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