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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.
Like so many of us, in and out of bluegrass, the members of Unspoken Tradition had big plans for 2020, touring…
After a six-year hiatus, the Doc and Rosa Lee Watson MusicFest ‘n Sugar Grove returns next month to the mountains of western…
Sometimes you can look at the name of an artist or a producer and be pretty sure what’s coming. Song after…
Over more than a decade of reviewing bluegrass music, I’ve concluded that the songs that speak to me most directly tend…
Over the years with the Infamous Stringdusters, Jeremy Garrett’s muscular, bluesy fiddle work became an instantly recognizable part of his musical…
What started as a way to memorialize her grandfather has become a permanent part of Michelle Canning’s annual musical calender. The…
The DC Bluegrass Union has announced winners of the annual Hazel Dickens Songwriting Contest. The list contains a number of writers…
It’s time for the annual challenge: Picking my “dozen” favorite bluegrass recordings for the previous year. First, the usual cautions. This…
After Tony Rice died a year ago on Christmas Day, jam band master Barry Waldrep and music management ace Brian Smith…
Some CDs are just meant to be played in front of a cozy fire on a wintry evening, when the listener…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
