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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.
Kaz Inaba & the Bluegrass Buddies with Trey Wellington in Bangkok (11/29/25) This report on the Southeastern Old Time Gathering in…
Kaz Inaba at Kobe Shushinkan in Kobe, Japan (6/28/25) Leading Japanese bluegrass artist Kazuhiro Inaba shared some information, photos, and videos…
Bluegrass band from Kobe University at KazCamp 2025 – photo courtesy of Kazuhiro Inaba Kazuhiro Inaba has sent along a brief…
Prominent Japanese bluegrass artist Kazuhiro Inaba is marking a major milestone, his 50th year in bluegrass music. Kaz started out playing…
Popular Japanese bluegrass artist Kazuhiro Inaba has announced plans to perform a number of shows this fall in the eastern United…
Milkpan from Kobe University at KazCamp 2024 – photo courtesy of Kaz Inaba Kazuhiro Inaba, one of Japan’s premier bluegrass entertainers,…
Earlier this month we mentioned the 10th annual Kazuhiro Inaba Bluegrass Camp (aka KazCamp 2023), which took place on May 6….
Japan has been a bluegrass music hot-bed for more than 50 years, and one of the principal practitioners and proponents during…
Many thanks to Kaz Inaba in Japan for sharing this historic video of Bill Clifton when he visited Japan in 1993,…
As unlikely as it might have once seemed, the Japanese have always had a fascination with American music. Their preference for…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
