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 3 PATTY GRIFFIN AMERICAN KID NEW WEST
2 2 JOY KILLS SORROW WIDE AWAKE SIGNATURE SOUNDS
3 1 RUTH MOODY THESE WILDER THINGS RED HOUSE
4 4 DAVID FRANCEY SO SAY WE ALL RED HOUSE
5 7 LORI REID TEMPERANCE HOTEL SELF
6 6 THE BOXCAR LILIES SUGAR SHACK SELF
7 8 STEPHEN FEARING BETWEEN HURRICANES LOWDENPROUD
8 10 AOIFE O’DONOVAN FOSSILS YEP ROC
9 11 AMY SPEACE HOW TO SLEEP IN A STORMY BOAT WINDBONE
10 5 BURNING BRIDGET CLEARY PRESSED FOR TIME SELF
11 9 EMERALD RAE IF ONLY I COULD FLY SELF
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 27 LAURA MARLING ONCE I WAS AN EAGLE RIBBON MUSIC
21 20 LOREENA MCKENNITT THE BOOK OF SECRETS WARNER BROTHERS
22 21 YO-YO MA, EDGAR MEYER, MARK O’CONNOR APPALACHIAN JOURNEY SONY
23 22 BROTHER SUN SOME PART OF TRUTH SELF
24 23 BELLA HARDY BATTLEPLAN NOE RECORDS
25 24 SOLAS SHAMROCK CITY SELF
26 25 SALLY BARRIS WILDER GIRL SELF
27 26 LYNN MILES DOWNPOUR SELF
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 31 APRIL VERCH BRIGHT LIKE GOLD SLAB TOWN
32 32 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 36 PHARIS & JASON ROMERO LONG GONE OUT WEST BLUES SELF
36 37 ASHLEY CONDON THIS GREAT COMPROMISE LAKER MUSIC
37 38 KEITH GLASS BAD DOG SELF
38 39 WOODY GUTHRIE WOODY GUTHRIE AT 100 – LIVE AT THE KENNEDY CENTER SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS
39 40 ENTER THE HAGGIS THE MODEST REVOLUTION FIREBRAND
40 0 ROY BOOK BINDER THE GOOD BOOK PEG LEG
41 35 THE BILLS YES PLEASE INDIE
42 42 SUSAN MCKEOWN BELONG HIBERNIAN MUSIC
43 45 ALICE GERRARD BITTERSWEET SPRUCE & MAPLE
44 0 BETSE ELLIS HIGH MOON ORDER FREE DIRT
45 48 SI KAHN BRISTOL BAY STRICTLY COUNTRY
46 0 MANDOLIN ORANGE THIS SIDE OF JORDAN YEP ROC
47 44 MEAN MARY YEAR OF THE SPARROW WOODROCK
48 46 JOSIENNE CLARKE & BEN WALKER FIRE & FORTUNE NAVIGATOR / COMPASS
49 0 LAUREN LAPOINTE SUPERHERO SELF
50 49 JADEA KELLY CLOVER DIVERGENT / TRUE NORTH
For the Week of August 16, 2013

