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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.
Hot Rize, circa 1986 – photo © Rick Gardner Photo Hot Rize is back, in a manner of speaking. Two old…
Darren Nicholson with Jason Carter at Cherokee Bluegrass Festival – photo © Laura Tate Photography The 2025 Cherokee Bluegrass Festival is…
Pinecastle Records’ latest single for Tidalwave Road is one written by their banjo picker and lead singer, Ben Parker, about a…
Don Rigsby’s four decades as an essential artist within today’s bluegrass realms makes a compilation like this well worth the wait….
Turnberry Records has released a new single from C.J. Lewandowski, featuring Del and Ronnie McCoury, that will thrill traditional bluegrass lovers…
Junior Sisk and Heather Berry Mabe, Cherokee Bluegrass Festival – photo © Laura Tate Photography Cherokee Bluegrass Festival opened yesterday under…
With a new album, Lovin’, Fightin’, Losin’ Sleep, due later this month with Billy Blue Records, Joe Mullins & The Radio…
Jason Burleson, founding banjo man with Blue Highway, has a new single on his own, a rare but special occurrence in…
This review of Spanish banjoist Lluis Gómez’s new transcription book is a contribution from Marc Pirson, a Belgo-Irish writer, currently based…
Special Consensus has reached a milestone few collaborations of any sort attain in the music business. From humble beginnings, under the…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
