Your authoritative and definitive news source for all things bluegrass, updated six days a week, with airplay charts, events directory, interviews, & puzzles.
Focus in on artists who play bluegrass music from all over the world
The latest in bluegrass music releases, and reviews of both music and other items
What’s happening at shows and festivals you might want to see
What’s going on in the professional bluegrass world around us
Band news, weddings, births, and obituaries, plus our bluegrass crosswords.
Find bluegrass events near you, or add your own to our searchable database.
Indoor or outdoor, see single day events and concert series here.
Bluegrass workshops, camps, and classes are listed here.
Who doesn’t love a bluegrass festival? Find them here.
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.
Recently Rhonda Vincent & The Rage teamed up with the Nashville team for Shure to help them demonstrate their new MV88…
We often think of bluegrass music as an old genre, even though it “officially” didn’t begin until the mid-1940s. However, we’re…
The winners of the 2017 Hazel Dickens Song Contest have been announced, and it is a good year for the ladies….
The Cantrells of Nashville are something of a power couple. He’s the programmer and chief on-air voice for SiriusXM’s Bluegrass Junction,…
Béla Fleck, Tom Nechville, Jack Hatfield, and James McKinney at SPBGMA 2017 This reflection on the events of this past weekend’s…
Kenny Smith has been a favorite among flatpickers since he popped up with Claire Lynch in the early-1990s, through his memorable…
At this year’s Anaheim NAMM show, Preston Thompson Guitars in Oregon introduced a number of new models based on the Martin…
Popular bluegrass radio host Sherry Boyd, staple of WPAQ in Mt Airy, NC for more than 20 years, has been let…
Patton Wages, banjo player with Volume Five, is producing a tablature book with all the solos and selected backup from their…
Bluegrass Country radio has a new lease on life. A new foundation, using WAMU’s broadcasting license, will take over broadcast and…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
