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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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.
Last week I said we’d spend some time discussing recent changes in the IBMA awards procedure, naming, and criteria, most of…
For your consideration: I might as well warn you that I’ll be opening all correspondence this way for the next two…
I had a hard time cranking out this week’s column, which was originally going to be a historical discussion of the…
Another video column! Chris explains how getting back home from the road allows for the creative juices to flow.
Last Thursday, I had one of those experiences straight out of an anxiety nightmare. You know the kind, where where a…
It’s hard to believe that the first day of spring is already here. Now that we’ve turned that seasonal corner, it’s only…
How are you adjusting to the time change? Or perhaps you haven’t even changed your clocks yet because you had nowhere…
SiriusXM recently added a huge number of extra channels (officially called “Xtra Channels”) to its app and online service, which I…
If you’re playing bluegrass music professionally, or even semi-professionally, at some point you’re going to have to endure that dreaded pre-hiring…
I have recently been asked to address the issue of the number system, or as it’s sometimes called, “The Nashville Number System”…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
