Top 100 Albums for 2012

by | 17 Feb, 2013

RMRlogoThe latest Roots Music Report lists the top 100 albums for 2012.
The top album on the list comes from Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out and titled, “Prime Tyme”.

Roots Music Report compiles radio airplay data reported online from radio station DJ’s around the globe who play all forms of roots music. Each week they list which independent artists are being played the most on the listed stations.

1 RUSSELL MOORE & IIIRD TYME OUT PRIME TYME RURAL RHYTHM
2 SIERRA HULL DAYBREAK ROUNDER
3 CLOSE KIN CLOSE KIN MOUNTAIN ROADS
4 LOU REID & CAROLINA CALLIN ME BACK HOME KMA
5 BILL EMERSON & SWEET DIXIE THE TOUCH OF TIME RURAL RHYTHM
6 ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION PAPER AIRPLANE ROUNDER
7 BEARFOOT AMERICAN STORY COMPASS
8 SPECIAL CONSENSUS SCRATCH GRAVEL ROAD COMPASS
9 SPRING CREEK HOLD ON ME SELF
10 THE GRASCALS LIFE FINDS A WAY MOUNTAIN HOME
11 BLUE HIGHWAY SOUNDS OF HOME ROUNDER RECORDS
12 JUNIOR SISK & RAMBLERS CHOICE THE HEART OF A SONG REBEL
13 STEEP CANYON RANGERS NOBODY KNOWS YOU ROUNDER
14 OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW CARRY ME BACK ATO
15 BILL EVANS IN GOOD COMPANY NATIVE & FINE
16 THE SPINNEY BROTHERS MEMORIES MOUNTAIN FEVER
17 JIM LAUDERDALE CAROLINA MOONRISE SKY CRUNCH / COMPASS
18 LARRY STEPHENSON WHAT REALLY MATTERS COMPASS
19 INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS SILVER SKY HIGH COUNTRY RECORDINGS
20 JIM LAUDERDALE REASON AND RHYME SUGAR HILL
21 RICKY SKAGGS MUSIC TO MY EARS SKAGGS FAMILY
22 THE MISSY WERNER BAND THREE KINDS OF LONESOME SELF
23 VARIOUS ARTIST LIFE GOES ON – MUSICIANS AGAINST CHILDHOOD CANCER RURAL RHYTHM
24 JOE MULLINS & THE RADIO RAMBLERS THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG REBEL
25 THE BOXCARS ALL IN MOUNTAIN HOME MUSIC
26 VOLUME FIVE CHILDREN OF THE MOUNTAIN MOUNTAIN FEVER
27 CJ THE DJ & EAST KENTUCKY RAIN OLD FRIENDS NEW MEMORIES BIG APPAL RECORDS
28 THE HILLBENDERS CAN YOU HEAR ME? COMPASS
29 ROBERT HALE PURE & SIMPLE PINECASTLE
30 YO-YO MA, STUART DUNCAN, EDGAR MEYER, CHRIS THILE THE GOAT RODEO SESSIONS SONY
31 TIM O’BRIEN & DARRELL SCOTT WE’RE USUALLY A LOT BETTER THAN THIS FULL LIGHT
32 LONESOME RIVER BAND CHRONOLOGY VOLUME ONE RURAL RHYTHM
33 GIBSON BROTHERS HELP MY BROTHER COMPASS
34 VARIOUS ARTIST FOGGY MOUNTAIN SPECIAL – A BLUEGRASS TRIBUTE TO EARL SCRUGGS ROUNDER
35 SHANNON SLAUGHTER THE SIDEMAN STEPS OUT ELITE CIRCUIT
36 BALSAM RANGE PAPERTOWN MOUNTAIN HOME
37 KELLER WILLIAMS WITH THE TRAVELIN’ MCCOURYS PICK SCIFIDELITY
38 CUMBERLAND GAP CONNECTION A WHOLE LOTTA LONESOME KINDRED
39 MARTY RAYBON SOUTHERN ROOTS & BRANCHES RURAL RHYTHM
40 BRAND NEW STRINGS STAY TUNED RURAL RHYTHM
41 KATHY KALLICK TIME LIVE OAK
42 BOXCARS THE BOXCARS MOUNTAIN HOME
43 JOHN REISCHMAN & THE JAYBIRDS VINTAGE UNIQUE CORVUS
44 CAROLINA ROAD BACK TO MY ROOTS RURAL RHYTHM
45 DARIN & BROOKE ALDRIDGE SO MUCH IN BETWEEN MOUNTAIN HOME
