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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.
A while back (about as specific as I get now about past events), I wrote a column in which I substituted…
I touched on this issue in the introduction to last week’s column rerun: people aren’t listening to the lyrics of bluegrass…
With a Bryan Adams love song having made it into the second round of voting in the IBMA Awards, the subject…
Mr. Bluegrass Manners is back a lot sooner than usual. Generally he emerges from his hermit-like, yet very polite life at…
I don’t know if you’ve noticed this, but bluegrass songs about bluegrass are more popular than ever. I saw at least…
I don’t want to alarm you about the passage of time, or, if I’m honest, I do want to alarm you…
Mr. Bluegrass Manners is back. We’re not sure where he went, but I have it on good information that wherever he…
It’s been such an exciting development to see the growth of bluegrass music in higher education. Programs like those at ETSU,…
Last week I gave an overview of the social media platforms most often used by bluegrass artists and musicians. It was…
It’s been a while since we discussed social media use by bluegrass musicians and artists, so I thought it might be…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
