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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.
Central North Carolina’s Swift Creek is working away in the studio, completing Magnolia, their second album of original bluegrass and Americana…
Look who’s back in the studio this month. Blue Highway is hard at work again, tracking a new project with their…
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced the hiring of two new staff members in their Nashville office. Leah James has…
That’s the title of a GoFundMe page set up to benefit Annie Nice, a prominent member of the music community in…
Gene Boyd, known widely as The Fiddling Barber of Bristol, passed away on January 26 at the Bristol Regional Medical Center….
A man committed a snatch-and-grab robbery yesterday at Lowe Vintage Instruments in Burlington, NC, getting away with three rare, vintage banjos. The…
Mountain Home Music has announced a March 19 release date for Bridging The Tradition, their upcoming album for Lonesome River Band….
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced the 2016 class for their annual Leadership Bluegrass workshop. Roughly two dozen members of…
Work continues on the Bluegrass Island store in Manteo, NC ahead of its scheduled opening on March 1. Located across the…
Junior Sisk has announced Noah Brown as the bass player/tenor singer with his touring band, Rambler’s Choice. Noah had just indicated…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music