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 3 SHAWN COLVIN ALL FALL DOWN NONESUCH
2 0 RANI ARBO & DAISY MAYHEM SOME BRIGHT MORNING SIGNATURE SOUNDS
3 19 ROSE COUSINS WE HAVE MADE A SPARK OUTSIDE MUSIC
4 49 100 MILE HOUSE HOLLOW PONDS HOLE IN MY SHOE PRODUCTIONS
5 50 SARAH MCQUAID THE PLUM TREE AND THE ROSE WATERBUG
6 0 JOHN DOYLE SHADOW AND LIGHT COMPASS
7 0 JUNE TABOR RAGGED KINGDOM TOPIC
8 22 THE REFUGEES 3 WABUHO
9 23 CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS LEAVING EDEN NONESUCH
10 37 THE WAYMORES THE WAYMORES SELF
11 0 THE ONCE ROW UPON ROW OF THE PEOPLE THEY KNOW BOREALIS
12 12 ANAIS MITCHELL YOUNG MAN IN AMERICA THIRTY TIGERS
13 1 WOODY GUTHRIE WOODY AT 100 SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS
14 25 CAROLINE HERRING CAMILLA SIGNATURE SOUNDS
15 17 BOBTOWN TROUBLE I WROUGHT SELF
16 0 THE CHIEFTAINS VOICE OF AGES HEAR MUSIC
17 11 RED MOLLY LIGHT IN THE SKY SELF
18 0 LEONARD COHEN OLD IDEAS COLUMBIA
19 21 GRETCHEN PETERS HELLO CRUEL WORLD SCARLET LETTER
20 44 LAURA MARLING A CREATURE I DON’T KNOW EMI
21 0 AOIFE O’DONOVAN PEACHSTONE EP INDIE
22 6 THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH THERE’S NO LEAVING NOW DEAD OCEANS
23 14 THE DEEP DARK WOODS THE PLACE I LEFT BEHIND SIX SHOOTER / SUGAR HILL
24 46 BATTLEFIELD BAND LINE UP TEMPLE
25 0 COLD SPECKS HOLLAND ARTS AND CRAFTS
26 38 KATE CAMPBELL 1000 POUND MACHINE LARGE RIVER MUSIC
27 35 MADISON VIOLET THE GOOD IN GOODBYE TRUE NORTH
28 0 TILLER’S FOLLY GO THE ROAD SELF
29 0 JAMES MCMURTRY OCCUPY THIS ALBUM RAZOR & TIE
30 0 LA BOTTINE SOURIANTE APPELLATION DORIGINE CONTROLEE BOREALIS
31 0 KAT GOLDMAN GYPSY GIRL SELF
32 4 THE HARD ROAD TRIO MONTICELLO DESERT NIGHT
33 33 POKEY LAFARGE & THE SOUTH CITY THREE MIDDLE OF EVERYWHERE FREE DIRT
34 0 JON BROOKS DELICATE CAGES SELF
35 0 BRUCE GUTHRO CELTIC CROSSING SELF
36 0 TIM READMAN INTO THE GREEN BIG CITY
37 7 LORETTA HAGEN MUD AND STONE BEARFORT
38 8 GEOFF BARTLEY MERCY FOR THE DISPOSSESSED MAGIC CROW
39 0 ALAN DOYLE BOY ON BRIDGE UNIVERSAL
40 0 GOOD, PINSENT & KEELOR DOWN AND OUT IN UPALONG TELESOUL – WARNER
41 0 ARIANA GILLIS FORGET ME NOT AG
42 0 LE VENT DU NORD TROMPER LE TEMPS BOREALIS
43 0 SUZANNE VEGA CLOSE UP VOL 3 – STATE OF BEINGS AMAOUENSIS
44 5 BAP KENNEDY THE SAILOR’S REVENGE PROPER AMERICAN
45 0 DALA BEST DAY COMPASS
46 42 GOOD LOVELIES LET THE RAIN FALL SELF
47 47 LAURA REPO GET YOURSELF HOME REPO GIRL
48 0 TIM GRIMM WILDERNESS SONGS & BAD MAN BALLADS VAULT
49 2 THE HONEY DEWDROPS SILVER LINING SELF
50 0 RONNY COX RONNIE, RAD AND KAREN GROOVE HOUSE
For the Week of August 24, 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 7 RODNEY CROWELL KIN – SONGS BY MARY KARR & RODNEY CROWELL VANGUARD
2 5 SARA WATKINS SUN MIDNIGHT SUN NONESUCH
3 19 JERRY DOUGLAS TRAVELER E ONE
4 15 MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER ASHES AND ROSES ZOE / ROUNDER
