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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 our annual quiz week. Before we begin, though, I’d like to rewind to Christmas Eve. The scene is a typical…
Multi-instrumentalist John Jorgenson has announced the launch of a new web series, The Guitarist, in partnership with K-S Productions and American…
When Steve Martin was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2005 by The Kennedy Center, they commissioned a…
These days musicologists and cultural historians seem to be in agreement that what we know today as bluegrass and old time…
I’ve been at this reviewing game for a decade now, and for most of that time I’ve assembled some sort of…
Kody Norris has announced a new member of his touring traditional bluegrass show. Charlie Lowman, dubbed “Cousin Charlie,” has joined the…
Josh Swift, reso-guitarist for Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver this past 12 years, has announced his departure from the band. There he…
The first bluegrass baby of 2020! Kyle Clerkin, banjo player with The Caleb Daugherty Band, and his wife Katie, are celebrating…
South Carolina’s Backline has announced a change in personnel going in to 2020. Bassist and founding member Jason Belue is leaving…
Ask Sonny Anything is a recurring feature where our readers pose questions to the great Sonny Osborne, one half of the…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
