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 3 AOIFE O’DONOVAN FOSSILS YEP ROC
3 4 JOY KILLS SORROW WIDE AWAKE SIGNATURE SOUNDS
4 1 BURNING BRIDGET CLEARY PRESSED FOR TIME SELF
5 19 RUTH MOODY THESE WILDER THINGS RED HOUSE
6 6 LORI REID TEMPERANCE HOTEL SELF
7 5 EMERALD RAE IF ONLY I COULD FLY SELF
8 11 BROTHER SUN SOME PART OF TRUTH SELF
9 12 BELLA HARDY BATTLEPLAN NOE RECORDS
10 13 SOLAS SHAMROCK CITY SELF
11 14 AMY SPEACE HOW TO SLEEP IN A STORMY BOAT WINDBONE
12 15 LYNN MILES DOWNPOUR SELF
13 16 HEIDI TALBOT ANGELS WITHOUT WINGS COMPASS
14 17 GURF MORLIX FINDS THE PRESENT TENSE SELF
15 8 GUY CLARK COLD DOG SOUP SUGAR HILL
16 9 WOODY GUTHRIE THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND UNION SQUARE
17 20 SALLY BARRIS WILDER GIRL SELF
18 18 STEPHEN FEARING BETWEEN HURRICANES LOWDENPROUD
19 10 DAVID FRANCEY SO SAY WE ALL RED HOUSE
20 31 LAURA MARLING ONCE I WAS AN EAGLE RIBBON MUSIC
21 21 APRIL VERCH BRIGHT LIKE GOLD SLAB TOWN
22 22 SUTTON, HOLT & COLEMAN READY FOR THE TIMES HIGH WINDY
23 24 MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY RED RIVER DRIFTER RED RIVER ENTERTAINMENT
24 25 DARRYL PURPOSE NEXT TIME AROUND BLUE ROCK
25 28 ANAIS MITCHELL & JEFFERSON HAMER CHILD BALLADS WILDERLAND
26 29 PHARIS & JASON ROMERO LONG GONE OUT WEST BLUES SELF
27 30 ASHLEY CONDON THIS GREAT COMPROMISE LAKER MUSIC
28 32 KEITH GLASS BAD DOG SELF
29 7 KENNEDY’S KITCHEN A POCKET FULL OF LINT INDIE
30 0 MANDOLIN ORANGE THIS SIDE OF JORDAN YEP ROC
31 50 WOODY GUTHRIE WOODY GUTHRIE AT 100 – LIVE AT THE KENNEDY CENTER SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS
32 0 FRUITION JUST ONE OF THEM NIGHTS SELF
33 33 ENTER THE HAGGIS THE MODEST REVOLUTION FIREBRAND
34 43 LYDIA BROWNFIELD WANTING’S FOR SINNERS SELF
35 37 LAUREN LAPOINTE SUPERHERO SELF
36 34 TONY TRISCHKA TERRITORY SMITHSONIAN
37 35 ABIGAIL WASHBURN CITY OF REFUGE FOREIGN CHILDREN RECORDS
38 26 JENNA LINDBO JASMINE PARADISE SELF
39 27 JOSHUA BELL & EDGAR MEYER SHORT TRIP HOME SONY
40 23 THE BOXCAR LILIES SUGAR SHACK SELF
41 36 YO-YO MA, EDGAR MEYER, MARK O’CONNOR APPALACHIAN JOURNEY SONY
42 39 SUSAN MCKEOWN BELONG HIBERNIAN MUSIC
43 38 THE BILLS YES PLEASE INDIE
44 42 OVERMOUNTAIN MEN THE NEXT BEST THING RAMSEUR
45 40 MEAN MARY YEAR OF THE SPARROW WOODROCK
46 41 JOSIENNE CLARKE & BEN WALKER FIRE & FORTUNE NAVIGATOR / COMPASS
47 0 LORI BURKE HOLD ON SELF
48 0 MILAGRO SAINTS MIGHTY ROAD SONGS MOON CARAVAN
49 46 MUMFORD & SONS BABEL GLASSNOTE RECORDS
50 45 JADEA KELLY CLOVER DIVERGENT / TRUE NORTH
For the Week of September 06, 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 DELBERT MCCLINTON AND GLEN CLARK BLIND, CRIPPLED AND CRAZY NEW WEST
