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