http://mp3.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&category=genre&genreId=1&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rssTop Roots Artists on Rhapsody OnlineRootsen720Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:59:46 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://mp3.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&category=genre&genreId=1&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2310&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss AOR Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:08:50 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.2310 art.2310 John Mellencamp art.2310 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2310&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2310&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Uh-huh, building with Scarecrow and then becoming fully realized with 1987's The Lonesome Jubilee, Mellencamp told stories of those on the fringes. While perhaps not as subtle as others, Mellencamp's message that all was not well in Regan's America powered him to the top of the charts and into political consciousness. In 1985, along with Willie Nelson and Neil Young, Mellencamp helped found the Farm Aid concert series that provides financial assistance to struggling farmers.]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.38143&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Adult Alternative Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:55:14 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.38143 art.38143 Chris Isaak art.38143 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.38143&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.38143&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Wild At Heart, it wasn't long before people took notice; naturally, an ultrasexy video for the song with supermodel Helena Christensen didn't exactly hurt his popularity. Subsequent efforts, while smoother and less steamy than his 1980s work, have all been successes. - Doug Russell]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5873&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Americana Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:08:21 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5873 art.5873 The Band art.5873 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5873&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5873&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3945&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Blues & Boogie Rock Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:43:35 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3945 art.3945 Bonnie Raitt art.3945 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3945&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3945&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Nick of Time and 1991's Luck of the Draw that Raitt achieved the enormous commercial success fans and critics had been predicting for decades.

The daughter of Broadway star John Raitt, Bonnie Raitt began playing guitar at age 12 and was immediately attracted to the blues. In 1967 she left her L.A. home to enter Radcliffe, but dropped out after two years and began playing the local folk and blues clubs. Dick Waterman, longtime blues aficionado and manager, signed her, and soon she was performing with Howlin' Wolf, Sippie Wallace, Mississippi Fred McDowell, and other blues legends. Her reputation in Boston and Philadelphia led to a record contract with Warner Brothers.

Raitt's early albums were critically lauded for her singing and guitar playing (she is one of the few women who play bottleneck) as well as her choice of material, which often included blues as well as pop and folk songs. Most of Raitt's repertoire consists of covers, and she has gone out of her way to credit her sources, often touring with them as opening acts. Her sixth album, Sweet Forgiveness (Number 25, 1977), went gold and yielded a hit cover version of Del Shannon's "Runaway" (Number 57, 1977). The Glow (featuring her first original tunes since three on Give It Up) (Number 30, 1979) was produced by Peter Asher, but it did not sell as well as its predecessor.

A Quaker, Raitt has played literally hundreds of benefits over the course of her career. She was a founder of M.U.S.E. (Musicians United for Safe Energy), which in September 1979 held a massive concert at Madison Square Garden, with other stars such as Jackson Browne, James Taylor, and the Doobie Brothers. It was later commemorated on a three-LP set. In 1982 she released her eighth LP, Green Light (Number 38, 1982), a harder-rocking effort aided by her backup band, the Bump Band, which included veteran keyboardist Ian MacLagan (of the Faces and the Stones) and Raitt's longtime bassist and tuba-player, Freebo, remained a constant sideman through her various backup bands. They toured with Raitt in mid-1982, greeted by the usual critical acclaim. Her work also appeared on the platinum 1980 Urban Cowboy soundtrack, with the country song "Don't It Make You Wanna Dance."

When Nine Lives (Number 115, 1986) flopped, Raitt lost her deal with Warner Bros. Prince reportedly produced an album's worth of tracks with her, but they were never released. Instead, Raitt reemerged in 1989 on Capitol with her Don Was–produced breakthrough album Nick of Time, which smoothed out her rough bluesy edges yet avoided crass commercialism. It topped the charts, sold 4 million copies, and won an Album of the Year Grammy (one of four awards won by a thunderstruck Raitt at the 1990 gala; one was for her duet with Delbert McClinton, "Good Man, Good Woman").

