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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.
Phil Leadbetter has announced his resignation from Wildfire, the band he helped create in 2001. Since the band’s inception, Phil along…
Earlier this month we brought you news that Wichita Rutherford had announced his campaign for the office of Mayor of Bluegrass….
Jer Boon just wrote in to tell us about a blog that has just launched for British bluegrassers. UKBluegrass.com aims to…
Pete Seeger’s banjo recently ended up in the International Bluegrass Music Museum. Back in the mid 1960’s Seeger had a television…
As a member of IIIrd Tyme Out, Steve Dilling is accustomed to having the month of December free each year. The…
The folks at the International Bluegrass Music Museum and the River of Music Party, both located in Owensboro, KY, passed along…
There are a lot of bluegrass songs that reference cabins. Not the resort kind of cabin, I’m talking about the real…
On this day when those of us in the United States pause to reflect on the many blessings in our lives,…
I’ve often wished I had a theme song, you know, something menacing that would play when I walked in a room?…
Listen now: [http://media.libsyn.com/media/thegrasscast/ep53_paul_williams.mp3] (IE users click to activate) Our guest this week on The GrassCast is bluegrass legend Paul Williams. Paul…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
