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

Ruth Moody These Wilder Things CD cover

 
TW LW Artist CD Title Label
1 5 RUTH MOODY THESE WILDER THINGS RED HOUSE
2 19 DAVID FRANCEY SO SAY WE ALL RED HOUSE
3 1 PATTY GRIFFIN AMERICAN KID NEW WEST
4 0 THE DEEP DARK WOODS JUBILEE SIX SHOOTER
5 30 MANDOLIN ORANGE THIS SIDE OF JORDAN YEP ROC
6 3 JOY KILLS SORROW WIDE AWAKE SIGNATURE SOUNDS
7 2 AOIFE O’DONOVAN FOSSILS YEP ROC
8 4 BURNING BRIDGET CLEARY PRESSED FOR TIME SELF
9 12 LYNN MILES DOWNPOUR SELF
10 0 THE SKYDIGGERS NO. 1 NORTHERN LATENT
11 23 MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY RED RIVER DRIFTER RED RIVER ENTERTAINMENT
12 26 PHARIS & JASON ROMERO LONG GONE OUT WEST BLUES SELF
13 8 BROTHER SUN SOME PART OF TRUTH SELF
14 11 AMY SPEACE HOW TO SLEEP IN A STORMY BOAT WINDBONE
15 17 SALLY BARRIS WILDER GIRL SELF
16 21 APRIL VERCH BRIGHT LIKE GOLD SLAB TOWN
17 10 SOLAS SHAMROCK CITY SELF
18 7 EMERALD RAE IF ONLY I COULD FLY SELF
19 27 ASHLEY CONDON THIS GREAT COMPROMISE LAKER MUSIC
20 14 GURF MORLIX FINDS THE PRESENT TENSE SELF
21 22 SUTTON, HOLT & COLEMAN READY FOR THE TIMES HIGH WINDY
22 28 KEITH GLASS BAD DOG SELF
23 50 JADEA KELLY CLOVER DIVERGENT / TRUE NORTH
24 25 ANAIS MITCHELL & JEFFERSON HAMER CHILD BALLADS WILDERLAND
25 15 GUY CLARK COLD DOG SOUP SUGAR HILL
26 16 WOODY GUTHRIE THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND UNION SQUARE
27 13 HEIDI TALBOT ANGELS WITHOUT WINGS COMPASS
28 9 BELLA HARDY BATTLEPLAN NOE RECORDS
29 20 LAURA MARLING ONCE I WAS AN EAGLE RIBBON MUSIC
30 24 DARRYL PURPOSE NEXT TIME AROUND BLUE ROCK
31 18 STEPHEN FEARING BETWEEN HURRICANES LOWDENPROUD
32 35 LAUREN LAPOINTE SUPERHERO SELF
33 34 LYDIA BROWNFIELD WANTING’S FOR SINNERS SELF
34 29 KENNEDY’S KITCHEN A POCKET FULL OF LINT INDIE
35 33 ENTER THE HAGGIS THE MODEST REVOLUTION FIREBRAND
36 41 YO-YO MA, EDGAR MEYER, MARK O’CONNOR APPALACHIAN JOURNEY SONY
37 0 SI KAHN AND THE LOOPING BROTHERS ARAGON MILL – THE BLUEGRASS SESSIONS STRICTLY COUNTRY
38 0 TIM O’BRIEN & DARRELL SCOTT MEMORIES AND MOMENTS FULL SKIES
39 43 THE BILLS YES PLEASE INDIE
40 46 JOSIENNE CLARKE & BEN WALKER FIRE & FORTUNE NAVIGATOR / COMPASS
41 6 LORI REID TEMPERANCE HOTEL SELF
42 42 SUSAN MCKEOWN BELONG HIBERNIAN MUSIC
43 44 OVERMOUNTAIN MEN THE NEXT BEST THING RAMSEUR
44 40 THE BOXCAR LILIES SUGAR SHACK SELF
45 47 LORI BURKE HOLD ON SELF
46 36 TONY TRISCHKA TERRITORY SMITHSONIAN
47 49 MUMFORD & SONS BABEL GLASSNOTE RECORDS
48 37 ABIGAIL WASHBURN CITY OF REFUGE FOREIGN CHILDREN RECORDS
49 0 MARK KNOPFLER PRIVATEERING UNIVERSAL
50 38 JENNA LINDBO JASMINE PARADISE SELF
For the Week of September 13, 2013