The pattern held with Luck of the Draw (Number 2, 1991), another Was production, which included the hit singles "Something to Talk About" (Number 5, 1991) and "I Can't Make You Love Me" (Number 18, 1991). It sold over 4 million copies and netted three more Grammys, for Album of the Year, Best Female Rock Vocal, and Best Pop Vocal Performance. Raitt earned another in 1990, for Best Traditional Blues Recording, for "In the Mood," a duet with John Lee Hooker on his album The Healer. Her former label Warner Bros. capitalized on Raitt's high profile by releasing The Bonnie Raitt Collection (Number 61, 1990), which included live duets with Sippie Wallace and John Prine.

In April 1991 Raitt married actor Michael O'Keefe (they divorced in 1999). Raitt also cofounded the Rhythm & Blues Foundation, dedicated to raising awareness and money for influential musical pioneers left impoverished in their old age by unfair record deals and lack of health insurance. Raitt once again found success working with producer Don Was, as 1994's Longing in Their Hearts topped the chart and went platinum shortly after its release; it sold over 2 million copies. It included "Love Sneakin' Up on You" (Number 19, 1994) and "You" (Number 92, 1994). Around this time, Raitt had a hit with "You Got It" (Number 33, 1995) from the film Boys on the Side, and a minor hit with "Rock Steady"(Number 73, 1995), a duet with Bryan Adams. Road Tested (Number 44, 1995) is a live album.

In 1995 Raitt became the first woman guitarist to have a guitar named for her. All royalties from the sale of Fender's Bonnie Raitt Signature Series Stratocaster go to programs to teach inner-city girls to play guitar.

Her next effort, Fundamental (Number 17, 1998), produced by Mitchell Froom and Tchad Blake, was a less polished collection that some viewed as a return to the fine roots- and blues-based work of her earlier, hitless days. Raitt called 1982's Green Light the album's "true predecessor." Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000, Raitt continues to perform for and speak out on a wide range of issues, including nuclear power, reproductive freedom, and the environment. In 2002, Raitt issued Silver Lining (Number 13, 2002) followed by a greatest hits compilation, The Best of Bonnie Raitt on Capitol 1989-2003 in 2003. The self-produced (with Tchad Blake) Souls Alike (Number 19, 2005) followed in 2005. In 2006, Bonnie collaborated with Norah Jones, Alison Krauss, Keb' Mo', and Ben Harper on the DVD/CD project Bonnie Raitt and Friends. ]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.540&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Jam Rock Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:56:23 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.540 art.540 Blues Traveler art.540 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.540&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.540&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Four looked like it would meet the same under-the-radar fate as its predecessors upon its release in 1994; but the following year the single "Run-Around" was released, and the combination of MTV airplay and constant radio airplay proved to be an unstoppable force. Not only was "Run-Around" one of the best-selling singles in 1995, but Four went platinum five times over. H.O.R.D.E tours and more albums followed. In 1999 John Popper underwent angioplasty, leaving the future of the band in question. Popper recovered, but weeks later bassist Bobby Sheehan was found dead in his New Orleans home at age thirty-one. - Linda Ryan]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.54374&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Roots Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:42:24 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.54374 art.54374 Cross Canadian Ragweed art.54374 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.54374&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.54374&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4462&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Brit Rock Tue, 8 Dec 2009 09:16:41 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4462 art.4462 Gomez art.4462 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4462&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4462&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Bring it On, beat out the Verve's Urban Hymns and Massive Attack's Mezzanine (both fine albums in their own right) for the U.K.'s prestigious Mercury Music Prize Album Of The Year. Their music braids vines of organic roots music with strands of bubbly dance production, but their songs tend to stick closer to the soil than the dancefloor. Three singers and two drummers mean a lot of ground can be explored, and Gomez are always willing to go where no Brit has gone before. They've garnered many comparisons to the Band thanks to their innovative take on Americana (MOJO magazine even put them on a cover aping the cover art of The Basement Tapes). One singer barks out lyrics with a warm Eddie Vedderesque rasp, while a second adds your standard, shy-voiced English indie kid, and a third inflects like a very young Tom Waits. Since each one is also a songwriter, the band's best moments feature three different personalities coming together on one soaring vision. And that, good people, is what you call musical chemistry (in it's most pure and dynamic form). With the energy, enthusiasm and passion of young people seeing the world for the first time, they weave in and out of Beatle-inspired power pop, bluesy laments, triumphant rockers or extended cosmic jams -- all the while retaining the kinetic Gomez sound. - Eric Shea]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5150460&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Latin Rock Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:42:29 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5150460 art.5150460 Los Lonely Boys art.5150460 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5150460&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5150460&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.111&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Contemporary Hard Rock Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:08:43 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.111 art.111 Blind Melon art.111 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.111&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.111&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Soup found Blind Melon leaving behind the flowers and little girls in bumblebee costumes for a darker, moodier sound that revealed intelligent songwriting and a salient finesse in musicianship. While touring in support of the album, the band's future came to a tragic end when front man and vocalist Shannon Hoon died from a drug overdose. - Eric Shea]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5476&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Americana Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:14:07 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5476 art.5476 Levon Helm art.5476 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5476&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5476&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Music From Big Pink, a record