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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.
Infamous Stringdusters at The Salvage Station – photo © Bryce Lafoon When The Infamous Stringdusters played The Salvage Station in Asheville,…
2022 Blue Highway Fest in Big Stone Gap, VA – photo © Jeromie Stephens This review of the initial Blue Highway…
This review of Jubilation, the new album from Appalachian Road Show on Billy Blue Records, is a contribution from Mason Via,…
Buster Sledge at the debut Trafaria Bluegrass Festival by the River in Portugal This report is a contribution from Portuguese banjoist…
Darin & Brooke Aldridge at the inaugural Earl Scruggs Music Festival, Labor Day 2022 – photo by Bryce Lafoon Here is…
Béla Fleck at the debut Earl Scruggs Music Festival, September 2022 – photo © Bryce Lafoon Here is another gallery of…
This special anniversary remembrance of Bill Monroe is a contribution from Richard D. Smith, author of the definitive biography of Big…
Becky Buller at the 2022 Earl Scruggs Music Festival – photo © Bryce Lafoon Bryce Lafoon with Lightshifter Studios was staked…
This report on this long-running Irish bluegrass event is a contribution from Michael Luchtan, with accompanying photographs provided by Garrett FitzGerald….
Greensky Bluegrass in Charlottesville (8/17/22) – photo by Dylan Langille Last night Greensky Bluegrass and The Wood Brothers played the Ting Pavilion…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
