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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.
Mr. Bluegrass Manners has been away for an unusually long time, and he asked me to pass on his apologies. He…
Jim Lauderdale and The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys at the Dancing Bear Lodge (8/1/24) – photo © Alisa B. Cherry To the…
We heard from Randy Barrett, President of the Bluegrass Country Foundation, the organization that oversees the management of the 24/7, live…
Creekwater Collective competing at the 2024 Old Fiddlers Convention – photo © G Nicholas Hancock 116 individual contestants between the ages…
Tennessee Bluegrass Band at The Station Inn – photo © Laci Mack The Tennessee Bluegrass Band welcomes three new members into…
Common Loon Records has a new single this summer for Michael Prewitt, one he’s written called Boulevard of Regret. Michael is…
We’ve all heard it said that music is a wonderful thing for youngsters to study. Even those who will never consider…
Mountain Highway at the 2024 Manton Bluegrass Festival – photo © Bill Warren Manton, Michigan is a small, tight-knit community in…
For their next single with powerhouse bluegrass vocalist Dave Adkins, Billy Blue Records has chosen a no-punches-pulled leavin’ song called She…
Sister Sadie at the 2024 Doc & Rosa Lee Watson MusicFest – photo © David Parrish July 19th and 20th rang…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music