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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.
After posting the news that Dan Hays is ready to move on from IBMA to the Franklin Theatre, we have obtained…
Outgoing IBMA director Dan Hays has accepted a new position with the Franklin Theatre in Franklin, TN. Hays expects to begin…
This remembrance of Frank Necessary is a contribution from Jay Armsworthy, an avid promoter of bluegrass in Maryland and the District…
The greatest proponent of bluegrass music in San Francisco, and perhaps the world, has died. Warren Hellman, best known in our…
Christmas time, the season of goodwill, good will to all men. In bluegrass music circles it’s always a time of good…
Seth Taylor, late of Monroeville, has been announced as the new guitarist with Mountain Heart, though the band is preferring to…
Inspired by Chris Stuart’s 2011 Holiday Poem, illustrator Ryan Wilson imagines Big Mon at the pearly gates welcoming some of the…
A new tradition launches here at Bluegrass Today: Chris Stuart’s Holiday Poem. Enjoy our 2011 year-in-review, or click below and listen…
Missy Raines is offering a free download of her version of Christmas Time Is Here, written by Lee Mendelson, and popularized…
Several weeks ago, I compiled a list of things that a newly-formed bluegrass band needs to do to get off the…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
