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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.
Shannon and Heather Slaughter have announced that Blake Bowen has joined their touring band, County Clare. He has worked previously as…
Most artist management and music business consultants will tell you that an identifiable vocal sound is the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd…
Shannon Slaughter has had a very good year so far. His solo project, The Sideman Steps Out, has been a hit…
County Clare, a side project for Shannon Slaughter when not traveling with Lou Reid & Carolina – a side project when…
Regular readers of Bluegrass Today will have surely noted my occasional musings on how few really outstanding new recordings come across…
Shannon Slaughter has been one of my favorite bluegrass guitarists since I first met him in the mid-1990s. At the time,…
Shannon Slaughter, guitarist and vocalist with Lou Reid and Carolina, is working on a solo project that will showcase both his…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
