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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 had posted several weeks ago about an upcoming Skaggs Family Records project called Celebration Of Life, a two CD set…
Our friends at Mandolin Cafe have a hilarious post available this morning which takes advantage of the reputation of today’s date,…
Pete Wernick, aka Dr. Banjo, has been chosen to be among the first four Coloradans inducted into the Bluegrass Hall Of…
Clear Channel Radio, often cynically portrayed by critics as embodying all that is wrong with corporate radio consolidation, has flipped a…
The second release of new Ralph Stanley recordings on Columbia is due on May 30, 2006, entitled A Distant Land To…
Banjo player, Alison Brown and her band will be performing this Saturday on the Grand Ole Opry radio broadcast. She will…
Last week, All Things Considered on NPR carried a feature on County Records’ 3 CD reissues containing field recordings of clawhammer…
Fiery fiddler, and three-time IBMA award winner, Michael Cleveland’s new CD, Let ‘Er Go Boys! is out on Rounder Records. It…
Carl Thomas Smith: 1938-2006 We share the sadness and loss felt at the passing of Carl Thomas Smith, who was killed…
This weekend, Garrison Keillor will welcome Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder as his guests on the popular A Prairie Home Companion…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
