Your authoritative and definitive news source for all things bluegrass, updated six days a week, with airplay charts, events directory, interviews, & puzzles.
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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 Blue Ridge Center for Music & Creative Arts, located amongst Virginia’s Shenandoah Mountains in Madison County, is completing its first…
Coming to Netflix on December 31 is a new documentary celebrating Norman’s Rare Guitars, the home for vintage instruments in Los…
Bourgeois Guitars has announced a new model in its Touchstone series, made in collaboration with Eastman Guitars for budget-minded customers who…
Mountain Heritage at the KSBTM Winter Ensemble concert – photo © Roger Black The Kentucky School of Bluegrass and Traditional Music…
Are you a sucker for Hallmark Christmas movies, where a happy ending is assured, the boy always gets the girl –…
Oh, Didn’t They Ramble: Rounder Records and the Transformation of American Roots Music, a book from David Menconi whose title perfectly…
Here’s a couple of names for you… Kenny Baker and Randall Franks. Anyone who follows bluegrass knows of Kenny Baker, widely…
Banjo players have long sought the “perfect” D-tuners, the devices that allow them to effect the slurring, or “detuning” sound popularized…
Jim Laprad, Dave Russell, Wendy Smith, and Matt Stoddard at the Masonic Hall in Madison Heights, MI Patty and Lare Williams…
Gold Tone has announced a new banjo model, one designed in cooperation with veteran bluegrass performer, bandleader, and broadcaster Joe Mullins….
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music