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 | 29 | BURNING BRIDGET CLEARY | PRESSED FOR TIME | SELF | ||
| 2 | 1 | PATTY GRIFFIN | AMERICAN KID | NEW WEST | ||
| 3 | 3 | AOIFE O’DONOVAN | FOSSILS | YEP ROC | ||
| 4 | 2 | JOY KILLS SORROW | WIDE AWAKE | SIGNATURE SOUNDS | ||
| 5 | 5 | EMERALD RAE | IF ONLY I COULD FLY | SELF | ||
| 6 | 6 | LORI REID | TEMPERANCE HOTEL | SELF | ||
| 7 | 0 | KENNEDY’S KITCHEN | A POCKET FULL OF LINT | INDIE | ||
| 8 | 0 | GUY CLARK | COLD DOG SOUP | SUGAR HILL | ||
| 9 | 0 | WOODY GUTHRIE | THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND | UNION SQUARE | ||
| 10 | 16 | DAVID FRANCEY | SO SAY WE ALL | RED HOUSE | ||
| 11 | 9 | BROTHER SUN | SOME PART OF TRUTH | SELF | ||
| 12 | 10 | BELLA HARDY | BATTLEPLAN | NOE RECORDS | ||
| 13 | 11 | SOLAS | SHAMROCK CITY | SELF | ||
| 14 | 4 | AMY SPEACE | HOW TO SLEEP IN A STORMY BOAT | WINDBONE | ||
| 15 | 12 | LYNN MILES | DOWNPOUR | SELF | ||
| 16 | 13 | HEIDI TALBOT | ANGELS WITHOUT WINGS | COMPASS | ||
| 17 | 14 | GURF MORLIX | FINDS THE PRESENT TENSE | SELF | ||
| 18 | 15 | STEPHEN FEARING | BETWEEN HURRICANES | LOWDENPROUD | ||
| 19 | 8 | RUTH MOODY | THESE WILDER THINGS | RED HOUSE | ||
| 20 | 17 | SALLY BARRIS | WILDER GIRL | SELF | ||
| 21 | 18 | APRIL VERCH | BRIGHT LIKE GOLD | SLAB TOWN | ||
| 22 | 20 | SUTTON, HOLT & COLEMAN | READY FOR THE TIMES | HIGH WINDY | ||
| 23 | 0 | THE BOXCAR LILIES | SUGAR SHACK | SELF | ||
| 24 | 21 | MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY | RED RIVER DRIFTER | RED RIVER ENTERTAINMENT | ||
| 25 | 19 | DARRYL PURPOSE | NEXT TIME AROUND | BLUE ROCK | ||
| 26 | 0 | JENNA LINDBO | JASMINE PARADISE | SELF | ||
| 27 | 0 | JOSHUA BELL & EDGAR MEYER | SHORT TRIP HOME | SONY | ||
| 28 | 22 | ANAIS MITCHELL & JEFFERSON HAMER | CHILD BALLADS | WILDERLAND | ||
| 29 | 23 | PHARIS & JASON ROMERO | LONG GONE OUT WEST BLUES | SELF | ||
| 30 | 24 | ASHLEY CONDON | THIS GREAT COMPROMISE | LAKER MUSIC | ||
| 31 | 7 | LAURA MARLING | ONCE I WAS AN EAGLE | RIBBON MUSIC | ||
| 32 | 25 | KEITH GLASS | BAD DOG | SELF | ||
| 33 | 28 | ENTER THE HAGGIS | THE MODEST REVOLUTION | FIREBRAND | ||
| 34 | 0 | TONY TRISCHKA | TERRITORY | SMITHSONIAN | ||
| 35 | 0 | ABIGAIL WASHBURN | CITY OF REFUGE | FOREIGN CHILDREN RECORDS | ||
| 36 | 0 | YO-YO MA, EDGAR MEYER, MARK O’CONNOR | APPALACHIAN JOURNEY | SONY | ||
| 37 | 33 | LAUREN LAPOINTE | SUPERHERO | SELF | ||
| 38 | 27 | THE BILLS | YES PLEASE | INDIE | ||
| 39 | 30 | SUSAN MCKEOWN | BELONG | HIBERNIAN MUSIC | ||
| 40 | 34 | MEAN MARY | YEAR OF THE SPARROW | WOODROCK | ||
| 41 | 36 | JOSIENNE CLARKE & BEN WALKER | FIRE & FORTUNE | NAVIGATOR / COMPASS | ||
| 42 | 37 | OVERMOUNTAIN MEN | THE NEXT BEST THING | RAMSEUR | ||
| 43 | 38 | LYDIA BROWNFIELD | WANTING’S FOR SINNERS | SELF | ||
| 44 | 32 | ALICE GERRARD | BITTERSWEET | SPRUCE & MAPLE | ||
| 45 | 39 | JADEA KELLY | CLOVER | DIVERGENT / TRUE NORTH | ||
| 46 | 40 | MUMFORD & SONS | BABEL | GLASSNOTE RECORDS | ||
| 47 | 41 | WHITEHORSE | THE ROAD TO MASSEY HALL | SIX SHOOTER | ||
| 48 | 42 | MATTY POWELL | KISS THE CITY | INDIE | ||
| 49 | 31 | BETSE ELLIS | HIGH MOON ORDER | FREE DIRT | ||
| 50 | 26 | WOODY GUTHRIE | WOODY GUTHRIE AT 100 – LIVE AT THE KENNEDY CENTER | SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS | ||
| For the Week of August 30, 2013 | ||||||
| TW | LW | Artist | CD Title | Label | ||
| 1 | 3 | SLAID CLEAVES | STILL FIGHTING THE WAR | MUSIC ROAD | ||
