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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.
Larry Cordle, the Mighty Cord himself, has another new single from his seemingly inexhaustible imagination. This time it’s Fox Chase, a…
As the had promised to do in the event that the International Bluegrass Music Association should move its convention away from…
Western North Carolina has long been a hotbed for acoustic string music, often of a more modern or progressive strain, to…
When fiddler George Jackson met banjoist Brad Kolodner ten years ago in a late night jam session at the Appalachian String…
I hate being an alarmist, but we may need to start varying the adjectives we use in bluegrass artists’ bio material…
Among the many perks of owning a record company is the ability to release new music of your own whenever you…
Crossroads Music, parent company of Mountain Home Music Company and several other successful imprints, has announced the hiring of Aynsley Porchak…
Mountain Bluegrass, a four hour weekly bluegrass show hosted by David Pugh, has found a new home at Bell Buckle Radio,…
Doug Bartlett, John Goad, and David Parmley at the2025 Tony Rice Memorial Day MusicFest – photo © G. Nicholas Hancock Memorial…
Two of the top fiddlers in our genre, both of whom head up all-female bluegrass acts, have teamed up on a…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
