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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.
The 41st Annual Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver Bluegrass Festival is now in the record books, and a good time was had…
With North Carolina vaccines up and COVID cases down, the state is gradually rolling back restrictions and outdoor events are returning….
North Carolina singer/song writer, Josh Hudson, has made history by winning a song writing contest in two consecutive years. The 40…
Another happy bluegrass union has occurred. Melody Williamson, lead vocalist and fiddler in her family’s Nashville-based band, Williamson Branch, and Geoffrey…
“I’m living the dream,” 23-year-old Mason Via declared on his becoming the newest member of the Old Crow Medicine Show, in…
Veteran fiddler, Stephen Burwell, is the latest professional bluegrass musician to announce his engagement. The Texas native will be marrying Haley…
Two North Carolina musicians, Katie Springer, fiddler with Sweet Potato Pie and Drive Time, and Austin Koerner, mandolinist with Drive Time,…
Look for big changes in North Carolina’s Brevard-based, Carolina Blue later this year. Mandolinist and lead vocalist, Timmy Jones, has chosen…
Erected in 1969, the Shawnee Cave Amphitheater in Murphysboro, IL, was host to many major touring artists of the era. Bands…
Bluegrass singers are well represented in this season’s American Idol competition. One of those contestants is Savannah Church, formerly of the…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music