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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.
We are saddened to report that Dave Giegerich, noted resonator guitarist and instructor, passed away on December 29 from complications following…
Rob Ickes, reso man with Blue Highway and pioneering slide stylist, has been announced as a recipient of a 2010 Fellowship…
William Kenneth “Kenny” Haddock, a pioneer Dobro® player from Ohio, passed away on Sunday, November 21, 2010, at an assisted-living facility…
Since they were first introduced in the 1930s, musicians have regarded strobe tuners as the most accurate devices for obtaining an…
We heard yesterday from Rob Ickes, who shared some details about this year’s ResoSummit, the 4-day resonator guitar symposium he hosts…
Photo by Roy Swann
This post is a contribution from Mike Reed, one of our 2010 IBMA correspondents. See his profile here. I had an…
We posted a few weeks back about the top-secret Tut Taylor tribute album released July 13 by E1 Music. Entitled Southern…
A very special CD project is released today on the E1 Entertainment label (formerly Koch Records). The album, Southern Filibuster: A…
Phil Leadbetter is now the resonator guitarist with The Whites, making him the lone non-White in the band. Patriarch Buck White…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
