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.
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…
This being the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, you would naturally be expecting a Thanksgiving-y column, perhaps a list of bluegrass things to…
One of the most important cliche phrases of the current decade, aside from “drink the Kool-aid,” “going forward,” and, from the…
I know I sometimes struggle when I’m having to field questions like, “do you really wish Raleigh would be less supportive…
You’ll find that if you’re in the bluegrass music business for any length of time, things can and will occasionally go…
I’ve discussed in past columns the fact that, while bluegrass bands still get booked at weddings, there are at most three…
Perhaps it was the approach of Halloween, or perhaps the post-IBMA World of Bluegrass mental fatigue, but my mind has suddenly…
It was an outstanding IBMA World of Bluegrass this year, in my opinion (as opposed to the opinion of some person…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
