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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.
During the IBMA’s World of Bluegrass convention in late September, David Morris sat down with Berklee College of Music professor of…
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It’s a safe bet that no one will ever accuse the Spinney Brothers of straying from traditional bluegrass, as shaped by…
Just as things were wrapping up during the busy IBMA week in Raleigh earlier this month, Doyle Lawson stopped in to…
Imagine turning 49 years old, being diagnosed with an advanced stage of cancer, and wondering if you’ll live long enough to…
Nancy Cardwell, who oversaw the move of IBMA’s World of Bluegrass conference and festival from Nashville to Raleigh and was executive…
Here’s David Morris’ interview with Phil Leadbetter, recorded the morning after Phil was named the 2014 Dobro Player of the Year…
Coming to Raleigh was a good financial decision for IBMA, but not all of the news has been good. Revenues are…
If it’s time for IBMA’s World of Bluegrass, it must be time for another keynote address by a “name” player who…
If you stumbled here through a Google search for information about British bluebloods, you landed in the wrong place. But if…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
