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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.
Curley Seckler and Willis Spears with The Nashville Grass Willis Spears, whose singing and guitar playing were remarkably similar to Lester…
Photo of Pete Corum on the left courtesy of Jim Beaver. Pete Corum, perhaps best known for his time with bluegrass…
Following an invitation that the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) extended to its members that they share a memory from “75…
Years ending in “9” figure quite prominently in the life of Curly Seckler. John Ray Seckler (or Sechler) was born a…
Since 1975, CMH Records has been releasing a string of strong bluegrass and roots music recordings. It’s right there in their…
The funeral services for John Ray “Curly” Seckler will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, January 1, at Spring Hill…
The bluegrass world has lost one of its last connections to the first generation of bluegrass artists with the passing today…
The Association for Recorded Sound Collections recently announced the winners of their 2017 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound…
Penny Parsons, author of Foggy Mountain Troubadour – The Life and Music of Curly Seckler, will speak on Friday (May 19)…
In recognition of veterans world-wide, we recall one of the most evocative war songs in the bluegrass music cannon, Curly Seckler’s…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music