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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.
Fog Holler is a young bluegrass band from Portland, OR with a modern approach to this traditional art form. Or as…
This obituary for Virginia grasser Raymond Lumpkin is a contribution from his grandson, Spencer Atkinson. Richmond, VA bluegrass scene native, Raymond…
I’m planning to write some new bluegrass haiku for next week, which, if I’m honest, is a form of procrastination because…
Another major figure in the development of bluegrass music has left us. Bobby Osborne, singer, mandolinist, and one half of the…
Jesse McReynolds, surely among the most consequential mandolinists, singers, and songwriters in the history of bluegrass music, died earlier this afternoon…
UPDATE 5:41 p.m. – Joy has just told us that Jesse passed peacefully with her at his bedside at 3:58 p.m….
John Miller could do just about anything when it came to bluegrass. He played guitar, mandolin, and upright bass. He sang…
Billy Blue Records artists the Tennessee Bluegrass Band have announced two new members of the group, Geary Allen and Anissa Burnett,…
Mark Kuykendall and Bobby Hicks; Mark Kuykendall photo © LuAnn Adams Noted bluegrass multi-instrumentalist and singer Mark Kuykendall, age 60, passed…
As someone who landed his first full time bluegrass employment thanks to a classified ad, I continue to take an interest…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
