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

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TW LW Artist CD Title Label
1 1 PATTY GRIFFIN AMERICAN KID NEW WEST
2 2 RUTH MOODY THESE WILDER THINGS RED HOUSE
3 9 SALLY BARRIS WILDER GIRL SELF
4 5 BROTHER SUN SOME PART OF TRUTH SELF
5 3 THE BILLS YES PLEASE INDIE
6 4 ANAIS MITCHELL & JEFFERSON HAMER CHILD BALLADS WILDERLAND
7 6 SOLAS SHAMROCK CITY SELF
8 7 STEPHEN FEARING BETWEEN HURRICANES LOWDENPROUD
9 8 PAUL KELLY SPRING AND FALL GAWD AGGIE / UNIVERSAL
10 10 LORI REID TEMPERANCE HOTEL SELF
11 11 KATE RUSBY 20 ISLAND
12 16 AOIFE O’DONOVAN FOSSILS YEP ROC
13 37 JOY KILLS SORROW WIDE AWAKE SIGNATURE SOUNDS
14 13 THE STRAY BIRDS THE STRAY BIRDS SELF
15 14 HEIDI TALBOT ANGELS WITHOUT WINGS COMPASS
16 15 GURF MORLIX FINDS THE PRESENT TENSE SELF
17 18 OLD MAN LUEDECKE TENDER IS THE NIGHT TRUE NORTH
18 19 DARRYL PURPOSE NEXT TIME AROUND BLUE ROCK
19 20 SUSAN MCKEOWN BELONG HIBERNIAN MUSIC
20 12 DAVID FRANCEY SO SAY WE ALL RED HOUSE
21 21 LAURA MARLING ONCE I WAS AN EAGLE RIBBON MUSIC
22 22 RED TAIL RING THE HEART’S SWIFT FOOT EARTH-WORK RECORDS
23 23 MEAN MARY YEAR OF THE SPARROW WOODROCK
24 0 LYDIA BROWNFIELD WANTING’S FOR SINNERS SELF
25 24 PHARIS & JASON ROMERO LONG GONE OUT WEST BLUES SELF
26 25 JASON COLLETT RECKON ARTS & CRAFTS
27 17 DAVE GUNNING NO MORE PENNIES WEE HOUSE OF MUSIC
28 26 THE UNSEEN STRANGERS FOLLOW THE SOUND SELF
29 28 MUMFORD & SONS BABEL GLASSNOTE RECORDS
30 29 TRENT SEVERN TRENT SEVERN OUTSIDE MUSIC
31 30 JORY NASH LITTLE PILGRIM THIN MAN RECORDS
32 0 LORI BURKE HOLD ON SELF
33 32 ENTER THE HAGGIS THE MODEST REVOLUTION FIREBRAND
34 36 AMELIA CURRAN SPECTATORS SIX SHOOTER
35 35 MARIA DUNN PIECE BY PIECE DISTANT WHISPER MUSIC
36 40 OVERMOUNTAIN MEN THE NEXT BEST THING RAMSEUR
37 39 VARIOUS ARTISTS FOLK SONGS FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE SIGNATURE SOUNDS
38 33 BUDDY MONDLOCK THE MEMORY WALL SPARKING GAP
39 46 MELISSA FERRICK THE TRUTH IS MPRESS RECORDS
40 41 GREAT BIG SEA XX WARNER MUSIC
41 42 WHITEHORSE THE ROAD TO MASSEY HALL SIX SHOOTER
42 0 SAM AMIDON BRIGHT SUNNY SOUTH NONESUCH
43 44 ANNABELLE CHVOSTEK RISE BOREALIS
44 0 THE BOXCAR LILLIES SUGAR SHACK SELF
45 48 ASHLEIGH FLYNN A MILLION STARS HOME PERM
46 47 HAT CHECK GIRL ROAD TO RED POINT WATERBUG
47 27 KARYN OLIVER MAGDALENE SELF
48 43 REBECCA FRAZIER WHEN WE FALL COMPASS
49 49 KIMBERLY M’CARVER HARD WALTZ KOCKER
50 50 CARA LUFT DARLINGFORD BLUE CASE TUNES
For the Week of June 21, 2013

