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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.
Central North Carolina-based Drive Time has a new bassist. The band welcomes Lee Sawyer from Thomasville to their ensemble. Sawyer has…
Clyde Maness at the Music Barn – photo by G Nicholas Hancock Clyde Maness, bass player and proprietor of Maness Pottery…
The long running North Carolina female band sensation, Sweet Potato Pie, welcomes new band mate, Jaime Carter, and featured artist, Kevin…
Rising bluegrass starlet, Caroline Owens of Denton, NC, has a new banjo picker in her band, Caroline & Company. “We are…
Coyote Ugly, First Place Bluegrass Band at Sparta 2022 – photo by G Nicholas Hancock After a two-year hiatus due to…
Jerry Salley, Billy Blue Records’ Creative/A&R Director, is a thankful man. “Billy Blue Records just celebrated its four year anniversary, and…
Olivia Jo & The MVPs kicked off opening day of the 52nd Southeast Old Threshers’ Reunion at the Denton FarmPark in…
Gary Saunders, a beloved western North Carolina musician who passed away in 2020, was remembered last Saturday at Whippoorwill Academy and…
Sunset at the 2022 Willow Oak Bluegrass Festival – photo by Doug Whitley Always held Father’s Day weekend, the Willow Oak…
The Kody Norris Show at the Willow Oak Bluegrass Festival (6/16/22) – photo by Gary Hatley Willow Oak Bluegrass Festival in…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
