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 | 4 | PAUL KELLY | SPRING AND FALL | GAWD AGGIE / UNIVERSAL | ||
| 3 | 3 | CAHALEN MORRISON & ELI WEST | OUR LADY OF THE TALL TREES | INDIE | ||
| 4 | 2 | LUCY KAPLANSKY | REUNION | REDHOUSE | ||
| 5 | 5 | MARY GAUTHIER | LIVE AT BLUE ROCK | SELF | ||
| 6 | 6 | BETTYSOO AND DOUG COX | MORE LIES | BORDERLINE TALENT | ||
| 7 | 7 | DAVE GUNNING | NO MORE PENNIES | WEE HOUSE OF MUSIC | ||
| 8 | 9 | MALCOLM HOLCOMBE | DOWN THE RIVER | GYPSY EYES MUSIC | ||
| 9 | 10 | RANI ARBO & DAISY MAYHEM | SOME BRIGHT MORNING | SIGNATURE SOUNDS | ||
| 10 | 8 | PETE SEEGER & LORRE WYATT | A MORE PERFECT UNION | APPLESEED | ||
| 11 | 11 | ANNALIVIA | THE SAME WAY DOWN | SELF | ||
| 12 | 12 | ANGEL SNOW | ANGEL SNOW | SELF | ||
| 13 | 13 | SHAWN COLVIN | ALL FALL DOWN | NONESUCH | ||
| 14 | 14 | KATHY MATTEA | CALLING ME HOME | SUGAR HILL | ||
| 15 | 15 | JOHN DOYLE | SHADOW AND LIGHT | COMPASS | ||
| 16 | 16 | THE BILLS | YES PLEASE | INDIE | ||
| 17 | 19 | KATE RUSBY | 20 | ISLAND | ||
| 18 | 17 | MUMFORD & SONS | BABEL | GLASSNOTE RECORDS | ||
| 19 | 18 | SUSAN KANE | A WORD CHILD | SELF | ||
| 20 | 22 | THE STRAY BIRDS | THE STRAY BIRDS | SELF | ||
| 21 | 21 | RAYLENE RANKIN | ALL THE DIAMONDS | CORVUS | ||
| 22 | 24 | DALA | BEST DAY | COMPASS | ||
| 23 | 23 | AMELIA CURRAN | SPECTATORS | SIX SHOOTER | ||
| 24 | 25 | TRENT SEVERN | TRENT SEVERN | OUTSIDE MUSIC | ||
| 25 | 26 | JASON COLLETT | RECKON | ARTS & CRAFTS | ||
| 26 | 27 | THE UNSEEN STRANGERS | FOLLOW THE SOUND | SELF | ||
| 27 | 28 | LORI REID | TEMPERANCE HOTEL | SELF | ||
| 28 | 30 | OLD MAN LUEDECKE | TENDER IS THE NIGHT | TRUE NORTH | ||
| 29 | 31 | NELS ANDREWS | SCRIMSHAW | SELF | ||
| 30 | 32 | JORY NASH | LITTLE PILGRIM | THIN MAN RECORDS | ||
| 31 | 29 | BILL FAY | LIFE IS PEOPLE | DEAD OCEANS | ||
| 32 | 33 | ANDREA ENGLAND | HOPE & OTHER SINS | LEMONADE FACTORY | ||
| 33 | 20 | ELIZABETH MITCHELL | BLUE CLOUDS | SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS | ||
| 34 | 40 | ANDREW BIRD | HANDS OF GLORY | MOM & POP | ||
| 35 | 34 | MARIA DUNN | PIECE BY PIECE | DISTANT WHISPER MUSIC | ||
| 36 | 37 | JAMES MCMURTRY | OCCUPY THIS ALBUM | RAZOR & TIE | ||
| 37 | 35 | LUKA BLOOM | THIS NEW MORNING | COMPASS | ||
| 38 | 41 | DAVID ROVICS | MEANWHILE IN AFGHANISTAN | SELF | ||
| 39 | 39 | ALAN DOYLE | BOY ON BRIDGE | UNIVERSAL | ||
| 40 | 38 | DARRYL PURPOSE | NEXT TIME AROUND | BLUE ROCK | ||
| 41 | 36 | JOSHUA JAMES | FROM THE TOP OF WILLAMETTE MOUNTAIN | MISSING PIECE | ||
| 42 | 43 | OLLLAM | THE OLLLAM | COMPASS | ||
| 43 | 44 | SCOTT COOPER | QUIET COMPANY | SELF | ||
| 44 | 46 | CARA LUFT | DARLINGFORD | BLUE CASE TUNES | ||
| 45 | 45 | ANGEL OLSEN | HALFWAY HOME | BATHETIC | ||
| 46 | 48 | NANCI GRIFFITH | INTERSECTION | PROPER / HELL NO | ||
| 47 | 50 | ANNABELLE CHVOSTEK | RISE | BOREALIS | ||
| 48 | 0 | ELAINE MAHON | RISE | SELF | ||
| 49 | 0 | PETER KATZ | STILL MIND STILL | INDIE | ||
| 50 | 47 | AMY WHITE WITH AL PETTEWAY | HOME SWEET HOME – SONGS OF LOVE, LOSS, AND BELONGING | FAIREWOOD STUDIOS | ||
| For the Week of February 01, 2013 | ||||||
| TW | LW | Artist | CD Title | Label | ||
| 1 | 1 | GREG BROWN | HYMNS TO WHAT IS LEFT | SAWDUST | ||
| 2 | 2 | CORB LUND | CABIN FEVER | NEW WEST | ||
