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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.
Donna Hargis organizes many Southern California bluegrass events and is the MVP of the Southern California Bluegrass Association scene. A recent…
San Jose–based Jason Keiser is yet another in the suddenly burgeoning field of young players who easily crosses boundaries from jazz…
“Bluegrass and folk alchemy with psychedelic and punk influences” is how the Los Angeles-based Water Tower Band is described on their…
Suzy Thompson of Berkeley, CA has seemingly always been an integral part of the Bay Area acoustic music scene. She’s played…
This is a follow-up to the Bluegrass Today interview with John a couple months back, which mostly covered his latest album, New…
Sam Bush at the 2022 Siesta Valley Strings & Things Festival – photo by Mary Ann Goldstein A new single-day Siesta Valley…
Jody Richardson and Robert Earl Davis This is an update to a California Bluegrass Association (CBA) Breakdown interview from 2015. Jody…
Mike Compton leads a mandolin workshop at the 2022 CBA Music Camp The California Bluegrass Association Music Camp that immediately proceeds…
John Reischman – photo by Snap Jackson Grammy winner, mandolinist, composer, and instructor John Reischman has way too many credentials to…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music