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.
When the marketing team at PepsiCo were considering an approach for a soft relaunch of their newest Mountain Dew flavor, Major…
Jamie Harper with Sideline at the 2021 Pickin’ in Parsons festival – photo by Jeromie Stephens Here is another photo essay…
This article, written by Anni Beach, originally appeared in The Cornerstone, the newsletter of The IBMA Foundation. They have agreed to…
IIIrd Tyme Out reunion set at the 2021 Musicians Against Childhood Cancer – photo by Daniel Mullins Here is another set…
AJ Lee & Blue Summit are products of the California Bluegrass Association Youth in Bluegrass program, something the organization invests in…
Sad news from the Nitchie family of Annapolis, MD, and fans of Banjo NewsLetter, The Five String Banjo Magazine. Spencer Nitchie,…
Waking up and going to work on Tuesday was hard because, that afternoon, I would be driving to Parsons, WV to…
The 2021 Marshall Bluegrass Festival in Marshall, MI was a huge success! Held every year the last full weekend of July,…
Jeremy Stephens, primarily known to bluegrass audiences as the front man for the rising ensemble, High Fidelity, has stepped out front…
Chris Jones has been unexpectedly detained at the Canadian border, so we are running this pre-pandemic column at his direction. It’s…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
