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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.
This will be a very brief report from your IBMA World of Bluegrass correspondent (or one of them, anyway). The reason…
The very first column I wrote for Bluegrass Today was about maintaining your health during the stressful IBMA World of Bluegrass…
This is the third and final part of a four-part series on description and categorization of music, and the challenges of…
Last week, we discussed categorization of music, pro and con, and the inevitable subcategorization of it. It was my suggestion that,…
Human beings love to classify things. That’s why we have a periodic table (at least I think we still have a…
I was in the recording studio for Mountain Home records all this past week, and sometime right before doing another take…
There’s plenty to worry about in the world of bluegrass, if you’re the worrying sort. Even those that aren’t the worrying…
A question has arisen in the last couple of weeks about a growing IBMA mystery: what on earth happened to the…
Dateline: Parsons, WV Greetings from Pickin’ In Parsons. It’s a very busy touring week for me and the Night Drivers, with…
I’m taking this week off to recover from the stress of taking the previous week off. Therefore I’ve asked John Lawless…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
