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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.
Noted bluegrass mandolin artist, bandleader, and radio host Buddy Merriam will be having quadruple heart bypass surgery today (October 16, 2017)….
His musician son, Ben, has announced arrangements for Tom Paley’s funeral and wake. His message is as follows …. “My dad’s…
Kimble Blair, well-known Baltimore area fiddler passed away on May 29, 2017, following a series of heart attacks. He was 90…
The Association for Recorded Sound Collections recently announced the winners of their 2017 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound…
Tom Paley, guitarist, banjo and fiddle player, best known for his being a member of the New Lost City Ramblers, passed…
Donna Ulisse and Marc Rossi wrote the award-winning song I Am a Drifter when they got together for one of their…
In this fun series we ask bluegrass music personalities, some famous, some not so famous, about some of their interests as…
Wendy Thatcher with Eddie Adcock and IInd Generation (June 1970) – photo © Larry Marschall Jan Erin “Wendy” Thatcher, best known…
On June 1, (2017), we reported that Bill Clifton had been hospitalized for abdominal surgery. His recovery and subsequent release to…
Former Blue Grass Boy, Ralph Lewis passed away on Saturday evening, August 5, 2017. He was 89 years of age, the…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
