Your authoritative and definitive news source for all things bluegrass, updated six days a week, with airplay charts, events directory, interviews, & puzzles.
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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.
The International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) has announced that registration for IBMA’s World of Bluegrass Events and hotel reservations will open…
Terry and I have been enjoying spending time here at SPBGMA with so many of the fine folks who create, promote,…
On Thursday at SPBGMA, Rhonda Vincent shared a fun story from the Twitterverse. As her fans well understand, Rhonda is a…
Travis Book, bassist and vocalist with The Infamous Stringdusters, and his wife, singer and songwriter Sarah Siskind, are celebrating the birth…
A pair of East Tennessee grassers, Wendy Crowe and Jonathan Maness, have joined forces in a new group called WestWend. The…
One of the basic requirements of any professional band is to be able to get to the gig, wherever it might…
Here’s an interesting twist on the ongoing battle between bluegrass traditionalists and big-tenters. At this past weekend’s Northern California Bluegrass Awards…
NewTown has announced that Clint Hurd has joined the band on mandolin, taking the spot vacated by James Kee when he…
Marty Lanham has been a figure in the Nashville music scene for more than 40 years. Since relocating there from his…
Poor Mountain Records has announced the signing of West Virginia’s Idletymes. The band consists of Chris Long on guitar, Craig Jarvis…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
