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 ABIGAIL WASHBURN CITY OF REFUGE FOREIGN CHILDREN RECORDS
3 4 MADISON VIOLET THE GOOD IN GOODBYE TRUE NORTH
4 5 JUNE TABOR RAGGED KINGDOM TOPIC
5 6 GENE AND GAYLA MILLS IF STONES COULD TALK HEART PINE
6 7 SARAH MACDOUGALL THE GREATEST ONES ALIVE RABBIT HEART MUSIC
7 8 LAURA MARLING A CREATURE I DON’T KNOW EMI
8 10 DAVID BROMBERG USE ME APPLESEED
9 11 100 MILE HOUSE HOLLOW PONDS HOLE IN MY SHOE PRODUCTIONS
10 9 PHARIS & JASON ROMERO A PASSING GLIMPSE LULA
11 12 GOOD LOVELIES LET THE RAIN FALL SELF
12 13 HAL CANNON HAL CANNON OKEHDOKEE RECORDS
13 16 STEPHEN FEARING & ANDY WHITE FEARING & WHITE LOWDEN PROUD
14 15 THE DEEP DARK WOODS THE PLACE I LEFT BEHIND SIX SHOOTER / SUGAR HILL
15 17 MAE MOORE FOLKLORE POETICAL LICENSE
16 19 PAUL SIMON SONGWRITER LEGACY
17 20 ROBIN & LINDA WILLIAMS STONEWALL COUNTRY RED HOUSE
18 24 STEPHANIE FAGAN HEART THIEF YONDER MUSIC
19 21 VARIOUS ARTISTS A NOD TO BOB 2 — AN ARTISTS TRIBUTE TO BOB DYLAN ON HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY RED HOUSE
20 2 RED MOLLY LIGHT IN THE SKY SELF
21 35 GENTRY BRONSON GENTRY BRONSON STOLEN HAT
22 18 THE ONCE ROW UPON ROW OF THE PEOPLE THEY KNOW BOREALIS
23 0 ABBY OWENS INDIANTOWN SELF
24 25 NORMA MACDONALD MORNING YOU WAKE PAPERWEIGHT MUSIC
25 27 LAURA REPO GET YOURSELF HOME REPO GIRL
26 29 MURRAY MCLAUCHLAN HUMAN WRITES TRUE NORTH
27 28 KATIE MOORE MONTEBELLO PURPLE CAT RECORDS
28 34 THE WAILIN’ JENNYS BRIGHT MORNING STARS RED HOUSE
29 33 INDIGO GIRLS BEAUTY QUEEN SISTER VANGUARD
30 37 AMANDA SHIRES CARRYING LIGHTNING SELF
31 38 IAN TAMBLYN WALKING THE BONES NORTH TRACK RECORDS
32 36 THE CIVIL WARS BARTON HOLLOW SENSIBILITY
33 39 ELIZA GILKYSON ROSES AT THE END OF TIME RED HOUSE
34 30 DAVID FRANCEY LATE EDITION LAKER MUSIC
35 31 PAUL SACHS OIL TOWN SELF
36 32 VANCE GILBERT OLD WHITE MEN DISISMYE MUSIC
37 40 KATE REID DOING IT FOR THE CHICKS FIREBONES
38 41 CHUCK BRODSKY SUBTOTAL ECLIPSE SELF
39 43 RACHEL HARRINGTON CELILO FALLS SKINNY DENNIS
40 46 PAUL SIMON SO BEAUTIFUL OR SO WHAT HEAR MUSIC
41 47 PATTI CASEY THE HEART OF A WAITING BOY LONGSHOT MUSIC
42 48 JAMES LEE STANLEY AND CLIFF EBERHARDT ALL WOOD AND DOORS BEACHWOOD
43 49 ANDREA ENGLAND HOPE & OTHER SINS LEMONADE FACTORY
44 50 BRUCE COCKBURN SMALL SOURCE OF COMFORT TRUE NORTH
45 0 DIANA JONES HIGH ATMOSPHERE PROPER RECORDS US
46 0 SEAN ROWE MAGIC ANTI / EPITAPH
47 0 PETE SEEGER LIVE IN ’65 APPLESEED
48 0 ASSEMBLY OF DUST SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED ROCK RIDGE MUSIC
49 0 GREAT BIG SEA SAFE UPON THE SHORE SELF
50 0 JESSICA LEA MAYFIELD TELL ME NONESUCH
For the Week of December 23, 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 2 JOE ELY SATISFIED AT LAST REDEYE
