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 2 LUCY KAPLANSKY REUNION RED HOUSE
2 34 MALCOLM HOLCOMBE DOWN THE RIVER SELF
3 0 BILL FAY LIFE IS PEOPLE DEAD OCEANS
4 47 MUMFORD & SONS BABEL GLASSNOTE RECORDS
5 37 BEN BEDFORD WHAT WE LOST WATERBUG
6 2 CAHALEN MORRISON & ELI WEST OUR LADY OF THE TALL TREES INDIE
7 28 CAROLINE HERRING CAMILLA SIGNATURE SOUNDS
8 31 THE FOGHORN STRINGBAND OUTSHINE THE SUN INDIE
9 39 DREAMS OF THE SAN JOAQUIN DREAMS OF THE SAN JOAQUIN BLIX STREET
10 38 MARCI GELLER OPEN BOOK SELF
11 40 OLLLAM THE OLLLAM COMPASS
12 35 GATHERING TIME RED APPLES AND GOLD INSPIRELINE / TREBLE-G
13 3 KATHY MATTEA CALLING ME HOME SUGAR HILL
14 0 ABRAMS BROTHERS NORTHERN REDEMPTION UNITED FOR OPPORTUNITY
15 0 WORDS IN FLIGHT MUSIC IS… WORDS IN PLAY
16 46 I’M WITH HER SONGS WE SAID GOODBYE TO BOSS KOALA
17 0 HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER POOR MOON TOMPKIN SQUARE
18 0 BETH ORTON SUGARING SEASON ANTI
19 0 MINDY SMITH MINDY SMITH SELF
20 0 STACEY EARLE AND MARK STUART DEDICATION GEARLE
21 48 BAP KENNEDY THE SAILOR’S REVENGE PROPER AMERICAN
22 16 ALAN DOYLE BOY ON BRIDGE UNIVERSAL
23 0 BOBTOWN TROUBLE I WROUGHT SELF
24 0 DON GALLARDO AND HOW FAR WEST THE ART OF TROUBLESOME TIMES FIRST FLOOR STORY RECORDINGS
25 0 DAVEY O TESTING FOR RUST SELF
26 0 ANDREW BIRD HANDS OF GLORY MOM & POP
27 0 ANNA DAGMAR SATELLITE SELF
28 0 WOODY GUTHRIE WOODY AT 100 SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS
29 0 THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH THERE’S NO LEAVING NOW DEAD OCEANS
30 0 THE BURNS SISTERS THE HILLS OF ITHACA SISTERS MUSIC
31 0 THE CIVIL WARS BARTON HOLLOW SENSIBILITY
32 0 JAMES LEE STANLEY AND CLIFF EBERHARDT ALL WOOD AND DOORS BEACHWOOD
33 0 THE DEEP DARK WOODS THE PLACE I LEFT BEHIND SIX SHOOTER / SUGAR HILL
34 0 RED MOLLY LIGHT IN THE SKY SELF
35 0 CARSIE BLANTON IDIOT HEART SELF
36 0 BARREN RIVER TRIO AMERICAN FOLK BARREN RIVER TRIO
37 0 BEN SOLLEE HALF MADE MAN TINE EAR
38 0 JEFFREY MARTIN GALVESTON SELF
39 4 THE STRAY BIRDS THE STRAY BIRDS SELF
40 0 RUTH & MAX BLOOMQUIST WITHOUT THE SMOKE & FLASH RUBR
41 0 JEFFREY MARTIN COLD IN THE WATER SELF
42 0 RAFE & CLELIA STEFANINI LADY ON THE GREEN OLD WILLOW TREE
43 0 NICOLETTE GOOD MONARCH SELF
44 0 ROCKET KIRCHNER SLINGSHOT SURVIVAL ROCKET KIRCHNER
45 0 RICKIE LEE JONES THE DEVIL YOU KNOW CONCORD
46 33 ANNABELLE CHVOSTEK RISE BOREALIS
47 0 THE FOUR BITCHIN’ BABES MID LIFE VICES HEM & HAW
48 0 JENNY BIENEMANN HEADING SLOWLY TOWARD THE BEGINNING SELF
49 0 RED MOLLY NEVER BEEN TO VEGAS SELF
50 0 ARLO GUTHRIE LIVE IN SYDNEY RISING SUN
For the Week of October 26, 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 25 DWIGHT YOAKAM 3 PEARS WARNER NASHVILLE
