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 WOODY GUTHRIE WOODY AT 100 SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS
2 11 THE HONEY DEWDROPS SILVER LINING SELF
3 2 SHAWN COLVIN ALL FALL DOWN NONESUCH
4 4 THE HARD ROAD TRIO MONTICELLO DESERT NIGHT
5 5 BAP KENNEDY THE SAILOR’S REVENGE PROPER AMERICAN
6 3 THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH THERE’S NO LEAVING NOW DEAD OCEANS
7 7 LORETTA HAGEN MUD AND STONE BEARFORT
8 12 GEOFF BARTLEY MERCY FOR THE DISPOSSESSED MAGIC CROW
9 10 STACEY EARLE AND MARK STUART DEDICATION GEARLE
10 8 ANNA DAGMAR SATELLITE SELF
11 13 RED MOLLY LIGHT IN THE SKY SELF
12 0 ANAIS MITCHELL YOUNG MAN IN AMERICA THIRTY TIGERS
13 0 COYOTE GRACE NOW TAKE FLIGHT MILE AFTER MILE
14 9 THE DEEP DARK WOODS THE PLACE I LEFT BEHIND SIX SHOOTER / SUGAR HILL
15 14 PEYTON TOCHTERMAN A NEW WORLD SELF
16 0 THE BURNS SISTERS THE HILLS OF ITHACA SISTERS MUSIC
17 0 BOBTAIL TROUBLE I WROUGHT SELF
18 20 HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER POOR MOON TOMPKIN SQUARE
19 18 ROSE COUSINS WE HAVE MADE A SPARK OUTSIDE MUSIC
20 15 PIETA BROWN MERCURY RED HOUSE
21 16 GRETCHEN PETERS HELLO CRUEL WORLD SCARLET LETTER
22 17 THE REFUGEES 3 WABUHO
23 19 CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS LEAVING EDEN NONESUCH
24 21 BARREN RIVER TRIO AMERICAN FOLK BARREN RIVER TRIO
25 0 CAROLINE HERRING CAMILLA SIGNATURE SOUNDS
26 0 SIMON & GARFUNKEL COLLECTED WORKS COLUMBIA
27 22 MINDY SMITH MINDY SMITH SELF
28 0 MALCOLM HOLCOMBE DOWN THE RIVER SELF
29 23 KEVIN BROWN THE BELOVED COUNTRY SELF
30 28 THE CIVIL WARS BARTON HOLLOW SENSIBILITY
31 24 DAVID BROMBERG USE ME APPLESEED
32 29 JAMES LEE STANLEY AND CLIFF EBERHARDT ALL WOOD AND DOORS BEACHWOOD
33 30 POKEY LAFARGE & THE SOUTH CITY THREE MIDDLE OF EVERYWHERE FREE DIRT
34 41 PHARIS & JASON ROMERO A PASSING GLIMPSE LULA
35 42 MADISON VIOLET THE GOOD IN GOODBYE TRUE NORTH
36 33 CARSIE BLANTON IDIOT HEART SELF
37 0 THE WAYMORES THE WAYMORES SELF
38 0 KATE CAMPBELL 1000 POUND MACHINE LARGE RIVER MUSIC
39 27 STEVE SPURGIN FOLK REMEDIES BLUE NIGHT
40 34 STEVE GATES A BEE IN HER MOUTH BLACK GUILLMOT MUSIC
41 35 THE PINES DARK SO GOLD RED HOUSE
42 36 GOOD LOVELIES LET THE RAIN FALL SELF
43 37 DAVID FERRARD JOOURNEYMAN ALTER ROAD
44 38 LAURA MARLING A CREATURE I DON’T KNOW EMI
45 39 ARLENE BISHOP BEGIN AGAIN THE TWELVE STEVES
46 40 BATTLEFIELD BAND LINE UP TEMPLE
47 43 LAURA REPO GET YOURSELF HOME REPO GIRL
48 44 ANDREA ENGLAND HOPE & OTHER SINS LEMONADE FACTORY
49 45 100 MILE HOUSE HOLLOW PONDS HOLE IN MY SHOE PRODUCTIONS
50 31 SARAH MCQUAID THE PLUM TREE AND THE ROSE WATERBUG
For the Week of August 17, 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 3 ZOE MUTH & THE LOST HIGH ROLLERS OLD GOLD SIGNATURE SOUNDS
2 2 MARTY STUART & HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES NASHVILLE VOL. 1 — TEAR THE WOODPILE DOWN SUGAR HILL
