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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.
As was mentioned last week, in my introduction to the rerun of my original column on bluegrass haiku, this is National…
This is an extremely busy week for me, as I travel from Alberta to Nashville for the official release of my…
This is normally the time of week when I attempt to be funny, but the only joke I could muster began,…
I’m on tour in California and Arizona this week, so writing time has been scarce. We’re currently driving north up the…
One of the most popular annual features of this column, second only to every other annual feature, is our review of…
Veteran readers of this Wednesday column may recall that around New Year’s Day (that is to say sometime between December 26th…
Peter Thompson, noted California bluegrass D.J. and former concert organizer, recently e-mailed out a copy of Woody Guthrie’s New Years resolutions…
I’m away for the holidays in a remote northern cell phone and internet-free land, so the following is a rerun of…
Bluegrass bands face an annual challenge at this festive time of the year. And no, I don’t mean the challenge of…
Sequels are so often disappointing, Santa Clause 2 being a notable exception. Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol 2: The Next Verse…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
