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 | 1 | MARK KNOPFLER | PRIVATEERING | UNIVERSAL | ||
| 2 | 3 | CAHALEN MORRISON & ELI WEST | OUR LADY OF THE TALL TREES | INDIE | ||
| 3 | 2 | LUCY KAPLANSKY | REUNION | REDHOUSE | ||
| 4 | 5 | KATHY MATTEA | CALLING ME HOME | SUGAR HILL | ||
| 5 | 6 | ANNALIVIA | THE SAME WAY DOWN | SELF | ||
| 6 | 4 | MALCOLM HOLCOMBE | DOWN THE RIVER | GYPSY EYES MUSIC | ||
| 7 | 7 | ANGEL SNOW | ANGEL SNOW | SELF | ||
| 8 | 9 | PAUL KELLY | SPRING AND FALL | GAWD AGGIE / UNIVERSAL | ||
| 9 | 8 | PETE SEEGER & LORRE WYATT | A MORE PERFECT UNION | APPLESEED | ||
| 10 | 10 | BETTYSOO AND DOUG COX | MORE LIES | BORDERLINE TALENT | ||
| 11 | 11 | DAVE GUNNING | NO MORE PENNIES | WEE HOUSE OF MUSIC | ||
| 12 | 12 | JOHN DOYLE | SHADOW AND LIGHT | COMPASS | ||
| 13 | 13 | THE BILLS | YES PLEASE | INDIE | ||
| 14 | 14 | KATE RUSBY | 20 | ISLAND | ||
| 15 | 18 | SHAWN COLVIN | ALL FALL DOWN | NONESUCH | ||
| 16 | 25 | JORY NASH | LITTLE PILGRIM | THIN MAN RECORDS | ||
| 17 | 17 | RANI ARBO & DAISY MAYHEM | SOME BRIGHT MORNING | SIGNATURE SOUNDS | ||
| 18 | 15 | OLD MAN LUEDECKE | TENDER IS THE NIGHT | TRUE NORTH | ||
| 19 | 16 | THE STRAY BIRDS | THE STRAY BIRDS | SELF | ||
| 20 | 20 | NELS ANDREWS | SCRIMSHAW | SELF | ||
| 21 | 23 | SUSAN KANE | A WORD CHILD | SELF | ||
| 22 | 21 | THE UNSEEN STRANGERS | FOLLOW THE SOUND | SELF | ||
| 23 | 22 | MARIA DUNN | PIECE BY PIECE | DISTANT WHISPER MUSIC | ||
| 24 | 24 | MUMFORD & SONS | BABEL | GLASSNOTE RECORDS | ||
| 25 | 26 | RAYLENE RANKIN | ALL THE DIAMONDS | CORVUS | ||
| 26 | 27 | JASON COLLETT | RECKON | ARTS & CRAFTS | ||
| 27 | 28 | AMELIA CURRAN | SPECTATORS | SIX SHOOTER | ||
| 28 | 29 | ANDREA ENGLAND | HOPE & OTHER SINS | LEMONADE FACTORY | ||
| 29 | 30 | TRENT SEVERN | TRENT SEVERN | OUTSIDE MUSIC | ||
| 30 | 32 | ALAN DOYLE | BOY ON BRIDGE | UNIVERSAL | ||
| 31 | 36 | LUKA BLOOM | THIS NEW MORNING | COMPASS | ||
| 32 | 0 | GRETCHEN PETERS | HELLO CRUEL WORLD | SCARLET LETTER | ||
| 33 | 31 | BEN BEDFORD | WHAT WE LOST | WATERBUG | ||
| 34 | 33 | JAMES MCMURTRY | OCCUPY THIS ALBUM | RAZOR & TIE | ||
| 35 | 34 | OLLLAM | THE OLLLAM | COMPASS | ||
| 36 | 19 | ANNABELLE CHVOSTEK | RISE | BOREALIS | ||
| 37 | 39 | ELIZABETH MITCHELL | BLUE CLOUDS | SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS | ||
| 38 | 37 | DALA | BEST DAY | COMPASS | ||
| 39 | 38 | AMY WHITE WITH AL PETTEWAY | HOME SWEET HOME – SONGS OF LOVE, LOSS, AND BELONGING | FAIREWOOD STUDIOS | ||
| 40 | 40 | SCOTT COOPER | QUIET COMPANY | SELF | ||
| 41 | 42 | PETER KATZ | STILL MIND STILL | INDIE | ||
| 42 | 43 | CARA LUFT | DARLINGFORD | BLUE CASE TUNES | ||
| 43 | 0 | BOBBY LONG | A WINTER TALE | ATO | ||
| 44 | 48 | SONS OF THE NEVER WRONG | KING FISHER KING | WATERBUG | ||
| 45 | 0 | ANNIE LOU | GRANDMA’S RULES FOR DRINKING | INDIE | ||
| 46 | 46 | DREAMS OF THE SAN JOAQUIN | DREAMS OF THE SAN JOAQUIN | BLIX STREET | ||
| 47 | 0 | GREAT BIG SEA | XX | WARNER MUSIC | ||
| 48 | 0 | NANCI GRIFFITH | INTERSECTION | PROPER / HELL NO | ||
| 49 | 0 | JARON FREEMAN-FOX | MANIC ALMANAC – SLOW MOBIUS | SELF | ||
| 50 | 0 | ROBIN & LINDA WILLIAMS | THESE OLD DARK HILLS | RED HOUSE | ||
| For the Week of December 14, 2012 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations.
Happy Holidays, our charts will be frozen until Jan 1. See you in the new year. |
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Mark Knopfler (photo: Fabio Lovino)[/caption]
| TW | LW | Artist | CD Title | Label | ||
| 1 | 1 | CORB LUND | CABIN FEVER | NEW WEST | ||
| 2 | 2 | JIMMY LAFAVE | DEPENDING ON THE DISTANCE | MUSIC ROAD | ||
| 3 | 6 | AVETT BROTHERS | THE CARPENTER | AMERICAN | ||
| 4 | 3 | GREG BROWN | HYMNS TO WHAT IS LEFT | SAWDUST | ||
| 5 | 7 | MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER | ASHES AND ROSES | ZOE / ROUNDER | ||
| 6 | 12 | RODNEY CROWELL | KIN – SONGS BY MARY KARR & RODNEY CROWELL | VANGUARD | ||
| 7 | 5 | BELLE STARR | THE BURNING OF ATLANTA | SONY MUSIC | ||
| 8 | 11 | JOHN WORT HANNAM | BRAMBLES & THORNS | BOREALIS | ||
| 9 | 14 | LINDA MCRAE | ROUGH EDGES & RAGGED HEARTS | 42 RECORDS | ||
| 10 | 13 | KASEY CHAMBERS | STORYBOOK | SUGAR HILL | ||
| 11 | 21 | NIALL TONER | ONWARDS & UPWARDS | PINECASTLE | ||
| 12 | 10 | THE FLATLANDERS | THE ODESSA TAPES | NEW WEST | ||
| 13 | 23 | DEL BARBER | HEADWATERS | SIX SHOOTER | ||
| 14 | 9 | BUDDY MILLER & JIM LAUDERDALE | BUDDY & JIM | NEW WEST | ||
| 15 | 4 | RONNIE FAUSS | I AM THE MAN YOU KNOW I’M NOT | NORMALTOWN | ||
| 16 | 8 | ROSIE FLORES | WORKING GIRL’S GUITAR | BLOODSHOT | ||
| 17 | 27 | BILL STAINES | BENEATH SOME LUCKY STAR | RED HOUSE | ||
| 18 | 30 | MARC BERGER | RIDE | REAL | ||
| 19 | 33 | JERRY DOUGLAS | TRAVELER | E ONE | ||
| 20 | 0 | RAY WYLIE HUBBARD | THE GRIFTER’S HYMNAL | BORDELLO | ||
| 21 | 38 | MICHAEL KOPPY | ASHMORE’S STORE | A GOOD TRACK RECORD | ||
| 22 | 41 | JOEL RAFAEL | AMERICA COMING HOME | INSIDE | ||
| 23 | 0 | LUCERO | WOMEN & WORK | ATO | ||
| 24 | 47 | ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO | BIG STATION | FANTASY / CONCORD | ||
| 25 | 17 | CHRIS KNIGHT | LITTLE VICTORIES | DRIFTER’S CHURCH | ||
| 26 | 44 | JOHN LOWELL | I AM GOING TO THE WEST | SELF | ||
| 27 | 18 | KASEY CHAMBERS AND SHANE NICHOLSON | WRECK & RUIN | SURGAR HILL | ||
| 28 | 39 | BILLY DON BURNS | NIGHTS WHEN I’M SOBER | RUSTY KNUCKLES | ||
| 29 | 46 | MUMFORD & SONS | SIGH NO MORE | GLASSNOTE | ||
| 30 | 49 | THE TRISHAS | HIGH, WIDE & HANDSOME | SELF | ||
| 31 | 50 | BRANDI CARLILE | BEAR CREEK | COLUMBIA | ||
| 32 | 26 | BLACK PRAIRIE | A TEAR IN THE EYE IS A WOUND IN THE HEART | SUGAR HILL | ||
| 33 | 0 | DON HALL | DON HALL | CHAPTER GATE RECORDS | ||
| 34 | 42 | THE LOST BROTHERS | THE PASSING OF THE NIGHT | READYMADE | ||
| 35 | 0 | TRAPPER SCHOEPP | RUN ENGINE RUN | GOOD LAND | ||
| 36 | 0 | TOM RUSSELL | THE MAN FROM GOD KNOWS WHERE | HIGHTONE | ||
| 37 | 22 | WANDA JACKSON | UNFINISHED BUSINESS | SUGAR HILL | ||
| 38 | 0 | KASEY CHAMBERS & SHANE NICHOLSON | RATTLIN� BONES | LIBERATION | ||
| 39 | 0 | LYDIA LOVELESS | INDESTRUCTIBLE MACHINE | BLOODSHOT | ||
| 40 | 0 | MOOT DAVIS | MAN ABOUT TOWN | HIGHWAY KIND | ||
| 41 | 48 | KEVIN ABERNATHY | SOME STORIES | LIFE SOCKET RECORDS | ||
| 42 | 0 | BURNS & KRISTY | CARAVAN | SELF | ||
| 43 | 0 | DUANE CARLETON | RUST | HIGHER ROAD RECORDS | ||
| 44 | 0 | JOHN HIATT | DIRTY JEANS AND MUDSLIDE HYMNS | NEWWEST | ||
| 45 | 0 | MATTHEW PERRYMAN JONES | LAND OF THE LIVING | CANTE JONDO RECORDS | ||
| 46 | 0 | RUBY FREE | INTRODUCING RUBY FREE | SODASTAR MUSIC | ||
| 47 | 0 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | LOWE COUNTRY – THE SONGS OF NICK LOWE | FIESTA RED | ||
| 48 | 0 | BROTHER SLADE | GOOD ROOSTER’S REUNION | SULLY BOY | ||
| 49 | 0 | PATRICK BROOKS | RUST AND WEEDS | SELF | ||
| 50 | 0 | WILL KIMBROUGH | WINGS | DAPHNE | ||
| For the Week of December 14, 2012 All data entered online direct to the RMR database by member stations.
Happy Holidays, our charts will be frozen until Jan 1. See you in the new year. |
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