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.
| TW | LW | Artist | CD Title | Label | ||
| 1 | 3 | RUTH MOODY | THESE WILDER THINGS | RED HOUSE | ||
| 2 | 1 | JOY KILLS SORROW | WIDE AWAKE | SIGNATURE SOUNDS | ||
| 3 | 2 | PATTY GRIFFIN | AMERICAN KID | NEW WEST | ||
| 4 | 7 | DAVID FRANCEY | SO SAY WE ALL | RED HOUSE | ||
| 5 | 4 | BURNING BRIDGET CLEARY | PRESSED FOR TIME | SELF | ||
| 6 | 5 | THE BOXCAR LILIES | SUGAR SHACK | SELF | ||
| 7 | 9 | LORI REID | TEMPERANCE HOTEL | SELF | ||
| 8 | 10 | STEPHEN FEARING | BETWEEN HURRICANES | LOWDENPROUD | ||
| 9 | 11 | EMERALD RAE | IF ONLY I COULD FLY | SELF | ||
| 10 | 6 | AOIFE O’DONOVAN | FOSSILS | YEP ROC | ||
| 11 | 8 | AMY SPEACE | HOW TO SLEEP IN A STORMY BOAT | WINDBONE | ||
| 12 | 12 | SI KAHN | THANKSGIVING | STRICTLY COUNTRY | ||
| 13 | 13 | KENNEDY’S KITCHEN | A POCKET FULL OF LINT | INDIE | ||
| 14 | 14 | GUY CLARK | COLD DOG SOUP | SUGAR HILL | ||
| 15 | 15 | TONY TRISCHKA | TERRITORY | SMITHSONIAN | ||
| 16 | 16 | ABIGAIL WASHBURN | CITY OF REFUGE | FOREIGN CHILDREN RECORDS | ||
| 17 | 17 | WOODY GUTHRIE | THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND | UNION SQUARE | ||
| 18 | 18 | JENNA LINDBO | JASMINE PARADISE | SELF | ||
| 19 | 19 | JOSHUA BELL & EDGAR MEYER | SHORT TRIP HOME | SONY | ||
| 20 | 20 | LOREENA MCKENNITT | THE BOOK OF SECRETS | WARNER BROTHERS | ||
| 21 | 21 | YO-YO MA, EDGAR MEYER, MARK O’CONNOR | APPALACHIAN JOURNEY | SONY | ||
| 22 | 22 | BROTHER SUN | SOME PART OF TRUTH | SELF | ||
| 23 | 23 | BELLA HARDY | BATTLEPLAN | NOE RECORDS | ||
| 24 | 25 | SOLAS | SHAMROCK CITY | SELF | ||
| 25 | 26 | SALLY BARRIS | WILDER GIRL | SELF | ||
| 26 | 27 | LYNN MILES | DOWNPOUR | SELF | ||
| 27 | 24 | LAURA MARLING | ONCE I WAS AN EAGLE | RIBBON MUSIC | ||
| 28 | 28 | HEIDI TALBOT | ANGELS WITHOUT WINGS | COMPASS | ||
| 29 | 29 | GURF MORLIX | FINDS THE PRESENT TENSE | SELF | ||
| 30 | 30 | ANAIS MITCHELL & JEFFERSON HAMER | CHILD BALLADS | WILDERLAND | ||
| 31 | 32 | APRIL VERCH | BRIGHT LIKE GOLD | SLAB TOWN | ||
| 32 | 31 | SUTTON, HOLT & COLEMAN | READY FOR THE TIMES | HIGH WINDY | ||
| 33 | 33 | MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY | RED RIVER DRIFTER | RED RIVER ENTERTAINMENT | ||
| 34 | 34 | DARRYL PURPOSE | NEXT TIME AROUND | BLUE ROCK | ||
| 35 | 42 | THE BILLS | YES PLEASE | INDIE | ||
| 36 | 35 | PHARIS & JASON ROMERO | LONG GONE OUT WEST BLUES | SELF | ||
| 37 | 36 | ASHLEY CONDON | THIS GREAT COMPROMISE | LAKER MUSIC | ||
| 38 | 37 | KEITH GLASS | BAD DOG | SELF | ||
| 39 | 38 | WOODY GUTHRIE | WOODY GUTHRIE AT 100 – LIVE AT THE KENNEDY CENTER | SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS | ||
| 40 | 39 | ENTER THE HAGGIS | THE MODEST REVOLUTION | FIREBRAND | ||
| 41 | 40 | LYDIA BROWNFIELD | WANTING’S FOR SINNERS | SELF | ||
| 42 | 41 | SUSAN MCKEOWN | BELONG | HIBERNIAN MUSIC | ||
| 43 | 43 | OVERMOUNTAIN MEN | THE NEXT BEST THING | RAMSEUR | ||
| 44 | 44 | MEAN MARY | YEAR OF THE SPARROW | WOODROCK | ||
| 45 | 0 | ALICE GERRARD | BITTERSWEET | SPRUCE & MAPLE | ||
| 46 | 45 | JOSIENNE CLARKE & BEN WALKER | FIRE & FORTUNE | NAVIGATOR / COMPASS | ||
| 47 | 46 | LORI BURKE | HOLD ON | SELF | ||
| 48 | 0 | SI KAHN | BRISTOL BAY | STRICTLY COUNTRY | ||
| 49 | 49 | JADEA KELLY | CLOVER | DIVERGENT / TRUE NORTH | ||
| 50 | 50 | WHITEHORSE | THE ROAD TO MASSEY HALL | SIX SHOOTER | ||
| For the Week of August 09, 2013 | ||||||
| TW | LW | Artist | CD Title | Label | ||
| 1 | 1 | SLAID CLEAVES | STILL FIGHTING THE WAR | MUSIC ROAD | ||
| 2 | 4 | GUY CLARK | MY FAVORITE PICTURE OF YOU | DUALTONE | ||
| 3 | 2 | STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES (& DUCHESSES) | THE LOW HIGHWAY | NEW WEST | ||
| 4 | 3 | DELBERT MCCLINTON AND GLEN CLARK | BLIND, CRIPPLED AND CRAZY | NEW WEST | ||
| 5 | 5 | EMMYLOU HARRIS & RODNEY CROWELL | OLD YELLOW MOON | WARNER | ||
| 6 | 6 | BILLY BRAGG | TOOTH & NAIL | COOKING VINYL | ||
| 7 | 10 | LORI MCKENNA | MASSACHUTSETTS | HOODIE SONGS | ||
| 8 | 11 | HOLLY WILLIAMS | THE HIGHWAY | GEORGIANA | ||
| 9 | 12 | THE BLACK LILLIES | WHISKEY ANGEL | SELF | ||
| 10 | 13 | MUMFORD & SONS | THE ROAD TO RED ROCKS | GLASSNOTE | ||
| 11 | 14 | SHANNON MCNALLY | SMALL TOWN TALK | SACRED SUMAC | ||
| 12 | 8 | DARDEN SMITH | LOVE CALLING | COMPASS | ||
| 13 | 15 | RICHARD THOMPSON | ELECTRIC | NEW WEST | ||
| 14 | 7 | SON VOLT | HONKY TONK | ROUNDER | ||
| 15 | 16 | AMANDA SHIRES | DOWN FELL THE DOVES | LIGHTNING ROD | ||
| 16 | 9 | BLACK LILLIES | RUNAWAY FREEWAY BLUES | ATTACK MONKEY | ||
| 17 | 17 | BARNEY BENTALL | FLESH AND BONE | TRUE NORTH | ||
| 18 | 18 | 100 MILE HOUSE | WAIT WITH ME | CHRONOGRAPH | ||
| 19 | 26 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | YOU DON’T KNOW ME – REDISCOVERING EDDY ARNOLD | PLOWBOY | ||
