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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.
Roland and Clarence White/Roland White and Diane Bouska – photo by Nicole Christianson Pioneer, multi-instrumentalist and singer Roland White, primarily a…
Bobby Atkins, veteran banjo player and singerof roughly 60 years’ experience playing bluegrass and country music, passed away on Sunday, March…
10 years ago, on March 28, 2012, Earl Eugene Scruggs, noted for popularizing a three-finger banjo-picking style that bears his famous…
Jamie Dailey, Karen Staley, and Darrin Vincent on the Dailey & Vincent television show Last month I’ll Leave My Heart in…
The first-generation bluegrass lead singer, guitar picker, and band leader from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, William (Bill) Dermot “Mac Martin” Colleran passed away…
Little Roy Lewis is 80 today! Roy McArthur “Little Roy” Lewis Jr. was born and raised the youngest member of the…
Not surprisingly, tributes and condolences have poured in following the passing of banjo ace J.D. Crowe, who passed away on Christmas…
Aidan McGale, a member of the country and bluegrass band, the Knotty Pine String Band, passed away on Tuesday, December 21,…
When, in January 2022, the Haywood County Arts Council (HCAC) and regional partners announced the 2021-2022 Artist Support Grant awardees, it…
While the King Records facility in Cincinnati looks to have an assured future with financial support for restoration, judging by images…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music