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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.
Kentucky’s Throwdown Thursday got their start jamming once a week at a club in Lexington. Once they began getting requests to…
Lonesome River Band at the 2025 Bluegrass Island Festival – photo © David Kuehner Many thanks to photographer David Kuehner for…
Rick Faris, Shawn Horn, and Horn #1 – photo © Kylee Jones At the children’s tent during the 2025 Oklahoma International…
Since the launch of Bluegrass Today in 2011, no artist has more consistently reached the top of our Weekly Airplay chart…
For those that still think of Steve Martin as simply a goofy guy, a carryover from his early guise as King…
What…? Isn’t it a bit soon to be talking about World of Bluegrass 2026? Wasn’t it just held last month in…
Ida Clare makes their home in Louisville, KY with an odd pairing of styles and approaches. Two men and two women;…
Rick Faris at the 2025 Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival – photo © Pamm Tucker Back in 1996, Byron and Bette Berline…
If we were to tell you that The Steep Canyon Rangers were circling the drain, well… you wouldn’t think anything good….
If you ask any serious bluegrasser who their all-time favorite artist is, you will hear the name Larry Sparks mentioned quite…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music