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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.
The IBMA Board of Directors is back at it again this weekend… performing at the Station Inn, that is. For the…
It’s somewhat rare for a new band to release an album filled almost completely with original material. Most up-and-coming groups tend…
Let’s start with this: the Highland Travelers are not just a repackaged version of the Boxcars. Though they’ve retained the recently…
In the past several years, Sideline has jumped from being a literal side project for some bluegrass A-listers to a fully-fledged…
ClayBank’s 2016 debut album, Playing Hard to Forget, was a strong entry into the bluegrass scene, racking up comparisons to bluegrass…
Sometimes it’s easy to dismiss family bands as cute kids with more than their fair share of musical talent, but more…
The bluegrass community is coming together once again to help one of its own. Last fall, Dan Carty, a regionally-performing bluegrass…
The new home of the International Bluegrass Music Museum is set to open to the public during a three-day event in…
The folks at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum have posted on their Facebook page a light-hearted update on the digitization…
Shannon Slaughter has consistently released quality music during his time on the national scene, from several years with the Lonesome River…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music