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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The latest in bluegrass music releases, and reviews of both music and other items
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What’s going on in the professional bluegrass world around us
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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.
It’s Monday night at IBMA and John and I are sitting in the main ball room. We just finished a very…
IBMA begins today, and the official Awards Show is only 3 days away. Here’s an update on our reader poll, and…
Hailing from Selma, N.C., at Samantha Casey & The Bluegrass Jam is a two person band comprised of 11 year old…
An upcoming episode of Kentucky Life will feature the young bluegrass group Kentucky Sassafras. The program was taped at My Old…
The US Navy Band, Country Current, has announced an opening for the position of pedal steel guitar player in the country…
Weber Fine Acoustic Instruments recently introduced a new instrument to it’s catalog, the Octar Mandolin. The Octar is an octave mandolin…
Prodigal Son is the new release from Tim Graves & Cherokee. The CD takes its name from the fifth track on…
I’ve heard old-school musicians bemoan the use of electronic tuners. They feel a person should train their ear to hear the…
BBC Four will be airing a new series of the Transatlantic Sessions beginning this month. The show brings together musicians from…
Our friends at MandolinCafe.com have teamed up with New Millennium Acoustic Design to give away a mandolin. The prize is a…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
