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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.
Last week’s (12/29) Wall Street Journal Market Watch has reported on the success of the Cracker Barrel strategy of working with…
Keith Lawrence, the esteemed journalist at the Owensboro Messenger-Enquirer, has been writing about bluegrass music for the newspaper since 1985. Additionally,…
Each year end brings lists of Best Ofs, and the music business is among the most prominent in getting its reporters…
Legendary bass player Jody Rainwater passed away in his sleep on the evening of Saturday, December 24, 2011, following a lengthy…
Edward William “Shorty” Eager passed away following an extended illness on December 19, 2011, at Cobb Wellstar Hospital in Austell, Georgia….
On this day in 1967 …… On December 25, 1967, the Osborne Brothers’ recording of Rocky Top was released. Recorded on…
Christmas time, the season of goodwill, good will to all men. In bluegrass music circles it’s always a time of good…
Young English banjo player John Breese recently graduated from the University of Southampton, having completed a year-long Masters course in Music,…
Pete Wernick has announced the Banjo Camp scholarship winners. They are Jim Gabehart of Hinton, West Virginia, and Jordan Alleman, 18,…
It has been five years since Mike Compton released an album: the Acoustic Disc release Stomp, with David Long. Otherwise nothing;…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
