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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.
Shannon and Heather Slaughter have released a new single from their current album, Never Just A Song. It’s one they wanted…
Becky Buller has released another music video from her album release concert in Nashville last year. This time it’s a live…
Here’s our Special Bluegrass Correspondent with this week’s Bluegrass Weather Report, looking at the Laurel County Shrine Bluegrass Festival in London,…
Yesterday, the annual set of spring IBMA board meetings began. After spending most of the day discussing bylaws, awards, business conferences,…
The sideman project has become a staple of the bluegrass recording world, in a way that doesn’t even exist in most…
No Depression, initially a folk arts print quarterly, then an online alternative music magazine, is planning a return to paper and…
I received a promotional email from a publicist (not a “for-your-consideration-vote-for-me-in-the-first-round” email, not that there’s anything wrong with that) that had…
Marian Leighton Levy, Ken Irwin. and Bill Nowlin, the founders and original operators of Rounder Records, will receive the 2nd annual…
When we posted last month with news that bluegrass balladeer David Parmley was returning to music in 2016, it created quite…
Henhouse Prowlers have returned to Africa on another cultural exchange mission for the US government. Here is a report from banjo…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
