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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.
Appalachian Road Show is hard at work in the studio, creating brand new music for Billy Blue Records. Barry Abernathy, ARS…
Rising bluegrass star Caroline Owens has signed with Nashville-based Billy Blue Publishing. The twenty-something artist has already made her mark in…
Established in 1921, the Highfalls Fiddlers’ Convention, held in North Moore High School’s auditorium in Robbins, NC, returns this Saturday, April…
Bluegrass music continues to expand its audience in new ways as the genre grows in popularity. The music television show, Bluegrass…
Celebrating its 20th anniversary this season, the Big Lick Bluegrass Festival, one of the very first annual outdoor festivals in North…
New Primitive at Bluegrass First Class – photo © G. Nicholas Hancock New Primitive, a seven piece ensemble from North and…
It is extremely rare for a record company to release two albums by the same artist simultaneously, but that is precisely…
David Pugh of Kentucky, host of Mountain Bluegrass, a four-hour live streaming radio show that broadcast on Sunday nights, has moved…
Mike Hartgrove, fiddler with the Lonesome River Band, is proud of his latest instrument acquisition. “I have some really exciting news!…
Maxton Byrd, recipient of the 2024 Alan Perdue Award at the Seagrove Fiddlers’Convention with the Perdue family – photo © G….
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music