Your authoritative and definitive news source for all things bluegrass, updated six days a week, with airplay charts, events directory, interviews, & puzzles.
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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.
‘Tis the season to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas in song, and master musician, Andy Leftwich, and 11 of his…
December 8-11 marks the grand opening of the Ellis Theatre and phase one of Marty Stuart’s Congress of Country Music in…
Jason Fraley, mandolinist with Deeper Shade of Blue, has released his first solo project, Acoustic Flavor of Christmas, just in time…
Paul Williams with his family, Erdia Humphrey, and son, Richie Humphrey (November 2022) Many of us grew up singing the songs…
Irene, Bryan, Anna Catherine, and Leonard Causby with Earl Scruggs, circa 1984 Banjoist Roger Hester, 81, of Sanford, NC, is a…
Music has brought another couple to the altar. Banjoist of North Carolina’s Drive Time, Tyler Jackson, married fiddler/mandolinist, Tori Jones, formerly…
Fast Track at the 2022 Bluegrass Christmas in the Smokies – photo © Bill Warren With new dates (the weekend before…
Lorraine Jordan finds Sue Lee in the crowd at Bluegrass Christmas in the Smokies – photo © Bill Warren A change…
It’s just what the doctor ordered! After the world being shut down for two years with the global pandemic, bands are…
Angel with mandolin photo by Mike Boulware The unique and highly prized mandolin once used the late Larry Rice is now…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
