Your authoritative and definitive news source for all things bluegrass, updated six days a week, with airplay charts, events directory, interviews, & puzzles.
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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.
On top of dealing with a new baby, Colorado banjo player Jayme Stone has an ambitious new project for next year….
Another publication to have named its favorite bluegrass albums of the year is CMT Edge. Writer Craig Shelburne selects 10 albums,…
We just got a good news/bad news update from Terry Pinkham. She and her husband, Jeff, are managing the grass-roots effort…
New year, new job? Folk Alliance International is on the hunt for a new Executive Director. Based in Kansas City, MO,…
My mailbox and inbox overflowed with music in 2013, as sure a sign as any that bluegrass is alive and well….
Lisa Jacobi has shared another of her anthropological explorations, this time featuring Chris Jones.
Sorry girls… and guys! Mandolin master Chris Thile has married actress Claire Coffee. They were wed in a small private ceremony…
Banjo man Todd Taylor captured lightning on tape in the mid ’80s when he covered Free Bird and successfully crossed over…
Pop culture media site PopMatters has published their year in review articles, including The Best Bluegrass of 2013. You may not…
The IBMA will be hosting a webinar next month for vocalists interested in the anatomy and physiology of the human voice….
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music