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 |
2 |
ROSE COUSINS |
WE HAVE MADE A SPARK |
OUTSIDE MUSIC |
3 |
6 |
RED MOLLY |
LIGHT IN THE SKY |
SELF |
4 |
5 |
PIETA BROWN |
MERCURY |
RED HOUSE |
5 |
3 |
THE REFUGEES |
3 |
WABUHO |
6 |
7 |
GRETCHEN PETERS |
HELLO CRUEL WORLD |
SCARLET LETTER |
7 |
4 |
THE CHIEFTAINS |
VOICE OF AGES |
HEAR MUSIC |
8 |
8 |
LEONARD COHEN |
OLD IDEAS |
COLUMBIA |
9 |
10 |
THE PINES |
DARK SO GOLD |
RED HOUSE |
10 |
11 |
THE ONCE |
ROW UPON ROW OF THE PEOPLE THEY KNOW |
BOREALIS |
11 |
9 |
THE DEEP DARK WOODS |
THE PLACE I LEFT BEHIND |
SIX SHOOTER / SUGAR HILL |
12 |
14 |
100 MILE HOUSE |
HOLLOW PONDS |
HOLE IN MY SHOE PRODUCTIONS |
13 |
15 |
JUNE TABOR |
RAGGED KINGDOM |
TOPIC |
14 |
13 |
LAURA MARLING |
A CREATURE I DON’T KNOW |
EMI |
15 |
17 |
BATTLEFIELD BAND |
LINE UP |
TEMPLE |
16 |
12 |
PETER MULVEY |
THE GOOD STUFF |
SIGNATURE SOUNDS |
17 |
19 |
MADISON VIOLET |
THE GOOD IN GOODBYE |
TRUE NORTH |
18 |
18 |
GOOD LOVELIES |
LET THE RAIN FALL |
SELF |
19 |
20 |
SARAH MCQUAID |
THE PLUM TREE AND THE ROSE |
WATERBUG |
20 |
21 |
PHARIS & JASON ROMERO |
A PASSING GLIMPSE |
LULA |
21 |
24 |
SUZANNE VEGA |
CLOSE UP, VOL. 3 – STATE OF BEINGS |
AMAOUENSIS |
22 |
22 |
DAVID BROMBERG |
USE ME |
APPLESEED |
23 |
16 |
DREW NELSON |
TILT-A-WHIRL |
RED HOUSE |
24 |
23 |
PAUL KELLY |
THE A TO Z RECORDINGS |
GAWDAGGIE |
25 |
25 |
MATT KEATING |
WRONG WAY HOME |
SOJOURN |
26 |
26 |
MARVIN ETZIONI |
MARVIN COUNTRY! |
NINE MILE RECORDS |
27 |
27 |
SARAH MACDOUGALL |
THE GREATEST ONES ALIVE |
RABBIT HEART MUSIC |
28 |
28 |
JON BROOKS |
DELICATE CAGES |
SELF |
29 |
29 |
CATHY JORDAN |
ALL THE WAY HOME |
BLIX STREET |
30 |
30 |
LAURA REPO |
GET YOURSELF HOME |
REPO GIRL |
31 |
32 |
LA BOTTINE SOURIANTE |
APPELLATION DORIGINE CONTROLEE |
BOREALIS |
32 |
33 |
BRUCE GUTHRO |
CELTIC CROSSING |
SELF |
33 |
39 |
MATT HARLAN & THE SENTIMENTALS |
BOW & BE SIMPLE |
BERKALIN |
34 |
40 |
STACEY EARLE AND MARK STUART |
DEDICATION |
GEARLE |
35 |
0 |
NANCI GRIFFITH |
INTERSECTION |
PROPER / HELL NO |
36 |
36 |
RONNY COX |
RONNIE, RAD AND KAREN |
GROOVE HOUSE |
37 |
37 |
STEVE GATES |
A BEE IN HER MOUTH |
BLACK GUILLMOT MUSIC |
38 |
43 |
ANAIS MITCHELL |
YOUNG MAN IN AMERICA |
THIRTY TIGERS |
39 |
35 |
MOLASSES CREEK |
AN ISLAND OUT OF TIME |
SELF |
40 |
0 |
RANI ARBO & DAISY MAYHEM |
SOME BRIGHT MORNING |
SIGNATURE SOUNDS |
41 |
41 |
CRABTREE & MILLS |
RISE ABOVE |
FREE & EASY |
42 |
42 |
COLD SPECKS |
HOLLAND |
ARTS AND CRAFTS |
43 |
44 |
TIM READMAN |
INTO THE GREEN |
BIG CITY |
44 |
45 |
ARIANA GILLIS |
FORGET ME NOT |
AG |
45 |
47 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
MARK TWAIN: WORDS & MUSIC |
MAILBOAT |
46 |
38 |
MICHAEL JOHNATHON |
FRONT PORCH |
POET MAN |
47 |
0 |
POOR MOON |
ILLUSION EP |
SUB POP |
48 |
48 |
DAVID FRANCEY |
LATE EDITION |
LAKER MUSIC |
49 |
46 |
THE CIVIL WARS |
BARTON HOLLOW |
SENSIBILITY |
50 |
0 |
DAVID FERRARD |
JOOURNEYMAN |
ALTER ROAD |
For the Week of April 20 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 |
ROBERT EARL KEEN |
READY FOR CONFETTI |
LOST HIGHWAY |
4 |
3 |
DAVE CARTER & TRACY GRAMMER |
