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

Mark Knopfler album cover - 2012

 
TW LW Artist CD Title Label
1 1 MARK KNOPFLER PRIVATEERING UNIVERSAL
2 2 PAUL KELLY SPRING AND FALL GAWD AGGIE / UNIVERSAL
3 4 LUCY KAPLANSKY REUNION REDHOUSE
4 3 CAHALEN MORRISON & ELI WEST OUR LADY OF THE TALL TREES INDIE
5 5 MARY GAUTHIER LIVE AT BLUE ROCK SELF
6 6 BETTYSOO AND DOUG COX MORE LIES BORDERLINE TALENT
7 28 OLD MAN LUEDECKE TENDER IS THE NIGHT TRUE NORTH
8 7 DAVE GUNNING NO MORE PENNIES WEE HOUSE OF MUSIC
9 8 MALCOLM HOLCOMBE DOWN THE RIVER GYPSY EYES MUSIC
10 9 RANI ARBO & DAISY MAYHEM SOME BRIGHT MORNING SIGNATURE SOUNDS
11 11 ANNALIVIA THE SAME WAY DOWN SELF
12 10 PETE SEEGER & LORRE WYATT A MORE PERFECT UNION APPLESEED
13 12 ANGEL SNOW ANGEL SNOW SELF
14 14 KATHY MATTEA CALLING ME HOME SUGAR HILL
15 15 JOHN DOYLE SHADOW AND LIGHT COMPASS
16 13 SHAWN COLVIN ALL FALL DOWN NONESUCH
17 16 THE BILLS YES PLEASE INDIE
18 17 KATE RUSBY 20 ISLAND
19 19 SUSAN KANE A WORD CHILD SELF
20 18 MUMFORD & SONS BABEL GLASSNOTE RECORDS
21 30 JORY NASH LITTLE PILGRIM THIN MAN RECORDS
22 21 RAYLENE RANKIN ALL THE DIAMONDS CORVUS
23 20 THE STRAY BIRDS THE STRAY BIRDS SELF
24 23 AMELIA CURRAN SPECTATORS SIX SHOOTER
25 22 DALA BEST DAY COMPASS
26 24 TRENT SEVERN TRENT SEVERN OUTSIDE MUSIC
27 25 JASON COLLETT RECKON ARTS & CRAFTS
28 26 THE UNSEEN STRANGERS FOLLOW THE SOUND SELF
29 41 JOSHUA JAMES FROM THE TOP OF WILLAMETTE MOUNTAIN MISSING PIECE
30 27 LORI REID TEMPERANCE HOTEL SELF
31 29 NELS ANDREWS SCRIMSHAW SELF
32 32 ANDREA ENGLAND HOPE & OTHER SINS LEMONADE FACTORY
33 31 BILL FAY LIFE IS PEOPLE DEAD OCEANS
34 35 MARIA DUNN PIECE BY PIECE DISTANT WHISPER MUSIC
35 33 ELIZABETH MITCHELL BLUE CLOUDS SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS
36 38 DAVID ROVICS MEANWHILE IN AFGHANISTAN SELF
37 36 JAMES MCMURTRY OCCUPY THIS ALBUM RAZOR & TIE
38 40 DARRYL PURPOSE NEXT TIME AROUND BLUE ROCK
39 39 ALAN DOYLE BOY ON BRIDGE UNIVERSAL
40 37 LUKA BLOOM THIS NEW MORNING COMPASS
41 48 ELAINE MAHON RISE SELF
42 43 SCOTT COOPER QUIET COMPANY SELF
43 44 CARA LUFT DARLINGFORD BLUE CASE TUNES
44 46 NANCI GRIFFITH INTERSECTION PROPER / HELL NO
45 47 ANNABELLE CHVOSTEK RISE BOREALIS
46 0 KAMARA THOMAS AND THE GHOST GAMBLERS EARTH HERO RAWK RAGE
47 0 ANDERS AND KENDALL WILD CHORUS NMR
48 49 PETER KATZ STILL MIND STILL INDIE
49 0 HAT CHECK GIRL ROAD TO RED POINT WATERBUG
50 34 ANDREW BIRD HANDS OF GLORY MOM & POP
For the Week of February 08, 2013

