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 |
2 |
RED MOLLY |
LIGHT IN THE SKY |
SELF |
3 |
3 |
SARAH MACDOUGALL |
THE GREATEST ONES ALIVE |
RABBIT HEART MUSIC |
4 |
5 |
MADISON VIOLET |
THE GOOD IN GOODBYE |
TRUE NORTH |
5 |
6 |
GENE AND GAYLA MILLS |
IF STONES COULD TALK |
HEART PINE |
6 |
7 |
JUNE TABOR |
RAGGED KINGDOM |
TOPIC |
7 |
4 |
THE DEEP DARK WOODS |
THE PLACE I LEFT BEHIND |
SIX SHOOTER / SUGAR HILL |
8 |
8 |
ABIGAIL WASHBURN |
CITY OF REFUGE |
FOREIGN CHILDREN RECORDS |
9 |
0 |
THE PINES |
DARK SO GOLD |
RED HOUSE |
10 |
10 |
PHARIS & JASON ROMERO |
A PASSING GLIMPSE |
LULA |
11 |
11 |
100 MILE HOUSE |
HOLLOW PONDS |
HOLE IN MY SHOE PRODUCTIONS |
12 |
9 |
LAURA MARLING |
A CREATURE I DON’T KNOW |
EMI |
13 |
13 |
HAL CANNON |
HAL CANNON |
OKEHDOKEE RECORDS |
14 |
12 |
THE ONCE |
ROW UPON ROW OF THE PEOPLE THEY KNOW |
BOREALIS |
15 |
14 |
STEPHEN FEARING & ANDY WHITE |
FEARING & WHITE |
LOWDEN PROUD |
16 |
15 |
GOOD LOVELIES |
LET THE RAIN FALL |
SELF |
17 |
16 |
MAE MOORE |
FOLKLORE |
POETICAL LICENSE |
18 |
17 |
ROBIN & LINDA WILLIAMS |
STONEWALL COUNTRY |
RED HOUSE |
19 |
18 |
PAUL SIMON |
SONGWRITER |
LEGACY |
20 |
19 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
A NOD TO BOB 2 — AN ARTISTS TRIBUTE TO BOB DYLAN ON HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY |
RED HOUSE |
21 |
20 |
HEATHER STYKA |
LIFEBOATS FOR ATLANTIS |
KIT STRIPE |
22 |
34 |
STEPHANIE FAGAN |
HEART THIEF |
YONDER MUSIC |
23 |
26 |
ANI DIFRANCO |
WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON? |
RIGHTEOUS BABE |
24 |
21 |
JOHN MCCUTCHEON |
THIS LAND – WOODY GUTHRIE’S AMERICA |
APPALSONGS |
25 |
23 |
MIRANDA LAMBERT |
BAGGAGE CLAIM (ACOUSTIC) |
RCA |
26 |
24 |
NORMA MACDONALD |
MORNING YOU WAKE |
PAPERWEIGHT MUSIC |
27 |
32 |
THE WAILIN’ JENNYS |
BRIGHT MORNING STARS |
RED HOUSE |
28 |
22 |
CARRIE NEWCOMER |
EVERYTHING IS EVERYWHERE |
AVAILABLE LIGHT |
29 |
28 |
MURRAY MCLAUCHLAN |
HUMAN WRITES |
TRUE NORTH |
30 |
29 |
LA BOTTINE SOURIANTE |
APPELLATION DORIGINE CONTROLEE |
BOREALIS |
31 |
33 |
LAURA REPO |
GET YOURSELF HOME |
REPO GIRL |
32 |
25 |
KYLE ALDEN |
SONGS FROM YEATS BEE-LOUD GLADE |
SELF |
33 |
36 |
KATIE MOORE |
MONTEBELLO |
PURPLE CAT RECORDS |
34 |
38 |
IAN TAMBLYN |
WALKING THE BONES |
NORTH TRACK RECORDS |
35 |
40 |
COLD SPECKS |
HOLLAND |
ARTS AND CRAFTS |
36 |
27 |
INDIGO GIRLS |
BEAUTY QUEEN SISTER |
VANGUARD |
37 |
30 |
ABBY OWENS |
INDIANTOWN |
SELF |
38 |
31 |
THE CIVIL WARS |
BARTON HOLLOW |
SENSIBILITY |
39 |
41 |
BRUCE COCKBURN |
SMALL SOURCE OF COMFORT |
TRUE NORTH |
40 |
35 |
AMANDA SHIRES |
CARRYING LIGHTNING |
SELF |
41 |
0 |
GUY CLARK |
SONGS & STORIES |
DUALTONE |
42 |
42 |
DAVID FRANCEY |
LATE EDITION |
LAKER MUSIC |
43 |
37 |
DAVID BROMBERG |
USE ME |
APPLESEED |
44 |
43 |
CRABTREE & MILLS |
RISE ABOVE |
FREE & EASY |
45 |
0 |
ANGEL BAND |
BLESS MY SOLE |
APPLESEED |
46 |
0 |
THE BEE EATERS |
THE BEE EATERS |
SELF |
47 |
44 |
JAMES LEE STANLEY AND CLIFF EBERHARDT |
ALL WOOD AND DOORS |
BEACHWOOD |
48 |
45 |
CHUCK BRODSKY |
SUBTOTAL ECLIPSE |
SELF |
49 |
39 |
VANCE GILBERT |
OLD WHITE MEN |
DISISMYE MUSIC |
50 |
47 |
ANDREA ENGLAND |
HOPE & OTHER SINS |
LEMONADE FACTORY |
For the Week of January 20, 2012 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations |
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TW |
LW |
Artist |
CD Title |
Label |
1
1 |
ROBERT EARL KEEN |
READY FOR CONFETTI |
LOST HIGHWAY |
2 |
2 |
GILLIAN WELCH |
THE HARROW & THE HARVEST |
ACONY |
3 |
3 |
JOE ELY |
SATISFIED AT LAST |
REDEYE |
4 |
4 |
RYAN ADAMS |
ASHES & FIRE |
CAPITOL |
5 |
5 |
BLACKIE AND THE RODEO KINGS |
KINGS AND QUEENS |
DRAMATICO |
6 |
7 |
THE LITTLE WILLIES |
FOR THE GOOD TIMES |
EMI / MILKING BULL |
7 |
10 |
CATHERINE MACLELLAN |
SILHOUETTE |
TRUE NORTH |
8 |
8 |
GREG BROWN |
FREAK FLAG |
YEP ROC |
9 |
11 |
KASEY CHAMBERS |
STORYBOOK |
LIBERATION MUSIC |
10 |
9 |
TARA NEVINS |
WOOD AND STONE |
SUGAR HILL |
11 |
6 |
EILEN JEWELL |
QUEEN OF THE MINOR KEY |
SIGNATURE SOUNDS |
12 |
23 |
WILLIE NELSON |
REMEMBER ME VOL. 1 |
R&J RECORDS |
13 |
13 |
DALE WATSON |
THE SUN SESSIONS |
RED HOUSE |
14 |
12 |
KASEY CHAMBERS |
LITTLE BIRD |
LIBERATION |
15 |
31 |
WILCO |
THE WHOLE LOVE |
ANTI- |
16 |
14 |
SCOTT H BIRAM |
BAD INGREDIENTS |
BLOODSHOT |
17 |
15 |
LORRIE SINGER & BRADLEY KOPP |
A DEEP OASIS |
REDBOOT RECORDS |
18 |
26 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
THIS ONE’S FOR HIM – A TRIBUTE TO GUY CLARK |
ICEHOUSE MUSIC |
19 |
17 |
SHELBY LYNNE |
REVELATION ROAD (SINGLE) |
EVERSO |
20 |
16 |
JOHN HIATT |
DIRTY JEANS AND MUDSLIDE HYMNS |
NEWWEST |
21 |
29 |
HONEYHONEY |
BILLY JACK |
LOST HIGHWAY |
22 |
20 |
GIRLS GUNS AND GLORY |
SWEET NOTHINGS |
LONESOME DAY |
23 |
33 |
RECKLESS KELLY |
GOOD LUCK & TRUE LOVE |
NO BIG DEAL |
24 |
18 |
LYDIA LOVELESS |
INDESTRUCTIBLE MACHINE |
BLOODSHOT |
25 |
21 |
THE GOURDS |
OLD MAD JOY |
VANGUARD |
26 |
19 |
EMMYLOU HARRIS |
HARD BARGAIN |
NONESUCH |
27 |
25 |
FRED EAGLESMITH |
6 VOLTS |
A MAJOR LABEL |
28 |
47 |
DARRELL SCOTT |
LONG RIDE HOME |
FULL LIGHT |
29 |
27 |
FISH & BIRD |
EVERY WHISPER IS A SHOUT ACROSS THE VOID |
FIDDLE HEAD RECORDS |
30 |
44 |
DAMN QUAILS |
DOWN THE HATCH |
598 |
31 |
0 |
CHRIS CASTLE |
LAST BIRD HOME |
DIRT SANDWICH |
32 |
30 |
BETTYSOO AND DOUG COX |
ACROSS THE BORDERLINE — LIE TO ME |
SELF |
33 |
0 |
RANDY THOMPSON |
COLLECTED |
JACKPOT |
34 |
32 |
BUDDY MILLER |
THE MAJESTIC SILVER STRINGS |
NEW WEST |
35 |
34 |
LYNN MILES |
FALL FOR BEAUTY |
TRUE NORTH |
36 |
0 |
ERIC HANKE |
FACTORY MAN |
TEN FOOT TEXAN |
37 |
0 |
AMY BLACK |
ONE / TIME |
RUEBEN |
38 |
35 |
RUNAWAY DOROTHY |
THE ARC |
COLUMBIA RIVER ENTERTAINMENT |
39 |
24 |
DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER |
DRIVE TIME |
MOUNTAIN HOME MUSIC |
40 |
22 |
STEVE EARLE |
I’LL NEVER GET OUT OF THIS WORLD ALIVE |
NEW WEST |
41 |
37 |
JOHN HOWIE JR. AND THE ROSEWOOD BLUFFTOWN ARTISTS |
LEAVIN’ YESTERDAY |
HANDS UP! RECORDS |
42 |
36 |
WILD RUMPUS |
304 |
SELF |
43 |
38 |
OH SUSANNA |
SOON THE BIRDS |
OUTSIDE |
44 |
39 |
MATT WOODS |
MANIFESTO |
PLAN A SOUND |
45 |
0 |
FAR WEST |
THE FAR WEST |
LIGHT FIGHTER |
46 |
43 |
JOHN LILLY |
COLD COMFORT |
SELF |
47 |
0 |
ORBO AND THE LONGSHOTS |
PRAIRIE SUN |
BLUE MOON RECORDS |
48 |
41 |
WARPED 45S |
MATADOR SUNSET |
PHEREMONE |
49 |
42 |
ANGELA EASTERLING |
BEGUILER |
SELF |
50 |
0 |
THE BLACK LILLIES |
100 MILES OF WRECKAGE |
ATTACK MONKEY |
For the Week of January 20, 2012 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations |
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