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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.
My fellow Americans: the state of acoustic music in our country is strong. Earlier last week in our Nation’s capital many…
Watching Kristin Scott Benson on stage with The Grascals, it’s easy to imagine her as the shy and retiring type. She…
WYMT, the CBS television affiliate in Hazard, KY, has announced that they will be broadcasting Ralph Stanley’s funeral services tomorrow evening…
What happens when you mashup an incognito jazz bassist with a incomparable bluegrass improvisor like Michael Cleveland? Well, it’s hard to…
Oregon’s Kathy Boyd & Phoenix Rising has a new single available to bluegrass radio, a bluesy train song from Steve Spurgin…
Melanie Wilson has announced the signing of The Hinson Girls to her Wilson Pickins Bluegrass Promotions agency. The four sisters from…
The Stanley family has announced that the funeral to be held for Ralph Stanley on Tuesday (June 28) will be open…
We heard this morning from R. B. Powell,from Lewistown, PA, a banjo picker and promoter of scholarships for young musicians. He…
At yesterday’s official groundbreaking for the new headquarters of the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, KY, bluegrass royalty was on…
After last night’s sad news about the passing of Ralph Stanley, perhaps what we all need today is a good laugh….
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
