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 |
3 |
SHAWN COLVIN |
ALL FALL DOWN |
NONESUCH |
2 |
0 |
RANI ARBO & DAISY MAYHEM |
SOME BRIGHT MORNING |
SIGNATURE SOUNDS |
3 |
19 |
ROSE COUSINS |
WE HAVE MADE A SPARK |
OUTSIDE MUSIC |
4 |
49 |
100 MILE HOUSE |
HOLLOW PONDS |
HOLE IN MY SHOE PRODUCTIONS |
5 |
50 |
SARAH MCQUAID |
THE PLUM TREE AND THE ROSE |
WATERBUG |
6 |
0 |
JOHN DOYLE |
SHADOW AND LIGHT |
COMPASS |
7 |
0 |
JUNE TABOR |
RAGGED KINGDOM |
TOPIC |
8 |
22 |
THE REFUGEES |
3 |
WABUHO |
9 |
23 |
CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS |
LEAVING EDEN |
NONESUCH |
10 |
37 |
THE WAYMORES |
THE WAYMORES |
SELF |
11 |
0 |
THE ONCE |
ROW UPON ROW OF THE PEOPLE THEY KNOW |
BOREALIS |
12 |
12 |
ANAIS MITCHELL |
YOUNG MAN IN AMERICA |
THIRTY TIGERS |
13 |
1 |
WOODY GUTHRIE |
WOODY AT 100 |
SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS |
14 |
25 |
CAROLINE HERRING |
CAMILLA |
SIGNATURE SOUNDS |
15 |
17 |
BOBTOWN |
TROUBLE I WROUGHT |
SELF |
16 |
0 |
THE CHIEFTAINS |
VOICE OF AGES |
HEAR MUSIC |
17 |
11 |
RED MOLLY |
LIGHT IN THE SKY |
SELF |
18 |
0 |
LEONARD COHEN |
OLD IDEAS |
COLUMBIA |
19 |
21 |
GRETCHEN PETERS |
HELLO CRUEL WORLD |
SCARLET LETTER |
20 |
44 |
LAURA MARLING |
A CREATURE I DON’T KNOW |
EMI |
21 |
0 |
AOIFE O’DONOVAN |
PEACHSTONE EP |
INDIE |
22 |
6 |
THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH |
THERE’S NO LEAVING NOW |
DEAD OCEANS |
23 |
14 |
THE DEEP DARK WOODS |
THE PLACE I LEFT BEHIND |
SIX SHOOTER / SUGAR HILL |
24 |
46 |
BATTLEFIELD BAND |
LINE UP |
TEMPLE |
25 |
0 |
COLD SPECKS |
HOLLAND |
ARTS AND CRAFTS |
26 |
38 |
KATE CAMPBELL |
1000 POUND MACHINE |
LARGE RIVER MUSIC |
27 |
35 |
MADISON VIOLET |
THE GOOD IN GOODBYE |
TRUE NORTH |
28 |
0 |
TILLER’S FOLLY |
GO THE ROAD |
SELF |
29 |
0 |
JAMES MCMURTRY |
OCCUPY THIS ALBUM |
RAZOR & TIE |
30 |
0 |
LA BOTTINE SOURIANTE |
APPELLATION DORIGINE CONTROLEE |
BOREALIS |
31 |
0 |
KAT GOLDMAN |
GYPSY GIRL |
SELF |
32 |
4 |
THE HARD ROAD TRIO |
MONTICELLO |
DESERT NIGHT |
33 |
33 |
POKEY LAFARGE & THE SOUTH CITY THREE |
MIDDLE OF EVERYWHERE |
FREE DIRT |
34 |
0 |
JON BROOKS |
DELICATE CAGES |
SELF |
35 |
0 |
BRUCE GUTHRO |
CELTIC CROSSING |
SELF |
36 |
0 |
TIM READMAN |
INTO THE GREEN |
BIG CITY |
37 |
7 |
LORETTA HAGEN |
MUD AND STONE |
BEARFORT |
38 |
8 |
GEOFF BARTLEY |
MERCY FOR THE DISPOSSESSED |
MAGIC CROW |
39 |
0 |
ALAN DOYLE |
BOY ON BRIDGE |
UNIVERSAL |
40 |
0 |
GOOD, PINSENT & KEELOR |
DOWN AND OUT IN UPALONG |
TELESOUL – WARNER |
41 |
0 |
ARIANA GILLIS |
FORGET ME NOT |
AG |
42 |
0 |
LE VENT DU NORD |
TROMPER LE TEMPS |
BOREALIS |
43 |
0 |
SUZANNE VEGA |
CLOSE UP VOL 3 – STATE OF BEINGS |
AMAOUENSIS |
44 |
5 |
BAP KENNEDY |
THE SAILOR’S REVENGE |
PROPER AMERICAN |
45 |
0 |
DALA |
BEST DAY |
COMPASS |
46 |
42 |
GOOD LOVELIES |
LET THE RAIN FALL |
SELF |
47 |
47 |
LAURA REPO |
GET YOURSELF HOME |
REPO GIRL |
48 |
0 |
TIM GRIMM |
WILDERNESS SONGS & BAD MAN BALLADS |
VAULT |
49 |
2 |
THE HONEY DEWDROPS |
SILVER LINING |
SELF |
50 |
0 |
RONNY COX |
RONNIE, RAD AND KAREN |
GROOVE HOUSE |
For the Week of August 24, 2012 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations |
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TW |
LW |
Artist |
CD Title |
Label |
1 |
7 |
RODNEY CROWELL |
KIN – SONGS BY MARY KARR & RODNEY CROWELL |
VANGUARD |
2 |
5 |
SARA WATKINS |
SUN MIDNIGHT SUN |
NONESUCH |
3 |
19 |
JERRY DOUGLAS |
TRAVELER |
E ONE |
4 |
15 |
MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER |
ASHES AND ROSES |
ZOE / ROUNDER |
5 |
2 |
MARTY STUART & HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES |
NASHVILLE VOL. 1 — TEAR THE WOODPILE DOWN |
SUGAR HILL |
6 |
18 |
RAY WYLIE HUBBARD |
THE GRIFTER’S HYMNAL |
BORDELLO |
7 |
0 |
DARRELL SCOTT |
LONG RIDE HOME |
FULL LIGHT |
8 |
4 |
KELLY HOGAN |
I LIKE TO KEEP MYSELF IN PAIN |
ANTI |
9 |
1 |
ZOE MUTH & THE LOST HIGH ROLLERS |
OLD GOLD |
SIGNATURE SOUNDS |
10 |
40 |
BRANDI CARLILE |
BEAR CREEK |
COLUMBIA |
11 |
9 |
CORB LUND |
CABIN FEVER |
NEW WEST |
12 |
6 |
THE TRISHAS |
HIGH, WIDE & HANDSOME |
SELF |
13 |
0 |
FISH & BIRD |
EVERY WHISPER IS A SHOUT ACROSS THE VOID |
FIDDLE HEAD RECORDS |
14 |
0 |
DAVE CARTER & TRACY GRAMMER |
LITTLE BLUE EGG |
RED HOUSE |
15 |
0 |
TOM JONES |
PRAISE & BLAME |
LOST HIGHWAY |
16 |
0 |
BETTYSOO AND DOUG COX |
ACROSS THE BORDERLINE — LIE TO ME |
SELF |
17 |
48 |
KASEY CHAMBERS |
STORYBOOK |
LIBERATION MUSIC |
18 |
3 |
WILLIE NELSON |
HEROES |
LEGACY |
19 |
8 |
AVETT BROTHERS |
THE CARPENTER |
AMERICAN |
20 |
13 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
WE WALK THE LINE – A CELEBRATION OF THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH |
SONY LEGACY |
21 |
0 |
ROBERT EARL KEEN |
READY FOR CONFETTI |
LOST HIGHWAY |
22 |
17 |
ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO |
BIG STATION |
FANTASY / CONCORD |
23 |
0 |
90 ACRE FARM |
ALWAYS SOMETHIN’ |
SELF |
24 |
0 |
JOHN, JONATHAN AND NATHAN MCEUEN |
THE MCEUEN SESSIONS – FOR ALL THE GOOD |
MESA / BLUE MOON / FONTANA |
25 |
0 |
ROBERT MORGAN FISHER |
NOTES FOR A NOVEL |
IMPERATIVE RECORDS |
26 |
0 |
LINDA MCRAE |
ROUGH EDGES & RAGGED HEARTS |
42 RECORDS |
27 |
10 |
TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS |
GOODBYE NORMAL STREET |
BOSSIER CITY |
28 |
0 |
DEL BARBER |
HEADWATERS |
SIX SHOOTER |
29 |
28 |
JON DEE GRAHAM |
GARAGE SALE |
FREEDOM |
30 |
20 |
JONAS FRIDDLE |
BELLE DE LOUISVILLE |
SELF |
31 |
11 |
ELIZABETH COOK |
GOSPEL PLOW |
31 TIGERS |
32 |
12 |
RADNEY FOSTER |
DEL RIO TEXAS REVISITED – UNPLUGGED & LONESOME |
DEVIL’S RIVER |
33 |
26 |
CHARLIE SHAFTER |
CHARLIE SHAFTER |
DOGS HIT |
34 |
42 |
DEREK HOKE |
WAITING ALL NIGHT |
ELECTRIC WESTERN |
35 |
21 |
TODD SNIDER |
TIME AS WE KNOW IT – THE SONGS OF JERRY JEFF WALKER |
AIMLESS |
36 |
24 |
CHATHAM COUNTY LINE |
SIGHT & SOUND |
YEP ROC |
37 |
30 |
MARK FOSSON |
DIGGING IN THE DUST – HOME RECORDINGS 1976 |
TOMPKINS SQUARE |
38 |
25 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
COUNTRY FUNK 1969-1975 |
LIGHT IN THE ATTIC |
39 |
0 |
NORA JANE STRUTHERS |
NORA JANE STRUTHERS |
BLUE PIG |
40 |
22 |
BLACKIE AND THE RODEO KINGS |
KINGS AND QUEENS |
DRAMATICO |
41 |
39 |
BARR BROTHERS |
BARR BROTHERS |
SECRET CITY |
42 |
47 |
HOOTS & HELLMOUTH |
SALT |
SELF |
43 |
0 |
JIMMY LAFAVE |
DEPENDING ON THE DISTANCE |
MUSIC ROAD |
44 |
27 |
PENNY NEY |
THE HARDEST TRUTH |
ONE BELLSED PENNY |
45 |
29 |
CHARLIE PHILLIPS |
WHAT IT IS |
SELF |
46 |
0 |
GORDIE TENTREES |
NORTH COUNTRY HEART |
INDIE |
47 |
34 |
JON BYRD |
DOWN AT THE WELL OF WISHES |
LONGLEAF PINE |
48 |
36 |
DANGERMUFFIN |
OLLY OXEN FREE |
DANGERMUFFIN |
49 |
23 |
JOHN DOE AND EXENE CERVENKA |
SINGING AND PLAYING |
MOONLIGHT GRAHAM |
50 |
33 |
ELENI MANDELL |
I CAN SEE THE FUTURE |
YEP ROC |
For the Week of August 24, 2012 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations |
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