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.
Early spring brings its familiar signs: the start of the baseball season, the blooming of daffodils, and in the northern states…
In his comment on last week’s column about stage communication, Dick Bowden requested that I write a follow-up article on band…
Well, I was going to continue the discussion we were having about on-stage communication, but it’s gotten too loud in here…
On-stage communication between musicians can take many forms and is required for a variety of purposes, some vitally important, some completely…
Vendors, especially food and beverage vendors, at a bluegrass festival can sometimes be like an oasis from the elements, a blessed…
Last week I received my first major blowback from a Bluegrass Today column of mine. I never like to offend people,…
Are bluegrass festivals successful? The answer, in 2013 (I prefer to work in the present because it’s so now-ish), is an…
Last week, we deliberately inflicted pain on ourselves and discussed the topic of album reviews, with actual samples (that I made…
No recording artist likes bad reviews. In fact, most recording artists are pretty unhappy with reviews that are even mediocre. When…
After a new recording project is mastered, photos have been taken, perhaps someone has been hired to write some liner notes,…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
