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 | CHRIS SMITHER | TIME STANDS STILL | SIGNATURE SOUNDS | MA | |
2 | 1 | GUY CLARK | SOMEDAYS THE SONG WRITES YOU | DUALTONE | TN | |
3 | 3 | KIERAN KANE | SOMEWHERE BEYOND THE ROSES | DEAD RECKONING / COMPASS | TN | |
4 | 15 | JOHN GORKA | SO DARK YOU SEE | RED HOUSE | MN | |
5 | 5 | WPA | WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION | RED | CA | |
6 | 4 | EILEN JEWELL | SEA OF TEARS | SIGNATURE SOUNDS | MA | |
7 | 21 | KATE MACLEOD | BLOOMING | WATERBUG / WIND RIVER | UT | |
8 | 7 | JEFF TALMADGE | LIVE IN NORDERSTEDT | BOZART | GA | |
9 | 0 | LIZ LONGLEY | SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE | SELF | MA | |
10 | 45 | INDIGO GIRLS | POSEIDON AND THE BITTER BUG | IG RECORDS | GA | |
11 | 11 | COLIN HAY | AMERICAN SUNSHINE | COMPASS | AUSTRALIA | |
12 | 9 | WOODY GUTHRIE | MY DUSTY ROAD | ROUNDER | OK | |
13 | 12 | JANET BATES | THE LITTLE SPINNER | SELF | OR | |
14 | 16 | EXENE CERVENKA | SOMEWHERE GONE | BLOODSHOT | CA | |
15 | 0 | LAURA LOVE & ORVILLE JOHNSON | THE SWEETER THE JUICE | OCOTOROON BIOGRAPHY / ORVILLE JOHNSON MUSIC | WA | |
16 | 13 | THE AVETT BROTHERS | EMOTIONALISM | RAMSEUR | NC | |
17 | 0 | RAMBLIN’ JACK ELLIOTT | A STRANGER HERE | ANTI | NY | |
18 | 23 | ASSEMBLY OF DUST | SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED | ROCK RIDGE MUSIC | NY | |
19 | 26 | SONS OF THE NEVER WRONG | ON A GOOD DAY… I AM | WATERBUG | IL | |
20 | 0 | CAROLINE HERRING | GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN | SIGNATURE SOUNDS | GA | |
21 | 10 | JOEL MABUS | NO WORRIES NOW… | FOSSIL | MI | |
22 | 6 | PETER MULVEY | LETTERS FROM A FLYING MACHINE | SIGNITURE SOUNDS | WI | |
23 | 22 | ELVIS PERKINS IN DEARLAND | ELVIS PERKINS IN DEARLAND | BEGGARS XI RECORDING | NY | |
24 | 0 | LEONARD COHEN | LIVE AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT 1970 | LEGACY | CANADA | |
25 | 19 | CLIFF EBERHARDT | 500 – MILES THE BLUE ROCK SESSIONS | RED HOUSE | PA | |
26 | 14 | ORENDA FINK | ASK THE NIGHT | SADDLE CREEK | CA | |
27 | 27 | MINDY SMITH | STUPID LOVE | VANGUARD | TN | |
28 | 35 | MELANIE DOANE | A THOUSAND NIGHTS | PRAIRIE OCEAN | CANADA | |
29 | 37 | TONY FURTADO | DEEP WATER | FUNZALO | OR | |
30 | 39 | JOHNSMITH | GRAVITY OF GRACE | ELIXIR | WI | |
31 | 0 | MOORS & MCCUMBER | MOORS & MCCUMBER | SELF | CO | |
32 | 0 | GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV | THIS EMPTY NORTHERN HEMISPHERE | SELF | CO | |
33 | 42 | LUCY KAPLANSKY | LIFE THREADS (SINGLE) | RED HOUSE | NY | |
34 | 40 | MONSTERS OF FOLK | SAY PLEASE | SHANGRI LA | NE | |
35 | 41 | MARK STEPAKOFF | SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED | SELF | MA | |
36 | 44 | VARIOUS ARTIST | SONG OF AMERICA | 31 TIGERS | ||
37 | 46 | MINDY SMITH | HIGHS AND LOWS (SINGLE) | VANGUARD | TN | |
38 | 43 | KRIS KRISTOFFERSON | STARLIGHT AND STONE | NEW WEST | TN | |
39 | 50 | AMY SPEACE | SONGS FOR BRIGHT STREET | WILDFLOWER | NY | |
40 | 0 | MARTIN SEXTON | LIVE SOLO | KITCHEN TABLE | MA | |
41 | 0 | TRACY CHAPMAN | OUR BRIGHT FUTURE | ATLANTIC RECORDS | OH | |
42 | 30 | GREGORY DOUGLASS | BATTLER | EMOTE | VT | |
43 | 0 | JORMA KAUKONEN | RIVER OF TIME | RED HOUSE | OH | |
44 | 0 | JEFFREY FOUCAULT | SHOOT THE MOON RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES | SIGNATURE SOUNDS | MA | |
45 | 24 | CATIE CURTIS | HELLO STRANGER | COMPASS | ME | |
46 | 0 | JIMMY LAFAVE | CIMARRON MANIFESTO | RED HOUSE RECORDS | TX | |
47 | 0 | BETTYSOO | HEAT SIN WATER SKIN | SELF | TX | |
48 | 0 | YUSUF | ELDER MUSIC | BV | United Kingdom | |
49 | 48 | ANNIE & ROD CAPPS | MY BLUE GARDEN | YELLOW ROOM | MI | |
50 | 8 | WAILIN’ JENNYS | LIVE AT THE MAUCH CHUNK OPERA HOUSE | RED HOUSE | CANADA | |
For the Week of October 23, 2009 |
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