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 1 RUTH MOODY THESE WILDER THINGS RED HOUSE
3 2 DAVID FRANCEY SO SAY WE ALL RED HOUSE
4 4 THE DEEP DARK WOODS JUBILEE SIX SHOOTER
5 5 MANDOLIN ORANGE THIS SIDE OF JORDAN YEP ROC
6 6 JOY KILLS SORROW WIDE AWAKE SIGNATURE SOUNDS
7 14 AMY SPEACE HOW TO SLEEP IN A STORMY BOAT WINDBONE
8 7 AOIFE O’DONOVAN FOSSILS YEP ROC
9 9 LYNN MILES DOWNPOUR SELF
10 38 TIM O’BRIEN & DARRELL SCOTT MEMORIES AND MOMENTS FULL SKIES
11 29 LAURA MARLING ONCE I WAS AN EAGLE RIBBON MUSIC
12 10 THE SKYDIGGERS NO. 1 NORTHERN LATENT
13 11 MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY RED RIVER DRIFTER RED RIVER ENTERTAINMENT
14 8 BURNING BRIDGET CLEARY PRESSED FOR TIME SELF
15 15 SALLY BARRIS WILDER GIRL SELF
16 12 PHARIS & JASON ROMERO LONG GONE OUT WEST BLUES SELF
17 13 BROTHER SUN SOME PART OF TRUTH SELF
18 16 APRIL VERCH BRIGHT LIKE GOLD SLAB TOWN
19 17 SOLAS SHAMROCK CITY SELF
20 19 ASHLEY CONDON THIS GREAT COMPROMISE LAKER MUSIC
21 20 GURF MORLIX FINDS THE PRESENT TENSE SELF
22 21 SUTTON, HOLT & COLEMAN READY FOR THE TIMES HIGH WINDY
23 22 KEITH GLASS BAD DOG SELF
24 23 JADEA KELLY CLOVER DIVERGENT / TRUE NORTH
25 24 ANAIS MITCHELL & JEFFERSON HAMER CHILD BALLADS WILDERLAND
26 27 HEIDI TALBOT ANGELS WITHOUT WINGS COMPASS
27 28 BELLA HARDY BATTLEPLAN NOE RECORDS
28 30 DARRYL PURPOSE NEXT TIME AROUND BLUE ROCK
29 37 SI KAHN AND THE LOOPING BROTHERS ARAGON MILL – THE BLUEGRASS SESSIONS STRICTLY COUNTRY
30 31 STEPHEN FEARING BETWEEN HURRICANES LOWDENPROUD
31 25 GUY CLARK COLD DOG SOUP SUGAR HILL
32 26 WOODY GUTHRIE THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND UNION SQUARE
33 49 MARK KNOPFLER PRIVATEERING UNIVERSAL
34 35 ENTER THE HAGGIS THE MODEST REVOLUTION FIREBRAND
35 18 EMERALD RAE IF ONLY I COULD FLY SELF
36 39 THE BILLS YES PLEASE INDIE
37 0 FRUITION JUST ONE OF THEM NIGHTS SELF
38 40 JOSIENNE CLARKE & BEN WALKER FIRE & FORTUNE NAVIGATOR / COMPASS
39 32 LAUREN LAPOINTE SUPERHERO SELF
40 41 LORI REID TEMPERANCE HOTEL SELF
41 42 SUSAN MCKEOWN BELONG HIBERNIAN MUSIC
42 0 WOODY GUTHRIE WOODY GUTHRIE AT 100 – LIVE AT THE KENNEDY CENTER SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS
43 45 LORI BURKE HOLD ON SELF
44 34 KENNEDY’S KITCHEN A POCKET FULL OF LINT INDIE
45 0 MEAN MARY YEAR OF THE SPARROW WOODROCK
46 36 YO-YO MA, EDGAR MEYER, MARK O’CONNOR APPALACHIAN JOURNEY SONY
47 0 WHITEHORSE THE ROAD TO MASSEY HALL SIX SHOOTER
48 33 LYDIA BROWNFIELD WANTING’S FOR SINNERS SELF
49 0 THE FUGATIVES BIGGER THAN LUCK LIGHT ORGAN RECORDS
50 43 OVERMOUNTAIN MEN THE NEXT BEST THING RAMSEUR
For the Week of September 20, 2013

