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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.
It’s well known among those who keep track of obscure Christmas traditions (almost no one), that once you do something, anything,…
Just after the 2020 presidential election was called (the first time), I wrote a column here about how we’d all need…
Bypassing Christmas for the moment (“and so, as Tiny Tim observed . . .”), we are approaching the time for year-end…
Last year around this time, I offered up some potential Hallmark Christmas movie plots with a bluegrass element, because, you know,…
Thanksgiving is upon us, and for some it’s a time for reflection on all we have to be thankful for. For…
Mr. Bluegrass Manners has just completed a 14-day mandatory self-quarantine after attending a conference in South Dakota on Thanksgiving etiquette. He’s…
Well, though it’s not acknowledged in all camps, the election of 2020 is behind us (pending the final vote count in…
Ours is a music of lyric mysteries. Not always, mind you. “Tonight I’m alone without you my dear, it seems there’s…
If this week’s column seems at all disjointed, it’s only because The Night Drivers and I are in the studio all…
Last week we discussed ways for bluegrass bands to cut costs, which ranged from laying off non-essential staff (like managers, bass…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
