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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.
The 1942 Martin D-18 (#81197) once owned by Lester Flatt, which we reported on last spring, has been listed for sale…
Just as our week at the 2023 IBMA World of Bluegrass convention was coming to a close at the end of…
Readers so enjoyed our feature last week on Earl Scruggs’ D-18 Martin guitar, that we thought we would post this report…
The millions of members of the Martin guitar family are mourning today, with news that Diane Repyneck Martin, wife of Chris…
C.F. Martin and Co. is back in business. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf lifted stay-at-home orders for the entire state, effective Friday….
It looks like C.F. Martin and Co. will soon resume making its iconic guitars at its Nazareth, PA, factory. Manufacturing, shipping,…
C.F. Martin & Co. is preparing to make what it is calling its “biggest capital investment” ever. The company, beloved in…
The original Martin Guitar factory in Nazareth, PA has just been listed on The National Register of Historic Places. This is…
Most everyone in the country has by now seen the dire and desperate images from eastern North Carolina, where flooding related…
During last week’s World of Bluegrass convention, the Martin guitar company introduced a new and improved line of guitar strings which…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
