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 and Roots Country charts are posted here with permission.

RMR Radio Airplay Chart - Folk Top 50 Albums

 
TW LW Artist CD Title Label
1 1 WOODY GUTHRIE WOODY AT 100 SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS
2 2 SHAWN COLVIN ALL FALL DOWN NONESUCH
3 8 THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH THERE’S NO LEAVING NOW DEAD OCEANS
4 3 THE HARD ROAD TRIO MONTICELLO DESERT NIGHT
5 4 BAP KENNEDY THE SAILOR’S REVENGE PROPER AMERICAN
6 0 THE CHIEFTAINS VOICE OF AGES HEAR MUSIC
7 7 LORETTA HAGEN MUD AND STONE BEARFORT
8 5 ANNA DAGMAR SATELLITE SELF
9 13 THE DEEP DARK WOODS THE PLACE I LEFT BEHIND SIX SHOOTER / SUGAR HILL
10 9 STACEY EARLE AND MARK STUART DEDICATION GEARLE
11 11 THE HONEY DEWDROPS SILVER LINING SELF
12 10 GEOFF BARTLEY MERCY FOR THE DISPOSSESSED MAGIC CROW
13 14 RED MOLLY LIGHT IN THE SKY SELF
14 12 PEYTON TOCHTERMAN A NEW WORLD SELF
15 37 PIETA BROWN MERCURY RED HOUSE
16 47 GRETCHEN PETERS HELLO CRUEL WORLD SCARLET LETTER
17 0 THE REFUGEES 3 WABUHO
18 0 ROSE COUSINS WE HAVE MADE A SPARK OUTSIDE MUSIC
19 26 CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS LEAVING EDEN NONESUCH
20 0 HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER POOR MOON TOMPKIN SQUARE
21 16 BARREN RIVER TRIO AMERICAN FOLK BARREN RIVER TRIO
22 15 MINDY SMITH MINDY SMITH SELF
23 17 KEVIN BROWN THE BELOVED COUNTRY SELF
24 20 DAVID BROMBERG USE ME APPLESEED
25 25 LEONARD COHEN OLD IDEAS COLUMBIA
26 0 SUSAN TONEY STRANGE CHILD STRANGE CHILD RECORDS
27 29 STEVE SPURGIN FOLK REMEDIES BLUE NIGHT
28 19 THE CIVIL WARS BARTON HOLLOW SENSIBILITY
29 21 JAMES LEE STANLEY AND CLIFF EBERHARDT ALL WOOD AND DOORS BEACHWOOD
30 22 POKEY LAFARGE & THE SOUTH CITY THREE MIDDLE OF EVERYWHERE FREE DIRT
31 41 SARAH MCQUAID THE PLUM TREE AND THE ROSE WATERBUG
32 0 FIRST AID KIT THE LION’S ROAR WICHITA
33 27 CARSIE BLANTON IDIOT HEART SELF
34 30 STEVE GATES A BEE IN HER MOUTH BLACK GUILLMOT MUSIC
35 0 THE PINES DARK SO GOLD RED HOUSE
36 31 GOOD LOVELIES LET THE RAIN FALL SELF
37 32 DAVID FERRARD JOOURNEYMAN ALTER ROAD
38 33 LAURA MARLING A CREATURE I DON’T KNOW EMI
39 34 ARLENE BISHOP BEGIN AGAIN THE TWELVE STEVES
40 35 BATTLEFIELD BAND LINE UP TEMPLE
41 36 PHARIS & JASON ROMERO A PASSING GLIMPSE LULA
42 23 MADISON VIOLET THE GOOD IN GOODBYE TRUE NORTH
43 38 LAURA REPO GET YOURSELF HOME REPO GIRL
44 39 ANDREA ENGLAND HOPE & OTHER SINS LEMONADE FACTORY
45 40 100 MILE HOUSE HOLLOW PONDS HOLE IN MY SHOE PRODUCTIONS
46 42 JOHN DOYLE SHADOW AND LIGHT COMPASS
47 43 THE ONCE ROW UPON ROW OF THE PEOPLE THEY KNOW BOREALIS
48 44 JON BROOKS DELICATE CAGES SELF
49 45 JUNE TABOR RAGGED KINGDOM TOPIC
50 46 THEA GILMORE DON’T STOP SINGING ISLAND UK
For the Week of August 10, 2012 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations

