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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.
‘Renfro’ Proffitt, cross-picking guitar stylist and one-time member of Ralph Stanley’s Clinch Mountain Boys, passed away at the Community Hospice Care…
After being dormant for a while, the European Bluegrass Music Association (EBMA) has announced a new start, restructured its approach to…
I Know This Road, Roger Williams’ long-awaited solo album, is an eclectic collection of instrumental and vocal works, some of which…
Bill Grant passed away on Tuesday, July 09, 2019, after a brief confinement to hospital following a fall on May 18…
Today, July 9, 2019, mandolin artist and long-term member of the venerable Grand Ole Opry cast, Jesse McReynolds, celebrates his 90th birthday. …
LeRoy E Mumma passed away peacefully at his home in Denver, Pennsylvania, on July 2, 2019, aged 82. He had been…
Musicians everywhere love to get together to play and if they are with long-term friends so much the better. Japanese guitar…
Singer/songwriter Claire Lynch, with whom John Starling shared a musical collaboration in the country-rock band Ready Section, speaks eloquently about the…
Further to our recent report about the Niall Toner Band (NTB) release of their new single, Myles Walter Keogh, a music…
John Starling, who possessed one of the most cultured voices in bluegrass music, passed away on Thursday, May 2, 2019 at…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music