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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 Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage in Washington, DC, the organization that puts on the National Folklife Festival each…
Sam Bush at ROMP 2025 – photo © Alex Morgan Imaging Thanks to the folks at the Bluegrass Music Hall of…
Del McCoury Band at ROMP 2022 – photo by Alex Morgan Imaging Thanks to the folks at ROMP, the River of…
ROMP, i.e., the River of Music Party, held annually in Owensboro, KY, has announced Birds of Prey as the winners of…
Our friends at the Bluegrass Hall of Fame & Museum are getting ready for voting to start next week in their…
The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum and Jagoe Homes, both in Owensboro, KY, are hosting a Virtual Band Contest…
ROMP 2020, Owensboro, Kentucky’s River Of Music Party, has scored a major coup for the festival next summer. Chris Thile will…
This past weekend the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum’s 16th annual ROMP Festival was held along the river in…
This article is a contribution from Pepa Malina, fiddler with Monogram, perhaps the longest established bluegrass band in eastern Europe. He…
Hosted by the International Bluegrass Music Museum, ROMP Fest 2016 delivered another fine round of bluegrass music for its 13th year….
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
