The David Bromberg Band’s Only Slightly Mad topped the Roots Music Report Folk radio airplay chart last week, while Lori McKenna’s album Massachusetts returned to the #1 spot on the Americana/roots country chart.

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 Americana/Roots Country charts are posted here with permission.

RMR Radio Airplay Chart - Folk Top 50 Albums

David Bromberg Only Slightly Mad CD cover

 
TW LW Artist CD Title Label
1 3 DAVID BROMBERG ONLY SLIGHTLY MAD APPLESEED
2 4 LINDA THOMPSON WON’T BE LONG NOW PETTIFER SOUNDS
3 5 THE DEEP DARK WOODS JUBILEE SIX SHOOTER
4 6 MEAGHAN BLANCHARD SHE’S GONNA FLY SELF
5 7 MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY RED RIVER DRIFTER RED RIVER ENTERTAINMENT
6 8 AOIFE O’DONOVAN FOSSILS YEP ROC
7 2 SARAH JAROSZ BUILD ME UP FROM BONES SUGAR HILL
8 1 TIM O’BRIEN & DARRELL SCOTT MEMORIES AND MOMENTS FULL SKIES
9 9 DAVID FRANCEY SO SAY WE ALL RED HOUSE
10 10 ROBIN AND LINDA WILLIAMS BACK 40 REDHOUSE RECORDS
11 11 PATTY GRIFFIN AMERICAN KID NEW WEST
12 12 THE STRAY BIRDS ECHO SESSIONS SELF
13 13 BELLA HARDY BATTLEPLAN NOE RECORDS
14 15 MANDOLIN ORANGE THIS SIDE OF JORDAN YEP ROC
15 16 AMY SPEACE HOW TO SLEEP IN A STORMY BOAT WINDBONE
16 22 TONY TRISCHKA TERRITORY SMITHSONIAN
17 17 BROTHER SUN SOME PART OF TRUTH SELF
18 18 JOY KILLS SORROW WIDE AWAKE SIGNATURE SOUNDS
19 19 LYNN MILES DOWNPOUR SELF
20 20 THE SKYDIGGERS NO. 1 NORTHERN LATENT
21 21 ASHLEY CONDON THIS GREAT COMPROMISE LAKER MUSIC
22 23 KEITH GLASS BAD DOG SELF
23 25 BURNING BRIDGET CLEARY PRESSED FOR TIME SELF
24 24 JADEA KELLY CLOVER DIVERGENT / TRUE NORTH
25 26 APRIL VERCH BRIGHT LIKE GOLD SLAB TOWN
26 42 LYDIA BROWNFIELD WANTING’S FOR SINNERS SELF
27 28 SUTTON, HOLT & COLEMAN READY FOR THE TIMES HIGH WINDY
28 29 RUTH MOODY THESE WILDER THINGS RED HOUSE
29 30 ENTER THE HAGGIS THE MODEST REVOLUTION FIREBRAND
30 50 PAY THE DEVIL MONEY FOR OLD ROPE SELF
31 14 LAURA MARLING ONCE I WAS AN EAGLE RIBBON MUSIC
32 32 EMERALD RAE IF ONLY I COULD FLY SELF
33 33 WHITEHORSE THE ROAD TO MASSEY HALL SIX SHOOTER
34 34 JOSHUA BELL & EDGAR MEYER SHORT TRIP HOME SONY
35 35 YO-YO MA, EDGAR MEYER, MARK O’CONNOR APPALACHIAN JOURNEY SONY
36 36 THE BILLS YES PLEASE INDIE
37 0 LORI BURKE HOLD ON SELF
38 37 MEAN MARY YEAR OF THE SPARROW WOODROCK
39 38 JOSIENNE CLARKE & BEN WALKER FIRE & FORTUNE NAVIGATOR / COMPASS
40 40 THE STANFIELDS FOR KING AND COUNTRY GROUNDSWELL
41 43 RACHEL DAVIS TURNS SELF
42 47 THE FUGATIVES BIGGER THAN LUCK LIGHT ORGAN RECORDS
43 0 ABIGAIL WASHBURN CITY OF REFUGE FOREIGN CHILDREN RECORDS
44 0 MARY GAUTHIER LIVE AT BLUE ROCK SELF
45 0 JENNA LINDBO JASMINE PARADISE SELF
46 0 MARK KNOPFLER PRIVATEERING UNIVERSAL
47 0 ERIK BALKEY EVERYTHING IS GREAT HUDSON HARDING
48 0 OVERMOUNTAIN MEN THE NEXT BEST THING RAMSEUR
49 48 YARN SHINE THE LIGHT ON YARNMUSIC
50 0 SI KAHN AND THE LOOPING BROTHERS ARAGON MILL – THE BLUEGRASS SESSIONS STRICTLY COUNTRY
For the Week of December 21, 2013 (Charts now frozen until 2014 HAPPY HOLIDAYS)

