Your authoritative and definitive news source for all things bluegrass, updated six days a week, with airplay charts, events directory, interviews, & puzzles.
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These charts are compiled weekly from actual airplay reported by over 50 independent contributing Bluegrass DJ’s. Only songs less than 18 months from date of original release appear here.
A weekly look at the most played songs of the week on radio.
A monthly aggregate of the most played bluegrass songs of the month on radio.
Weekly radio favorites focusing on the intersection between progressive bluegrass & Americana.
Weekly rundown of the most played bluegrass gospel tracks on radio.
IBMA will have some big shoes to fill for 2019 and beyond. Kelly Kessler, the association’s director of communications and professional…
Three well-known young pickers are the top winners in the 2018 Mike Auldridge Instrumental Composition Contest, sponsored by the DC Bluegrass…
Family bands tend to have a limited run in bluegrass. It’s inevitable that the kids age, get married, have children. Life…
Sometimes when I’m overextended, I listen to new music in the background while answering emails, preparing song licenses or making dinner….
Billy Droze is a relatively young man with an old soul. You get that sense listening to his music. But the…
The accolades, awards and good news keep piling up for the sweethearts of bluegrass, Darin and Brooke Aldridge. Rounder Records announced…
Many times when bands take a break from the road they’re never heard from again. That’s not the case, fortunately, for…
IBMA’s love affair with Raleigh continues. Crowds seem bigger this year. Exhibitors report brisk business – one merchant sold two high-end…
IBMA Executive Director Paul Schiminger speaks at the 2018 Momentum Awards while Board Chair Joe Mullins and host Sierra Hull look…
Jamie Dailey’s keynote speech to open this year’s World of Bluegrass in Raleigh was the equivalent of mom urging you to…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
