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 2 PATTY GRIFFIN AMERICAN KID NEW WEST
2 6 AOIFE O’DONOVAN FOSSILS YEP ROC
3 8 JOY KILLS SORROW WIDE AWAKE SIGNATURE SOUNDS
4 1 RUTH MOODY THESE WILDER THINGS RED HOUSE
5 5 LORI REID TEMPERANCE HOTEL SELF
6 14 SALLY BARRIS WILDER GIRL SELF
7 9 HEIDI TALBOT ANGELS WITHOUT WINGS COMPASS
8 15 DARRYL PURPOSE NEXT TIME AROUND BLUE ROCK
9 11 GURF MORLIX FINDS THE PRESENT TENSE SELF
10 12 BELLA HARDY BATTLEPLAN NOE RECORDS
11 13 SOLAS SHAMROCK CITY SELF
12 4 STEPHEN FEARING BETWEEN HURRICANES LOWDENPROUD
13 10 BROTHER SUN SOME PART OF TRUTH SELF
14 3 DAVID FRANCEY SO SAY WE ALL RED HOUSE
15 7 ANAIS MITCHELL & JEFFERSON HAMER CHILD BALLADS WILDERLAND
16 16 LYNN MILES DOWNPOUR SELF
17 17 LAURA MARLING ONCE I WAS AN EAGLE RIBBON MUSIC
18 18 PHARIS & JASON ROMERO LONG GONE OUT WEST BLUES SELF
19 36 SI KAHN BRISTOL BAY STRICTLY COUNTRY
20 19 SUTTON, HOLT & COLEMAN READY FOR THE TIMES HIGH WINDY
21 20 APRIL VERCH BRIGHT LIKE GOLD SLAB TOWN
22 21 SUSAN MCKEOWN BELONG HIBERNIAN MUSIC
23 23 MEAN MARY YEAR OF THE SPARROW WOODROCK
24 22 AMY SPEACE HOW TO SLEEP IN A STORMY BOAT WINDBONE
25 24 ENTER THE HAGGIS THE MODEST REVOLUTION FIREBRAND
26 25 LYDIA BROWNFIELD WANTING’S FOR SINNERS SELF
27 27 THE BILLS YES PLEASE INDIE
28 26 MATTY POWELL KISS THE CITY INDIE
29 33 BUDDY MONDLOCK THE MEMORY WALL SPARKING GAP
30 30 WOODY GUTHRIE WOODY AT 100 SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS
31 29 OVERMOUNTAIN MEN THE NEXT BEST THING RAMSEUR
32 40 RED TAIL RING THE HEART’S SWIFT FOOT EARTH-WORK RECORDS
33 37 LORI BURKE HOLD ON SELF
34 38 BETSE ELLIS HIGH MOON ORDER FREE DIRT
35 31 WHITEHORSE THE ROAD TO MASSEY HALL SIX SHOOTER
36 28 MUMFORD & SONS BABEL GLASSNOTE RECORDS
37 34 THE UNSEEN STRANGERS FOLLOW THE SOUND SELF
38 32 THE BOXCAR LILIES SUGAR SHACK SELF
39 39 ROY BOOK BINDER THE GOOD BOOK PEG LEG
40 35 CORIN RAYMOND & THE SUNDOWNERS PAPER NICKELS LOCAL RASCAL RECORDS
41 41 KIMBERLY M’CARVER HARD WALTZ KOCKER
42 43 MILAGRO SAINTS MIGHTY ROAD SONGS MOON CARAVAN
43 44 KARYN OLIVER MAGDALENE SELF
44 42 EMERALD RAE IF ONLY I COULD FLY SELF
45 45 DEL MCCOURY WOODY GUTHRIE AT 100 LIVE AT THE KENNEDY CENTER LEGACY RECORDINGS
46 0 ALICE GERRARD BITTERSWEET SPRUCE & MAPLE
47 46 OLD MAN LUEDECKE TENDER IS THE NIGHT TRUE NORTH
48 47 ARLON BENNETT WORLD OF POSSIBILITY RED SEA
49 48 TEDDY THOMPSON WAY TO BLUE: THE SONGS OF NICK DRAKE STORYSOUND RECORDS
50 50 SAM AMIDON BRIGHT SUNNY SOUTH NONESUCH
For the Week of July 26, 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 3 BILLY BRAGG TOOTH & NAIL COOKING VINYL
3 2 STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES (& DUCHESSES) THE LOW HIGHWAY NEW WEST
