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

Mark Knopfler (photo: Fabio Lovino)[/caption]

 
TW LW Artist CD Title Label
1 1 MARK KNOPFLER PRIVATEERING UNIVERSAL
2 3 LUCY KAPLANSKY REUNION REDHOUSE
3 2 CAHALEN MORRISON & ELI WEST OUR LADY OF THE TALL TREES INDIE
4 4 PAUL KELLY SPRING AND FALL GAWD AGGIE / UNIVERSAL
5 10 BETTYSOO AND DOUG COX MORE LIES BORDERLINE TALENT
6 12 DAVE GUNNING NO MORE PENNIES WEE HOUSE OF MUSIC
7 5 MALCOLM HOLCOMBE DOWN THE RIVER GYPSY EYES MUSIC
8 17 RANI ARBO & DAISY MAYHEM SOME BRIGHT MORNING SIGNATURE SOUNDS
9 9 PETE SEEGER & LORRE WYATT A MORE PERFECT UNION APPLESEED
10 7 ANNALIVIA THE SAME WAY DOWN SELF
11 8 KATHY MATTEA CALLING ME HOME SUGAR HILL
12 6 ANGEL SNOW ANGEL SNOW SELF
13 13 JOHN DOYLE SHADOW AND LIGHT COMPASS
14 16 THE BILLS YES PLEASE INDIE
15 15 SUSAN KANE A WORD CHILD SELF
16 11 MUMFORD & SONS BABEL GLASSNOTE RECORDS
17 14 KATE RUSBY 20 ISLAND
18 18 SHAWN COLVIN ALL FALL DOWN NONESUCH
19 19 THE STRAY BIRDS THE STRAY BIRDS SELF
20 23 RAYLENE RANKIN ALL THE DIAMONDS CORVUS
21 36 DALA BEST DAY COMPASS
22 22 NELS ANDREWS SCRIMSHAW SELF
23 27 AMELIA CURRAN SPECTATORS SIX SHOOTER
24 29 TRENT SEVERN TRENT SEVERN OUTSIDE MUSIC
25 24 JASON COLLETT RECKON ARTS & CRAFTS
26 25 THE UNSEEN STRANGERS FOLLOW THE SOUND SELF
27 0 LORI REID TEMPERANCE HOTEL SELF
28 30 BILL FAY LIFE IS PEOPLE DEAD OCEANS
29 26 JORY NASH LITTLE PILGRIM THIN MAN RECORDS
30 21 OLD MAN LUEDECKE TENDER IS THE NIGHT TRUE NORTH
31 28 ANDREA ENGLAND HOPE & OTHER SINS LEMONADE FACTORY
32 20 MARIA DUNN PIECE BY PIECE DISTANT WHISPER MUSIC
33 32 LUKA BLOOM THIS NEW MORNING COMPASS
34 34 ELIZABETH MITCHELL BLUE CLOUDS SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS
35 31 JAMES MCMURTRY OCCUPY THIS ALBUM RAZOR & TIE
36 0 DARRYL PURPOSE NEXT TIME AROUND BLUE ROCK
37 33 ALAN DOYLE BOY ON BRIDGE UNIVERSAL
38 35 OLLLAM THE OLLLAM COMPASS
39 45 DAVID ROVICS MEANWHILE IN AFGHANISTAN SELF
40 0 MARY GAUTHIER LIVE AT BLUE ROCK SELF
41 42 ANNABELLE CHVOSTEK RISE BOREALIS
42 38 SCOTT COOPER QUIET COMPANY SELF
43 0 ANDREW BIRD HANDS OF GLORY MOM & POP
44 37 AMY WHITE WITH AL PETTEWAY HOME SWEET HOME – SONGS OF LOVE, LOSS, AND BELONGING FAIREWOOD STUDIOS
45 39 JOSHUA JAMES FROM THE TOP OF WILLAMETTE MOUNTAIN MISSING PIECE
46 43 CARA LUFT DARLINGFORD BLUE CASE TUNES
47 47 ANGEL OLSEN HALFWAY HOME BATHETIC
48 0 NANCI GRIFFITH INTERSECTION PROPER / HELL NO
49 44 MALCOLM HOLCOMBE DOWN THE RIVER SELF
50 41 PETER KATZ STILL MIND STILL INDIE
For the Week of January 18, 2013