3 4 WILLIE NELSON HEROES LEGACY
4 5 KELLY HOGAN I LIKE TO KEEP MYSELF IN PAIN ANTI
5 1 SARA WATKINS SUN MIDNIGHT SUN NONESUCH
6 12 THE TRISHAS HIGH, WIDE & HANDSOME SELF
7 7 RODNEY CROWELL KIN – SONGS BY MARY KARR & RODNEY CROWELL VANGUARD
8 11 AVETT BROTHERS THE CARPENTER AMERICAN
9 14 CORB LUND CABIN FEVER NEW WEST
10 9 TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS GOODBYE NORMAL STREET BOSSIER CITY
11 23 ELIZABETH COOK GOSPEL PLOW 31 TIGERS
12 17 RADNEY FOSTER DEL RIO TEXAS REVISITED – UNPLUGGED & LONESOME DEVIL’S RIVER
13 20 VARIOUS ARTISTS WE WALK THE LINE – A CELEBRATION OF THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH SONY LEGACY
14 0 MIDNIGHT SALVAGE CO. WHAT YOU HOPE FOR SELF
15 35 MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER ASHES AND ROSES ZOE / ROUNDER
16 13 ANDRE WILLIAMS AND THE SADIES NIGHT & DAY YEP ROC
17 16 ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO BIG STATION FANTASY / CONCORD
18 18 RAY WYLIE HUBBARD THE GRIFTER’S HYMNAL BORDELLO
19 15 JERRY DOUGLAS TRAVELER E ONE
20 21 JONAS FRIDDLE BELLE DE LOUISVILLE SELF
21 19 TODD SNIDER TIME AS WE KNOW IT – THE SONGS OF JERRY JEFF WALKER AIMLESS
22 0 BLACKIE AND THE RODEO KINGS KINGS AND QUEENS DRAMATICO
23 22 JOHN DOE AND EXENE CERVENKA SINGING AND PLAYING MOONLIGHT GRAHAM
24 31 CHATHAM COUNTY LINE SIGHT & SOUND YEP ROC
25 32 VARIOUS ARTISTS COUNTRY FUNK 1969-1975 LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
26 0 CHARLIE SHAFTER CHARLIE SHAFTER DOGS HIT
27 29 PENNY NEY THE HARDEST TRUTH ONE BELLSED PENNY
28 27 JON DEE GRAHAM GARAGE SALE FREEDOM
29 30 CHARLIE PHILLIPS WHAT IT IS SELF
30 44 MARK FOSSON DIGGING IN THE DUST – HOME RECORDINGS 1976 TOMPKINS SQUARE
31 28 JAY FARRAR, WILL JOHNSON, ANDERS PARKER, AND YIM YAMES NEW MULTITUDES ROUNDER
32 8 LUCERO WOMEN & WORK ATO
33 24 ELENI MANDELL I CAN SEE THE FUTURE YEP ROC
34 33 JON BYRD DOWN AT THE WELL OF WISHES LONGLEAF PINE
35 40 BRIAN KALINEC THE FENCE BERKALIN
36 36 DANGERMUFFIN OLLY OXEN FREE DANGERMUFFIN
37 37 KEVIN ABERNATHY SOME STORIES LIFE SOCKET RECORDS
38 38 MATTHEW PERRYMAN JONES LAND OF THE LIVING CANTE JONDO RECORDS
39 0 BARR BROTHERS BARR BROTHERS SECRET CITY
40 6 BRANDI CARLILE BEAR CREEK COLUMBIA
41 43 LARKIN POE THICK AS THIEVES 2 DEFPIG RECORDS
42 0 DEREK HOKE WAITING ALL NIGHT ELECTRIC WESTERN
43 0 RYAN BINGHAM TOMORROWLAND AXSTER BINGHAM RECORDS
44 45 THORNTON CREEK A DIFFERENT DOOR INDIE
45 46 LYDIA LOVELESS INDESTRUCTIBLE MACHINE BLOODSHOT
46 47 RYAN ADAMS ASHES & FIRE CAPITOL
47 10 HOOTS & HELLMOUTH SALT SELF
48 0 KASEY CHAMBERS STORYBOOK LIBERATION MUSIC
49 48 GRACE ADELE THE GRAND SESSIONS SELF
50 49 MOOT DAVIS MAN ABOUT TOWN HIGHWAY KIND
For the Week of August 17, 2012 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations