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

 
TW LW Artist CD Title Label
1 1 SHAWN COLVIN ALL FALL DOWN NONESUCH
2 9 WOODY GUTHRIE WOODY AT 100 SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS
3 3 THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH THERE’S NO LEAVING NOW DEAD OCEANS
4 2 THE HARD ROAD TRIO MONTICELLO DESERT NIGHT
5 4 NANCI GRIFFITH INTERSECTION PROPER / HELL NO
6 7 BAP KENNEDY THE SAILOR’S REVENGE PROPER AMERICAN
7 6 RANI ARBO & DAISY MAYHEM SOME BRIGHT MORNING SIGNATURE SOUNDS
8 17 THE HONEY DEWDROPS SILVER LINING SELF
9 10 LORETTA HAGEN MUD AND STONE BEARFORT
10 8 ANNA DAGMAR SATELLITE SELF
11 14 CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS LEAVING EDEN NONESUCH
12 11 STACEY EARLE AND MARK STUART DEDICATION GEARLE
13 13 PEYTON TOCHTERMAN A NEW WORLD SELF
14 16 PETER MULVEY THE GOOD STUFF SIGNATURE SOUNDS
15 19 DULCIE TAYLOR FREE OF THIS SORROW MESA / FONTANA
16 20 MINDY SMITH MINDY SMITH SELF
17 18 BARREN RIVER TRIO AMERICAN FOLK BARREN RIVER TRIO
18 21 THE DEEP DARK WOODS THE PLACE I LEFT BEHIND SIX SHOOTER / SUGAR HILL
19 12 ANTJE DUVEKOT NEW SIBERIA INDIE
20 22 THE CIVIL WARS BARTON HOLLOW SENSIBILITY
21 5 ROSE COUSINS WE HAVE MADE A SPARK OUTSIDE MUSIC
22 24 MARVIN ETZIONI MARVIN COUNTRY! NINE MILE RECORDS
23 26 JAMES LEE STANLEY AND CLIFF EBERHARDT ALL WOOD AND DOORS BEACHWOOD
24 27 RED MOLLY LIGHT IN THE SKY SELF
25 23 CARSIE BLANTON IDIOT HEART SELF
26 0 SHANNON STEPHENS PULL IT TOGETHER ASTHMATIC KITTY
27 28 VARIOUS ARTISTS MARK TWAIN: WORDS & MUSIC MAILBOAT
28 25 MATT HARLAN & THE SENTIMENTALS BOW & BE SIMPLE BERKALIN
29 0 KANE WELCH KAPLIN KANE WELCH KAPLIN LIVE AT THE BLUEBIRD COMPASS RECORDS
30 33 BETHEL STEELE OF LOVE AND WHISKEY SELF
31 30 JAKOB DYLAN WOMEN AND COUNTRY SONY
32 0 KARYN OLIVER RED DRESS SELF
33 0 COYOTE GRACE NOW TAKE FLIGHT MILE AFTER MILE
34 0 FLYNN COHEN MELLOW YELL DEADSTRING
35 0 PETER BRADLEY ADAMS BETWEEN US MISHARA
36 0 ROBBY HECHT LAST OF THE LONG DAYS 101 DISTRIBUTION
37 0 ERIC TAYLOR LIVE AT THE RED SHACK BLUE RUBY
38 40 LEONARD COHEN OLD IDEAS COLUMBIA
39 0 FLYNN COHEN FIERCE MODAL SELF
40 32 PESKY J NIXON RED DUCKS SELF
41 0 KAT GOLDMAN GYPSY GIRL SELF
42 0 ROCKY VOTOLATO TELEVISION OF SAINTS INDIE
43 0 ADAM COHEN LIKE A MAN DECCA
44 0 KATE CAMPBELL 1000 POUND MACHINE LARGE RIVER MUSIC
45 0 PENNY NICHOLS COLORS OF THE SUN – PENNY NICHOLS SINGS THE EARLY SONGS OF JACKSON BROWNE SELF
46 0 SIERRA WEST HOLD YOUR FIRE 21 MONKEYS MUSIC
47 0 PETER MAYER BOUNTIFUL BLUE BOAT
48 0 SUSAN TONEY STRANGE CHILD STRANGE CHILD RECORDS
49 0 JOHN GORKA WRITING IN THE MARGINS RED HOUSE
50 0 DAVID MALLETT MIDNIGHT ON THE WATER NORTH ROAD
For the Week of July 13, 2012 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations

RMR Radio Airplay Chart - Roots Country Top 50 Albums

 
TW LW Artist CD Title Label
1 1 WILLIE NELSON HEROES LEGACY
2 3 SARA WATKINS SUN MIDNIGHT SUN NONESUCH
3 7 MARTY STUART & HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES NASHVILLE VOL. 1 — TEAR THE WOODPILE DOWN SUGAR HILL
4 4 KELLY HOGAN I LIKE TO KEEP MYSELF IN PAIN ANTI
5 2 ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO BIG STATION FANTASY / CONCORD
6 6 ANDRE WILLIAMS AND THE SADIES NIGHT & DAY YEP ROC
7 8 RODNEY CROWELL KIN – SONGS BY MARY KARR & RODNEY CROWELL VANGUARD
8 5 RAY WYLIE HUBBARD THE GRIFTER’S HYMNAL BORDELLO
9 9 HOOTS & HELLMOUTH SALT SELF
10 10 JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE NOTHING’S GONNA CHANGE THE WAY YOU FEEL ABOUT ME NOW BLOODSHOT
11 12 JASON EADY AM COUNTRY HEAVEN UNDERGROUND SOUND
12 14 THE MCEUEN SESSIONS FOR ALL THE GOOD MESA
13 16 TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS GOODBYE NORMAL STREET BOSSIER CITY
14 15 TODD SNIDER TIME AS WE KNOW IT – THE SONGS OF JERRY JEFF WALKER AIMLESS
15 21 JERRY DOUGLAS TRAVELER E ONE
16 11 JAY FARRAR, WILL JOHNSON, ANDERS PARKER, AND YIM YAMES NEW MULTITUDES ROUNDER
17 13 HANK WILLIAMS III LONG GONE DADDY CURB
18 19 JON DEE GRAHAM GARAGE SALE FREEDOM
19 20 JOHN DOE AND EXENE CERVENKA SINGING AND PLAYING MOONLIGHT GRAHAM
20 17 BOVINE SOCIAL CLUB BOVINE SOCIAL CLUB ECLIPSO RECORDS
21 18 MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER ASHES AND ROSES ZOE / ROUNDER
22 28 CHELLE ROSE THE GHOST OF BROWDER HOLLER SELF
23 24 O’BRIEN PARTY OF 7 REINCARNATION – THE SONGS OF ROGER MILLER HOWDY SKIES
24 26 LUCERO WOMEN & WORK ATO
25 25 PENNY NEY THE HARDEST TRUTH ONE BELLSED PENNY
26 29 JONAS FRIDDLE BELLE DE LOUISVILLE SELF
27 31 NATASHA BORZILOVA OUT OF MY HANDS HADLEY MUSIC GROUP
28 37 GOOD OLD WAR COME BACK AS RAIN SARGENT HOUSE
29 23 SETH WALKER TIME CAN CHANGE SELF
30 32 DANGERMUFFIN OLLY OXEN FREE DANGERMUFFIN
31 34 LYDIA LOVELESS INDESTRUCTIBLE MACHINE BLOODSHOT
32 42 GRACE ADELE THE GRAND SESSIONS SELF
33 0 JOY MILLS TRICK OF THE EYE INDIE
34 0 KEVIN ABERNATHY SOME STORIES LIFE SOCKET RECORDS
35 39 TISH HINOJOSA OUR LITTLE PLANET VARESE SARABANDE / FONTANA
36 40 RYAN ADAMS ASHES & FIRE CAPITOL
37 41 SUGAR & THE HI-LOWS — TRENT DABBS AND AMY STROUP SUGAR & THE HI-LOWS — TRENT DABBS AND AMY STROUP SELF
38 43 CHUCK SCHAEFFER ALONG THESE LINES SELF
39 44 SUSAN DOUGLASS TAYLOR GREAT FALLS ROAD SELF
40 45 BRIAN KALINEC THE FENCE BERKALIN
41 38 EMILY JANE WHITE ODE TO SENTENCE ANTENNA FARM
42 47 THORNTON CREEK A DIFFERENT DOOR INDIE
43 48 HONEYHONEY BILLY JACK LOST HIGHWAY
44 50 MELANIE ROSE DYER THE LONG WAY AROUND SELF
45 0 THE DEADFIELDS DANCE IN THE SUN SELF
46 0 BUZZ CASON SURF AND TURF ARENA
47 46 KALEN NASH UKRED NORMALTOWN
48 30 HARDIN BURNS LOUNGE ITHACA RECORDS
49 0 ELENI MANDELL I CAN SEE THE FUTURE YEP ROC
50 0 DELTA SPIRIT HISTORY FROM BELOW ROUNDER
For the Week of July 13, 2012 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations