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 |
ROSE COUSINS |
WE HAVE MADE A SPARK |
OUTSIDE MUSIC |
2 |
2 |
THE REFUGEES |
3 |
WABUHO |
3 |
4 |
PIETA BROWN |
MERCURY |
RED HOUSE |
4 |
3 |
THE PINES |
DARK SO GOLD |
RED HOUSE |
5 |
5 |
RED MOLLY |
LIGHT IN THE SKY |
SELF |
6 |
9 |
THE DEEP DARK WOODS |
THE PLACE I LEFT BEHIND |
SIX SHOOTER / SUGAR HILL |
7 |
7 |
LEONARD COHEN |
OLD IDEAS |
COLUMBIA |
8 |
10 |
PHARIS & JASON ROMERO |
A PASSING GLIMPSE |
LULA |
9 |
8 |
JUNE TABOR |
RAGGED KINGDOM |
TOPIC |
10 |
15 |
LAURA MARLING |
A CREATURE I DON’T KNOW |
EMI |
11 |
6 |
MADISON VIOLET |
THE GOOD IN GOODBYE |
TRUE NORTH |
12 |
12 |
CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS |
LEAVING EDEN |
NONESUCH |
13 |
11 |
THE ONCE |
ROW UPON ROW OF THE PEOPLE THEY KNOW |
BOREALIS |
14 |
13 |
SARAH MACDOUGALL |
THE GREATEST ONES ALIVE |
RABBIT HEART MUSIC |
15 |
14 |
GENE AND GAYLA MILLS |
IF STONES COULD TALK |
HEART PINE |
16 |
16 |
100 MILE HOUSE |
HOLLOW PONDS |
HOLE IN MY SHOE PRODUCTIONS |
17 |
17 |
HAL CANNON |
HAL CANNON |
OKEHDOKEE RECORDS |
18 |
18 |
THE CHIEFTAINS |
VOICE OF AGES |
HEAR MUSIC |
19 |
19 |
STEPHEN FEARING & ANDY WHITE |
FEARING & WHITE |
LOWDEN PROUD |
20 |
20 |
GOOD LOVELIES |
LET THE RAIN FALL |
SELF |
21 |
21 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
A NOD TO BOB 2 — AN ARTISTS TRIBUTE TO BOB DYLAN ON HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY |
RED HOUSE |
22 |
25 |
ANI DIFRANCO |
WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON? |
RIGHTEOUS BABE |
23 |
23 |
CHUCK BRODSKY |
SUBTOTAL ECLIPSE |
SELF |
24 |
27 |
GRETCHEN PETERS |
HELLO CRUEL WORLD |
SCARLET LETTER |
25 |
22 |
DREW NELSON |
TILT-A-WHIRL |
RED HOUSE |
26 |
24 |
PAUL KELLY |
THE A TO Z RECORDINGS |
GAWDAGGIE |
27 |
26 |
SUZANNE VEGA |
CLOSE UP, VOL. 3 – STATE OF BEINGS |
AMAOUENSIS |
28 |
31 |
MARY BLACK |
STORIES FROM THE STEEPLES |
BLIX STREET |
29 |
0 |
BOB DYLAN |
BLONDE ON BLONDE |
COLUMBIA |
30 |
34 |
FIRST AID KIT |
THE LION’S ROAR |
WICHITA |
31 |
28 |
MICHAEL JOHNATHON |
FRONT PORCH |
POET MAN |
32 |
30 |
BRUCE GUTHRO |
CELTIC CROSSING |
SELF |
33 |
29 |
SHOOK TWINS |
WINDOW |
SELF |
34 |
35 |
MATT KEATING |
WRONG WAY HOME |
SOJOURN |
35 |
32 |
MURRAY MCLAUCHLAN |
HUMAN WRITES |
TRUE NORTH |
36 |
33 |
LA BOTTINE SOURIANTE |
APPELLATION DORIGINE CONTROLEE |
BOREALIS |
37 |
36 |
LAURA REPO |
GET YOURSELF HOME |
REPO GIRL |
38 |
37 |
MIRANDA LAMBERT |
BAGGAGE CLAIM (ACOUSTIC) |
RCA |
39 |
0 |
GINA FORSYTH |
PROMISED LAND |
WATERBUG |
40 |
38 |
JAY AYMAR |
PASSING THROUGH |
JA |
41 |
48 |
MOLASSES CREEK |
AN ISLAND OUT OF TIME |
SELF |
42 |
46 |
CATHY JORDAN |
ALL THE WAY HOME |
BLIX STREET |
43 |
49 |
MARVIN ETZIONI |
MARVIN COUNTRY! |
NINE MILE RECORDS |
44 |
39 |
CRABTREE & MILLS |
RISE ABOVE |
FREE & EASY |
45 |
43 |
HONOR FINNEGAN |
THE TINY LIFE |
SELF |
46 |
44 |
DAVID FRANCEY |
LATE EDITION |
LAKER MUSIC |
47 |
42 |
COLD SPECKS |
HOLLAND |
ARTS AND CRAFTS |
48 |
0 |
PETER MULVEY |
THE GOOD STUFF |
SIGNATURE SOUNDS |
49 |
45 |
TIM READMAN |
INTO THE GREEN |
BIG CITY |
50 |
0 |
THE CIVIL WARS |
BARTON HOLLOW |
SENSIBILITY |
For the Week of March 23 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 |
DARRELL SCOTT |
LONG RIDE HOME |
FULL LIGHT |
2 |
2 |
ROBERT EARL KEEN |
READY FOR CONFETTI |
LOST HIGHWAY |
