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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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This is the first in what I hope will be an occasional series of songwriting challenges to appear in the Blue…
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Janet and I just got back from Sore Fingers Summer School, a bluegrass camp in the Cotswolds in England—affectionately dubbed by…
Let me say up front that this article is not about a night I had on the dance floor in the…
I will probably remember where I was when I heard of Earl Scruggs’ death as much as where I was on…
I first saw banjoist Ned Luberecki on stage at an IBMA showcase back in the ‘90s. He made a joke that…
This is the second part of a St. Patrick’s Day column. Yesterday was an interview with Richard Hawkins, the editor of…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
