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
15 |
CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS |
LEAVING EDEN |
NONESUCH |
2 |
7 |
RED MOLLY |
LIGHT IN THE SKY |
SELF |
3 |
1 |
ROSE COUSINS |
WE HAVE MADE A SPARK |
OUTSIDE MUSIC |
4 |
3 |
THE REFUGEES |
3 |
WABUHO |
5 |
2 |
PIETA BROWN |
MERCURY |
RED HOUSE |
6 |
25 |
GRETCHEN PETERS |
HELLO CRUEL WORLD |
SCARLET LETTER |
7 |
16 |
LEONARD COHEN |
OLD IDEAS |
COLUMBIA |
8 |
42 |
THE CHIEFTAINS |
VOICE OF AGES |
HEAR MUSIC |
9 |
4 |
THE PINES |
DARK SO GOLD |
RED HOUSE |
10 |
6 |
THE DEEP DARK WOODS |
THE PLACE I LEFT BEHIND |
SIX SHOOTER / SUGAR HILL |
11 |
10 |
THE ONCE |
ROW UPON ROW OF THE PEOPLE THEY KNOW |
BOREALIS |
12 |
9 |
LAURA MARLING |
A CREATURE I DON’T KNOW |
EMI |
13 |
14 |
100 MILE HOUSE |
HOLLOW PONDS |
HOLE IN MY SHOE PRODUCTIONS |
14 |
13 |
JUNE TABOR |
RAGGED KINGDOM |
TOPIC |
15 |
0 |
BATTLEFIELD BAND |
LINE UP |
TEMPLE |
16 |
19 |
GOOD LOVELIES |
LET THE RAIN FALL |
SELF |
17 |
0 |
SARAH MCQUAID |
THE PLUM TREE AND THE ROSE |
WATERBUG |
18 |
5 |
MADISON VIOLET |
THE GOOD IN GOODBYE |
TRUE NORTH |
19 |
8 |
PHARIS & JASON ROMERO |
A PASSING GLIMPSE |
LULA |
20 |
49 |
DAVID BROMBERG |
USE ME |
APPLESEED |
21 |
26 |
SUZANNE VEGA |
CLOSE UP, VOL. 3 – STATE OF BEINGS |
AMAOUENSIS |
22 |
22 |
PAUL KELLY |
THE A TO Z RECORDINGS |
GAWDAGGIE |
23 |
29 |
MATT KEATING |
WRONG WAY HOME |
SOJOURN |
24 |
11 |
SARAH MACDOUGALL |
THE GREATEST ONES ALIVE |
RABBIT HEART MUSIC |
25 |
0 |
JON BROOKS |
DELICATE CAGES |
SELF |
26 |
0 |
FIRST AID KIT |
THE LION’S ROAR |
WICHITA |
27 |
34 |
MARVIN ETZIONI |
MARVIN COUNTRY! |
NINE MILE RECORDS |
28 |
35 |
LAURA REPO |
GET YOURSELF HOME |
REPO GIRL |
29 |
27 |
MARY BLACK |
STORIES FROM THE STEEPLES |
BLIX STREET |
30 |
40 |
MOLASSES CREEK |
AN ISLAND OUT OF TIME |
SELF |
31 |
33 |
CATHY JORDAN |
ALL THE WAY HOME |
BLIX STREET |
32 |
21 |
PETER MULVEY |
THE GOOD STUFF |
SIGNATURE SOUNDS |
33 |
32 |
LA BOTTINE SOURIANTE |
APPELLATION DORIGINE CONTROLEE |
BOREALIS |
34 |
37 |
MICHAEL JOHNATHON |
FRONT PORCH |
POET MAN |
35 |
28 |
BRUCE GUTHRO |
CELTIC CROSSING |
SELF |
36 |
23 |
DREW NELSON |
TILT-A-WHIRL |
RED HOUSE |
37 |
0 |
RONNY COX |
RONNIE, RAD AND KAREN |
GROOVE HOUSE |
38 |
46 |
STEVE GATES |
A BEE IN HER MOUTH |
BLACK GUILLMOT MUSIC |
39 |
41 |
CRABTREE & MILLS |
RISE ABOVE |
FREE & EASY |
40 |
44 |
COLD SPECKS |
HOLLAND |
ARTS AND CRAFTS |
41 |
0 |
ANAIS MITCHELL |
YOUNG MAN IN AMERICA |
THIRTY TIGERS |
42 |
38 |
SHOOK TWINS |
WINDOW |
SELF |
43 |
45 |
TIM READMAN |
INTO THE GREEN |
BIG CITY |
44 |
48 |
ARIANA GILLIS |
FORGET ME NOT |
AG |
45 |
47 |
HONOR FINNEGAN |
THE TINY LIFE |
SELF |
46 |
0 |
STACEY EARLE AND MARK STUART |
DEDICATION |
GEARLE |
47 |
50 |
THE CIVIL WARS |
BARTON HOLLOW |
SENSIBILITY |
48 |
43 |
DAVID FRANCEY |
LATE EDITION |
LAKER MUSIC |
49 |
0 |
SHARON VAN ETTEN |
TRAMP |
JAGJAGUWAR |
50 |
0 |
DAVID FERRARD |
JOOURNEYMAN |
ALTER ROAD |
For the Week of April 06 2012 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations |
|
TW |
LW |
Artist |
CD Title |
Label |
1
1 |
DARRELL SCOTT |
LONG RIDE HOME |
FULL LIGHT |
2 |
8 |
JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE |
NOTHING’S GONNA CHANGE THE WAY YOU FEEL ABOUT ME NOW |
