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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.
You may think of people who have chosen bluegrass music as a profession as fearless types who proceed boldly into the…
Today is a travel day for me as I hop a dog sled to a freight train to another dog sled…
We’re into the cold and dark part of the year, which goes along with the quiet part of the touring season….
Someone recently suggested to me that bluegrass music is every bit as violent as uncensored hip hop, especially towards women, and…
Happy New Year, friends and readers! 2024 is here at last. It’s one of those special every four years in the…
Peter Thompson, noted California bluegrass DJ and former concert organizer, recently e-mailed out a copy of Woody Guthrie’s New Years resolutions…
This is it: the home stretch of the holiday shopping season is upon us. If you’re reading this when it first…
Bluegrass bands face an annual challenge at this festive time of the year. And no, I don’t mean the challenge of…
It’s that time of year again: time for the annual Hallmark barrage of Christmas movies. In fact, it’s been that time…
Whatever the future makeup of the IBMA Board of Directors might be in an ideal world (heaven), whether it have 16…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music