| 2 | 1 | DELBERT MCCLINTON AND GLEN CLARK | BLIND, CRIPPLED AND CRAZY | NEW WEST | ||
| 3 | 4 | STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES (& DUCHESSES) | THE LOW HIGHWAY | NEW WEST | ||
| 4 | 2 | GUY CLARK | MY FAVORITE PICTURE OF YOU | DUALTONE | ||
| 5 | 5 | LORI MCKENNA | MASSACHUTSETTS | HOODIE SONGS | ||
| 6 | 0 | MUMFORD & SONS | THE ROAD TO RED ROCKS | GLASSNOTE | ||
| 7 | 11 | SHANNON MCNALLY | SMALL TOWN TALK | SACRED SUMAC | ||
| 8 | 10 | RICHARD THOMPSON | ELECTRIC | NEW WEST | ||
| 9 | 6 | HOLLY WILLIAMS | THE HIGHWAY | GEORGIANA | ||
| 10 | 7 | BILLY BRAGG | TOOTH & NAIL | COOKING VINYL | ||
| 11 | 12 | DARDEN SMITH | LOVE CALLING | COMPASS | ||
| 12 | 0 | THE BLACK LILLIES | WHISKEY ANGEL | SELF | ||
| 13 | 9 | EMMYLOU HARRIS & RODNEY CROWELL | OLD YELLOW MOON | WARNER | ||
| 14 | 8 | AMANDA SHIRES | DOWN FELL THE DOVES | LIGHTNING ROD | ||
| 15 | 0 | ROBBIE FULKS | GONE AWAY BACKWARD | BLOODSHOT | ||
| 16 | 16 | BARNEY BENTALL | FLESH AND BONE | TRUE NORTH | ||
| 17 | 15 | 100 MILE HOUSE | WAIT WITH ME | CHRONOGRAPH | ||
| 18 | 18 | JUSTIN RUTLEDGE | VALLEYHEART | OUTSIDE MUSIC | ||
| 19 | 19 | LINDA MCRAE | ROUGH EDGES & RAGGED HEARTS | 42 RECORDS | ||
| 20 | 20 | BONNIE BISHOP | FREE | SELF | ||
| 21 | 14 | THE CIVIL WARS | CIVIL WARS | COLUMBIA | ||
| 22 | 23 | KELLY WILLIS & BRUCE ROBISON | CHEATER’S GAME | PREMIUM | ||
| 23 | 25 | BLACK LILLIES | RUNAWAY FREEWAY BLUES | ATTACK MONKEY | ||
| 24 | 26 | DEBORAH HOLLAND | VANCOUVER | RAGE ON | ||
| 25 | 0 | VINCE GILL & PAUL FRANKLIN | BAKERSFIELD | MCA NASHVILLE | ||
| 26 | 13 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | YOU DON’T KNOW ME – REDISCOVERING EDDY ARNOLD | PLOWBOY | ||
| 27 | 24 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | THE BIG E – A SALUTE TO STEEL GUITARIST BUDDY EMMONS | MPI | ||
| 28 | 21 | SARA PETITE | CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN | SELF | ||
| 29 | 31 | THE GOOD FAMILY | THE GOOD FAMILY ALBUM | LATENT | ||
| 30 | 34 | AVETT BROTHERS | THE CARPENTER | AMERICAN | ||
| 31 | 30 | SON VOLT | HONKY TONK | ROUNDER | ||
| 32 | 28 | TIM EASTON | NOT COOL | THIRTY TIGERS | ||
| 33 | 41 | SCOTT COOK | ONE MORE TIME AROUND | GROOVE REVIVAL | ||
| 34 | 37 | RAY WYLIE HUBBARD | THE GRIFTER’S HYMNAL | BORDELLO | ||
| 35 | 17 | DONNA THE BUFFALO | TONIGHT, TOMORROW, AND YESTERDAY | SUGAR HILL | ||
| 36 | 27 | SARAH LEE GUTHRIE & JOHNNY IRION | WASSAIC WAY | RTE 8 | ||
| 37 | 39 | BIG SANDY AND HIS FLY-RITE BOYS | WHAT A DREAM IT’S BEEN | COW ISLAND | ||
| 38 | 42 | CORB LUND | CABIN FEVER | NEW WEST | ||
| 39 | 38 | BILL KIRCHEN | SEEDS AND STEMS | PROPER | ||
| 40 | 43 | TWO TONS OF STEEL | UNRAVELED | SMITH ENTERTAINMENT | ||
| 41 | 0 | THE GRAHAMS | RIVERMAN’S DAUGHTER | SELF | ||
| 42 | 49 | HALDEN WOFFORD & THE HI-BEAMS | ROCKY MOUNTAIN HONKY TONK | SELF | ||
| 43 | 22 | CHRIS SHIFLETT & THE DEAD PEASANTS | ALL HAT AND NO CATTLE | SIDEONE DUMMY | ||
| 44 | 32 | COURT YARD HOUNDS | AMELITA | COLUMBIA | ||
| 45 | 48 | JAY AYMAR | OVERTIME | INDIE | ||
| 46 | 36 | TOM JONES | SPIRIT IN THE ROOM | ROUNDER | ||
| 47 | 45 | STURGILL SIMPSON | HIGH TOP MOUNTAIN | THIRTY TIGERS | ||
| 48 | 0 | DOMINIQUE PRUITT | DOMINIQUE PRUITT | SELF | ||
| 49 | 0 | JIMMY LAFAVE | DEPENDING ON THE DISTANCE | MUSIC ROAD | ||
| 50 | 0 | PATTERSON HOOD | HEAT LIGHTNING RUMBLES IN THE DISTANCE | ATO | ||
| For the Week of August 30, 2013 | ||||||
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