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 ELIZA GILKYSON ROSES AT THE END OF TIME RED HOUSE
2 3 PAUL SIMON SO BEAUTIFUL OR SO WHAT HEAR MUSIC
3 2 THE CIVIL WARS BARTON HOLLOW SENSIBILITY
4 4 THE WAIFS TEMPTATION COMPASS
5 7 BRUCE COCKBURN SMALL SOURCE OF COMFORT TRUE NORTH
6 5 ABIGAIL WASHBURN CITY OF REFUGE FOREIGN CHILDREN RECORDS
7 6 CARRIE ELKIN CALL IT MY GARDEN RED HOUSE
8 8 THE WAILIN’ JENNYS BRIGHT MORNING STARS RED HOUSE
9 11 JEFFREY FOUCAULT HORSE LATITUDES SIGNATURE SOUNDS
10 9 RED HORSE RED HORSE RED HOUSE
11 10 HEIDI TALBOT THE LAST STAR COMPASS
12 14 BOBBY LONG A WINTER TALE ATO
13 16 RACHEL HARRINGTON CELILO FALLS SKINNY DENNIS
14 12 COLIN HAY GATHERING MERCURY COMPASS
15 13 T WITH THE MAGGIES T WITH THE MAGGIES TWM / COMPASS
16 15 LUKA BLOOM DREAMS IN AMERICA COMPASS
17 17 ANNIE GALLUP WEATHER WATERRBUG
18 18 THE ONCE THE ONCE BOREALIS
19 20 DAVID FRANCEY LATE EDITION LAKER MUSIC
20 0 ELEPHANT REVIVAL BREAK IN THE CLOUDS RUFF SHOD / NETTWERK
21 19 AMANDA SHIRES CARRYING LIGHTNING SELF
22 22 SEAN ROWE MAGIC ANTI / EPITAPH
23 23 TUMBLING BONES RISK NOT YOUR SOUL REBEL RECORDS
24 0 BURLAP TO CASHMERE BURLAP TO CASHMERE JIVE
25 21 LAUREN SHEEHAN ROSE CITY RAMBLE INDIE
26 25 SI KAHN COURAGE STRICTLY COUNTRY
27 24 ANDREW CALHOUN GRAPEVINE WATERBUG
28 30 VARIOUS ARTIST A NOD TO BOB 2 — AN ARTISTS TRIBUTE TO BOB DYLAN ON HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY RED HOUSE
29 36 MADELEINE PEYROUX STANDING ON THE ROOFTOP DECCA
30 34 TOM CHAPIN GIVE PEAS A CHANCE SUNDANCE MUSIC
31 38 PAUL BRADY HOOBA DOOBA PROPER
32 29 RUTH MOODY THE GARDEN RED HOUSE
33 27 LOREENA MCKENNITT THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY QUINLAN ROAD
34 0 MARK DVORAK TIME AIN’T GOT NOTHIN’ ON ME WATERBUG
35 28 MATT THE ELECTRICIAN ACCIDENTAL THIEF INDIE
36 0 THE AVETT BROTHERS EMOTIONALISM RAMSEUR
37 31 RON HYNES STEALING GENIUS BOREALIS
38 32 FRAZEY FORD OBADIAH NETTWERK
39 33 KIM BEGGS BLUE BONES BLACK HEN MUSIC
40 0 DON GALLARDO WHEN THE DAYLIGHT WHISPERS DARLING FIRST FLOOR STOREY RECORDS
41 0 DYLAN SNEED NO WORSE FOR THE WEAR DYLAN SNEED
42 35 ERIN MCDERMOTT TIME TO GO SELF
43 26 MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER THE AGE OF MIRACLES ZOE
44 37 JEANNE JOLLY FALLING IN CAROLINA SELF
45 0 JAMI LUNDE BIG BLACK BIRDS SELF
46 0 NATALIA ZUKERMAN GAS STATION ROSES WEASEL RECORDS
47 0 GREAT BIG SEA SAFE UPON THE SHORE SELF
48 41 PESKY J. NIXON MONKEY BUSINESS & MISLAID HOPES SELF
49 0 TIM GRIMM THANK YOU TOM PAXTON VAULT
50 0 RAINA ROSE WHEN MAY CAME CONSTANT CLIP RECORDS
For the Week of June 24, 2011