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 | 3 | KIERAN KANE | SOMEWHERE BEYOND THE ROSES | DEAD RECKONING / COMPASS | TN | |
3 | 2 | GUY CLARK | SOMEDAYS THE SONG WRITES YOU | DUALTONE | TN | |
4 | 4 | JOHN GORKA | SO DARK YOU SEE | RED HOUSE | MN | |
5 | 7 | KATE MACLEOD | BLOOMING | WATERBUG / WIND RIVER | UT | |
6 | 5 | WPA | WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION | RED | CA | |
7 | 14 | EXENE CERVENKA | SOMEWHERE GONE | BLOODSHOT | CA | |
8 | 45 | CATIE CURTIS | HELLO STRANGER | COMPASS | ME | |
9 | 8 | JEFF TALMADGE | LIVE IN NORDERSTEDT | BOZART | GA | |
10 | 6 | EILEN JEWELL | SEA OF TEARS | SIGNATURE SOUNDS | MA | |
11 | 19 | SONS OF THE NEVER WRONG | ON A GOOD DAY… I AM | WATERBUG | IL | |
12 | 30 | JOHNSMITH | GRAVITY OF GRACE | ELIXIR | WI | |
13 | 9 | LIZ LONGLEY | SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE | SELF | MA | |
14 | 15 | LAURA LOVE & ORVILLE JOHNSON | THE SWEETER THE JUICE | OCOTOROON BIOGRAPHY / ORVILLE JOHNSON MUSIC | WA | |
15 | 12 | WOODY GUTHRIE | MY DUSTY ROAD | ROUNDER | OK | |
16 | 16 | THE AVETT BROTHERS | EMOTIONALISM | RAMSEUR | NC | |
17 | 0 | CHUCK SUCHY | UNRAVELING HEART | HIGH HORSE | ND | |
18 | 20 | CAROLINE HERRING | GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN | SIGNATURE SOUNDS | GA | |
19 | 10 | INDIGO GIRLS | POSEIDON AND THE BITTER BUG | IG RECORDS | GA | |
20 | 24 | LEONARD COHEN | LIVE AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT 1970 | LEGACY | CANADA | |
21 | 23 | ELVIS PERKINS IN DEARLAND | ELVIS PERKINS IN DEARLAND | BEGGARS XI RECORDING | NY | |
22 | 18 | ASSEMBLY OF DUST | SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED | ROCK RIDGE MUSIC | NY | |
23 | 11 | COLIN HAY | AMERICAN SUNSHINE | COMPASS | AUSTRALIA | |
24 | 13 | JANET BATES | THE LITTLE SPINNER | SELF | OR | |
25 | 0 | JOEL RAFAEL | THE SONGS OF WOODY GUTHRIE VOL. 1 AND 2 | INSIDE RECORDINGS | CA | |
26 | 47 | BETTYSOO | HEAT SIN WATER SKIN | SELF | TX | |
27 | 21 | JOEL MABUS | NO WORRIES NOW… | FOSSIL | MI | |
28 | 38 | KRIS KRISTOFFERSON | STARLIGHT AND STONE | NEW WEST | TN | |
29 | 0 | CROOKED STILL | HOP HIGH | SIGNATURE SOUNDS | NY | |
30 | 0 | TERRI HENDRIX | LEFT OVER ALLS | WILORY | TX | |
31 | 17 | RAMBLIN’ JACK ELLIOTT | A STRANGER HERE | ANTI | NY | |
32 | 0 | RICHARD SHINDELL | NOT FAR NOW | SIGNATURE SOUNDS | NJ | |
33 | 0 | LUCY WAINWRIGHT ROCHE | 8 MORE | SELF | NY | |
34 | 0 | ROSE COUSINS | IF YOU WERE FOR ME | OLD FARM PONY | CANADA | |
35 | 22 | PETER MULVEY | LETTERS FROM A FLYING MACHINE | SIGNITURE SOUNDS | WI | |
36 | 28 | MELANIE DOANE | A THOUSAND NIGHTS | PRAIRIE OCEAN | CANADA | |
37 | 0 | HEATHER MASSE | BIRD SONG | RED HOUSE RECORDS | NY | |
38 | 0 | CHRISTINE KANE | WIDE AWAKE | FIREPINK | NC | |
39 | 0 | MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER | THE CALLING | ZOE / ROUNDER | MA | |
40 | 29 | TONY FURTADO | DEEP WATER | FUNZALO | OR | |
41 | 41 | TRACY CHAPMAN | OUR BRIGHT FUTURE | ATLANTIC RECORDS | OH | |
42 | 49 | ANNIE & ROD CAPPS | MY BLUE GARDEN | YELLOW ROOM | MI | |
43 | 25 | CLIFF EBERHARDT | 500 – MILES THE BLUE ROCK SESSIONS | RED HOUSE | PA | |
44 | 35 | MARK STEPAKOFF | SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED | SELF | MA | |
45 | 33 | LUCY KAPLANSKY | LIFE THREADS (SINGLE) | RED HOUSE | NY | |
46 | 0 | JOHN FOGERTY | DEJA VU | GEFFEN | CA | |
47 | 0 | MARK KNOPFLER & EMMYLOU HARRIS | ALL THE ROADRUNNING | NONESUCH / WARNER BROTHERS | AL | |
48 | 36 | VARIOUS ARTIST | SONG OF AMERICA | 31 TIGERS | ||
49 | 37 | MINDY SMITH | HIGHS AND LOWS (SINGLE) | VANGUARD | TN | |
50 | 0 | BOB CHEEVERS | TALL TEXAS TALES | INBRED RECORDS | TN | |
For the Week of October 30, 2009 |
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