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 |
4 |
MADISON VIOLET |
THE GOOD IN GOODBYE |
TRUE NORTH |
4 |
5 |
RED MOLLY |
LIGHT IN THE SKY |
SELF |
5 |
21 |
RANI ARBO & DAISY MAYHEM |
SOME BRIGHT MORNING |
SIGNATURE SOUNDS |
6 |
6 |
GRETCHEN PETERS |
HELLO CRUEL WORLD |
SCARLET LETTER |
7 |
10 |
THE REFUGEES |
3 |
WABUHO |
8 |
17 |
LEONARD COHEN |
OLD IDEAS |
COLUMBIA |
9 |
18 |
THE CHIEFTAINS |
VOICE OF AGES |
HEAR MUSIC |
10 |
27 |
PHARIS & JASON ROMERO |
A PASSING GLIMPSE |
LULA |
11 |
7 |
PIETA BROWN |
MERCURY |
RED HOUSE |
12 |
26 |
JON BROOKS |
DELICATE CAGES |
SELF |
13 |
11 |
GOOD LOVELIES |
LET THE RAIN FALL |
SELF |
14 |
12 |
LAURA MARLING |
A CREATURE I DON’T KNOW |
EMI |
15 |
25 |
SARAH MACDOUGALL |
THE GREATEST ONES ALIVE |
RABBIT HEART MUSIC |
16 |
13 |
BATTLEFIELD BAND |
LINE UP |
TEMPLE |
17 |
14 |
100 MILE HOUSE |
HOLLOW PONDS |
HOLE IN MY SHOE PRODUCTIONS |
18 |
8 |
SARAH MCQUAID |
THE PLUM TREE AND THE ROSE |
WATERBUG |
19 |
15 |
THE ONCE |
ROW UPON ROW OF THE PEOPLE THEY KNOW |
BOREALIS |
20 |
16 |
JUNE TABOR |
RAGGED KINGDOM |
TOPIC |
21 |
9 |
NANCI GRIFFITH |
INTERSECTION |
PROPER / HELL NO |
22 |
3 |
PETER MULVEY |
THE GOOD STUFF |
SIGNATURE SOUNDS |
23 |
19 |
SUZANNE VEGA |
CLOSE UP, VOL. 3 – STATE OF BEINGS |
AMAOUENSIS |
24 |
20 |
MARVIN ETZIONI |
MARVIN COUNTRY! |
NINE MILE RECORDS |
25 |
22 |
THE DEEP DARK WOODS |
THE PLACE I LEFT BEHIND |
SIX SHOOTER / SUGAR HILL |
26 |
42 |
DAVID FRANCEY |
LATE EDITION |
LAKER MUSIC |
27 |
23 |
MATT KEATING |
WRONG WAY HOME |
SOJOURN |
28 |
24 |
STACEY EARLE AND MARK STUART |
DEDICATION |
GEARLE |
29 |
39 |
LORETTA HAGEN |
MUD AND STONE |
BEARFORT |
30 |
49 |
DREW NELSON |
TILT-A-WHIRL |
RED HOUSE |
31 |
28 |
LAURA REPO |
GET YOURSELF HOME |
REPO GIRL |
32 |
29 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
MARK TWAIN: WORDS & MUSIC |
MAILBOAT |
33 |
30 |
LA BOTTINE SOURIANTE |
APPELLATION DORIGINE CONTROLEE |
BOREALIS |
34 |
31 |
BRUCE GUTHRO |
CELTIC CROSSING |
SELF |
35 |
32 |
JONAH TOLCHIN |
CRIMINAL MAN |
NEW WHEEL |
36 |
33 |
RONNY COX |
RONNIE, RAD AND KAREN |
GROOVE HOUSE |
37 |
0 |
INDIGO GIRLS |
BEAUTY QUEEN SISTER |
VANGUARD |
38 |
45 |
ANTJE DUVEKOT |
NEW SIBERIA |
INDIE |
39 |
0 |
STEVE GATES |
A BEE IN HER MOUTH |
BLACK GUILLMOT MUSIC |
40 |
40 |
PEYTON TOCHTERMAN |
A NEW WORLD |
SELF |
41 |
35 |
CRABTREE & MILLS |
RISE ABOVE |
FREE & EASY |
42 |
36 |
COLD SPECKS |
HOLLAND |
ARTS AND CRAFTS |
43 |
37 |
TIM READMAN |
INTO THE GREEN |
BIG CITY |
44 |
38 |
ARIANA GILLIS |
FORGET ME NOT |
AG |
45 |
34 |
SUSIE FITZGERALD |
PLENTY |
BIG PURR MUSIC, LLC |
46 |
50 |
MARIEL VANDERSTEEL |
HICKORY |
INDIE |
47 |
0 |
MATT HARLAN & THE SENTIMENTALS |
BOW & BE SIMPLE |
BERKALIN |
48 |
48 |
DAVID FERRARD |
JOOURNEYMAN |
ALTER ROAD |
49 |
0 |
THE PAUL MCKENNA BAND |
STEM THE TIDE |
MAD RIVER |
50 |
0 |
BAHAMAS |
BARCHORDS |
BRUSHFIRE RECORDS |
For the Week of May, 25 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 |
JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE |
NOTHING’S GONNA CHANGE THE WAY YOU FEEL ABOUT ME NOW |
BLOODSHOT |
2 |
2 |
RAY WYLIE HUBBARD |
THE GRIFTER’S HYMNAL |
BORDELLO |
3 |
3 |
LUCERO |
WOMEN & WORK |
ATO |
4 |
9 |
DARRELL SCOTT |
LONG RIDE HOME |
FULL LIGHT |
5 |
6 |
AARON FLINN |
MISS READY BLOSSOM AND THE SEED OF DREAMS |
SELF |
6 |
45 |