LITTLE BLUE EGG |
RED HOUSE |
5 |
5 |
THE LITTLE WILLIES |
FOR THE GOOD TIMES |
EMI / MILKING BULL |
6 |
7 |
JAY FARRAR, WILL JOHNSON, ANDERS PARKER, AND YIM YAMES |
NEW MULTITUDES |
ROUNDER |
7 |
14 |
CORNFLOWER BLUE |
RUN DOWN THE RAILS |
SELF |
8 |
10 |
FRED EAGLESMITH |
6 VOLTS |
INDIE |
9 |
20 |
LUCERO |
WOMEN & WORK |
ATO |
10 |
12 |
CATHERINE MACLELLAN |
SILHOUETTE |
TRUE NORTH |
11 |
13 |
KASEY CHAMBERS |
STORYBOOK |
LIBERATION MUSIC |
12 |
6 |
CHRIS CASTLE |
LAST BIRD HOME |
DIRT SANDWICH |
13 |
11 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
THIS ONE’S FOR HIM – A TRIBUTE TO GUY CLARK |
ICEHOUSE MUSIC |
14 |
8 |
LYLE LOVETT |
RELEASE ME |
CURB / LOST HIGHWAY |
15 |
16 |
RAY WYLIE HUBBARD |
THE GRIFTER’S HYMNAL |
BORDELLO |
16 |
17 |
FISH & BIRD |
EVERY WHISPER IS A SHOUT ACROSS THE VOID |
FIDDLE HEAD RECORDS |
17 |
9 |
PUNCH BROTHERS |
WHO’S FEELING YOUNG NOW? |
NONESUCH |
18 |
23 |
NATASHA JAMES |
MY COUNTRY HAS THE BLUES |
HIGHWAY ONE |
19 |
19 |
BETTYSOO AND DOUG COX |
ACROSS THE BORDERLINE — LIE TO ME |
SELF |
20 |
21 |
ANDRA SUCHY |
LITTLE HEART |
RED HOUSE RECORDS |
21 |
18 |
JOHN HIATT |
DIRTY JEANS AND MUDSLIDE HYMNS |
NEWWEST |
22 |
22 |
THE STEEL WHEELS |
LAY DOWN, LAY LOW |
SELF |
23 |
24 |
CHUCK PROPHET |
TEMPLE BEAUTIFUL |
YEP ROC |
24 |
25 |
KASEY CHAMBERS |
LITTLE BIRD |
LIBERATION |
25 |
0 |
NEW COUNTRY REHAB |
NEW COUNTRY REHAB |
NCR |
26 |
27 |
LORRIE SINGER & BRADLEY KOPP |
A DEEP OASIS |
REDBOOT RECORDS |
27 |
29 |
THE GOURDS |
OLD MAD JOY |
VANGUARD |
28 |
30 |
I SEE HAWKS IN LA |
NEW KIND OF LONELY |
SELF |
29 |
0 |
JASON EADY |
AM COUNTRY HEAVEN |
UNDERGROUND SOUND |
30 |
31 |
LYDIA LOVELESS |
INDESTRUCTIBLE MACHINE |
BLOODSHOT |
31 |
33 |
NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE |
17 PINE AVENUE |
WOODSTOCK |
32 |
43 |
DELTA SPIRIT |
DELTA SPIRIT |
ROUNDER |
33 |
37 |
OH SUSANNA |
SOON THE BIRDS |
OUTSIDE |
34 |
38 |
GIRLS GUNS AND GLORY |
SWEET NOTHINGS |
LONESOME DAY |
35 |
36 |
MOOT DAVIS |
MAN ABOUT TOWN |
HIGHWAY KIND |
36 |
50 |
DECEMBERISTS |
WE ALL RAISE OUR VOICES TO THE AIR |
CAPITOL |
37 |
41 |
TOM JONES |
PRAISE & BLAME |
LOST HIGHWAY |
38 |
0 |
DANNY CLICK |
LIFE IS A GOOD PLACE |
DOGSTAR |
39 |
26 |
CHUCK MEAD & HIS GRASSY KNOLL BOYS |
BACK AT THE QUONSET HUT |
RAMSEUR |
40 |
48 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
MUSIC CITY ROOTS – LIVE FROM THE LOVELESS CAFE |
COMPASS |
41 |
44 |
FOREST ALLEN |
LAST BREATHS |
INDIE |
42 |
45 |
WARPED 45S |
MATADOR SUNSET |
PHEREMONE |
43 |
34 |
GILLIAN WELCH |
THE HARROW & THE HARVEST |
ACONY |
44 |
39 |
RECKLESS KELLY |
GOOD LUCK & TRUE LOVE |
NO BIG DEAL |
45 |
0 |
BROCK ZEMAN |
ME THEN YOU |
BUSTED FLAT |
46 |
40 |
JIM WHITE |
WHERE IT HITS YOU |
YEP ROC |
47 |
47 |
LAURA GIBSON |
LA GRANDE |
BARSUK |
48 |
0 |
SHELBY LYNNE |
REVELATION ROAD (SINGLE) |
EVERSO |
49 |
0 |
LAMBCHOP |
MR. M |
MERGE |
50 |
49 |
AARON FLINN |
MISS READY BLOSSOM AND THE SEED OF DREAMS |
SELF |
For the Week of April 20 2012 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations |
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