4 5 EMMYLOU HARRIS & RODNEY CROWELL OLD YELLOW MOON WARNER
5 7 SON VOLT HONKY TONK ROUNDER
6 4 BLACK LILLIES RUNAWAY FREEWAY BLUES ATTACK MONKEY
7 8 DELBERT MCCLINTON AND GLEN CLARK BLIND, CRIPPLED AND CRAZY NEW WEST
8 6 HOLLY WILLIAMS THE HIGHWAY GEORGIANA
9 9 LORI MCKENNA MASSACHUTSETTS HOODIE SONGS
10 10 RICHARD THOMPSON ELECTRIC NEW WEST
11 40 DARDEN SMITH LOVE CALLING COMPASS
12 11 GUY CLARK MY FAVORITE PICTURE OF YOU DUALTONE
13 48 DEBORAH HOLLAND VANCOUVER RAGE ON
14 12 KELLY WILLIS & BRUCE ROBISON CHEATER’S GAME PREMIUM
15 13 BARNEY BENTALL FLESH AND BONE TRUE NORTH
16 14 100 MILE HOUSE WAIT WITH ME CHRONOGRAPH
17 15 JUSTIN RUTLEDGE VALLEYHEART OUTSIDE MUSIC
18 17 BONNIE BISHOP FREE SELF
19 19 LINDA MCRAE ROUGH EDGES & RAGGED HEARTS 42 RECORDS
20 16 SHANNON MCNALLY SMALL TOWN TALK SACRED SUMAC
21 20 DONNA THE BUFFALO TONIGHT, TOMORROW, AND YESTERDAY SUGAR HILL
22 50 VARIOUS ARTISTS YOU DON’T KNOW ME – REDISCOVERING EDDY ARNOLD PLOWBOY
23 21 BILL KIRCHEN SEEDS AND STEMS PROPER
24 24 ERIC BRACE & PETER COOPER THE COMEBACK ALBUM RED BEET RECORDS
25 18 VARIOUS ARTISTS GHOST BROTHERS OF DARKLAND COUNTY HEAR MUSIC
26 27 KEVIN ABERNATHY SOME STORIES LIFE SOCKET RECORDS
27 29 AVETT BROTHERS THE CARPENTER AMERICAN
28 23 VARIOUS ARTISTS UNSUNG HERO – A TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF RON DAVIES LITTLE CHICKADEE
29 37 VARIOUS ARTISTS TURN ME LOOSE – OUTSIDERS OF OLD-TIME MUSIC TOMPKINS SQUARE
30 33 THE GOOD FAMILY THE GOOD FAMILY ALBUM LATENT
31 31 JASON BOLAND AND THE STRAGGLERS DARK & DIRTY MILE THIRTY TIGERS
32 28 JOSH HALVERSON ONE SHOT SELF
33 32 STURGILL SIMPSON HIGH TOP MOUNTAIN THIRTY TIGERS
34 38 CHEYENNE MIZE AMONG THE GREY YEP ROC
35 43 MICHAEL CHAPMAN WRECKED AGAIN LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
36 44 SCUD MOUNTAIN BOYS DO YOU LOVE THE SUN ASHMONT
37 25 TOM JONES SPIRIT IN THE ROOM ROUNDER
38 26 WILLIE NELSON AND FAMILY LET’S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE SONY LEGACY
39 22 LUKE WINSLOW-KING THE COMING TIDE BLOODSHOT
40 0 SARA PETITE CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN SELF
41 41 GENE CLARK HERE TONIGHT – THE WHITE LIGHT DEMOS OMNIVORE
42 49 BRENT AMAKER AND THE RODEOS YEAR OF THE DRAGON FIN
43 0 TWO TONS OF STEEL UNRAVELED SMITH ENTERTAINMENT
44 36 YVETTE LANDRY NO MAN’S LAND SOKO
45 39 DAWES STORIES DON’T END ATO
46 0 STATESBORO REVUE RAMBLE ON THE PRIVILEGE CREEK SHALLEY RECORDS
47 42 FRANK BANG & THE SECRET STASH DOUBLE DARE BLUE HOSS
48 0 JIMMY LAFAVE DEPENDING ON THE DISTANCE MUSIC ROAD
49 45 RONNIE FAUSS I AM THE MAN YOU KNOW I’M NOT NORMALTOWN
50 34 BUDDY MILLER & JIM LAUDERDALE BUDDY & JIM NEW WEST
For the Week of July 26, 2013