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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.
We’ve already told you about Steve Martin’s upcoming CD, The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo. Now we’ve learned that…
UK contemporary bluegrass band The Toy Hearts, who were the subject of a cover story in the December edition of British…
The Deering Banjo Company shut down their Nashville showroom this Monday, January 5. California-based Deering established this central US beachhead in…
Wichita Rutherford made an appearance on CMT over the weekend. He was featured on CMT Insider’s “The Year in a Nutshell,”…
After a hiatus of 16 months, Clay Jones has re-assumed the guitar chair with Mountain Heart. Jones left the band in…
We have noticed that a great many blogs have issued a list of predictions for the new year, touching on their…
Walter Haynes, steel guitar player and producer, passed away on Thursday, January 1, in Tyler, Texas. He was 80 years old….
Rolling Stone Magazine has listed Warren Haynes as 23rd on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. While…
Our friend Ted Lehmann has posted several galleries of photos he took over the course of 2008 which we think our…
We’ve posted a number of times about US Navy Band, Country Current, which regularly includes professional bluegrass musicians. The band has…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music