3 3 GILLIAN WELCH THE HARROW & THE HARVEST ACONY
4 4 BLACKIE AND THE RODEO KINGS KINGS AND QUEENS DRAMATICO
5 5 GREG BROWN FREAK FLAG YEP ROC
6 7 TARA NEVINS WOOD AND STONE SUGAR HILL
7 9 EILEN JEWELL QUEEN OF THE MINOR KEY SIGNATURE SOUNDS
8 8 CATHERINE MACLELLAN SILHOUETTE TRUE NORTH
9 10 KASEY CHAMBERS STORYBOOK LIBERATION MUSIC
10 6 RYAN ADAMS ASHES & FIRE CAPITOL
11 13 JOHN HIATT DIRTY JEANS AND MUDSLIDE HYMNS NEWWEST
12 11 EMMYLOU HARRIS HARD BARGAIN NONESUCH
13 14 STEVE EARLE I’LL NEVER GET OUT OF THIS WORLD ALIVE NEW WEST
14 15 LORRIE SINGER & BRADLEY KOPP A DEEP OASIS REDBOOT RECORDS
15 16 BUDDY MILLER THE MAJESTIC SILVER STRINGS NEW WEST
16 0 GIRLS GUNS AND GLORY SWEET NOTHINGS LONESOME DAY
17 12 DALE WATSON THE SUN SESSIONS RED HOUSE
18 18 KASEY CHAMBERS LITTLE BIRD LIBERATION
19 19 THE GOURDS OLD MAD JOY VANGUARD
20 17 DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER DRIVE TIME MOUNTAIN HOME MUSIC
21 20 FISH & BIRD EVERY WHISPER IS A SHOUT ACROSS THE VOID FIDDLE HEAD RECORDS
22 21 BETTYSOO AND DOUG COX ACROSS THE BORDERLINE — LIE TO ME SELF
23 23 THE BLACK LILLIES 100 MILES OF WRECKAGE ATTACK MONKEY
24 24 ROBYN LUDWICK OUT OF THESE BLUES LATE SHOW
25 22 ANGELA EASTERLING BEGUILER SELF
26 26 SHELBY LYNNE REVELATION ROAD (SINGLE) EVERSO
27 50 RUNAWAY DOROTHY THE ARC COLUMBIA RIVER ENTERTAINMENT
28 28 DOC DAILEY AND MAGNOLIA DEVIL VICTIMS, ENEMIES, AND OLD FRIENDS SOUTHERN DISCIPLINE
29 29 ARTY HILL ANOTHER LOST HIGHWAY SELF
30 35 LYNN MILES FALL FOR BEAUTY TRUE NORTH
31 48 BOTTLE ROCKETS NOT SO LOUD – AN ACOUSTIC EVENING WITH THE BOTTLE ROCKETS BLOODSHOT
32 0 WILD RUMPUS 304 SELF
33 39 OH SUSANNA SOON THE BIRDS OUTSIDE
34 0 JOHN HOWIE JR. AND THE ROSEWOOD BLUFFTOWN ARTISTS LEAVIN’ YESTERDAY HANDS UP! RECORDS
35 36 MATT WOODS MANIFESTO PLAN A SOUND
36 33 WILLIE NELSON REMEMBER ME VOL. 1 R&J RECORDS
37 43 LINDI ORTEGA LITTLE RED BOOTS LAST GANG
38 44 WARPED 45S MATADOR SUNSET PHEREMONE
39 46 TOM JONES PRAISE & BLAME LOST HIGHWAY
40 49 THE RED DIRT RANGERS MOTEL RANGER RANGER RECORDS
41 31 PAT ROBERTS AND THE HEYMAKERS LONESOME AND BLUE ELECTRIC LOTUS
42 40 CALICO MOON WHEN LOVE COMES AROUND TWO CHAIRS
43 37 BETSY FRANCK AND THE BAREKNUCKLE BAND STILL WAITING ATHENS MUSIC
44 0 CODY CANADA & THE DEPARTED THIS IS INDIAN LAND THIRTY TIGERS
45 0 GRAYSON CAPPS THE LOST CAUSE MINSTRELS ROYAL POTATO FAMILY
46 0 WILCO THE WHOLE LOVE ANTI-
47 0 AUDREY AULD COME FIND ME RECKLESS
48 25 MATRACA BERG THE DREAMING FIELDS DUALTONE
49 0 JAMES JUSTIN DARK COUNTRY SELF
50 42 NATASHA JAMES BAD JUDGEMENTS HIGHWAY ONE RECORDS
For the Week of December 23, 2011 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations