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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.
Last year we shared news about a new event on the New England bluegrass calendar, a “non-festival” to be held this…
The Topanga Banjo-Fiddle Contest & Folk Festival near Thousand Oaks, CA is the latest California icon to fall victim to the…
As bluegrass music has become more popular, it has found its way in to a great many places you wouldn’t have…
One of the most popular festivals of the summer circuit is surely the annual Musicians Against Childhood Cancer, held in Ohio…
This weekend will see the 17th annual Al Ras Bluegrass & Old Time Festival, hosted in a number of locations in Barcelona….
For the past six years, California banjoist Bill Evans has scheduled a series of concerts along the west coast, featuring himself…
Alexandra Harman at the 2018 Oklahoma State Picking and Fiddling Championship – photo by Pamm Tucker On the last weekend of…
The 12th annual Hoppin’ John Old Time and Bluegrass Fiddlers Convention was held this past weekend in Pittsboro, NC on its…
Special Consensus, another long-running bluegrass band who won big at last month’s IBMA Awards, is away for Europe today, and a…
Jim Hurst (judge), Henry Coatney, Caleb Coatney, Austin Hefflefinger, Claire Childress, Steve Lewis (accompanist), Taylor Parks, Victor Furtado (judge), Jacob Moretz…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