BLOODSHOT |
3 |
2 |
ROBERT EARL KEEN |
READY FOR CONFETTI |
LOST HIGHWAY |
4 |
3 |
DAVE CARTER & TRACY GRAMMER |
LITTLE BLUE EGG |
RED HOUSE |
5 |
4 |
THE LITTLE WILLIES |
FOR THE GOOD TIMES |
EMI / MILKING BULL |
6 |
13 |
JAY FARRAR, WILL JOHNSON, ANDERS PARKER, AND YIM YAMES |
NEW MULTITUDES |
ROUNDER |
7 |
6 |
CHRIS CASTLE |
LAST BIRD HOME |
DIRT SANDWICH |
8 |
5 |
CATHERINE MACLELLAN |
SILHOUETTE |
TRUE NORTH |
9 |
16 |
KASEY CHAMBERS |
STORYBOOK |
LIBERATION MUSIC |
10 |
45 |
CORNFLOWER BLUE |
RUN DOWN THE RAILS |
SELF |
11 |
14 |
FISH & BIRD |
EVERY WHISPER IS A SHOUT ACROSS THE VOID |
FIDDLE HEAD RECORDS |
12 |
19 |
JOHN HIATT |
DIRTY JEANS AND MUDSLIDE HYMNS |
NEWWEST |
13 |
11 |
FRED EAGLESMITH |
6 VOLTS |
INDIE |
14 |
25 |
BETTYSOO AND DOUG COX |
ACROSS THE BORDERLINE — LIE TO ME |
SELF |
15 |
15 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
THIS ONE’S FOR HIM – A TRIBUTE TO GUY CLARK |
ICEHOUSE MUSIC |
16 |
22 |
LYLE LOVETT |
RELEASE ME |
CURB / LOST HIGHWAY |
17 |
18 |
THE STEEL WHEELS |
LAY DOWN, LAY LOW |
SELF |
18 |
20 |
KASEY CHAMBERS |
LITTLE BIRD |
LIBERATION |
19 |
23 |
LUCERO |
WOMEN & WORK |
ATO |
20 |
26 |
ANDRA SUCHY |
LITTLE HEART |
RED HOUSE RECORDS |
21 |
9 |
RYAN ADAMS |
ASHES & FIRE |
CAPITOL |
22 |
24 |
PUNCH BROTHERS |
WHO’S FEELING YOUNG NOW? |
NONESUCH |
23 |
29 |
THE GOURDS |
OLD MAD JOY |
VANGUARD |
24 |
27 |
LORRIE SINGER & BRADLEY KOPP |
A DEEP OASIS |
REDBOOT RECORDS |
25 |
34 |
I SEE HAWKS IN LA |
NEW KIND OF LONELY |
SELF |
26 |
0 |
TRICIA FREEMAN |
EVERYONE CAN SEE |
SELF |
27 |
0 |
JIM WHITE |
WHERE IT HITS YOU |
YEP ROC |
28 |
39 |
SUGAR & THE HI-LOWS — TRENT DABBS AND AMY STROUP |
SUGAR & THE HI-LOWS — TRENT DABBS AND AMY STROUP |
SELF |
29 |
7 |
GILLIAN WELCH |
THE HARROW & THE HARVEST |
ACONY |
30 |
32 |
OH SUSANNA |
SOON THE BIRDS |
OUTSIDE |
31 |
33 |
GIRLS GUNS AND GLORY |
SWEET NOTHINGS |
LONESOME DAY |
32 |
0 |
LAMBCHOP |
MR. M |
MERGE |
33 |
36 |
TOM JONES |
PRAISE & BLAME |
LOST HIGHWAY |
34 |
46 |
BROCK ZEMAN |
ME THEN YOU |
BUSTED FLAT |
35 |
0 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
CHIMES OF FREEDOM – THE SONGS OF BOB DYLAN |
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL |
36 |
0 |
NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE |
17 PINE AVENUE |
WOODSTOCK |
37 |
0 |
FOREST ALLEN |
LAST BREATHS |
INDIE |
38 |
35 |
WARPED 45S |
MATADOR SUNSET |
PHEREMONE |
39 |
0 |
HONEYHONEY |
BILLY JACK |
LOST HIGHWAY |
40 |
0 |
DELTA SPIRIT |
DELTA SPIRIT |
ROUNDER |
41 |
37 |
SHELBY LYNNE |
REVELATION ROAD (SINGLE) |
EVERSO |
42 |
0 |
BONNIE PRINCE BILLY & MARIEE SIOUX |
BONNIE & MARIEE |
SPIRITUAL PAJAMAS |
43 |
48 |
AARON FLINN |
MISS READY BLOSSOM AND THE SEED OF DREAMS |
SELF |
44 |
0 |
DECEMBERISTS |
WE ALL RAISE OUR VOICES TO THE AIR |
CAPITOL |
45 |
0 |
LAURA GIBSON |
LA GRANDE |
BARSUK |
46 |
47 |
JACK HIGGINBOTHAM |
ROOTS |
SELF |
47 |
43 |
CHUCK PROPHET |
TEMPLE BEAUTIFUL |
YEP ROC |
48 |
28 |
RAY WYLIE HUBBARD |
THE GRIFTER’S HYMNAL |
BORDELLO |
49 |
49 |
THE DAMN QUAILS |
DOWN THE HATCH |
598 |
50 |
0 |
CHEYENNE MARIE MIZE |
WE DON’T NEED |
YEP ROC |
For the Week of April 06 2012 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations |
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