RMR Radio Airplay Chart - Roots Country Top 50 Albums

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TW LW Artist CD Title Label
1 3 BLACK LILLIES RUNAWAY FREEWAY BLUES ATTACK MONKEY
2 2 EMMYLOU HARRIS & RODNEY CROWELL OLD YELLOW MOON WARNER
3 3 STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES (& DUCHESSES) THE LOW HIGHWAY NEW WEST
4 4 SON VOLT HONKY TONK ROUNDER
5 5 BILLY BRAGG TOOTH & NAIL COOKING VINYL
6 6 KELLY WILLIS & BRUCE ROBISON CHEATER’S GAME PREMIUM
7 7 HOLLY WILLIAMS THE HIGHWAY GEORGIANA
8 8 RICHARD THOMPSON ELECTRIC NEW WEST
9 11 CORB LUND CABIN FEVER NEW WEST
10 12 JOHN WORT HANNAM BRAMBLES & THORNS BOREALIS
11 14 BONNIE BISHOP FREE SELF
12 13 LUKE WINSLOW-KING THE COMING TIDE BLOODSHOT
13 15 BARNEY BENTALL FLESH AND BONE TRUE NORTH
14 18 SLAID CLEAVES STILL FIGHTING THE WAR MUSIC ROAD
15 17 SHANNON MCNALLY SMALL TOWN TALK SACRED SUMAC
16 16 THE MAVERICKS IN TIME THE VALORY MUSIC
17 19 STURGILL SIMPSON HIGH TOP MOUNTAIN THIRTY TIGERS
18 20 BLACK PRAIRIE A TEAR IN THE EYE IS A WOUND IN THE HEART SUGAR HILL
19 10 VARIOUS ARTISTS UNSUNG HERO – A TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF RON DAVIES LITTLE CHICKADEE
20 22 LINDA MCRAE ROUGH EDGES & RAGGED HEARTS 42 RECORDS
21 9 GARRETT LEBEAU RISE TO THE GRIND MUSIC ROAD
22 28 AVETT BROTHERS THE CARPENTER AMERICAN
23 23 MILK CARTON KIDS THE ASH & CLAY ANTI
24 25 GREG BROWN HYMNS TO WHAT IS LEFT SAWDUST
25 26 CARRIE RODRIGUEZ GIVE ME ALL YOU GOT NINTH STREET OPUS
26 27 100 MILE HOUSE WAIT WITH ME CHRONOGRAPH
27 21 SHANNON WHITWORTH HIGH TIDE EF RECORDS
28 31 WILLIE NELSON AND FAMILY LET’S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE SONY LEGACY
29 38 DELBERT MCCLINTON AND GLEN CLARK BLIND, CRIPPLED AND CRAZY NEW WEST
30 36 STATESBORO REVUE RAMBLE ON THE PRIVILEGE CREEK SHALLEY RECORDS
31 32 JUSTIN RUTLEDGE VALLEYHEART OUTSIDE MUSIC
32 30 WHEELER BROTHERS GOLD BOOTS GLITTER BISMEAUX
33 24 TOM JONES SPIRIT IN THE ROOM ROUNDER
34 33 ERIC BRACE & PETER COOPER THE COMEBACK ALBUM RED BEET RECORDS
35 34 VARIOUS ARTISTS GHOST BROTHERS OF DARKLAND COUNTY HEAR MUSIC
36 0 DONNA THE BUFFALO TONIGHT, TOMORROW, AND YESTERDAY SUGAR HILL
37 0 KRIS KRISTOFFERSON FEELING MORTAL KK RECORDS
38 37 DAWES STORIES DON’T END ATO
39 35 GENE CLARK HERE TONIGHT – THE WHITE LIGHT DEMOS OMNIVORE
40 39 THE CIVIL WARS AND T BONE BURNETT A PLACE AT THE TABLE (OST) BMG / SENSIBILITY MUSIC
41 40 VARIOUS ARTISTS LOVE FOR LEVON – A BENEFIT TO SAVE THE BARN STAR VISTA / TIME LIFE
42 41 JASON BOLAND AND THE STRAGGLERS DARK & DIRTY MILE THIRTY TIGERS
43 42 DALE WATSON EL RANCHO AZUL RED HOUSE
44 44 YVETTE LANDRY NO MAN’S LAND SOKO
45 49 SHOOTER JENNINGS THE OTHER LIFE EONE
46 29 FRANK BANG & THE SECRET STASH DOUBLE DARE BLUE HOSS
47 48 RAY WYLIE HUBBARD THE GRIFTER’S HYMNAL BORDELLO
48 43 ROGER KNOX AND THE PINE VALLEY COSMONAUTS STRANGER IN MY LAND BLOODSHOT
49 45 THE BLACK TWIG PICKERS ROUGH CARPENTER THIRLL JOCKEY
50 0 KEVIN ABERNATHY SOME STORIES LIFE SOCKET RECORDS
For the Week of June 21, 2013