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 2 LUCY KAPLANSKY REUNION RED HOUSE
2 0 CAHALEN MORRISON & ELI WEST OUR LADY OF THE TALL TREES INDIE
3 50 KATHY MATTEA CALLING ME HOME SUGAR HILL
4 3 SHAWN COLVIN ALL FALL DOWN NONESUCH
5 16 LEONARD COHEN OLD IDEAS COLUMBIA
6 14 MALCOLM HOLCOMBE DOWN THE RIVER SELF
7 0 PETE SEEGER & LORRE WYATT A MORE PERFECT UNION APPLESEED
8 0 MARK KNOPFLER PRIVATEERING UNIVERSAL
9 0 ANNALIVIA THE SAME WAY DOWN SELF
10 11 THE WAYMORES THE WAYMORES SELF
11 0 DAVE GUNNING NO MORE PENNIES WEE HOUSE OF MUSIC
12 0 THE STRAY BIRDS THE STRAY BIRDS SELF
13 7 JOHN DOYLE SHADOW AND LIGHT COMPASS
14 10 RANI ARBO & DAISY MAYHEM SOME BRIGHT MORNING SIGNATURE SOUNDS
15 4 SARAH MCQUAID THE PLUM TREE AND THE ROSE WATERBUG
16 1 CAROLINE HERRING CAMILLA SIGNATURE SOUNDS
17 29 MUMFORD & SONS BABEL GLASSNOTE RECORDS
18 26 COLD SPECKS HOLLAND ARTS AND CRAFTS
19 23 ALAN DOYLE BOY ON BRIDGE UNIVERSAL
20 0 ANNABELLE CHVOSTEK RISE BOREALIS
21 19 GRETCHEN PETERS HELLO CRUEL WORLD SCARLET LETTER
22 0 RAYLENE RANKIN ALL THE DIAMONDS CORVUS
23 22 BILL FAY LIFE IS PEOPLE DEAD OCEANS
24 12 ROSE COUSINS WE HAVE MADE A SPARK OUTSIDE MUSIC
25 0 JASON COLLETT RECKON ARTS & CRAFTS
26 24 ANAIS MITCHELL YOUNG MAN IN AMERICA THIRTY TIGERS
27 36 BRUCE GUTHRO CELTIC CROSSING SELF
28 0 BETTYSOO AND DOUG COX MORE LIES BORDERLINE TALENT
29 0 OLD MAN LUEDECKE TENDER IS THE NIGHT TRUE NORTH
30 0 ANDREA ENGLAND HOPE & OTHER SINS LEMONADE FACTORY
31 35 JON BROOKS DELICATE CAGES SELF
32 27 KATE CAMPBELL 1000 POUND MACHINE LARGE RIVER MUSIC
33 17 MINDY SMITH MINDY SMITH SELF
34 48 DALA BEST DAY COMPASS
35 39 GOOD, PINSENT & KEELOR DOWN AND OUT IN UPALONG TELESOUL – WARNER
36 40 THE FOGHORN STRINGBAND OUTSHINE THE SUN INDIE
37 31 JAMES MCMURTRY OCCUPY THIS ALBUM RAZOR & TIE
38 41 GATHERING TIME RED APPLES AND GOLD INSPIRELINE / TREBLE-G
39 5 CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS LEAVING EDEN NONESUCH
40 0 BEN BEDFORD WHAT WE LOST WATERBUG
41 44 MARCI GELLER OPEN BOOK SELF
42 0 DREAMS OF THE SAN JOAQUIN DREAMS OF THE SAN JOAQUIN BLIX STREET
43 38 BAP KENNEDY THE SAILOR’S REVENGE PROPER AMERICAN
44 0 OH MY DARLING SWEET NOSTALGIA SELF
45 0 DON GALLARDO AND HOW FAR WEST THE ART OF TROUBLESOME TIMES FIRST FLOOR STORY RECORDINGS
46 0 OLLLAM THE OLLLAM COMPASS
47 0 JOE NOLAN GOODBYE CINDERELLA INDIE
48 0 SCOTT COOPER QUIET COMPANY SELF
49 0 HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER POOR MOON TOMPKIN SQUARE
50 0 BEN TAYLOR LISTENING SUN PEDAL
For the Week of October 12, 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 8 CORB LUND CABIN FEVER NEW WEST
2 7 THE FLATLANDERS THE ODESSA TAPES NEW WEST