RMR Radio Airplay Chart - Roots Country Top 50 Albums

Delbert & Glen CD cover

 
TW LW Artist CD Title Label
1 2 DELBERT MCCLINTON AND GLEN CLARK BLIND, CRIPPLED AND CRAZY NEW WEST
2 22 SCOTT COOK ONE MORE TIME AROUND GROOVE REVIVAL
3 29 TIM EASTON NOT COOL THIRTY TIGERS
4 1 SLAID CLEAVES STILL FIGHTING THE WAR MUSIC ROAD
5 4 STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES (& DUCHESSES) THE LOW HIGHWAY NEW WEST
6 10 SHANNON MCNALLY SMALL TOWN TALK SACRED SUMAC
7 3 GUY CLARK MY FAVORITE PICTURE OF YOU DUALTONE
8 14 BILLY BRAGG TOOTH & NAIL COOKING VINYL
9 6 ROBBIE FULKS GONE AWAY BACKWARD BLOODSHOT
10 5 LORI MCKENNA MASSACHUTSETTS HOODIE SONGS
11 7 MUMFORD & SONS THE ROAD TO RED ROCKS GLASSNOTE
12 12 RICHARD THOMPSON ELECTRIC NEW WEST
13 13 HOLLY WILLIAMS THE HIGHWAY GEORGIANA
14 23 JUSTIN RUTLEDGE VALLEYHEART OUTSIDE MUSIC
15 27 DEBORAH HOLLAND VANCOUVER RAGE ON
16 8 EMMYLOU HARRIS & RODNEY CROWELL OLD YELLOW MOON WARNER
17 17 DARDEN SMITH LOVE CALLING COMPASS
18 11 AMANDA SHIRES DOWN FELL THE DOVES LIGHTNING ROD
19 33 BLACK LILLIES RUNAWAY FREEWAY BLUES ATTACK MONKEY
20 0 LITTLE MISS HIGGINS THE BISON RANCH RECORDING SESSIONS INDIE
21 16 SARAH LEE GUTHRIE & JOHNNY IRION WASSAIC WAY RTE 8
22 24 LINDA MCRAE ROUGH EDGES & RAGGED HEARTS 42 RECORDS
23 15 NEKO CASE THE WORSE THINGS GET, THE HARDER I FIGHT… ANTI
24 32 THE BLACK LILLIES WHISKEY ANGEL SELF
25 21 VARIOUS ARTISTS

 YOU DON’T KNOW ME – REDISCOVERING EDDY ARNOLD PLOWBOY
26 34 SARA PETITE CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN SELF
27 26 KELLY WILLIS & BRUCE ROBISON CHEATER’S GAME PREMIUM
28 37 THE GOOD FAMILY THE GOOD FAMILY ALBUM LATENT
29 9 THE CIVIL WARS CIVIL WARS COLUMBIA
30 30 VARIOUS ARTISTS THE BIG E – A SALUTE TO STEEL GUITARIST BUDDY EMMONS MPI
31 18 VINCE GILL & PAUL FRANKLIN BAKERSFIELD MCA NASHVILLE
32 43 THE GRAHAMS RIVERMAN’S DAUGHTER SELF
33 44 BIG SANDY AND HIS FLY-RITE BOYS WHAT A DREAM IT’S BEEN COW ISLAND
34 42 SCARLET LEDBETTER SCARLET LEDBETTER SELF
35 39 SON VOLT HONKY TONK ROUNDER
36 0 OVER THE RHINE MEET ME AT THE END OF THE WORLD GREAT SPECKLED DOG RECORDS
37 19 BARNEY BENTALL FLESH AND BONE TRUE NORTH
38 31 AUSTIN LUCAS STAY RECKLESS NEW WEST
39 49 AVETT BROTHERS THE CARPENTER AMERICAN
40 0 DOMINIQUE PRUITT DOMINIQUE PRUITT SELF
41 47 BILL KIRCHEN SEEDS AND STEMS PROPER
42 0 STURGILL SIMPSON HIGH TOP MOUNTAIN THIRTY TIGERS
43 0 HALDEN WOFFORD & THE HI-BEAMS ROCKY MOUNTAIN HONKY TONK SELF
44 41 CHRIS SHIFLETT & THE DEAD PEASANTS ALL HAT AND NO CATTLE SIDEONE DUMMY
45 35 COURT YARD HOUNDS AMELITA COLUMBIA
46 28 DONNA THE BUFFALO TONIGHT, TOMORROW, AND YESTERDAY SUGAR HILL
47 0 RAY WYLIE HUBBARD THE GRIFTER’S HYMNAL BORDELLO
48 0 CORB LUND CABIN FEVER NEW WEST
49 50 TOM JONES SPIRIT IN THE ROOM ROUNDER
50 0 STEPHEN KELLOGG BLUNDERSTONE ROOKERY ELM CITY MUSIC
For the Week of September 13, 2013