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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.
Last week we caught up with Joe Burkett of Neighborhood Solutions in Guthrie, OK. He gave us an update on the…
The International Bluegrass Music Association is adding a new track to the presentations at their annual World of Bluegrass convention this…
The recently re-constituted European Bluegrass Music Association (EBMA) board, with Irish banjo player living in Belgium Eugene O’Brien as the chairperson,…
When banjo legend J.D. Crowe retired from active touring with The New South at the end of 2012, he continued to offer…
Also announced yesterday were the Dove Award nominees for 2015, presented each year by the Gospel Music Association in Nashville, TN….
This open letter to the International Bluegras Music Association is a contribution from Joe Lurgio, a former staff member of the…
As we had mentioned a few weeks ago, branding guru Barry Silverstein has prepared a special 4-part report for us, designed…
At a press conference aired this morning on SiriusXM’s Bluegrass Junction, the International Bluegrass Music Association announced the final nominees for…
I think we may have a small problem in our world with bluegrass fundamentalism. I’m not referring to the desire on…
Jonathan Bucker & Open Road have announced the addition of Brandy Miller to the band, playing banjo. Just 17 years old,…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
