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.
Photo of Hisashi Ozaki © Darwin Davidson Japanese bluegrass music pioneer Hisashi Ozaki passed away suddenly on Saturday, November 10, 2018,…
Herschel Sizemore, a true hero in the bluegrass mandolin world, is back home after a brief hospitalization last week. He had…
Let’s face it: it’s difficult to be married to a musician, but it may be most difficult of all to be…
All eyes have been on California this past few weeks as wildfires have raged in multiple parts of the state, burning…
This report on Larry Cordle’s surprise 70th birthday party comes courtesy of Sandy Hartley. On Monday night before one of his…
Gina Keltner with the Opry presents Del McCoury with a 15th Anniversary print – photo by Chris Hollo Last Saturday when…
This weekend will see the 17th annual Al Ras Bluegrass & Old Time Festival, hosted in a number of locations in Barcelona….
Paul Kurtz and Audie Blaylock with a bucket o’ beans. Promotional collaborations between bluegrass artists and major advertisers have been a…
Perhaps it was the recent passing of Halloween, or perhaps the post-music-camp mental fatigue (I just returned from the wonderful Walker…
Dara Wray (left) and Kim Robins When we learned of Blue Mafia going on hiatus earlier this year, we knew that…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
