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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.
First generation bluegrass pioneers regularly performed in schools, during an era when schoolhouses were the center of activity in communities. Such…
In their latest project, Chronology – Vol 1, the Lonesome River Band has undertaken a daunting task. The current edition of…
I was happy to see the headline earlier this month for a story written by my friend and current bandmate, Buckwheat…
I recently had the great pleasure of renewing my acquaintance with one of the great banjo players of the 1970s and…
With his recent CD, The Touch of Time, Bill Emerson and his Sweet Dixie bandmates add to a legacy he began…
Here’s a gallery of photos taken at SPBMGA 2012 by Valerie Gabehart.
This past weekend at the Music City Sheraton in Nashville, TN, the Society for the Preservation of Blue Grass Music in…
Friday night at the Station Inn in Nashville, J. D. Crowe became ill and was unable to finish the show. According…
Jim Gabehart is journaling his time at the Pete Wernick Dr. Banjo Advanced Banjo Camp this week. After the excitement of…
Jim Gabehart is journaling his time at the Pete Wernick Dr. Banjo Advanced Banjo Camp this week. After a morning touching…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music