RMR Radio Airplay Chart - Roots Country Top 50 Albums

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TW LW Artist CD Title Label
1 1 GREG BROWN HYMNS TO WHAT IS LEFT SAWDUST
2 3 CARRIE RODRIGUEZ GIVE ME ALL YOU GOT NINTH STREET OPUS
3 2 CORB LUND CABIN FEVER NEW WEST
4 4 BUDDY MILLER & JIM LAUDERDALE BUDDY & JIM NEW WEST
5 24 RICHARD THOMPSON ELECTRIC NEW WEST
6 5 AVETT BROTHERS THE CARPENTER AMERICAN
7 7 MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER ASHES AND ROSES ZOE / ROUNDER
8 16 KELLY WILLIS & BRUCE ROBISON CHEATER’S GAME PREMIUM
9 9 BELLE STARR THE BURNING OF ATLANTA SONY MUSIC
10 10 JIMMY LAFAVE DEPENDING ON THE DISTANCE MUSIC ROAD
11 13 JOHN WORT HANNAM BRAMBLES & THORNS BOREALIS
12 12 LINDA MCRAE ROUGH EDGES & RAGGED HEARTS 42 RECORDS
13 14 RODNEY CROWELL KIN – SONGS BY MARY KARR & RODNEY CROWELL VANGUARD
14 8 ROSIE FLORES WORKING GIRL’S GUITAR BLOODSHOT
15 27 BLACK PRAIRIE A TEAR IN THE EYE IS A WOUND IN THE HEART SUGAR HILL
16 6 KASEY CHAMBERS AND SHANE NICHOLSON WRECK & RUIN SURGAR HILL
17 15 DWIGHT YOAKAM 3 PEARS WARNER NASHVILLE
18 17 KASEY CHAMBERS STORYBOOK SUGAR HILL
19 18 RONNIE FAUSS I AM THE MAN YOU KNOW I’M NOT NORMALTOWN
20 20 THE FLATLANDERS THE ODESSA TAPES NEW WEST
21 21 IRIS DEMENT SING THE DELTA FLARIELLA
22 25 DEL BARBER HEADWATERS SIX SHOOTER
23 22 PATTERSON HOOD HEAT LIGHTNING RUMBLES IN THE DISTANCE ATO
24 11 DALE WATSON EL RANCHO AZUL RED HOUSE
25 30 CHRIS DANIELS BETTER DAYS MOON VOYAGE
26 29 HOLLY WILLIAMS THE HIGHWAY GEORGIANA
27 26 WANDA JACKSON UNFINISHED BUSINESS SUGAR HILL
28 0 AMANDA CEVALLOS I’LL NEVER HONKY TONK YOU SELF
29 23 RYAN BINGHAM TOMORROWLAND AXSTER BINGHAM RECORDS
30 19 RICH MAHAN BLAME BOBBY BARE SNORTIN’ HORSE
31 33 BILL STAINES BENEATH SOME LUCKY STAR RED HOUSE
32 31 NIALL TONER ONWARDS & UPWARDS PINECASTLE
33 34 JOHN DRISKELL HOPKINS & BALSAM RANGE DAYLIGHT SELF
34 36 JESSE DAYTON JESSE SINGS KINKY SWAG
35 50 MAX GOMEZ RULE THE WORLD NEW WEST
36 0 KRIS KRISTOFFERSON FEELING MORTAL KK RECORDS
37 32 MARC BERGER RIDE REAL
38 28 CHRIS KNIGHT LITTLE VICTORIES DRIFTER’S CHURCH
39 39 BUFORD POPE MATCHING NUMBERS UNCHAINED
40 38 THE MAVERICKS SUITED UP AND READY (EP) VALORY
41 35 THE DIRTY RIVER BOYS SCIENCE OF FLIGHT THIRTY TIGERS
42 41 THE LONETONES MODERN VICTIMS SELF
43 42 RAY WYLIE HUBBARD THE GRIFTER’S HYMNAL BORDELLO
44 43 THE TRISHAS HIGH, WIDE & HANDSOME SELF
45 48 CAROLYN MARK THE QUEEN OF VANCOUVER ISLAND MINT
46 0 DANIEL ROMANO COME CRY WITH ME NORMALTOWN
47 0 JULIET AND THE LONESOME ROMEOS NO REGRETS TREE O RECORDS
48 44 JOHN LOWELL I AM GOING TO THE WEST SELF
49 0 PUNCH BROTHERS WHO’S FEELING YOUNG NOW? NONESUCH
50 0 ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO BIG STATION FANTASY / CONCORD
For the Week of February 08, 2013