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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.
I don’t know. Maybe I’ve been watching too much of the Brian Greene PBS series The Fabric of the Cosmos lately….
And the nominations are … Yesterday (10/30) the Recording Academy officially began the countdown for the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards with…
The Marksmen Quartet of Murrayville, Georgia, were the victims of thieves who stole their white Ford travel van, white enclosed Country…
David Robinson is set to become the new banjo player with Monroe Crossing, among the most popular and well-traveled bluegrass bands…
Roger Martin has joined The Carolina Travelers, a venerable band from Winston-Salem, NC, on mandolin. He had worked previously with The…
Songwriter Virginia Mae Stauffer passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 12, 2011, in Nashville, Tennessee. She was aged 71 and had…
Alan Munde is back home after undergoing an emergency quintuple bypass last Tuesday (11/22). He was resting when I called just…
In the previous column, I attempted to put the important steps any new band has to take into some kind of…
The Tennessean had a story over the weekend indicating that Gibson Guitar is taking its ongoing battle with the U.S. Fish…
Welcome to the new and smarter Mr. Blue Grass Smarty Pants! With this installment we introduce Guest Artist With a Clue,…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
