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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.
This recollection of Jimmy Martin’s lessons to his heralded banjo player Chris Warner is a contribution from Thomas Cook. Chris is…
Gloria Belle, a powerful second-generation bluegrass vocalist and instrumentalist, probably best known for stints with Jimmy Martin, passed away on May…
As we head into the Halloween weekend, with all the little ones preparing to scare us out of our boots with…
Jimmy Martin’s home in Hermitage, TN, where he lived for 40 years until the end of his life, was recently demolished….
Bill Torbert Jr, former member of Jimmy Martin’s Sunny Mountain Boys, passed away on Saturday, October 24, 2020 after contracting COVID-19…
Author Barbara Martin Stephens was the common-law wife of Jimmy Martin, much troubled bluegrass star of the 1950s onwards. Her…
Special tributes to bygone bluegrass stars are on the docket at the 2018 Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival in Tunbridge, VT. Three…
Nadia Ramlagan interviewed Barbara Martin Stephens for her most recent edition of the Yesterday’s Wine podcast. They spoke at length about…
The Nashville chapter of The Handsome Ladies are hosting a live question and answer sessions this evening with Barbara Martin Stephens,…
As those of us in the United States celebrate Independence Day today, what better music to accompany our cookouts and fireworks…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music