3 |
3 |
THE LITTLE WILLIES |
FOR THE GOOD TIMES |
EMI / MILKING BULL |
4 |
6 |
DAVE CARTER & TRACY GRAMMER |
LITTLE BLUE EGG |
RED HOUSE |
5 |
15 |
LYLE LOVETT |
RELEASE ME |
CURB / LOST HIGHWAY |
6 |
7 |
GILLIAN WELCH |
THE HARROW & THE HARVEST |
ACONY |
7 |
4 |
CATHERINE MACLELLAN |
SILHOUETTE |
TRUE NORTH |
8 |
5 |
CHRIS CASTLE |
LAST BIRD HOME |
DIRT SANDWICH |
9 |
13 |
RYAN ADAMS |
ASHES & FIRE |
CAPITOL |
10 |
9 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
THIS ONE’S FOR HIM – A TRIBUTE TO GUY CLARK |
ICEHOUSE MUSIC |
11 |
17 |
JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE |
NOTHING’S GONNA CHANGE THE WAY YOU FEEL ABOUT ME NOW |
BLOODSHOT |
12 |
8 |
JOE ELY |
SATISFIED AT LAST |
REDEYE |
13 |
10 |
JAY FARRAR, WILL JOHNSON, ANDERS PARKER, AND YIM YAMES |
NEW MULTITUDES |
ROUNDER |
14 |
11 |
GREG BROWN |
FREAK FLAG |
YEP ROC |
15 |
12 |
FRED EAGLESMITH |
6 VOLTS |
INDIE |
16 |
16 |
EILEN JEWELL |
QUEEN OF THE MINOR KEY |
SIGNATURE SOUNDS |
17 |
14 |
KASEY CHAMBERS |
STORYBOOK |
LIBERATION MUSIC |
18 |
18 |
FISH & BIRD |
EVERY WHISPER IS A SHOUT ACROSS THE VOID |
FIDDLE HEAD RECORDS |
19 |
21 |
JOHN HIATT |
DIRTY JEANS AND MUDSLIDE HYMNS |
NEWWEST |
20 |
23 |
KASEY CHAMBERS |
LITTLE BIRD |
LIBERATION |
21 |
24 |
CHUCK PROPHET |
TEMPLE BEAUTIFUL |
YEP ROC |
22 |
20 |
THE STEEL WHEELS |
LAY DOWN, LAY LOW |
SELF |
23 |
26 |
BLACKIE AND THE RODEO KINGS |
KINGS AND QUEENS |
DRAMATICO |
24 |
27 |
BETTYSOO AND DOUG COX |
ACROSS THE BORDERLINE — LIE TO ME |
SELF |
25 |
37 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
CHIMES OF FREEDOM – THE SONGS OF BOB DYLAN |
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL |
26 |
29 |
WILCO |
THE WHOLE LOVE |
ANTI- |
27 |
31 |
THE GOURDS |
OLD MAD JOY |
VANGUARD |
28 |
19 |
LORRIE SINGER & BRADLEY KOPP |
A DEEP OASIS |
REDBOOT RECORDS |
29 |
33 |
CHUCK MEAD & HIS GRASSY KNOLL BOYS |
BACK AT THE QUONSET HUT |
RAMSEUR |
30 |
34 |
LUCERO |
WOMEN & WORK |
ATO |
31 |
22 |
RAY WYLIE HUBBARD |
THE GRIFTER’S HYMNAL |
BORDELLO |
32 |
0 |
ANDRA SUCHY |
LITTLE HEART |
RED HOUSE RECORDS |
33 |
32 |
THE BYRON DOWD BAND |
THE BYRON DOWD BAND |
PANTHER CREEK RECORDS |
34 |
35 |
OH SUSANNA |
SOON THE BIRDS |
OUTSIDE |
35 |
39 |
GIRLS GUNS AND GLORY |
SWEET NOTHINGS |
LONESOME DAY |
36 |
36 |
JIM WHITE |
WHERE IT HITS YOU |
YEP ROC |
37 |
0 |
SUGAR & THE HI-LOWS — TRENT DABBS AND AMY STROUP |
SUGAR & THE HI-LOWS — TRENT DABBS AND AMY STROUP |
SELF |
38 |
42 |
WARPED 45S |
MATADOR SUNSET |
PHEREMONE |
39 |
41 |
LAMBCHOP |
MR. M |
MERGE |
40 |
44 |
SHELBY LYNNE |
REVELATION ROAD (SINGLE) |
EVERSO |
41 |
46 |
GREAT UNKNOWNS |
HOMEFRONT |
SELF |
42 |
30 |
PUNCH BROTHERS |
WHO’S FEELING YOUNG NOW? |
NONESUCH |
43 |
43 |
TOM JONES |
PRAISE & BLAME |
LOST HIGHWAY |
44 |
28 |
WILLIE NELSON |
REMEMBER ME VOL. 1 |
R&J RECORDS |
45 |
40 |
RECKLESS KELLY |
GOOD LUCK & TRUE LOVE |
NO BIG DEAL |
46 |
0 |
CHEYENNE MARIE MIZE |
WE DON’T NEED |
YEP ROC |
47 |
38 |
MOOT DAVIS |
MAN ABOUT TOWN |
HIGHWAY KIND |
48 |
25 |
JOE FLETCHER & THE WRONG REASONS |
WHITE LIGHTER |
WRONG REASONS |
49 |
48 |
BROCK ZEMAN |
ME THEN YOU |
BUSTED FLAT |
50 |
45 |
LAURA GIBSON |
LA GRANDE |
BARSUK |
For the Week of March 23 2012 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations |
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