WILLIE NELSON |
HEROES |
LEGACY |
7 |
8 |
DAVE CARTER & TRACY GRAMMER |
LITTLE BLUE EGG |
RED HOUSE |
8 |
5 |
LYLE LOVETT |
RELEASE ME |
CURB / LOST HIGHWAY |
9 |
18 |
ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO |
BIG STATION |
FANTASY / CONCORD |
10 |
10 |
JAY FARRAR, WILL JOHNSON, ANDERS PARKER, AND YIM YAMES |
NEW MULTITUDES |
ROUNDER |
11 |
17 |
MARTY STUART & HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES |
NASHVILLE VOL. 1 — TEAR THE WOODPILE DOWN |
SUGAR HILL |
12 |
12 |
ROBERT EARL KEEN |
READY FOR CONFETTI |
LOST HIGHWAY |
13 |
13 |
FISH & BIRD |
EVERY WHISPER IS A SHOUT ACROSS THE VOID |
FIDDLE HEAD RECORDS |
14 |
14 |
BETTYSOO AND DOUG COX |
ACROSS THE BORDERLINE — LIE TO ME |
SELF |
15 |
15 |
KASEY CHAMBERS |
STORYBOOK |
LIBERATION MUSIC |
16 |
16 |
THE MCEUEN SESSIONS |
FOR ALL THE GOOD |
MESA |
17 |
7 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
THIS ONE’S FOR HIM – A TRIBUTE TO GUY CLARK |
ICEHOUSE MUSIC |
18 |
4 |
PUNCH BROTHERS |
WHO’S FEELING YOUNG NOW? |
NONESUCH |
19 |
0 |
HOOTS & HELLMOUTH |
SALT |
SELF |
20 |
20 |
ANDRA SUCHY |
LITTLE HEART |
RED HOUSE RECORDS |
21 |
11 |
SUGAR & THE HI-LOWS — TRENT DABBS AND AMY STROUP |
SUGAR & THE HI-LOWS — TRENT DABBS AND AMY STROUP |
SELF |
22 |
46 |
TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS |
GOODBYE NORMAL STREET |
BOSSIER CITY |
23 |
21 |
CATHERINE MACLELLAN |
SILHOUETTE |
TRUE NORTH |
24 |
31 |
HANK WILLIAMS III |
LONG GONE DADDY |
CURB |
25 |
19 |
JOHN HIATT |
DIRTY JEANS AND MUDSLIDE HYMNS |
NEWWEST |
26 |
43 |
CHELLE ROSE |
THE GHOST OF BROWDER HOLLER |
SELF |
27 |
24 |
TODD SNIDER |
TIME AS WE KNOW IT – THE SONGS OF JERRY JEFF WALKER |
AIMLESS |
28 |
25 |
CHRIS CASTLE |
LAST BIRD HOME |
DIRT SANDWICH |
29 |
29 |
MOOT DAVIS |
MAN ABOUT TOWN |
HIGHWAY KIND |
30 |
0 |
CORNFLOWER BLUE |
RUN DOWN THE RAILS |
SELF |
31 |
30 |
JASON EADY |
AM COUNTRY HEAVEN |
UNDERGROUND SOUND |
32 |
37 |
O’BRIEN PARTY OF 7 |
REINCARNATION – THE SONGS OF ROGER MILLER |
HOWDY SKIES |
33 |
26 |
LYDIA LOVELESS |
INDESTRUCTIBLE MACHINE |
BLOODSHOT |
34 |
23 |
NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE |
17 PINE AVENUE |
WOODSTOCK |
35 |
27 |
OH SUSANNA |
SOON THE BIRDS |
OUTSIDE |
36 |
28 |
THE LITTLE WILLIES |
FOR THE GOOD TIMES |
EMI / MILKING BULL |
37 |
32 |
TOM JONES |
PRAISE & BLAME |
LOST HIGHWAY |
38 |
0 |
ANDRE WILLIAMS AND THE SADIES |
NIGHT & DAY |
YEP ROC |
39 |
44 |
BRYAN CLARK & THE NEW LYCEUM PLAYERS |
SOUTHERN INTERMISSION |
SELF |
40 |
0 |
NATASHA BORZILOVA |
OUT OF MY HANDS |
HADLEY MUSIC GROUP |
41 |
0 |
STEVE EARLE |
I’LL NEVER GET OUT OF THIS WORLD ALIVE |
NEW WEST |
42 |
38 |
WARPED 45S |
MATADOR SUNSET |
PHEREMONE |
43 |
39 |
CHUCK PROPHET |
TEMPLE BEAUTIFUL |
YEP ROC |
44 |
40 |
LONESOME HEROES |
DAYDREAM WESTERN |
SELF |
45 |
42 |
THE DOC MARSHALLS |
LOOK OUT, COMPADRE |
TWINPOST MUSIC |
46 |
36 |
DIAMOND RUGS |
DAIMOND RUGS |
PARTISAN |
47 |
47 |
THE GOURDS |
OLD MAD JOY |
VANGUARD |
48 |
33 |
RECKLESS KELLY |
GOOD LUCK & TRUE LOVE |
NO BIG DEAL |
49 |
34 |
CHUCK MEAD & HIS GRASSY KNOLL BOYS |
BACK AT THE QUONSET HUT |
RAMSEUR |
50 |
41 |
DECEMBERISTS |
WE ALL RAISE OUR VOICES TO THE AIR |
CAPITOL |
For the Week of May, 25 2012 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations |
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