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 |
3 |
PIETA BROWN |
MERCURY |
RED HOUSE |
3 |
2 |
THE REFUGEES |
3 |
WABUHO |
4 |
4 |
THE PINES |
DARK SO GOLD |
RED HOUSE |
5 |
11 |
MADISON VIOLET |
THE GOOD IN GOODBYE |
TRUE NORTH |
6 |
6 |
THE DEEP DARK WOODS |
THE PLACE I LEFT BEHIND |
SIX SHOOTER / SUGAR HILL |
7 |
5 |
RED MOLLY |
LIGHT IN THE SKY |
SELF |
8 |
8 |
PHARIS & JASON ROMERO |
A PASSING GLIMPSE |
LULA |
9 |
10 |
LAURA MARLING |
A CREATURE I DON’T KNOW |
EMI |
10 |
13 |
THE ONCE |
ROW UPON ROW OF THE PEOPLE THEY KNOW |
BOREALIS |
11 |
14 |
SARAH MACDOUGALL |
THE GREATEST ONES ALIVE |
RABBIT HEART MUSIC |
12 |
15 |
GENE AND GAYLA MILLS |
IF STONES COULD TALK |
HEART PINE |
13 |
9 |
JUNE TABOR |
RAGGED KINGDOM |
TOPIC |
14 |
16 |
100 MILE HOUSE |
HOLLOW PONDS |
HOLE IN MY SHOE PRODUCTIONS |
15 |
12 |
CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS |
LEAVING EDEN |
NONESUCH |
16 |
7 |
LEONARD COHEN |
OLD IDEAS |
COLUMBIA |
17 |
17 |
HAL CANNON |
HAL CANNON |
OKEHDOKEE RECORDS |
18 |
19 |
STEPHEN FEARING & ANDY WHITE |
FEARING & WHITE |
LOWDEN PROUD |
19 |
20 |
GOOD LOVELIES |
LET THE RAIN FALL |
SELF |
20 |
21 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
A NOD TO BOB 2 — AN ARTISTS TRIBUTE TO BOB DYLAN ON HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY |
RED HOUSE |
21 |
48 |
PETER MULVEY |
THE GOOD STUFF |
SIGNATURE SOUNDS |
22 |
26 |
PAUL KELLY |
THE A TO Z RECORDINGS |
GAWDAGGIE |
23 |
25 |
DREW NELSON |
TILT-A-WHIRL |
RED HOUSE |
24 |
23 |
CHUCK BRODSKY |
SUBTOTAL ECLIPSE |
SELF |
25 |
24 |
GRETCHEN PETERS |
HELLO CRUEL WORLD |
SCARLET LETTER |
26 |
27 |
SUZANNE VEGA |
CLOSE UP, VOL. 3 – STATE OF BEINGS |
AMAOUENSIS |
27 |
28 |
MARY BLACK |
STORIES FROM THE STEEPLES |
BLIX STREET |
28 |
32 |
BRUCE GUTHRO |
CELTIC CROSSING |
SELF |
29 |
34 |
MATT KEATING |
WRONG WAY HOME |
SOJOURN |
30 |
35 |
MURRAY MCLAUCHLAN |
HUMAN WRITES |
TRUE NORTH |
31 |
22 |
ANI DIFRANCO |
WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON? |
RIGHTEOUS BABE |
32 |
36 |
LA BOTTINE SOURIANTE |
APPELLATION DORIGINE CONTROLEE |
BOREALIS |
33 |
42 |
CATHY JORDAN |
ALL THE WAY HOME |
BLIX STREET |
34 |
43 |
MARVIN ETZIONI |
MARVIN COUNTRY! |
NINE MILE RECORDS |
35 |
37 |
LAURA REPO |
GET YOURSELF HOME |
REPO GIRL |
36 |
38 |
MIRANDA LAMBERT |
BAGGAGE CLAIM (ACOUSTIC) |
RCA |
37 |
31 |
MICHAEL JOHNATHON |
FRONT PORCH |
POET MAN |
38 |
33 |
SHOOK TWINS |
WINDOW |
SELF |
39 |
40 |
JAY AYMAR |
PASSING THROUGH |
JA |
40 |
41 |
MOLASSES CREEK |
AN ISLAND OUT OF TIME |
SELF |
41 |
44 |
CRABTREE & MILLS |
RISE ABOVE |
FREE & EASY |
42 |
18 |
THE CHIEFTAINS |
VOICE OF AGES |
HEAR MUSIC |
43 |
46 |
DAVID FRANCEY |
LATE EDITION |
LAKER MUSIC |
44 |
47 |
COLD SPECKS |
HOLLAND |
ARTS AND CRAFTS |
45 |
49 |
TIM READMAN |
INTO THE GREEN |
BIG CITY |
46 |
0 |
STEVE GATES |
A BEE IN HER MOUTH |
BLACK GUILLMOT MUSIC |
47 |
45 |
HONOR FINNEGAN |
THE TINY LIFE |
SELF |
48 |
0 |
ARIANA GILLIS |
FORGET ME NOT |
AG |
49 |
0 |
DAVID BROMBERG |
USE ME |
APPLESEED |
50 |
50 |
THE CIVIL WARS |
BARTON HOLLOW |
SENSIBILITY |
For the Week of March 30 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 |
4 |
DAVE CARTER & TRACY GRAMMER |
LITTLE BLUE EGG |
RED HOUSE |
4 |
3 |
THE LITTLE WILLIES |
