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

Ruth Moody These Wilder Things CD cover

 
TW LW Artist CD Title Label
1 2 RUTH MOODY THESE WILDER THINGS RED HOUSE
2 1 PATTY GRIFFIN AMERICAN KID NEW WEST
3 19 REBECCA FRAZIER WHEN WE FALL COMPASS
4 4 DAVID FRANCEY SO SAY WE ALL RED HOUSE
5 7 STEPHEN FEARING BETWEEN HURRICANES LOWDENPROUD
6 6 LORI REID TEMPERANCE HOTEL SELF
7 3 AOIFE O’DONOVAN FOSSILS YEP ROC
8 5 ANAIS MITCHELL & JEFFERSON HAMER CHILD BALLADS WILDERLAND
9 8 JOY KILLS SORROW WIDE AWAKE SIGNATURE SOUNDS
10 9 HEIDI TALBOT ANGELS WITHOUT WINGS COMPASS
11 10 GURF MORLIX FINDS THE PRESENT TENSE SELF
12 11 BELLA HARDY BATTLEPLAN NOE RECORDS
13 12 SOLAS SHAMROCK CITY SELF
14 14 SALLY BARRIS WILDER GIRL SELF
15 13 BROTHER SUN SOME PART OF TRUTH SELF
16 15 DARRYL PURPOSE NEXT TIME AROUND BLUE ROCK
17 16 LYNN MILES DOWNPOUR SELF
18 17 PHARIS & JASON ROMERO LONG GONE OUT WEST BLUES SELF
19 18 LAURA MARLING ONCE I WAS AN EAGLE RIBBON MUSIC
20 24 AMY SPEACE HOW TO SLEEP IN A STORMY BOAT WINDBONE
21 25 ENTER THE HAGGIS THE MODEST REVOLUTION FIREBRAND
22 0 SUTTON, HOLT & COLEMAN READY FOR THE TIMES HIGH WINDY
23 0 APRIL VERCH BRIGHT LIKE GOLD SLAB TOWN
24 21 SUSAN MCKEOWN BELONG HIBERNIAN MUSIC
25 22 MEAN MARY YEAR OF THE SPARROW WOODROCK
26 28 MATTY POWELL KISS THE CITY INDIE
27 29 THE BILLS YES PLEASE INDIE
28 23 RED TAIL RING THE HEART’S SWIFT FOOT EARTH-WORK RECORDS
29 20 BUDDY MONDLOCK THE MEMORY WALL SPARKING GAP
30 0 THE UNSEEN STRANGERS FOLLOW THE SOUND SELF
31 33 WHITEHORSE THE ROAD TO MASSEY HALL SIX SHOOTER
32 35 CORIN RAYMOND & THE SUNDOWNERS PAPER NICKELS LOCAL RASCAL RECORDS
33 38 THE BOXCAR LILIES SUGAR SHACK SELF
34 36 VARIOUS ARTIST FOLK SONGS FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE SIGNATURE SOUNDS
35 42 WOODY GUTHRIE WOODY AT 100 SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS
36 39 KARYN OLIVER MAGDALENE SELF
37 37 ASHLEIGH FLYNN A MILLION STARS HOME PERM
38 34 MELISSA FERRICK THE TRUTH IS MPRESS RECORDS
39 0 BETSE ELLIS HIGH MOON ORDER FREE DIRT
40 40 KIMBERLY M’CARVER HARD WALTZ KOCKER
41 46 SAM AMIDON BRIGHT SUNNY SOUTH NONESUCH
42 43 OLD MAN LUEDECKE TENDER IS THE NIGHT TRUE NORTH
43 44 ARLON BENNETT WORLD OF POSSIBILITY RED SEA
44 45 TEDDY THOMPSON WAY TO BLUE: THE SONGS OF NICK DRAKE STORYSOUND RECORDS
45 0 LAURA CORTESE INTO THE DARK INDIE
46 47 JAMES GORDON COYOTE’S CALLING BOREALIS
47 49 VANDAVEER OH, WILLIE, PLEASE QUACK MEDIA
48 0 SI KAHN BRISTOL BAY STRICTLY COUNTRY
49 0 MATT THE ELECTRICIAN ACCIDENTAL THIEF INDIE
50 0 BURNING BRIDGET CLEARY PRESSED FOR TIME SELF
For the Week of July 05, 2013

