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 |
2 |
ROSE COUSINS |
WE HAVE MADE A SPARK |
OUTSIDE MUSIC |
2 |
1 |
CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS |
LEAVING EDEN |
NONESUCH |
3 |
17 |
MADISON VIOLET |
THE GOOD IN GOODBYE |
TRUE NORTH |
4 |
9 |
THE ONCE |
ROW UPON ROW OF THE PEOPLE THEY KNOW |
BOREALIS |
5 |
7 |
RED MOLLY |
LIGHT IN THE SKY |
SELF |
6 |
5 |
GRETCHEN PETERS |
HELLO CRUEL WORLD |
SCARLET LETTER |
7 |
3 |
THE CHIEFTAINS |
VOICE OF AGES |
HEAR MUSIC |
8 |
6 |
LEONARD COHEN |
OLD IDEAS |
COLUMBIA |
9 |
30 |
MARVIN ETZIONI |
MARVIN COUNTRY! |
NINE MILE RECORDS |
10 |
14 |
THE DEEP DARK WOODS |
THE PLACE I LEFT BEHIND |
SIX SHOOTER / SUGAR HILL |
11 |
10 |
PIETA BROWN |
MERCURY |
RED HOUSE |
12 |
8 |
THE REFUGEES |
3 |
WABUHO |
13 |
21 |
RANI ARBO & DAISY MAYHEM |
SOME BRIGHT MORNING |
SIGNATURE SOUNDS |
14 |
16 |
GOOD LOVELIES |
LET THE RAIN FALL |
SELF |
15 |
13 |
LAURA MARLING |
A CREATURE I DON’T KNOW |
EMI |
16 |
15 |
BATTLEFIELD BAND |
LINE UP |
TEMPLE |
17 |
19 |
PHARIS & JASON ROMERO |
A PASSING GLIMPSE |
LULA |
18 |
4 |
100 MILE HOUSE |
HOLLOW PONDS |
HOLE IN MY SHOE PRODUCTIONS |
19 |
18 |
SARAH MCQUAID |
THE PLUM TREE AND THE ROSE |
WATERBUG |
20 |
11 |
JUNE TABOR |
RAGGED KINGDOM |
TOPIC |
21 |
22 |
SUZANNE VEGA |
CLOSE UP, VOL. 3 – STATE OF BEINGS |
AMAOUENSIS |
22 |
12 |
PETER MULVEY |
THE GOOD STUFF |
SIGNATURE SOUNDS |
23 |
25 |
MATT KEATING |
WRONG WAY HOME |
SOJOURN |
24 |
20 |
ANAIS MITCHELL |
YOUNG MAN IN AMERICA |
THIRTY TIGERS |
25 |
24 |
STACEY EARLE AND MARK STUART |
DEDICATION |
GEARLE |
26 |
26 |
SARAH MACDOUGALL |
THE GREATEST ONES ALIVE |
RABBIT HEART MUSIC |
27 |
27 |
JON BROOKS |
DELICATE CAGES |
SELF |
28 |
28 |
LAURA REPO |
GET YOURSELF HOME |
REPO GIRL |
29 |
45 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
MARK TWAIN: WORDS & MUSIC |
MAILBOAT |
30 |
29 |
LA BOTTINE SOURIANTE |
APPELLATION DORIGINE CONTROLEE |
BOREALIS |
31 |
31 |
BRUCE GUTHRO |
CELTIC CROSSING |
SELF |
32 |
32 |
SUSIE FITZGERALD |
PLENTY |
BIG PURR MUSIC, LLC |
33 |
33 |
RONNY COX |
RONNIE, RAD AND KAREN |
GROOVE HOUSE |
34 |
34 |
MATT HARLAN & THE SENTIMENTALS |
BOW & BE SIMPLE |
BERKALIN |
35 |
35 |
STEVE GATES |
A BEE IN HER MOUTH |
BLACK GUILLMOT MUSIC |
36 |
38 |
CRABTREE & MILLS |
RISE ABOVE |
FREE & EASY |
37 |
39 |
COLD SPECKS |
HOLLAND |
ARTS AND CRAFTS |
38 |
40 |
TIM READMAN |
INTO THE GREEN |
BIG CITY |
39 |
41 |
ARIANA GILLIS |
FORGET ME NOT |
AG |
40 |
42 |
LORETTA HAGEN |
MUD AND STONE |
BEARFORT |
41 |
47 |
JONAH TOLCHIN |
CRIMINAL MAN |
NEW WHEEL |
42 |
37 |
PAUL KELLY |
THE A TO Z RECORDINGS |
GAWDAGGIE |
43 |
36 |
CATHY JORDAN |
ALL THE WAY HOME |
BLIX STREET |
44 |
44 |
EMILY WELLS |
MAMA |
PARTISAN |
45 |
46 |
SARAH JAFFE |
THE BODY WINS |
KIRTLAND |
46 |
49 |
DAVID FRANCEY |
LATE EDITION |
LAKER MUSIC |
47 |
50 |
BAHAMAS |
BARCHORDS |
BRUSHFIRE RECORDS |
48 |
43 |
POOR MOON |
ILLUSION EP |
SUB POP |
49 |
0 |
GEMMA RAY |
ISLAND FIRE |
BRONZE RAT |
50 |
0 |
ABIGAIL WASHBURN |
CITY OF REFUGE |
FOREIGN CHILDREN RECORDS |
For the Week of May, 11 2012 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations |
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TW |
LW |
Artist |
CD Title |
Label |
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1 |
1 |
JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE |
NOTHING’S GONNA CHANGE THE WAY YOU FEEL ABOUT ME NOW |
