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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.
Can we really be talking about a major artistic shift by an established artist who is only 24 years old? I…
Iconic mandolinist Buddy Merriam has released a follow-up edition of his mandolin book, titled Back Roads Mandolin, Volume Two. It contains transcriptions of 32…
Central North Carolina’s Swift Creek is working away in the studio, completing Magnolia, their second album of original bluegrass and Americana…
Look who’s back in the studio this month. Blue Highway is hard at work again, tracking a new project with their…
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced the hiring of two new staff members in their Nashville office. Leah James has…
That’s the title of a GoFundMe page set up to benefit Annie Nice, a prominent member of the music community in…
Gene Boyd, known widely as The Fiddling Barber of Bristol, passed away on January 26 at the Bristol Regional Medical Center….
A man committed a snatch-and-grab robbery yesterday at Lowe Vintage Instruments in Burlington, NC, getting away with three rare, vintage banjos. The…
Texas-born, Seattle-based banjo pioneer Danny Barnes is coming off a good year. Being the sixth person to win the prestigious Steve…
Mountain Home Music has announced a March 19 release date for Bridging The Tradition, their upcoming album for Lonesome River Band….
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
