Your authoritative and definitive news source for all things bluegrass, updated six days a week, with airplay charts, events directory, interviews, & puzzles.
Focus in on artists who play bluegrass music from all over the world
The latest in bluegrass music releases, and reviews of both music and other items
What’s happening at shows and festivals you might want to see
What’s going on in the professional bluegrass world around us
Band news, weddings, births, and obituaries, plus our bluegrass crosswords.
Find bluegrass events near you, or add your own to our searchable database.
Indoor or outdoor, see single day events and concert series here.
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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.
As is always the case, the close of each year heralds a slew of “Best Of” lists of every imaginable description….
When WAMU’s Ray Davis notched his 60th year in radio broadcasting, Richard Thompson put together a nice career retrospective for us…
This was a happy week for banjo pickers! We posted on Tuesday that Aaron McDaris and his wife celebrated the birth…
Wayne Yates, brother to former Country Gentleman Bill Yates, passed away last night (12/11) at the age of 75. He is…
Here are two other special bluegrass shows being cybercast online today. Blue Plate Special on WDVX has live sets from banjo…
We received a note from our friend, Andrea Roberts, primary agent at the Andrea Roberts Agency, wife to Danny Roberts of…
Subscribers to the venerable British Bluegrass News will soon receive their Winter 08/09 issue in the mail. Though BBN has been…
Ron Block will be the featured guest on Friday’s (12/12) edition of Lonesome Pine RFD on WFDU-FM. He will join host…
David Grier made a brief promotional video when he stopped in to the studios of WAMU’s Bluegrass Country for a live…
The nominees for the 2009 Bluegrass Music Awards hosted by the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America (SPBGMA)…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