on which Helm's drumming, singing and (often uncredited) songwriting was essential. After the group disbanded in 1976, Helm cultivated an acting career, earning his biggest role in Cole Miner's Daughter, and continued playing with sundry Band-related projects. Helm was diagnosed with throat cancer in the '90s, though he continued performing with his daughter, Amy, and hosting a famous "Midnight Ramble" series of concerts in his Woodstock barn. After struggling with cancer for a number of years, Helm was able to sing again in the early '00s. He released Dirt Farmer, his first solo record in some 25 years, in 2007. - Nate Cavalieri]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6426&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Americana Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:45:41 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6426 art.6426 Lucinda Williams art.6426 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6426&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6426&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Ramblin' On My Mind (a collection of old country and blues standards). Although the majors tried to coerce Williams to crank out over-produced hit singles for mass quantity consumption by Wal-Mart shoppers, she has stuck to her guns through all these years. Her music is her own: rooted in crafted songs tinged with twang, slide, and the gritty soul of her ragged vocals. - Eric Shea]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5325&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Adult Alternative Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:42:17 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5325 art.5325 Sister Hazel art.5325 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5325&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5325&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Hooked on Classics. - Chad Driscoll]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7112&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Latin Rock Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:51:18 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.7112 art.7112 Los Lobos art.7112 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7112&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7112&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss How Will the Wolf Survive? was big with both the Roots-Punk crowd and general rock audiences. Three years later, their soundtrack to La Bamba gave them multiplatinum record sales and mass exposure for the first time in their career. Since 1988, they have changed their musical direction, stepping off into less popular, but increasingly interesting and rewarding avenues. An album of classic Mexican folk songs has given way to adventurous forays that combine roots music, impressionist landscapes, and Avant-Garde production techniques. Their exceptional songwriting skills keep them grounded and instantly identifiable as one of America's most important bands.]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.625&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Americana Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:13:24 -0700 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.625 art.625 John Hiatt art.625 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.625&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.625&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Bring the Family, on which he was backed up by Nick Lowe, Ry Cooder and ace session drummer Jim Keltner. The record was a critical smash as well as a commercial hit. Since then Hiatt has become a major concert attraction. He remains revered by songwriters, and his material is covered often, most recently on the Eric Clapton/B.B. King collaboration on Hiatt's "Riding With the King." - Eric Shea]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.68627&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Adult Alternative Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:45:13 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.68627 art.68627 Edwin McCain art.68627 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.68627&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.68627&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Misguided Roses) appeared on Dawson's Creek and earned him fans outside his khaki-and baseball cap-wearing fan base. His 1999 follow-up resorted to slick, string-coated production and even included a tune by schmaltz queen Diane Warren. Like Michael Bolton and Celine Dion before him, McCain reaped the financial benefits of this association with "I Could Not Ask for More," climbing back up the charts and a bit further from his bar-band roots, even though -- at its core -- his music hasn't changed all that much. - Will York]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2039&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Latin Pop Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:56:20 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.2039 art.2039 Selena art.2039 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2039&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2039&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.17891594&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Rock/Pop Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:19:30 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.17891594 art.17891594 Shwayze art.17891594 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.17891594&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.17891594&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.55132&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Indie/Alternative Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:41:15 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.55132 art.55132 Calexico art.55132 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.55132&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.55132&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.56910&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Norteno Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:14:02 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.56910 art.56910 Los Tigres del Norte art.56910 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.56910&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.56910&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss El Mas Grande Homenaje A Los Tigres Del Norte, which acknowledged the group's massive contributions to music north and south of the border. After three decades, Los Tigres del Norte have become less a band than an institution, a defining voice for over a generation of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans. - Sarah Bardeen]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.66769&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Americana Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:43:34 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.66769 art.66769 Marc Broussard art.66769 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.66769&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.66769&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.68454&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Roots Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:44:15 