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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.
Our pal Wichita Rutherford, the host of 5 Minutes With Wichita and the first podcaster to sign a deal with SIRIUS…
After looking over some of the old posts I just mentioned in the last post, I thought it would be interesting…
That’s right folks, we’ve been blogging for over a year now. It’s hard to believe really. As I was thinking about…
Before we leave for our long trip home here’s a video of the IBMA press conference. As John has previously posted…
This morning John and I find ourselves in Nashville for the IBMA press conference announcing this years award nominees. We’ll be…
Marty Raybon will be releasing two new CDs later this month. The Grass I Grew Up On is a bluegrass CD…
The Walk of Stars in Hollywood is now going to have a counterpart in Nashville, a thoroughfare offering a constellation of…
I just discovered a new release from David Grisman. It’s The David Grisman Bluegrass Experience. I don’t have much information about…
BillBoard is reporting that legendary rock act the Byrds will be in the spotlight again with the release of a four-CD/one-DVD…
Episode #41 features an interview with banjo player Barry Crabtree of the band Wildfire. John sat down with Barry recently at…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music