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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.
There may be no more successful song incubator than the Lil House songwriting workshops conducted by Donna Ulisse, Jerry Salley, and…
Bluegrass music is heading for a special night at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Owensboro, KY. Bluegrass…
A gaggle of familiar names are among the winners of the 2019 Mike Auldridge Instrumental Composition Contest, sponsored by the DC…
I had a hard time coming to grips with the fact that Breaking In Lonesome is Rick Faris’s first recording as…
Every year or so, I convince myself that Darin and Brooke Aldridge’s streak of making a record that’s better than the…
David Morris accepts his Writer of the Year award at the 2019 IBMA Industry Awards – photo © Tara Linhardt With…
The last time Alison Brown gave the keynote address at the annual gathering of the International Bluegrass Music Association, in 2002,…
Alani Sugar with Che Apalache and friends at the Hill Center in Washington, DC – photo by David Morris I saw…
It’s no secret to regular readers that the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival is one of my two favorite stops of the year,…
Ryan Paisley with Rhonda Vincent at the 2019 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival – photo by Frank Baker The first time I saw…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
