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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.
Mel Bay has released Championship Contest Fiddling, a book/CD set with transcriptions from 44 fiddle tunes as they were played by…
Larry Cordle is also among the many bluegrass artists in the studio this Spring. This won’t be a band project, but…
The Steeldrivers have added Gary Nichols as their new guitarist and vocalist, filling the spot vacated by founding member Chris Stapleton….
The John Cowan Band will be performing live today (4/2) on Blue Plate Special, which airs on WDVX from Knoxville. The…
The Steeldrivers have made quite a noise in the bluegrass world this past two years with a unique sound drawing heavily…
Dana Bourgeois has posted a video in which he describes how he selects tops to use in his guitars. It was…
It was a good run… 60 plus years. But now, based on the testimony of a janitor/banjo player in rural West…
Here’s one last piece on IBMA’s 2010 Leadership Bluegrass, this time from Gary Reid. Gary has spent a lifetime in service…
One more release to note for March 30… Swedish grassers G2 have dropped a single from their next CD, Untapped Routes….
Tuesday, March 30, saw the release of a number new bluegrass CDs. The fact that the 31st is the cutoff date…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