3 4 GUY CLARK MY FAVORITE PICTURE OF YOU DUALTONE
4 3 STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES (& DUCHESSES) THE LOW HIGHWAY NEW WEST
5 5 LORI MCKENNA MASSACHUTSETTS HOODIE SONGS
6 15 ROBBIE FULKS GONE AWAY BACKWARD BLOODSHOT
7 6 MUMFORD & SONS THE ROAD TO RED ROCKS GLASSNOTE
8 13 EMMYLOU HARRIS & RODNEY CROWELL OLD YELLOW MOON WARNER
9 21 THE CIVIL WARS CIVIL WARS COLUMBIA
10 7 SHANNON MCNALLY SMALL TOWN TALK SACRED SUMAC
11 14 AMANDA SHIRES DOWN FELL THE DOVES LIGHTNING ROD
12 8 RICHARD THOMPSON ELECTRIC NEW WEST
13 9 HOLLY WILLIAMS THE HIGHWAY GEORGIANA
14 10 BILLY BRAGG TOOTH & NAIL COOKING VINYL
15 0 NEKO CASE THE WORSE THINGS GET, THE HARDER I FIGHT… ANTI
16 36 SARAH LEE GUTHRIE & JOHNNY IRION WASSAIC WAY RTE 8
17 11 DARDEN SMITH LOVE CALLING COMPASS
18 25 VINCE GILL & PAUL FRANKLIN BAKERSFIELD MCA NASHVILLE
19 16 BARNEY BENTALL FLESH AND BONE TRUE NORTH
20 17 100 MILE HOUSE WAIT WITH ME CHRONOGRAPH
21 26 VARIOUS ARTISTS YOU DON’T KNOW ME – REDISCOVERING EDDY ARNOLD PLOWBOY
22 33 SCOTT COOK ONE MORE TIME AROUND GROOVE REVIVAL
23 18 JUSTIN RUTLEDGE VALLEYHEART OUTSIDE MUSIC
24 19 LINDA MCRAE ROUGH EDGES & RAGGED HEARTS 42 RECORDS
25 20 BONNIE BISHOP FREE SELF
26 22 KELLY WILLIS & BRUCE ROBISON CHEATER’S GAME PREMIUM
27 24 DEBORAH HOLLAND VANCOUVER RAGE ON
28 35 DONNA THE BUFFALO TONIGHT, TOMORROW, AND YESTERDAY SUGAR HILL
29 32 TIM EASTON NOT COOL THIRTY TIGERS
30 27 VARIOUS ARTISTS THE BIG E – A SALUTE TO STEEL GUITARIST BUDDY EMMONS MPI
31 0 AUSTIN LUCAS STAY RECKLESS NEW WEST
32 12 THE BLACK LILLIES WHISKEY ANGEL SELF
33 23 BLACK LILLIES RUNAWAY FREEWAY BLUES ATTACK MONKEY
34 28 SARA PETITE CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN SELF
35 44 COURT YARD HOUNDS AMELITA COLUMBIA
36 0 KEVIN ABERNATHY SOME STORIES LIFE SOCKET RECORDS
37 29 THE GOOD FAMILY THE GOOD FAMILY ALBUM LATENT
38 0 THRIFTSTORE MASTERPIECE TROUBLE IS A LONESOME TOWN SIDE ONE DUMMY
39 31 SON VOLT HONKY TONK ROUNDER
40 0 PAUL MCKENNA BAND ELEMENTS COMPASS
41 43 CHRIS SHIFLETT & THE DEAD PEASANTS ALL HAT AND NO CATTLE SIDEONE DUMMY
42 0 SCARLET LEDBETTER SCARLET LEDBETTER SELF
43 41 THE GRAHAMS RIVERMAN’S DAUGHTER SELF
44 37 BIG SANDY AND HIS FLY-RITE BOYS WHAT A DREAM IT’S BEEN COW ISLAND
45 0 MILK CARTON KIDS THE ASH & CLAY ANTI
46 0 CHEYENNE MIZE AMONG THE GREY YEP ROC
47 39 BILL KIRCHEN SEEDS AND STEMS PROPER
48 40 TWO TONS OF STEEL UNRAVELED SMITH ENTERTAINMENT
49 30 AVETT BROTHERS THE CARPENTER AMERICAN
50 46 TOM JONES SPIRIT IN THE ROOM ROUNDER
For the Week of September 06, 2013