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
What’s happening at shows and festivals you might want to see
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.
Bluegrass workshops, camps, and classes are listed here.
Who doesn’t love a bluegrass festival? Find them here.
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 was recently sent a press release about a song that claimed it’s the “Hotel California of bluegrass” (because you can…
Chris Jones has been unexpectedly detained at the Canadian border, so we are running this pre-pandemic column at his direction. It’s…
Hello from North Carolina. This week I’m in the studio recording some Christmas songs with the Night Drivers. Between writing charts,…
Out of necessity, I’m afraid this column is being composed on a less-than-current iPhone (I received no compensation from Apple for…
Mr. Bluegrass Manners has been away from this column for a while. Since things began opening up in the United States…
Not to alarm anyone about the passage of time, but the Coen Brothers movie Oh Brother, Where Art Thou came out…
Chris Jones blow the lid off deep conspiracies in bluegrass music, from IBMA to Flatt & Scruggs, in this explosive video.
Last week, I gave all publicists and artists who write their own bios in third person fair warning that in addition…
Several years ago I wrote a column about the ceremonial retirement of adjectives at the IBMA World of Bluegrass. This is…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
