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 4 CAHALEN MORRISON & ELI WEST OUR LADY OF THE TALL TREES INDIE
2 7 BEN BEDFORD WHAT WE LOST WATERBUG
3 3 LUCY KAPLANSKY REUNION REDHOUSE
4 9 OLLLAM THE OLLLAM COMPASS
5 0 HUMMING HOUSE HUMMING HOUSE SELF
6 10 LUKA BLOOM THIS NEW MORNING COMPASS
7 8 DREAMS OF THE SAN JOAQUIN DREAMS OF THE SAN JOAQUIN BLIX STREET
8 16 BOBTOWN TROUBLE I WROUGHT SELF
9 15 AMY WHITE WITH AL PETTEWAY HOME SWEET HOME – SONGS OF LOVE, LOSS, AND BELONGING FAIREWOOD STUDIOS
10 0 NELS ANDREWS SCRIMSHAW SELF
11 21 MALCOLM HOLCOMBE DOWN THE RIVER SELF
12 12 THE FOGHORN STRINGBAND OUTSHINE THE SUN INDIE
13 13 ELIZABETH MITCHELL BLUE CLOUDS SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS
14 0 KATHY MATTEA CALLING ME HOME SUGAR HILL
15 0 ROBIN & LINDA WILLIAMS THESE OLD DARK HILLS RED HOUSE
16 0 DANA & SUSAN ROBINSON AMERICAN HORNPIPE SELF
17 11 DON GALLARDO AND HOW FAR WEST THE ART OF TROUBLESOME TIMES FIRST FLOOR STORY RECORDINGS
18 0 GRACE PETTIS TWO BIRDS BLUE ROCK
19 0 NELL ROBINSON NELL ROBINSON & JIM NUNALLY SELF
20 0 PETE SEEGER PETE REMEMBERS WOODY APPLESEED
21 0 ANGEL SNOW ANGEL SNOW SELF
22 41 THE BURNS SISTERS THE HILLS OF ITHACA SISTERS MUSIC
23 0 OLD MAN LUEDECKE TENDER IS THE NIGHT TRUE NORTH
24 48 THE STRAY BIRDS THE STRAY BIRDS SELF
25 0 SHEL SHEL MORAINE/MAD KING
26 0 LIZZY MANDELL MADE FOR FLYING SELF
27 0 ANNE HILLS THE THINGS I NOTICE NOW APPLESEED
28 0 ANTJE DUVEKOT NEW SIBERIA INDIE
29 5 CAROLINE HERRING CAMILLA SIGNATURE SOUNDS
30 0 ANNABELLE CHVOSTEK RISE BOREALIS
31 0 MICHAEL JOHNATHON HOMESTEAD WOODSONGS
32 0 MICHAEL JOHNATHON FRONT PORCH POET MAN
33 0 THE BILLS YES PLEASE INDIE
34 0 RAYNA GELLERT OLD LIGHT STORY SOUND
35 0 WENDY WEBB EDGE OF TOWN SPOOKY MOON RECORDS
36 23 ANNALIVIA THE SAME WAY DOWN SELF
37 0 THE FOUR BITCHIN’ BABES MID LIFE VICES HEM & HAW
38 0 ANNIE LOU GRANDMA’S RULES FOR DRINKING INDIE
39 0 CAREY CREED SMALL BRAVERIES AZALEA CITY RECORDINGS
40 0 SPOOK HANDY WHATCHA GONNA DO? AKASHIC
41 1 MUMFORD & SONS BABEL GLASSNOTE RECORDS
42 0 THE BOXCAR LILIES HEARTWOOD SELF
43 0 DAVID BROMBERG USE ME APPLESEED
44 0 JONATHAN EDWARDS MY LOVE WILL KEEP APPLESEED MUSIC
45 0 TIM GRIMM WILDERNESS SONGS & BAD MAN BALLADS VAULT
46 0 BILL & KATE ISLES STILL BENEATH THE STARS AND MOON SELF
47 0 LEONARD COHEN OLD IDEAS COLUMBIA
48 0 THE CHIEFTAINS VOICE OF AGES HEAR MUSIC
49 0 NEAL & LEANDRA A HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW UNCLE GUS MUSIC
50 0 MOLASSES CREEK AN ISLAND OUT OF TIME SELF
For the Week of November 23, 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 3 JIMMY LAFAVE DEPENDING ON THE DISTANCE MUSIC ROAD
