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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.
James Ray Edwards was born in Wilmington, Delaware, on April 16, 1954. His family moved to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, which is…
The November edition of Country Music People magazine contains an article by guitar-playing British bluegrass stalwart Tom Travis in which the…
As previously reported, Charles Richard ‘Dick’ Freeland passed away on Thursday, August 14, 2014, at his home after a prolonged illness….
On This Day ….. On October 24, 1951, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs recorded ‘Tis Sweet to Be Remembered and Earl’s…
The pioneering banjo player from North Carolina Gena Britt is my companion in our local coffee shop today. Britt fell in…
Johnny Lee Vincent was born into the musical Vincent family on October 18, 1940, at Button Ridge, Missouri, the fourth and…
Regina Ann Bartlett passed away suddenly on October 1, 2014, while attending the IBMA’s World of Bluegrass event in Raleigh, North…
British banjo ace Phill Morley passed away on Wednesday morning, 27 August, 2014, in Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex. He had been…
On Wednesday September 10, A Life of Sorrow: The Life and Times of Carter Stanley gets its first public airing when…
We have collected some memories from a few people who knew Dick Freeland well. Freeland passed away on August 14, 2014….
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
