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

RMR Radio Airplay Chart - Roots Country Top 50

 
TW LW Artist CD Title Label
1 2 GILLIAN WELCH THE HARROW & THE HARVEST ACONY
2 9 CATHERINE MACLELLAN SILHOUETTE TRUE NORTH
3 10 ROBERT EARL KEEN READY FOR CONFETTI LOST HIGHWAY
4 1 KASEY CHAMBERS LITTLE BIRD LIBERATION
5 3 JIMMIE VAUGHAN PLAYS MORE BLUES, BALLADS & FAVORITES SHOUT! FACTORY
6 5 JOE ELY SATISFIED AT LAST REDEYE
7 4 TARA NEVINS WOOD AND STONE SUGAR HILL
8 7 EMMYLOU HARRIS HARD BARGAIN NONESUCH
9 8 BLACKIE AND THE RODEO KINGS KINGS AND QUEENS DRAMATICO
10 6 EILEN JEWELL QUEEN OF THE MINOR KEY SIGNATURE SOUNDS
11 11 GREG BROWN FREAK FLAG YEP ROC
12 13 JOHN HIATT DIRTY JEANS AND MUDSLIDE HYMNS NEWWEST
13 12 THE BLACK LILLIES 100 MILES OF WRECKAGE ATTACK MONKEY
14 14 DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER DRIVE TIME MOUNTAIN HOME MUSIC
15 50 HONEYHONEY BILLY JACK LOST HIGHWAY
16 16 BUDDY MILLER THE MAJESTIC SILVER STRINGS NEW WEST
17 43 NICK 13 NICK 13 SUGAR HILL
18 15 HALLEYANNA THE COUNTRY CHEATHAM STREET RECORDS
19 18 DALE WATSON THE SUN SESSIONS RED HOUSE
20 17 STEVE EARLE I’LL NEVER GET OUT OF THIS WORLD ALIVE NEW WEST
21 20 LYNN MILES FALL FOR BEAUTY TRUE NORTH
22 31 SCOTT H BIRAM BAD INGREDIENTS BLOODSHOT
23 22 ROBYN LUDWICK OUT OF THESE BLUES LATE SHOW
24 19 STEVE CROPPER DEDICATED 429
25 28 LYDIA LOVELESS INDESTRUCTIBLE MACHINE BLOODSHOT
26 25 BETTYSOO AND DOUG COX ACROSS THE BORDERLINE — LIE TO ME SELF
27 21 WILCO THE WHOLE LOVE ANTI-
28 24 MATRACA BERG THE DREAMING FIELDS DUALTONE
29 0 JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE HARLEM RIVER BLUES BLOODSHOT
30 41 THE HEAD & THE HEART THE HEAD & THE HEART SUB POP
31 23 BOTTLE ROCKETS NOT SO LOUD – AN ACOUSTIC EVENING WITH THE BOTTLE ROCKETS BLOODSHOT
32 30 THE GOURDS OLD MAD JOY VANGUARD
33 0 VARIOUS ARTIST SOUTHERN INDEPENDENT, VOLUME 2 BLACK COUNTRY ROCK
34 26 LINDI ORTEGA LITTLE RED BOOTS LAST GANG
35 0 ARTY HILL ANOTHER LOST HIGHWAY SELF
36 27 JEFF BRIDGES JEFF BRIDGES BLUE NOTE
37 32 NORA JANE STRUTHERS NORA JANE STRUTHERS BLUE PIG
38 0 WILLIE NELSON THE SCIENTIST (SINGLE) CHIPOTLE CULTIVATE FOUNDATION
39 29 TOM RUSSELL MESABI SHOUT FACTORY
40 0 MARSHALL CHAPMAN BIG LONESOME TALL GIRL
41 0 BUFFALO CLOVER LOW DOWN TIME PALAVER
42 0 THE ONLY SONS STEEL HEARTS SELF
43 33 LERA LYNN HAVE YOU MET LERA LYNN SLOW RECORDS
44 0 MUMFORD & SONS SIGH NO MORE GLASSNOTE
45 34 FISH & BIRD EVERY WHISPER IS A SHOUT ACROSS THE VOID FIDDLE HEAD RECORDS
46 36 LYNNE HANSON ONCE THE SUN GOES DOWN SELF
47 35 SHELBY LYNNE REVELATION ROAD (SINGLE) EVERSO
48 37 THE LAWS TRY LOVE JML
49 38 AUDREY AULD COME FIND ME RECKLESS
50 39 WARPED 45S MATADOR SUNSET PHEREMONE
For the Week of October 28, 2011 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member reporting stations