Blackie & The Rodeo Kings South CDJUNO Award-winning Canadian band Blackie and The Rodeo Kings’ January release, South, was #1 on Roots Music Report’s new monthly Top 50 Roots/Americana Albums Chart for February 2014. Rounding out the top 10 most-played albums were discs by The Stray Birds, Brandy Clark, Guy Clark, Little Miss Higgins & The Winnipeg Five, The Greencards, Mandolin Orange, Michael Martin Murphey, Tim Easton and Ray Benson.

Roots Music Report compiles weekly and monthly 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. Its first monthly Top 50 Roots/Americana Albums Chart is posted here with permission.

(Key to Chart: This Month, Last Month, Album Title, Band/Artist Name, Label)

*NEW* 1 – South Blackie and The Rodeo Kings File Under Music
*NEW* 2 – Echo Sessions The Stray Birds INDIE
*NEW* 3 – 12 Stories Brandy Clark Slate Creek
*NEW* 4 – My Favorite Picture Of You Guy Clark Dualtone
*NEW* 5 – Bison Ranch Recording Sessions Little Miss Higgins & The Winnipeg Five LMH Music
*NEW* 6 – Sweetheart of the Sun The Greencards Darling Street Records
*NEW* 7 – This Side Of Jordan Mandolin Orange Yep Roc
*NEW* 8 – Red River Drifter Michael Martin Murphey Red River
*NEW* 9 – Not Cool Tim Easton Thirty Tigers
*NEW* 10 – A Little Piece Ray Benson Bismeaux
*NEW* 11 – Hang Your Hopes On A Crooked Nail Rod Picott Independent
*NEW* 12 – Never Give In Will Hoge Thirty Tigers
*NEW* 13 – Memories And Moments Tim O’Brien & Darrell Scott Full Skies
*NEW* 14 – In Our Nature Blue Rodeo Self Release
*NEW* 15 – No Way There From Here Laura Cantrell Thrift Shop
*NEW* 16 – Old Time Angels Jim Lauderdale Sky Crunch Records
*NEW* 17 – Prairieography Del Barber Linus Entertainment
*NEW* 18 – Long Night Moon Reckless Kelly Self Released
*NEW* 19 – Tennessee David Newbould Self Released
*NEW* 20 – The Lights From The Chemical Plant Robert Ellis New West
*NEW* 21 – Tambourine Fred Eaglesmith Independent
*NEW* 22 – The Love I Have for You Miss Tess & the Talkbacks Signature Sounds
*NEW* 23 – Still Fighting The War Slaid Cleaves Music Road Records
*NEW* 24 – Memories & Moments Tim O’Brien & Darrell Scott Full Skies
*NEW* 25 – Small Town Heroes Hurray for the Riff Raff ATO Records
*NEW* 26 – The River And The Thread Rosanne Cash Blue Note
*NEW* 27 – Shine The Keller Sisters Self Released
*NEW* 28 – Bitin’ at the Bit Clay McClinton Clayster
*NEW* 29 – The Waiting Place Sara Jean Kelley Blue Jean Records
*NEW* 30 – Roll Me, Tumble Me The Deadly Gentlemen Rounder
*NEW* 31 – Break These Chains Tia McGraff Bandana Records
*NEW* 32 – Chapter One Carolina Story True Bearing Entertainment
*NEW* 33 – Lone Chimney Red Dirt Rangers Ranger Records
*NEW* 34 – Walking Through Clay Dirk Powell Sugar Hill Records
*NEW* 35 – Better At Goodbye Shantell Ogden Hip Farm Chic Records
*NEW* 36 – Break & Bloom Jane Kramer Self Released
*NEW* 37 – Goodbye Hello Wyatt Easterling Phoenix Rising
*NEW* 38 – The Dream Tracie Potochnik Self Released
*NEW* 39 – Songs To Sing and Stories To Tell Kerry Wallace Colt Records
*NEW* 40 – The Haden Triplets Haden Triplets Third Man Records
*NEW* 41 – Keep a Fire Amanda Rheaume Self Released
*NEW* 42 – Reserva The Claytones Rip Roar Music
*NEW* 43 – Sparkle and Shine Jonny Kaplan And The Lazy Stars Reckless Grace
*NEW* 44 – Another Man’s Treasure Greg Klyma Self Released
*NEW* 45 – Pushing Back Wintertime Mike Laureanno Self Released
*NEW* 46 – Downtown Mytic Downtown Mystic Sha La
*NEW* 47 – Often Wrong, Never In Doubt Deadfields Self Release
*NEW* 48 – Old Crow Medicine Show old Crow Medicine Show Self
*NEW* 49 – Into The Setting Sun Andrew Delaney Self Released
*NEW* 50 – Cross My Heart + Hope To Die D.B. Rielly Shut Up & Play!