RMR Radio Airplay Chart - Roots Country Top 50 Albums

Delbert & Glen CD cover

 
TW LW Artist CD Title Label
1 1 DELBERT MCCLINTON AND GLEN CLARK BLIND, CRIPPLED AND CRAZY NEW WEST
2 3 TIM EASTON NOT COOL THIRTY TIGERS
3 4 SLAID CLEAVES STILL FIGHTING THE WAR MUSIC ROAD
4 2 SCOTT COOK ONE MORE TIME AROUND GROOVE REVIVAL
5 7 GUY CLARK MY FAVORITE PICTURE OF YOU DUALTONE
6 5 STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES (& DUCHESSES) THE LOW HIGHWAY NEW WEST
7 6 SHANNON MCNALLY SMALL TOWN TALK SACRED SUMAC
8 9 ROBBIE FULKS GONE AWAY BACKWARD BLOODSHOT
9 8 BILLY BRAGG TOOTH & NAIL COOKING VINYL
10 18 AMANDA SHIRES DOWN FELL THE DOVES LIGHTNING ROD
11 16 EMMYLOU HARRIS & RODNEY CROWELL OLD YELLOW MOON WARNER
12 10 LORI MCKENNA MASSACHUTSETTS HOODIE SONGS
13 31 VINCE GILL & PAUL FRANKLIN BAKERSFIELD MCA NASHVILLE
14 21 SARAH LEE GUTHRIE & JOHNNY IRION WASSAIC WAY RTE 8
15 13 HOLLY WILLIAMS THE HIGHWAY GEORGIANA
16 23 NEKO CASE THE WORSE THINGS GET, THE HARDER I FIGHT… ANTI
17 12 RICHARD THOMPSON ELECTRIC NEW WEST
18 14 JUSTIN RUTLEDGE VALLEYHEART OUTSIDE MUSIC
19 11 MUMFORD & SONS THE ROAD TO RED ROCKS GLASSNOTE
20 25 VARIOUS ARTISTS YOU DON’T KNOW ME – REDISCOVERING EDDY ARNOLD PLOWBOY
21 30 VARIOUS ARTISTS THE BIG E – A SALUTE TO STEEL GUITARIST BUDDY EMMONS MPI
22 29 THE CIVIL WARS CIVIL WARS COLUMBIA
23 17 DARDEN SMITH LOVE CALLING COMPASS
24 19 BLACK LILLIES RUNAWAY FREEWAY BLUES ATTACK MONKEY
25 38 AUSTIN LUCAS STAY RECKLESS NEW WEST
26 20 LITTLE MISS HIGGINS THE BISON RANCH RECORDING SESSIONS INDIE
27 22 LINDA MCRAE ROUGH EDGES & RAGGED HEARTS 42 RECORDS
28 26 SARA PETITE CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN SELF
29 46 DONNA THE BUFFALO TONIGHT, TOMORROW, AND YESTERDAY SUGAR HILL
30 36 OVER THE RHINE MEET ME AT THE END OF THE WORLD GREAT SPECKLED DOG RECORDS
31 15 DEBORAH HOLLAND VANCOUVER RAGE ON
32 44 CHRIS SHIFLETT & THE DEAD PEASANTS ALL HAT AND NO CATTLE SIDEONE DUMMY
33 27 KELLY WILLIS & BRUCE ROBISON CHEATER’S GAME PREMIUM
34 0 THRIFTSTORE MASTERPIECE TROUBLE IS A LONESOME TOWN SIDE ONE DUMMY
35 45 COURT YARD HOUNDS AMELITA COLUMBIA
36 32 THE GRAHAMS RIVERMAN’S DAUGHTER SELF
37 34 SCARLET LEDBETTER SCARLET LEDBETTER SELF
38 28 THE GOOD FAMILY THE GOOD FAMILY ALBUM LATENT
39 24 THE BLACK LILLIES WHISKEY ANGEL SELF
40 35 SON VOLT HONKY TONK ROUNDER
41 0 NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALL-STARS WORLD BOOGIE IS COMING THIRTY TIGERS
42 33 BIG SANDY AND HIS FLY-RITE BOYS WHAT A DREAM IT’S BEEN COW ISLAND
43 37 BARNEY BENTALL FLESH AND BONE TRUE NORTH
44 39 AVETT BROTHERS THE CARPENTER AMERICAN
45 40 DOMINIQUE PRUITT DOMINIQUE PRUITT SELF
46 0 MICHAEL CHAPMAN WRECKED AGAIN LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
47 0 SCUD MOUNTAIN BOYS DO YOU LOVE THE SUN ASHMONT
48 42 STURGILL SIMPSON HIGH TOP MOUNTAIN THIRTY TIGERS
49 0 VARIOUS ARTISTS TURN ME LOOSE – OUTSIDERS OF OLD-TIME MUSIC TOMPKINS SQUARE
50 43 HALDEN WOFFORD & THE HI-BEAMS ROCKY MOUNTAIN HONKY TONK SELF
For the Week of September 20, 2013