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 47 MUMFORD & SONS BABEL GLASSNOTE RECORDS
2 0 MINDY SMITH MINDY SMITH SELF
3 1 LUCY KAPLANSKY REUNION REDHOUSE
4 2 CAHALEN MORRISON & ELI WEST OUR LADY OF THE TALL TREES INDIE
5 38 CAROLINE HERRING CAMILLA SIGNATURE SOUNDS
6 0 BEN SOLLEE HALF MADE MAN TINE EAR
7 33 BEN BEDFORD WHAT WE LOST WATERBUG
8 35 DREAMS OF THE SAN JOAQUIN DREAMS OF THE SAN JOAQUIN BLIX STREET
9 25 OLLLAM THE OLLLAM COMPASS
10 39 LUKA BLOOM THIS NEW MORNING COMPASS
11 0 DON GALLARDO AND HOW FAR WEST THE ART OF TROUBLESOME TIMES FIRST FLOOR STORY RECORDINGS
12 24 THE FOGHORN STRINGBAND OUTSHINE THE SUN INDIE
13 0 ELIZABETH MITCHELL BLUE CLOUDS SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS
14 0 FIRST AID KIT THE LION’S ROAR WICHITA
15 49 AMY WHITE HOME SWEET HOME SELF
16 0 BOBTOWN TROUBLE I WROUGHT SELF
17 0 JOY KILLS SORROW THIS UNKNOWN SCIENCE SIGNATURE SOUNDS
18 18 ROSE COUSINS WE HAVE MADE A SPARK OUTSIDE MUSIC
19 0 SPARK & WHISPER SPARK & WHISPER SELF
20 0 LOUISE TAYLOR TANGERINE SELF
21 0 MALCOLM HOLCOMBE DOWN THE RIVER SELF
22 19 ALAN DOYLE BOY ON BRIDGE UNIVERSAL
23 3 ANNALIVIA THE SAME WAY DOWN SELF
24 44 JESSE TERRY EMPTY SEAT ON A PLANE SELF
25 0 MAMUSE INTEGRATION OF THE AWKWARD SELF
26 0 THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH THERE’S NO LEAVING NOW DEAD OCEANS
27 0 BILL FAY LIFE IS PEOPLE DEAD OCEANS
28 48 ANDREW BIRD HANDS OF GLORY MOM & POP
29 0 BETH ORTON SUGARING SEASON ANTI
30 0 THE CIVIL WARS BARTON HOLLOW SENSIBILITY
31 0 JAMES LEE STANLEY AND CLIFF EBERHARDT ALL WOOD AND DOORS BEACHWOOD
32 0 THE DEEP DARK WOODS THE PLACE I LEFT BEHIND SIX SHOOTER / SUGAR HILL
33 0 RED MOLLY LIGHT IN THE SKY SELF
34 0 CARSIE BLANTON IDIOT HEART SELF
35 0 BARREN RIVER TRIO AMERICAN FOLK BARREN RIVER TRIO
36 28 JORY NASH LITTLE PILGRIM THIN MAN RECORDS
37 0 MATT HARLAN & THE SENTIMENTALS BOW & BE SIMPLE BERKALIN
38 11 SHAWN COLVIN ALL FALL DOWN NONESUCH
39 0 THE HONEY DEWDROPS SILVER LINING SELF
40 0 SUSAN TONEY STRANGE CHILD STRANGE CHILD RECORDS
41 0 THE BURNS SISTERS THE HILLS OF ITHACA SISTERS MUSIC
42 0 BEN TAYLOR LISTENING SUN PEDAL
43 0 CAITLIN CANTY GOLDEN HOUR SELF
44 0 ANNE HILLS & DAVID ROTH RHUBARB TREES WIND RIVER
45 0 DAVEY O TESTING FOR RUST SELF
46 0 COTY HOGUE WHEN WE GET TO SHORE PERPETUAL HOEDOWN MUSIC
47 0 GATHERING TIME RED APPLES AND GOLD INSPIRELINE / TREBLE-G
48 14 THE STRAY BIRDS THE STRAY BIRDS SELF
49 0 TOM PACHECO THERE WAS A TIME APPLESEED
50 0 VARIOUS ARTISTS TROUBLE IN THE FIELDS – AN ARTISTS’ TRIBUTE TO NANCI GRIFFITH PARADIDDLE
For the Week of November 19, 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 49 RAYLAND BAXTER FEATHERS AND FISH HOOKS ATO
2 19 RYAN BINGHAM TOMORROWLAND AXSTER BINGHAM RECORDS
