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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.
Another bluegrass baby! Nick Dauphinais, guitarist with the Larry Stephenson Band, and his wife Maegan, are celebrating the birth of their…
I read an interesting tale of the music business recently, in which an Edmonton music student and songwriter, Connor Shaw, claimed…
UPDATE 6/6: Stacy passed away yesterday evening, shortly after this story was posted. He had been in an induced coma since Sunday…
Alan Bibey has made a personnel change in his revised and re-energized Grasstowne. Owing to her expanding commitments with Sister Sadies,…
Williamson Branch, the family band consisting of bluegrass veterans Kevin and Debbie Williamson and their three daughters, has announced the addition…
The Family Sowell, known previously as the Sowell Family Pickers, is a family band based in Knoxville, TN. Like so many…
The Churchmen will bring their bluegrass Gospel sound to the Daystar network’s Gospel Music Showcase this Saturday, June 2, at 2:30 p.m….
IBMA and Raleigh have been very good for each other since they started working together on World of Bluegrass in 2013,…
As expected, the International Bluegrass Music Association and the City of Raleigh, NC, jointly announced this morning that they had extended…
It seems likely that IBMA’s presence in Raleigh will continue beyond the 2018 World of Bluegrass in September. Raleigh Mayor Nancy…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
