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 |
CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS |
LEAVING EDEN |
NONESUCH |
2 |
3 |
ROSE COUSINS |
WE HAVE MADE A SPARK |
OUTSIDE MUSIC |
3 |
4 |
THE REFUGEES |
3 |
WABUHO |
4 |
8 |
THE CHIEFTAINS |
VOICE OF AGES |
HEAR MUSIC |
5 |
5 |
PIETA BROWN |
MERCURY |
RED HOUSE |
6 |
2 |
RED MOLLY |
LIGHT IN THE SKY |
SELF |
7 |
6 |
GRETCHEN PETERS |
HELLO CRUEL WORLD |
SCARLET LETTER |
8 |
7 |
LEONARD COHEN |
OLD IDEAS |
COLUMBIA |
9 |
10 |
THE DEEP DARK WOODS |
THE PLACE I LEFT BEHIND |
SIX SHOOTER / SUGAR HILL |
10 |
9 |
THE PINES |
DARK SO GOLD |
RED HOUSE |
11 |
11 |
THE ONCE |
ROW UPON ROW OF THE PEOPLE THEY KNOW |
BOREALIS |
12 |
32 |
PETER MULVEY |
THE GOOD STUFF |
SIGNATURE SOUNDS |
13 |
12 |
LAURA MARLING |
A CREATURE I DON’T KNOW |
EMI |
14 |
13 |
100 MILE HOUSE |
HOLLOW PONDS |
HOLE IN MY SHOE PRODUCTIONS |
15 |
14 |
JUNE TABOR |
RAGGED KINGDOM |
TOPIC |
16 |
36 |
DREW NELSON |
TILT-A-WHIRL |
RED HOUSE |
17 |
15 |
BATTLEFIELD BAND |
LINE UP |
TEMPLE |
18 |
16 |
GOOD LOVELIES |
LET THE RAIN FALL |
SELF |
19 |
18 |
MADISON VIOLET |
THE GOOD IN GOODBYE |
TRUE NORTH |
20 |
17 |
SARAH MCQUAID |
THE PLUM TREE AND THE ROSE |
WATERBUG |
21 |
19 |
PHARIS & JASON ROMERO |
A PASSING GLIMPSE |
LULA |
22 |
20 |
DAVID BROMBERG |
USE ME |
APPLESEED |
23 |
22 |
PAUL KELLY |
THE A TO Z RECORDINGS |
GAWDAGGIE |
24 |
21 |
SUZANNE VEGA |
CLOSE UP, VOL. 3 – STATE OF BEINGS |
AMAOUENSIS |
25 |
23 |
MATT KEATING |
WRONG WAY HOME |
SOJOURN |
26 |
27 |
MARVIN ETZIONI |
MARVIN COUNTRY! |
NINE MILE RECORDS |
27 |
24 |
SARAH MACDOUGALL |
THE GREATEST ONES ALIVE |
RABBIT HEART MUSIC |
28 |
25 |
JON BROOKS |
DELICATE CAGES |
SELF |
29 |
31 |
CATHY JORDAN |
ALL THE WAY HOME |
BLIX STREET |
30 |
28 |
LAURA REPO |
GET YOURSELF HOME |
REPO GIRL |
31 |
26 |
FIRST AID KIT |
THE LION’S ROAR |
WICHITA |
32 |
33 |
LA BOTTINE SOURIANTE |
APPELLATION DORIGINE CONTROLEE |
BOREALIS |
33 |
35 |
BRUCE GUTHRO |
CELTIC CROSSING |
SELF |
34 |
29 |
MARY BLACK |
STORIES FROM THE STEEPLES |
BLIX STREET |
35 |
30 |
MOLASSES CREEK |
AN ISLAND OUT OF TIME |
SELF |
36 |
37 |
RONNY COX |
RONNIE, RAD AND KAREN |
GROOVE HOUSE |
37 |
38 |
STEVE GATES |
A BEE IN HER MOUTH |
BLACK GUILLMOT MUSIC |
38 |
34 |
MICHAEL JOHNATHON |
FRONT PORCH |
POET MAN |
39 |
0 |
MATT HARLAN & THE SENTIMENTALS |
BOW & BE SIMPLE |
BERKALIN |
40 |
46 |
STACEY EARLE AND MARK STUART |
DEDICATION |
GEARLE |
41 |
39 |
CRABTREE & MILLS |
RISE ABOVE |
FREE & EASY |
42 |
40 |
COLD SPECKS |
HOLLAND |
ARTS AND CRAFTS |
43 |
41 |
ANAIS MITCHELL |
YOUNG MAN IN AMERICA |
THIRTY TIGERS |
44 |
43 |
TIM READMAN |
INTO THE GREEN |
BIG CITY |
45 |
44 |
ARIANA GILLIS |
FORGET ME NOT |
AG |
46 |
47 |
THE CIVIL WARS |
BARTON HOLLOW |
SENSIBILITY |
47 |
0 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
MARK TWAIN: WORDS & MUSIC |
MAILBOAT |
48 |
48 |
DAVID FRANCEY |
LATE EDITION |
LAKER MUSIC |
49 |
0 |
ROBBY HECHT |
LAST OF THE LONG DAYS |
101 DISTRIBUTION |
50 |
49 |
SHARON VAN ETTEN |
TRAMP |
JAGJAGUWAR |
For the Week of April 13 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 |
JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE |
NOTHING’S GONNA CHANGE THE WAY YOU FEEL ABOUT ME NOW |
BLOODSHOT |
3 |
4 |
DAVE CARTER & TRACY GRAMMER |