3 2 JIMMY LAFAVE DEPENDING ON THE DISTANCE MUSIC ROAD
4 16 NIALL TONER ONWARDS & UPWARDS PINECASTLE
5 0 ARTHUR ALLIGOOD ONE SILVER NEEDLE NEW SONG
6 25 REBECCA LOEBE CIRCUS HEART SELF
7 10 RONNIE FAUSS I AM THE MAN YOU KNOW I’M NOT NORMALTOWN
8 35 ROSIE FLORES WORKING GIRL’S GUITAR BLOODSHOT
9 0 DANGERMUFFIN OLLY OXEN FREE DANGERMUFFIN
10 7 AVETT BROTHERS THE CARPENTER AMERICAN
11 14 JOEL RAFAEL AMERICA COMING HOME INSIDE
12 0 BRANDI CARLILE BEAR CREEK COLUMBIA
13 36 TOM RUSSELL THE MAN FROM GOD KNOWS WHERE HIGHTONE
14 38 KEVIN ABERNATHY SOME STORIES LIFE SOCKET RECORDS
15 31 PATTERSON HOOD HEAT LIGHTNING RUMBLES IN THE DISTANCE ATO
16 0 THE DIRTY RIVER BOYS SCIENCE OF FLIGHT THIRTY TIGERS
17 0 HOLLY GOLIGHTLY AND THE BROKEOFFS SUNDAY RUN ME OVER MEGAFORCE
18 43 MICHAEL KOPPY ASHMORE’S STORE A GOOD TRACK RECORD
19 40 ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO BIG STATION FANTASY / CONCORD
20 30 THE TRISHAS HIGH, WIDE & HANDSOME SELF
21 1 CORB LUND CABIN FEVER NEW WEST
22 15 CHRIS KNIGHT LITTLE VICTORIES DRIFTER’S CHURCH
23 22 STEVE FORBERT OVER WITH YOU BLUE CORN
24 21 BILL STAINES BENEATH SOME LUCKY STAR RED HOUSE
25 0 JUNIOR BROWN VOLUME TEN SELF
26 48 CHARLIE PHILLIPS WHAT IT IS SELF
27 0 JOHN LOWELL I AM GOING TO THE WEST SELF
28 42 THE LOST BROTHERS THE PASSING OF THE NIGHT READYMADE
29 0 TRAPPER SCHOEFF RUN ENGINE RUN SIDE ONE DUMMY
30 39 NORA JANE STRUTHERS NORA JANE STRUTHERS BLUE PIG
31 46 MOOT DAVIS MAN ABOUT TOWN HIGHWAY KIND
32 0 LARKIN POE THICK AS THIEVES 2 DEFPIG RECORDS
33 0 HOUSTON MARCHMAN ECONOLINER INDIE
34 41 BURNS & KRISTY CARAVAN SELF
35 0 DUANE CARLETON RUST HIGHER ROAD RECORDS
36 0 DON HALL DON HALL CHAPTER GATE RECORDS
37 0 BROTHER SLADE GOOD ROOSTER’S REUNION SULLY BOY
38 17 GREG BROWN HYMNS TO WHAT IS LEFT SAWDUST
39 0 BUDDY MILLER, JIM LAUDERDALE BUDDY & JIM NEW WEST
40 0 LYDIA LOVELESS INDESTRUCTIBLE MACHINE BLOODSHOT
41 0 MERCHANTS OF MOONSHINE MORE THAN WHISKEY SELF
42 0 DEREK HOKE WAITING ALL NIGHT ELECTRIC WESTERN
43 0 SEAN HAYES BEFORE WE TURN TO DUST RARE ARTISTS
44 0 CHIEF GREENBUD CHIEF GREENBUD VOL 3 SELF
45 0 RUBY FREE INTRODUCING RUBY FREE SODASTAR MUSIC
46 23 IRIS DEMENT SING THE DELTA FLARIELLA
47 0 BILLY DON BURNS NIGHTS WHEN I’M SOBER RUSTY KNUCKLES
48 24 DWIGHT YOAKAM 3 PEARS WARNER NASHVILLE
49 0 HOOTS & HELLMOUTH SALT SELF
50 0 MATTHEW PERRYMAN JONES LAND OF THE LIVING CANTE JONDO RECORDS
For the Week of November 19, 2012 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations

Editor’s Note: Below are the Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country radio charts for the week of Nov. 9, 2012 that were not previously posted since I was attending the Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA)Conference at the time.

