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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 2009 Mark O’Connor String Camp will be held in New York City, the first time the roving clinic has touched…
Our own intrepid correspondent, Richard Thompson [bluegrassmercury], spent a week in Nashville in early October, having traveled from the UK to…
Hunter Berry, fiddler with Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, and Sally Sandker, daughter of Rhonda Vincent and Herb Sandker, are engaged…
Yesterday BoingBoing.com posted a YouTube clip of three teenagers jamming on the Bill Monroe tune Big Mon. The author of the…
Chris Sharp may be best known for his work on the Grammy Award winning O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, or…
Spring Creek, who signed to the Rebel Records label in September, has begun recording their as yet unnamed third album at…
In a story entitled The Grascals add girl power to their lineup, journalist Derek Halsey, writing for the Huntington, West Virginia…
Rhonda Vincent has invited all of her fans into the studio with her this morning (12/18) as she and her newly…
Gibson has unveiled a new limited edition 5 string banjo with a Christmas theme, in a production run of only 12…
Sierra Hull has announced that Clay Hess, formerly of Mountain Heart, will be joining her band, Highway 111, effective January 2009….
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
