Your authoritative and definitive news source for all things bluegrass, updated six days a week, with airplay charts, events directory, interviews, & puzzles.
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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.
For his first single with Compass Records, former Steep Canyon Ranger Woody Platt has chosen a grassed up version of the…
When fiddler Carson Peters appeared as a contestant on NBC’s The Voice in 2021, there were feelings of excitement combined with…
I know I sometimes struggle when I’m having to field questions like, “do you really wish Raleigh would be less supportive…
Akira Otsuka with DCBU President Carolyn Eyerly and his 2023 Washington Monument Award Celebrated capitol area mandolinist, photographer, and producer Akira…
Brian Swenk, principal with Rockwood Booking, has announced the signing of Mountain Fever recoding artists Colebrook Road for exclusive representation. The…
Bill Brady with The Whiskey Mash Band at the Tin Roof (8/31/23) – photo © Allison Scavo Here’s one we missed…
Germany’s Bear Family Records has turned their archival attention to The Brother Boys, a pioneering Americana act from east Tennessee that…
It’s a band… it’s a banjo company… it’s a duo. I’m so confused! Actually, Wilson Banjo Co. is all three, the…
Thai banjo picker Chanasinj Sachdev, known as Sunny to his friends, created a remarkable travelogue this summer of his trip from…
Shadowgrass at the French Broad Brewery in Asheville (11/4/23) – photo © Bryce Lafoon Bryce Lafoon was on hand Saturday night…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
