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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.
Punch Brothers at the 2019 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in San Francisco This weekend, the San Francisco Bay Area was treated…
Kathy Barwick, a native of Sacramento now living in Grass Valley, has been widely hailed over the past 30 years as…
I was lucky to catch a set by Colorado-based and Telluride Bluegrass Festival Band Competition winners, Trout Steak Revival, at the Raleigh…
Nick Chandler and Delivered were an official IBMA showcase artist and exhibitor this year, and he has been busy breaking in…
I caught up with Evie Ladin at the end of a very busy IBMA World of Bluegrass conference where she shared…
Pete Wernick hosts the 2019 IBMA Industry Awards – photo by Frank Baker Today’s annual IBMA Industry Awards luncheon recognized outstanding…
Stephen Ruffo knows how to put on a big show. He is the man behind the scenes at Wintergrass, and for…
I found multi -instrumentalist bluegrass everyman, Patrick Sauber, roaming the IBMA exhibition hall and he graciously accepted my request for a…
Another year has come and gone and the annual IBMA World of Bluegrass Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina has left the…
Jeff Kazor co-founded the groundbreaking band, The Crooked Jades, in San Francisco in 1994, recording nine albums and touring the US…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music