Your authoritative and definitive news source for all things bluegrass, updated six days a week, with airplay charts, events directory, interviews, & puzzles.
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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.
This remembrance of banjo player Reed Martin, who died on September 30 in Potomac, MD after a long stint with Alzheimer’s…
Fado N’ Grass at the 2024 Trafaria Bluegrass church stage – photo © Raul Costa This report on coastal Portugal’s Trafaria…
This recollection of Jimmy Martin’s lessons to his heralded banjo player Chris Warner is a contribution from Thomas Cook. Chris is…
Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road at the 2024 Summergrass – photo © David K. Cupp This report on the genesis of…
The Country Ramblers at Bluegrass i de Müli in Urnäsch (8/17/24) – photo © Werner Gmünder Many thanks to Beat Heri,…
Maddie Denton and Harry Clark at the 2024 Bluegrass in La Roche – photo © Emmanuel Marin This report on the…
Fast Track at the 2024 Orange Army Bluegrass Festival – photo © Michael Boggs This story about the wonderful work of…
Russell Moore at Ridge Jam ’24 – photo © Laci Mack This report is a contribution from Vicki Dean, who retired…
Jim Lauderdale at the 2024 High Mountain Hay Fever festival – photo © Kevin Slick This report is a contribution from…
This run down of the results from the resurrected fiddlers convention in Union Grove, NC – with a huge gallery of…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
