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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.
Alan Munde at the 2024 Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival – photo © Pamm Tucker The Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival, a toe-tappin’,…
While Mike Compton and Joe Newberry have each made individual contributions to the traditional acoustic landscape, the music they make together…
I’ve discussed in past columns the fact that, while bluegrass bands still get booked at weddings, there are at most three…
California fiddler Amy Kassir has a new album of fiddle tunes set to hit this week, and has offered a single…
JW Davis, first President of the Southwest Bluegrass Club in 1974 The Southwest Bluegrass Club, the oldest such organization in the…
For his latest single, singer/songwriter Milan Miller has released Ghosts of Galway Bay, a fictionalized personal story that dramatizes a character…
With a passion for fiddling, young Texan Tristan Paskvan, who placed first in the youth division of the 2024 Grand Master…
Turnberry Records has a new single for Virginia bluegrass singer and songwriter Caleb Bailey, a song about the struggles of an…
Lee Dunbar with Bobby Hicks at Galax Southwest Virginia banjo player Lee Dunbar died on October 14. A champion picker and a…
Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland – photo © Emma McCoury Photography Fiddle heroes and close friends Jason Carter and Michael Cleveland…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
