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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.
Hot Rize, circa 1986 – photo © Rick Gardner Photo Hot Rize is back, in a manner of speaking. Two old…
The Colorado Music Hall of Fame in Morrison, CO, has announced their 2021 class of inductees, honoring the huge contributions the…
Last month, Dave Berry shared a lovely story about the Memorial Bench in Boulder, CO erected to honor the life and…
A local San Francisco Bay Area pickin’ buddy friend, Scott Dailey, from the Stoney Mountain Ramblers, reached out to me about…
This look back to the first time Hot Rize visited France in 1980 comes in three parts. First we have the…
Photo of Nick Forster by Ted Lehmann “It wasn’t that we had this great design where it was like “oh man,…
Hot Rize fans were surprised this weekend at the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival to see the band perform without bass player…
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced today that Hot Rize will host the 2018 International Bluegrass Music Awards show on…
January 2018 marks the 40th anniversary of Hot Rize’s first gigs, in Boulder, Colorado back in 1978. Often called America’s Bluegrass…
Here’s Frank Baker’s second gallery of images from the August 2016 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival. More to come!
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