RMR Radio Airplay Chart - Roots Country Top 50 Albums

Lori McKenna massachusetts album cover

 
TW LW Artist CD Title Label
1 2 LORI MCKENNA MASSACHUSETTS HOODIE SONGS
2 6 SCOTT COOK ONE MORE TIME AROUND GROOVE REVIVAL
3 7 LITTLE MISS HIGGINS THE BISON RANCH RECORDING SESSIONS INDIE
4 3 DELBERT MCCLINTON AND GLEN CLARK BLIND, CRIPPLED AND CRAZY NEW WEST
5 9 SLAID CLEAVES STILL FIGHTING THE WAR MUSIC ROAD
6 5 OVER THE RHINE MEET ME AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD GREAT SPECKLED DOG RECORDS
7 4 TIM EASTON NOT COOL THIRTY TIGERS
8 10 SHANNON MCNALLY SMALL TOWN TALK SACRED SUMAC
9 8 GUY CLARK MY FAVORITE PICTURE OF YOU DUALTONE
10 12 DEBORAH HOLLAND VANCOUVER RAGE ON
11 1 THE SADIES INTERNAL SOUNDS YEP ROC
12 13 STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES (& DUCHESSES) THE LOW HIGHWAY NEW WEST
13 11 DAVIS COEN GET BACK IN SOUNDVIEW
14 18 BILLY BRAGG TOOTH & NAIL COOKING VINYL
15 17 BLACK LILLIES RUNAWAY FREEWAY BLUES ATTACK MONKEY
16 0 BILLIE JOE + NORAH FOREVERLY REPRISE RECORDS
17 21 THE BLACK LILLIES WHISKEY ANGEL SELF
18 22 PAUL MCKENNA BAND ELEMENTS COMPASS
19 38 SCARLET LEDBETTER SCARLET LEDBETTER SELF
20 30 DRIFTWOOD DRIFTWOOD SELF
21 31 RICK SHEA SWEET BERNADINE TRES PESCADORES
22 20 THE GRAHAMS RIVERMAN’S DAUGHTER SELF
23 34 ANDREW DELANEY INTO THE SETTING SUN INDIE
24 14 WILLIE NELSON TO ALL THE GIRLS SONY / LEGACY
25 16 BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA I’LL FIND A WAY SONY MASTERWORKS
26 45 TIA MCGRAFF BREAK THESE CHAINS BANDANA RECORDS
27 47 CORB LUND CABIN FEVER NEW WEST
28 48 THE GOOD FAMILY THE GOOD FAMILY ALBUM LATENT
29 19 RED DIRT RANGERS LONE CHIMNEY RANGER RECORDS
30 0 RAY WYLIE HUBBARD THE GRIFTER’S HYMNAL BORDELLO
31 0 AVETT BROTHERS THE CARPENTER AMERICAN
32 41 SAM BAKER SAY GRACE INDIE
33 15 THE DEVIL MAKES THREE I’M A STRANGER HERE NEW WEST
34 0 JANE KRAMER BREAK & BLOOM SELF
35 0 MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER ASHES AND ROSES ZOE / ROUNDER
36 0 LILLY HIATT LET DOWN NORMAL TOWN
37 0 DOMINIQUE PRUITT DOMINIQUE PRUITT SELF
38 0 DREW KENNEDY WIDE LISTENER ATLAS AURORA
39 0 SUZIE BROWN ALMOST THER FRESHIE
40 46 HARD WORKING AMERICANS HARD WORKING AMERICANS MELVIN
41 0 SARA PETITE CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN SELF
42 0 STEPHEN KELLOGG BLUNDERSTONE ROOKERY ELM CITY MUSIC
43 0 THE STETSON FAMILY O’ WINDING RIVER SELF
44 29 THE WHISKEY GENTRY HOLLY GROVE SELF
45 0 JONNY KAPLAN & THE LAZY STARS SPARKLE AND SHINE RECKLESSGRACE
46 0 RONNIE FAUSS I AM THE MAN YOU KNOW I’M NOT NORMALTOWN
47 0 CAROLINA STORY HOME SELF
48 0 RACHEL BROOKE A KILLER’S DREAM INDIE
49 0 THE STEEL WHEELS NO MORE RAIN SELF
50 0 WHEELER BROTHERS GOLD BOOTS GLITTER BISMEAUX
For the Week of December 21, 2013 (Charts now frozen until 2014 HAPPY HOLIDAYS)