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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.
Today (1/8/13) marks the season premiere of Justified, one of the few television dramas I follow week to week. I discovered…
Jesse Gregory is a strong young vocalist from Maryville, TN, currently enrolled in the Bluegrass, Old Time & Country Music program…
We posted last summer about plans by Ken Scoggins & Millers Creek to finish a new Gospel album they expect to…
I had a lovely chat recently with Pete Goble, one of the most prolific songwriters we have in bluegrass music, and…
Sad news for fans and pickers in central North Carolina, as one of the oldest and most venerated contest festivals in…
We have just learned that Larry McDaniel, longtime Detroit bluegrass radio personality, passed away this morning (1/4/13) at his home in…
Talented multi-instrumentalist Jayd Raines will be starting the new year back with Marty Raybon & Full Circle. Jayd worked almost 2…
Big Country Bluegrass has announced veteran multi-instrumentalist Tim Laughlin as their newest member. Tim will play both fiddle and mandolin, and…
On top of last year’s news about the World of Bluegrass convention moving to Raleigh, NC for 2013-2016, comes word that…
Since taking his leave from Lou Reid & Carolina in July of 2012, Shannon Slaughter has been hard at work on…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music