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

RMR Radio Airplay Chart - Roots Country Top 50 Albums

Steve Earle the low highway album cover

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