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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 week, we took a general, possibly oversimplified look at recording contracts as they relate to bluegrass artists today. This week,…
2022 is going to be a big year for a man who left us much too soon, but left a musical legacy…
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced the newest members of their Board of Directors, decided in a recent vote of…
Recording contracts can be problematic for all parties involved, especially now when people have stopped, you know, actually paying for music….
Mandolinist Kevin Strouth has been announced as the newest member of Josh Grigsby and County Line, from Virginia’s Northern Neck. Kevin will…
Deb Shuffler Corley, Jennie Shuffler Brittain and George Shuffler at Track Recorders – photo © Akira Otsuka Akira Otsuka has shared…
South Carolina’s Tugalo Holler announced a new member to their touring group this week with Cape Guthrie coming aboard on banjo. Long…
Dave Osborne, 75, of Greensboro, NC, passed away on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. He served in the U.S. Army and performed…
Gary Saunders, a beloved western North Carolina musician who passed away in 2020, will be remembered and celebrated with picking, grinning,…
Last week we gave some examples of how bluegrass bands’ promotional material might read if we took out all the usual…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
