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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.
We have learned that Ray Davis, long time afternoon host on WAMU’s Bluegrass Country, is being treated for cancer. Ray retired…
At The Feed & Seed, an independent documentary film about the celebrated bluegrass venue in Fletcher, NC, picked up the Audience…
Travers Chandler has had a complicated relationship with professional bluegrass. His passion is to write, record and perform energetic and archly…
At this past weekend’s MerleFest, winners were chosen in the 22nd Annual Chris Austin Songwriting Contest. The invitational competition is held…
We banjo players have endured unkind banjo jokes for as long as we’ve been playing. Always derogatory, often at the expense…
Joe Newberry was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and grew up in Boone County, Missouri. His songwriting has the same clean,…
Master mandolinist Alan Bibey spent the early part of the week at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Masachusetts. He…
Dan Levenson has put together a handy tunebook for fans of old time fiddle and banjo music, published by Mel Bay….
Ever heard of moving portraits? Me neither. But that’s the idea behind the Musician Portrait Project, a new venture between photographer…
Planet Waves, the accessories division of D’Addario, has announced a pair of new capos for fretted stringed instruments. The NS Artist…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
