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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.
Leaders of IBMA and the city of Raleigh can breathe a little easier now that another year of MerleFest is in…
Rhonda Vincent has today released a new single to radio, her bluegrass version of the Merle Haggard classic, Mama Tried. Like…
I’ve been grinning like a possum when I hear Stringbean’s Run Little Rabbit Run on Sirius/XM, from Jeff White’s Right Beside…
A few months ago we shared an appeal from Slovak banjo picker and entrepreneur Richard Ciferský, who was seeking financial assistance…
While bluegrass festivals are rightly credited as being the salvation of bluegrass music and have for decades provided the highlights for…
Chris Hart of Rustburg, VA has reported the loss of two reso-guitars in a home break in. The two guitars taken…
The winners in the 2016 Chris Austin Songwriting Contest at MerleFest have been announced. Finalists competed this afternoon by performing their songs…
For every headlining, nationally touring, IBMA Award-winning group out there, there are a dozen local or regional bluegrass acts keeping the…
The good people with Virginia’s Crooked Road have released the schedule for their 2016 Mountains of Music Homecoming, a ten day…
This lovely remembrance of Green Hayes, a stalwart of the Cincinnati bluegrass scene for more than 60 years, was shared by…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
