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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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.
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I don’t want to alarm you about the passage of time, or, if I’m honest, I do want to alarm you…
It’s been such an exciting development to see the growth of bluegrass music in higher education. Programs like those at ETSU,…
The Memorial Day weekend is sort of a milestone in the year. It’s the unofficial start of summer. The fashion people…
After writing 500 or so of these, I find that I occasionally tire of all the truth-telling (with the occasional lie…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
