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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.
Continuing our print media bluegrass news roundup… This past Friday’s edition of The Boston Globe carried a feature by Globe staffer…
Terry Tipton wrote in to ask for help recovering a vintage banjo that belongs to his nephew. It was stolen along…
Each year, the Roanoke Bluegrass Weekend holds a faculty concert on the Saturday night of their three day instructional event. It…
Sugar Hill has just released a couple of videos shot backstage prior to a Chris Thile & How To Grow A…
Thanks go to reader David Hobby, who passed along this link to a feature that ran in yesterday’s edition of The…
The Music Link has announced their latest instrument, a solid wood “F-style” mandolin, designed in collaboration with Greg Rich, who was…
The Washington Post contains a brief review in today’s edition of the latest release from J.D. Crowe & The New South,…
CMT has just announced a new talent competition, which they are calling Music City Madness. Contestants can enter and upload video…
We mentioned recently that guitarist Jerry Butler had left Pine Mountain Railroad, and just found out where he landed. Jerry has…
The Grand Ole Opry – The Making Of An American Icon is the name of a new book, released today by…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music