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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.
Our own intrepid correspondent, Richard Thompson [bluegrassmercury], spent a week in Nashville in early October, having traveled from the UK to…
Rockahock Campgrounds wil be hosting their 5th Annual “James King” Bluegrass Festival June 25-27, 2009. Three days of live bluegrass music…
April 2009 has been set as the publication date for the in-depth biography of Tony Rice, of which we first learned…
Dailey & Vincent won nearly every conceivable award from IBMA in 2008. They have a new CD due in March, and…
Wichita Rutherford made an appearance on CMT over the weekend. He was featured on CMT Insider’s “The Year in a Nutshell,”…
After a hiatus of 16 months, Clay Jones has re-assumed the guitar chair with Mountain Heart. Jones left the band in…
The Infamous Stringdusters have just made their first live download available. The band has been multi-tracking their live shows since June…
Larry Keel and Natural Bridge have released a new CD for 2009. Backwoods features 10 tracks, with 7 originals from the…
As we reported earlier (12/31), WAMU’s Bluegrass Country DJ Lee Michael Demsey saw in the New Year with his Top 40…
We have noticed that a great many blogs have issued a list of predictions for the new year, touching on their…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