2 4 NIALL TONER ONWARDS & UPWARDS PINECASTLE
3 7 RONNIE FAUSS I AM THE MAN YOU KNOW I’M NOT NORMALTOWN
4 0 LED ZEPPELIN CELEBRATION DAY SWAN SONG / ATLANTIC
5 34 BURNS & KRISTY CARAVAN SELF
6 6 REBECCA LOEBE CIRCUS HEART SELF
7 11 JOEL RAFAEL AMERICA COMING HOME INSIDE
8 18 MICHAEL KOPPY ASHMORE’S STORE A GOOD TRACK RECORD
9 39 BUDDY MILLER, JIM LAUDERDALE BUDDY & JIM NEW WEST
10 24 BILL STAINES BENEATH SOME LUCKY STAR RED HOUSE
11 13 TOM RUSSELL THE MAN FROM GOD KNOWS WHERE HIGHTONE
12 14 KEVIN ABERNATHY SOME STORIES LIFE SOCKET RECORDS
13 21 CORB LUND CABIN FEVER NEW WEST
14 8 ROSIE FLORES WORKING GIRL’S GUITAR BLOODSHOT
15 38 GREG BROWN HYMNS TO WHAT IS LEFT SAWDUST
16 27 JOHN LOWELL I AM GOING TO THE WEST SELF
17 23 STEVE FORBERT OVER WITH YOU BLUE CORN
18 29 TRAPPER SCHOEPP RUN ENGINE RUN GOOD LAND
19 20 THE TRISHAS HIGH, WIDE & HANDSOME SELF
20 0 BLACK PRAIRIE A TEAR IN THE EYE IS A WOUND IN THE HEART SUGAR HILL
21 22 CHRIS KNIGHT LITTLE VICTORIES DRIFTER’S CHURCH
22 31 MOOT DAVIS MAN ABOUT TOWN HIGHWAY KIND
23 26 CHARLIE PHILLIPS WHAT IT IS SELF
24 35 DUANE CARLETON RUST HIGHER ROAD RECORDS
25 36 DON HALL DON HALL CHAPTER GATE RECORDS
26 0 JAMES HAND MIGHTY LONESOME MAN HILLGRASS BLUEBILLY
27 46 IRIS DEMENT SING THE DELTA FLARIELLA
28 37 BROTHER SLADE GOOD ROOSTER’S REUNION SULLY BOY
29 41 MERCHANTS OF MOONSHINE MORE THAN WHISKEY SELF
30 44 CHIEF GREENBUD CHIEF GREENBUD VOL 3 SELF
31 30 NORA JANE STRUTHERS NORA JANE STRUTHERS BLUE PIG
32 0 THE MAVERICKS SUITED UP AND READY (EP) VALORY
33 0 JAMES JUSTIN & CO. PLACES SELF
34 0 PATRICK BROOKS RUST AND WEEDS SELF
35 47 BILLY DON BURNS NIGHTS WHEN I’M SOBER RUSTY KNUCKLES
36 0 CAROLINA STORY HOME SELF
37 0 ANDREW COMBS WORRIED MAN COIN RECORDS
38 0 THE FLATLANDERS THE ODESSA TAPES NEW WEST
39 25 JUNIOR BROWN VOLUME TEN SELF
40 0 LUCINDA WILLIAMS BLESSED LOST HIGHWAY
41 0 JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE NOTHING’S GONNA CHANGE THE WAY YOU FEEL ABOUT ME NOW BLOODSHOT
42 0 KAIT LAWSON UNTIL WE DROWN MADJACK
43 0 CHUCK MEAD & HIS GRASSY KNOLL BOYS BACK AT THE QUONSET HUT RAMSEUR
44 0 MY DARLING CLEMENTINE HOW DO YOU PLEAD? DRUMFIRE
45 0 JOHN WORT HANNAM BRAMBLES & THORNS BOREALIS
46 0 KASEY CHAMBERS AND SHANE NICHOLSON WRECK & RUIN SURGAR HILL
47 0 WANDA JACKSON UNFINISHED BUSINESS SUGAR HILL
48 0 MISS TESS SWEET TALK SIGNATURE SOUNDS
49 48 DWIGHT YOAKAM 3 PEARS WARNER NASHVILLE
50 0 RODNEY CROWELL KIN – SONGS BY MARY KARR & RODNEY CROWELL VANGUARD
For the Week of November 23, 2012 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations