Your authoritative and definitive news source for all things bluegrass, updated six days a week, with airplay charts, events directory, interviews, & puzzles.
Focus in on artists who play bluegrass music from all over the world
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
Band news, weddings, births, and obituaries, plus our bluegrass crosswords.
Find bluegrass events near you, or add your own to our searchable database.
Indoor or outdoor, see single day events and concert series here.
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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.
I want to describe a scene at a typical bluegrass concert or festival that will probably be familiar to both artist…
We’re constantly trying to find new and more effective ways to market bluegrass music to a wider audience, or just a…
It’s the IBMA World of Bluegrass week-after. I usually go through my annual post-IBMA bluegrass cleanse during this week, which involves…
I’ve just arrived at the IBMA World of Bluegrass and I have a short report that mainly has to do with…
For my band, Labor Day weekend marked the first return to playing in front of in-person audiences. Now, a few weeks…
My band’s first show in front of real people since March of 2020 (we did an entire tour with pretend audiences…
As of the Labor Day weekend, I have returned to touring and playing music for people I can actually see. For…
The tribute band is nothing new to bluegrass music or to any other genre of music, for that matter. “Beatlemania” was…
Leadership Bluegrass is an IBMA-related program which has been going strong since the year 2000. Its stated purpose, according to IBMA’s…
Dixie and Tom T. Hall – photo by Terry Herd Bluegrass and country music legend Tom T. Hall passed away at…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
