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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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
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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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Watch this before it gets taken down. The truth is out there!
Filling in on two different SiriusXM channels all this week has left me busier than usual, at least by COVID-era standards,…
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If you’ve been reading these columns for any length of time, you know that I have periodically lamented the fact that…
Should we consider adopting the metric system for bluegrass songs to broaden the music’s appeal? Bluegrass musician Ira Gitlin brought this…
I was recently reminded of a column I wrote in which we poked fun at Millennials with some alternatives to bluegrass…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
