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.

RMR Radio Airplay Chart

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TW LW Artist CD Title Label
1 PAUL SIMON SO BEAUTIFUL OR SO WHAT HEAR MUSIC
2 2 THE CIVIL WARS BARTON HOLLOW SENSIBILITY
3 4 ABIGAIL WASHBURN CITY OF REFUGE FOREIGN CHILDREN RECORDS
4 5 CARRIE ELKIN CALL IT MY GARDEN RED HOUSE
5 3 BRUCE COCKBURN SMALL SOURCE OF COMFORT TRUE NORTH
6 10 BOBBY LONG A WINTER TALE ATO
7 9 RED HORSE RED HORSE RED HOUSE
8 6 THE WAILIN’ JENNYS BRIGHT MORNING STARS RED HOUSE
9 21 MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER THE AGE OF MIRACLES ZOE
10 7 JEFFREY FOUCAULT HORSE LATITUDES SIGNATURE SOUNDS
11 8 RACHEL HARRINGTON CELILO FALLS SKINNY DENNIS
12 24 MARY GAUTHIER THE FOUNDLING RAZOR & TIE
13 0 CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS GENUINE NEGRO JIG NONESUCH
14 11 THE WAIFS TEMPTATION COMPASS
15 0 DAIMH DAIMH ‘DIVERSIONS’ GREENTRAX
16 34 THE ONCE THE ONCE BOREALIS
17 0 JUSTIN ROTH NOW YOU KNOW SELF
18 0 DOM DUFF DOM DUFF SELF
19 36 DAVID FRANCEY LATE EDITION LAKER MUSIC
20 35 FRAZEY FORD OBADIAH NETTWERK
21 13 DIANA JONES HIGH ATMOSPHERE PROPER RECORDS US
22 14 AMANDA SHIRES CARRYING LIGHTNING SELF
23 0 SEAN ROWE MAGIC ANTI / EPITAPH
24 0 ANNIE GALLUP WEATHER WATERRBUG
25 23 MARK DVORAK TIME AIN’T GOT NOTHIN’ ON ME WATERBUG
26 39 KIM BEGGS BLUE BONES BLACK HEN MUSIC
27 0 LAUREN SHEEHAN ROSE CITY RAMBLE INDIE
28 32 ANDREW CALHOUN GRAPEVINE WATERBUG
29 30 BRUCE ROPER ACCIDENTAL ENGLISH WATERBUG
30 0 SI KAHN COURAGE STRICTLY COUNTRY
31 12 SARAH LEE GUTHRIE AND JOHNNY IRION BRIGHT EXAMPLES NINTH STREET OPUS
32 20 CYNDI HARVELL FROM THE ECHO NINTH STREET OPUS
33 22 DANNY SCHMIDT MAN OF MANY MOONS RED HOUSE
34 0 STEELEYE SPAN COGS, WHEELS AND LOVERS PARKS
35 47 RON HYNES STEALING GENIUS BOREALIS
36 27 ELEPHANT REVIVAL BREAK IN THE CLOUDS RUFF SHOD / NETTWERK
37 0 THE SUNSHINE HOUSE THE SUNSHINE HOUSE EP SELF
38 0 MICHAEL HURLEY HAVE MOICY! LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
39 0 MAE MOORE FOLKLORE POETICAL LICENSE
40 0 KAL CAHOONE SAINTS AND SCARS SELF
41 25 BLAME SALLY LIVE AT STERN GROVE FESTIVAL NINTH STREET OPUS
42 0 LOUIS-PHILLIPE ROBILLARD LE CAFE DES OISEAUX L’ARCHIPEL/APCM
43 0 RAINA ROSE WHEN MAY CAME CONSTANT CLIP RECORDS
44 0 RUTH MOODY THE GARDEN RED HOUSE
45 0 ELLIS RIGHT ON TIME RUBBERNECK
46 0 SHAUN CROMWELL FOLK-WORN PROSE MELON PATCH
47 0 KIM STOCKWOOD BACK TO THE WATER TURTLEMUSIC
48 0 JADEA KELLY EASTBOUND PLATFORM SELF
49 31 OLD MAN LUEDECKE MY HANDS ARE ON FIRE AND OTHER LOVE SONGS BLACK HEN MUSIC
50 50 THE BREAKMEN HEARTWOOD SELF
For the Week of May 13, 2011