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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 recently received another bit of interesting news from Dan Miller at Flatpicking Guitar Magazine, this time about a new “part…
Nice Life – The Bluegrass Tribute to Bon Jovi, is the title of the latest edition of CMH Records’ popular series…
Information on the 2006 Roanoke Bluegrass Weekend is now available on the RBW web site. The event will be held November…
Pinecastle Records has announced that a new Larry Stephenson CD will be released in August. The new release, Life Stories, will…
We learn from our friend Mark Johnson that Larry Rice has passed away after a long battle with cancer. Bluegrass fans…
Tim Stafford is the current Featured Artist on the Composite Acoustics web site. The feature includes an interview with Tim (in…
Worldwide Bluegrass Radio welcomes two new hosts to their streaming Internet radio station. Arthur Zilkowsky now hosts Bluegrass with the Cosmic…
One half of your dutiful Bluegrass Blog editorial staff will be away all of next week. I am leaving this morning…
Claire Lynch and her fine band spent an hour in the studio with XM Satellite Radio’s Kyle Cantrell, recording an interview…
Our friend Donica Christensen at Hollerback PR sent us some photos and a recap of Jim VanCleve’s CD release party on…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music