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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.
Barry Mazor just wrote in to let us know that he has published an article about Jerry Douglas in today’s Wall…
While walking around the trade show floor at IBMA last week, I ran across Alan Munde and stopped to chat for…
Michael Cleveland took home his sixth strait IBMA award for Fiddle Player of the Year, and his band Flamekeeper walked away…
Many have been wondering what is to become of the music industry with the seeming demise of the CD as a…
IBMA is mostly an old family homecoming, but there are a few bad apples in the barrel, so to speak. It…
Here’s another video interview from IBMA. This time John interviews Kelly Dueck of Kel Audio. Kelly is a banjo player turned…
Here’s another video from IBMA. In this clip, John interviews banjo player Chris Pandolfi of The Infamous Stringdusters.
Here are some photos from last night’s IBMA Awards Show and pre-show reception. All were taken by Tami Roth. …
On Wednesday of IBMA week, John and I took the camera and hit the trade show floor looking for some interesting…
Here’s the Dailey & Vincent video we’ve been promising. This was shot downtown Nashville on Broadway. You’ll see the location when…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music