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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.
Chad Day – photo © Laci Mack North Carolina’s Deeper Shade of Blue has a new band member, Chad Day, joining…
David Harvey is Master Luthier at Gibson (head of the Gibson mandolin department), a musician/singer/songwriter, and a historian with a vast…
Today (July 21), bluegrass fiddle virtuoso Bobby Hicks turns 90 years old. Last night, a birthday bash/jam was held in his…
Wyatt Ellis at COHAB Space, July 7, 2023 – photo © G Nicholas Hancock COHAB is a new live music venue…
Scott Napier accepting a new Alvarez AD-60 from Todd Yates Scott Napier is doing it again…connecting a deserving youth with a…
Banjo and guitar player, Roby Carter Harris, lovingly known as R.C. by his friends, family, and the wider bluegrass community, passed…
Bryan Osborne & the Ashe Mountain Boys at Grayson County 2023 – photo © G. Nicholas Hancock The 2023 Grayson County…
Deeper Shade of Blue at the 2023 Willow Oak Bluegrass Festival – photo © Laura Tate Photography Willow Oak Bluegrass Festival…
Located in north central North Carolina, Willow Oak Bluegrass Festival in Roxboro is underway for its annual Father’s Day weekend music…
Located on the Washington County Fairgrounds in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Southwest Virginia, the Abingdon Fiddlers’ Convention returned this past…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music