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 |
4 |
THE DEEP DARK WOODS |
THE PLACE I LEFT BEHIND |
SIX SHOOTER / SUGAR HILL |
4 |
3 |
MADISON VIOLET |
THE GOOD IN GOODBYE |
TRUE NORTH |
5 |
5 |
SARAH MACDOUGALL |
THE GREATEST ONES ALIVE |
RABBIT HEART MUSIC |
6 |
6 |
THE PINES |
DARK SO GOLD |
RED HOUSE |
7 |
9 |
ANI DIFRANCO |
WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON? |
RIGHTEOUS BABE |
8 |
7 |
LAURA MARLING |
A CREATURE I DON’T KNOW |
EMI |
9 |
8 |
JUNE TABOR |
RAGGED KINGDOM |
TOPIC |
10 |
13 |
PHARIS & JASON ROMERO |
A PASSING GLIMPSE |
LULA |
11 |
10 |
ABIGAIL WASHBURN |
CITY OF REFUGE |
FOREIGN CHILDREN RECORDS |
12 |
14 |
HAL CANNON |
HAL CANNON |
OKEHDOKEE RECORDS |
13 |
11 |
GENE AND GAYLA MILLS |
IF STONES COULD TALK |
HEART PINE |
14 |
12 |
100 MILE HOUSE |
HOLLOW PONDS |
HOLE IN MY SHOE PRODUCTIONS |
15 |
15 |
THE ONCE |
ROW UPON ROW OF THE PEOPLE THEY KNOW |
BOREALIS |
16 |
16 |
STEPHEN FEARING & ANDY WHITE |
FEARING & WHITE |
LOWDEN PROUD |
17 |
17 |
GOOD LOVELIES |
LET THE RAIN FALL |
SELF |
18 |
18 |
MAE MOORE |
FOLKLORE |
POETICAL LICENSE |
19 |
19 |
ROBIN & LINDA WILLIAMS |
STONEWALL COUNTRY |
RED HOUSE |
20 |
20 |
PAUL SIMON |
SONGWRITER |
LEGACY |
21 |
0 |
DREW NELSON |
TILT-A-WHIRL |
RED HOUSE |
22 |
21 |
INDIGO GIRLS |
BEAUTY QUEEN SISTER |
VANGUARD |
23 |
22 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
A NOD TO BOB 2 — AN ARTISTS TRIBUTE TO BOB DYLAN ON HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY |
RED HOUSE |
24 |
39 |
FIRST AID KIT |
THE LION’S ROAR |
WICHITA |
25 |
0 |
MR. ISAAC ALLEN |
DON’T SMOKE |
HORIZON MUSIC GROUP |
26 |
27 |
MICHAEL JOHNATHON |
FRONT PORCH |
POET MAN |
27 |
44 |
DAVID FRANCEY |
LATE EDITION |
LAKER MUSIC |
28 |
24 |
HEATHER STYKA |
LIFEBOATS FOR ATLANTIS |
KIT STRIPE |
29 |
0 |
THE REFUGEES |
THREE |
WABUHO |
30 |
0 |
LEONARD COHEN |
OLD IDEAS |
COLUMBIA |
31 |
25 |
MIRANDA LAMBERT |
BAGGAGE CLAIM (ACOUSTIC) |
RCA |
32 |
41 |
HONOR FINNEGAN |
THE TINY LIFE |
SELF |
33 |
26 |
NORMA MACDONALD |
MORNING YOU WAKE |
PAPERWEIGHT MUSIC |
34 |
28 |
MURRAY MCLAUCHLAN |
HUMAN WRITES |
TRUE NORTH |
35 |
29 |
LA BOTTINE SOURIANTE |
APPELLATION DORIGINE CONTROLEE |
BOREALIS |
36 |
30 |
THE WAILIN’ JENNYS |
BRIGHT MORNING STARS |
RED HOUSE |
37 |
36 |
DAVID BROMBERG |
USE ME |
APPLESEED |
38 |
31 |
LAURA REPO |
GET YOURSELF HOME |
REPO GIRL |
39 |
33 |
THE CIVIL WARS |
BARTON HOLLOW |
SENSIBILITY |
40 |
34 |
KATIE MOORE |
MONTEBELLO |
PURPLE CAT RECORDS |
41 |
35 |
CARRIE NEWCOMER |
EVERYTHING IS EVERYWHERE |
AVAILABLE LIGHT |
42 |
32 |
JOHN MCCUTCHEON |
THIS LAND – WOODY GUTHRIE’S AMERICA |
APPALSONGS |
43 |
0 |
KAREN DAHLSTROM |
GEM STATE |
SELF |
44 |
37 |
IAN TAMBLYN |
WALKING THE BONES |
NORTH TRACK RECORDS |
45 |
38 |
COLD SPECKS |
HOLLAND |
ARTS AND CRAFTS |
46 |
40 |
HUMMING HOUSE |
HUMMING HOUSE |
SELF |
47 |
0 |
SHOOK TWINS |
WINDOW |
SELF |
48 |
42 |
BRUCE COCKBURN |
SMALL SOURCE OF COMFORT |
TRUE NORTH |
49 |
43 |
AMANDA SHIRES |
CARRYING LIGHTNING |
SELF |
50 |
0 |
THE WAIFS |
TEMPTATION |
COMPASS |
For the Week of Febuary 10, 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 |
RYAN ADAMS |
ASHES & FIRE |
