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 |
RED MOLLY |
LIGHT IN THE SKY |
SELF |
3 |
2 |
ABIGAIL WASHBURN |
CITY OF REFUGE |
FOREIGN CHILDREN RECORDS |
4 |
4 |
MADISON VIOLET |
THE GOOD IN GOODBYE |
TRUE NORTH |
5 |
5 |
JUNE TABOR |
RAGGED KINGDOM |
TOPIC |
6 |
6 |
GENE AND GAYLA MILLS |
IF STONES COULD TALK |
HEART PINE |
7 |
8 |
SARAH MACDOUGALL |
THE GREATEST ONES ALIVE |
RABBIT HEART MUSIC |
8 |
7 |
LAURA MARLING |
A CREATURE I DON’T KNOW |
EMI |
9 |
11 |
PHARIS & JASON ROMERO |
A PASSING GLIMPSE |
LULA |
10 |
10 |
DAVID BROMBERG |
USE ME |
APPLESEED |
11 |
12 |
100 MILE HOUSE |
HOLLOW PONDS |
HOLE IN MY SHOE PRODUCTIONS |
12 |
13 |
GOOD LOVELIES |
LET THE RAIN FALL |
SELF |
13 |
14 |
HAL CANNON |
HAL CANNON |
OKEHDOKEE RECORDS |
14 |
22 |
JOHN MCCUTCHEON |
THIS LAND – WOODY GUTHRIE’S AMERICA |
APPALSONGS |
15 |
9 |
THE DEEP DARK WOODS |
THE PLACE I LEFT BEHIND |
SIX SHOOTER / SUGAR HILL |
16 |
15 |
STEPHEN FEARING & ANDY WHITE |
FEARING & WHITE |
LOWDEN PROUD |
17 |
16 |
MAE MOORE |
FOLKLORE |
POETICAL LICENSE |
18 |
19 |
THE ONCE |
ROW UPON ROW OF THE PEOPLE THEY KNOW |
BOREALIS |
19 |
18 |
PAUL SIMON |
SONGWRITER |
LEGACY |
20 |
20 |
ROBIN & LINDA WILLIAMS |
STONEWALL COUNTRY |
RED HOUSE |
21 |
23 |
VARIOUS ARTIST |
A NOD TO BOB 2 — AN ARTISTS TRIBUTE TO BOB DYLAN ON HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY |
RED HOUSE |
22 |
31 |
HEATHER STYKA |
LIFEBOATS FOR ATLANTIS |
KIT STRIPE |
23 |
28 |
KYLE ALDEN |
SONGS FROM YEATS BEE-LOUD GLADE |
SELF |
24 |
0 |
STEPHANIE FAGAN |
HEART THIEF |
YONDER MUSIC |
25 |
25 |
NORMA MACDONALD |
MORNING YOU WAKE |
PAPERWEIGHT MUSIC |
26 |
26 |
CARRIE NEWCOMER |
EVERYTHING IS EVERYWHERE |
AVAILABLE LIGHT |
27 |
27 |
LAURA REPO |
GET YOURSELF HOME |
REPO GIRL |
28 |
30 |
KATIE MOORE |
MONTEBELLO |
PURPLE CAT RECORDS |
29 |
32 |
MURRAY MCLAUCHLAN |
HUMAN WRITES |
TRUE NORTH |
30 |
40 |
DAVID FRANCEY |
LATE EDITION |
LAKER MUSIC |
31 |
17 |
PAUL SACHS |
OIL TOWN |
SELF |
32 |
36 |
VANCE GILBERT |
OLD WHITE MEN |
DISISMYE MUSIC |
33 |
24 |
INDIGO GIRLS |
BEAUTY QUEEN SISTER |
VANGUARD |
34 |
34 |
THE WAILIN’ JENNYS |
BRIGHT MORNING STARS |
RED HOUSE |
35 |
37 |
GENTRY BRONSON |
GENTRY BRONSON |
STOLEN HAT |
36 |
29 |
THE CIVIL WARS |
BARTON HOLLOW |
SENSIBILITY |
37 |
33 |
AMANDA SHIRES |
CARRYING LIGHTNING |
SELF |
38 |
41 |
IAN TAMBLYN |
WALKING THE BONES |
NORTH TRACK RECORDS |
39 |
35 |
ELIZA GILKYSON |
ROSES AT THE END OF TIME |
RED HOUSE |
40 |
42 |
KATE REID |
DOING IT FOR THE CHICKS |
FIREBONES |
41 |
43 |
CHUCK BRODSKY |
SUBTOTAL ECLIPSE |
SELF |
42 |
0 |
ROBBY HECHT |
LAST OF THE LONG DAYS |
101 DISTRIBUTION |
43 |
45 |
RACHEL HARRINGTON |
CELILO FALLS |
SKINNY DENNIS |
44 |
21 |
JOY KILLS SORROW |
THIS UNKNOWN SCIENCE |
SIGNATURE SOUNDS |
45 |
0 |
DRIFTWOOD FIRE |
HOW TO UNTANGLE A HEARTACHE |
SELF |
46 |
39 |
PAUL SIMON |
SO BEAUTIFUL OR SO WHAT |
HEAR MUSIC |
47 |
0 |
PATTI CASEY |
THE HEART OF A WAITING BOY |
LONGSHOT MUSIC |
48 |
0 |
JAMES LEE STANLEY AND CLIFF EBERHARDT |
ALL WOOD AND DOORS |
BEACHWOOD |
49 |
0 |
ANDREA ENGLAND |
HOPE & OTHER SINS |
LEMONADE FACTORY |
50 |
0 |
BRUCE COCKBURN |
SMALL SOURCE OF COMFORT |
TRUE NORTH |
For the Week of December 16, 2011 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations |
|
TW |
LW |
