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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.
The Virginia Folk Music Association is on the hunt for bands from the Old Dominion interested in competing in their bluegrass…
Jam Band Reunion at MerleFest 2017 – photo by William Sparklin Johnny Warren, Mark Schatz, Béla Fleck, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas,…
Ronnie McCoury at Old Settler’s Music Festival (April 2017) – photo by Tom Dunning 2017 was the 30th Anniversary event for…
Linda Stokley performs her winning bluegrass song at MerleFest 2017 – photo by Ryan Case This past weekend at MerleFest, the…
Earlier this week in an interview with Katy Daley, Tom Mindte made reference to the encouraging number of young bluegrass pickers…
The winners have been announced this afternoon in the very first Circa-Blue Fest Song Contest. 30 entries were submitted in this…
The 2017 Mountains Of Music Homecoming, a 9-day string of musical and cultural events throughout southwestern Virginia, has posted a complete…
Bluegrass legend Bobby Osborne and Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers will participate in a special presentation next Tuesday at the…
One of the more unfortunate stereotypes associated with bluegrass music for years is the hillbilly moonshiner. From cartoons in the 1940s…
Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road had announced in early March that their long time guitarist and lead singer, Tommy Long, would…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music