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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.
Cheryl Watson is a bluegrass singer, songwriter and instrumentalist in central Florida with a new CD of her original music. Watertown…
Northern Virginia-based Shenandoah Drive has a new CD of hard-driving bluegrass, both new and familiar. Old Dirt Road features the music…
We be spending most of today on The Bluegrass Blog mentioning some new CDs you may not be aware of, but…
The folks at Pinecastle Music have graciously offered to share a live stream of the new CD from Nu-Blu, The Blu-Disc,…
Next Tuesday (8/16), IBMA will host another in its ongoing series of webinars for bluegrass professionals, this one specifically geared towards…
The Berklee College of Music in Boston has announced that Wes Corbett has been hired as a banjo instructor, joining David…
Compass Records sent along a few behind-the-scenes photos from a video shoot last week for Dale Ann Bradley. It will result…
Richard Thompson’s piece yesterday, with its poignant remembrances of Kenny Baker from his musical peers, elicited a pair of interesting responses…
Of all of the many mandolin masters that would be on a list of those to honor Bill Monroe in this,…
Here’s some video shot backstage before Mountain Heart’s recent performance on NPR’s Mountain Stage, along with some extended clips from their…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
