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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.
Today, October 12, 2026, 100 years from the day that Slovakian immigrant John Dopyera filed his first patent application in the…
Wanda Rhorer Cordle, 71, wife of singer/songwriter Larry Cordle, and a fine singer in her own right, passed away on Thursday,…
A song written and recorded by two different Kentucky musicians has been turned into a children’s picture book. Me and the…
Rickey Lee, a standout lead guitarist with Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys, has died at 81 years of age….
This report on the recent JAM retreat is a contribution from Brett Morris, Executive Director of Junior Appalachian Musicians, Inc. Last…
Wonderful news from David Parmley following yesterday’s cardiac surgery at the University of Kentucky yesterday. He was scheduled for a quadruple…
Stuart Duncan inducts Jim VanCleve into National Fiddler Hall of Fame – photo © Jamey Booher Photography When Jim VanCleve was…
This will be a slightly revised and edited look back at a three-part column series about music categorizing that I wrote…
This remembrance of bluegrass mandolinist JK Spence is a contribution from his friend, Kevin Williamson. Saturday, October 3, saw the unexpected…
The Brothers Young, a young bluegrass duo from Roanoke, VA, have received a very special invitation for this holiday season. Their…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
