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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.
Patton Wages, banjo player with Volume Five and instructor at Acoustic Cellar Guitars in Clarksville, GA, suffered a stroke on Monday…
The Blue Ridge Music Center in Galax, VA is offering a free virtual business conference on Friday, February 26, entitled A…
The bluegrass world gained two new little boys recently when two of The Hinson Girls gave birth nearly two weeks apart….
One of the originators of modern bluegrass banjo, Curtis McPeake, passed away at his home in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, on Friday,…
This remembrance is a contribution from Chris Sexton, longtime fiddler with Nothin’ Fancy. He writes to recall the lives and contributions of…
Good morning Chief! I’m reminded of The New South’s cover of Gordon Lightfoot’s 10 Degrees And Getting Colder this morning. In…
Colorado banjoist Jake Schepps has designed a memorial t-shirt honoring the late Tony Rice, based on his notorious love of vintage watches….
Bluegrass fans have long owed a debt of gratitude to Richard Weize and his Bear Family Records for their meticulous work…
Wolfpen Branch, a new group composed of several familiar faces in the Lexington, KY bluegrass scene, has announced their signing with…
I was recently reminded of a column I wrote in which we poked fun at Millennials with some alternatives to bluegrass…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
