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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.
Mandolinist and photographer Akira Otsuka and Gary Kopp have spent a great deal of time putting together this tribute to the…
Josh Otsuka, founding guitarist with breakout Japanese bluegrass band, Bluegrass 45, died at his home in Kobe, Japan on January 26….
Akira Otsuka with DCBU President Carolyn Eyerly and his 2023 Washington Monument Award Celebrated capitol area mandolinist, photographer, and producer Akira…
Charlie Waller recording with The Country Gentlemen at Track Recorders – photo © Akira Otsuka Here is another gallery of photos…
Southbound at The Birchmere circa 1979 – photo © Akira Otsuka Akira Otsuka, noted bluegrass mandolinist and photographer, has shared another…
Deb Shuffler Corley, Jennie Shuffler Brittain and George Shuffler at Track Recorders – photo © Akira Otsuka Akira Otsuka has shared…
Here is another gallery of archival photos taken by Akira Otsuka, this time during the recording sessions for Jimmy Arnold’s Guitar…
Many bluegrass lovers know Akira Otsuka as a brilliant mandolinist, something he has pursued from the time he was a young…
Ralph Stanley, Jack Cooke, and Roy Lee Centers in Japan (1971) – photo © Tsutomu Otsuka Fred Robbins has added another…
Boone Creek at Watermelon Park in Berryville, VA 1977 – photo © Akira Otsuka Fred Robbins, one of the premier archivists…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
