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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.
It was an outstanding IBMA World of Bluegrass this year, in my opinion (as opposed to the opinion of some person…
The western slopes of Colorado will have a new bluegrass festival next year when Pickin’ in the Rockies holds its first…
Folklorist Loyal Jones, hailed as ‘the father of modern Appalachian studies,’ and an ‘indefatigable and beloved interpreter of Appalachian life and…
Sierra Hull at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2023 – photo © Dave Berry Hardly Strictly Bluegrass is a free, three-day festival held…
Gibson has announced two new instruments in its iconic F-5 mandolin line, a replica of the historic 1923 Loar, and a…
Jesse Smathers, guitarist with the Lonesome River Band, has just independently released a new single, Sing Darling Sing. The lively toe-tapping…
D’Addario has introduced a new guitar strap that may be of interest to bluegrass pickers. It’s a soft leather strap with…
A very popular song this summer for Edgar Loudermilk has been My Picasso, the story of a wild horse that became…
Thursday evening, October 5, a large crowd gathered at the Main Street Mini-Park in the western North Carolina town of Cherryville…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