RMR Radio Airplay Chart - Folk

 
TW LW Artist CD Title Label
1 1 LUCY KAPLANSKY REUNION REDHOUSE
2 2 CAHALEN MORRISON & ELI WEST OUR LADY OF THE TALL TREES INDIE
3 4 ANNALIVIA THE SAME WAY DOWN SELF
4 3 KATHY MATTEA CALLING ME HOME SUGAR HILL
5 7 MARK KNOPFLER PRIVATEERING UNIVERSAL
6 8 MALCOLM HOLCOMBE DOWN THE RIVER GYPSY EYES MUSIC
7 9 RANI ARBO & DAISY MAYHEM SOME BRIGHT MORNING SIGNATURE SOUNDS
8 10 PETE SEEGER & LORRE WYATT A MORE PERFECT UNION APPLESEED
9 11 ANGEL SNOW ANGEL SNOW SELF
10 12 JOHN DOYLE SHADOW AND LIGHT COMPASS
11 5 SHAWN COLVIN ALL FALL DOWN NONESUCH
12 13 DAVE GUNNING NO MORE PENNIES WEE HOUSE OF MUSIC
13 14 BETTYSOO AND DOUG COX MORE LIES BORDERLINE TALENT
14 6 THE STRAY BIRDS THE STRAY BIRDS SELF
15 16 THE BILLS YES PLEASE INDIE
16 19 RAYLENE RANKIN ALL THE DIAMONDS CORVUS
17 22 NELS ANDREWS SCRIMSHAW SELF
18 23 ROSE COUSINS WE HAVE MADE A SPARK OUTSIDE MUSIC
19 24 ALAN DOYLE BOY ON BRIDGE UNIVERSAL
20 25 JAMES MCMURTRY OCCUPY THIS ALBUM RAZOR & TIE
21 18 ANNABELLE CHVOSTEK RISE BOREALIS
22 26 THE UNSEEN STRANGERS FOLLOW THE SOUND SELF
23 27 MARIA DUNN PIECE BY PIECE DISTANT WHISPER MUSIC
24 34 THE FOGHORN STRINGBAND OUTSHINE THE SUN INDIE
25 42 OLLLAM THE OLLLAM COMPASS
26 28 ANDREA ENGLAND HOPE & OTHER SINS LEMONADE FACTORY
27 29 JASON COLLETT RECKON ARTS & CRAFTS
28 30 JORY NASH LITTLE PILGRIM THIN MAN RECORDS
29 31 BRUCE GUTHRO CELTIC CROSSING SELF
30 32 DALA BEST DAY COMPASS
31 33 TRENT SEVERN TRENT SEVERN OUTSIDE MUSIC
32 0 GRACE PETTIS TWO BIRDS BLUE ROCK
33 21 BEN BEDFORD WHAT WE LOST WATERBUG
34 37 OLD MAN LUEDECKE TENDER IS THE NIGHT TRUE NORTH
35 39 DREAMS OF THE SAN JOAQUIN DREAMS OF THE SAN JOAQUIN BLIX STREET
36 38 MARCI GELLER OPEN BOOK SELF
37 43 NANCI GRIFFITH INTERSECTION PROPER / HELL NO
38 15 CAROLINE HERRING CAMILLA SIGNATURE SOUNDS
39 0 LUKA BLOOM THIS NEW MORNING COMPASS
40 46 PETER KATZ STILL MIND STILL INDIE
41 0 SERA CAHOONE DEER CREEK CANYON SUB POP
42 47 CARA LUFT DARLINGFORD BLUE CASE TUNES
43 48 SCOTT COOPER QUIET COMPANY SELF
44 0 JESSE TERRY EMPTY SEAT ON A PLANE SELF
45 49 SONS OF THE NEVER WRONG KING FISHER KING WATERBUG
46 50 I’M WITH HER SONGS WE SAID GOODBYE TO BOSS KOALA
47 17 MUMFORD & SONS BABEL GLASSNOTE RECORDS
48 41 ANDREW BIRD HANDS OF GLORY MOM & POP
49 0 AMY WHITE HOME SWEET HOME SELF
50 0 ROBIN & LINDA WILLIAMS THESE OLD DARK HILLS RED HOUSE
For the Week of November 09, 2012 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations

RMR Radio Airplay Chart - Roots Country

 
TW LW Artist CD Title Label
1 1 CORB LUND CABIN FEVER NEW WEST
2 2 JIMMY LAFAVE DEPENDING ON THE DISTANCE MUSIC ROAD
