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

Patty Griffin american kid album cover

 
TW LW Artist CD Title Label
1 1 PATTY GRIFFIN AMERICAN KID NEW WEST
2 12 RUTH MOODY THESE WILDER THINGS RED HOUSE
3 2 DAVID FRANCEY SO SAY WE ALL RED HOUSE
4 17 ANAIS MITCHELL & JEFFERSON HAMER CHILD BALLADS WILDERLAND
5 4 THE BILLS YES PLEASE INDIE
6 16 THE STRAY BIRDS THE STRAY BIRDS SELF
7 3 GURF MORLIX FINDS THE PRESENT TENSE SELF
8 8 HEIDI TALBOT ANGELS WITHOUT WINGS COMPASS
9 9 BROTHER SUN SOME PART OF TRUTH SELF
10 5 SOLAS SHAMROCK CITY SELF
11 24 DARRYL PURPOSE NEXT TIME AROUND BLUE ROCK
12 14 STEPHEN FEARING BETWEEN HURRICANES LOWDENPROUD
13 6 PAUL KELLY SPRING AND FALL GAWD AGGIE / UNIVERSAL
14 13 LORI REID TEMPERANCE HOTEL SELF
15 11 KATE RUSBY 20 ISLAND
16 7 SALLY BARRIS WILDER GIRL SELF
17 21 OLD MAN LUEDECKE TENDER IS THE NIGHT TRUE NORTH
18 22 SUSAN MCKEOWN BELONG HIBERNIAN MUSIC
19 41 LAURA MARLING ONCE I WAS AN EAGLE RIBBON MUSIC
20 35 MEAN MARY YEAR OF THE SPARROW WOODROCK
21 19 PHARIS & JASON ROMERO LONG GONE OUT WEST BLUES SELF
22 27 JASON COLLETT RECKON ARTS & CRAFTS
23 18 DAVE GUNNING NO MORE PENNIES WEE HOUSE OF MUSIC
24 25 THE UNSEEN STRANGERS FOLLOW THE SOUND SELF
25 0 LAURA CORTESE INTO THE DARK INDIE
26 26 TRENT SEVERN TRENT SEVERN OUTSIDE MUSIC
27 36 JORY NASH LITTLE PILGRIM THIN MAN RECORDS
28 38 ENTER THE HAGGIS THE MODEST REVOLUTION FIREBRAND
29 31 MUMFORD & SONS BABEL GLASSNOTE RECORDS
30 32 MARIA DUNN PIECE BY PIECE DISTANT WHISPER MUSIC
31 33 AMELIA CURRAN SPECTATORS SIX SHOOTER
32 23 LORI BURKE HOLD ON SELF
33 28 KARYN OLIVER MAGDALENE SELF
34 34 OVERMOUNTAIN MEN THE NEXT BEST THING RAMSEUR
35 37 MARY GAUTHIER LIVE AT BLUE ROCK SELF
36 40 VARIOUS ARTISTS FOLK SONGS FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE SIGNATURE SOUNDS
37 39 ASHLEIGH FLYNN A MILLION STARS HOME PERM
38 47 GREAT BIG SEA XX WARNER MUSIC
39 48 WHITEHORSE THE ROAD TO MASSEY HALL SIX SHOOTER
40 29 ANNABELLE CHVOSTEK RISE BOREALIS
41 45 WOOD & WIRE WOOD & WIRE SELF
42 46 HAT CHECK GIRL ROAD TO RED POINT WATERBUG
43 30 AMY SPEACE HOW TO SLEEP IN A STORMY BOAT WINDBONE
44 49 AUSTIN LOUNGE LIZARDS HOME AND DERANGED SELF
45 44 LOUIS ROSEN TIME WAS D-TONE
46 50 CARA LUFT DARLINGFORD BLUE CASE TUNES
47 0 MATTY POWELL KISS THE CITY INDIE
48 0 BARNABY BRIGHT THE LONGEST DAY MISHARA
49 0 HEATHER MALONEY HEATHER MALONEY SIGNATURE SOUNDS
50 0 MOLLY VENTER & EBEN PARISER GOODNIGHT MOONSHINE SELF
For the Week of May 31, 2013

