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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.
We were finally able to catch up with Kristin Scott Benson today, the 2018 recipient of the Steve Martin Prize for…
Kristin Scott Benson, the award-winning banjoist with The Grascals, has been announced as the 2018 recipient of the Steve Martin Prize…
Ron Block has been an icon in the bluegrass banjo world for at least the last 25 years, the time he…
It’s been said many times of late that we are living through a golden age of banjos, a claim that seems…
Banjo virtuoso Tom McKinney passed away peacefully at the CarePartners Hospice Center, Asheville on Friday morning, August 31, 2018. He was…
Béla Fleck welcomes the class at the 2018 Blue Ridge Banjo Camp – photo by Brian Swenk “Immerse yourself.” If there…
Billy Ray Latham, the gregarious banjo player and showman with The Kentucky Colonels, died on Sunday in Nashville at the Vanderbilt…
Nobody outdoes bluegrass and old time lovers when it comes to remembering those who have gone before us. Countless festivals and…
Dale Ann Bradley has announced the latest edition to her touring band. Steve Wilson from South Carolina has signed on as…
In a lot of ways, Greg Welty is fairly typical of young bluegrass artists on the rise. The banjo player was…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
