JUNO Award-winning Canadian band Blackie and The Rodeo Kings’ January release, South, was #1 on Roots Music Report’s new monthly Top 50 Roots/Americana Albums Chart for February 2014. Rounding out the top 10 most-played albums were discs by The Stray Birds, Brandy Clark, Guy Clark, Little Miss Higgins & The Winnipeg Five, The Greencards, Mandolin Orange, Michael Martin Murphey, Tim Easton and Ray Benson.
Roots Music Report compiles weekly and monthly 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. Its first monthly Top 50 Roots/Americana Albums Chart is posted here with permission.
(Key to Chart: This Month, Last Month, Album Title, Band/Artist Name, Label)
*NEW* 1 - South Blackie and The Rodeo Kings File Under Music
*NEW* 2 - Echo Sessions The Stray Birds INDIE
*NEW* 3 - 12 Stories Brandy Clark Slate Creek
*NEW* 4 - My Favorite Picture Of You Guy Clark Dualtone
*NEW* 5 - Bison Ranch Recording Sessions Little Miss Higgins & The Winnipeg Five LMH Music
*NEW* 6 - Sweetheart of the Sun The Greencards Darling Street Records
*NEW* 7 - This Side Of Jordan Mandolin Orange Yep Roc
*NEW* 8 - Red River Drifter Michael Martin Murphey Red River
*NEW* 9 - Not Cool Tim Easton Thirty Tigers
*NEW* 10 - A Little Piece Ray Benson Bismeaux
*NEW* 11 - Hang Your Hopes On A Crooked Nail Rod Picott Independent
*NEW* 12 - Never Give In Will Hoge Thirty Tigers
*NEW* 13 - Memories And Moments Tim O’Brien & Darrell Scott Full Skies
*NEW* 14 - In Our Nature Blue Rodeo Self Release
*NEW* 15 - No Way There From Here Laura Cantrell Thrift Shop
*NEW* 16 - Old Time Angels Jim Lauderdale Sky Crunch Records
*NEW* 17 - Prairieography Del Barber Linus Entertainment
*NEW* 18 - Long Night Moon Reckless Kelly Self Released
*NEW* 19 - Tennessee David Newbould Self Released
*NEW* 20 - The Lights From The Chemical Plant Robert Ellis New West
*NEW* 21 - Tambourine Fred Eaglesmith Independent
*NEW* 22 - The Love I Have for You Miss Tess & the Talkbacks Signature Sounds
*NEW* 23 - Still Fighting The War Slaid Cleaves Music Road Records
*NEW* 24 - Memories & Moments Tim O’Brien & Darrell Scott Full Skies
*NEW* 25 - Small Town Heroes Hurray for the Riff Raff ATO Records
*NEW* 26 - The River And The Thread Rosanne Cash Blue Note
*NEW* 27 - Shine The Keller Sisters Self Released
*NEW* 28 - Bitin’ at the Bit Clay McClinton Clayster
*NEW* 29 - The Waiting Place Sara Jean Kelley Blue Jean Records
*NEW* 30 - Roll Me, Tumble Me The Deadly Gentlemen Rounder
*NEW* 31 - Break These Chains Tia McGraff Bandana Records
*NEW* 32 - Chapter One Carolina Story True Bearing Entertainment
*NEW* 33 - Lone Chimney Red Dirt Rangers Ranger Records
*NEW* 34 - Walking Through Clay Dirk Powell Sugar Hill Records
*NEW* 35 - Better At Goodbye Shantell Ogden Hip Farm Chic Records
*NEW* 36 - Break & Bloom Jane Kramer Self Released
*NEW* 37 - Goodbye Hello Wyatt Easterling Phoenix Rising
*NEW* 38 - The Dream Tracie Potochnik Self Released
*NEW* 39 - Songs To Sing and Stories To Tell Kerry Wallace Colt Records
*NEW* 40 - The Haden Triplets Haden Triplets Third Man Records
*NEW* 41 - Keep a Fire Amanda Rheaume Self Released
*NEW* 42 - Reserva The Claytones Rip Roar Music
*NEW* 43 - Sparkle and Shine Jonny Kaplan And The Lazy Stars Reckless Grace
*NEW* 44 - Another Man’s Treasure Greg Klyma Self Released
*NEW* 45 - Pushing Back Wintertime Mike Laureanno Self Released
*NEW* 46 - Downtown Mytic Downtown Mystic Sha La
*NEW* 47 - Often Wrong, Never In Doubt Deadfields Self Release
*NEW* 48 - Old Crow Medicine Show old Crow Medicine Show Self
*NEW* 49 - Into The Setting Sun Andrew Delaney Self Released
*NEW* 50 - Cross My Heart + Hope To Die D.B. Rielly Shut Up & Play!