RMR Radio Airplay Chart - Roots Country Top 50 Albums

Steve Earle the low highway album cover

 
TW LW Artist CD Title Label
1 4 STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES (& DUCHESSES) THE LOW HIGHWAY NEW WEST
2 5 BILLY BRAGG TOOTH & NAIL COOKING VINYL
3 3 BLACK LILLIES RUNAWAY FREEWAY BLUES ATTACK MONKEY
4 2 EMMYLOU HARRIS & RODNEY CROWELL OLD YELLOW MOON WARNER
5 4 SON VOLT HONKY TONK ROUNDER
6 8 HOLLY WILLIAMS THE HIGHWAY GEORGIANA
7 6 RICHARD THOMPSON ELECTRIC NEW WEST
8 12 KELLY WILLIS & BRUCE ROBISON CHEATER’S GAME PREMIUM
9 9 CORB LUND CABIN FEVER NEW WEST
10 13 LUKE WINSLOW-KING THE COMING TIDE BLOODSHOT
11 7 VARIOUS ARTISTS UNSUNG HERO – A TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF RON DAVIES LITTLE CHICKADEE
12 10 GARRETT LEBEAU RISE TO THE GRIND MUSIC ROAD
13 16 JOHN WORT HANNAM BRAMBLES & THORNS BOREALIS
14 14 BONNIE BISHOP FREE SELF
15 18 SHANNON MCNALLY SMALL TOWN TALK SACRED SUMAC
16 20 BARNEY BENTALL FLESH AND BONE TRUE NORTH
17 0 TOM JONES SPIRIT IN THE ROOM ROUNDER
18 17 THE MAVERICKS IN TIME THE VALORY MUSIC
19 15 WILLIE NELSON AND FAMILY LET’S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE SONY LEGACY
20 0 FRANK BANG & THE SECRET STASH DOUBLE DARE BLUE HOSS
21 21 BLACK PRAIRIE A TEAR IN THE EYE IS A WOUND IN THE HEART SUGAR HILL
22 22 DALE WATSON EL RANCHO AZUL RED HOUSE
23 35 JASON BOLAND AND THE STRAGGLERS DARK & DIRTY MILE THIRTY TIGERS
24 25 LINDA MCRAE ROUGH EDGES & RAGGED HEARTS 42 RECORDS
25 30 STURGILL SIMPSON HIGH TOP MOUNTAIN THIRTY TIGERS
26 23 CARRIE RODRIGUEZ GIVE ME ALL YOU GOT NINTH STREET OPUS
27 34 100 MILE HOUSE WAIT WITH ME CHRONOGRAPH
28 19 MILK CARTON KIDS THE ASH & CLAY ANTI
29 24 SHANNON WHITWORTH HIGH TIDE EF RECORDS
30 46 VARIOUS ARTISTS THE MUSIC IS YOU – A TRIBUTE TO BOB DENVER ATO
31 29 STATESBORO REVUE RAMBLE ON THE PRIVILEGE CREEK SHALLEY RECORDS
32 27 GREG BROWN HYMNS TO WHAT IS LEFT SAWDUST
33 26 SONS OF FATHERS BURNING DAYS SELF
34 31 JUSTIN RUTLEDGE VALLEYHEART OUTSIDE MUSIC
35 28 THE STEEL WHEELS NO MORE RAIN SELF
36 33 WHEELER BROTHERS GOLD BOOTS GLITTER BISMEAUX
37 36 AVETT BROTHERS THE CARPENTER AMERICAN
38 37 YVETTE LANDRY NO MAN’S LAND SOKO
39 41 ERIC BRACE & PETER COOPER THE COMEBACK ALBUM RED BEET RECORDS
40 39 DREW HOLCOMB AND THE NEIGHBORS GOOD LIGHT GOOD TIME RECORDS
41 40 JOSHUA DAVIS A MIRACLE OF BIRDS EARTH-WORK
42 38 THE CIVIL WARS AND T BONE BURNETT A PLACE AT THE TABLE (OST) BMG / SENSIBILITY MUSIC
43 42 DAVID LUNING JUST DROP ON BY SELF
44 43 DAWES STORIES DON’T END ATO
45 47 GENE CLARK HERE TONIGHT – THE WHITE LIGHT DEMOS OMNIVORE
46 0 STEPHEN KELLOGG BLUNDERSTONE ROOKERY ELM CITY MUSIC
47 44 RAY WYLIE HUBBARD THE GRIFTER’S HYMNAL BORDELLO
48 0 VARIOUS ARTIST LOVE FOR LEVON – A BENEFIT TO SAVE THE BARN STAR VISTA / TIME LIFE
49 0 SLAID CLEAVES STILL FIGHTING THE WAR MUSIC ROAD
50 48 JIMMY LAFAVE DEPENDING ON THE DISTANCE MUSIC ROAD
For the Week of May 31, 2013