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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.
Also on Internet radio today is Uncle Billy Dunbar’s interview with Sammy Shelor of Lonesome River Band on WorldWideBluegrass.com. Dunbar sat…
Musical guests today (10/11) on WDVX’s Blue Plate Special will be The Lovell Sisters. These three young women are already experienced…
I have just received my copy of the Bluegrass Calendar 2008 and noticed two ‘extras’ that weren’t apparent from the earlier…
OK… here is our final photo gallery from the 2007 IBMA Awards show on October 4 in Nashville. Special thanks to…
I agree completely with the post about drums. Bluegrass has the mando chop, that’s all the percussion we need. They weren’t…
The Del McCoury Band is set to record two live shows next week, with an eye towards a possible live CD…
Grasstowne made quite a splash at IBMA last week, partly because it was the first chance a great many people in…
Claire Lynch’s latest Rounder release, Crowd Favorites, is out this week. As we mentioned in an earlier post, the CD includes…
Thanks to Richard F. Thompson for putting together this lovely remembrance of Red Shipley. Robert Grant ‘Red’ Shipley: September 4, 1937…
As promised, we’ll have a couple more photo galleries from last week’s IBMA festivities in Nashville. Here is a batch of…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
