Your authoritative and definitive news source for all things bluegrass, updated six days a week, with airplay charts, events directory, interviews, & puzzles.
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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.
Sab Watanabe Inoue, founding banjo player with Bluegrass 45, died yesterday at home in Japan. He was 69 years of age…
When Boston’s Lonely Heartstring Band announced this spring that they would be going on hiatus after the 2019 season, more than…
Hawktail has been making waves in string music this past few years, for their adventurous explorations along the edges of the…
When the National Medal for the Arts recipients line up this evening at The White House, legendary bluegrass and country artist…
Kim and Joyce Kraemer Illinois grassers recall the festivals that ran in Naperville, starting in 1986. They were managed by Terry…
Virtuoso banjoist Robert Mabe has released a new single with a video this month, a set of three Irish fiddle tunes…
The nominees have been announced this morning for the 2020 Grammy Awards. As always, the gala press conference dealt with the…
Bonfire Music Group has announced today the signing of The Barefoot Movement to the label. A debut single is expected on…
Fiddlin’, the feature-length documentary film about the Old Fiddlers Convention in Galax, VA, is now available on two major streaming services…
Phil Leadbetter, veteran bluegrass reso-guitarist, is back in the hospital. This past few years has brought a great many health issues…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
