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 and Roots Country charts are posted here with permission.
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TW |
LW |
Artist |
CD Title |
Label |
1
2 |
THE CIVIL WARS |
BARTON HOLLOW |
SENSIBILITY |
2 |
1 |
PAUL SIMON |
SO BEAUTIFUL OR SO WHAT |
HEAR MUSIC |
3 |
3 |
ELIZA GILKYSON |
ROSES AT THE END OF TIME |
RED HOUSE |
4 |
5 |
DAVID BROMBERG |
USE ME |
APPLESEED |
5 |
4 |
ABIGAIL WASHBURN |
CITY OF REFUGE |
FOREIGN CHILDREN RECORDS |
6 |
6 |
CARRIE ELKIN |
CALL IT MY GARDEN |
RED HOUSE |
7 |
7 |
BRUCE COCKBURN |
SMALL SOURCE OF COMFORT |
TRUE NORTH |
8 |
12 |
GUY CLARK |
SONGS & STORIES |
DUALTONE |
9 |
8 |
THE WAIFS |
TEMPTATION |
COMPASS |
10 |
21 |
THE ONCE |
THE ONCE |
BOREALIS |
11 |
11 |
POKEY LAFARGE & THE SOUTH CITY THREE |
MIDDLE OF EVERYWHERE |
FREE DIRT |
12 |
9 |
JONATHAN EDWARDS |
MY LOVE WILL KEEP |
APPLESEED MUSIC |
13 |
10 |
COLIN HAY |
GATHERING MERCURY |
COMPASS |
14 |
13 |
SARAH MACDOUGALL |
THE GREATEST ONES ALIVE |
RABBIT HEART MUSIC |
15 |
14 |
RED HORSE |
RED HORSE |
RED HOUSE |
16 |
15 |
LUKA BLOOM |
DREAMS IN AMERICA |
COMPASS |
17 |
16 |
HEIDI TALBOT |
THE LAST STAR |
COMPASS |
18 |
19 |
THE DEEP DARK WOODS |
THE PLACE I LEFT BEHIND |
SIX SHOOTER / SUGAR HILL |
19 |
17 |
DAVID FRANCEY |
LATE EDITION |
LAKER MUSIC |
20 |
18 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
A NOD TO BOB 2 — AN ARTISTS TRIBUTE TO BOB DYLAN ON HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY |
RED HOUSE |
21 |
20 |
RACHEL HARRINGTON |
CELILO FALLS |
SKINNY DENNIS |
22 |
22 |
THE WAILIN’ JENNYS |
BRIGHT MORNING STARS |
RED HOUSE |
23 |
23 |
T WITH THE MAGGIES |
T WITH THE MAGGIES |
TWM / COMPASS |
24 |
24 |
SEAN ROWE |
MAGIC |
ANTI / EPITAPH |
25 |
25 |
TUMBLING BONES |
RISK NOT YOUR SOUL |
REBEL RECORDS |
26 |
26 |
HAL CANNON |
HAL CANNON |
OKEHDOKEE RECORDS |
27 |
0 |
BURLAP TO CASHMERE |
BURLAP TO CASHMERE |
JIVE |
28 |
28 |
JAMES LEE STANLEY AND CLIFF EBERHARDT |
ALL WOOD AND DOORS |
BEACHWOOD |
29 |
29 |
GOOD LOVELIES |
LET THE RAIN FALL |
SELF |
30 |
30 |
ROBIN & LINDA WILLIAMS |
STONEWALL COUNTRY |
RED HOUSE |
31 |
27 |
CHRISTOPHER BROWN |
CHARACTERIST |
SELF |
32 |
0 |
ASSEMBLY OF DUST |
SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED |
ROCK RIDGE MUSIC |
33 |
32 |
DON GALLARDO |
WHEN THE DAYLIGHT WHISPERS DARLING |
FIRST FLOOR STORY RECORDINGS |
34 |
34 |
NORMA MACDONALD |
MORNING YOU WAKE |
PAPERWEIGHT MUSIC |
35 |
0 |
DRIFTWOOD FIRE |
HOW TO UNTANGLE A HEARTACHE |
SELF |
36 |
0 |
BOB DYLAN |
BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME |
COLUMBIA |
37 |
35 |
MAE MOORE |
FOLKLORE |
POETICAL LICENSE |
38 |
36 |
KATIE MOORE |
MONTEBELLO |
PURPLE CAT RECORDS |
39 |
0 |
GREAT BIG SEA |
SAFE UPON THE SHORE |
SELF |
40 |
31 |
NATHAN MOORE |
DEAR PUPPETEER |
ROYAL POTATO FAMILY |
41 |
0 |
DIANA JONES |
HIGH ATMOSPHERE |
PROPER RECORDS US |
42 |
37 |
KIM STOCKWOOD |
BACK TO THE WATER |
TURTLEMUSIC |
43 |
39 |
ROSI GOLAN |
PAPER TIGER |
SELF |
44 |
0 |
ANGE BOXALL |
WRITING LETTERS |
ANGEL AIR UK |
45 |
0 |
MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER |
THE AGE OF MIRACLES |
ZOE |
46 |
38 |
JOY KILLS SORROW |
THIS UNKNOWN SCIENCE |
SIGNATURE SOUNDS |
47 |
0 |
BOBBY LONG |
A WINTER TALE |
ATO |
48 |
33 |
AMANDA SHIRES |
CARRYING LIGHTNING |
SELF |
49 |
41 |
LOREENA MCKENNITT |
THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY |
QUINLAN ROAD |
50 |
46 |
JAMI LUNDE |
BIG BLACK BIRDS |
SELF |
