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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.
His father is the late Jimmy Campbell, a popular bluegrass fiddle player who graced stages with Bill Monroe, Jim & Jesse…
The good folks at the Mountains Of Music Homecoming who bring 9 days of music, culture, and culinary events to southwestern…
Tom Mindte, head of Patuxent Music and bandleader of Patuxent Partners, stores an extensive record collection at his studio in Rockville,…
This interview with banjo playing comedian Lucas Ross is a contribution from Pamm Tucker with Walker’s Folk Mania Media. She met…
This story about Roy Clark’s press conference at the American Banjo Museum is a contribution from Pam Tucker with Walkers Folk…
Much has been written over the years about the legendary Stoneman Family, and with good reason. Starting in the late 1920s,…
Let’s talk a bit about another banjo icon, someone who touched the lives of thousands of banjo players over a long…
In September 2015, we reported that songwriter and musician Bobby Starnes had suffered a serious fall at his home near Jonesborough,…
Walt Wilkins, Gilles Godard and Nicole Witt This month’s column features the song, Trains I Missed, written by Walt Wilkins, Gilles…
This interview with Béla Fleck was conducted shortly after last year’s Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Jen Hughes spoke with him by phone…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music