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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.
The IBMA Foundation has announced today the launch of the new Katy Daley Broadcast Media/Sound Engineering Scholarship. It will be awarded annually to…
What immediately follows when a group of retired friends get together? They start telling stories, of course. And if they have…
The DC Bluegrass Union has announced that longtime WAMU broadcaster Katy Daley will be the recipient of their 2017 Monument Award….
WAMU’s Bluegrass Country has been in the news quite a bit of late, with programming and personnel changes taking effect in…
The folks at WAMU’s Bluegrass Country want to share a big ‘Thanks You!” to the bluegrass lovers worldwide who have made…
Pardon me, while I get a little personal. Bluegrass musicians and fans are known for digging deep when a member of…
WAMU’s Bluegrass Country has been a shining success story for public radio since they broke off from WAMU’s main broadcast signal…
In just over 24 hours over the weekend, the Seldom Scene played two shows that encapsulate everything that is good about…
This bluegrass travelogue comes courtesy of Tom Feller, one half of Feller & Hill, whose spur-of-the-moment trip to our nation’s capitol…
When the Del McCoury Band played live last week on The Katy Daley Show at WAMU’s Bluegrass Country, the station’s video…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music