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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.
The entire bluegrass world was horrified when word of Balsam Range, fiddler Buddy Melton‘s accident came to light last month. While…
Let me say up front that this article is not about a night I had on the dance floor in the…
… or, USA’s bass pickin’ Kelly meets Japan’s mandolin pickin’ Shin Some of us folks in the business world do a…
Tim Carter, who posted his thoughts on losing Earl Scruggs yesterday to our Remembering Earl Scruggs page (for reader tributes), shared…
Boston-based alt-grassers, Della Mae, have announced Shelby Means as the new bass player with the band. Shelby played with a number…
Compass Records has announced May 29 as the release date for What Really Matters, a new CD from Larry Stephenson, his…
Is it pure coincidence that Joe Dean is announced as the new banjo player with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver on the…
Guitar wizard Jim Hurst will roll into DC thursday morning (4/5) for a visit with Katy Daley on WAMU’s Bluegrass Country….
Another bluegrass baby! Charlie Lawson, who plays guitar and sings lead with Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, is celebrating the birth of…
Daniel Mullins sent along this gallery of images from last weekend’s Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival.
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