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.68454 art.68454 Ry Cooder art.68454 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.68454&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.68454&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Paris, Texas and The Long Riders. Cooder has most recently been active with world music, recording a very popular album with African guitarist Ali Farka Toure. His latest and most prominent role is that of producer for an ad hoc group of Cuban musicians on a recording called The Buena Vista Social Club, which has revived the careers of a number of musicians, as well as being massively popular critically and commercially. - Tom Heyman]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3085&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Classic R&B Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:51:26 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3085 art.3085 Ike and Tina Turner art.3085 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3085&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3085&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2283&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Roots Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:08:53 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.2283 art.2283 John Fogerty art.2283 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2283&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2283&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Centerfield, Forgerty's fourth solo effort. That record with its driving, rhythmic songs, assertive, swampy guitars, poetic social commentary and the singer's trademark idiosyncratic raw, sometimes unhinged voice landed on the top of the charts. If that wasn't vindication enough, a San Francisco jury found Forgerty not guilty of the charges brought by Zantz. In 2005, the iconic songwriter was reunited with his songs, putting out his very first greatest hits CD, the aptly titled Long Road Home , the next year. He continues to be a vital, earthy performer, and his ascendance presaged a whole generation of heartland rockers. - Mike Cloward]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4783&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Americana Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:55:09 -0700 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4783 art.4783 Delbert McClinton art.4783 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4783&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4783&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.704&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Roots Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:20:19 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.704 art.704 The Tragically Hip art.704 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.704&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.704&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.13064223&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Americana Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:56:03 -0700 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.13064223 art.13064223 The Felice Brothers art.13064223 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.13064223&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.13064223&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.40141&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Norteno Sun, 6 Dec 2009 09:56:17 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.40141 art.40141 Intocable art.40141 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.40141&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.40141&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.16495361&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Alt Country Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:42:24 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.16495361 art.16495361 Ryan Bingham art.16495361 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.16495361&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.16495361&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3894&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Roots Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:55:06 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3894 art.3894 BoDeans art.3894 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3894&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3894&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Party of Five in 1996. - Charles Hodgkins]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1881&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Roots Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:05:31 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.1881 art.1881 Shawn Mullins art.1881 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1881&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1881&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Soul's Core was a fine balance of uplifting messages, spiky irreverence and fascinating story lines that garnered the craggy singer a whole new audience. He also is involved in an outfit called the Thorns, which includes power pop prodigy Matthew Sweet and singer-songwriter Pete Droge. Their sound is a bit more borrowed than Mullins' own material, but if you like delightfully derivative songs that sound like the Los Angelino canyon rock crooners of the late 1960s and early '70s (think Crosby, Stills & Nash or the Mamas and the Papas), definitely check out this band. And then listen to Mullins' 9th Ward Pickin' Parlor, which blends the slivers of harmonious soul found in the Thorns with his own narrative know-how, to create this love song to the fallen, but not broken, New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. - Eric Shea]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.19983&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss AOR Sun, 6 Dec 2009 09:55:37 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.19983 art.19983 John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band art.19983 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.19983&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.19983&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2767&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Tex Mex Sun, 6 Dec 2009 09:55:43 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.2767 art.2767 Freddy Fender art.2767 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2767&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2767&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7165464&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Singer-Songwriter Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:14:54 -0700 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.7165464 art.7165464 Trevor Hall art.7165464 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7165464&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7165464&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.33587&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Folk/Sing-Along Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:42:17 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.33587 art.33587 Dan Zanes art.33587 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.33587&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.33587&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.13343&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Roots Fri, 5 Jun 2009 08:53:57 -0700 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.13343 art.13343 Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers art.13343 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.13343&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.13343&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4243&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Southern Rock Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:21:21 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4243 art.4243 Georgia Satellites art.4243 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4243&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4243&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.31566&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Americana Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:28:50 -0700 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.31566 art.31566 The Subdudes art.31566 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.31566&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.31566&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6442&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Punk Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:20:36 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6442 art.6442 X art.6442 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6442&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6442&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3554&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Roots Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:45:47 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3554 art.3554 Drivin' N' Cryin' art.3554 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3554&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3554&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1714&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Tex Mex Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:08:50 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.1714 art.1714 Texas Tornados art.1714 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1714&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1714&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6503&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Cajun/Zydeco Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:41:15 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6503 art.6503 Buckwheat Zydeco art.6503 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6503&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6503&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.371&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Country Soul Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:27:44 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.371 art.371 Tony Joe White art.371 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.371&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.371&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7525105&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Instrumental Country Sun, 6 Dec 2009 09:55:40 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.7525105 art.7525105 50 Guitars Of Tommy Garrett art.7525105 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7525105&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7525105&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5088209&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Adult Alternative Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:22:17 -0700 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5088209 art.5088209 Ingram Hill art.5088209 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5088209&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5088209&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9264950&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Roots Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:51:33 -0700 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.9264950 art.9264950 No Justice art.9264950 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9264950&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9264950&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2607&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Pub Rock Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:56 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.2607 art.2607 Dave Edmunds art.2607 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2607&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2607&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.12942528&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Alt Country Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:49:44 -0700 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.12942528 art.12942528 Scott H. Biram art.12942528 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.12942528&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.12942528&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.12467&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Norteno Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:21:42 -0700 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.12467 art.12467 Los Caminantes art.12467 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.12467&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.12467&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6488&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Cajun/Zydeco Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:41:15 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6488 art.6488 Clifton Chenier art.6488 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6488&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6488&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Austin City Limits in 1976 led to an explosion of interest in his music, and Chenier won a Grammy for his 1982 album I'm Here. He died of diabetes-related kidney disease in 1987, but his legacy lives on in the music of his son, C.J. Chenier, his many singular recordings and his label, Alligator Records. - Nate Cavalieri]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3162&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss Americana Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:14:11 -0800 Top Roots Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3162 art.3162 Chuck Prophet art.3162 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3162&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3162&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Froots%2Fartist-chart.rss What I Deserve before touring with Penelope Houston and then Warren Zevon. More interesting than his session work and touring schedule is Prophet's own torn and frayed style of songwriting. One listen to "New Year's Day" off his '97 solo album and you'll understand why the record was titled Homemade Blood -- Prophet has a Dylan-like ability to bleed into his own songs. He seems to play with one foot planted in American tradition and one foot resting on the foot-pedal of astral innovation. - Eric Shea]]>