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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.
WAMU’s Bluegrass Country has a new head honcho. Chris Tesky has moved to DC from Connecticut to take the job as…
We have learned of the recent death of another prominent bluegrass personality, Les McIntyre, who passed away on April 28 from…
Now here is a number that all our radio friends will appreciate… 1000. That is the number of shows that Lee…
Ralph Stanley will be a guest today (10/14) on the Diane Rehm Show, broadcast on WAMU 88.5 FM in the Washington,…
Here’s the first of our Red Carpet videos from IBMA 2009. It’s only the first of many to come over the…
Thanks to Richard F. Thompson for putting together this lovely remembrance of Red Shipley. Robert Grant ‘Red’ Shipley: September 4, 1937…
Good morning from Nashville. Brance and I just had a chance to be a part of radio history. Katy Daley, whose…
Starting today, September 17, the folks at WAMU FM in Washington, DC will broadcast their 24/7 online bluegrass audio channel as…
Our friends at BluegrassCountry.org have launched a new feature as part of their 40th Anniversary celebration of bluegrass programming on WAMU….
WAMU, and it’s online sister station BluegrassCountry.org, are celebrating the summer of 2007 as their 40th year broadcasting bluegrass music. It…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music