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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.
One of the most talented and creative bluegrass musicians ever to emerge from eastern Virginia has left us. Ron Barnes, known…
Phil Leadbetter, award-winning bluegrass reso-guitarist and everybody’s favorite Uncle Phil, has been hospitalized in Knoxville following some fairly baffling symptoms this…
Congratulations to Todd Phillips, bass player with Appalachian Road Show, and his wife Sandra, who are celebrating the birth this month…
Ask Sonny Anything is a recurring feature where our readers pose questions to the great Sonny Osborne, one half of the…
Nashville-based bluegrass singer, songwriter, and bandleader Rebekah Long has announced a break in her summer touring schedule for back surgery. Long…
John Starling, who possessed one of the most cultured voices in bluegrass music, passed away on Thursday, May 2, 2019 at…
I don’t know if you’ve noticed this, but bluegrass songs about bluegrass are more popular than ever. I saw at least…
Congratulations to Bowregard, who took first place last weekend in the band contest at the prestigious Telluride Bluegrass Festival in Colorado. The…
Jeff Austin, mandolinist, singer, and songwriter – and co-founder of Yonder Mountain String Band and the Jeff Austin Band – died…
One more banjo player for the good ol’ US of A! Last week Catherine “BB” Bowness, banjo player with Mile Twelve,…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
