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

RMR Radio Airplay Chart - Roots Country Top 50 Albums

Slaid Cleaves still fighting the war cd

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