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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.
Daniel Mullins will be reporting from the 2015 Bean Blossom Festival all week, as Internet service in the campground allows. Check…
For a time, starting in 1972, the Deer Creek Fiddlers Convention was a big deal in the Maryland music scene. People…
We got a note this week from Josh Shilling with Mountain Heart, telling about what a blast they had jamming and…
Here is our final gallery of photos from the Spring 2015 edition of the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival. Many thanks to Frank…
Ireland’s first and longest running bluegrass music festival at Athy, County Kildare, celebrates 25 years of bluegrass music during this year’s…
Memorial Day Weekend saw the Northern Indiana Bluegrass Music Association present the 39th year of their festival. Saturday was opened by…
Congratulations to Ash Breeze, formerly known as The Smith Family Band, who were awarded first prize in the KSMU Youth in…
Here’s another gallery of Frank Baker’s images from the May 2015 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival.
We heard this morning from Rainer Zellner, the German bluegrass promoter who had Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver in for a central…
Here’s another gallery of Frank Baker’s images from the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival earlier this month.
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music