CAPITOL |
3 |
5 |
THE LITTLE WILLIES |
FOR THE GOOD TIMES |
EMI / MILKING BULL |
4 |
3 |
GILLIAN WELCH |
THE HARROW & THE HARVEST |
ACONY |
5 |
7 |
BLACKIE AND THE RODEO KINGS |
KINGS AND QUEENS |
DRAMATICO |
6 |
6 |
JOE ELY |
SATISFIED AT LAST |
REDEYE |
7 |
9 |
GREG BROWN |
FREAK FLAG |
YEP ROC |
8 |
8 |
CATHERINE MACLELLAN |
SILHOUETTE |
TRUE NORTH |
9 |
11 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
THIS ONE’S FOR HIM – A TRIBUTE TO GUY CLARK |
ICEHOUSE MUSIC |
10 |
4 |
TARA NEVINS |
WOOD AND STONE |
SUGAR HILL |
11 |
10 |
EILEN JEWELL |
QUEEN OF THE MINOR KEY |
SIGNATURE SOUNDS |
12 |
14 |
FRED EAGLESMITH |
6 VOLTS |
A MAJOR LABEL |
13 |
12 |
DARRELL SCOTT |
LONG RIDE HOME |
FULL LIGHT |
14 |
15 |
WILCO |
THE WHOLE LOVE |
ANTI- |
15 |
16 |
KASEY CHAMBERS |
LITTLE BIRD |
LIBERATION |
16 |
21 |
CHRIS CASTLE |
LAST BIRD HOME |
DIRT SANDWICH |
17 |
13 |
WILLIE NELSON |
REMEMBER ME VOL. 1 |
R&J RECORDS |
18 |
41 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
CHIMES OF FREEDOM – THE SONGS OF BOB DYLAN |
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL |
19 |
19 |
LORRIE SINGER & BRADLEY KOPP |
A DEEP OASIS |
REDBOOT RECORDS |
20 |
42 |
JOE FLETCHER & THE WRONG REASONS |
WHITE LIGHTER |
WRONG REASONS |
21 |
22 |
SHELBY LYNNE |
REVELATION ROAD (SINGLE) |
EVERSO |
22 |
29 |
RANDY THOMPSON |
COLLECTED |
JACKPOT |
23 |
17 |
KASEY CHAMBERS |
STORYBOOK |
LIBERATION MUSIC |
24 |
18 |
EMMYLOU HARRIS |
HARD BARGAIN |
NONESUCH |
25 |
23 |
THE DAMN QUAILS |
DOWN THE HATCH |
598 |
26 |
24 |
JOHN HIATT |
DIRTY JEANS AND MUDSLIDE HYMNS |
NEWWEST |
27 |
20 |
DALE WATSON |
THE SUN SESSIONS |
RED HOUSE |
28 |
28 |
STEVE EARLE |
I’LL NEVER GET OUT OF THIS WORLD ALIVE |
NEW WEST |
29 |
27 |
FISH & BIRD |
EVERY WHISPER IS A SHOUT ACROSS THE VOID |
FIDDLE HEAD RECORDS |
30 |
25 |
THE GOURDS |
OLD MAD JOY |
VANGUARD |
31 |
31 |
HONEYHONEY |
BILLY JACK |
LOST HIGHWAY |
32 |
26 |
RECKLESS KELLY |
GOOD LUCK & TRUE LOVE |
NO BIG DEAL |
33 |
30 |
BETTYSOO AND DOUG COX |
ACROSS THE BORDERLINE — LIE TO ME |
SELF |
34 |
0 |
DAVE CARTER & TRACY GRAMMER |
LITTLE BLUE EGG |
RED HOUSE |
35 |
32 |
BUDDY MILLER |
THE MAJESTIC SILVER STRINGS |
NEW WEST |
36 |
0 |
GREAT UNKNOWNS |
HOMEFRONT |
SELF |
37 |
34 |
LYNN MILES |
FALL FOR BEAUTY |
TRUE NORTH |
38 |
37 |
JOHN LILLY |
COLD COMFORT |
SELF |
39 |
35 |
ELI YOUNG BAND |
JET BLACK & JEALOUS |
SELF |
40 |
36 |
GIRLS GUNS AND GLORY |
SWEET NOTHINGS |
LONESOME DAY |
41 |
49 |
JIM WHITE |
WHERE IT HITS YOU |
YEP ROC |
42 |
0 |
TRENT DABBS AND AMY STROUP |
SUGAR AND THE HI-LOWS |
SELF |
43 |
38 |
OH SUSANNA |
SOON THE BIRDS |
OUTSIDE |
44 |
40 |
FAR WEST |
THE FAR WEST |
LIGHT FIGHTER |
45 |
47 |
BROCK ZEMAN |
ME THEN YOU |
BUSTED FLAT |
46 |
0 |
BRETT DETAR |
BIRD IN THE TANGLE |
RAVENSONG |
47 |
33 |
ORBO AND THE LONGSHOTS |
PRAIRIE SUN |
BLUE MOON RECORDS |
48 |
43 |
NATASHA JAMES |
BAD JUDGEMENTS |
HIGHWAY ONE RECORDS |
49 |
44 |
WARPED 45S |
MATADOR SUNSET |
PHEREMONE |
50 |
45 |
TOM RUSSELL |
MESABI |
SHOUT FACTORY |
For the Week of Febuary 10, 2012 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations |
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