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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.
And the sad news just keeps coming… John McGann, noted instrumentalist and acoustic music educator passed away this morning in Boston….
I grew up way Downeast in Maine surrounded by a country music loving family and friends. In the early 50s. By…
This remembrance of the great Earl Scruggs comes from former Ricky Skaggs banjo player, celebrated recording artist and avid banjo collector,…
The entire bluegrass world was horrified when word of Balsam Range, fiddler Buddy Melton‘s accident came to light last month. While…
Let me say up front that this article is not about a night I had on the dance floor in the…
… or, USA’s bass pickin’ Kelly meets Japan’s mandolin pickin’ Shin Some of us folks in the business world do a…
Tim Carter, who posted his thoughts on losing Earl Scruggs yesterday to our Remembering Earl Scruggs page (for reader tributes), shared…
Boston-based alt-grassers, Della Mae, have announced Shelby Means as the new bass player with the band. Shelby played with a number…
Is it pure coincidence that Joe Dean is announced as the new banjo player with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver on the…
Another bluegrass baby! Charlie Lawson, who plays guitar and sings lead with Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, is celebrating the birth of…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
