Your authoritative and definitive news source for all things bluegrass, updated six days a week, with airplay charts, events directory, interviews, & puzzles.
Focus in on artists who play bluegrass music from all over the world
The latest in bluegrass music releases, and reviews of both music and other items
What’s happening at shows and festivals you might want to see
What’s going on in the professional bluegrass world around us
Band news, weddings, births, and obituaries, plus our bluegrass crosswords.
Find bluegrass events near you, or add your own to our searchable database.
Indoor or outdoor, see single day events and concert series here.
Bluegrass workshops, camps, and classes are listed here.
Who doesn’t love a bluegrass festival? Find them here.
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.
In the past we’ve discussed the issue of naming bands; I even offered a band-naming kit, in which you take an…
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One of the most entertaining things about the world of mass market popular music is the amount of apologizing that takes…
Several years ago, there was an event at the IBMA World of Bluegrass that was called the “Bluegrass Pentathlon.” If my…
I hate being an alarmist, but we may need to start varying the adjectives we use in bluegrass artists’ bio material…
Güglingen, Germany. Day 8 of European tour: We just wrapped up a show at the Altes Theater in Heilbronn, Germany. As…
You may be used to this being my weekly humor column, unless you were one of the handful that missed that…
Date line: Raleigh, NC This is traditionally a short column, written some time in between the IBMA World of Bluegrass keynote…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
