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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.
Last night in Cary, NC, Alison Krauss & Union Station performed their sixth show out of 78 on a six-month tour…
Michael Martin Murphey – photo © Billy Curry Michael Martin Murphey, he of the 1975 mega-hits, Wildfire and Carolina in the…
Peter Rowan at MerleFest 2025 – photo © Bryce LaFoon Bryce LaFoon with Lightshifter Studio has shared a great many photos…
The 2014 autobiography of Ozark fiddle legend and long-time Silver Dollar City performer Violet Hensley, Whittlin’ and Fiddlin’ My Own Way:…
Norway’s Strengeplukk prides itself on being an eclectic outfit, but given an instrumental array that’s tied to a basic bluegrass motif,…
Woody Platt and Darren Shumaker at MerleFest 2025 – photo © Bryce Lafoon Bryce LaFoon is at MerleFest grabbing photos from…
The Purple Hulls at the 2025 Family Band Fest in Guthrie, OK – photo © Pamm Tucker Family Band Fest, a…
Billy Blue Records has put together a very nice music video for their current single with Bob Minner, a new arrangement…
The Wilkes Acoustic Folk Society has been involved with MerleFest since 2001, when the newly formed music club was invited by…
Rudy’s Bluegrass Revue – Chris Carter, Rudy Cortese, Elizabeth Kronlage Western North Carolina’s Rudy Cortese is the driving force behind Rudy’s…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
