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.
Last week we reran a column of mine about aggressive song-pitching, and I got this email: Hi Chris, I’m a songwriter…
I’m deep in recording studio land in North Carolina this week,. That’s a good thing, but it has left me little…
I had promised to bring up the thorny issue of the “CD trade” this week, but I’m sorry to say that…
Last week in this space I discussed various counterintuitive business ideas, both good and bad, from giving music away, to touring…
The word “counterintuitive” has definitely earned its place among the most overused words and phrases of the last 10 years, like…
This week, while iced in in Nashville, TN, I was going to discuss the concept of the band name subtitle, and…
I’m in the recording studio all this week at Crossroads Studios in North Carolina. If I actually wrote a new column,…
Early on in the life of this column, I wrote a series on naming your bluegrass band, offering various ideas depending…
I was reminded recently by Ned Luberecki that I had once written a bluegrass haiku that went as follows: late in…
This little weekly bit of journalistic goofing-off has been my attempt at a humor/faux advice/anti-commentary column. Yes, I’ve attempted to be…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
