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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.
AJ Lee & Blue Summit at the 2024 Earl Scruggs Music Festival – photo © G. Nicholas Hancock The 2024 Earl…
Band from the Cayman Islands at the 2024 Galax Old Fiddlers Convention – photo © G Nicholas Hancock The six…
Off The Rails – 1st Bluegrass Band at the 2024 Old Fiddlers’ Convention – photo © G Nicholas Hancock The 88th Annual Old…
Here’s another large gallery of Nick Hancock’s images shot during the youth competition at the Old Fiddlers’ Convention in Galax, VA…
Creekwater Collective competing at the 2024 Old Fiddlers Convention – photo © G Nicholas Hancock 116 individual contestants between the ages…
Alden and Arnold Nunn at the 2024 Nunn Brothers Bluegrass Festival – photo © G Nicholas Hancock The Nunn Brothers Bluegrass…
Loyle Dawson & Slick Quiver at the Alleghany County Fiddlers’ Convention – photo © G Nicholas Hancock G. Nicholas Hancock was…
“We’ve been hot, cold, and rained on,” said a contestant at the 28th Alleghany County Fiddlers’ Convention this past Saturday in…
Camper band at the ETSU Bluegrass Summer Camp – photo © G Nicholas Hancock The first ever East Tennessee State University…
Last Friday evening (July 12), the small, approximately 100×80 foot park in downtown Erwin, TN, known as The Gathering Place, overflowed…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music