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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.
Paul Knight is the best soundman on the west coast, and maybe beyond. I first knew him as a bassist, and…
In my own small brush with posterity, I once exchanged emails with Craig Newmark of Craig’s List back in 1997. I…
I just got a pre-release copy of Don Rigsby’s upcoming CD, a tribute to Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys…
Northern California is rife with traditional bluegrass. In this writer’s opinion, there are two reasons for that: Vern and Ray, and…
This post is the first in what will be a series of articles on prominent west coast musicians who may not…
I first became aware of Matt Flinner when I was living in Missoula, Montana in the early nineties. One night, after…
The greatest proponent of bluegrass music in San Francisco, and perhaps the world, has died. Warren Hellman, best known in our…
“Oh, oh, what I want to know is are you kind?” This famous line from the iconic song Uncle John’s Band,…
There’s gold in them thar hills! I don’t know if that’s ever really been said, but it came true last Saturday…
About 6 months ago somebody high up in the biz told me, “If you don’t have a MySpace account, you’re missing…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
