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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.
Ace dobro player Mike Auldridge will perform at the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) National Heritage Fellowships Concert on Thursday,…
Just before we kicked off the Red Carpet interviews last Thursday at World of Bluegrass, Steve Martin stopped by with Mark…
Mandolin pioneer Chris Thile has been named as among the 23 recipients of the 2012 MacArthur Fellowship. The annual award, distributed…
Over the last two weeks we have had some fun with our poll asking “Who has the best hair in bluegrass?”…
Bluegrass has a long history of artists taking on a sobriquet, a nickname, that helps identify them (or their status) both…
I had a bittersweet moment Saturday morning, seeing Nashville in the rearview mirror. I don’t know when I’ll be back now…
Once when asked how he managed to write three columns a week, the conservative commentator William F. Buckley replied that the…
One of the highlights of walking around IBMA is seeing the number of young people hanging around picking and jamming in…
Some of the best fun I had this past week at World of Bluegrass was talking with the delightful Kenny &…
Get ready for some great, new music. While many of us will slow down a bit after IBMA’s World of Bluegrass…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
