Posts tagged "Roots Music Report"

Roots Music Report Folk & Roots Country Radio Charts, 12-02-11

Pieta Brown's Mercury continues to top the Roots Music Report folk radio chart this week, while Robert Earl Keen's Ready for Confetti retains the #1 spot on the roots country chart for the fifth consecutive week. [To view the current Folk and Roots Country Top 50 albums charts, click on the headline.]

Roots Music Report Folk & Roots Country Radio Charts, 11-25-11

Pieta Brown's Mercury continued to top the Roots Music Report folk radio chart last week, while Red Molly's Light in the Sky moved into the #2 position. Robert Earl Keen's Ready for Confetti retained the #1 position on the roots country chart for the fourth week in a row, while Ryan Adams' Ashes & Fire rocketed into the #2 spot based on reported radio airplay. [To view the latest Folk and Roots County Top 50 albums charts, click on the headline.]

Roots Music Report Folk & Roots Country Radio Charts, 11-18-11

Pieta Brown's Mercury continues to top the Roots Music Report folk radio chart this week, while Robert Earl Keen's Ready for Confetti retains the #1 position on the roots country chart for the third week in a row. [To view the current Folk and Roots Country Top 50 albums charts, click on the headline.]

Roots Music Report Folk & Roots Country Radio Charts, 11-04-11

Pieta Brown's Mercury (Red House) continues to top the Roots Music Report folk radio chart this week, while Robert Earl Keen's Ready for Confetti (Lost Highway) climbs into the #1 spot on the roots country chart. [To view the current Folk and Roots Country Top 50 albums charts, click on the headline.]

Roots Music Report Folk & Roots Country Radio Charts, 10-28-11

Pieta Brown's album Mercury continues to top the Roots Music Report folk radio chart this week, while albums by The Civil Wars, Abigail Washburn, Eliza Gilkyson , Madison Violet and Colin Hay retain the next five positions, respectively. Gillian Welch's The Harrow & the Harvest retakes the #1 position on the #1 position on the roots country chart,followed by albums by Catherine MacLellan, Robert Earl Keen, Kasey Chambers, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Joe Ely. [To view the current Folk and Roots Country Top 50 charts, click on the headline.]

Roots Music Report Folk & Roots Country Radio Charts, 10-21-11

Pieta Brown's album Mercury continues to top the Roots Music Report folk radio chart this week, while Kasey Chambers' Little Bird returns to the #1 position on the roots country chart. [To view the current Folk and Roots Country Top 50 charts, click on the headline.]

Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 10-07-11

Pieta Brown's recently released album Mercury tops this week's Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, while Kasey Chambers' Little Bird moves into the #1 position on RMR's Roots Country Radio Chart. [To view the current Folk and Roots Country Top 50 charts, click on the headline.]

Board of Advisors Named for Newport Folk Festival

The Newport Folk Festival, which, earlier this year, returned to its original roots as a nonprofit event, has taken another step that organizers say will help ensure that it “remains a significant, viable, and influential institution for years to come.” To further advance the dialogue with both established and emerging artists, the Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. announced the creation of its Newport Folk Festival Board of Advisors. Named to the panel were Gillian Welch, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Jim James of My Morning Jacket, Colin Meloy of The Decemberists, and Ben Knox Miller of The Low Anthem. [To read the full article, click on the headline.]

Roots Music Report Folk and Roots Country Radio Charts, 09-30-11

Pieta Brown's just-released new album Mercury tops this week's Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart, while Gillian Welch's The Harrow & the Harvest continues in the #1 position on RMR's Roots Country Radio Chart. [To view the current Folk and Roots Country Top 50 charts, click on the headline.]

Roots Music Report Folk & Roots Country Radio Charts, 09-23-11

The Civil Wars' debut album Barton Hollow continues to top the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart this week, while Gillian Welch's The Harrow and the Harvest remains #1 on RMR's Roots Country Chart. [To view the current Folk and Roots Country Top 50 albums charts, click on the headline.]

Roots Music Report Folk & Roots Country Radio Charts, 09-16-11

Albums by The Civil Wars, Paul Simon, Eliza Gilkyson, David Bromberg and Abigail Washburn continue to retain the top five positions in the Roots Music Report Folk Radio Chart this week, although the order has changed. Meanwhile, albums by Gillian Welch and Kasey Chambers remain #1 and #2 on RMR's Roots Country chart, followed by releases from Catherine MacLellan, Blackie & the Rodeo Kings and EmmyLou Harris. {To view the current Folk and Roots Country Top 50 albums charts, click on the headline.]

Roots Music Report Folk & Roots Country Radio Charts, 09-09-11

Paul Simon's So Beautiful or So What returns to the #1 position on the Roots Music Report folk radio chart this week, while Gillian Welch's The Harrow & The Harvest continues to top the Roots Country chart. {To view the current Folk and Roots Country Top 50 albums charts, click on the headline.]