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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.
Joe Bonsall with his banjo – photo © Jarret Gaza The Oak Ridge Boys have announced the passing of their long…
Amanda Cook and her trusty touring group made their debut performance on the Grand Ole Opry last night in Nashville. In…
Danny Reid Carter, the guitar playing half of the Nashville duo, The Carter Brothers, died on June 30 in Jamestown, NC….
While we have lots of family bands in bluegrass music, we don’t seem to have as many husband and wife teams…
Lifelong fiddler Randall Collins died on June 27, surrounded by those he loved. He was 84 years of age. Randall was…
As mentioned last week, our recent discussion of epitaphs leads us right to a topic we’ve never tackled here before: the…
Bluegrass singer and bandleader Cliff Waldron, early musical partner of Bill Emerson, and one of the leading lights of the 1960s…
Turnberry Records have announced popular North Carolina band Deeper Shade of Blue as the newest signees with the label. Together for…
Recently, singer/songwriter and Billy Blue Records Creative/A & R Director Jerry Salley made the trek from Nashville back to his hometown…
Rienk Janssen and Silvia Fledderus have shared this lovely remembrance for Lambert Schomaker, who organized and promoted bluegrass shows in the…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
