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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.
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…
Central North Carolina-based bluegrass band, Grass Strings, formed in 1975. They played their first show at Pfeiffer College in January 1976,…
Longtime Ohio-based musician/singer/songwriter, Edward “Beanpole” Efaw, 92, passed away on January 17. He had led The Bluegrass Mountaineers for more than…
The popular band, Sideline, featuring banjo beast, Steve Dilling, and his guitar guru son-in-law, Skip Cherryholmes, have announced that the band…
Rick Stanley and Donna Ulisse at Denton FarmPark – photo by Sandy Hatley Sunday morning, Rick Stanley suffered a serious heart…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