3 3 JIMMY LAFAVE DEPENDING ON THE DISTANCE MUSIC ROAD
4 1 RODNEY CROWELL KIN – SONGS BY MARY KARR & RODNEY CROWELL VANGUARD
5 13 AVETT BROTHERS THE CARPENTER AMERICAN
6 2 RYAN BINGHAM TOMORROWLAND AXSTER BINGHAM RECORDS
7 4 MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER ASHES AND ROSES ZOE / ROUNDER
8 0 JOHN WORT HANNAM BRAMBLES & THORNS BOREALIS
9 0 BELLE STARR THE BURNING OF ATLANTA SONY MUSIC
10 27 IRIS DEMENT SING THE DELTA FLARIELLA
11 25 SARA WATKINS SUN MIDNIGHT SUN NONESUCH
12 6 RAYLAND BAXTER FEATHERS AND FISH HOOKS ATO
13 21 PATTERSON HOOD HEAT LIGHTNING RUMBLES IN THE DISTANCE ATO
14 10 STEVE FORBERT OVER WITH YOU BLUE CORN
15 5 DWIGHT YOAKAM 3 PEARS WARNER NASHVILLE
16 30 LINDA MCRAE ROUGH EDGES & RAGGED HEARTS 42 RECORDS
17 9 DARRELL SCOTT LONG RIDE HOME FULL LIGHT
18 17 CHRIS KNIGHT LITTLE VICTORIES DRIFTER’S CHURCH
19 11 THE TRISHAS HIGH, WIDE & HANDSOME SELF
20 12 JERRY DOUGLAS TRAVELER E ONE
21 46 RONNIE FAUSS I AM THE MAN YOU KNOW I’M NOT NORMALTOWN
22 19 TOM JONES PRAISE & BLAME LOST HIGHWAY
23 15 KASEY CHAMBERS STORYBOOK SUGAR HILL
24 35 REBECCA LOEBE CIRCUS HEART SELF
25 39 ARTHUR ALLIGOOD ONE SILVER NEEDLE NEW SONG
26 36 DEL BARBER HEADWATERS SIX SHOOTER
27 28 DEREK HOKE WAITING ALL NIGHT ELECTRIC WESTERN
28 26 KELLY HOGAN I LIKE TO KEEP MYSELF IN PAIN ANTI
29 42 GORDIE TENTREES NORTH COUNTRY HEART INDIE
30 0 BILL STAINES BENEATH SOME LUCKY STAR RED HOUSE
31 29 JOHN, JONATHAN AND NATHAN MCEUEN THE MCEUEN SESSIONS – FOR ALL THE GOOD MESA / BLUE MOON / FONTANA
32 37 JOEL RAFAEL AMERICA COMING HOME INSIDE
33 32 RADNEY FOSTER DEL RIO TEXAS REVISITED – UNPLUGGED & LONESOME DEVIL’S RIVER
34 33 BRANDI CARLILE BEAR CREEK COLUMBIA
35 0 THE LOST BROTHERS THE PASSING OF THE NIGHT READYMADE
36 31 MY DARLING CLEMENTINE HOW DO YOU PLEAD? DRUMFIRE
37 20 BETTYSOO AND DOUG COX ACROSS THE BORDERLINE — LIE TO ME SELF
38 40 DANGERMUFFIN OLLY OXEN FREE DANGERMUFFIN
39 23 ZOE MUTH & THE LOST HIGH ROLLERS OLD GOLD SIGNATURE SOUNDS
40 38 MARK FOSSON DIGGING IN THE DUST – HOME RECORDINGS 1976 TOMPKINS SQUARE
41 0 CHRIS DANIELS BETTER DAYS MOON VOYAGE
42 43 JERRY JEFF WALKER LIVE FROM DIXIE’S BAR & BUS STOP MAY 6
43 44 NORA JANE STRUTHERS NORA JANE STRUTHERS BLUE PIG
44 0 CORNFLOWER BLUE RUN DOWN THE RAILS SELF
45 45 WILLIE NELSON HEROES LEGACY
46 41 HARRY TAUSSIG FATE IS ONLY TWICE TOMPKINS SQUARE
47 47 CHATHAM COUNTY LINE SIGHT & SOUND YEP ROC
48 34 SEAN HAYES BEFORE WE TURN TO DUST RARE ARTISTS
49 0 THE DIRTY RIVER BOYS SCIENCE OF FLIGHT THIRTY TIGERS
50 49 DELTA SPIRIT DELTA SPIRIT ROUNDER
For the Week of October 12, 2012 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations