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 |
CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS |
LEAVING EDEN |
NONESUCH |
2 |
1 |
ROSE COUSINS |
WE HAVE MADE A SPARK |
OUTSIDE MUSIC |
3 |
8 |
100 MILE HOUSE |
HOLLOW PONDS |
HOLE IN MY SHOE PRODUCTIONS |
4 |
3 |
NANCI GRIFFITH |
INTERSECTION |
PROPER / HELL NO |
5 |
4 |
RED MOLLY |
LIGHT IN THE SKY |
SELF |
6 |
14 |
LEONARD COHEN |
OLD IDEAS |
COLUMBIA |
7 |
12 |
GRETCHEN PETERS |
HELLO CRUEL WORLD |
SCARLET LETTER |
8 |
5 |
THE CHIEFTAINS |
VOICE OF AGES |
HEAR MUSIC |
9 |
6 |
SARAH MCQUAID |
THE PLUM TREE AND THE ROSE |
WATERBUG |
10 |
7 |
PIETA BROWN |
MERCURY |
RED HOUSE |
11 |
9 |
JOHN DOYLE |
SHADOW AND LIGHT |
COMPASS |
12 |
10 |
THE ONCE |
ROW UPON ROW OF THE PEOPLE THEY KNOW |
BOREALIS |
13 |
18 |
JON BROOKS |
DELICATE CAGES |
SELF |
14 |
11 |
JUNE TABOR |
RAGGED KINGDOM |
TOPIC |
15 |
13 |
THE REFUGEES |
3 |
WABUHO |
16 |
15 |
ANAIS MITCHELL |
YOUNG MAN IN AMERICA |
THIRTY TIGERS |
17 |
16 |
THE WAYMORES |
THE WAYMORES |
SELF |
18 |
20 |
KATE CAMPBELL |
1000 POUND MACHINE |
LARGE RIVER MUSIC |
19 |
17 |
LAURA MARLING |
A CREATURE I DON’T KNOW |
EMI |
20 |
21 |
RANI ARBO & DAISY MAYHEM |
SOME BRIGHT MORNING |
SIGNATURE SOUNDS |
21 |
19 |
PHARIS & JASON ROMERO |
A PASSING GLIMPSE |
LULA |
22 |
22 |
BATTLEFIELD BAND |
LINE UP |
TEMPLE |
23 |
24 |
POKEY LAFARGE & THE SOUTH CITY THREE |
MIDDLE OF EVERYWHERE |
FREE DIRT |
24 |
25 |
THE DEEP DARK WOODS |
THE PLACE I LEFT BEHIND |
SIX SHOOTER / SUGAR HILL |
25 |
26 |
COLD SPECKS |
HOLLAND |
ARTS AND CRAFTS |
26 |
27 |
LORETTA HAGEN |
MUD AND STONE |
BEARFORT |
27 |
29 |
SUZANNE VEGA |
CLOSE UP, VOL. 3 – STATE OF BEINGS |
AMAOUENSIS |
28 |
0 |
SHAWN COLVIN |
ALL FALL DOWN |
NONESUCH |
29 |
23 |
MADISON VIOLET |
THE GOOD IN GOODBYE |
TRUE NORTH |
30 |
30 |
KAT GOLDMAN |
GYPSY GIRL |
SELF |
31 |
32 |
LAURA REPO |
GET YOURSELF HOME |
REPO GIRL |
32 |
35 |
GOOD LOVELIES |
LET THE RAIN FALL |
SELF |
33 |
36 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
MARK TWAIN: WORDS & MUSIC |
MAILBOAT |
34 |
37 |
LA BOTTINE SOURIANTE |
APPELLATION DORIGINE CONTROLEE |
BOREALIS |
35 |
38 |
BRUCE GUTHRO |
CELTIC CROSSING |
SELF |
36 |
39 |
ARIANA GILLIS |
FORGET ME NOT |
AG |
37 |
40 |
RONNY COX |
RONNIE, RAD AND KAREN |
GROOVE HOUSE |
38 |
31 |
STACEY EARLE AND MARK STUART |
DEDICATION |
GEARLE |
39 |
41 |
CRABTREE & MILLS |
RISE ABOVE |
FREE & EASY |
40 |
43 |
TIM READMAN |
INTO THE GREEN |
BIG CITY |
41 |
33 |
JONAH TOLCHIN |
CRIMINAL MAN |
NEW WHEEL |
42 |
42 |
PEYTON TOCHTERMAN |
A NEW WORLD |
SELF |
43 |
28 |
PETER MULVEY |
THE GOOD STUFF |
SIGNATURE SOUNDS |
44 |
0 |
BAP KENNEDY |
THE SAILOR’S REVENGE |
PROPER AMERICAN |
45 |
44 |
STEVE GATES |
A BEE IN HER MOUTH |
BLACK GUILLMOT MUSIC |
46 |
45 |
DAVID FERRARD |
JOOURNEYMAN |
ALTER ROAD |
47 |
47 |
DAVID FRANCEY |
LATE EDITION |
LAKER MUSIC |
48 |
48 |
BAHAMAS |
BARCHORDS |
BRUSHFIRE RECORDS |
49 |
0 |
HUMMING HOUSE |
HUMMING HOUSE |
SELF |
50 |
0 |
SHOOK TWINS |
WINDOW |
SELF |
For the Week of June, 15 2012 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations |
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TW |
LW |
Artist |
CD Title |
Label |
Ray Wylie Hubbard (photo:Todd Wolfson)[/caption]
1 |
1 |
RAY WYLIE HUBBARD |
THE GRIFTER’S HYMNAL |
BORDELLO |
2 |
3 |
ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO |
BIG STATION |
FANTASY / CONCORD |
3 |
5 |
WILLIE NELSON |
HEROES |
LEGACY |
4 |
2 |
JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE |
NOTHING’S GONNA CHANGE THE WAY YOU FEEL ABOUT ME NOW |
BLOODSHOT |
5 |
4 |
LYLE LOVETT |
RELEASE ME |
CURB / LOST HIGHWAY |
6 |
7 |
KELLY HOGAN |
I LIKE TO KEEP MYSELF IN PAIN |
ANTI |
7 |
8 |
HOOTS & HELLMOUTH |
SALT |
SELF |
8 |
6 |
DARRELL SCOTT |
LONG RIDE HOME |
FULL LIGHT |
9 |
15 |
MARTY STUART & HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES |
NASHVILLE VOL. 1 — TEAR THE WOODPILE DOWN |
SUGAR HILL |
10 |
10 |
FISH & BIRD |
EVERY WHISPER IS A SHOUT ACROSS THE VOID |
FIDDLE HEAD RECORDS |
11 |
11 |
ROBERT EARL KEEN |
READY FOR CONFETTI |
LOST HIGHWAY |
12 |
17 |
ANDRE WILLIAMS AND THE SADIES |
NIGHT & DAY |
YEP ROC |
13 |
9 |
DAVE CARTER & TRACY GRAMMER |
LITTLE BLUE EGG |
RED HOUSE |
14 |
14 |
THE MCEUEN SESSIONS |
FOR ALL THE GOOD |
MESA |
15 |
16 |
DEL BARBER |
HEADWATERS |
SIX SHOOTER |
16 |
12 |
JAY FARRAR, WILL JOHNSON, ANDERS PARKER, AND YIM YAMES |
NEW MULTITUDES |
ROUNDER |
17 |
19 |
BETTYSOO AND DOUG COX |
ACROSS THE BORDERLINE — LIE TO ME |
SELF |
18 |
18 |
KASEY CHAMBERS |
STORYBOOK |
LIBERATION MUSIC |
19 |
30 |
JASON EADY |
AM COUNTRY HEAVEN |
UNDERGROUND SOUND |
20 |
21 |
DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER |
DRIVE TIME |
MOUNTAIN HOME MUSIC |
21 |
33 |
PUNCH BROTHERS |
WHO’S FEELING YOUNG NOW? |
NONESUCH |
22 |
23 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
THIS ONE’S FOR HIM – A TRIBUTE TO GUY CLARK |
ICEHOUSE MUSIC |
23 |
25 |
LINDA MCRAE |
ROUGH EDGES & RAGGED HEARTS |
42 RECORDS |
24 |
26 |
HANK WILLIAMS III |
LONG GONE DADDY |
CURB |
25 |
22 |
TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS |
GOODBYE NORMAL STREET |
BOSSIER CITY |
26 |
27 |
CATHERINE MACLELLAN |
SILHOUETTE |
TRUE NORTH |
27 |
28 |
TODD SNIDER |
TIME AS WE KNOW IT – THE SONGS OF JERRY JEFF WALKER |
AIMLESS |
28 |
31 |
SARA WATKINS |
SUN MIDNIGHT SUN |
NONESUCH |
29 |
0 |
JON DEE GRAHAM |
GARAGE SALE |
FREEDOM |
30 |
29 |
JOHN HIATT |
DIRTY JEANS AND MUDSLIDE HYMNS |
NEWWEST |
31 |
24 |
LUCERO |
WOMEN & WORK |
ATO |
32 |
34 |
CORNFLOWER BLUE |
RUN DOWN THE RAILS |
SELF |
33 |
38 |
O’BRIEN PARTY OF 7 |
REINCARNATION – THE SONGS OF ROGER MILLER |
HOWDY SKIES |
34 |
32 |
LYDIA LOVELESS |
INDESTRUCTIBLE MACHINE |
BLOODSHOT |
35 |
37 |
THE DOC MARSHALLS |
LOOK OUT, COMPADRE |
TWINPOST MUSIC |
36 |
42 |
CHELLE ROSE |
THE GHOST OF BROWDER HOLLER |
SELF |
37 |
39 |
TOM JONES |
PRAISE & BLAME |
LOST HIGHWAY |
38 |
0 |
RODNEY CROWELL |
KIN – SONGS BY MARY KARR & RODNEY CROWELL |
VANGUARD |
39 |
41 |
WARPED 45S |
MATADOR SUNSET |
PHEREMONE |
40 |
46 |
BOVINE SOCIAL CLUB |
BOVINE SOCIAL CLUB |
ECLIPSO RECORDS |
41 |
40 |
NATASHA BORZILOVA |
OUT OF MY HANDS |
HADLEY MUSIC GROUP |
42 |
20 |
AARON FLINN |
MISS READY BLOSSOM AND THE SEED OF DREAMS |
SELF |
43 |
43 |
THE LITTLE WILLIES |
FOR THE GOOD TIMES |
EMI / MILKING BULL |
44 |
45 |
LONESOME HEROES |
DAYDREAM WESTERN |
SELF |
45 |
47 |
GOOD OLD WAR |
COME BACK AS RAIN |
SARGENT HOUSE |
46 |
48 |
NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE |
17 PINE AVENUE |
WOODSTOCK |
47 |
50 |
THE GOURDS |
OLD MAD JOY |
VANGUARD |
48 |
0 |
CHUCK SCHAEFFER |
ALONG THESE LINES |
SELF |
49 |
0 |
ANDRA SUCHY |
LITTLE HEART |
RED HOUSE RECORDS |
50 |
49 |
BRYAN CLARK & THE NEW LYCEUM PLAYERS |
SOUTHERN INTERMISSION |
SELF |
For the Week of June, 15 2012 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations |
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