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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.
With Labor Day coming up, it means that the Grand Master Fiddler Championship is just around the corner. Top fiddlers in…
This dropping two singles at a time thing looks like it’s becoming a trend. But no one’s complaining about more music!…
As one of the most important contemporary folk singers of the past 60 years, Tom Paxton deserves the kudos and acknowledgements…
Hosmer Mountain Boys at the 2024 Battlefield Bluegrass Festival – photo © Laura Nailor New England’s Hosmer Mountain Boys had the…
Bobby Hicks with a fiddle he bought from Birch Monroe – photo © Lincoln Hensley Fiddler Bobby Hicks, surely among the…
Mark Sanderford in his natural habitat – photo © Nancy Sluys This weekend during the 57th Annual Fries Fiddlers’ Convention, Galax,…
Bonfire Music Group has a second single from Irish-born singer and songwriter Áine Burns, taken from her upcoming debut project with…
Joy Louise performing at the 2024 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival – photo © Joanne Ledesma It’s no secret that California…
Cincinnati bluegrass vocalist, bandleader, and radio host Katie Laur died on August 3. For 27 years she had hosted Music From…
Russell Moore at Ridge Jam ’24 – photo © Laci Mack This report is a contribution from Vicki Dean, who retired…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
