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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.
Jack Lawrence and Peter Rowan perform for Doc Watson’s 103 birthday – photo © Vivian Hopkins If Doc Watson was still…
Tommy Emmanuel – photo © Luciano Viti Guitarist extraordinaire Tommy Emmanuel has chosen Doc Watson’s birthday to release a video for…
Mountain Home Music has released Working Man Blues, the opening track from their much-anticipated album for flatpick guitar maestro Bryan Sutton,…
Attention vinyl lovers! Our friends at Heady Wax Fiends have projects of interest to bluegrass lovers over the next two months….
Had Doc Watson lived, he would have been 102 years old yesterday, March 3. Sunday night, Jack Lawrence, Doc’s picking partner…
For his latest single with Pinecastle Records, bluegrass flatpicker and balladeer Jim Hurst has reached into the Doc Watson catalog for…
The University of North Carolina Press has released a new biography on one of that state’s most influential native sons, Doc…
On this day…. On July 4, 1941, 18-year-old Arthel Lane ‘Doc’ Watson (March 3, 1923 – May 29, 2012) played at…
Attention Doc Watson fans and flatpick guitar lovers… Two of the premier steel string guitarists of our age have released a…
MerleFest has some big news to announce as they celebrate their 35th year in 2023, and the 100th anniversary of the…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
