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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.
Originally formed as a duo in 1960, The Country Pickers are a legendary band from Basel, Switzerland. They have played extensively…
The European Bluegrass Music Association (EBMA) Board is to recommend to the membership that EBMA should be dissolved. In a special…
After a spell of declining health, prolific bluegrass song writer Bill Castle passed away at Maysville Nursing and Rehabilitation, in Maysville,…
On this day … On February 13, 1973, Muleskinner – the first super group of bluegrass music – made its debut…
Prague-based banjo and mandolin builder, Rosťa Čapek, is having a double celebration in the spring – his 55th birthday, and the…
Michigan-area bluegrass musician Gary Adams passed away on Monday, January 23. He had very recently been diagnosed with an aggressive brain…
Illinois fiddler and bluegrass promoter George Portz passed away on January 9, 2023, from a heart attack, just two days after…
Vivian Williams, fiddler, composer, recording artist, and writer, passed away on January 6, 2023 at the age of 84. She had…
Co-founder of the California Bluegrass Association (CBA), Carl Pagter passed away on Tuesday, January 3, 2023, in Virginia. He was 89…
Stewartstown, PA native Dean Phillips has been announced as the new banjo player with Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass. The…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music