RMR Radio Airplay Chart - Roots Country Top 50 Albums

Slaid Cleaves still fighting the war cd

 
TW LW Artist CD Title Label
1 1 SLAID CLEAVES STILL FIGHTING THE WAR MUSIC ROAD
2 2 GUY CLARK MY FAVORITE PICTURE OF YOU DUALTONE
3 3 STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES (& DUCHESSES) THE LOW HIGHWAY NEW WEST
4 4 DELBERT MCCLINTON AND GLEN CLARK BLIND, CRIPPLED AND CRAZY NEW WEST
5 6 BILLY BRAGG TOOTH & NAIL COOKING VINYL
6 5 EMMYLOU HARRIS & RODNEY CROWELL OLD YELLOW MOON WARNER
7 8 HOLLY WILLIAMS THE HIGHWAY GEORGIANA
8 7 LORI MCKENNA MASSACHUTSETTS HOODIE SONGS
9 9 THE BLACK LILLIES WHISKEY ANGEL SELF
10 10 MUMFORD & SONS THE ROAD TO RED ROCKS GLASSNOTE
11 11 SHANNON MCNALLY SMALL TOWN TALK SACRED SUMAC
12 13 RICHARD THOMPSON ELECTRIC NEW WEST
13 15 AMANDA SHIRES DOWN FELL THE DOVES LIGHTNING ROD
14 12 DARDEN SMITH LOVE CALLING COMPASS
15 16 BLACK LILLIES RUNAWAY FREEWAY BLUES ATTACK MONKEY
16 19 VARIOUS ARTISTS YOU DON’T KNOW ME – REDISCOVERING EDDY ARNOLD PLOWBOY
17 20 DONNA THE BUFFALO TONIGHT, TOMORROW, AND YESTERDAY SUGAR HILL
18 38 THE CIVIL WARS CIVIL WARS COLUMBIA
19 17 BARNEY BENTALL FLESH AND BONE TRUE NORTH
20 18 100 MILE HOUSE WAIT WITH ME CHRONOGRAPH
21 26 BILL KIRCHEN SEEDS AND STEMS PROPER
22 14 SON VOLT HONKY TONK ROUNDER
23 22 JUSTIN RUTLEDGE VALLEYHEART OUTSIDE MUSIC
24 23 LINDA MCRAE ROUGH EDGES & RAGGED HEARTS 42 RECORDS
25 24 KELLY WILLIS & BRUCE ROBISON CHEATER’S GAME PREMIUM
26 21 BONNIE BISHOP FREE SELF
27 34 SARA PETITE CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN SELF
28 30 CHRIS SHIFLETT & THE DEAD PEASANTS ALL HAT AND NO CATTLE SIDEONE DUMMY
29 27 THE GOOD FAMILY THE GOOD FAMILY ALBUM LATENT
30 25 KEVIN ABERNATHY SOME STORIES LIFE SOCKET RECORDS
31 29 VARIOUS ARTISTS GHOST BROTHERS OF DARKLAND COUNTY HEAR MUSIC
32 0 SARAH LEE GUTHRIE & JOHNNY IRION WASSAIC WAY RTE 8
33 0 COURT YARD HOUNDS AMELITA COLUMBIA
34 0 ANDREW LEAHEY & THE HOMESTEAD SUMMER SLEEVES ANDREW LEAHEY
35 0 THRIFTSTORE MASTERPIECE TROUBLE IS A LONESOME TOWN SIDE ONE DUMMY
36 47 NEKO CASE THE WORSE THINGS GET, THE HARDER I FIGHT… ANTI
37 40 JASON BOLAND AND THE STRAGGLERS DARK & DIRTY MILE THIRTY TIGERS
38 32 VARIOUS ARTISTS TURN ME LOOSE – OUTSIDERS OF OLD-TIME MUSIC TOMPKINS SQUARE
39 39 TWO TONS OF STEEL UNRAVELED SMITH ENTERTAINMENT
40 37 DEBORAH HOLLAND VANCOUVER RAGE ON
41 42 MICHAEL CHAPMAN WRECKED AGAIN LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
42 33 SCUD MOUNTAIN BOYS DO YOU LOVE THE SUN ASHMONT
43 36 STURGILL SIMPSON HIGH TOP MOUNTAIN THIRTY TIGERS
44 44 HALDEN WOFFORD & THE HI-BEAMS ROCKY MOUNTAIN HONKY TONK SELF
45 0 PATRICIA VONNE RATTLE MY CAGE SELF
46 41 TOM JONES SPIRIT IN THE ROOM ROUNDER
47 0 WILLIE NELSON AND FAMILY LET’S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE SONY LEGACY
48 49 RONNIE FAUSS I AM THE MAN YOU KNOW I’M NOT NORMALTOWN
49 50 BUDDY MILLER & JIM LAUDERDALE BUDDY & JIM NEW WEST
50 0 SCOTT COOK ONE MORE TIME AROUND GROOVE REVIVAL
For the Week of August 16, 2013