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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.
Regular readers will recall our earlier coverage of mandolin icon Herschel Sizemore and his recent bout with cancer. Both he and…
Back in June we posted about a clever iOS app called Banjo Rolls Trainer, offered for $1.99 in the Apple App…
Morgan Monroe has two new budget-minded mandolin models which should be available from their many dealers by October 2013. Both are…
Perennial festival favorites Nothin’ Fancy have both a live performance DVD and a greatest hits CD to offer their fans this…
Bluegrass Bluesman: A Memoir, the autobiography of Josh Graves (edited by Fred Bartenstein) has been awarded a Certificate of Merit by…
Doc Watson Morning, D-18 Guitar Picking Kind of Day was written by Peter Rowan and Jerry Faires who, beginning the day…
Ned Luberecki, noted banjo picker, radio host and bluegrass bon vivant, has released a new book for five stringers convinced that…
Ricky Skaggs is on tour again this month; nothing new there. But this time around, he’s on the book circuit, doing…
WAMU’s Bluegrass Country has announced their live broadcast schedule from next month’s World of Bluegrass convention in Raleigh, NC. For four…
WSM radio in Nashville has announced that they will broadcast Alan Jackson’s debut bluegrass show next week from the Station Inn….
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music