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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.
November 30 is the deadline for submissions in this year’s Bluegrass Lesson Plan Competition. The contest is part of IBMA’s efforts…
We brought you news in September that European World of Bluegrass Festival was accepting band applications. The deadline for that application…
Yet more news of band personnel changes… The Isaacs have announced that Thomas Wywrot has joined the band playing banjo and…
Veteran bluegrass mandolin player Dewey Murphy has promised to donate his mandolin to the International Bluegrass Music Museum (IBMM), in Owensboro,…
And the band scramble continues… We checked in with Larry Stephenson to see who would be joining his group when Kristin…
Punch Brothers have brought on young bass monster Paul Kowert to take the spot of departing founding member Greg Garrison. The…
Long time mandolinist with The Gibson Brothers, Rick Hayes, recently announced his intention to retire from the road to focus on…
As always seems to happen this time of year, a number of top bluegrass bands are making personnel changes. Aaron McDaris…
Missy Raines, seven-time IBMA Bass Player of the Year, has signed a multi-project deal with Compass Records, run by fellow IBMA…
Ralph Stanley II has just signed with Mike Drudge at Class Act Entertainment. Drudge will handle Stanley’s concert booking exclusively. Known…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
