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 chart is posted here with permission.
TW | LW | Artist | CD Title | Label | Location | |
1 | 1 | CHRIS SMITHER | TIME STANDS STILL | SIGNATURE SOUNDS | MA | |
2 | 5 | GUY CLARK | SOMEDAYS THE SONG WRITES YOU | DUALTONE | TN | |
3 | 2 | DAVE RAWLINGS MACHINE | A FRIEND OF A FRIEND | ACONY | TN | |
4 | 1 | CHIP TAYLOR | YONKERS NY | TRAIN WRECK | NY | |
5 | 0 | EILEN JEWELL | SEA OF TEARS | SIGNATURE SOUNDS | MA | |
6 | 0 | PETER O’BRIEN AND TONY POOLE | JUNKED CARS AND BEAT UP GUITARS | AURORA | UNITED KINGDOM | |
7 | 4 | EXENE CERVENKA | SOMEWHERE GONE | BLOODSHOT | CA | |
8 | 8 | SHARON SHANNON | SAINTS AND SCOUNDRELS | COMPASS | IRELAND | |
9 | 10 | CLIFF EBERHARDT | 500 – MILES THE BLUE ROCK SESSIONS | RED HOUSE | PA | |
10 | 6 | CAROLINE HERRING | GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN | SIGNATURE SOUNDS | GA | |
11 | 0 | KIERAN KANE | SOMEWHERE BEYOND THE ROSES | DEAD RECKONING / COMPASS | TN | |
12 | 14 | SARAH LEE GUTHRIE | GO WAGGALOO | SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS | MA | |
13 | 9 | SONS OF THE NEVER WRONG | ON A GOOD DAY… I AM | WATERBUG | IL | |
14 | 11 | JOHN GORKA | SO DARK YOU SEE | RED HOUSE | MN | |
15 | 15 | LAURA LOVE & ORVILLE JOHNSON | THE SWEETER THE JUICE | OCOTOROON BIOGRAPHY / ORVILLE JOHNSON MUSIC | WA | |
16 | 20 | STEPHANIE LAMBRING | LONELY TO ALONE | SELF | IN | |
17 | 16 | MARTIN SEXTON | LIVE SOLO | KITCHEN TABLE | MA | |
18 | 7 | KATE MACLEOD | BLOOMING | WATERBUG / WIND RIVER | UT | |
19 | 12 | HEATHER MASSE | BIRD SONG | RED HOUSE RECORDS | NY | |
20 | 0 | VARIOUS ARTIST | THE VILLAGE – A CELEBRATION OF THE MUSIC OF GREENWICH VILLAGE | 429 / FONTANA | NY | |
21 | 0 | KRIS KRISTOFFERSON | STARLIGHT AND STONE | NEW WEST | TN | |
22 | 21 | JEFF TALMADGE | LIVE IN NORDERSTEDT | BOZART | GA | |
23 | 22 | ELVIS PERKINS IN DEARLAND | ELVIS PERKINS IN DEARLAND | BEGGARS XI RECORDING | NY | |
24 | 35 | JOHNSMITH | GRAVITY OF GRACE | ELIXIR | WI | |
25 | 24 | WPA | WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION | RED | CA | |
26 | 28 | MARK KNOPFLER & EMMYLOU HARRIS | ALL THE ROADRUNNING | NONESUCH / WARNER BROTHERS | AL | |
27 | 29 | AMY SPEACE | SONGS FOR BRIGHT STREET | WILDFLOWER | NY | |
28 | 32 | TONY FURTADO | DEEP WATER | FUNZALO | OR | |
29 | 34 | ASSEMBLY OF DUST | SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED | ROCK RIDGE MUSIC | NY | |
30 | 40 | THE AVETT BROTHERS | EMOTIONALISM | RAMSEUR | NC | |
31 | 41 | MELANIE DOANE | A THOUSAND NIGHTS | PRAIRIE OCEAN | CANADA | |
32 | 42 | INDIGO GIRLS | POSEIDON AND THE BITTER BUG | IG RECORDS | GA | |
33 | 43 | TRACY CHAPMAN | OUR BRIGHT FUTURE | ATLANTIC RECORDS | OH | |
34 | 44 | MONSTERS OF FOLK | SAY PLEASE | SHANGRI LA | NE | |
35 | 26 | LEONARD COHEN | LIVE AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT 1970 | LEGACY | CANADA | |
36 | 0 | LEAH VIK SHELTON | BETTER DAY | VELVETONE | WA | |
37 | 46 | JEN CASS | ACCIDENTAL PILGRIMAGE | SELF | MI | |
38 | 47 | ROBIN & LINDA WILLIAMS | THE FIRST CHRISTMAS GIFT | RED HOUSE | VA | |
39 | 48 | ROSALIE SORRELS | STRANGERS IN ANOTHER COUNTRY | RED HOUSE | ID | |
40 | 0 | BETTYSOO | HEAT SIN WATER SKIN | SELF | TX | |
41 | 49 | MINDY SMITH | HIGHS AND LOWS (SINGLE) | VANGUARD | TN | |
42 | 45 | LUCY KAPLANSKY | LIFE THREADS (SINGLE) | RED HOUSE | NY | |
43 | 0 | CHRISTINE KANE | WIDE AWAKE | FIREPINK | NC | |
44 | 13 | PIETA BROWN | SHIMMER | RED HOUSE | IA | |
45 | 0 | MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER | THE CALLING | ZOE / ROUNDER | MA | |
46 | 0 | VARIOUS ARTIST | SONG OF AMERICA | 31 TIGERS | ||
47 | 0 | 7 WORLDS COLLIDE | THE SUN CAME OUT | SONY | UNITED KINGDOM | |
48 | 0 | MATT THE ELECTRICIAN | ANIMAL BOY | SELF | TX | |
49 | 0 | JORMA KAUKONEN | RIVER OF TIME | RED HOUSE | OH | |
50 | 0 | KEITH REID PROJECT | THE COMMON THREAD | ROCKVILLE | United Kingdom | |
For the Week of December 18, 2009 |
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