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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.
There aren’t many people in bluegrass with the level of credibility both on stage and behind the scenes that accrues to…
Attention fiddlers! A call for contestants has gone out for the 2nd annual “Tennessee Style” fiddle contest at the Hoedown On The…
These days, most of the alt-bluegrass, or grassicana, bands come from the Pacific Northwest, Canada, or the big cities of the…
Another trend we noticed at the World of Bluegrass, especially with IBMA expanding the boundaries of what they promote as bluegrass,…
Poor Mountain Records has released a new single from Nick Chandler & Delivered, a second from their debut album with the…
Kim Robins is proud to announce the return of banjo picker Josh Woods to her touring band, 40 Years Late. Josh…
Most everyone in the country has by now seen the dire and desperate images from eastern North Carolina, where flooding related…
A prominent trend in bluegrass, which was demonstrated last week during the World of Bluegrass convention in Raleigh, is the number…
British banjoist Leon Hunt has compiled his columns about the five string written for Acoustic Magazine into a large-format paperback book,…
During last week’s World of Bluegrass convention, the Martin guitar company introduced a new and improved line of guitar strings which…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music