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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.
Penny Parsons, author of Foggy Mountain Troubadour – The Life and Music of Curly Seckler, will speak on Friday (May 19)…
Photo of Steve Sutton by Ted Lehmann Well-known North Carolina banjo player Steve Sutton passed away unexpectedly yesterday at home in…
Twenty-four years after Keith Arneson and his banjo walked out of boot camp, he played his final gig in uniform Friday…
This memorial remembrance of Ben Sandoval is a contribution from Giselle Lee and Bonnie Williams. Ben had been a central figure…
Greg Yates, lifelong member of The Yates Brothers bluegrass band, died on May 7. He was 56 years old. Greg had…
Pam Pruett, Naomi Orr, and Becky Rhodes at St Paul School Back in January, we wrote about the custom engraved headstone…
Greg and Janet Deering with Stan Werbin and Cynthia Bridge and Deering’s 100,000th banjo. Deering Banjos and Elderly Instruments are working together…
Danny Lee Jones passed away peacefully at his home in Louisville on February 3, 2017. He was 77 years old and…
It’s an extremely busy week, as the Night Drivers and I head off to Circa Blue Fest and then a European…
Is this the year bluegrass pioneer Hazel Dickens is inducted into the bluegrass Hall of Fame? It should be. Then again,…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
