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 2 SHAWN COLVIN ALL FALL DOWN NONESUCH
2 1 WOODY GUTHRIE WOODY AT 100 SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS
3 6 THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH THERE’S NO LEAVING NOW DEAD OCEANS
4 9 THE HONEY DEWDROPS SILVER LINING SELF
5 3 THE HARD ROAD TRIO MONTICELLO DESERT NIGHT
6 10 NANCI GRIFFITH INTERSECTION PROPER / HELL NO
7 4 BAP KENNEDY THE SAILOR’S REVENGE PROPER AMERICAN
8 11 LORETTA HAGEN MUD AND STONE BEARFORT
9 8 ANNA DAGMAR SATELLITE SELF
10 13 STACEY EARLE AND MARK STUART DEDICATION GEARLE
11 5 RANI ARBO & DAISY MAYHEM SOME BRIGHT MORNING SIGNATURE SOUNDS
12 0 MATT HARLAN & THE SENTIMENTALS BOW & BE SIMPLE BERKALIN
13 14 PEYTON TOCHTERMAN A NEW WORLD SELF
14 21 THE DEEP DARK WOODS THE PLACE I LEFT BEHIND SIX SHOOTER / SUGAR HILL
15 27 RED MOLLY LIGHT IN THE SKY SELF
16 0 BETHEL STEELE OF LOVE AND WHISKEY SELF
17 0 CAHALEN MORRISON & ELI WEST THE HOLY COMING OF THE STORM INDIE
18 0 THE PAUL MCKENNA BAND STEM THE TIDE MAD RIVER
19 0 ENNIS LESSONS LEARNED OLD MAN HENRY
20 22 CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS LEAVING EDEN NONESUCH
21 20 BARREN RIVER TRIO AMERICAN FOLK BARREN RIVER TRIO
22 23 MINDY SMITH MINDY SMITH SELF
23 0 SUSAN TONEY STRANGE CHILD STRANGE CHILD RECORDS
24 25 THE CIVIL WARS BARTON HOLLOW SENSIBILITY
25 0 DAVID BROMBERG USE ME APPLESEED
26 26 JAMES LEE STANLEY AND CLIFF EBERHARDT ALL WOOD AND DOORS BEACHWOOD
27 0 POKEY LAFARGE & THE SOUTH CITY THREE MIDDLE OF EVERYWHERE FREE DIRT
28 28 CARSIE BLANTON IDIOT HEART SELF
29 32 KEVIN BROWN THE BELOVED COUNTRY SELF
30 0 STEVE GATES A BEE IN HER MOUTH BLACK GUILLMOT MUSIC
31 43 GOOD LOVELIES LET THE RAIN FALL SELF
32 0 DAVID FERRARD JOOURNEYMAN ALTER ROAD
33 0 LAURA MARLING A CREATURE I DON’T KNOW EMI
34 0 ARLENE BISHOP BEGIN AGAIN THE TWELVE STEVES
35 0 BATTLEFIELD BAND LINE UP TEMPLE
36 0 PHARIS & JASON ROMERO A PASSING GLIMPSE LULA
37 0 PIETA BROWN MERCURY RED HOUSE
38 0 MADISON VIOLET THE GOOD IN GOODBYE TRUE NORTH
39 0 LAURA REPO GET YOURSELF HOME REPO GIRL
40 0 ANDREA ENGLAND HOPE & OTHER SINS LEMONADE FACTORY
41 0 100 MILE HOUSE HOLLOW PONDS HOLE IN MY SHOE PRODUCTIONS
42 46 SARAH MCQUAID THE PLUM TREE AND THE ROSE WATERBUG
43 0 JOHN DOYLE SHADOW AND LIGHT COMPASS
44 0 THE ONCE ROW UPON ROW OF THE PEOPLE THEY KNOW BOREALIS
45 0 JON BROOKS DELICATE CAGES SELF
46 0 JUNE TABOR RAGGED KINGDOM TOPIC
47 0 THEA GILMORE DON’T STOP SINGING ISLAND UK
48 30 VARIOUS ARTISTS MARK TWAIN: WORDS & MUSIC MAILBOAT
49 0 GRETCHEN PETERS HELLO CRUEL WORLD SCARLET LETTER
50 0 CARRIE CATHERINE WILDERNESS SELF
For the Week of July 27, 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 10 SARA WATKINS SUN MIDNIGHT SUN NONESUCH
2 2 MARTY STUART & HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES NASHVILLE VOL. 1 — TEAR THE WOODPILE DOWN SUGAR HILL
