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