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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.
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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.
Special Consensus is one of the most well-traveled bands in bluegrass. And so, by extension, is their trusty Turtle Top van,…
Greg Cahill got in touch over Christmas with some news about the next Special Consensus album, due from Compass Records early…
Here’s another update from Greg Cahill on the 2011 Special Consensus European tour. We only had 2 hours sleep when we…
Here’s an update from world traveler Greg Cahill and Special Consensus. Just a brief note to let everyone know we are…
Special Consensus has announced that Dustin Benson is the new guitarist with the band. He is replacing Ryan Roberts, who had…
Special Consensus is back in Ireland, and founder/fearless leader Greg Cahill shares how their first day went. Ah… the carefree life…
Back on October 23rd, Special Consensus celebrated their 35th year of performing bluegrass music from their home base of Chicago, IL….
The Dean of Bluegrass University The Chicago Reader has a nice write up about Greg Cahill and his band Special Consensus,…
Compass Records has also announced that the next CD from Special Consensus, simply titled 35, will be released on May 25….
We just heard from Greg Cahill, Special Consensus founder and fearless leader, about how they are spending their Christmas vacation… “Just…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music