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.
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…
Brandon Rickman, guitarist/vocalist with Lonesome River Band, and his wife, Amy, celebrated the birth of their second child last week. Chet…
Video from last night’s performance by Jerry Douglas on The Late Show with David Letterman is now available on the CBS…
I realize this probably dates me, but I’m not a very good texter. I do have what is, technically speaking, a…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
