Your authoritative and definitive news source for all things bluegrass, updated six days a week, with airplay charts, events directory, interviews, & puzzles.
Focus in on artists who play bluegrass music from all over the world
The latest in bluegrass music releases, and reviews of both music and other items
What’s happening at shows and festivals you might want to see
What’s going on in the professional bluegrass world around us
Band news, weddings, births, and obituaries, plus our bluegrass crosswords.
Find bluegrass events near you, or add your own to our searchable database.
Indoor or outdoor, see single day events and concert series here.
Bluegrass workshops, camps, and classes are listed here.
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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.
Ah, the New Year: it’s a time filled with the promise of a new day, or technically speaking, a new year,…
Forget about Newtown… let’s talk new baby! Jr Williams and Kati Penn-Williams celebrated the birth of a daughter on New Year’s…
Billboard, who publishes the (supposedly) quintessential music charts, have released their year-end chart of the Top 15 Bluegrass Albums of 2013….
On top of dealing with a new baby, Colorado banjo player Jayme Stone has an ambitious new project for next year….
We just got a good news/bad news update from Terry Pinkham. She and her husband, Jeff, are managing the grass-roots effort…
New year, new job? Folk Alliance International is on the hunt for a new Executive Director. Based in Kansas City, MO,…
My mailbox and inbox overflowed with music in 2013, as sure a sign as any that bluegrass is alive and well….
Sorry girls… and guys! Mandolin master Chris Thile has married actress Claire Coffee. They were wed in a small private ceremony…
Banjo man Todd Taylor captured lightning on tape in the mid ’80s when he covered Free Bird and successfully crossed over…
Canadian banjo player Jayme Stone, and his wife Laura, celebrated the arrival of an early Christmas gift last week. Their son,…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