RMR Radio Airplay Chart - Roots Country Top 50 Albums

Steve Earle the low highway album cover

 
TW LW Artist CD Title Label
1 3 STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES (& DUCHESSES) THE LOW HIGHWAY NEW WEST
2 4 SLAID CLEAVES STILL FIGHTING THE WAR MUSIC ROAD
3 2 BILLY BRAGG TOOTH & NAIL COOKING VINYL
4 3 BLACK LILLIES RUNAWAY FREEWAY BLUES ATTACK MONKEY
5 8 EMMYLOU HARRIS & RODNEY CROWELL OLD YELLOW MOON WARNER
6 5 HOLLY WILLIAMS THE HIGHWAY GEORGIANA
7 6 SON VOLT HONKY TONK ROUNDER
8 7 LORI MCKENNA MASSACHUTSETTS HOODIE SONGS
9 18 DELBERT MCCLINTON AND GLEN CLARK BLIND, CRIPPLED AND CRAZY NEW WEST
10 9 KELLY WILLIS & BRUCE ROBISON CHEATER’S GAME PREMIUM
11 10 RICHARD THOMPSON ELECTRIC NEW WEST
12 11 BARNEY BENTALL FLESH AND BONE TRUE NORTH
13 12 100 MILE HOUSE WAIT WITH ME CHRONOGRAPH
14 13 JUSTIN RUTLEDGE VALLEYHEART OUTSIDE MUSIC
15 0 BONNIE BISHOP FREE SELF
16 37 FRANK BANG & THE SECRET STASH DOUBLE DARE BLUE HOSS
17 16 LINDA MCRAE ROUGH EDGES & RAGGED HEARTS 42 RECORDS
18 0 GUY CLARK MY FAVORITE PICTURE OF YOU DUALTONE
19 19 SHANNON MCNALLY SMALL TOWN TALK SACRED SUMAC
20 14 LUKE WINSLOW-KING THE COMING TIDE BLOODSHOT
21 15 STURGILL SIMPSON HIGH TOP MOUNTAIN THIRTY TIGERS
22 20 GARRETT LEBEAU RISE TO THE GRIND MUSIC ROAD
23 27 VARIOUS ARTISTS GHOST BROTHERS OF DARKLAND COUNTY HEAR MUSIC
24 23 VARIOUS ARTISTS UNSUNG HERO – A TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF RON DAVIES LITTLE CHICKADEE
25 21 STATESBORO REVUE RAMBLE ON THE PRIVILEGE CREEK SHALLEY RECORDS
26 26 DONNA THE BUFFALO TONIGHT, TOMORROW, AND YESTERDAY SUGAR HILL
27 17 THE MAVERICKS IN TIME THE VALORY MUSIC
28 24 WILLIE NELSON AND FAMILY LET’S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE SONY LEGACY
29 28 SHANNON WHITWORTH HIGH TIDE EF RECORDS
30 29 TOM JONES SPIRIT IN THE ROOM ROUNDER
31 32 ERIC BRACE & PETER COOPER THE COMEBACK ALBUM RED BEET RECORDS
32 30 MILK CARTON KIDS THE ASH & CLAY ANTI
33 31 WHEELER BROTHERS GOLD BOOTS GLITTER BISMEAUX
34 0 THE GOOD FAMILY THE GOOD FAMILY ALBUM LATENT
35 25 DEBORAH HOLLAND VANCOUVER RAGE ON
36 44 KEVIN ABERNATHY SOME STORIES LIFE SOCKET RECORDS
37 45 ROGER KNOX AND THE PINE VALLEY COSMONAUTS STRANGER IN MY LAND BLOODSHOT
38 36 DAWES STORIES DON’T END ATO
39 38 VARIOUS ARTISTS LOVE FOR LEVON – A BENEFIT TO SAVE THE BARN STAR VISTA / TIME LIFE
40 39 JASON BOLAND AND THE STRAGGLERS DARK & DIRTY MILE THIRTY TIGERS
41 34 GENE CLARK HERE TONIGHT – THE WHITE LIGHT DEMOS OMNIVORE
42 0 VARIOUS ARTISTS TURN ME LOOSE – OUTSIDERS OF OLD-TIME MUSIC TOMPKINS SQUARE
43 46 JOSH HALVERSON ONE SHOT SELF
44 42 YVETTE LANDRY NO MAN’S LAND SOKO
45 43 THE CIVIL WARS AND T BONE BURNETT A PLACE AT THE TABLE (OST) BMG / SENSIBILITY MUSIC
46 41 DALE WATSON EL RANCHO AZUL RED HOUSE
47 49 RONNIE FAUSS I AM THE MAN YOU KNOW I’M NOT NORMALTOWN
48 50 BUDDY MILLER & JIM LAUDERDALE BUDDY & JIM NEW WEST
49 0 RYAN BINGHAM TOMORROWLAND AXSTER BINGHAM RECORDS
50 48 THE COAL PORTERS FIND THE ONE PRIMA
For the Week of July 05, 2013