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 |
WOODY GUTHRIE |
WOODY AT 100 |
SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS |
2 |
2 |
SHAWN COLVIN |
ALL FALL DOWN |
NONESUCH |
3 |
8 |
THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH |
THERE’S NO LEAVING NOW |
DEAD OCEANS |
4 |
3 |
THE HARD ROAD TRIO |
MONTICELLO |
DESERT NIGHT |
5 |
4 |
BAP KENNEDY |
THE SAILOR’S REVENGE |
PROPER AMERICAN |
6 |
0 |
THE CHIEFTAINS |
VOICE OF AGES |
HEAR MUSIC |
7 |
7 |
LORETTA HAGEN |
MUD AND STONE |
BEARFORT |
8 |
5 |
ANNA DAGMAR |
SATELLITE |
SELF |
9 |
13 |
THE DEEP DARK WOODS |
THE PLACE I LEFT BEHIND |
SIX SHOOTER / SUGAR HILL |
10 |
9 |
STACEY EARLE AND MARK STUART |
DEDICATION |
GEARLE |
11 |
11 |
THE HONEY DEWDROPS |
SILVER LINING |
SELF |
12 |
10 |
GEOFF BARTLEY |
MERCY FOR THE DISPOSSESSED |
MAGIC CROW |
13 |
14 |
RED MOLLY |
LIGHT IN THE SKY |
SELF |
14 |
12 |
PEYTON TOCHTERMAN |
A NEW WORLD |
SELF |
15 |
37 |
PIETA BROWN |
MERCURY |
RED HOUSE |
16 |
47 |
GRETCHEN PETERS |
HELLO CRUEL WORLD |
SCARLET LETTER |
17 |
0 |
THE REFUGEES |
3 |
WABUHO |
18 |
0 |
ROSE COUSINS |
WE HAVE MADE A SPARK |
OUTSIDE MUSIC |
19 |
26 |
CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS |
LEAVING EDEN |
NONESUCH |
20 |
0 |
HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER |
POOR MOON |
TOMPKIN SQUARE |
21 |
16 |
BARREN RIVER TRIO |
AMERICAN FOLK |
BARREN RIVER TRIO |
22 |
15 |
MINDY SMITH |
MINDY SMITH |
SELF |
23 |
17 |
KEVIN BROWN |
THE BELOVED COUNTRY |
SELF |
24 |
20 |
DAVID BROMBERG |
USE ME |
APPLESEED |
25 |
25 |
LEONARD COHEN |
OLD IDEAS |
COLUMBIA |
26 |
0 |
SUSAN TONEY |
STRANGE CHILD |
STRANGE CHILD RECORDS |
27 |
29 |
STEVE SPURGIN |
FOLK REMEDIES |
BLUE NIGHT |
28 |
19 |
THE CIVIL WARS |
BARTON HOLLOW |
SENSIBILITY |
29 |
21 |
JAMES LEE STANLEY AND CLIFF EBERHARDT |
ALL WOOD AND DOORS |
BEACHWOOD |
30 |
22 |
POKEY LAFARGE & THE SOUTH CITY THREE |
MIDDLE OF EVERYWHERE |
FREE DIRT |
31 |
41 |
SARAH MCQUAID |
THE PLUM TREE AND THE ROSE |
WATERBUG |
32 |
0 |
FIRST AID KIT |
THE LION’S ROAR |
WICHITA |
33 |
27 |
CARSIE BLANTON |
IDIOT HEART |
SELF |
34 |
30 |
STEVE GATES |
A BEE IN HER MOUTH |
BLACK GUILLMOT MUSIC |
35 |
0 |
THE PINES |
DARK SO GOLD |
RED HOUSE |
36 |
31 |
GOOD LOVELIES |
LET THE RAIN FALL |
SELF |
37 |
32 |
DAVID FERRARD |
JOOURNEYMAN |
ALTER ROAD |
38 |
33 |
LAURA MARLING |
A CREATURE I DON’T KNOW |
EMI |
39 |
34 |
ARLENE BISHOP |
BEGIN AGAIN |
THE TWELVE STEVES |
40 |
35 |
BATTLEFIELD BAND |
LINE UP |
TEMPLE |
41 |
36 |
PHARIS & JASON ROMERO |
A PASSING GLIMPSE |
LULA |
42 |
23 |
MADISON VIOLET |
THE GOOD IN GOODBYE |
TRUE NORTH |
43 |
38 |
LAURA REPO |
GET YOURSELF HOME |
REPO GIRL |
44 |
39 |
ANDREA ENGLAND |
HOPE & OTHER SINS |
LEMONADE FACTORY |
45 |
40 |
100 MILE HOUSE |
HOLLOW PONDS |
HOLE IN MY SHOE PRODUCTIONS |
46 |
42 |
JOHN DOYLE |
SHADOW AND LIGHT |
COMPASS |
47 |
43 |
THE ONCE |
ROW UPON ROW OF THE PEOPLE THEY KNOW |
BOREALIS |
48 |
44 |
JON BROOKS |
DELICATE CAGES |
SELF |
49 |
45 |
JUNE TABOR |
RAGGED KINGDOM |
TOPIC |
50 |
46 |
THEA GILMORE |
DON’T STOP SINGING |
ISLAND UK |
For the Week of August 10, 2012 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations |
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TW |
LW |
Artist |
CD Title |
Label |
1 |
2 |
SARA WATKINS |
SUN MIDNIGHT SUN |
NONESUCH |
2 |
1 |
MARTY STUART & HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES |
NASHVILLE VOL. 1 — TEAR THE WOODPILE DOWN |