RMR Radio Airplay Chart - Roots Country Top 50 Albums

 
TW LW Artist CD Title Label
1 1 CORB LUND CABIN FEVER NEW WEST
2 2 GREG BROWN HYMNS TO WHAT IS LEFT SAWDUST
3 3 JIMMY LAFAVE DEPENDING ON THE DISTANCE MUSIC ROAD
4 4 BUDDY MILLER & JIM LAUDERDALE BUDDY & JIM NEW WEST
5 5 AVETT BROTHERS THE CARPENTER AMERICAN
6 12 RONNIE FAUSS I AM THE MAN YOU KNOW I’M NOT NORMALTOWN
7 6 MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER ASHES AND ROSES ZOE / ROUNDER
8 7 BELLE STARR THE BURNING OF ATLANTA SONY MUSIC
9 10 JOHN WORT HANNAM BRAMBLES & THORNS BOREALIS
10 9 ROSIE FLORES WORKING GIRL’S GUITAR BLOODSHOT
11 15 LINDA MCRAE ROUGH EDGES & RAGGED HEARTS 42 RECORDS
12 8 RODNEY CROWELL KIN – SONGS BY MARY KARR & RODNEY CROWELL VANGUARD
13 24 CARRIE RODRIGUEZ GIVE ME ALL YOU GOT NINTH STREET OPUS
14 13 KASEY CHAMBERS STORYBOOK SUGAR HILL
15 11 THE FLATLANDERS THE ODESSA TAPES NEW WEST
16 14 DWIGHT YOAKAM 3 PEARS WARNER NASHVILLE
17 19 IRIS DEMENT SING THE DELTA FLARIELLA
18 22 KASEY CHAMBERS AND SHANE NICHOLSON WRECK & RUIN SURGAR HILL
19 16 PATTERSON HOOD HEAT LIGHTNING RUMBLES IN THE DISTANCE ATO
20 18 NIALL TONER ONWARDS & UPWARDS PINECASTLE
21 17 CHRIS KNIGHT LITTLE VICTORIES DRIFTER’S CHURCH
22 20 RYAN BINGHAM TOMORROWLAND AXSTER BINGHAM RECORDS
23 21 DEL BARBER HEADWATERS SIX SHOOTER
24 0 BLACK PRAIRIE A TEAR IN THE EYE IS A WOUND IN THE HEART SUGAR HILL
25 26 WANDA JACKSON UNFINISHED BUSINESS SUGAR HILL
26 25 MARC BERGER RIDE REAL
27 23 BILL STAINES BENEATH SOME LUCKY STAR RED HOUSE
28 29 MARK LUCAS UNCLE BONES SKILLET DOG
29 0 KELLY WILLIS & BRUCE ROBISON CHEATER’S GAME PREMIUM
30 44 MARK FOSSON DIGGING IN THE DUST – HOME RECORDINGS 1976 TOMPKINS SQUARE
31 32 RICH MAHAN BLAME BOBBY BARE SNORTIN’ HORSE
32 27 JESSE DAYTON JESSE SINGS KINKY SWAG
33 28 KELLY HOGAN I LIKE TO KEEP MYSELF IN PAIN ANTI
34 30 RADNEY FOSTER DEL RIO TEXAS REVISITED – UNPLUGGED & LONESOME DEVIL’S RIVER
35 31 THE MAVERICKS SUITED UP AND READY (EP) VALORY
36 37 BALMORHEA STRANGER WESTERN VINYL
37 35 CHRIS DANIELS BETTER DAYS MOON VOYAGE
38 33 BUFORD POPE MATCHING NUMBERS UNCHAINED
39 0 JOHN DRISKELL HOPKINS & BALSAM RANGE DAYLIGHT SELF
40 36 RAY WYLIE HUBBARD THE GRIFTER’S HYMNAL BORDELLO
41 41 SARA WATKINS SUN MIDNIGHT SUN NONESUCH
42 34 MICHAEL KOPPY ASHMORE’S STORE A GOOD TRACK RECORD
43 40 ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO BIG STATION FANTASY / CONCORD
44 39 JOHN LOWELL I AM GOING TO THE WEST SELF
45 48 DR. DOG WILD RACE ANTI
46 42 JERRY DOUGLAS TRAVELER E ONE
47 0 BRANDI CARLILE BEAR CREEK COLUMBIA
48 38 HARRY TAUSSIG FATE IS ONLY TWICE TOMPKINS SQUARE
49 0 DUANE CARLETON RUST HIGHER ROAD RECORDS
50 47 DOC DAILEY AND MAGNOLIA DEVIL CATCH THE PRESIDENTS SOUTHERN DISCIPLINE
For the Week of January 18, 2013