FOR THE GOOD TIMES |
EMI / MILKING BULL |
5 |
7 |
CATHERINE MACLELLAN |
SILHOUETTE |
TRUE NORTH |
6 |
8 |
CHRIS CASTLE |
LAST BIRD HOME |
DIRT SANDWICH |
7 |
6 |
GILLIAN WELCH |
THE HARROW & THE HARVEST |
ACONY |
8 |
11 |
JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE |
NOTHING’S GONNA CHANGE THE WAY YOU FEEL ABOUT ME NOW |
BLOODSHOT |
9 |
9 |
RYAN ADAMS |
ASHES & FIRE |
CAPITOL |
10 |
12 |
JOE ELY |
SATISFIED AT LAST |
REDEYE |
11 |
15 |
FRED EAGLESMITH |
6 VOLTS |
INDIE |
12 |
14 |
GREG BROWN |
FREAK FLAG |
YEP ROC |
13 |
13 |
JAY FARRAR, WILL JOHNSON, ANDERS PARKER, AND YIM YAMES |
NEW MULTITUDES |
ROUNDER |
14 |
18 |
FISH & BIRD |
EVERY WHISPER IS A SHOUT ACROSS THE VOID |
FIDDLE HEAD RECORDS |
15 |
10 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
THIS ONE’S FOR HIM – A TRIBUTE TO GUY CLARK |
ICEHOUSE MUSIC |
16 |
17 |
KASEY CHAMBERS |
STORYBOOK |
LIBERATION MUSIC |
17 |
16 |
EILEN JEWELL |
QUEEN OF THE MINOR KEY |
SIGNATURE SOUNDS |
18 |
22 |
THE STEEL WHEELS |
LAY DOWN, LAY LOW |
SELF |
19 |
19 |
JOHN HIATT |
DIRTY JEANS AND MUDSLIDE HYMNS |
NEWWEST |
20 |
20 |
KASEY CHAMBERS |
LITTLE BIRD |
LIBERATION |
21 |
23 |
BLACKIE AND THE RODEO KINGS |
KINGS AND QUEENS |
DRAMATICO |
22 |
5 |
LYLE LOVETT |
RELEASE ME |
CURB / LOST HIGHWAY |
23 |
30 |
LUCERO |
WOMEN & WORK |
ATO |
24 |
42 |
PUNCH BROTHERS |
WHO’S FEELING YOUNG NOW? |
NONESUCH |
25 |
24 |
BETTYSOO AND DOUG COX |
ACROSS THE BORDERLINE — LIE TO ME |
SELF |
26 |
32 |
ANDRA SUCHY |
LITTLE HEART |
RED HOUSE RECORDS |
27 |
28 |
LORRIE SINGER & BRADLEY KOPP |
A DEEP OASIS |
REDBOOT RECORDS |
28 |
31 |
RAY WYLIE HUBBARD |
THE GRIFTER’S HYMNAL |
BORDELLO |
29 |
27 |
THE GOURDS |
OLD MAD JOY |
VANGUARD |
30 |
29 |
CHUCK MEAD & HIS GRASSY KNOLL BOYS |
BACK AT THE QUONSET HUT |
RAMSEUR |
31 |
33 |
THE BYRON DOWD BAND |
THE BYRON DOWD BAND |
PANTHER CREEK RECORDS |
32 |
34 |
OH SUSANNA |
SOON THE BIRDS |
OUTSIDE |
33 |
35 |
GIRLS GUNS AND GLORY |
SWEET NOTHINGS |
LONESOME DAY |
34 |
0 |
I SEE HAWKS IN LA |
NEW KIND OF LONELY |
SELF |
35 |
38 |
WARPED 45S |
MATADOR SUNSET |
PHEREMONE |
36 |
43 |
TOM JONES |
PRAISE & BLAME |
LOST HIGHWAY |
37 |
40 |
SHELBY LYNNE |
REVELATION ROAD (SINGLE) |
EVERSO |
38 |
45 |
RECKLESS KELLY |
GOOD LUCK & TRUE LOVE |
NO BIG DEAL |
39 |
37 |
SUGAR & THE HI-LOWS — TRENT DABBS AND AMY STROUP |
SUGAR & THE HI-LOWS — TRENT DABBS AND AMY STROUP |
SELF |
40 |
0 |
HALDEN WOFFORD & THE HI-BEAMS |
LIVE AT HODI’S |
SELF |
41 |
47 |
MOOT DAVIS |
MAN ABOUT TOWN |
HIGHWAY KIND |
42 |
48 |
JOE FLETCHER & THE WRONG REASONS |
WHITE LIGHTER |
WRONG REASONS |
43 |
21 |
CHUCK PROPHET |
TEMPLE BEAUTIFUL |
YEP ROC |
44 |
0 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
MUSIC CITY ROOTS – LIVE FROM THE LOVELESS CAFE |
COMPASS |
45 |
0 |
CORNFLOWER BLUE |
RUN DOWN THE RAILS |
SELF |
46 |
49 |
BROCK ZEMAN |
ME THEN YOU |
BUSTED FLAT |
47 |
0 |
JACK HIGGINBOTHAM |
ROOTS |
SELF |
48 |
0 |
AARON FLINN |
MISS READY BLOSSOM AND THE SEED OF DREAMS |
SELF |
49 |
0 |
THE DAMN QUAILS |
DOWN THE HATCH |
598 |
50 |
0 |
RANDY THOMPSON |
COLLECTED |
JACKPOT |
For the Week of March 30 2012 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations |
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