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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.
Last week it was announced here in Bluegrass Today that there was a Hallmark-esque Christmas movie (actually from Imagicomm Entertainment) with…
I recently encountered one of the more pointless and irritating social media threads I’ve seen, at least since the 2024 election….
We’ve just made it through Thanksgiving, and I chose the phrase “made it through” deliberately. Let’s be honest, for all people’s…
I want to wish you and yours a very happy Thanksgiving. Mine is a simple one: I’m up in the frozen…
I’ve become very disillusioned with the zodiac, I have to admit. First there were the overly general daily horoscopes: “Make sound…
Greetings from Germany, where I’m on tour playing some duo shows with Paolo Ercoli. On Friday of this week (3:00 p.m….
Greetings from Italy, where I’m starting a tour this week with Italian dobro player Paolo Ercoli. Since I am writing in…
Welcome to the Election Week edition of this column. There will be no endorsing of candidates for office (that’s best left…
I’ve discussed in past columns the fact that, while bluegrass bands still get booked at weddings, there are at most three…
This column was mostly written in September of 2021, after playing our first festival in front of real people since the…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
