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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.
If it were magic, all of us fiddle players would be playing like bluegrass musician Bobby Hicks. But as he says……
For those who don’t regularly attend bluegrass festivals, or listen to the classic bluegrass music on albums or on terrestrial, streaming…
Lisa Jacobi caught up with DC-area banjoist Ira Gitlin at a dog park in Alexandria, VA for one of her guerrilla-style…
They say a band is like a family. There must be trust among the members. There must be an atmosphere of…
You know what drives me nuts? It’s pretty simple. It’s for me to be on stage and play a fiddle note…
“John Hartford talked about the process of driving a river boat is not to look right in front of you, but…
She is so cute. Let me say that more loudly: SHE IS SO CUTE. and genuine. and honest. and transparent. and…
This year, I promise not to fire my bandmate, Pete. Don’t laugh. Okay, laugh. Every couple of years I terminate him….
In mid-May of this past year, I traveled to Franklin, Tennessee to interview the beautiful, talented and highly successful songwriter, Miss…
“Right now, I think we need writers who know the difference between the production of a market commodity and the practice…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music