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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.
In the wake of Alan Bibey leaving BlueRidge to help form Grasstowne with Phil Leadbetter and Steve Gulley, the remaining members…
This has been quite a year for banjo picker Kristin Scott Benson. When 2006 dawned, she was a member of Larry…
There is a nice remembrance of Dempsey Young in today’s edition of The Roanoke Times. Allen Mills reflects briefly on missing…
Allen Mills of The Lost & Found asked that we post this for him, in response to the many folks who…
In our earlier post about the untimely passing of Dempsey Young, I made reference to a fund being established for the…
Dan Erlewine, noted luthier and product development specialist for Stewart-MacDonald, has launched a new email newsletter called Trade Secrets. Dan described…
We heard last week from mandolinist Ashby Frank with word of a new “second band” featuring members of several Nashville-based bluegrass…
We are deeply saddened to share the news that Dempsey Young, an original member of The Lost & Found, passed away…
Special Consensus is getting ready to cross the ocean just after the new year, spending two and a half weeks in…
We posted in late October about Baruch Wright, the 7 year old bluegrass picking and singing entrant in the Oscar Mayer…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
