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.
“So hard to believe this one has left us so soon. I loved hearing Randall Massengill’s amazing voice,” shared Jill Wiese,…
My Bluegrass Story, a television program produced by The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum, debuts tonight, January 21, on…
Sandy Hatley and Terry Shue (right) Terry Shue, North Carolina bluegrass bassist and son of the late banjo picker/luthier, Bob Shue,…
Fred Geiger, noted banjo player and instructor in Maryland, died in the early morning of January 12 when his house was…
Ralph Emery, who became known as the dean of country music broadcasters over more than a half-century in both radio and…
Highly decorated Nashville bassist Missy Raines has a big announcement today concerning her touring bluegrass group, Allegheny. Fiddler Ellie Hakanson, known…
John Rice Irwin, cultural historian, writer and the founder of the Museum of Appalachia, passed away in Clinton, Tennessee, on January…
Sister Sadie, 2020 IBMA Entertainers of the Year, 3-time IBMA Vocal Group of the Year, and 2019 Grammy-nominee for Best Bluegrass…
I was recently reminded of a column I wrote in which we poked fun at Millennials with some alternatives to bluegrass…
The Recording Academy has announced that the 64th annual Grammy Awards will be held on April 3, after having been postponed…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
