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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.
Judging from the mail I got this week, it seems that people like to read about practicing about as much as…
This week’s edition of Open Mic on WAMU’s Bluegrass Country is the first installment of many sets recorded live this past…
Jimmy Gaudreau will be the guest on this morning’s edition of Lonesome Pine RFD, airing on WFDU. The signal is available…
We heard this morning from Ned Luberecki, noted banjo monster and radio host extraordinaire, with news about a new feature at…
The C.F. Martin guitar company has generated quite a buzz in the six string community this past two months with the…
I practice all the time. Today I practiced watching the Olympics. This was after I practiced admiring how good my guitar…
Randy Jones, trusty mandolinist and tenor vocalist with Lonesome River Band, will guest Saturday night on Blue Ridge Backroads, hosted by…
The Balsam Range guys will stop in to the WNCW studios on Saturday to talk with Dennis Jones about their new…
Here’s another interview we conducted during Summer NAMM earlier this month. This time, we hear from Mark Herring of Eastman Strings…
In most any discussion about the future of bluegrass, the subject of getting and keeping young people interested in the music…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music