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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.
Full Cord Bluegrass performs at the 2022 IBMA Momentum Awards (9/28/22) – photo © Frank Baker IBMA’s annual Momentum Awards luncheon…
Becky Buller & Friends at The Lincoln Theater (9/27/22) – photo © Frank Baker Here’s a photo report of Tuesday night…
Uncle Dick Hutchinson from northeastern Oklahoma was an influential figure to aspiring fiddlers with his instrumental compositions and interpretations of common…
Greetings from the IBMA World of Bluegrass. I know that “this space” is not a place to be plugging my own…
Craig Havighurst with Dale Ann Bradley and C.J. Lewandowski at the WOB Keynote Address – photo © Frank Baker Dale Ann Bradley…
The Wildmans, band competition winners in the 2022 FreshGrass Awards This past weekend at the FreshGrass Festival in North Adams, MA,…
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced this afternoon that all of the outdoor musical performances associated with the IBMA Bluegrass…
Nothin’ Fancy closes out the 2022 Nothin’ Fancy Bluegrass Festival – photo © Bill Warren The 20th annual Nothin’ Fancy Bluegrass Festival…
Skyline Records, a new Nashville-based bluegrass record label, has announced that Dalton Harper, the silver-throated vocalist with Cedar Hill, has signed…
And so it begins… Once again, a large portion of the bluegrass industry is assembling today in Raleigh, NC for the…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
