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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.
North Carolina banjo picker, Clinton Joyner, 92, of Concord, NC, passed away on April 12. Joyner first started picking banjo two-finger…
The spring of 2020 will be remembered for the coronavirus and the stay at home orders. This pandemic has affected many…
Destination Bluegrass, a central North Carolina based band, just released their first single and title cut, Over on the Other Shore,…
Denton, NC, is not only the home of Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver’s Annual Bluegrass Festival. It is also home to many…
Uwharrie Drive is a collaboration of five teenage musicians from central North Carolina, named for the National Forest that is prominent…
The 95th Annual Star Fiddlers’ Convention, the longest continuously running convention in North Carolina, is now in the record books and…
It is said that good things come in threes. For three consecutive Saturdays in March, long running annual fiddlers’ conventions will…
Rhonda Vincent with Caroline Williamson and her new mandolin at Bluegrass First Class – photo by Sandy Hatley Bluegrass First Class…
Carl Jackson, the pride of Louisville, MS, has been immortalized in a television documentary, Meet Carl Jackson, for Mississippi Public Broadcasting….
Bluegrass First Class celebrated its silver anniversary this past weekend in Asheville, NC. Promoter, Milton Harkey, was honored during Friday evening’s…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music