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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.
There’s a tradition here of publishing at least one bluegrass haiku column per year. I’ve usually taken presidential election years off…
Nashville fiddler and vocalist Bronwyn Keith-Hynes has released a third single from her upcoming album with Sugar Petunia Records, I Built…
Waterfront jam at the 2024 Baltimore Old Time Music Festival – photo © Casey Vock This overview of the 2024 Baltimore…
Mountain Fever Records has a new single for Summer Brooke, a sort of country/bluegrass mashup called I Know Better, written by…
Doug McKelway and Frank Wakefield Doug McKelway is a good friend to Bluegrass Today, an experienced television newscaster, and a bluegrass…
Adam McIntosh pulls a classic from The Eagles in 1972 for his next single with Billy Blue Records, and it’s a…
Chris Thile with Nickel Creek at MerleFest 2024 – photo © Bryce LaFoon Here is another galley of Bryce LaFoon’s images…
Distinctive bluegrass mandolin stylist Frank Wakefield died on April 26 at his home in Saratoga Springs, NY. He was 89 years…
The latest single from Tony Trischka’s upcoming Earl Jam: A Tribute To Earl Scruggs project, a star-studded recording featuring his transcriptions…
It’s the rare artist that emerges fully formed courtesy of a debut album that somehow suggests he or she has been…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
