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.
Buck White, the mandolin and piano playing patriarch of country/bluegrass family group The Whites, died today at 8:00 a.m., Nashville time….
Johnny Pennington, 74, of China Grove, NC, passed away on December 27, 2024, after a long battle with cancer. He was…
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced that they will be partnering with Your Roots Are Showing, Ireland’s Folk Conference, which…
Highly-regarded Boston banjo player Gabe Hirshfeld has launched a fundraiser on GoFundMe, asking for assistance as he navigates the costs and…
David Foster, a popular dentist practicing just south of Nashville, sold his successful practice to focus his attention on building banjos…
It’s time for the annual bluegrass quiz, which fills some readers with excitement, others with dread, and still others with the…
On Saturday, January 4, 2025, the bluegrass community, particularly reso-guitar enthusiasts, lost a beloved friend, Bobby Wolfe. The North Carolina musician…
The Ohio Country Music Hall of Fame in Waynesville, OH has announced that Paul “Moon” Mullins and his son, Joe Mullins,…
Buddy Melton, fiddler, vocalist, and founding member of perennial bluegrass headliners Balsam Range, has announced his departure from the group. Since…
Tennessee bass player Roy Beck, known to friends and family as Uncle Roy, died on December 31, 2024. He was 62…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
