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 album cover - 2012

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

RMR Radio Airplay Chart - Roots Country Top 50 Albums

 
TW LW Artist CD Title Label
1 2 GREG BROWN HYMNS TO WHAT IS LEFT SAWDUST
2 1 CORB LUND CABIN FEVER NEW WEST
3 4 BUDDY MILLER & JIM LAUDERDALE BUDDY & JIM NEW WEST
4 13 CARRIE RODRIGUEZ GIVE ME ALL YOU GOT NINTH STREET OPUS
5 3 JIMMY LAFAVE DEPENDING ON THE DISTANCE MUSIC ROAD
6 5 AVETT BROTHERS THE CARPENTER AMERICAN
7 18 KASEY CHAMBERS AND SHANE NICHOLSON WRECK & RUIN SURGAR HILL
8 10 ROSIE FLORES WORKING GIRL’S GUITAR BLOODSHOT
9 7 MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER ASHES AND ROSES ZOE / ROUNDER
10 8 BELLE STARR THE BURNING OF ATLANTA SONY MUSIC
11 11 LINDA MCRAE ROUGH EDGES & RAGGED HEARTS 42 RECORDS
12 9 JOHN WORT HANNAM BRAMBLES & THORNS BOREALIS
13 12 RODNEY CROWELL KIN – SONGS BY MARY KARR & RODNEY CROWELL VANGUARD
14 16 DWIGHT YOAKAM 3 PEARS WARNER NASHVILLE
15 14 KASEY CHAMBERS STORYBOOK SUGAR HILL
16 15 THE FLATLANDERS THE ODESSA TAPES NEW WEST
17 29 KELLY WILLIS & BRUCE ROBISON CHEATER’S GAME PREMIUM
18 17 IRIS DEMENT SING THE DELTA FLARIELLA
19 6 RONNIE FAUSS I AM THE MAN YOU KNOW I’M NOT NORMALTOWN
20 22 RYAN BINGHAM TOMORROWLAND AXSTER BINGHAM RECORDS
21 19 PATTERSON HOOD HEAT LIGHTNING RUMBLES IN THE DISTANCE ATO
22 20 NIALL TONER ONWARDS & UPWARDS PINECASTLE
23 23 DEL BARBER HEADWATERS SIX SHOOTER
24 24 BLACK PRAIRIE A TEAR IN THE EYE IS A WOUND IN THE HEART SUGAR HILL
25 21 CHRIS KNIGHT LITTLE VICTORIES DRIFTER’S CHURCH
26 25 WANDA JACKSON UNFINISHED BUSINESS SUGAR HILL
27 0 HENRY WAGONS EXPECTING COMPANY THIRTY TIGERS / SPUNK
28 26 MARC BERGER RIDE REAL
29 37 CHRIS DANIELS BETTER DAYS MOON VOYAGE
30 27 BILL STAINES BENEATH SOME LUCKY STAR RED HOUSE
31 28 MARK LUCAS UNCLE BONES SKILLET DOG
32 0 GORDIE TENTREES NORTH COUNTRY HEART INDIE
33 30 MARK FOSSON DIGGING IN THE DUST – HOME RECORDINGS 1976 TOMPKINS SQUARE
34 32 JESSE DAYTON JESSE SINGS KINKY SWAG
35 0 DALE WATSON EL RANCHO AZUL RED HOUSE
36 31 RICH MAHAN BLAME BOBBY BARE SNORTIN’ HORSE
37 36 BALMORHEA STRANGER WESTERN VINYL
38 0 THE DIRTY RIVER BOYS SCIENCE OF FLIGHT THIRTY TIGERS
39 39 JOHN DRISKELL HOPKINS & BALSAM RANGE DAYLIGHT SELF
40 33 KELLY HOGAN I LIKE TO KEEP MYSELF IN PAIN ANTI
41 35 THE MAVERICKS SUITED UP AND READY (EP) VALORY
42 38 BUFORD POPE MATCHING NUMBERS UNCHAINED
43 42 MICHAEL KOPPY ASHMORE’S STORE A GOOD TRACK RECORD
44 0 THE LONETONES MODERN VICTIMS SELF
45 0 LYLE LOVETT RELEASE ME CURB / LOST HIGHWAY
46 40 RAY WYLIE HUBBARD THE GRIFTER’S HYMNAL BORDELLO
47 0 THE TRISHAS HIGH, WIDE & HANDSOME SELF
48 44 JOHN LOWELL I AM GOING TO THE WEST SELF
49 45 DR. DOG WILD RACE ANTI
50 0 THE LEAVERS ONCE UPON A TIME SOUTH OF THE RIVER
For the Week of January 25, 2013