SUGAR HILL |
3 |
3 |
ZOE MUTH & THE LOST HIGH ROLLERS |
OLD GOLD |
SIGNATURE SOUNDS |
4 |
4 |
WILLIE NELSON |
HEROES |
LEGACY |
5 |
6 |
KELLY HOGAN |
I LIKE TO KEEP MYSELF IN PAIN |
ANTI |
6 |
21 |
BRANDI CARLILE |
BEAR CREEK |
COLUMBIA |
7 |
11 |
RODNEY CROWELL |
KIN – SONGS BY MARY KARR & RODNEY CROWELL |
VANGUARD |
8 |
0 |
LUCERO |
WOMEN & WORK |
ATO |
9 |
23 |
TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS |
GOODBYE NORMAL STREET |
BOSSIER CITY |
10 |
28 |
HOOTS & HELLMOUTH |
SALT |
SELF |
11 |
7 |
AVETT BROTHERS |
THE CARPENTER |
AMERICAN |
12 |
0 |
THE TRISHAS |
HIGH, WIDE & HANDSOME |
SELF |
13 |
5 |
ANDRE WILLIAMS AND THE SADIES |
NIGHT & DAY |
YEP ROC |
14 |
0 |
CORB LUND |
CABIN FEVER |
NEW WEST |
15 |
17 |
JERRY DOUGLAS |
TRAVELER |
E ONE |
16 |
22 |
ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO |
BIG STATION |
FANTASY / CONCORD |
17 |
0 |
RADNEY FOSTER |
DEL RIO TEXAS REVISITED – UNPLUGGED & LONESOME |
DEVIL’S RIVER |
18 |
0 |
RAY WYLIE HUBBARD |
THE GRIFTER’S HYMNAL |
BORDELLO |
19 |
0 |
TODD SNIDER |
TIME AS WE KNOW IT – THE SONGS OF JERRY JEFF WALKER |
AIMLESS |
20 |
0 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
WE WALK THE LINE – A CELEBRATION OF THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH |
SONY LEGACY |
21 |
12 |
JONAS FRIDDLE |
BELLE DE LOUISVILLE |
SELF |
22 |
9 |
JOHN DOE AND EXENE CERVENKA |
SINGING AND PLAYING |
MOONLIGHT GRAHAM |
23 |
8 |
ELIZABETH COOK |
GOSPEL PLOW |
31 TIGERS |
24 |
18 |
ELENI MANDELL |
I CAN SEE THE FUTURE |
YEP ROC |
25 |
0 |
JASON EADY |
AM COUNTRY HEAVEN |
UNDERGROUND SOUND |
26 |
0 |
CHELLE ROSE |
THE GHOST OF BROWDER HOLLER |
SELF |
27 |
0 |
JON DEE GRAHAM |
GARAGE SALE |
FREEDOM |
28 |
0 |
JAY FARRAR, WILL JOHNSON, ANDERS PARKER, AND YIM YAMES |
NEW MULTITUDES |
ROUNDER |
29 |
16 |
PENNY NEY |
THE HARDEST TRUTH |
ONE BELLSED PENNY |
30 |
30 |
CHARLIE PHILLIPS |
WHAT IT IS |
SELF |
31 |
20 |
CHATHAM COUNTY LINE |
SIGHT & SOUND |
YEP ROC |
32 |
33 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
COUNTRY FUNK 1969-1975 |
LIGHT IN THE ATTIC |
33 |
0 |
JON BYRD |
DOWN AT THE WELL OF WISHES |
LONGLEAF PINE |
34 |
40 |
BOVINE SOCIAL CLUB |
BOVINE SOCIAL CLUB |
ECLIPSO RECORDS |
35 |
27 |
MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER |
ASHES AND ROSES |
ZOE / ROUNDER |
36 |
24 |
DANGERMUFFIN |
OLLY OXEN FREE |
DANGERMUFFIN |
37 |
25 |
KEVIN ABERNATHY |
SOME STORIES |
LIFE SOCKET RECORDS |
38 |
31 |
MATTHEW PERRYMAN JONES |
LAND OF THE LIVING |
CANTE JONDO RECORDS |
39 |
26 |
DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER |
DRIVE TIME |
MOUNTAIN HOME MUSIC |
40 |
42 |
BRIAN KALINEC |
THE FENCE |
BERKALIN |
41 |
0 |
JOY MILLS |
TRICK OF THE EYE |
INDIE |
42 |
0 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
EVEN MORE SONGS OF ROUTE 66 FROM HERE TO THERE |
LAZY SOB |
43 |
32 |
LARKIN POE |
THICK AS THIEVES |
2 DEFPIG RECORDS |
44 |
0 |
MARK FOSSON |
DIGGING IN THE DUST – HOME RECORDINGS 1976 |
TOMPKINS SQUARE |
45 |
35 |
THORNTON CREEK |
A DIFFERENT DOOR |
INDIE |
46 |
36 |
LYDIA LOVELESS |
INDESTRUCTIBLE MACHINE |
BLOODSHOT |
47 |
37 |
RYAN ADAMS |
ASHES & FIRE |
CAPITOL |
48 |
38 |
GRACE ADELE |
THE GRAND SESSIONS |
SELF |
49 |
0 |
MOOT DAVIS |
MAN ABOUT TOWN |
HIGHWAY KIND |
50 |
41 |
SUSAN DOUGLASS TAYLOR |
GREAT FALLS ROAD |
SELF |
For the Week of August 10, 2012 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations |
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