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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.
Tom Paley, guitarist, banjo and fiddle player, best known for his being a member of the New Lost City Ramblers, passed…
The return home from the IBMA World of Bluegrass can be challenging, and it affects different people in different ways. Some…
Jesse McReynolds with his therapist at Sumner Regional Medical Center – photo by Joy McReynolds We caught up this afternoon with…
In all the excitement of last Thursday’s Special Awards ceremony in Raleigh, it seems we neglected to publish a report on…
Cf Martin and the IBMA have teamed up to offer a new CS-Outlaw-2017 guitar at auction, with all proceeds going to…
When IBMA’s World of Bluegrass business conference kicked off Tuesday in Raleigh, attendees were welcomed to “the bluegrass capital of the…
Tonight’s IBMA Awards Show is set to begin in about an hour. We will be posting the winners here as they…
Here is a first batch of Frank Baker’s images from World Of Bluegrass 2017. These were taken over the past two…
No matter how smoothly tonight’s awards show goes at the International Bluegrass Music Association’s World of Bluegrass, the finale is pretty…
Seeing Joe Mullins work his way through the IBMA World Of Bluegrass, you get the impression that he’s the right man,…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
