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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.
Here’s our Special Bluegrass Correspondent with this week’s Bluegrass Weather Report, looking at the Palatka Bluegrass Festival in Palatka, FL.
The Carter Family is almost ubiquitous in every variety of traditional music – and even some more mainstream genres. It’s difficult…
Bath, England is the latest foreign locale to contribute a group to the international bluegrass scene. Acoustic quartet Cardboard Fox has…
Here’s our Special Bluegrass Correspondent with this week’s Bluegrass Weather Report looking at the Joe Val Festival in Framingham, MA.
Live albums usually fall in one of two camps. Sometimes, even with the most talented bands, the songs come off flat…
Bluegrass is sometimes viewed as music for old fogies. The emphasis on tradition, the lack of electric instruments, the sheer lonesomeness…
Here’s our Special Bluegrass Correspondent with this week’s Bluegrass Weather Report, looking ahead to the SPBGMA convention in Nashville.
When we think of “radio voices,” smooth, rich, polished tones come to mind – think Casey Kasem. Broadcaster Jim Fisher was…
Just like the instruments they play, sometimes bluegrass musicians themselves need a bit of a tune up. Mandolin master Adam Steffey…
I love discovering new music. The majority of the time, that music is just new to me: an early J.D. Crowe…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music