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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.
This piece, which started as a series of questions for James Reams from Richard Thompson, is in its final form a…
We have learned that Billy Joe Foster, noted Oklahoma picker, passed away today at 51 years of age. A talented multi-instrumentalist,…
Chris Suen is a banjo player and old time music/dance enthusiast in Vancouver who was seriously injured in an auto accident…
Last week I was preoccupied with another side business I have, which is the raising of prize miniature llamas (one of…
It’s only January, but fiery flatpicker and noted singer/songwriter Brad Davis has a full year’s worth of notable achievements he can…
Well looky here… Monroeville claims to have discovered an ethnomusicological missing link. I’ll admit to a bit of skepticism here. Monroeville…
Audie Blaylock and Redline are starting their year out on the west coast, and taking advantage of the opportunity to see…
Just a few days ago we mentioned the efforts by Bill Evans and others to raise funds for the family of…
On this day ….. On this day 50 years ago, January 19, 1963, the Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs’ recording of…
As each new year gets underway, bluegrass folks start thinking about the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America,…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
