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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.
In addition to preparing for IBMA, WAMU’s Bluegrass Country host Katy Daley has several big interviews on tap this week during…
Just last month, we published a Songwriter Profile featuring an interview with Mark “Brink” Brinkman. Brink is also profiled this week…
Ricky Skaggs was a guest on the Friday (9/18) edition of All Things Considered, aired on hundreds of NPR radio affiliates…
What a tough gig… Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain and Edgar Meyer are touring in Hawaii, and we are all invited to…
This has been quite a summer for The Lovell Sisters, a group of young bluegrass siblings from Georgia. Their latest CD,…
Young mandolin prodigy Sierra Hull has started classes at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, but is still touring with…
Bluegrass fans worldwide recall today’s date (September 9) as the anniversary of Bill Monroe’s passing in 1996. Just four days hence,…
Speaking of Rob Ickes… He was the subject of a nearly six minute segment on yesterday’s (9/20) All Things Considered, broadcast…
Bluegrass Junction, the all-bluegrass channel on Sirius-XM, is dedicating much of their programming over this holiday weekend to audio from the…
The upcoming Mountain Roads Recordings CD, Born Into Bluegrass – The Songs of Cullen Galyean, will be premiered tonight (8/29) on…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music