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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.
Small Town is the name of the upcoming release from Virginia singer, songwriter, and bandleader Mike Mitchell, an appropriate title since…
The battle for the soul of bluegrass music rages on, good-naturedly of course, among those who prefer the sound that defined…
Author Barbara Martin Stephens was the common-law wife of Jimmy Martin, much troubled bluegrass star of the 1950s onwards. Her…
No… it’s not a free video. Aren’t they all free? It’s the Free video. The music video for the latest single…
There’s something to be said about traditional music. Real traditional music, not the kind of sound that’s attempted for interpretation only…
It should come as no surprise that the region surrounding and including our nation’s capitol has perhaps the highest concentration of…
Jim Lauderdale’s newest record is also his oldest. Like a treasure unearthed from a time capsule, it’s a perfectly preserved artifact…
Photo of Nick Forster by Ted Lehmann “It wasn’t that we had this great design where it was like “oh man,…
The tremendous success of The Earls Of Leicester, both at live appearances and with record sales, should put to bed the…
Youngsters get a chance to try out instruments at the 2018 Milan Bluegrass Festival – photo © Bill Warren The Friday…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
