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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.
Joey Cox has been announced as the new banjo player with Mountain Fever recording artists Linda Lay & Springfield Exit. It…
Regular readers of Bluegrass Today will have surely noted my occasional musings on how few really outstanding new recordings come across…
Galax, VA has a long history in the development and preservation of bluegrass and old time music. The annual Old Fiddlers…
Shannon Slaughter has been one of my favorite bluegrass guitarists since I first met him in the mid-1990s. At the time,…
Bluestar is a new “special project” band recently formed to tour in support of Rick Lang’s terrific Look To The Light…
Shannon Slaughter, guitarist and vocalist with Lou Reid and Carolina, is working on a solo project that will showcase both his…
We just got word of a new “part time” band that will performing selected dates starting later in 2010. The group…
Doyle Lawson has made another set of changes to the Quicksilver lineup. Dale Perry will come on board to play banjo…
Kenny Smith is a name known well to bluegrass fans interested in instrumental prowess. Mr. Smith has won numerous awards, including…
And the bluegrass band scramble continues… Joey Cox will be the newest member of Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, replacing Chris Warner…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music