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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.
It’s time for the annual challenge: Picking my “dozen” favorite bluegrass recordings for the previous year. First, the usual cautions. This…
Jack Dunlap and Robert Mabe are veterans of the bluegrass scene in the northern Virginia/Washington, DC region of long standing. Serving…
The Gibson Brothers at the 2021 Jekyll Island Bluegrass Festival – photo © Bill Warren I heard a bass begin playing…
Based in Portland, Oregon, Never Come Down are an astute outfit that weave a multi-textured dimension to their grassicana motif. There’s…
Turnberry Records has released a new single for Greg Blake from his upcoming release with the label, People, Places & Songs….
Let us begin by saying that day one of the 45th Jekyll Island Bluegrass Festival was about Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver….
The Storytellers are a hybrid bluegrass/jamgrass group making the scene in Los Angeles, CA this past four years. Formed initially as…
Our German bluegrass buddies, The Wortmann Brothers, have shared another of their clever songs, played in their own distinctive primitive bluegrass…
Nashville banjoist Tim Carter has announced a new project, with a new band, called Damn The Banjos. It’s not really a…
There’s something to be said for subtlety, even when it appears to substitute for flash and finesse. After all, it’s often…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music