LITTLE BLUE EGG |
RED HOUSE |
4 |
3 |
ROBERT EARL KEEN |
READY FOR CONFETTI |
LOST HIGHWAY |
5 |
5 |
THE LITTLE WILLIES |
FOR THE GOOD TIMES |
EMI / MILKING BULL |
6 |
7 |
CHRIS CASTLE |
LAST BIRD HOME |
DIRT SANDWICH |
7 |
6 |
JAY FARRAR, WILL JOHNSON, ANDERS PARKER, AND YIM YAMES |
NEW MULTITUDES |
ROUNDER |
8 |
16 |
LYLE LOVETT |
RELEASE ME |
CURB / LOST HIGHWAY |
9 |
22 |
PUNCH BROTHERS |
WHO’S FEELING YOUNG NOW? |
NONESUCH |
10 |
13 |
FRED EAGLESMITH |
6 VOLTS |
INDIE |
11 |
15 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
THIS ONE’S FOR HIM – A TRIBUTE TO GUY CLARK |
ICEHOUSE MUSIC |
12 |
8 |
CATHERINE MACLELLAN |
SILHOUETTE |
TRUE NORTH |
13 |
9 |
KASEY CHAMBERS |
STORYBOOK |
LIBERATION MUSIC |
14 |
10 |
CORNFLOWER BLUE |
RUN DOWN THE RAILS |
SELF |
15 |
21 |
RYAN ADAMS |
ASHES & FIRE |
CAPITOL |
16 |
48 |
RAY WYLIE HUBBARD |
THE GRIFTER’S HYMNAL |
BORDELLO |
17 |
11 |
FISH & BIRD |
EVERY WHISPER IS A SHOUT ACROSS THE VOID |
FIDDLE HEAD RECORDS |
18 |
12 |
JOHN HIATT |
DIRTY JEANS AND MUDSLIDE HYMNS |
NEWWEST |
19 |
14 |
BETTYSOO AND DOUG COX |
ACROSS THE BORDERLINE — LIE TO ME |
SELF |
20 |
19 |
LUCERO |
WOMEN & WORK |
ATO |
21 |
20 |
ANDRA SUCHY |
LITTLE HEART |
RED HOUSE RECORDS |
22 |
17 |
THE STEEL WHEELS |
LAY DOWN, LAY LOW |
SELF |
23 |
0 |
NATASHA JAMES |
MY COUNTRY HAS THE BLUES |
HIGHWAY ONE |
24 |
47 |
CHUCK PROPHET |
TEMPLE BEAUTIFUL |
YEP ROC |
25 |
18 |
KASEY CHAMBERS |
LITTLE BIRD |
LIBERATION |
26 |
0 |
CHUCK MEAD & HIS GRASSY KNOLL BOYS |
BACK AT THE QUONSET HUT |
RAMSEUR |
27 |
24 |
LORRIE SINGER & BRADLEY KOPP |
A DEEP OASIS |
REDBOOT RECORDS |
28 |
0 |
THE BYRON DOWD BAND |
THE BYRON DOWD BAND |
PANTHER CREEK RECORDS |
29 |
23 |
THE GOURDS |
OLD MAD JOY |
VANGUARD |
30 |
25 |
I SEE HAWKS IN LA |
NEW KIND OF LONELY |
SELF |
31 |
0 |
LYDIA LOVELESS |
INDESTRUCTIBLE MACHINE |
BLOODSHOT |
32 |
0 |
HALDEN WOFFORD & THE HI-BEAMS |
LIVE AT HODI’S |
SELF |
33 |
36 |
NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE |
17 PINE AVENUE |
WOODSTOCK |
34 |
29 |
GILLIAN WELCH |
THE HARROW & THE HARVEST |
ACONY |
35 |
28 |
SUGAR & THE HI-LOWS — TRENT DABBS AND AMY STROUP |
SUGAR & THE HI-LOWS — TRENT DABBS AND AMY STROUP |
SELF |
36 |
0 |
MOOT DAVIS |
MAN ABOUT TOWN |
HIGHWAY KIND |
37 |
30 |
OH SUSANNA |
SOON THE BIRDS |
OUTSIDE |
38 |
31 |
GIRLS GUNS AND GLORY |
SWEET NOTHINGS |
LONESOME DAY |
39 |
0 |
RECKLESS KELLY |
GOOD LUCK & TRUE LOVE |
NO BIG DEAL |
40 |
27 |
JIM WHITE |
WHERE IT HITS YOU |
YEP ROC |
41 |
33 |
TOM JONES |
PRAISE & BLAME |
LOST HIGHWAY |
42 |
0 |
JOE FLETCHER & THE WRONG REASONS |
WHITE LIGHTER |
WRONG REASONS |
43 |
40 |
DELTA SPIRIT |
DELTA SPIRIT |
ROUNDER |
44 |
37 |
FOREST ALLEN |
LAST BREATHS |
INDIE |
45 |
38 |
WARPED 45S |
MATADOR SUNSET |
PHEREMONE |
46 |
39 |
HONEYHONEY |
BILLY JACK |
LOST HIGHWAY |
47 |
45 |
LAURA GIBSON |
LA GRANDE |
BARSUK |
48 |
0 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
MUSIC CITY ROOTS – LIVE FROM THE LOVELESS CAFE |
COMPASS |
49 |
43 |
AARON FLINN |
MISS READY BLOSSOM AND THE SEED OF DREAMS |
SELF |
50 |
44 |
DECEMBERISTS |
WE ALL RAISE OUR VOICES TO THE AIR |
CAPITOL |
For the Week of April 13 2012 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations |
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