3 6 RODNEY CROWELL KIN – SONGS BY MARY KARR & RODNEY CROWELL VANGUARD
4 4 MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER ASHES AND ROSES ZOE / ROUNDER
5 5 THE FLATLANDERS THE ODESSA TAPES NEW WEST
6 8 BELLE STARR THE BURNING OF ATLANTA SONY MUSIC
7 7 AVETT BROTHERS THE CARPENTER AMERICAN
8 10 LINDA MCRAE ROUGH EDGES & RAGGED HEARTS 42 RECORDS
9 3 JOHN WORT HANNAM BRAMBLES & THORNS BOREALIS
10 14 RONNIE FAUSS I AM THE MAN YOU KNOW I’M NOT NORMALTOWN
11 22 JERRY DOUGLAS TRAVELER E ONE
12 15 KASEY CHAMBERS STORYBOOK SUGAR HILL
13 17 TOM JONES PRAISE & BLAME LOST HIGHWAY
14 31 JOEL RAFAEL AMERICA COMING HOME INSIDE
15 19 CHRIS KNIGHT LITTLE VICTORIES DRIFTER’S CHURCH
16 33 NIALL TONER ONWARDS & UPWARDS PINECASTLE
17 11 GREG BROWN HYMNS TO WHAT IS LEFT SAWDUST
18 25 DEL BARBER HEADWATERS SIX SHOOTER
19 9 RYAN BINGHAM TOMORROWLAND AXSTER BINGHAM RECORDS
20 0 WHISPERING PINES WHISPERING PINES SELF
21 35 BILL STAINES BENEATH SOME LUCKY STAR RED HOUSE
22 24 STEVE FORBERT OVER WITH YOU BLUE CORN
23 13 IRIS DEMENT SING THE DELTA FLARIELLA
24 21 DWIGHT YOAKAM 3 PEARS WARNER NASHVILLE
25 28 REBECCA LOEBE CIRCUS HEART SELF
26 27 KASEY CHAMBERS AND SHANE NICHOLSON WRECK & RUIN SURGAR HILL
27 40 CORNFLOWER BLUE RUN DOWN THE RAILS SELF
28 36 RADNEY FOSTER DEL RIO TEXAS REVISITED – UNPLUGGED & LONESOME DEVIL’S RIVER
29 29 WANDA JACKSON UNFINISHED BUSINESS SUGAR HILL
30 18 THE TRISHAS HIGH, WIDE & HANDSOME SELF
31 20 PATTERSON HOOD HEAT LIGHTNING RUMBLES IN THE DISTANCE ATO
32 41 CHRIS DANIELS BETTER DAYS MOON VOYAGE
33 42 JERRY JEFF WALKER LIVE FROM DIXIE’S BAR & BUS STOP MAY 6
34 0 BUFORD POPE MATCHING NUMBERS UNCHAINED
35 16 ROSIE FLORES WORKING GIRL’S GUITAR BLOODSHOT
36 43 TOM RUSSELL THE MAN FROM GOD KNOWS WHERE HIGHTONE
37 0 JOHN, JONATHAN AND NATHAN MCEUEN THE MCEUEN SESSIONS – FOR ALL THE GOOD MESA / BLUE MOON / FONTANA
38 46 KEVIN ABERNATHY SOME STORIES LIFE SOCKET RECORDS
39 50 NORA JANE STRUTHERS NORA JANE STRUTHERS BLUE PIG
40 44 ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO BIG STATION FANTASY / CONCORD
41 0 BURNS & KRISTY CARAVAN SELF
42 47 THE LOST BROTHERS THE PASSING OF THE NIGHT READYMADE
43 0 MICHAEL KOPPY ASHMORE’S STORE A GOOD TRACK RECORD
44 0 BARR BROTHERS BARR BROTHERS SECRET CITY
45 0 LYLE LOVETT RELEASE ME CURB / LOST HIGHWAY
46 0 MOOT DAVIS MAN ABOUT TOWN HIGHWAY KIND
47 0 PENNY NEY THE HARDEST TRUTH ONE BELLSED PENNY
48 0 CHARLIE PHILLIPS WHAT IT IS SELF
49 12 RAYLAND BAXTER FEATHERS AND FISH HOOKS ATO
50 32 CHARLIE SHAFTER CHARLIE SHAFTER DOGS HIT
For the Week of November 09, 2012 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations