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 PAUL KELLY SPRING AND FALL GAWD AGGIE / UNIVERSAL
3 4 CAHALEN MORRISON & ELI WEST OUR LADY OF THE TALL TREES INDIE
4 5 MARY GAUTHIER LIVE AT BLUE ROCK SELF
5 3 LUCY KAPLANSKY REUNION REDHOUSE
6 6 BETTYSOO AND DOUG COX MORE LIES BORDERLINE TALENT
7 8 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 12 PETE SEEGER & LORRE WYATT A MORE PERFECT UNION APPLESEED
11 11 ANNALIVIA THE SAME WAY DOWN SELF
12 13 ANGEL SNOW ANGEL SNOW SELF
13 14 KATHY MATTEA CALLING ME HOME SUGAR HILL
14 15 JOHN DOYLE SHADOW AND LIGHT COMPASS
15 16 SHAWN COLVIN ALL FALL DOWN NONESUCH
16 17 THE BILLS YES PLEASE INDIE
17 20 MUMFORD & SONS BABEL GLASSNOTE RECORDS
18 18 KATE RUSBY 20 ISLAND
19 25 DALA BEST DAY COMPASS
20 22 RAYLENE RANKIN ALL THE DIAMONDS CORVUS
21 23 THE STRAY BIRDS THE STRAY BIRDS SELF
22 24 AMELIA CURRAN SPECTATORS SIX SHOOTER
23 26 TRENT SEVERN TRENT SEVERN OUTSIDE MUSIC
24 27 JASON COLLETT RECKON ARTS & CRAFTS
25 28 THE UNSEEN STRANGERS FOLLOW THE SOUND SELF
26 30 LORI REID TEMPERANCE HOTEL SELF
27 7 OLD MAN LUEDECKE TENDER IS THE NIGHT TRUE NORTH
28 31 NELS ANDREWS SCRIMSHAW SELF
29 19 SUSAN KANE A WORD CHILD SELF
30 0 BARNABY BRIGHT THE LONGEST DAY MISHARA
31 21 JORY NASH LITTLE PILGRIM THIN MAN RECORDS
32 32 ANDREA ENGLAND HOPE & OTHER SINS LEMONADE FACTORY
33 33 BILL FAY LIFE IS PEOPLE DEAD OCEANS
34 34 MARIA DUNN PIECE BY PIECE DISTANT WHISPER MUSIC
35 36 DAVID ROVICS MEANWHILE IN AFGHANISTAN SELF
36 0 OVERMOUNTAIN MEN THE NEXT BEST THING RAMSEUR
37 37 JAMES MCMURTRY OCCUPY THIS ALBUM RAZOR & TIE
38 29 JOSHUA JAMES FROM THE TOP OF WILLAMETTE MOUNTAIN MISSING PIECE
39 38 DARRYL PURPOSE NEXT TIME AROUND BLUE ROCK
40 39 ALAN DOYLE BOY ON BRIDGE UNIVERSAL
41 35 ELIZABETH MITCHELL BLUE CLOUDS SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS
42 41 ELAINE MAHON RISE SELF
43 47 ANDERS AND KENDALL WILD CHORUS NMR
44 42 SCOTT COOPER QUIET COMPANY SELF
45 50 ANDREW BIRD HANDS OF GLORY MOM & POP
46 40 LUKA BLOOM THIS NEW MORNING COMPASS
47 46 KAMARA THOMAS AND THE GHOST GAMBLERS EARTH HERO RAWK RAGE
48 43 CARA LUFT DARLINGFORD BLUE CASE TUNES
49 44 NANCI GRIFFITH INTERSECTION PROPER / HELL NO
50 45 ANNABELLE CHVOSTEK RISE BOREALIS
For the Week of February 15, 2013

RMR Radio Airplay Chart - Roots Country Top 50 Albums

Corb Lund album cover Cabin Fever

 
TW LW Artist CD Title Label
1 3 CORB LUND CABIN FEVER NEW WEST
2 1 GREG BROWN HYMNS TO WHAT IS LEFT SAWDUST
3 2 CARRIE RODRIGUEZ GIVE ME ALL YOU GOT NINTH STREET OPUS
4 4 BUDDY MILLER & JIM LAUDERDALE BUDDY & JIM NEW WEST
5 7 MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER ASHES AND ROSES ZOE / ROUNDER
6 6 AVETT BROTHERS THE CARPENTER AMERICAN
7 16 KASEY CHAMBERS AND SHANE NICHOLSON WRECK & RUIN SURGAR HILL
8 8 KELLY WILLIS & BRUCE ROBISON CHEATER’S GAME PREMIUM
9 9 BELLE STARR THE BURNING OF ATLANTA SONY MUSIC
10 10 JIMMY LAFAVE DEPENDING ON THE DISTANCE MUSIC ROAD
11 11 JOHN WORT HANNAM BRAMBLES & THORNS BOREALIS
12 12 LINDA MCRAE ROUGH EDGES & RAGGED HEARTS 42 RECORDS
13 13 RODNEY CROWELL KIN – SONGS BY MARY KARR & RODNEY CROWELL VANGUARD
14 17 DWIGHT YOAKAM 3 PEARS WARNER NASHVILLE
15 18 KASEY CHAMBERS STORYBOOK SUGAR HILL
16 14 ROSIE FLORES WORKING GIRL’S GUITAR BLOODSHOT
17 19 RONNIE FAUSS I AM THE MAN YOU KNOW I’M NOT NORMALTOWN
18 24 DALE WATSON EL RANCHO AZUL RED HOUSE
19 23 PATTERSON HOOD HEAT LIGHTNING RUMBLES IN THE DISTANCE ATO
20 5 RICHARD THOMPSON ELECTRIC NEW WEST
21 26 HOLLY WILLIAMS THE HIGHWAY GEORGIANA
22 15 BLACK PRAIRIE A TEAR IN THE EYE IS A WOUND IN THE HEART SUGAR HILL
23 36 KRIS KRISTOFFERSON FEELING MORTAL KK RECORDS
24 20 THE FLATLANDERS THE ODESSA TAPES NEW WEST
25 21 IRIS DEMENT SING THE DELTA FLARIELLA
26 28 AMANDA CEVALLOS I’LL NEVER HONKY TONK YOU SELF
27 22 DEL BARBER HEADWATERS SIX SHOOTER
28 35 MAX GOMEZ RULE THE WORLD NEW WEST
29 27 WANDA JACKSON UNFINISHED BUSINESS SUGAR HILL
30 30 RICH MAHAN BLAME BOBBY BARE SNORTIN’ HORSE
31 25 CHRIS DANIELS BETTER DAYS MOON VOYAGE
32 32 NIALL TONER ONWARDS & UPWARDS PINECASTLE
33 34 JESSE DAYTON JESSE SINGS KINKY SWAG
34 0 TOWNES VAN ZANDT SUNSHINE BOY OMNIVORE
35 40 THE MAVERICKS SUITED UP AND READY (EP) VALORY
36 38 CHRIS KNIGHT LITTLE VICTORIES DRIFTER’S CHURCH
37 41 THE DIRTY RIVER BOYS SCIENCE OF FLIGHT THIRTY TIGERS
38 31 BILL STAINES BENEATH SOME LUCKY STAR RED HOUSE
39 33 JOHN DRISKELL HOPKINS & BALSAM RANGE DAYLIGHT SELF
40 39 BUFORD POPE MATCHING NUMBERS UNCHAINED
41 42 THE LONETONES MODERN VICTIMS SELF
42 0 TOKYO ROSENTHAL TOKYO’S FIFTH ROCK & SOCK RECORDS
43 0 ROGER KNOX AND THE PINE VALLEY COSMONAUTS STRANGER IN MY LAND BLOODSHOT
44 37 MARC BERGER RIDE REAL
45 43 RAY WYLIE HUBBARD THE GRIFTER’S HYMNAL BORDELLO
46 44 THE TRISHAS HIGH, WIDE & HANDSOME SELF
47 45 CAROLYN MARK THE QUEEN OF VANCOUVER ISLAND MINT
48 46 DANIEL ROMANO COME CRY WITH ME NORMALTOWN
49 47 JULIET AND THE LONESOME ROMEOS NO REGRETS TREE O RECORDS
50 0 SONS OF FATHERS BURNING DAYS SELF
For the Week of February 15, 2013