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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.
Bill Monroe’s 100th year celebration continues with the release on November 22 of the Rural Rhythm Records album Bill Monroe 100th…
Among the books mentioned in the University of North Carolina Press Fall/Winter 2011 catalogue is Bill C. Malone’s biography, Music From…
Laurie Lewis has been honored with the 2011 Performer Award from the Folk Alliance FAR-West, the western regional chapter of the…
Just as the rock ‘n’ roll era dawned and country music and its off-spring bluegrass music was being overwhelmed by the…
On this day in 1990 ….. The British Bluegrass Music Association (BBMA) was formed. “Reacting to an initiative by Mal Salisbury,…
WAMU, the American University-based public radio station – the leading station for NPR news and information in the greater Washington D.C….
Monroe Crossing has announced that their banjo player for the past five years, Benji Flaming, is to leave to pursue alternative…
The International Bluegrass Music Museum (IBMM) has been named the winner of a special award. The Owensboro, Kentucky-based IBMM has been…
The Banjo Project documentary is to be aired November 4, as part of the PBS Arts from the Blue Ridge Mountains…
Rural Rhythm Records recently announced the release of the Crowe Brothers’ album, Bridging The Gap (RUR 1087). Maggie Valley’s Crowe Brothers…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
