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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.
East, west, north and south, bluegrass music has its young musicians in many different regions. Some found off the beaten track…
Happy Birthday to David Freeman! We hope that you have a wonderful day. Dave Freeman’s life has been reasonably-well documented in…
Best known as the writer of the definitive book about the history of bluegrass music, Neil Rosenberg, who recently celebrated his…
This is a fun series in which we ask bluegrass music personalities, some famous, some not so famous, about some of…
Earl Scruggs and his banjo playing prowess has been the subject of intense delight, interest, and discussion ever since he stepped…
Christopher Howard-Williams (left) with Guy Flammier and Didier Philippe In September 2018 the IBMA recognized the significant contributions that Christopher Howard-Williams…
Clyde Franklin, former proprietor of The Bluegrass Center in Asheville, NC, passed away on April 15, 2019, at home in Johnson…
Last month we received what appeared to be very disturbing news that threatened the restoration of Bluegrass Country Soul, the iconic documentary…
Mandolin virtuoso Frank Wakefield was hospitalized recently after being diagnosed with a combination of acute influenza and acute pneumonia. The lifelong…
One outgrowth of Anni Beech’s Jam Pak Blues ‘N’ Grass Neighborhood Band, based in Chandler, Arizona, has been the formation of…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
