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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 evening (2/12), the Berklee College of Music in Boston will host its 7th annual Mandolin Mashup. It was created by…
The acoustic music world was shocked last month to learn of the sudden passing of John McGann, a musician who had…
And the sad news just keeps coming… John McGann, noted instrumentalist and acoustic music educator passed away this morning in Boston….
Mandolin Cafe takes a look at John McGann, one of the less heralded heroes of the 8 string world, in the…
The Berklee College of Music in Boston holds intensive crash courses each summer, both for incoming or potential students to get…
This review was written by John McGann, Associate Professor of Strings at the Berklee College Of Music in Boston, MA. A…
We’ve written often about Berklee College Of Music in Boston and their recent embrace of the banjo and mandolin as principal…
We heard yesterday from David Hollender, banjo player and professor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Dave has been…
Noted mandolin teacher and transcriber, John McGann, has a new instructional DVD. Sound Fundamentals: Tone, Touch and Technique for Mandolin uses…
John McGann is one of acoustic string music’s more prolific instrumentalists and educators. He is the 1985 national mandolin champion, and…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
