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.

RMR Radio Airplay Chart - Folk Top 50 Albums

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TW LW Artist CD Title Label
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

RMR Radio Airplay Chart - Roots Country Top 50 Albums

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TW LW Artist CD Title Label
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