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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.
Once again promoter, Jeff Branch, is bringing bluegrass to Oakboro, NC for the Big Lick Bluegrass Festival. The festival park is…
Greg Rich and Carl Jackson with the Carl Jackson Signature banjo at SPBGMA – photo by Robin Jackson Recording King has…
Cody Johnson, SPBGMA’s newly-named Promoter of the Year, is adding a new festival to honor the legendary Tony Rice, at Camp…
Doug Whitley and Lorraine Jordan Doug Whitley presents Hwy 40 Bluegrass each Tuesday afternoon on The Bluegrass Jamboree. He was born…
Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road welcome a new fiddle player, Warren Blair, for their 2023 season. Jordan shared… “Matt Hooper, who…
Little Roy and Lizzy are saying goodbye to one band mate, and hello to two more. Guitarist, Will Eller, is stepping…
In the wake of the school shut downs due to the COVID 19 outbreak, three central North Carolina fiddlers’ conventions held…
Jason Fraley, long time mandolinist/baritone singer with Deeper Shade of Blue, stepped down from the band at the end of 2022….
With the digital age, music, including bluegrass, is being presented in a lot of different types and formats. Jeremiah Gilmer, a…
Founding member, Andrew Brown, of the central North Carolina-based Gospel Plowboys, is stepping down after more than a decade with the…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
