Your authoritative and definitive news source for all things bluegrass, updated six days a week, with airplay charts, events directory, interviews, & puzzles.
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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.
J.D. Crowe backstage at the Tucson Bluegrass Festival, Tucson, AZ, in 2004 – photo by Jerome Stephens Our good friend, Jerome…
Another giant passes in the world of three finger banjo. J.D. Crowe died in the early hours of this morning in…
Over their careers in and around bluegrass, many people have commented on the parallels between John Cowan and Ray Cardwell. Both…
Wyatt Harman, bass player with Zach Top and Modern Tradition and That Dalton Gang, was wed on November 27 to Charity Ross,…
I’ll admit that I occasionally watch Hallmark Christmas movies, or parts of them, mainly because I want to see how they’ll…
Kyle Wood, noted bluegrass mandolinist and vocalist, and founding member of Crucial Smith, died on December 19 following a long illness….
J.D. Crowe at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass – photo © Bill Evans Banjo legend J.D. Crowe is recovering after being hospitalized late…
The Tennessee Bluegrass Band, surely one of the most highly anticipated young bands in our music of late, is already dealing…
Sonny Osborne at the Darrington Bluegrass Festival in 1987 – photo by Barry Bower The Boards of Directors of both the…
I’ll admit to being a stickler for correct lyrics, probably to an annoying degree. Or at least I’m that way about…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