3 1 WILLIE NELSON HEROES LEGACY
4 7 ZOE MUTH & THE LOST HIGH ROLLERS OLD GOLD SIGNATURE SOUNDS
5 4 KELLY HOGAN I LIKE TO KEEP MYSELF IN PAIN ANTI
6 6 RODNEY CROWELL KIN – SONGS BY MARY KARR & RODNEY CROWELL VANGUARD
7 3 ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO BIG STATION FANTASY / CONCORD
8 5 ANDRE WILLIAMS AND THE SADIES NIGHT & DAY YEP ROC
9 34 HOOTS & HELLMOUTH SALT SELF
10 17 TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS GOODBYE NORMAL STREET BOSSIER CITY
11 39 AVETT BROTHERS THE CARPENTER AMERICAN
12 22 RAY WYLIE HUBBARD THE GRIFTER’S HYMNAL BORDELLO
13 18 TODD SNIDER TIME AS WE KNOW IT – THE SONGS OF JERRY JEFF WALKER AIMLESS
14 0 BONNIE WHITMORE EMBERS TO ASHES SELF
15 15 MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER ASHES AND ROSES ZOE / ROUNDER
16 14 JOHN DOE AND EXENE CERVENKA SINGING AND PLAYING MOONLIGHT GRAHAM
17 12 JERRY DOUGLAS TRAVELER E ONE
18 24 JON DEE GRAHAM GARAGE SALE FREEDOM
19 8 ELIZABETH COOK GOSPEL PLOW 31 TIGERS
20 0 LYLE LOVETT RELEASE ME CURB / LOST HIGHWAY
21 25 JONAS FRIDDLE BELLE DE LOUISVILLE SELF
22 13 JOHN, JONATHAN AND NATHAN MCEUEN THE MCEUEN SESSIONS – FOR ALL THE GOOD MESA / BLUE MOON / FONTANA
23 36 BOVINE SOCIAL CLUB BOVINE SOCIAL CLUB ECLIPSO RECORDS
24 30 ELENI MANDELL I CAN SEE THE FUTURE YEP ROC
25 19 RADNEY FOSTER DEL RIO TEXAS REVISITED – UNPLUGGED & LONESOME DEVIL’S RIVER
26 0 JON BYRD DOWN AT THE WELL OF WISHES LONGLEAF PINE
27 21 JAY FARRAR, WILL JOHNSON, ANDERS PARKER, AND YIM YAMES NEW MULTITUDES ROUNDER
28 27 LUCERO WOMEN & WORK ATO
29 11 JASON EADY AM COUNTRY HEAVEN UNDERGROUND SOUND
30 28 PENNY NEY THE HARDEST TRUTH ONE BELLSED PENNY
31 23 CHELLE ROSE THE GHOST OF BROWDER HOLLER SELF
32 16 HANK WILLIAMS III LONG GONE DADDY CURB
33 29 SETH WALKER TIME CAN CHANGE SELF
34 37 EMILY JANE WHITE ODE TO SENTENCE ANTENNA FARM
35 31 DANGERMUFFIN OLLY OXEN FREE DANGERMUFFIN
36 0 HARDIN BURNS LOUNGE ITHACA RECORDS
37 38 JOY MILLS TRICK OF THE EYE INDIE
38 48 CHATHAM COUNTY LINE SIGHT & SOUND YEP ROC
39 32 KEVIN ABERNATHY SOME STORIES LIFE SOCKET RECORDS
40 33 DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER DRIVE TIME MOUNTAIN HOME MUSIC
41 35 GRACE ADELE THE GRAND SESSIONS SELF
42 9 JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE NOTHING’S GONNA CHANGE THE WAY YOU FEEL ABOUT ME NOW BLOODSHOT
43 0 BRANDI CARLILE BEAR CREEK COLUMBIA
44 0 MATTHEW PERRYMAN JONES LAND OF THE LIVING CANTE JONDO RECORDS
45 0 LARKIN POE THICK AS THIEVES 2 DEFPIG RECORDS
46 40 TISH HINOJOSA OUR LITTLE PLANET VARESE SARABANDE / FONTANA
47 41 THORNTON CREEK A DIFFERENT DOOR INDIE
48 42 LYDIA LOVELESS INDESTRUCTIBLE MACHINE BLOODSHOT
49 43 RYAN ADAMS ASHES & FIRE CAPITOL
50 44 CHUCK SCHAEFFER ALONG THESE LINES SELF
For the Week of July 27, 2012 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations