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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.
Wesley Hodgin and his sister, Aretta Reddick The central North Carolina bluegrass community in Randolph County has lost another picker. Wesley…
Louisa Branscomb is thrilled to have her song, Steel Rails, as part of an HBO documentary series, The Man Will Burn,…
ResoGat celebrated its 25th year last week, July 8-12, at the Holiday Inn Express in Wilkesboro, NC to celebrate the resophonic…
It’s the end of a musical legacy. Donna Laverne Stoneman, age 92, the last living member of the famed Stoneman family,…
North Carolina singer and guitarist, Bill Vanhoy, 89, passed away on Friday, July 3. Born and raised in Yadkin County in…
There’s another addition to our bluegrass family! Zach Alvis (lead singer and mandolinist with Chosen Road) and his wife, Savannah (lead…
Jim Hensley and Kody Norris at the final Willow Oak festival – photo © Laura Ridge As the saying goes, “all…
Little Roy and Esley Lewis at the Little Roy & Lizzy Festival (4/30/26) – photo © Sandy Hatley Esley Lewis, 96,…
It was the first of the last. Yesterday was the first day of the annual Father’s Day weekend Bluegrass Festival held…
The first PammyFest was held this past Friday and Saturday in West End, NC in memory of one of the state’s…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
