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.
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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.
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First of all, I should apologize for being a day late with this. Even though we gained an hour over the…
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Often when I have been on the receiving end of interview questions, and particularly when the interviewers are from outside the…
A while back, I wrote here about bluegrass artists’ accessibility to fans, and about some of the interesting things people say…
Well, if you’ve followed Bluegrass Today at all in the last week, you know there really is something more newsworthy and…
Generally, when I write these around the week of the IBMA World of Bluegrass, I like to keep them extremely short,…
A reader recently asked if I would consider, at some point, addressing the issue of playing for free. I replied: “Sure,…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