Artist |
CD Title |
Label |
1
1 |
ROBERT EARL KEEN |
READY FOR CONFETTI |
LOST HIGHWAY |
2 |
4 |
JOE ELY |
SATISFIED AT LAST |
REDEYE |
3 |
2 |
GILLIAN WELCH |
THE HARROW & THE HARVEST |
ACONY |
4 |
5 |
BLACKIE AND THE RODEO KINGS |
KINGS AND QUEENS |
DRAMATICO |
5 |
7 |
GREG BROWN |
FREAK FLAG |
YEP ROC |
6 |
3 |
RYAN ADAMS |
ASHES & FIRE |
CAPITOL |
7 |
8 |
TARA NEVINS |
WOOD AND STONE |
SUGAR HILL |
8 |
10 |
CATHERINE MACLELLAN |
SILHOUETTE |
TRUE NORTH |
9 |
6 |
EILEN JEWELL |
QUEEN OF THE MINOR KEY |
SIGNATURE SOUNDS |
10 |
11 |
KASEY CHAMBERS |
STORYBOOK |
LIBERATION MUSIC |
11 |
15 |
EMMYLOU HARRIS |
HARD BARGAIN |
NONESUCH |
12 |
9 |
DALE WATSON |
THE SUN SESSIONS |
RED HOUSE |
13 |
12 |
JOHN HIATT |
DIRTY JEANS AND MUDSLIDE HYMNS |
NEWWEST |
14 |
14 |
STEVE EARLE |
I’LL NEVER GET OUT OF THIS WORLD ALIVE |
NEW WEST |
15 |
16 |
LORRIE SINGER & BRADLEY KOPP |
A DEEP OASIS |
REDBOOT RECORDS |
16 |
17 |
BUDDY MILLER |
THE MAJESTIC SILVER STRINGS |
NEW WEST |
17 |
22 |
DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER |
DRIVE TIME |
MOUNTAIN HOME MUSIC |
18 |
13 |
KASEY CHAMBERS |
LITTLE BIRD |
LIBERATION |
19 |
20 |
THE GOURDS |
OLD MAD JOY |
VANGUARD |
20 |
25 |
FISH & BIRD |
EVERY WHISPER IS A SHOUT ACROSS THE VOID |
FIDDLE HEAD RECORDS |
21 |
27 |
BETTYSOO AND DOUG COX |
ACROSS THE BORDERLINE — LIE TO ME |
SELF |
22 |
0 |
ANGELA EASTERLING |
BEGUILER |
SELF |
23 |
38 |
THE BLACK LILLIES |
100 MILES OF WRECKAGE |
ATTACK MONKEY |
24 |
32 |
ROBYN LUDWICK |
OUT OF THESE BLUES |
LATE SHOW |
25 |
50 |
MATRACA BERG |
THE DREAMING FIELDS |
DUALTONE |
26 |
19 |
SHELBY LYNNE |
REVELATION ROAD (SINGLE) |
EVERSO |
27 |
0 |
ERIC HANKE |
FACTORY MAN |
TEN FOOT TEXAN |
28 |
33 |
DOC DAILEY AND MAGNOLIA DEVIL |
VICTIMS, ENEMIES, AND OLD FRIENDS |
SOUTHERN DISCIPLINE |
29 |
34 |
ARTY HILL |
ANOTHER LOST HIGHWAY |
SELF |
30 |
35 |
THE ONLY SONS |
STEEL HEARTS |
SELF |
31 |
36 |
PAT ROBERTS AND THE HEYMAKERS |
LONESOME AND BLUE |
ELECTRIC LOTUS |
32 |
0 |
AMY BLACK |
ONE / TIME |
RUEBEN |
33 |
21 |
WILLIE NELSON |
REMEMBER ME VOL. 1 |
R&J RECORDS |
34 |
24 |
JOHN LILLY |
COLD COMFORT |
SELF |
35 |
37 |
LYNN MILES |
FALL FOR BEAUTY |
TRUE NORTH |
36 |
23 |
MATT WOODS |
MANIFESTO |
PLAN A SOUND |
37 |
40 |
BETSY FRANCK AND THE BAREKNUCKLE BAND |
STILL WAITING |
ATHENS MUSIC |
38 |
18 |
SCOTT H BIRAM |
BAD INGREDIENTS |
BLOODSHOT |
39 |
43 |
OH SUSANNA |
SOON THE BIRDS |
OUTSIDE |
40 |
0 |
CALICO MOON |
WHEN LOVE COMES AROUND |
TWO CHAIRS |
41 |
39 |
LITTLE WILLIES |
FOR THE GOOD TIMES |
MILKING BULL |
42 |
46 |
NATASHA JAMES |
BAD JUDGEMENTS |
HIGHWAY ONE RECORDS |
43 |
47 |
LINDI ORTEGA |
LITTLE RED BOOTS |
LAST GANG |
44 |
48 |
WARPED 45S |
MATADOR SUNSET |
PHEREMONE |
45 |
41 |
NICK 13 |
NICK 13 |
SUGAR HILL |
46 |
49 |
TOM JONES |
PRAISE & BLAME |
LOST HIGHWAY |
47 |
0 |
MARK CUNNINGHAM AND THE NATIONALS |
DIMESTORE REDEMPTION |
STEADY ROLLER |
48 |
44 |
BOTTLE ROCKETS |
NOT SO LOUD – AN ACOUSTIC EVENING WITH THE BOTTLE ROCKETS |
BLOODSHOT |
49 |
0 |
THE RED DIRT RANGERS |
MOTEL RANGER |
RANGER RECORDS |
50 |
0 |
RUNAWAY DOROTHY |
THE ARC |
COLUMBIA RIVER ENTERTAINMENT |
For the Week of December 16, 2011 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations |
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