46 NEWFOUND ROAD LIVE AT THE DOWN HOME ROUNDER
47 RALPH STANLEY II BORN TO BE A DRIFTER STANLEY GENERATION
48 CHRIS JONES & THE NIGHT DRIVERS LOST SOULS & FREE SPIRITS – THE REBEL COLLECTION OLD & NEW REBEL RECORDS
49 NEWTOWN NEWTOWN SELF
50 TOWN MOUNTAIN LEAVE THE BOTTLE PINECASTLE
51 I DRAW SLOW REDHILLS PINECASTLE
52 NOAM PIKELNY BEAT THE DEVIL AND CARRY A RAIL COMPASS
53 GRASSTOWNE KICKIN’ UP DUST RURAL RHYTHM
54 TRAMPLED BY TURTLES STARS AND SATELLITES BANJODAD
55 LARRY SPARKS ALMOST HOME ROUNDER
56 CHARLIE SIZEMORE HEARTACHE LOOKING FOR A HOME ROUNDER
57 THE HEATHER BERRY & TONY MABE SHOW THE HEATHER BERRY & TONY MABE SHOW MOUNTAIN FEVER
58 NOTHIN FANCY NOTHIN FANCY VIRGINIA DREAMS
59 RALPH STANLEY A MOTHER’S PRAYER REBEL
60 DEL MCCOURY BAND OLD MEMORIES – THE SONGS OF BILL MONROE MCCOURY MUSIC
61 THE GRASCALS DANCE TIL YOUR STOCKINGS ARE HOT AND RAVELIN’ – PRESENT A TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW SAGUARO ROAD
62 MILKDRIVE WAVES SELF
63 DETOUR A BETTER PLACE BLUEGRASS AHEAD
64 AUDIE BLAYLOCK HARD COUNTRY RURAL RHYTHM
65 THE ROYS LONESOME WHISTLE PEDESTAL RECORDS
66 DALE ANN BRADLEY SOMEWHERE SOUTH OF CRAZY COMPASS
67 WAYNE TAYLOR & APPALOOSA IT’S GONNA BE A BEAUTIFUL DAY! RAINCOE MUSIC
68 LEFTOVER SALMON AQUATIC HITCHHIKER LOS RECORDS
69 TERRY BAUCOM IN A GROOVE JOHN BOY & BILLY
70 DAN CRARY & THUNDERATION PERFECT STORM BLUE NIGHT
71 EXPEDITION SHOW THE EXPEDITION SHOW MOUNTAIN FEVER
72 DEHLIA LOW RAVENS & CROWS REBEL
73 STEVE MARTIN & THE STEEP CANYON RANGERS RARE BIRD ALERT ROUNDER
74 EDGAR LOUDERMILK ROADS TRAVELLED MOUNTAIN FEVER
75 MICHELLE NIXON & DRIVE A PLACE I BELONG MOUNTAIN FEVER RECORDS
76 KEVIN RICHARDSON KEVIN RICHARDSON MOUNTAIN FEVER
77 DAILEY & VINCENT THE GOSPEL SIDE OF DAILEY & VINCENT CRACKER BARREL / ROUNDER
78 JIM HURST INTREPID NN GUIDO MUSIC
79 AUDIE BLAYLOCK & REDLINE CRYIN’ HEART BLUES RURAL RHYTHM
80 LEE MARCUS GRANDPA’S POND SELF
81 CARRIE HASSLER THE DISTANCE RURAL RHYTHM
82 SARAH JAROSZ FOLLOW ME DOWN SUGAR HILL
83 ACOUSTIC BLUE BEIN’ COUNTRY BISHOP HILL
84 JOSH WILLIAMS DOWN HOME PINECASTLE
85 CHRIS THILE & MICHAEL DAVES SLEEP WITH ONE EYE OPEN NONESUCH
86 CROOKED STILL FRIENDS OF FALL SIGNATURE SOUNDS
87 LARRY CORDLE PUD MARCHUM’S HANGIN’ INDIE
88 KENNY SMITH RETURN SUGARHILL
89 CEDAR HILL GOTTA THING ABOUT DOORS BLUE CIRCLE 2010
90 TOMMY WEBB FROM ROCK-N-ROLL TO BILL MONROE RURAL RHYTHM
91 RHONDA VINCENT TAKEN INDIE
92 RUSSELL JOHNSON ANYTIME, ANYPLACE, BUT ONLY YOU NEW TIME
93 CLAY HESS RAIN KANG
94 FREEMAN & WILLIAMS FREEMAN & WILLIAMS MOUNTAIN ROADS
95 DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER LIGHT ON MY FEET, READY TO FLY HORIZON
96 NIGHTFLYER NIGHTFLYER INDIE
97 GRASS CATS THE MOUNTAINS, MY BABY & ME NEW TIME
98 MICHAEL CLEVELAND & FLAMEKEEPER FIRED UP ROUNDER RECORDS
99 DONNA ULISSE HOLY WATERS HADLEY MUSIC GROUP
100 NEXT BEST THING GRASS THAT I’M PLAYIN’ UPPER MANAGEMENT

0 Comments