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.
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Indoor or outdoor, see single day events and concert series 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.
Bluegrass guitarslinger Clay Hess and his lovely wife Samantha are expecting their first child later this year. They just found out…
With my return to the Carrboro/Chapel Hill, NC area in April to join the staff of The ArtsCenter, life has been…
It’s been a whirlwind couple of weeks that saw The Night Drivers and me going from Bean Blossom, Indiana to Huck…
West Virginia-based Lonesome Highway is in shock after learning that bass player, Cody Brown, and his girlfriend Anna Piel were seriously…
The US National Endowment for the Arts has announced that legendary reso-guitarist Mike Auldridge and virtuosic multi-istrumentalist Andy Statman are among…
We received a note over the weekend from Buddy Woodward with Dixie Bee-Liners, with possibly the saddest news any picker can…
As the search for IBMA’s new executive director extends into the summer, it is increasingly likely that the position will not…
In the past few weeks, my daughter graduated from college and my son graduated from high school. I say this with…
Some very encouraging news regarding Frank Wakefield and his recent surgery… He remains in the ICU, but is doing well after…
It is becoming more and more common for bluegrass artists in non-English speaking parts of the world to write and sing…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
