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 ABIGAIL WASHBURN CITY OF REFUGE FOREIGN CHILDREN RECORDS
3 3 MADISON VIOLET THE GOOD IN GOODBYE TRUE NORTH
4 4 JUNE TABOR RAGGED KINGDOM TOPIC
5 5 GENE AND GAYLA MILLS IF STONES COULD TALK HEART PINE
6 6 SARAH MACDOUGALL THE GREATEST ONES ALIVE RABBIT HEART MUSIC
7 7 LAURA MARLING A CREATURE I DON’T KNOW EMI
8 8 DAVID BROMBERG USE ME APPLESEED
9 20 RED MOLLY LIGHT IN THE SKY SELF
10 9 100 MILE HOUSE HOLLOW PONDS HOLE IN MY SHOE PRODUCTIONS
11 11 GOOD LOVELIES LET THE RAIN FALL SELF
12 12 HAL CANNON HAL CANNON OKEHDOKEE RECORDS
13 10 PHARIS & JASON ROMERO A PASSING GLIMPSE LULA
14 13 STEPHEN FEARING & ANDY WHITE FEARING & WHITE LOWDEN PROUD
15 14 THE DEEP DARK WOODS THE PLACE I LEFT BEHIND SIX SHOOTER / SUGAR HILL
16 15 MAE MOORE FOLKLORE POETICAL LICENSE
17 16 PAUL SIMON SONGWRITER LEGACY
18 17 ROBIN & LINDA WILLIAMS STONEWALL COUNTRY RED HOUSE
19 18 STEPHANIE FAGAN HEART THIEF YONDER MUSIC
20 19 VARIOUS ARTISTS A NOD TO BOB 2 — AN ARTISTS TRIBUTE TO BOB DYLAN ON HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY RED HOUSE
21 22 THE ONCE ROW UPON ROW OF THE PEOPLE THEY KNOW BOREALIS
22 24 NORMA MACDONALD MORNING YOU WAKE PAPERWEIGHT MUSIC
23 25 LAURA REPO GET YOURSELF HOME REPO GIRL
24 23 ABBY OWENS INDIANTOWN SELF
25 27 KATIE MOORE MONTEBELLO PURPLE CAT RECORDS
26 26 MURRAY MCLAUCHLAN HUMAN WRITES TRUE NORTH
27 29 INDIGO GIRLS BEAUTY QUEEN SISTER VANGUARD
28 28 THE WAILIN’ JENNYS BRIGHT MORNING STARS RED HOUSE
29 32 THE CIVIL WARS BARTON HOLLOW SENSIBILITY
30 30 AMANDA SHIRES CARRYING LIGHTNING SELF
31 31 IAN TAMBLYN WALKING THE BONES NORTH TRACK RECORDS
32 33 ELIZA GILKYSON ROSES AT THE END OF TIME RED HOUSE
33 34 DAVID FRANCEY LATE EDITION LAKER MUSIC
34 35 PAUL SACHS OIL TOWN SELF
35 36 VANCE GILBERT OLD WHITE MEN DISISMYE MUSIC
36 37 KATE REID DOING IT FOR THE CHICKS FIREBONES
37 38 CHUCK BRODSKY SUBTOTAL ECLIPSE SELF
38 0 ELEPHANT REVIVAL BREAK IN THE CLOUDS RUFF SHOD / NETTWERK
39 0 CAHALEN MORRISON & ELI WEST THE HOLY COMING OF THE STORM INDIE
40 39 RACHEL HARRINGTON CELILO FALLS SKINNY DENNIS
41 0 SHAUN CROMWELL FOLK-WORN PROSE MELON PATCH
42 0 JOE CROOKSTON DARKLING & THE BLUEBIRD JUBILEE INDIE
43 41 PATTI CASEY THE HEART OF A WAITING BOY LONGSHOT MUSIC
44 42 JAMES LEE STANLEY AND CLIFF EBERHARDT ALL WOOD AND DOORS BEACHWOOD
45 43 ANDREA ENGLAND HOPE & OTHER SINS LEMONADE FACTORY
46 40 PAUL SIMON SO BEAUTIFUL OR SO WHAT HEAR MUSIC
47 44 BRUCE COCKBURN SMALL SOURCE OF COMFORT TRUE NORTH
48 45 DIANA JONES HIGH ATMOSPHERE PROPER RECORDS US
49 46 SEAN ROWE MAGIC ANTI / EPITAPH
50 49 GREAT BIG SEA SAFE UPON THE SHORE SELF
