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.
Bluegrass workshops, camps, and classes are listed here.
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.
Bluegrass songwriters have been quick to embrace the newer technologies and distribution methods available to small companies and even hobbyist or…
In the rush to get all the news from the IBMA Awards press conference this past Tuesday, it seems that we…
Our pal Wichita Rutherford, the host of 5 Minutes With Wichita and the first podcaster to sign a deal with SIRIUS…
Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, featuring Audie Blaylock will be featured on The Grand Ole Opry this Saturday, August 19. They will…
After looking over some of the old posts I just mentioned in the last post, I thought it would be interesting…
A quick note for any organizations, associations, artists, agencies or companies sponsoring events during the IBMA World Of Bluegrass in Nashville…
Mandolin Cafe is reporting that Rigel Mandolins has ceased production and is going out of business. Rigel was noted for unorthodox…
That’s right folks, we’ve been blogging for over a year now. It’s hard to believe really. As I was thinking about…
Brance and I are motoring back to VA from Nashville today, so posting will be a bit light. That means we…
Before we leave for our long trip home here’s a video of the IBMA press conference. As John has previously posted…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
