |
| 35 | Invitation | Susanna Laird | 14 |
| 35 | Never Done | Annie and Rod Capps | 14 |
| 38 | Fortune Teller | Bobby Dove | 13 |
| 38 | Red-Tailed Hawk | John Ferullo | 13 |
| 38 | Pilgrimage | Leeroy Stagger | 13 |
| 38 | Live at the Rock House | Sky Smeed | 13 |
| 42 | Twilight Tales | The Heart Collectors | 12 |
| 42 | Sumatra | Paula Boggs Band | 12 |
| 42 | Never Be the Same | Teddy Thompson | 12 |
| 45 | Driftwood | Weary Ramblers | 11 |
| 45 | All Tied Together | Ye Vagabonds | 11 |
| 45 | Tanasi | Tanasi | 11 |
| 45 | Gravity of Grace | Johnsmith | 11 |
| 49 | Better Times | Matthew Payne | 10 |
| 49 | Field Notes | Dave Gunning | 10 |
| 49 | Business Unusual | Goodnight Moonshine | 10 |
| 49 | Together Again | Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon | 10 |
| 49 | Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways | Various Artists | 10 |
| 49 | Chestnuts | Harvey Reid | 10 |
| 49 | The Afterlife Sessions | Allen Dobb | 10 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Songs of the Month
| Rank | Song | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Time World | Pharis and Jason Romero | 13 |
| 2 | We're Not So Different | Jim Patton and Sherry Brokus | 12 |
| 3 | Last American Waltz | Old Crow Medicine Show | 11 |
| 3 | Almost Alright | Annie Gallup | 11 |
| 3 | I've Endured | Benny Bleu | 11 |
| 6 | American Dissident | John Flynn | 10 |
| 6 | Father's Day | Johnsmith | 10 |
| 6 | Javier | Brad Colerick | 10 |
| 6 | Hand's Cove | Ken and Brad Kolodner | 10 |
| 6 | Let's Bury War | Jane Fallon | 10 |
| 11 | Learning to Be Yours | Jenny Reynolds | 9 |
| 11 | Elephant | Annie Gallup | 9 |
| 11 | In Love With the Quiet | Rising Appalachia | 9 |
| 11 | Last Call | Pharis and Jason Romero | 9 |
| 11 | These Are the Days | Pharis and Jason Romero | 9 |
| 16 | Deportee | Mason via and Lucinda Williams | 8 |
| 16 | Wildflower Bouquet | Skip Bailey | 8 |
| 16 | If You Fly Through Dallas | Jessica Smucker | 8 |
| 19 | Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me `Round | Paula Boggs Band | 7 |
| 19 | Cold Dawn | James Kahn | 7 |
| 19 | The Scarlet Tide | Renee Fleming | 7 |
| 19 | The Dad I Had | Joe Rathburn | 7 |
| 19 | Land of My Other | Dervish | 7 |
| 19 | In the Pines | Renee Fleming | 7 |
| 19 | My Old Man | Steve Goodman | 7 |
| 19 | Dance Around the Spinning Wheel | The McDades | 7 |
| 19 | Blue Water | The Milk Carton Kids | 7 |
| 19 | Soul Kitchen | Eilen Jewell | 7 |
| 19 | When I Am a Fossil | Benny Bleu | 7 |
| 19 | Roving Gambler | The McDades | 7 |
| 19 | Simple As | Johnsmith | 7 |
| 19 | Georgie | Pharis and Jason Romero | 7 |
| 19 | The Cuckoo | Renee Fleming | 7 |
FAI Folk Chart Top Artists of the Month
| Rank | Artist | Plays |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pharis and Jason Romero | 65 |
| 2 | Annie Gallup | 51 |
| 3 | Benny Bleu | 50 |
| 4 | Johnsmith | 47 |
| 5 | Dervish | 43 |
| 6 | The Milk Carton Kids | 42 |
| 6 | Renee Fleming | 42 |
| 8 | Ed Snodderly | 37 |
| 9 | I'm With Her | 36 |
| 10 | Jenny Reynolds | 35 |
| 10 | The McDades | 35 |
| 12 | Bob Dylan | 30 |
| 12 | Old Crow Medicine Show | 30 |
| 14 | Willie Nelson | 29 |
| 15 | John McCutcheon | 27 |
| 15 | Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronsadt | 27 |
| 15 | Maisy Owen | 27 |
| 18 | Steep Canyon Rangers | 25 |
| 19 | Jim Patton and Sherry Brokus | 24 |
| 19 | Claudia Schmidt | 24 |
| 21 | Veranda | 23 |
| 22 | James Keelaghan | 22 |
| 23 | Emily Scott Robinson | 21 |
| 23 | Crys Matthews | 21 |
| 23 | Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band | 21 |
| 26 | Tony Trischka | 20 |
| 26 | Peggy Seeger | 20 |
| 26 | Scott Sean White | 20 |
| 26 | Kacey Musgraves | 20 |
| 26 | Jefferson Ross | 20 |
| 31 | Greg Brown | 19 |
| 31 | Ken and Brad Kolodner | 19 |
| 31 | March to August | 19 |
| 34 | Holly Near | 18 |
| 34 | The Two Tracks | 18 |
| 34 | Woody Guthrie | 18 |
| 34 | Harvey Reid | 18 |
| 38 | Alison Krauss & Union Station | 17 |
| 38 | Dave Gunning | 17 |
| 38 | Pete Seeger | 17 |
| 38 | David Allan Coe | 17 |
| 38 | John Prine | 17 |
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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Don Jacobson (KBOO-FM, OR) |
| Ed Mellnik (KBOO-FM, OR) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Justin Helmer (KVSC, MN) |
| Karen Rakos (KEUL-FM, AK) |
| Katrina Knight (FolkMusicNotebook.com, WA) |
| Ken Batista (WYEP-FM, PA) |
| Ken Yavit (KBAC-FM, PA) |
| Kevin Elliott (WEFT-FM, IL) |
| 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) |
| Mary Katherine Aldin (KPFK-FM, CA) |
| Mary Sue Twohy (SiriusXM & syndicated, DC) |
| 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 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) |
| 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) |
| Zeke Duckworthy & Andy Rogovin (WZBC-FM, MA) |