For the Week of December 30, 2011 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations

RMR Radio Airplay Chart - Roots Country Top 50 Albums

 
TW LW Artist CD Title Label
1 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 6 TARA NEVINS WOOD AND STONE SUGAR HILL
7 7 EILEN JEWELL QUEEN OF THE MINOR KEY SIGNATURE SOUNDS
8 8 CATHERINE MACLELLAN SILHOUETTE TRUE NORTH
9 9 KASEY CHAMBERS STORYBOOK LIBERATION MUSIC
10 10 RYAN ADAMS ASHES & FIRE CAPITOL
11 11 JOHN HIATT DIRTY JEANS AND MUDSLIDE HYMNS NEWWEST
12 12 EMMYLOU HARRIS HARD BARGAIN NONESUCH
13 13 STEVE EARLE I’LL NEVER GET OUT OF THIS WORLD ALIVE NEW WEST
14 14 LORRIE SINGER & BRADLEY KOPP A DEEP OASIS REDBOOT RECORDS
15 15 BUDDY MILLER THE MAJESTIC SILVER STRINGS NEW WEST
16 17 DALE WATSON THE SUN SESSIONS RED HOUSE
17 20 DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER DRIVE TIME MOUNTAIN HOME MUSIC
18 18 KASEY CHAMBERS LITTLE BIRD LIBERATION
19 19 THE GOURDS OLD MAD JOY VANGUARD
20 16 GIRLS GUNS AND GLORY SWEET NOTHINGS LONESOME DAY
21 21 FISH & BIRD EVERY WHISPER IS A SHOUT ACROSS THE VOID FIDDLE HEAD RECORDS
22 22 BETTYSOO AND DOUG COX ACROSS THE BORDERLINE — LIE TO ME SELF
23 24 ROBYN LUDWICK OUT OF THESE BLUES LATE SHOW
24 23 THE BLACK LILLIES 100 MILES OF WRECKAGE ATTACK MONKEY
25 26 SHELBY LYNNE REVELATION ROAD (SINGLE) EVERSO
26 27 RUNAWAY DOROTHY THE ARC COLUMBIA RIVER ENTERTAINMENT
27 48 MATRACA BERG THE DREAMING FIELDS DUALTONE
28 34 JOHN HOWIE JR. AND THE ROSEWOOD BLUFFTOWN ARTISTS LEAVIN’ YESTERDAY HANDS UP! RECORDS
29 29 ARTY HILL ANOTHER LOST HIGHWAY SELF
30 30 LYNN MILES FALL FOR BEAUTY TRUE NORTH
31 33 OH SUSANNA SOON THE BIRDS OUTSIDE
32 32 WILD RUMPUS 304 SELF
33 0 ERIC HANKE FACTORY MAN TEN FOOT TEXAN
34 0 AMY BLACK ONE / TIME RUEBEN
35 37 LINDI ORTEGA LITTLE RED BOOTS LAST GANG
36 38 WARPED 45S MATADOR SUNSET PHEREMONE
37 39 TOM JONES PRAISE & BLAME LOST HIGHWAY
38 36 WILLIE NELSON REMEMBER ME VOL. 1 R&J RECORDS
39 40 THE RED DIRT RANGERS MOTEL RANGER RANGER RECORDS
40 41 PAT ROBERTS AND THE HEYMAKERS LONESOME AND BLUE ELECTRIC LOTUS
41 45 GRAYSON CAPPS THE LOST CAUSE MINSTRELS ROYAL POTATO FAMILY
42 31 BOTTLE ROCKETS NOT SO LOUD – AN ACOUSTIC EVENING WITH THE BOTTLE ROCKETS BLOODSHOT
43 42 CALICO MOON WHEN LOVE COMES AROUND TWO CHAIRS
44 44 CODY CANADA & THE DEPARTED THIS IS INDIAN LAND THIRTY TIGERS
45 46 WILCO THE WHOLE LOVE ANTI-
46 0 DREW LANDRY BAND SHARE CROPPERS WHINE LANDRY PALEHORSE
47 47 AUDREY AULD COME FIND ME RECKLESS
48 0 HONEYHONEY BILLY JACK LOST HIGHWAY
49 49 JAMES JUSTIN DARK COUNTRY SELF
50 50 NATASHA JAMES BAD JUDGEMENTS HIGHWAY ONE RECORDS
For the Week of December 30, 2011 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations