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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.
Yesterday, July 9, was Jesse McReynolds’ 78th birthday. I spoke with Jesse, and his wife Joy, via email yesterday and they…
If you’ve paid attention to liner notes or photo credits for any length of time, you should be familiar with the…
Regular readers will recall us noting the unfortunate news that Butch Baldassari was diagnosed with cancer a month ago. As we…
NBC News4 in the District of Columbia recently ran a story online about the DC Bluegrass Union. The story is text…
Brance posted last month about Kentucky House Bill 71, which made bluegrass the official music of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. He…
How many Bluegrass Blog readers know that Belfast in Northern Ireland is the sister city to Nashville, TN? Well it is,…
Here are two more reflections on the passing of Ray Goins from his friends and contemporaries in the music business. Paul…
Gibson has announced their acquisition this week of Garrison Guitars of St. John’s Newfoundland, in Canada. Garrison was started by Chris…
Georgia Public Broadcasting recently featured a short story about luthier Randy Wood. The feature ran on the GPB TV network, but…
We lost another bluegrass pioneer this week when banjo player and singer Ray Goins passed away on Monday, July 2, 2007….
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
