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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.
It’s been a big few months for Rick Faris, guitarist and vocalist with Special Consensus. He saw his own solo project…
Curt Love of Oakboro, NC has been named as the new bass player for Junior Sisk. He comes highly recommended by…
Ask Sonny Anything is a recurring feature where our readers pose questions to the great Sonny Osborne, one half of the…
For visitors to Bristol, TN/VA, one of the most popular stops is the handprinted mural depicting early country artists who had…
Jamie Sparks with his daughter, Janie, and his backwards banjo Jamie Sparks has been announced as the new banjo player with…
I’m taking a few weeks off in celebration of column #400, so the following is “an encore presentation.” Note that this…
Following an invitation that the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) extended to its members that they share a memory from “75…
Today we welcome a young man born with a legit bluegrass music pedigree. Joe Lurgio and Ashlee-Jean Trott Lurgio are celebrating…
Shelby, NC, the birthplace of Earl Scruggs and the home of the Earl Scruggs Center, has set aside funding for murals…
The newest performers inducted into IBMA’s Bluegrass Hall of Fame finally and definitively answered the big question in bluegrass. The question:…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
