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
3 PAUL SIMON SO BEAUTIFUL OR SO WHAT HEAR MUSIC
2 1 THE CIVIL WARS BARTON HOLLOW SENSIBILITY
3 4 ELIZA GILKYSON ROSES AT THE END OF TIME RED HOUSE
4 2 VARIOUS ARTISTS A NOD TO BOB 2 — AN ARTISTS TRIBUTE TO BOB DYLAN ON HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY RED HOUSE
5 7 THE WAIFS TEMPTATION COMPASS
6 5 BRUCE COCKBURN SMALL SOURCE OF COMFORT TRUE NORTH
7 6 THE WAILIN’ JENNYS BRIGHT MORNING STARS RED HOUSE
8 8 ABIGAIL WASHBURN CITY OF REFUGE FOREIGN CHILDREN RECORDS
9 9 CARRIE ELKIN CALL IT MY GARDEN RED HOUSE
10 19 DAVID BROMBERG USE ME APPLESEED
11 11 THE ONCE THE ONCE BOREALIS
12 10 RED HORSE RED HORSE RED HOUSE
13 14 HEIDI TALBOT THE LAST STAR COMPASS
14 12 COLIN HAY GATHERING MERCURY COMPASS
15 13 DAVID FRANCEY LATE EDITION LAKER MUSIC
16 15 LUKA BLOOM DREAMS IN AMERICA COMPASS
17 16 T WITH THE MAGGIES T WITH THE MAGGIES TWM / COMPASS
18 18 AMANDA SHIRES CARRYING LIGHTNING SELF
19 17 RACHEL HARRINGTON CELILO FALLS SKINNY DENNIS
20 27 JONATHAN EDWARDS MY LOVE WILL KEEP APPLESEED MUSIC
21 22 RUTH MOODY THE GARDEN RED HOUSE
22 23 LOREENA MCKENNITT THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY QUINLAN ROAD
23 26 SEAN ROWE MAGIC ANTI / EPITAPH
24 21 TUMBLING BONES RISK NOT YOUR SOUL REBEL RECORDS
25 0 POKEY LAFARGE & THE SOUTH CITY THREE MIDDLE OF EVERYWHERE FREE DIRT
26 28 RON HYNES STEALING GENIUS BOREALIS
27 30 MADELEINE PEYROUX STANDING ON THE ROOFTOP DECCA
28 25 KIM BEGGS BLUE BONES BLACK HEN MUSIC
29 31 MAE MOORE FOLKLORE POETICAL LICENSE
30 0 ROBIN & LINDA WILLIAMS STONEWALL COUNTRY RED HOUSE
31 33 KATIE MOORE MONTEBELLO PURPLE CAT RECORDS
32 34 JOEL MABUS AMERICAN ANONYMOUS FOSSIL
33 38 TRISHA GAGNON A STORY ABOUT YOU & ME INDIE
34 40 COTY HOGUE TO THE WEST CELLO ROOM PRODUCTIONS
35 35 KIM STOCKWOOD BACK TO THE WATER TURTLEMUSIC
36 36 TWILIGHT HOTEL WHEN THE WOLVES GO BLIND SELF
37 0 CAROLANN SOLEBELLO THRESHOLD ELIZABETH RECORDS
38 0 DON GALLARDO WHEN THE DAYLIGHT WHISPERS DARLING FIRST FLOOR STOREY RECORDS
39 46 MARISSA NADLER MARISSA NADLER BOX OF CEDAR
40 0 STEPHEN SIMMONS THE BIG SHOW LOWER 40 / LOCKE CREEK
41 0 IAN TAMBLYN WALKING THE BONES NORTH TRACK RECORDS
42 42 JEANNE JOLLY FALLING IN CAROLINA SELF
43 43 ERIN MCDERMOTT TIME TO GO SELF
44 0 WILLIAM ELLIOTT WHITMORE FIELD SONGS ANTI
45 0 ANDREW CALHOUN GRAPEVINE WATERBUG
46 39 TOM CHAPIN GIVE PEAS A CHANCE SUNDANCE MUSIC
47 41 DYLAN SNEED NO WORSE FOR THE WEAR SELF
48 0 JAMI LUNDE BIG BLACK BIRDS SELF
49 0 JEFFREY FOUCAULT HORSE LATITUDES SIGNATURE SOUNDS
50 50 ART NAPOLEON CREELAND COVERS SELF
For the Week of July 22, 2011 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member radio stations.