| 3 | 4 | CARRIE RODRIGUEZ | GIVE ME ALL YOU GOT | NINTH STREET OPUS | ||
| 4 | 3 | BUDDY MILLER & JIM LAUDERDALE | BUDDY & JIM | NEW WEST | ||
| 5 | 6 | AVETT BROTHERS | THE CARPENTER | AMERICAN | ||
| 6 | 7 | KASEY CHAMBERS AND SHANE NICHOLSON | WRECK & RUIN | SURGAR HILL | ||
| 7 | 9 | MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER | ASHES AND ROSES | ZOE / ROUNDER | ||
| 8 | 8 | ROSIE FLORES | WORKING GIRL’S GUITAR | BLOODSHOT | ||
| 9 | 10 | BELLE STARR | THE BURNING OF ATLANTA | SONY MUSIC | ||
| 10 | 5 | JIMMY LAFAVE | DEPENDING ON THE DISTANCE | MUSIC ROAD | ||
| 11 | 35 | DALE WATSON | EL RANCHO AZUL | RED HOUSE | ||
| 12 | 11 | LINDA MCRAE | ROUGH EDGES & RAGGED HEARTS | 42 RECORDS | ||
| 13 | 12 | JOHN WORT HANNAM | BRAMBLES & THORNS | BOREALIS | ||
| 14 | 13 | RODNEY CROWELL | KIN – SONGS BY MARY KARR & RODNEY CROWELL | VANGUARD | ||
| 15 | 14 | DWIGHT YOAKAM | 3 PEARS | WARNER NASHVILLE | ||
| 16 | 17 | KELLY WILLIS & BRUCE ROBISON | CHEATER’S GAME | PREMIUM | ||
| 17 | 15 | KASEY CHAMBERS | STORYBOOK | SUGAR HILL | ||
| 18 | 19 | RONNIE FAUSS | I AM THE MAN YOU KNOW I’M NOT | NORMALTOWN | ||
| 19 | 36 | RICH MAHAN | BLAME BOBBY BARE | SNORTIN’ HORSE | ||
| 20 | 16 | THE FLATLANDERS | THE ODESSA TAPES | NEW WEST | ||
| 21 | 18 | IRIS DEMENT | SING THE DELTA | FLARIELLA | ||
| 22 | 21 | PATTERSON HOOD | HEAT LIGHTNING RUMBLES IN THE DISTANCE | ATO | ||
| 23 | 20 | RYAN BINGHAM | TOMORROWLAND | AXSTER BINGHAM RECORDS | ||
| 24 | 0 | RICHARD THOMPSON | ELECTRIC | NEW WEST | ||
| 25 | 23 | DEL BARBER | HEADWATERS | SIX SHOOTER | ||
| 26 | 26 | WANDA JACKSON | UNFINISHED BUSINESS | SUGAR HILL | ||
| 27 | 24 | BLACK PRAIRIE | A TEAR IN THE EYE IS A WOUND IN THE HEART | SUGAR HILL | ||
| 28 | 25 | CHRIS KNIGHT | LITTLE VICTORIES | DRIFTER’S CHURCH | ||
| 29 | 0 | HOLLY WILLIAMS | THE HIGHWAY | GEORGIANA | ||
| 30 | 29 | CHRIS DANIELS | BETTER DAYS | MOON VOYAGE | ||
| 31 | 22 | NIALL TONER | ONWARDS & UPWARDS | PINECASTLE | ||
| 32 | 28 | MARC BERGER | RIDE | REAL | ||
| 33 | 30 | BILL STAINES | BENEATH SOME LUCKY STAR | RED HOUSE | ||
| 34 | 39 | JOHN DRISKELL HOPKINS & BALSAM RANGE | DAYLIGHT | SELF | ||
| 35 | 38 | THE DIRTY RIVER BOYS | SCIENCE OF FLIGHT | THIRTY TIGERS | ||
| 36 | 34 | JESSE DAYTON | JESSE SINGS KINKY | SWAG | ||
| 37 | 33 | MARK FOSSON | DIGGING IN THE DUST – HOME RECORDINGS 1976 | TOMPKINS SQUARE | ||
| 38 | 41 | THE MAVERICKS | SUITED UP AND READY (EP) | VALORY | ||
| 39 | 42 | BUFORD POPE | MATCHING NUMBERS | UNCHAINED | ||
| 40 | 43 | MICHAEL KOPPY | ASHMORE’S STORE | A GOOD TRACK RECORD | ||
| 41 | 44 | THE LONETONES | MODERN VICTIMS | SELF | ||
| 42 | 46 | RAY WYLIE HUBBARD | THE GRIFTER’S HYMNAL | BORDELLO | ||
| 43 | 47 | THE TRISHAS | HIGH, WIDE & HANDSOME | SELF | ||
| 44 | 48 | JOHN LOWELL | I AM GOING TO THE WEST | SELF | ||
| 45 | 37 | BALMORHEA | STRANGER | WESTERN VINYL | ||
| 46 | 49 | DR. DOG | WILD RACE | ANTI | ||
| 47 | 40 | KELLY HOGAN | I LIKE TO KEEP MYSELF IN PAIN | ANTI | ||
| 48 | 0 | CAROLYN MARK | THE QUEEN OF VANCOUVER ISLAND | MINT | ||
| 49 | 0 | BILLY DON BURNS | NIGHTS WHEN I’M SOBER | RUSTY KNUCKLES | ||
| 50 | 0 | MAX GOMEZ | RULE THE WORLD | NEW WEST | ||
| For the Week of February 01, 2013 | ||||||
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