For the Week of September 16, 2011 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member radio stations. |
|
TW |
LW |
Artist |
CD Title |
Label |
1
1 |
GILLIAN WELCH |
THE HARROW & THE HARVEST |
ACONY |
2 |
2 |
KASEY CHAMBERS |
LITTLE BIRD |
LIBERATION |
3 |
7 |
CATHERINE MACLELLAN |
SILHOUETTE |
TRUE NORTH |
4 |
3 |
BLACKIE AND THE RODEO KINGS |
KINGS AND QUEENS |
DRAMATICO |
5 |
6 |
EMMYLOU HARRIS |
HARD BARGAIN |
NONESUCH |
6 |
10 |
JOHN HIATT |
DIRTY JEANS AND MUDSLIDE HYMNS |
NEWWEST |
7 |
4 |
EILEN JEWELL |
QUEEN OF THE MINOR KEY |
SIGNATURE SOUNDS |
8 |
5 |
JOE ELY |
SATISFIED AT LAST |
REDEYE |
9 |
20 |
STEVE EARLE |
I’LL NEVER GET OUT OF THIS WORLD ALIVE |
NEW WEST |
10 |
15 |
STEVE CROPPER |
DEDICATED |
429 |
11 |
8 |
TARA NEVINS |
WOOD AND STONE |
SUGAR HILL |
12 |
22 |
ROBERT EARL KEEN |
READY FOR CONFETTI |
LOST HIGHWAY |
13 |
9 |
GREG BROWN |
FREAK FLAG |
YEP ROC |
14 |
26 |
DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER |
DRIVE TIME |
MOUNTAIN HOME MUSIC |
15 |
27 |
ROBERT ELLIS |
PHOTOGRAPHS |
NEW WEST |
16 |
11 |
LYNN MILES |
FALL FOR BEAUTY |
TRUE NORTH |
17 |
12 |
NORA JANE STRUTHERS |
NORA JANE STRUTHERS |
BLUE PIG |
18 |
13 |
THE BLACK LILLIES |
100 MILES OF WRECKAGE |
ATTACK MONKEY |
19 |
25 |
BOTTLE ROCKETS |
NOT SO LOUD |
BLOODSHOT |
20 |
0 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
SOUTHERN INDEPENDENT, VOLUME 2 |
BLACK COUNTRY ROCK |
21 |
43 |
THE HEAD & THE HEART |
THE HEAD & THE HEART |
SUB POP |
22 |
24 |
JEFF BRIDGES |
JEFF BRIDGES |
BLUE NOTE |
23 |
16 |
ROBYN LUDWICK |
OUT OF THESE BLUES |
LATE SHOW |
24 |
17 |
BUDDY MILLER |
THE MAJESTIC SILVER STRINGS |
NEW WEST |
25 |
18 |
KIMMIE RHODES |
DREAMS OF FLYING |
SUNBIRD |
26 |
19 |
JEFF TALMADGE |
KIND OF EVERYTHING |
BERKALIN RECORDS |
27 |
14 |
MATRACA BERG |
THE DREAMING FIELDS |
DUALTONE |
28 |
0 |
NATASHA JAMES |
BAD JUDGEMENTS |
HIGHWAY ONE RECORDS |
29 |
21 |
AUDREY AULD |
COME FIND ME |
RECKLESS |
30 |
28 |
LINDI ORTEGA |
LITTLE RED BOOTS |
LAST GANG |
31 |
42 |
JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE |
HARLEM RIVER BLUES |
BLOODSHOT |
32 |
29 |
CARRIE RODRIGUEZ & BEN KYLE |
WE STILL LOVE OUR COUNTRY |
NINTH STREET OPUS |
33 |
0 |
NICK 13 |
NICK 13 |
SUGAR HILL |
34 |
0 |
THE SECRET SISTERS |
BIG RIVER (SINGLE ONLY) |
UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC |
35 |
0 |
THE WHISKEY GENTRY |
PLEASE MAKE WELCOME |
SELF |
36 |
0 |
MUMFORD & SONS |
SIGH NO MORE |
GLASSNOTE |
37 |
30 |
FISH & BIRD |
EVERY WHISPER IS A SHOUT ACROSS THE VOID |
FIDDLE HEAD RECORDS |
38 |
47 |
GARY NICHOLSON |
TEXAS SONGBOOK |
BISMEAUX |
39 |
23 |
ARTY HILL |
ANOTHER LOST HIGHWAY |
SELF |
40 |
34 |
MARK CUNNINGHAM AND THE NATIONALS |
DIMESTORE REDEMPTION |
STEADY ROLLER |
41 |
31 |
BETTYSOO AND DOUG COX |
ACROSS THE BORDERLINE — LIE TO ME |
SELF |
42 |
36 |
LYNNE HANSON |
ONCE THE SUN GOES DOWN |
SELF |
43 |
33 |
THE BACK ROW BAPTISTS |
BROKEN HEARTS & BAD DECISIONS |
VINTAGE EARTH |
44 |
37 |
THE LAWS |
TRY LOVE |
JML |
45 |
35 |
JOLIE HOLLAND |
PINT OF BLOOD |
ANTI |
46 |
39 |
WARPED 45S |
MATADOR SUNSET |
PHEREMONE |
47 |
38 |
CODY CANADA & THE DEPARTED |
THIS IS INDIAN LAND |
THIRTY TIGERS |
48 |
0 |
SUZIE BROWN |
HEARTSTRINGS |
FRESHIE RECORDS |
49 |
0 |
RITA HOSKING |
BURN |
INDIE |
50 |
0 |
RYAN BINGHAM |
JUNKY STAR |
LOST HIGHWAY |
For the Week of September 16, 2011 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member radio stations. |
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