2 18 CHRIS KNIGHT LITTLE VICTORIES DRIFTER’S CHURCH
3 5 THE FLATLANDERS THE ODESSA TAPES NEW WEST
4 13 RONNIE FAUSS I AM THE MAN YOU KNOW I’M NOT NORMALTOWN
5 1 CORB LUND CABIN FEVER NEW WEST
6 11 IRIS DEMENT SING THE DELTA FLARIELLA
7 3 JIMMY LAFAVE DEPENDING ON THE DISTANCE MUSIC ROAD
8 17 STEVE FORBERT OVER WITH YOU BLUE CORN
9 20 RYAN BINGHAM TOMORROWLAND AXSTER BINGHAM RECORDS
10 22 KASEY CHAMBERS AND SHANE NICHOLSON WRECK & RUIN SURGAR HILL
11 35 PATTERSON HOOD HEAT LIGHTNING RUMBLES IN THE DISTANCE ATO
12 12 THE TRISHAS HIGH, WIDE & HANDSOME SELF
13 0 JAMES HAND MIGHTY LONESOME MAN HILLGRASS BLUEBILLY
14 31 WANDA JACKSON UNFINISHED BUSINESS SUGAR HILL
15 8 AVETT BROTHERS THE CARPENTER AMERICAN
16 32 JOEL RAFAEL AMERICA COMING HOME INSIDE
17 0 ROSIE FLORES WORKING GIRL’S GUITAR BLOODSHOT
18 0 KELLY HOGAN I LIKE TO KEEP MYSELF IN PAIN ANTI
19 27 RADNEY FOSTER DEL RIO TEXAS REVISITED – UNPLUGGED & LONESOME DEVIL’S RIVER
20 28 DEREK HOKE WAITING ALL NIGHT ELECTRIC WESTERN
21 16 REBECCA LOEBE CIRCUS HEART SELF
22 4 RODNEY CROWELL KIN – SONGS BY MARY KARR & RODNEY CROWELL VANGUARD
23 36 JERRY JEFF WALKER LIVE FROM DIXIE’S BAR & BUS STOP MAY 6
24 44 RAYLAND BAXTER FEATHERS AND FISH HOOKS ATO
25 0 MARK FOSSON DIGGING IN THE DUST – HOME RECORDINGS 1976 TOMPKINS SQUARE
26 19 CHRIS DANIELS BETTER DAYS MOON VOYAGE
27 0 ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO BIG STATION FANTASY / CONCORD
28 0 CHATHAM COUNTY LINE SIGHT & SOUND YEP ROC
29 0 CHARLIE SHAFTER CHARLIE SHAFTER DOGS HIT
30 29 GORDIE TENTREES NORTH COUNTRY HEART INDIE
31 39 THE LOST BROTHERS THE PASSING OF THE NIGHT READYMADE
32 41 TOM RUSSELL THE MAN FROM GOD KNOWS WHERE HIGHTONE
33 0 ROBERT CLINE, JR. ALL THE RIGHT REASONS MOCKINGBIRD
34 37 NORA JANE STRUTHERS NORA JANE STRUTHERS BLUE PIG
35 45 KEVIN ABERNATHY SOME STORIES LIFE SOCKET RECORDS
36 23 BILL STAINES BENEATH SOME LUCKY STAR RED HOUSE
37 0 SHAWN WAGGONER GOODBYE RAVEN BLUE SPIDER PROD.
38 0 HARRY TAUSSIG FATE IS ONLY TWICE TOMPKINS SQUARE
39 47 PENNY NEY THE HARDEST TRUTH ONE BELLSED PENNY
40 48 CHARLIE PHILLIPS WHAT IT IS SELF
41 49 DANGERMUFFIN OLLY OXEN FREE DANGERMUFFIN
42 50 CHIEF GREENBUD CHIEF GREENBUD VOL 3 SELF
43 0 RUBY FREE INTRODUCING RUBY FREE SODASTAR MUSIC
44 2 MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER ASHES AND ROSES ZOE / ROUNDER
45 0 MOOT DAVIS MAN ABOUT TOWN HIGHWAY KIND
46 0 ELIZABETH COOK GOSPEL PLOW 31 TIGERS
47 0 BRANDI CARLILE BEAR CREEK COLUMBIA
48 0 MATTHEW PERRYMAN JONES LAND OF THE LIVING CANTE JONDO RECORDS
49 0 LARKIN POE THICK AS THIEVES 2 DEFPIG RECORDS
50 0 BURNS & KRISTY CARAVAN SELF
For the Week of October 26, 2012 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations