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.
I was recently sent a press release about a song that claimed it’s the “Hotel California of bluegrass” (because you can…
I want to describe a scene at a typical bluegrass concert or festival that will probably be familiar to both artist…
Perhaps it was the approach of Halloween, or perhaps the post-IBMA World of Bluegrass mental fatigue, but my mind has suddenly…
Chris returns to a video format for his new October column, seeing if classic bluegrass songs can fit a contemporary country…
In a previous column I delved into the bluegrass analogy, which when used properly (adhering strictly to state and local guidelines…
Greetings from the very first IBMA World of Bluegrass from Chattanooga, Tennessee. Because I’m out at the Walnut Valley festival in…
In past years when we get to this month of the calendar, I have discussed sleep, fitness, and diet strategies for…
I know I make a lot of stuff up in this column for fun, but this one deals with falsehoods spread…
I’ll have a new column next week, but this week I wanted to present a rerun from way back in 2012…
I’m in the midst of a SiriusXM radio marathon, because apparently no one else is working right now, so here’s an…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
