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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.
The legendary bluegrass music listening venue in Alexandria, Virginia, The Birchmere, passed its 50th anniversary on April 4. Initially, the bar,…
The Martin Dreadnought guitar. It has been said that it has changed the face of popular music. Hank Williams had one…
Here’s the fifth contribution of a periodical feature, where we ask bluegrass personalities to choose their top five Gospel songs. This…
This coming Saturday – June 11, 2016 – sees the commencement of the 50th Annual Bill Monroe Bean Blossom Bluegrass Music…
How to get a head ache in just 10 minutes. “It doesn’t take that long!”, Bill Nowlin, the author of The…
Foggy Mountain Troubadour: The Life and Music of Curly Seckler a much anticipated biography by Penny Parsons is published today, Monday,…
Samantha Casey’s dad plays the banjo, and both her parents sing. They taught her to sing harmony around the house as…
The Last Suit You Wear, written by Larry Williams, Larry Shell and Kim Williams, was recorded by Larry Sparks in the…
While bluegrass festivals are rightly credited as being the salvation of bluegrass music and have for decades provided the highlights for…
The ABC TV series, that is. The current season, episode 15, (415) of the American soap series Nashville, broadcast on Wednesday,…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music