Your authoritative and definitive news source for all things bluegrass, updated six days a week, with airplay charts, events directory, interviews, & puzzles.
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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.
Construction work on the Bill Monroe Museum on Bill Monroe Avenue, US Highway 62 in Ohio County, KY, is progressing well…
Best known for the Grammy award-winning classic song, Gentle on My Mind, recorded by the recently-deceased Glen Campbell, and the ground-breaking…
4th & Goal was written by Paula Breedlove and Brad Davis, a writing partnership that began way back in 1989. It…
In November last year (2017) we were distressed to have to pass on the tragic news that Ernie Thacker, only 45…
On this day ….. On January 22, 1938, Bill Emerson was born in Washington D.C., from where he went on to…
“More than a band, these six friends from Kobe, Japan, have shared 50 years of friendship, musicianship, and a passion for…
The Bluegrass Band – Dave Sebring, in the middle on bass © Stephanie P. Ledgin David Sebring passed away on January…
January 2018 marks the 40th anniversary of Hot Rize’s first gigs, in Boulder, Colorado back in 1978. Often called America’s Bluegrass…
On this day … On January 8, 1971, Keith Whitley and Ricky Skaggs recorded tracks for what would be the LP…
Award-winning journalist Stephanie Ledgin can be found “wherever the music takes me”, and wherever she goes with her pen, her trusty…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music