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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 just received this note from Casey Henry: The Nashville Metro Police department has recovered two stolen instruments. A banjo and…
The John Cowan Band has just announced that their next CD will be released on Pinecastle Records. A spring 2006 release…
We had a brief discussion on Sunday with IBMA Executive Director Dan Hays about attendance at this past week’s events in…
I just got a note from Donald Nitchie about the next issue of Banjo Newsletter. In the November issue of the…
Here, with our apologies for tardiness, is another gallery of photos that Dan Loftin took at the IBMA Awards Show last…
The recent IBMA Awards have been covered in the mainstream press here in the US, and we have posted links to…
Well, it’s Sunday morning, and Brance and I will be headed back home sometime today. We still have a great many…
We found a few more articles in the online versions of print papers covering the IBMA events this past week. The…
Billboard.com, the online version of Billboard magazine, has a brief article about the IBMA Awards, written by Deborah Evans Price. It…
Here are some of the terrific photos Tami Roth took at the Ryman last night.
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music