Your authoritative and definitive news source for all things bluegrass, updated six days a week, with airplay charts, events directory, interviews, & puzzles.
Focus in on artists who play bluegrass music from all over the world
The latest in bluegrass music releases, and reviews of both music and other items
What’s happening at shows and festivals you might want to see
What’s going on in the professional bluegrass world around us
Band news, weddings, births, and obituaries, plus our bluegrass crosswords.
Find bluegrass events near you, or add your own to our searchable database.
Indoor or outdoor, see single day events and concert series here.
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Who doesn’t love a bluegrass festival? Find them here.
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.
Orrin Star notes on his web site that 2007 marks his 30th year traveling the road as a professional acoustic musician….
Knoxville Triva Blog has a nice piece that consists of an interview with Phil Leadbetter. Their interest in Phil stems from…
Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper featuring Audie Blaylock have a 10 day Canadian tour in the works for next month. Their first…
You can hear Bill Yates talk about his new CD release: “Country Gentlemen Tribute” on www.bluegrasscountry.org beginning today. Check that website…
Doug McElway is a popular television news anchor on WJLA, the ABC affiliate station in Washington, DC. He is also an…
We just finished the first round of upgrades to the blog. We modifed some code to make things more effecient and…
Ry Cooder is an artist who has been impossible to peg. One project may be an affectionate, audiophile reexamination of 1920’s…
We’ve written a good bit recently about Mountain Heart’s new vocalist, Josh Shilling, and the reaction to the band’s new sound….
Steve Gulley recently left the band Mountain Heart to begin a new band effort with Phil Leadbetter and Alan Bibey. Grasstowne,…
We recently told you about The Bluegrass Painter and his work in and around bluegrass music. I liked the idea of…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
