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
1 |
PIETA BROWN |
MERCURY |
RED HOUSE |
2 |
3 |
ABIGAIL WASHBURN |
CITY OF REFUGE |
FOREIGN CHILDREN RECORDS |
3 |
2 |
RED MOLLY |
LIGHT IN THE SKY |
SELF |
4 |
4 |
ELIZA GILKYSON |
ROSES AT THE END OF TIME |
RED HOUSE |
5 |
5 |
MADISON VIOLET |
THE GOOD IN GOODBYE |
TRUE NORTH |
6 |
6 |
GENE AND GAYLA MILLS |
IF STONES COULD TALK |
HEART PINE |
7 |
7 |
COLIN HAY |
GATHERING MERCURY |
COMPASS |
8 |
8 |
SARAH MACDOUGALL |
THE GREATEST ONES ALIVE |
RABBIT HEART MUSIC |
9 |
10 |
LAURA MARLING |
A CREATURE I DON’T KNOW |
EMI |
10 |
9 |
PHARIS & JASON ROMERO |
A PASSING GLIMPSE |
LULA |
11 |
11 |
PAUL SACHS |
OIL TOWN |
SELF |
12 |
12 |
100 MILE HOUSE |
HOLLOW PONDS |
HOLE IN MY SHOE PRODUCTIONS |
13 |
17 |
THE ONCE |
ROW UPON ROW OF THE PEOPLE THEY KNOW |
BOREALIS |
14 |
13 |
TUMBLING BONES |
RISK NOT YOUR SOUL |
SELF |
15 |
14 |
THE WAILIN’ JENNYS |
BRIGHT MORNING STARS |
RED HOUSE |
16 |
15 |
DAVID BROMBERG |
USE ME |
APPLESEED |
17 |
16 |
STEPHEN FEARING & ANDY WHITE |
FEARING & WHITE |
LOWDEN PROUD |
18 |
18 |
HAL CANNON |
HAL CANNON |
OKEHDOKEE RECORDS |
19 |
19 |
GOOD LOVELIES |
LET THE RAIN FALL |
SELF |
20 |
21 |
MAE MOORE |
FOLKLORE |
POETICAL LICENSE |
21 |
23 |
THE DEEP DARK WOODS |
THE PLACE I LEFT BEHIND |
SIX SHOOTER / SUGAR HILL |
22 |
22 |
PAUL SIMON |
SONGWRITER |
LEGACY |
23 |
36 |
JOHN MCCUTCHEON |
THIS LAND – WOODY GUTHRIE’S AMERICA |
APPALSONGS |
24 |
34 |
DAVID FRANCEY |
LATE EDITION |
LAKER MUSIC |
25 |
25 |
AMANDA SHIRES |
CARRYING LIGHTNING |
SELF |
26 |
24 |
ROBIN & LINDA WILLIAMS |
STONEWALL COUNTRY |
RED HOUSE |
27 |
27 |
BRUCE COCKBURN |
SMALL SOURCE OF COMFORT |
TRUE NORTH |
28 |
26 |
KATE REID |
DOING IT FOR THE CHICKS |
FIREBONES |
29 |
29 |
RACHEL HARRINGTON |
CELILO FALLS |
SKINNY DENNIS |
30 |
0 |
THE WAIFS |
TEMPTATION |
COMPASS |
31 |
30 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
A NOD TO BOB 2 — AN ARTISTS TRIBUTE TO BOB DYLAN ON HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY |
RED HOUSE |
32 |
28 |
ABBY OWENS |
INDIANTOWN |
SELF |
33 |
33 |
NORMA MACDONALD |
MORNING YOU WAKE |
PAPERWEIGHT MUSIC |
34 |
37 |
INDIGO GIRLS |
BEAUTY QUEEN SISTER |
VANGUARD |
35 |
35 |
LAURA REPO |
GET YOURSELF HOME |
REPO GIRL |
36 |
20 |
JOY KILLS SORROW |
THIS UNKNOWN SCIENCE |
SIGNATURE SOUNDS |
37 |
44 |
MARY FLOWER |
MISERY LOVES COMPANY |
YELLOW DOG RECORDS |
38 |
38 |
THE CIVIL WARS |
BARTON HOLLOW |
SENSIBILITY |
39 |
39 |
KATIE MOORE |
MONTEBELLO |
PURPLE CAT RECORDS |
40 |
0 |
EFREN |
ALWAYS BEEN A BLEEDER |
SLO PRO RECORDS |
41 |
31 |
JOHN PRINE |
THE SINGING POSTMAN DELIVERS |
OH BOY |
42 |
0 |
JEFFREY FOUCAULT |
HORSE LATITUDES |
SIGNATURE SOUNDS |
43 |
0 |
ROBBY HECHT |
LAST OF THE LONG DAYS |
101 DISTRIBUTION |
44 |
47 |
KYLE ALDEN |
SONGS FROM YEATS BEE-LOUD GLADE |
SELF |
45 |
0 |
KATE CAMPBELL |
TWO NIGHTS IN TEXAS |
LARGE RIVER |
46 |
41 |
PAUL SIMON |
SO BEAUTIFUL OR SO WHAT |
HEAR MUSIC |
47 |
45 |
KIM STOCKWOOD |
BACK TO THE WATER |
TURTLEMUSIC |
48 |
0 |
VANCE GILBERT |
OLD WHITE MEN |
DISISMYE MUSIC |
49 |
48 |
ROB LYTLE |
YOU. MUST. STOP |
HEART AND HOPE MUSIC |
50 |
49 |
CHUCK BRODSKY |
SUBTOTAL ECLIPSE |
SELF |
For the Week of November 18, 2011 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member reporting stations |
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TW |
LW |
Artist |
