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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.
We posted in early August about the competition hosted by MountainRidge Music Marketing to select an up-and-coming band to receive their…
We heard last week from Darin Aldridge, former member of The Country Gentlemen and current mandolinist with The Circuit Riders. This…
With so many bluegrass folks packing up and heading to Nashville for the big IBMA week just ahead of us, we…
Joe Diffie made quite a splash as a country singer and songwriter in the 1990s, turning out a string of hit…
On Wednesday we ran the first part of my discussion with Melonie Cannon, where we discussed her upcoming Rural Rhythm CD,…
The Grand Ole Opry is taking on a bluegrass flavor this weekend as the World Of Bluegrass prepares to descend on…
Rounder will be reissuing Tony Trischka’s terrific 1985 banjo album, Hill Country as a remastered CD on October 21. Tony is…
WAMU’s Bluegrass Country will be broadcasting live from the IBMA World Of Bluegrass in Nashville next week. Nearly a dozen hosts…
Charlie Haden is a name that serious jazz fans will recognize, but for folks in the bluegrass an acoustic world, it…
Mel Bay Publications has three new instructional books that will be of interest to any of our readers who study the…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
