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.
TW | LW | Artist | CD Title | Label | ||
1 | 10 | CAROLINE HERRING | CAMILLA | SIGNATURE SOUNDS | ||
2 | 1 | SHAWN COLVIN | ALL FALL DOWN | NONESUCH | ||
3 | 26 | MALCOLM HOLCOMBE | DOWN THE RIVER | SELF | ||
4 | 7 | CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS | LEAVING EDEN | NONESUCH | ||
5 | 3 | 100 MILE HOUSE | HOLLOW PONDS | HOLE IN MY SHOE PRODUCTIONS | ||
6 | 2 | SARAH MCQUAID | THE PLUM TREE AND THE ROSE | WATERBUG | ||
7 | 4 | JOHN DOYLE | SHADOW AND LIGHT | COMPASS | ||
8 | 5 | JUNE TABOR | RAGGED KINGDOM | TOPIC | ||
9 | 6 | THE REFUGEES | 3 | WABUHO | ||
10 | 8 | RANI ARBO & DAISY MAYHEM | SOME BRIGHT MORNING | SIGNATURE SOUNDS | ||
11 | 9 | THE WAYMORES | THE WAYMORES | SELF | ||
12 | 13 | THE CHIEFTAINS | VOICE OF AGES | HEAR MUSIC | ||
13 | 11 | ROSE COUSINS | WE HAVE MADE A SPARK | OUTSIDE MUSIC | ||
14 | 12 | THE ONCE | ROW UPON ROW OF THE PEOPLE THEY KNOW | BOREALIS | ||
15 | 14 | RED MOLLY | LIGHT IN THE SKY | SELF | ||
16 | 15 | LEONARD COHEN | OLD IDEAS | COLUMBIA | ||
17 | 29 | WOODY GUTHRIE | WOODY AT 100 | SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS | ||
18 | 16 | GRETCHEN PETERS | HELLO CRUEL WORLD | SCARLET LETTER | ||
19 | 17 | LAURA MARLING | A CREATURE I DON’T KNOW | EMI | ||
20 | 18 | AOIFE O’DONOVAN | PEACHSTONE EP | INDIE | ||
21 | 20 | ANAIS MITCHELL | YOUNG MAN IN AMERICA | THIRTY TIGERS | ||
22 | 21 | THE DEEP DARK WOODS | THE PLACE I LEFT BEHIND | SIX SHOOTER / SUGAR HILL | ||
23 | 22 | BATTLEFIELD BAND | LINE UP | TEMPLE | ||
24 | 23 | COLD SPECKS | HOLLAND | ARTS AND CRAFTS | ||
25 | 24 | KATE CAMPBELL | 1000 POUND MACHINE | LARGE RIVER MUSIC | ||
26 | 27 | TILLER’S FOLLY | GO THE ROAD | SELF | ||
27 | 28 | JAMES MCMURTRY | OCCUPY THIS ALBUM | RAZOR & TIE | ||
28 | 50 | THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH | THERE’S NO LEAVING NOW | DEAD OCEANS | ||
29 | 0 | BILL FAY | LIFE IS PEOPLE | DEAD OCEANS | ||
30 | 30 | LA BOTTINE SOURIANTE | APPELLATION DORIGINE CONTROLEE | BOREALIS | ||
31 | 19 | BOBTOWN | TROUBLE I WROUGHT | SELF | ||
32 | 31 | KAT GOLDMAN | GYPSY GIRL | SELF | ||
33 | 0 | DAVID BROMBERG | THE PLAYER – A RETROSPECTIVE | COLUMBIA / LEGACY | ||
34 | 32 | POKEY LAFARGE & THE SOUTH CITY THREE | MIDDLE OF EVERYWHERE | FREE DIRT | ||
35 | 33 | JON BROOKS | DELICATE CAGES | SELF | ||
36 | 34 | BRUCE GUTHRO | CELTIC CROSSING | SELF | ||
37 | 35 | TIM READMAN | INTO THE GREEN | BIG CITY | ||
38 | 37 | BAP KENNEDY | THE SAILOR’S REVENGE | PROPER AMERICAN | ||
39 | 41 | LORETTA HAGEN | MUD AND STONE | BEARFORT | ||
40 | 36 | GEOFF BARTLEY | MERCY FOR THE DISPOSSESSED | MAGIC CROW | ||
41 | 38 | ALAN DOYLE | BOY ON BRIDGE | UNIVERSAL | ||
42 | 39 | GOOD, PINSENT & KEELOR | DOWN AND OUT IN UPALONG | TELESOUL – WARNER | ||
43 | 49 | COTY HOGUE | WHEN WE GET TO SHORE | PERPETUAL HOEDOWN MUSIC | ||
44 | 40 | ARIANA GILLIS | FORGET ME NOT | AG | ||
45 | 42 | LE VENT DU NORD | TROMPER LE TEMPS | BOREALIS | ||
46 | 43 | SUZANNE VEGA | CLOSE UP VOL 3 – STATE OF BEINGS | AMAOUENSIS | ||
47 | 25 | THE HONEY DEWDROPS | SILVER LINING | SELF | ||
48 | 0 | ROCKET KIRCHNER | SLINGSHOT SURVIVAL | ROCKET KIRCHNER | ||
49 | 44 | GOOD LOVELIES | LET THE RAIN FALL | SELF | ||
50 | 45 | LAURA REPO | GET YOURSELF HOME | REPO GIRL | ||
For the Week of September 07, 2012 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations |
TW | LW | Artist | CD Title | Label | ||
1 | 1 | RODNEY CROWELL | KIN – SONGS BY MARY KARR & RODNEY CROWELL | VANGUARD | ||
2 | 3 | SARA WATKINS | SUN MIDNIGHT SUN | NONESUCH | ||
