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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.
After well over 15 years of research, fact-checking, and writing, the publication date for the long-awaited Bill Monroe biography by Tom…
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle James Reams is celebrating his…
Today’s single release, the 9th in the 11 weeks of new singles program by Pinecastle Records, is Deanie Richardson’s Stoney Mae,…
Since co-founding the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1966, John McEuen has played many times in all the states of the…
In 2005 when David Davis was looking for material for his then next album, Troubled Times (Rebel REB-CD 1817), a friend…
In among the artists of the 1940s who performed in the string band, honky-tonk, western swing and bluegrass music styles, were…
Banjo player Wade Macey passed away peacefully on March 26, 2018 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem, North…
Woody Platt is the guitarist and lead vocalist in the Steep Canyon Rangers, founded in 2000; he handles most of the…
The host of the Rockingham County Radio’s Wednesday Bluegrass for Lunch program, Bob Webster, has contacted us to share the disappointing…
Mandolin player Dewey D Murphy passed away on August 8, 2017. He was 88 years old and lived in Charlotte, North…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