CD Title |
Label |
1 |
3 |
ROBERT EARL KEEN |
READY FOR CONFETTI |
LOST HIGHWAY |
2 |
3 |
KASEY CHAMBERS |
LITTLE BIRD |
LIBERATION |
3 |
2 |
GILLIAN WELCH |
THE HARROW & THE HARVEST |
ACONY |
4 |
4 |
BLACKIE AND THE RODEO KINGS |
KINGS AND QUEENS |
DRAMATICO |
5 |
6 |
JOE ELY |
SATISFIED AT LAST |
REDEYE |
6 |
7 |
EILEN JEWELL |
QUEEN OF THE MINOR KEY |
SIGNATURE SOUNDS |
7 |
5 |
TARA NEVINS |
WOOD AND STONE |
SUGAR HILL |
8 |
10 |
CATHERINE MACLELLAN |
SILHOUETTE |
TRUE NORTH |
9 |
9 |
EMMYLOU HARRIS |
HARD BARGAIN |
NONESUCH |
10 |
8 |
GREG BROWN |
FREAK FLAG |
YEP ROC |
11 |
12 |
DALE WATSON |
THE SUN SESSIONS |
RED HOUSE |
12 |
11 |
JOHN HIATT |
DIRTY JEANS AND MUDSLIDE HYMNS |
NEWWEST |
13 |
13 |
DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER |
DRIVE TIME |
MOUNTAIN HOME MUSIC |
14 |
14 |
JIMMIE VAUGHAN |
PLAYS MORE BLUES, BALLADS & FAVORITES |
SHOUT! FACTORY |
15 |
15 |
BUDDY MILLER |
THE MAJESTIC SILVER STRINGS |
NEW WEST |
16 |
16 |
STEVE EARLE |
I’LL NEVER GET OUT OF THIS WORLD ALIVE |
NEW WEST |
17 |
17 |
HALLEYANNA |
THE COUNTRY |
CHEATHAM STREET RECORDS |
18 |
19 |
SCOTT H BIRAM |
BAD INGREDIENTS |
BLOODSHOT |
19 |
39 |
SHELBY LYNNE |
REVELATION ROAD (SINGLE) |
EVERSO |
20 |
20 |
ROBYN LUDWICK |
OUT OF THESE BLUES |
LATE SHOW |
21 |
18 |
LYDIA LOVELESS |
INDESTRUCTIBLE MACHINE |
BLOODSHOT |
22 |
21 |
WILCO |
THE WHOLE LOVE |
ANTI- |
23 |
22 |
THE BLACK LILLIES |
100 MILES OF WRECKAGE |
ATTACK MONKEY |
24 |
23 |
FISH & BIRD |
EVERY WHISPER IS A SHOUT ACROSS THE VOID |
FIDDLE HEAD RECORDS |
25 |
24 |
BETTYSOO AND DOUG COX |
ACROSS THE BORDERLINE — LIE TO ME |
SELF |
26 |
0 |
BETSY FRANCK AND THE BAREKNUCKLE BAND |
STILL WAITING |
ATHENS MUSIC |
27 |
25 |
THE GOURDS |
OLD MAD JOY |
VANGUARD |
28 |
29 |
HONEYHONEY |
BILLY JACK |
LOST HIGHWAY |
29 |
27 |
NATASHA JAMES |
BAD JUDGEMENTS |
HIGHWAY ONE RECORDS |
30 |
33 |
TOM RUSSELL |
MESABI |
SHOUT FACTORY |
31 |
28 |
GIRLS GUNS AND GLORY |
SWEET NOTHINGS |
LONESOME DAY |
32 |
32 |
LERA LYNN |
HAVE YOU MET LERA LYNN |
SLOW RECORDS |
33 |
34 |
PAUL THORN |
PIMPS AND PREACHERS |
PERPECTUAL OBSCURITY |
34 |
35 |
NICK 13 |
NICK 13 |
SUGAR HILL |
35 |
30 |
STEVE CROPPER |
DEDICATED |
429 |
36 |
36 |
JOHN HOWIE JR. AND THE ROSEWOOD BLUFFTOWN ARTISTS |
LEAVIN’ YESTERDAY |
HANDS UP! RECORDS |
37 |
37 |
LYNN MILES |
FALL FOR BEAUTY |
TRUE NORTH |
38 |
38 |
LINDI ORTEGA |
LITTLE RED BOOTS |
LAST GANG |
39 |
43 |
MATRACA BERG |
THE DREAMING FIELDS |
DUALTONE |
40 |
0 |
MARK CUNNINGHAM AND THE NATIONALS |
DIMESTORE REDEMPTION |
STEADY ROLLER |
41 |
40 |
TOM JONES |
PRAISE & BLAME |
LOST HIGHWAY |
42 |
41 |
THE LAWS |
TRY LOVE |
JML |
43 |
42 |
AUDREY AULD |
COME FIND ME |
RECKLESS |
44 |
46 |
CHRIS JONES |
TOO FAR DOWN THE ROAD |
LITTLE DOG |
45 |
45 |
RECKLESS KELLY |
GOOD LUCK & TRUE LOVE |
NO BIG DEAL |
46 |
0 |
ELVIS PRESLEY |
THE SUN SESSIONS CD |
VICTOR/BMG |
47 |
47 |
THE HEAD & THE HEART |
THE HEAD & THE HEART |
SUB POP |
48 |
49 |
MATT WOODS |
MANIFESTO |
PLAN A SOUND |
49 |
44 |
BOTTLE ROCKETS |
NOT SO LOUD – AN ACOUSTIC EVENING WITH THE BOTTLE ROCKETS |
BLOODSHOT |
50 |
0 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
THE LOST NOTEBOOKS OF HANK WILLIAMS |
COLUMBIA |
For the Week of November 18, 2011 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member reporting stations |
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