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.
The Nashville area home of Keith Bilbrey, former radio announcer at WSM and the Grand Ole Opry, was severely damaged by…
Last week, I gave all publicists and artists who write their own bios in third person fair warning that in addition…
Josh Grigsby has been performing bluegrass from Virginia’s scenic Northern Neck region for the past eight years with his band, County…
This remembrance is a contribution from Mark Stoffel, mandolinist with Chris Jones & The Night Drivers, a native of Germany. The…
Josiah Tyree, banjo player with The Kody Norris Show, and Cassady Sibley, recently celebrated the one month anniversary of their marriage….
Banjo NewsLetter was mentioned, and I did a column for them in the ’70s. It had the ingenious, and thoughtful, title…
Several years ago I wrote a column about the ceremonial retirement of adjectives at the IBMA World of Bluegrass. This is…
Grace Van’t Hof, banjo player with Chris Jones & The Night Drivers and Sinner Friends, was wed on Friday, June 11,…
The Davidson Brothers, Hamish and Lachlan, surely among Australia’s most notable bluegrass acts, have announced Jacob McGuffie as the recipient of…
There’s a brand new bluegrass band recently formed in east Tennessee that is sure to please anyone who enjoys solid, traditional…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
