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 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

RMR Radio Airplay Chart - Roots Country Top 50 Albums

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TW LW Artist CD Title Label
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