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 | 2 | CHRIS SMITHER | TIME STANDS STILL | SIGNATURE SOUNDS | MA | |
3 | 6 | EXENE CERVENKA | SOMEWHERE GONE | BLOODSHOT | CA | |
4 | 4 | CAROLINE HERRING | GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN | SIGNATURE SOUNDS | GA | |
5 | 7 | LAURA LOVE & ORVILLE JOHNSON | THE SWEETER THE JUICE | OCOTOROON BIOGRAPHY / ORVILLE JOHNSON MUSIC | WA | |
6 | 1 | KATE MACLEOD | BLOOMING | WATERBUG / WIND RIVER | UT | |
7 | 8 | SONS OF THE NEVER WRONG | ON A GOOD DAY… I AM | WATERBUG | IL | |
8 | 5 | JOHN GORKA | SO DARK YOU SEE | RED HOUSE | MN | |
9 | 16 | SHARON SHANNON | SAINTS AND SCOUNDRELS | COMPASS | IRELAND | |
10 | 9 | WPA | WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION | RED | CA | |
11 | 10 | JOEL RAFAEL | THE SONGS OF WOODY GUTHRIE VOL. 1 AND 2 | INSIDE RECORDINGS | CA | |
12 | 0 | DAVE RAWLINGS MACHINE | A FRIEND OF A FRIEND | ACONY | TN | |
13 | 11 | JEFF TALMADGE | LIVE IN NORDERSTEDT | BOZART | GA | |
14 | 0 | ANGIE STEVENS | QUEEN OF THIS MESS | BOSS KOALA | CO | |
15 | 0 | REED FOEHL | ONCE AN OCEAN | NEVERFOEHL | CO | |
16 | 20 | HEATHER MASSE | BIRD SONG | RED HOUSE RECORDS | NY | |
17 | 30 | LEONARD COHEN | LIVE AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT 1970 | LEGACY | CANADA | |
18 | 39 | MARK KNOPFLER & EMMYLOU HARRIS | ALL THE ROADRUNNING | NONESUCH / WARNER BROTHERS | AL | |
19 | 34 | TONY FURTADO | DEEP WATER | FUNZALO | OR | |
20 | 35 | INDIGO GIRLS | POSEIDON AND THE BITTER BUG | IG RECORDS | GA | |
21 | 50 | EILEN JEWELL | SEA OF TEARS | SIGNATURE SOUNDS | MA | |
22 | 17 | ASSEMBLY OF DUST | SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED | ROCK RIDGE MUSIC | NY | |
23 | 26 | JOHNSMITH | GRAVITY OF GRACE | ELIXIR | WI | |
24 | 32 | THE AVETT BROTHERS | EMOTIONALISM | RAMSEUR | NC | |
25 | 33 | MELANIE DOANE | A THOUSAND NIGHTS | PRAIRIE OCEAN | CANADA | |
26 | 36 | TRACY CHAPMAN | OUR BRIGHT FUTURE | ATLANTIC RECORDS | OH | |
27 | 37 | MARK STEPAKOFF | SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED | SELF | MA | |
28 | 38 | LUCY KAPLANSKY | LIFE THREADS (SINGLE) | RED HOUSE | NY | |
29 | 0 | CHRISTINE KANE | WIDE AWAKE | FIREPINK | NC | |
30 | 0 | ROSALIE SORRELS | STRANGERS IN ANOTHER COUNTRY | RED HOUSE | ID | |
31 | 40 | MINDY SMITH | HIGHS AND LOWS (SINGLE) | VANGUARD | TN | |
32 | 0 | KIERAN KANE | SOMEWHERE BEYOND THE ROSES | DEAD RECKONING / COMPASS | TN | |
33 | 41 | AMY SPEACE | SONGS FOR BRIGHT STREET | WILDFLOWER | NY | |
34 | 0 | MARTIN SEXTON | LIVE SOLO | KITCHEN TABLE | MA | |
35 | 42 | GREGORY DOUGLASS | BATTLER | EMOTE | VT | |
36 | 0 | BETTYSOO | HEAT SIN WATER SKIN | SELF | TX | |
37 | 43 | MONSTERS OF FOLK | SAY PLEASE | SHANGRI LA | NE | |
38 | 0 | DANA & SUSAN ROBINSON | BIG MYSTERY | THRESHOLD | ||
39 | 0 | THE UNWANTED | MUSIC FROM THE ATLANTIC FRINGE | COMPASS | ||
40 | 0 | THE HAINTS | SHOUT MONAH | SELF | CANADA | |
41 | 47 | JIMMY LAFAVE | CIMARRON MANIFESTO | RED HOUSE RECORDS | TX | |
42 | 44 | JORMA KAUKONEN | RIVER OF TIME | RED HOUSE | OH | |
43 | 0 | JEFFREY FOUCAULT | SHOOT THE MOON RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES | SIGNATURE SOUNDS | MA | |
44 | 45 | ELVIS PERKINS IN DEARLAND | ELVIS PERKINS IN DEARLAND | BEGGARS XI RECORDING | NY | |
45 | 0 | YUSUF | ELDER MUSIC | BV | United Kingdom | |
46 | 0 | LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III | HIGH WIDE & HANDSOME | PROPER | CA | |
47 | 0 | JAMES KEELAGHAN | HOUSE OF CARDS | BOREALIS | CANADA | |
48 | 0 | JEN CASS | ACCIDENTAL PILGRIMAGE | SELF | MI | |
49 | 0 | MATT THE ELECTRICIAN | ANIMAL BOY | SELF | TX | |
50 | 46 | PIETA BROWN | SHIMMER | RED HOUSE | ||
For the Week of November 20, 2009 |
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