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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.
Full Cord Bluegrass performs at the 2022 IBMA Momentum Awards (9/28/22) – photo © Frank Baker IBMA’s annual Momentum Awards luncheon…
Becky Buller & Friends at The Lincoln Theater (9/27/22) – photo © Frank Baker Here’s a photo report of Tuesday night…
Greetings from the IBMA World of Bluegrass. I know that “this space” is not a place to be plugging my own…
Craig Havighurst with Dale Ann Bradley and C.J. Lewandowski at the WOB Keynote Address – photo © Frank Baker Dale Ann Bradley…
And so it begins… Once again, a large portion of the bluegrass industry is assembling today in Raleigh, NC for the…
Kentucky banjo player Buddy Spurlock, also known in his later years as Bud, died on Wednesday, September 21, in Prestonsburg, KY at the…
A new program is scheduled to debut this fall on several PBS television affiliates, with a close association to bluegrass music….
Here’s an appropriate story from Raleigh, NC, with the bulk of the professional bluegrass world about to descend on that city…
Music Row veteran, William Thomas ‘Bil VornDick, 72, was remembered in a special ceremony at Ocean Way Studio in Nashville on…
In past years when we get to this month of the calendar, I have discussed sleep, fitness, and diet strategies for…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
