Roots Music encompasses a variety of different musical genres and their offshoots. Deeply rooted in, and directly proportional to, the ongoing development of American culture and society, Roots Music features alternative and traditional country, American folk, roots rock, blues, and bluegrass music. The Roots Music Report was developed to mirror the activities of these various formats and will feature weekly music charts and reviews, as well as articles on roots music, artists and labels. These charts will identify and help develop new recording artists, independent record labels, and bring to light the careers of many exceptional but otherwise "unknown" performers.

   These charts will reflect the radio airplay spins of some of the most prominent people in the genre, worldwide. Reporters to the chart include radio stations who are playing the roots music; record stores and distributors selling the products; clubs booking the artists; and key music correspondents throughout the world. 

   The Charts provide important information to numerous companies. Radio stations are assisted in their selection of records for airplay; Distributors and Stores as to which product to stock in their own areas; Bookers and Promoters as to the acts who will sell tickets in their areas. In addition, the chart is an important tool for keeping local media in touch with the happenings of records and artists spanning all of these formats.

   Each individual aspect of roots music has its own Top 40 Chart (Roots Country Music Charts, Roots Rock Music Charts, Roots Blues Music Charts, Bluegrass Music Charts, Folk Music Charts). All aspects will flow into a communal chart, which, ultimately, will weave the "Root Stock" into the Roots Music Top 100. Each individual aspect is also represented with it’s own section in the Roots Music Report, featuring artist news and reviews of new product, and live performances. Reporters are currently being lined up for each genre.

   Charts, reviews, profiles and advertising can be accessed by anyone on-line. However, only subscribers have access to the in-depth chart reporting information (the so-called "raw material") of the actual chart listings.

   To underwrite the costs involved in maintaining the Roots Music Report Top 100, advertising is accepted on the web site from those companies with products pertinent to our audience, or whose music appears in any of our charts. Since the majority of labels in the roots music arena are independent, we have structured our on-line advertising prices to be significantly more suitable to the independent label budget than those of printed publications. With this strategy, we hope to enable small record labels and artists to afford the same quality of advertising that the major labels have always enjoyed.

   For further information about the Roots Music Report, send an e-mail to rmr@rootsmusicreport.com
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