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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.
Special tribute band performs for Buddy Michaels at the 2024 Granite Quarry Fiddlers’ Convention The 58th Granite Quarry Fiddlers’ Convention, held…
Since 1970, during their annual October fiddlers’ convention, the Granite Quarry Civitan Club in central North Carolina has honored individuals who…
Zak McLamb, Jeanette Williams, and Wyatt Harman at the 2024 bass workshop – photo © Sandy Hatley “Normally, you don’t have…
Exhibit Hall jam with Rhonda Vincent at World of Bluegrass ’24 – photo © David Morris It may be IBMA’s last…
Stephen Mougin, Dede Wyland, and Dan Boner at World of Bluegrass 2024 – photo © Sandy Hatley The Thursday afternoon IBMA…
Songwriters Showcase at Lorraine’s Coffeehouse (9/25/24) – photo © Bill Warren Lorraine Jordan, the Lady of Tradition, for the third consecutive…
Former Blue Grass Boy banjoist, Bill Simpson, 90, of Oakboro, NC, passed away on September 18, 2024. In a 2017 interview,…
Danny Paisley at the Camp Springs Labor Day Bluegrass Festival – photo © Laura Tate Photography Returning for the sixth time…
Bluegrass musicians and festival promoters, Allen Dyer and Lorraine Jordan, have added two more festivals, the North Carolina State Bluegrass Festival…
The iconic Camp Springs Labor Day Festival at Blue Grass Park is slated to return this weekend, August 30-September 1. Carlton…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
