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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.
If you were at Nashville’s Station Inn on January 10 to see the world famous Steeldrivers, you might have spied another celebrity…
We heard today from Boxcars mandolinist Adam Steffey with an update following his elbow surgery last week. Fortunately, it seems that…
It would be the ultimate novelty item for a fan, the definitive bluegrass conversation piece, or just a bit of reliable…
Punch Brothers took new music from their just-released album, The Phosphorescent Blues, to late night TV, appearing yesterday on Conan. They performed…
A new string band has sprung up in Baltimore, taking as their name one of the several nicknames by which the…
West Virginia’s Circa Blue has seen some changes of late. They have two new members to introduce, Malia Furtado on fiddle…
The Grammys weren’t the only major awards being distributed in the music world this past weekend. Last night in Nashville the…
At yesterday’s Grammy Awards, the 57th annual presentation, The Earls of Leicester won for Best Bluegrass Album. What a treat for…
We have learned that John Cowan suffered a heart attack earlier in the week, and is recuperating at home in Nashville….
Jean Cornett, who founded the Festival of the Bluegrass near Lexington, KY with her husband Bob in 1974, has passed away….
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
