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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.
This article is another recurring contribution from Bluegrass Canada, the quarterly magazine of the Bluegrass Music Association of Canada. Editor Mike…
When he was a teenager with a guitar and a high-lonesome voice, Vince Gill had the great fortune to cross paths…
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Last month the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, KS held their annual picking championships for flatpicking guitar, finger style guitar, banjo,…
A pair of free registrations to the Alan Bibey Mandolin Camp, to be held later this month in South Carolina, were…
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Smoky Mountain DNA is the name of Dolly Parton’s next album, and the first single to be featured from the project….
David Welch and Frank Solivan and their ToneSlabs pick company have designed a special commemorative pick, honoring the brave people of…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music