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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.
The Recording Academy has announced the newest additions to its Grammy Hall Of Fame, adding to this timeless list that now…
Our own intrepid correspondent, Richard Thompson [bluegrassmercury], spent a week in Nashville in early October, having traveled from the UK to…
Under the auspices of the Scottish Bluegrass Association (SBA), John Sheldon has organised a 10-day tour for the northern Virginia –…
The mailing to journalists of the Donna Ulisse CD Walk This Mountain Down (Hadley Music Group) is imminent. Promo mailings for…
On Sunday, November 2, 2008, the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, Kentucky, unveiled a brand new Curly Seckler exhibit. The…
Koch Records has announced the release yesterday (11/11), of Charlie Daniels And Friends Live From Nashville concert video. The DVD, Preachin’,…
The following press release came from the British Bluegrass Music Association. It deals with their renewed effort to revitalize the organization,…
Suzy Rothfield Thompson, who has been working on a documentary film about the New Lost City Ramblers (NLCR) for the past…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music