| 20 | 20 | DONNA THE BUFFALO | TONIGHT, TOMORROW, AND YESTERDAY | SUGAR HILL | ||
| 21 | 19 | BONNIE BISHOP | FREE | SELF | ||
| 22 | 21 | JUSTIN RUTLEDGE | VALLEYHEART | OUTSIDE MUSIC | ||
| 23 | 22 | LINDA MCRAE | ROUGH EDGES & RAGGED HEARTS | 42 RECORDS | ||
| 24 | 23 | KELLY WILLIS & BRUCE ROBISON | CHEATER’S GAME | PREMIUM | ||
| 25 | 28 | KEVIN ABERNATHY | SOME STORIES | LIFE SOCKET RECORDS | ||
| 26 | 27 | BILL KIRCHEN | SEEDS AND STEMS | PROPER | ||
| 27 | 31 | THE GOOD FAMILY | THE GOOD FAMILY ALBUM | LATENT | ||
| 28 | 29 | AVETT BROTHERS | THE CARPENTER | AMERICAN | ||
| 29 | 25 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | GHOST BROTHERS OF DARKLAND COUNTY | HEAR MUSIC | ||
| 30 | 38 | CHRIS SHIFLETT & THE DEAD PEASANTS | ALL HAT AND NO CATTLE | SIDEONE DUMMY | ||
| 31 | 30 | ERIC BRACE & PETER COOPER | THE COMEBACK ALBUM | RED BEET RECORDS | ||
| 32 | 33 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | TURN ME LOOSE – OUTSIDERS OF OLD-TIME MUSIC | TOMPKINS SQUARE | ||
| 33 | 36 | SCUD MOUNTAIN BOYS | DO YOU LOVE THE SUN | ASHMONT | ||
| 34 | 43 | SARA PETITE | CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN | SELF | ||
| 35 | 0 | STELLA! | SORRY, STELLA | EARTHWORK / DETROIT RADIO CO | ||
| 36 | 40 | STURGILL SIMPSON | HIGH TOP MOUNTAIN | THIRTY TIGERS | ||
| 37 | 35 | DEBORAH HOLLAND | VANCOUVER | RAGE ON | ||
| 38 | 0 | THE CIVIL WARS | CIVIL WARS | COLUMBIA | ||
| 39 | 34 | TWO TONS OF STEEL | UNRAVELED | SMITH ENTERTAINMENT | ||
| 40 | 39 | JASON BOLAND AND THE STRAGGLERS | DARK & DIRTY MILE | THIRTY TIGERS | ||
| 41 | 32 | TOM JONES | SPIRIT IN THE ROOM | ROUNDER | ||
| 42 | 37 | MICHAEL CHAPMAN | WRECKED AGAIN | LIGHT IN THE ATTIC | ||
| 43 | 48 | BRENT AMAKER AND THE RODEOS | YEAR OF THE DRAGON | FIN | ||
| 44 | 0 | HALDEN WOFFORD & THE HI-BEAMS | ROCKY MOUNTAIN HONKY TONK | SELF | ||
| 45 | 42 | YVETTE LANDRY | NO MAN’S LAND | SOKO | ||
| 46 | 41 | CHEYENNE MIZE | AMONG THE GREY | YEP ROC | ||
| 47 | 0 | NEKO CASE | THE WORSE THINGS GET, THE HARDER I FIGHT… | ANTI | ||
| 48 | 49 | JIMMY LAFAVE | DEPENDING ON THE DISTANCE | MUSIC ROAD | ||
| 49 | 0 | RONNIE FAUSS | I AM THE MAN YOU KNOW I’M NOT | NORMALTOWN | ||
| 50 | 44 | BUDDY MILLER & JIM LAUDERDALE | BUDDY & JIM | NEW WEST | ||
| For the Week of August 09, 2013 | ||||||
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