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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.
There’s not much in bluegrass to beat Rob McCoury putting the smack down on a Ralph Stanley banjo tune, and that’s…
What a golden age we’re in for banjo recordings! After years of anticipation, it’s Rob McCoury of the Del McCoury Band,…
For a good many banjo players, calling yourself a 5 string flamethrower might seem a bit pretentious. But for Rob McCoury,…
There’s another member of the McCoury clan to celebrate today. Vassar Edwin Carroll McCoury was born this morning at 8:06 Nashville…
Lisa McCoury shared this precious photo of husband Rob playing the banjo for their next little McCoury, due to hit the…
Rob McCoury is spending his Monday at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. After suffering a fall over the holidays, he developed…
What the world needs now… is another McCoury. And according to Lisa, wife of banjo picking Rob McCoury (son of Del),…
This review of the Travelin’ McCourys’ set at Podunk comes from Dick Bowden, who we hope will become one of our…
Dierks Bently has a new video from his heralded Up On The Ridge CD, which mixed some modern bluegrass in with…
The first live performance of the evening, from Dierks Bentley and his assembled super-pickers. Photos by Roy Swann.
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music