RMR Radio Airplay Chart - Roots Country Top 50 Albums

 
TW LW Artist CD Title Label
1 2 SARA WATKINS SUN MIDNIGHT SUN NONESUCH
2 1 MARTY STUART & HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES NASHVILLE VOL. 1 — TEAR THE WOODPILE DOWN SUGAR HILL
3 3 ZOE MUTH & THE LOST HIGH ROLLERS OLD GOLD SIGNATURE SOUNDS
4 4 WILLIE NELSON HEROES LEGACY
5 6 KELLY HOGAN I LIKE TO KEEP MYSELF IN PAIN ANTI
6 21 BRANDI CARLILE BEAR CREEK COLUMBIA
7 11 RODNEY CROWELL KIN – SONGS BY MARY KARR & RODNEY CROWELL VANGUARD
8 0 LUCERO WOMEN & WORK ATO
9 23 TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS GOODBYE NORMAL STREET BOSSIER CITY
10 28 HOOTS & HELLMOUTH SALT SELF
11 7 AVETT BROTHERS THE CARPENTER AMERICAN
12 0 THE TRISHAS HIGH, WIDE & HANDSOME SELF
13 5 ANDRE WILLIAMS AND THE SADIES NIGHT & DAY YEP ROC
14 0 CORB LUND CABIN FEVER NEW WEST
15 17 JERRY DOUGLAS TRAVELER E ONE
16 22 ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO BIG STATION FANTASY / CONCORD
17 0 RADNEY FOSTER DEL RIO TEXAS REVISITED – UNPLUGGED & LONESOME DEVIL’S RIVER
18 0 RAY WYLIE HUBBARD THE GRIFTER’S HYMNAL BORDELLO
19 0 TODD SNIDER TIME AS WE KNOW IT – THE SONGS OF JERRY JEFF WALKER AIMLESS
20 0 VARIOUS ARTISTS WE WALK THE LINE – A CELEBRATION OF THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH SONY LEGACY
21 12 JONAS FRIDDLE BELLE DE LOUISVILLE SELF
22 9 JOHN DOE AND EXENE CERVENKA SINGING AND PLAYING MOONLIGHT GRAHAM
23 8 ELIZABETH COOK GOSPEL PLOW 31 TIGERS
24 18 ELENI MANDELL I CAN SEE THE FUTURE YEP ROC
25 0 JASON EADY AM COUNTRY HEAVEN UNDERGROUND SOUND
26 0 CHELLE ROSE THE GHOST OF BROWDER HOLLER SELF
27 0 JON DEE GRAHAM GARAGE SALE FREEDOM
28 0 JAY FARRAR, WILL JOHNSON, ANDERS PARKER, AND YIM YAMES NEW MULTITUDES ROUNDER
29 16 PENNY NEY THE HARDEST TRUTH ONE BELLSED PENNY
30 30 CHARLIE PHILLIPS WHAT IT IS SELF
31 20 CHATHAM COUNTY LINE SIGHT & SOUND YEP ROC
32 33 VARIOUS ARTISTS COUNTRY FUNK 1969-1975 LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
33 0 JON BYRD DOWN AT THE WELL OF WISHES LONGLEAF PINE
34 40 BOVINE SOCIAL CLUB BOVINE SOCIAL CLUB ECLIPSO RECORDS
35 27 MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER ASHES AND ROSES ZOE / ROUNDER
36 24 DANGERMUFFIN OLLY OXEN FREE DANGERMUFFIN
37 25 KEVIN ABERNATHY SOME STORIES LIFE SOCKET RECORDS
38 31 MATTHEW PERRYMAN JONES LAND OF THE LIVING CANTE JONDO RECORDS
39 26 DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER DRIVE TIME MOUNTAIN HOME MUSIC
40 42 BRIAN KALINEC THE FENCE BERKALIN
41 0 JOY MILLS TRICK OF THE EYE INDIE
42 0 VARIOUS ARTISTS EVEN MORE SONGS OF ROUTE 66 FROM HERE TO THERE LAZY SOB
43 32 LARKIN POE THICK AS THIEVES 2 DEFPIG RECORDS
44 0 MARK FOSSON DIGGING IN THE DUST – HOME RECORDINGS 1976 TOMPKINS SQUARE
45 35 THORNTON CREEK A DIFFERENT DOOR INDIE
46 36 LYDIA LOVELESS INDESTRUCTIBLE MACHINE BLOODSHOT
47 37 RYAN ADAMS ASHES & FIRE CAPITOL
48 38 GRACE ADELE THE GRAND SESSIONS SELF
49 0 MOOT DAVIS MAN ABOUT TOWN HIGHWAY KIND
50 41 SUSAN DOUGLASS TAYLOR GREAT FALLS ROAD SELF
For the Week of August 10, 2012 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations