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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 2022 SPBGMA Bluegrass Music Awards are being announced tonight in Nashville. Our correspondent on the scene, Nick Newlon, is sharing…
The big Nashville convention of the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America (SPBGMA) is back this year, after…
Alan Tompkins playing an RB-75 at Gruhn’s during SPBGMA week 2020 – photo by Gerald Jones This additional SPBGMA 2020 reflection…
Glenville State students, faculty, family, and friends at The Grand Ole Opry in Nashville As we mentioned last week, program director…
The 2020 Awards ceremony for the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America were held tonight at the Music City Sheraton…
These impressions of SPBGMA 2020 are a contribution from Kaitlyn Gene, a 15 year old grasser from Glenville, WV. She travelled…
Carly Smith with the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum at SPBGMA 2020 – photo by Dave Berry The second…
Like any bluegrass event, the first night is a little slow with vendor setup, friends getting reacquainted, scattered jamming, and shortened…
ETSU isn’t the only college sending students from their bluegrass program to the SPBGMA National Convention in Nashville this weekend. Glenville…
The Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America has announced the nominees for their 2020 Bluegrass Music Awards, to…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music