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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.
Our industrious British correspondent, Richard F. Thompson, is back with an expanded overview of a story Brance posted last month. Lester…
Roberto Dalla Vecchia is organizing what he feels sure is the first ever meeting of Italian flatpickers, scheduled for September 22…
Rounder Records has posted an interview with Charlie Sizemore on their web site. The occasion for the interview is his recent…
Country music legend Gene Watson has a new CD due on September 25 on Shanachie Records entitled In A Perfect World….
Sam Bush will be appearing on television twice this week as a member of Lyle Lovett’s band, with whom he has…
Mandolin Cafe is handling the sale of a Gilchrist Model 1 mandolin, recently acquired through an anonymous donor, which be sold…
When Emmy Lou Harris appears on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Monday, September 17, she’ll have John Starling &…
We received a note from Marcel Hanson, who works with a local radio and TV station in Holland. They include a…
Charlie Daniels got his start on pop radio in 1973 with Uneasy Rider, a tongue-in-cheek story of a long-haired country boy…
We had posted late last year about Wechter Guitars and their newly installed Plek Pro fret dressing machine. This German made,…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music