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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.
Jesse McReynolds, surely among the most consequential mandolinists, singers, and songwriters in the history of bluegrass music, died earlier this afternoon…
UPDATE 5:41 p.m. – Joy has just told us that Jesse passed peacefully with her at his bedside at 3:58 p.m….
Jesse McReynolds is resting comfortably at the Ascension Saint Thomas Heart hospital in Nashville after a scare that has kept him…
Today, July 9, 2021, is the 92nd birthday of mandolin legend Jesse McReynolds, and we join all of bluegrass music in…
Rebel Records has released a new music video for High Fidelity from their recording of Tears of Regret, included on the…
There’s something to be said for adhering to tradition. Yet, there’s even more to be said for those who established that…
Today, July 9, 2019, mandolin artist and long-term member of the venerable Grand Ole Opry cast, Jesse McReynolds, celebrates his 90th birthday. …
Jesse McReynolds was born on July 9th, 1929 in Coeburn, Virginia. The country was facing the great depression, and southwest Virginia…
Jesse McReynolds receives a letter of intent from Megan Darby for his honorary doctorate from Glenville State Glenville State College in…
Jesse McReynolds returning home from the hospital (11/29/18) Bluegrass mandolin icon Jesse McReynolds is home again after yet another brief hospital…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
