Roots Music Report compiles weekly radio airplay charts for various roots-related genres. These are based on spin totals reported by music directors and DJs from more than 400 terrestrial and Internet radio stations. The latest Folk chart is posted here with permission.

RMR Radio Airplay Chart

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TW LW Artist CD Title Label
1 ELIZA GILKYSON ROSES AT THE END OF TIME RED HOUSE
2 3 THE WAIFS TEMPTATION COMPASS
3 5 THE CIVIL WARS BARTON HOLLOW SENSIBILITY
4 2 PAUL SIMON SO BEAUTIFUL OR SO WHAT HEAR MUSIC
5 6 CARRIE ELKIN CALL IT MY GARDEN RED HOUSE
6 4 ABIGAIL WASHBURN CITY OF REFUGE FOREIGN CHILDREN RECORDS
7 7 BRUCE COCKBURN SMALL SOURCE OF COMFORT TRUE NORTH
8 8 THE WAILIN’ JENNYS BRIGHT MORNING STARS RED HOUSE
9 10 RED HORSE RED HORSE RED HOUSE
10 11 HEIDI TALBOT THE LAST STAR COMPASS
11 9 JEFFREY FOUCAULT HORSE LATITUDES SIGNATURE SOUNDS
12 18 RACHEL HARRINGTON CELILO FALLS SKINNY DENNIS
13 14 COLIN HAY GATHERING MERCURY COMPASS
14 15 T WITH THE MAGGIES T WITH THE MAGGIES TWM / COMPASS
15 16 LUKA BLOOM DREAMS IN AMERICA COMPASS
16 24 VARIOUS ARTIST A NOD TO BOB 2 — AN ARTISTS TRIBUTE TO BOB DYLAN ON HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY RED HOUSE
17 17 ANNIE GALLUP WEATHER WATERRBUG
18 27 LAUREN SHEEHAN ROSE CITY RAMBLE INDIE
19 19 THE ONCE THE ONCE BOREALIS
20 20 DAVID FRANCEY LATE EDITION LAKER MUSIC
21 22 ANDREW CALHOUN GRAPEVINE WATERBUG
22 12 AMANDA SHIRES CARRYING LIGHTNING SELF
23 21 SEAN ROWE MAGIC ANTI / EPITAPH
24 23 TUMBLING BONES RISK NOT YOUR SOUL REBEL RECORDS
25 29 LOREENA MCKENNITT THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY QUINLAN ROAD
26 25 SI KAHN COURAGE STRICTLY COUNTRY
27 35 PESKY J. NIXON MONKEY BUSINESS & MISLAID HOPES SELF
28 28 RUTH MOODY THE GARDEN RED HOUSE
29 31 RON HYNES STEALING GENIUS BOREALIS
30 32 FRAZEY FORD OBADIAH NETTWERK
31 33 KIM BEGGS BLUE BONES BLACK HEN MUSIC
32 0 M. LUCAS DUST SKILLET DOG
33 0 THE QUIET AMERICAN VOL. II SELF
34 38 TOM CHAPIN GIVE PEAS A CHANCE SUNDANCE MUSIC
35 0 I’M WITH HER I’M WITH HER BOSS KOALA
36 26 MARK DVORAK TIME AIN’T GOT NOTHIN’ ON ME WATERBUG
37 36 JEANNE JOLLY FALLING IN CAROLINA SELF
38 30 BRUCE ROPER ACCIDENTAL ENGLISH WATERBUG
39 49 MALCOLM HOLCOMBE TO DRINK THE RAIN MUSIC ROAD
40 45 KATIE MOORE MONTEBELLO PURPLE CAT RECORDS
41 46 MAE MOORE FOLKLORE POETICAL LICENSE
42 47 MARY GAUTHIER THE FOUNDLING RAZOR & TIE
43 48 GREAT BIG SEA SAFE UPON THE SHORE SELF
44 0 JOHNNY FLYNN BEEN LISTENING TRANSGRESSIVE
45 0 SUSAN WERNER KICKING THE BEEHIVE SLEEVE DOG
46 50 KIM STOCKWOOD BACK TO THE WATER TURTLEMUSIC
47 0 THE WILDERNESS OF MANITOBA WHEN YOU LEFT THE FIRE DELAWARE HOUSE / VERIT?
48 13 BOBBY LONG A WINTER TALE ATO
49 0 TIM O’BRIEN CHICKEN & EGG HOWDY SKIES
50 0 HUGH BLUMENFELD DAD WATERBUG
For the Week of June 10, 2011.

The charts were delayed due to RMR’s website server crashing. Charts have varied.