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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.
Steve Martin may not have taken home the IBMA Banjo Player of the Year Award, but he is taking his own…
It seems like only yesterday that we celebrated the 60th anniversary of the founding of bluegrass music, marked by the first…
This is the third in our series of 2009 Red Carpet videos. These were filmed immediately prior to the IBMA Award…
Here’s the first of our Red Carpet videos from IBMA 2009. It’s only the first of many to come over the…
While at IBMA last week, we were able to get a few minutes to sit down with Sugar Hill recording artist…
Still catching up on IBMA reports and impressions… Our Thursday started with a Sam Bush interview, conducted by Doug McKelway. Sam…
Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers will be musical guests on tonight’s (10/5) edition of The Late Show with David…
Wednesday night at IBMA, we spent an hour or so at a special Rural Rhythm Records showcase, held to highlight a…
I heartily second John’s comment about being too busy to post showcase reviews in a timely manner. But even if this…
Here’s one last photo gallery before we all head back to Virginia. As always, we had a blast at IBMA, and…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