3 | 2 | MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER | ASHES AND ROSES | ZOE / ROUNDER | ||
4 | 4 | JERRY DOUGLAS | TRAVELER | E ONE | ||
5 | 9 | CORB LUND | CABIN FEVER | NEW WEST | ||
6 | 7 | MARTY STUART & HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES | NASHVILLE VOL. 1 — TEAR THE WOODPILE DOWN | SUGAR HILL | ||
7 | 5 | DARRELL SCOTT | LONG RIDE HOME | FULL LIGHT | ||
8 | 6 | BRANDI CARLILE | BEAR CREEK | COLUMBIA | ||
9 | 10 | ZOE MUTH & THE LOST HIGH ROLLERS | OLD GOLD | SIGNATURE SOUNDS | ||
10 | 16 | THE TRISHAS | HIGH, WIDE & HANDSOME | SELF | ||
11 | 8 | RAY WYLIE HUBBARD | THE GRIFTER’S HYMNAL | BORDELLO | ||
12 | 21 | THE FLATLANDERS | THE ODESSA TAPES | NEW WEST | ||
13 | 13 | KASEY CHAMBERS | STORYBOOK | LIBERATION MUSIC | ||
14 | 49 | RYAN BINGHAM | TOMORROWLAND | AXSTER BINGHAM RECORDS | ||
15 | 24 | JIMMY LAFAVE | DEPENDING ON THE DISTANCE | MUSIC ROAD | ||
16 | 11 | FISH & BIRD | EVERY WHISPER IS A SHOUT ACROSS THE VOID | FIDDLE HEAD RECORDS | ||
17 | 23 | RAYLAND BAXTER | FEATHERS AND FISH HOOKS | ATO | ||
18 | 35 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | WE WALK THE LINE – A CELEBRATION OF THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH | SONY LEGACY | ||
19 | 12 | DAVE CARTER & TRACY GRAMMER | LITTLE BLUE EGG | RED HOUSE | ||
20 | 14 | TOM JONES | PRAISE & BLAME | LOST HIGHWAY | ||
21 | 15 | BETTYSOO AND DOUG COX | ACROSS THE BORDERLINE — LIE TO ME | SELF | ||
22 | 19 | KELLY HOGAN | I LIKE TO KEEP MYSELF IN PAIN | ANTI | ||
23 | 0 | AVETT BROTHERS | THE CARPENTER | AMERICAN | ||
24 | 18 | ROBERT EARL KEEN | READY FOR CONFETTI | LOST HIGHWAY | ||
25 | 30 | RADNEY FOSTER | DEL RIO TEXAS REVISITED – UNPLUGGED & LONESOME | DEVIL’S RIVER | ||
26 | 27 | DEREK HOKE | WAITING ALL NIGHT | ELECTRIC WESTERN | ||
27 | 25 | LINDA MCRAE | ROUGH EDGES & RAGGED HEARTS | 42 RECORDS | ||
28 | 0 | ELIZABETH COOK | GOSPEL PLOW | 31 TIGERS | ||
29 | 22 | JOHN, JONATHAN AND NATHAN MCEUEN | THE MCEUEN SESSIONS – FOR ALL THE GOOD | MESA / BLUE MOON / FONTANA | ||
30 | 36 | CHARLIE SHAFTER | CHARLIE SHAFTER | DOGS HIT | ||
31 | 0 | THE COAL PORTERS | FIND THE ONE | PRIMA | ||
32 | 0 | DWIGHT YOAKAM | 3 PEARS | WARNER NASHVILLE | ||
33 | 28 | DEL BARBER | HEADWATERS | SIX SHOOTER | ||
34 | 50 | SEAN HAYES | BEFORE WE TURN TO DUST | RARE ARTISTS | ||
35 | 37 | MY DARLING CLEMENTINE | HOW DO YOU PLEAD? | DRUMFIRE | ||
36 | 17 | WILLIE NELSON | HEROES | LEGACY | ||
37 | 0 | CHATHAM COUNTY LINE | SIGHT & SOUND | YEP ROC | ||
38 | 0 | MARK FOSSON | DIGGING IN THE DUST – HOME RECORDINGS 1976 | TOMPKINS SQUARE | ||
39 | 0 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | COUNTRY FUNK 1969-1975 | LIGHT IN THE ATTIC | ||
40 | 32 | NORA JANE STRUTHERS | NORA JANE STRUTHERS | BLUE PIG | ||
41 | 26 | ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO | BIG STATION | FANTASY / CONCORD | ||
42 | 34 | JON DEE GRAHAM | GARAGE SALE | FREEDOM | ||
43 | 0 | ROBERT MORGAN FISHER | NOTES FOR A NOVEL | IMPERATIVE RECORDS | ||
44 | 48 | JOEL RAFAEL | AMERICA COMING HOME | INSIDE | ||
45 | 42 | DELTA SPIRIT | DELTA SPIRIT | ROUNDER | ||
46 | 31 | TODD SNIDER | TIME AS WE KNOW IT – THE SONGS OF JERRY JEFF WALKER | AIMLESS | ||
47 | 38 | PENNY NEY | THE HARDEST TRUTH | ONE BELLSED PENNY | ||
48 | 39 | CHARLIE PHILLIPS | WHAT IT IS | SELF | ||
49 | 0 | HARRY TAUSSIG | FATE IS ONLY TWICE | TOMPKINS SQUARE | ||
50 | 29 | GORDIE TENTREES | NORTH COUNTRY HEART | INDIE | ||
For the Week of September 07, 2012 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations |
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