Your authoritative and definitive news source for all things bluegrass, updated six days a week, with airplay charts, events directory, interviews, & puzzles.
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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.
It’s one thing when one of the most talented Dobro players on the planet attributes his success to Mike Auldridge. It’s…
The Shape I’m In was written by Dudley Connell, a founder member of the neo-traditional band the Johnson Mountain Boys and…
The word “legend” gets tossed around pretty casually these days, but it does apply to Mike Auldridge, who died of cancer…
I have been around bluegrass radio my whole life. My grandpa, “Moon” Mullins, was a popular disc jockey in Kentucky, Tennessee,…
In a long day of great music and great moments at Sunday’s benefit concert in Roanoke for Herschel and Joyce Sizemore,…
Dean Hoffmeyer captured dozens of memorable images at yesterday’s (2/19) Sizemore Benefit Concert in Roanoke, VA.
Back in February, WAMU’s Bluegrass Country ran an extended interview with Dudley Connell. The piece ran 3 hours, and the response…
Over this past weekend, WAMU’s Bluegrass Country ran the first 3 hours of the lengthy interviews they are conducting with Dudley…
Martin Guitar & Co., probably the most famous guitar manufacturer, celebrates 175 years of production this week, September 9, 1833 being…
Banjo players – and fans of Jimmy Martin – know Chris Warner for his driving style and hard hitting approach to…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
