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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.
The recent explosion of digital recording technology available to budget-minded amateur and small studio recordists has resulted in a similar burst…
Here’s a bit of radio news that runs counter to the trend. WMAK, a 1000 watt AM station in Lobelville, TN,…
American and European mandolinists have long been fond of choro, a form of instrumental folk music from Brazil in which the…
Some unpleasant news for bluegrass pickers and other musicians: The latest bid for recording artists to earn royalty payments for songs…
Mike Munford, reigning IBMA Banjo Player of the Year, was profiled in today’s edition of his hometown paper, The Baltimore Sun….
Pete Wernick announces the availability of two scholarships for his 2014 Advanced Banjo Camp, January 20-25 in Boulder, Colorado. The camp…
Sierra Hull has been invited to play during Boston’s First Night festival on New Year’s Eve at her alma mater, Berklee…
Since the release of her Christmas song cycle album, All The Way To Bethlehem, in November of 2012, Donna Ulisse has…
With news of their Grammy nomination fresh in the mind, the International Bluegrass Music Association’s (IBMA) Emerging Artist of the Year…
Mel Bay has released a new banjo book written by Leon Hunt, intended for serious and adventurous students of the instrument….
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
