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 chart is posted here with permission.
TW | LW | Artist | CD Title | Label | Location | |
1 | 1 | GUY CLARK | SOMEDAYS THE SONG WRITES YOU | DUALTONE | TN | |
2 | 26 | CHRIS SMITHER | TIME STANDS STILL | SIGNATURE SOUNDS | MA | |
3 | 7 | JEFF TALMADGE | LIVE IN NORDERSTEDT | BOZART | GA | |
4 | 2 | KIERAN KANE | SOMEWHERE BEYOND THE ROSES | DEAD RECKONING / COMPASS | TN | |
5 | 4 | CATIE CURTIS | HELLO STRANGER | COMPASS | ME | |
6 | 15 | TOM CHAPIN | LET THE BAD TIMES ROLL | SUNDANCE MUSIC | NY | |
7 | 13 | WOODY GUTHRIE | MY DUSTY ROAD | ROUNDER | OK | |
8 | 20 | CARA DILLON | HILL OF THIEVES | PROPER AMERICAN | IRELAND | |
9 | 25 | WPA | WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION | RED | CA | |
10 | 9 | MINDY SMITH | STUPID LOVE | VANGUARD | TN | |
11 | 28 | JOEL MABUS | NO WORRIES NOW… | FOSSIL | MI | |
12 | 22 | THE AVETT BROTHERS | EMOTIONALISM | RAMSEUR | NC | |
13 | 3 | PETER MULVEY | LETTERS FROM A FLYING MACHINE | SIGNATURE SOUNDS | WI | |
14 | 10 | ANNIE & ROD CAPPS | MY BLUE GARDEN | YELLOW ROOM | MI | |
15 | 17 | CHUCK SUCHY | UNRAVELING HEART | HIGH HORSE | ND | |
16 | 6 | ASSEMBLY OF DUST | SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED | ROCK RIDGE MUSIC | NY | |
17 | 35 | DAVE DESMELIK | ONLOOKER | SELF | NC | |
18 | 31 | ELVIS PERKINS IN DEARLAND | ELVIS PERKINS IN DEARLAND | BEGGARS XI RECORDING | NY | |
19 | 0 | REED FOEHL | ONCE AN OCEAN | NEVERFOEHL | CO | |
20 | 24 | JONATHAN EDWARDS | ROLLIN’ ALONG. LIVE IN HOLLAND | STRICTLY COUNTRY | GA | |
21 | 45 | BOULDER ACOUSTIC SOCIETY | PUNCHLINE | NINE MILE | CO | |
22 | 0 | GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV | THIS EMPTY NORTHERN HEMISPHERE | SELF | CO | |
23 | 27 | LINQ | RX AND THE SIDE EFFECTS | SELF | MA | |
24 | 29 | JOHNSMITH | GRAVITY OF GRACE | ELIXIR | WI | |
25 | 0 | JANET BATES | THE LITTLE SPINNER | SELF | OR | |
26 | 36 | MARTIN SEXTON | LIVE SOLO | KITCHEN TABLE | MA | |
27 | 0 | A.A. BONDY | WHEN THE DEVIL’S LOOSE | FAT POSSUM | NY | |
28 | 47 | MARK STEPAKOFF | SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED | SELF | MA | |
29 | 48 | MELANIE DOANE | A THOUSAND NIGHTS | PRAIRIE OCEAN | CANADA | |
30 | 49 | TONY FURTADO | DEEP WATER | FUNZALO | OR | |
31 | 40 | MINDY SMITH | HIGHS AND LOWS (SINGLE) | VANGUARD | TN | |
32 | 46 | CLIFF EBERHARDT | 500 – MILES THE BLUE ROCK SESSIONS | RED HOUSE | PA | |
33 | 18 | JEFFREY FOUCAULT | SHOOT THE MOON RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES | SIGNATURE SOUNDS | MA | |
34 | 0 | LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III | HIGH WIDE & HANDSOME | PROPER | CA | |
35 | 0 | LUCY KAPLANSKY | LIFE THREADS (SINGLE) | RED HOUSE | NY | |
36 | 0 | VARIOUS ARTIST | SONG OF AMERICA | 31 TIGERS | ||
37 | 0 | VARIOUS ARTIST | OUR SIDE OF TOWN – A RED HOUSE RECORDS 25TH YEAR COLLECTION | RED HOUSE | ||
38 | 0 | JENEE HALSTEAD | THE RIVER GRACE | SELF | ||
39 | 0 | INDIGO GIRLS | POSEIDON AND THE BITTER BUG | IG RECORDS | GA | |
40 | 0 | TRACY CHAPMAN | OUR BRIGHT FUTURE | ATLANTIC RECORDS | OH | |
41 | 0 | NAOMI SOMMERS | GENTLE AS THE SUN | AMERICAN MELODY | ||
42 | 0 | JOE IADANZA | TRAVELING SALESMAN | SELF | ||
43 | 12 | EILEN JEWELL | SEA OF TEARS | SIGNATURE SOUNDS | MA | |
44 | 0 | CECILE AND SARAH BARCHAS | SEEDS OF SONG THROUGH TIMES | HIGH HAVEN MUSIC | ||
45 | 0 | KRIS KRISTOFFERSON | STARLIGHT AND STONE | NEW WEST | ||
46 | 0 | PO’ GIRL | PO’ GIRL | INDIE | ||
47 | 8 | GREGORY DOUGLASS | BATTLER | EMOTE | VT | |
48 | 32 | BETTYSOO | HEAT SIN WATER SKIN | SELF | TX | |
49 | 0 | JIMMY LAFAVE | CIMARRON MANIFESTO | RED HOUSE RECORDS | TX | |
50 | 0 | JORMA KAUKONEN | RIVER OF TIME | RED HOUSE | OH | |
For the Week of September 25, 2009 |
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