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.
The world of social media is a pretty tawdry place, as we all know at this point. Sensationalism, misinformation, and division…
I hate being an alarmist, but we may need to start varying the adjectives we use in bluegrass artists’ bio material…
On-stage communication between musicians can take many forms, and is required for a variety of purposes, some vitally important, some completely…
In a previous column here, we discussed what careers might be appropriate for a professional bluegrass musician who has taken the…
Quite a few years ago now, Pete Wernick came up with the concept of the pronoun/role reversal in classic bluegrass songs…
The summer festival and music camp season is fast-approaching, and with that comes the workshop season. I thought of it because…
Now that we’ve passed the five-year anniversary of the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was interesting to look back on…
Music camp season is fast approaching. Do you have your camp outfits picked out (usually T-shirts from other camps) and washed…
Mr. Bluegrass Manners has been absent for quite a while, working on his forthcoming book, Advance and Retreat – A Guide…
Greetings from the big city of New York. I’m here paying a visit to SiriusXM studios. Shortly I’m heading to Chicago…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