BLOODSHOT |
2 |
7 |
RAY WYLIE HUBBARD |
THE GRIFTER’S HYMNAL |
BORDELLO |
3 |
3 |
DAVE CARTER & TRACY GRAMMER |
LITTLE BLUE EGG |
RED HOUSE |
4 |
6 |
AARON FLINN |
MISS READY BLOSSOM AND THE SEED OF DREAMS |
SELF |
5 |
13 |
LUCERO |
WOMEN & WORK |
ATO |
6 |
15 |
FISH & BIRD |
EVERY WHISPER IS A SHOUT ACROSS THE VOID |
FIDDLE HEAD RECORDS |
7 |
11 |
CORNFLOWER BLUE |
RUN DOWN THE RAILS |
SELF |
8 |
33 |
SUGAR & THE HI-LOWS — TRENT DABBS AND AMY STROUP |
SUGAR & THE HI-LOWS — TRENT DABBS AND AMY STROUP |
SELF |
9 |
4 |
JAY FARRAR, WILL JOHNSON, ANDERS PARKER, AND YIM YAMES |
NEW MULTITUDES |
ROUNDER |
10 |
2 |
DARRELL SCOTT |
LONG RIDE HOME |
FULL LIGHT |
11 |
14 |
NATASHA JAMES |
MY COUNTRY HAS THE BLUES |
HIGHWAY ONE |
12 |
5 |
ROBERT EARL KEEN |
READY FOR CONFETTI |
LOST HIGHWAY |
13 |
16 |
BETTYSOO AND DOUG COX |
ACROSS THE BORDERLINE — LIE TO ME |
SELF |
14 |
8 |
KASEY CHAMBERS |
STORYBOOK |
LIBERATION MUSIC |
15 |
10 |
LYLE LOVETT |
RELEASE ME |
CURB / LOST HIGHWAY |
16 |
24 |
PUNCH BROTHERS |
WHO’S FEELING YOUNG NOW? |
NONESUCH |
17 |
18 |
DANNY CLICK |
LIFE IS A GOOD PLACE |
DOGSTAR |
18 |
0 |
THE MCEUEN SESSIONS |
FOR ALL THE GOOD |
MESA |
19 |
17 |
ANDRA SUCHY |
LITTLE HEART |
RED HOUSE RECORDS |
20 |
19 |
JOHN HIATT |
DIRTY JEANS AND MUDSLIDE HYMNS |
NEWWEST |
21 |
9 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
THIS ONE’S FOR HIM – A TRIBUTE TO GUY CLARK |
ICEHOUSE MUSIC |
22 |
26 |
CATHERINE MACLELLAN |
SILHOUETTE |
TRUE NORTH |
23 |
25 |
NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE |
17 PINE AVENUE |
WOODSTOCK |
24 |
23 |
CHRIS CASTLE |
LAST BIRD HOME |
DIRT SANDWICH |
25 |
28 |
LYDIA LOVELESS |
INDESTRUCTIBLE MACHINE |
BLOODSHOT |
26 |
36 |
OH SUSANNA |
SOON THE BIRDS |
OUTSIDE |
27 |
12 |
THE LITTLE WILLIES |
FOR THE GOOD TIMES |
EMI / MILKING BULL |
28 |
38 |
TOM JONES |
PRAISE & BLAME |
LOST HIGHWAY |
29 |
29 |
I SEE HAWKS IN LA |
NEW KIND OF LONELY |
SELF |
30 |
31 |
DECEMBERISTS |
WE ALL RAISE OUR VOICES TO THE AIR |
CAPITOL |
31 |
45 |
WARPED 45S |
MATADOR SUNSET |
PHEREMONE |
32 |
0 |
STEPHANIE FAGAN |
HEART THIEF |
YONDER |
33 |
37 |
DELTA SPIRIT |
DELTA SPIRIT |
ROUNDER |
34 |
0 |
BRYAN CLARK & THE NEW LYCEUM PLAYERS |
SOUTHERN INTERMISSION |
SELF |
35 |
0 |
DIAMOND RUGS |
DAIMOND RUGS |
PARTISAN |
36 |
50 |
THE GOURDS |
OLD MAD JOY |
VANGUARD |
37 |
48 |
LAURA GIBSON |
LA GRANDE |
BARSUK |
38 |
21 |
MARTY STUART & HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES |
NASHVILLE VOL. 1 — TEAR THE WOODPILE DOWN |
SUGAR HILL |
39 |
0 |
THE STEEL WHEELS |
LAY DOWN, LAY LOW |
SELF |
40 |
0 |
JOE FLETCHER & THE WRONG REASONS |
WHITE LIGHTER |
WRONG REASONS |
41 |
0 |
FRED EAGLESMITH |
6 VOLTS |
INDIE |
42 |
0 |
CHUCK SCHAEFFER |
ALONG THESE LINES |
SELF |
43 |
43 |
MIKE AND RUTHY |
THE NYC EP |
HUMBLE ABODE |
44 |
0 |
BROCK ZEMAN |
ME THEN YOU |
BUSTED FLAT |
45 |
40 |
JIM WHITE |
WHERE IT HITS YOU |
YEP ROC |
46 |
0 |
CUFF THE DUKE |
MORNING COMES |
PAPER BAG |
47 |
0 |
GIRLS GUNS AND GLORY |
SWEET NOTHINGS |
LONESOME DAY |
48 |
0 |
STETSON & CIA |
STETSON & CIA |
SELF |
49 |
0 |
TOKYO ROSENTHAL |
WHAT DID I USED TO BE (SINGLE) |
ROCK AND SOCKS |
50 |
0 |
MELANIE ROSE DYER |
THE LONG WAY AROUND |
SELF |
For the Week of May, 11 2012 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations |
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