5 2 MARTY STUART & HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES NASHVILLE VOL. 1 — TEAR THE WOODPILE DOWN SUGAR HILL
6 18 RAY WYLIE HUBBARD THE GRIFTER’S HYMNAL BORDELLO
7 0 DARRELL SCOTT LONG RIDE HOME FULL LIGHT
8 4 KELLY HOGAN I LIKE TO KEEP MYSELF IN PAIN ANTI
9 1 ZOE MUTH & THE LOST HIGH ROLLERS OLD GOLD SIGNATURE SOUNDS
10 40 BRANDI CARLILE BEAR CREEK COLUMBIA
11 9 CORB LUND CABIN FEVER NEW WEST
12 6 THE TRISHAS HIGH, WIDE & HANDSOME SELF
13 0 FISH & BIRD EVERY WHISPER IS A SHOUT ACROSS THE VOID FIDDLE HEAD RECORDS
14 0 DAVE CARTER & TRACY GRAMMER LITTLE BLUE EGG RED HOUSE
15 0 TOM JONES PRAISE & BLAME LOST HIGHWAY
16 0 BETTYSOO AND DOUG COX ACROSS THE BORDERLINE — LIE TO ME SELF
17 48 KASEY CHAMBERS STORYBOOK LIBERATION MUSIC
18 3 WILLIE NELSON HEROES LEGACY
19 8 AVETT BROTHERS THE CARPENTER AMERICAN
20 13 VARIOUS ARTISTS WE WALK THE LINE – A CELEBRATION OF THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH SONY LEGACY
21 0 ROBERT EARL KEEN READY FOR CONFETTI LOST HIGHWAY
22 17 ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO BIG STATION FANTASY / CONCORD
23 0 90 ACRE FARM ALWAYS SOMETHIN’ SELF
24 0 JOHN, JONATHAN AND NATHAN MCEUEN THE MCEUEN SESSIONS – FOR ALL THE GOOD MESA / BLUE MOON / FONTANA
25 0 ROBERT MORGAN FISHER NOTES FOR A NOVEL IMPERATIVE RECORDS
26 0 LINDA MCRAE ROUGH EDGES & RAGGED HEARTS 42 RECORDS
27 10 TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS GOODBYE NORMAL STREET BOSSIER CITY
28 0 DEL BARBER HEADWATERS SIX SHOOTER
29 28 JON DEE GRAHAM GARAGE SALE FREEDOM
30 20 JONAS FRIDDLE BELLE DE LOUISVILLE SELF
31 11 ELIZABETH COOK GOSPEL PLOW 31 TIGERS
32 12 RADNEY FOSTER DEL RIO TEXAS REVISITED – UNPLUGGED & LONESOME DEVIL’S RIVER
33 26 CHARLIE SHAFTER CHARLIE SHAFTER DOGS HIT
34 42 DEREK HOKE WAITING ALL NIGHT ELECTRIC WESTERN
35 21 TODD SNIDER TIME AS WE KNOW IT – THE SONGS OF JERRY JEFF WALKER AIMLESS
36 24 CHATHAM COUNTY LINE SIGHT & SOUND YEP ROC
37 30 MARK FOSSON DIGGING IN THE DUST – HOME RECORDINGS 1976 TOMPKINS SQUARE
38 25 VARIOUS ARTISTS COUNTRY FUNK 1969-1975 LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
39 0 NORA JANE STRUTHERS NORA JANE STRUTHERS BLUE PIG
40 22 BLACKIE AND THE RODEO KINGS KINGS AND QUEENS DRAMATICO
41 39 BARR BROTHERS BARR BROTHERS SECRET CITY
42 47 HOOTS & HELLMOUTH SALT SELF
43 0 JIMMY LAFAVE DEPENDING ON THE DISTANCE MUSIC ROAD
44 27 PENNY NEY THE HARDEST TRUTH ONE BELLSED PENNY
45 29 CHARLIE PHILLIPS WHAT IT IS SELF
46 0 GORDIE TENTREES NORTH COUNTRY HEART INDIE
47 34 JON BYRD DOWN AT THE WELL OF WISHES LONGLEAF PINE
48 36 DANGERMUFFIN OLLY OXEN FREE DANGERMUFFIN
49 23 JOHN DOE AND EXENE CERVENKA SINGING AND PLAYING MOONLIGHT GRAHAM
50 33 ELENI MANDELL I CAN SEE THE FUTURE YEP ROC
For the Week of August 24, 2012 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations