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.

RMR Radio Airplay Chart - Folk Top 50 Albums

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TW LW Artist CD Title Label
25 PIETA BROWN MERCURY RED HOUSE
2 1 THE CIVIL WARS BARTON HOLLOW SENSIBILITY
3 5 ABIGAIL WASHBURN CITY OF REFUGE FOREIGN CHILDREN RECORDS
4 3 ELIZA GILKYSON ROSES AT THE END OF TIME RED HOUSE
5 12 COLIN HAY GATHERING MERCURY COMPASS
6 7 BRUCE COCKBURN SMALL SOURCE OF COMFORT TRUE NORTH
7 8 DAVID BROMBERG USE ME APPLESEED
8 4 GUY CLARK SONGS & STORIES DUALTONE
9 0 GENE AND GAYLA MILLS IF STONES COULD TALK HEART PINE
10 28 TUMBLING BONES RISK NOT YOUR SOUL REBEL RECORDS
11 11 JONATHAN EDWARDS MY LOVE WILL KEEP APPLESEED MUSIC
12 0 100 MILE HOUSE HOLLOW PONDS HOLE IN MY SHOE PRODUCTIONS
13 0 BURLAP TO CASHMERE BURLAP TO CASHMERE JIVE
14 13 SARAH MACDOUGALL THE GREATEST ONES ALIVE RABBIT HEART MUSIC
15 9 THE WAIFS TEMPTATION COMPASS
16 2 PAUL SIMON SO BEAUTIFUL OR SO WHAT HEAR MUSIC
17 21 THE WAILIN’ JENNYS BRIGHT MORNING STARS RED HOUSE
18 29 HAL CANNON HAL CANNON OKEHDOKEE RECORDS
19 0 MADISON VIOLET THE GOOD IN GOODBYE TRUE NORTH
20 0 STEPHEN FEARING & ANDY WHITE FEARING & WHITE LOWDEN PROUD
21 6 CARRIE ELKIN CALL IT MY GARDEN RED HOUSE
22 0 LAURA MARLING A CREATURE I DON’T KNOW EMI
23 31 GOOD LOVELIES LET THE RAIN FALL SELF
24 32 ROBIN & LINDA WILLIAMS STONEWALL COUNTRY RED HOUSE
25 30 ASSEMBLY OF DUST SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED ROCK RIDGE MUSIC
26 17 VARIOUS ARTIST A NOD TO BOB 2 — AN ARTISTS TRIBUTE TO BOB DYLAN ON HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY RED HOUSE
27 23 POKEY LAFARGE & THE SOUTH CITY THREE MIDDLE OF EVERYWHERE FREE DIRT
28 20 RACHEL HARRINGTON CELILO FALLS SKINNY DENNIS
29 39 JOY KILLS SORROW THIS UNKNOWN SCIENCE SIGNATURE SOUNDS
30 18 THE DEEP DARK WOODS THE PLACE I LEFT BEHIND SIX SHOOTER / SUGAR HILL
31 40 ROSI GOLAN PAPER TIGER SELF
32 44 AMANDA SHIRES CARRYING LIGHTNING SELF
33 34 NORMA MACDONALD MORNING YOU WAKE PAPERWEIGHT MUSIC
34 0 MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER THE AGE OF MIRACLES ZOE
35 37 KATIE MOORE MONTEBELLO PURPLE CAT RECORDS
36 36 MAE MOORE FOLKLORE POETICAL LICENSE
37 35 DON GALLARDO WHEN THE DAYLIGHT WHISPERS DARLING FIRST FLOOR STORY RECORDINGS
38 33 JAMES LEE STANLEY AND CLIFF EBERHARDT ALL WOOD AND DOORS BEACHWOOD
39 0 BOBBY LONG A WINTER TALE ATO
40 50 DAN ZANES AND FRIENDS LITTLE NUT TREE FESTIVAL FIVE
41 42 KIM STOCKWOOD BACK TO THE WATER TURTLEMUSIC
42 10 DAVID FRANCEY LATE EDITION LAKER MUSIC
43 0 CHUCK BRODSKY SUBTOTAL ECLIPSE SELF
44 49 ROB LYTLE YOU. MUST. STOP HEART AND HOPE MUSIC
45 0 VANCE GILBERT OLD WHITE MEN DISISMYE MUSIC
46 14 RED HORSE RED HORSE RED HOUSE
47 46 NATHAN MOORE DEAR PUPPETEER ROYAL POTATO FAMILY
48 47 IAN TAMBLYN WALKING THE BONES NORTH TRACK RECORDS
49 41 PHARIS & JASON ROMERO A PASSING GLIMPSE INDIE
50 0 PATTI CASEY THE HEART OF A WAITING BOY LONGSHOT MUSIC
For the Week of September 30, 2011 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member radio stations.

RMR Radio Airplay Chart - Roots Country Top 50 Albums

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TW LW Artist CD Title Label
1 GILLIAN WELCH THE HARROW & THE HARVEST ACONY
2 2 KASEY CHAMBERS LITTLE BIRD LIBERATION
3 4 CATHERINE MACLELLAN SILHOUETTE TRUE NORTH
4 8 EMMYLOU HARRIS HARD BARGAIN NONESUCH
5 6 JOE ELY SATISFIED AT LAST REDEYE
6 18 ROBERT EARL KEEN READY FOR CONFETTI LOST HIGHWAY
7 5 EILEN JEWELL QUEEN OF THE MINOR KEY SIGNATURE SOUNDS
8 10 TARA NEVINS WOOD AND STONE SUGAR HILL
9 3 BLACKIE AND THE RODEO KINGS KINGS AND QUEENS DRAMATICO
10 7 JOHN HIATT DIRTY JEANS AND MUDSLIDE HYMNS NEWWEST
11 0 JIMMIE VAUGHAN PLAYS MORE BLUES, BALLADS & FAVORITES SHOUT! FACTORY
12 9 DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER DRIVE TIME MOUNTAIN HOME MUSIC
13 11 GREG BROWN FREAK FLAG YEP ROC
14 15 THE BLACK LILLIES 100 MILES OF WRECKAGE ATTACK MONKEY
15 23 STEVE EARLE I’LL NEVER GET OUT OF THIS WORLD ALIVE NEW WEST
16 12 LYNN MILES FALL FOR BEAUTY TRUE NORTH
17 13 BOTTLE ROCKETS NOT SO LOUD – AN ACOUSTIC EVENING WITH THE BOTTLE ROCKETS BLOODSHOT
18 20 BUDDY MILLER THE MAJESTIC SILVER STRINGS NEW WEST
19 16 STEVE CROPPER DEDICATED 429
20 0 THE HEAD & THE HEART THE HEAD & THE HEART SUB POP
21 0 HALLEYANNA THE COUNTRY CHEATHAM STREET RECORDS
22 24 JEFF BRIDGES JEFF BRIDGES BLUE NOTE
23 30 LERA LYNN HAVE YOU MET LERA LYNN SLOW RECORDS
24 19 ROBYN LUDWICK OUT OF THESE BLUES LATE SHOW
25 26 LINDI ORTEGA LITTLE RED BOOTS LAST GANG
26 35 BETTYSOO AND DOUG COX ACROSS THE BORDERLINE — LIE TO ME SELF
27 29 LYDIA LOVELESS INDESTRUCTIBLE MACHINE BLOODSHOT
28 25 ROBERT ELLIS PHOTOGRAPHS NEW WEST
29 27 CARRIE RODRIGUEZ & BEN KYLE WE STILL LOVE OUR COUNTRY NINTH STREET OPUS
30 0 NICK 13 NICK 13 SUGAR HILL
31 17 VARIOUS ARTISTS SOUTHERN INDEPENDENT, VOLUME 2 BLACK COUNTRY ROCK
32 47 JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE HARLEM RIVER BLUES BLOODSHOT
33 21 KIMMIE RHODES DREAMS OF FLYING SUNBIRD
34 0 RECKLESS KELLY GOOD LUCK & TRUE LOVE NO BIG DEAL
35 45 WRONGLERS WITH JIMMIE DALE GILMORE HEIRLOOM MUSIC REDEYE
36 43 THE GOURDS OLD MAD JOY VANGUARD
37 14 NORA JANE STRUTHERS NORA JANE STRUTHERS BLUE PIG
38 33 MATRACA BERG THE DREAMING FIELDS DUALTONE
39 0 THE WHISKEY GENTRY PLEASE MAKE WELCOME SELF
40 0 MUMFORD & SONS SIGH NO MORE GLASSNOTE
41 36 LYNNE HANSON ONCE THE SUN GOES DOWN SELF
42 41 CODY CANADA & THE DEPARTED THIS IS INDIAN LAND THIRTY TIGERS
43 31 FISH & BIRD EVERY WHISPER IS A SHOUT ACROSS THE VOID FIDDLE HEAD RECORDS
44 40 WARPED 45S MATADOR SUNSET PHEREMONE
45 39 JOLIE HOLLAND PINT OF BLOOD ANTI
46 38 THE LAWS TRY LOVE JML
47 32 AUDREY AULD COME FIND ME RECKLESS
48 34 MARK CUNNINGHAM AND THE NATIONALS DIMESTORE REDEMPTION STEADY ROLLER
49 42 GIRLS GUNS AND GLORY SWEET NOTHINGS LONESOME DAY
50 28 ARTY HILL ANOTHER LOST HIGHWAY SELF
For the Week of September 30, 2011 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member radio stations.