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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.
And speaking of Dick Spottswood… His biography of seminal banjo picker and bandleader Wade Mainer is due out from the University…
Dick Spottswood is celebrating 25 years of The Dick Spottswood Show on WAMU this month. He actually started playing bluegrass on…
A number of Hollywood blogs are drawing attention today to the development of a Bill Monroe film biography, which The Wrap…
Mike Witcher, who has played resonator guitar with Missy Raines and the New Hip since its inception in 2002, has announced…
Still Learning, the next CD from Lonesome River Band, isn’t due until July 13 on Rural Rhythm Records, but you can…
John Cowan will be the interview guest on Friday’s (6/25) edition of Lonesome Pine RFD, airing on WFDU-FM from 9:00 a.m…
Bluegrass Gazette has launched as an online community site to promote and foster the bluegrass scene in Canada. It takes the…
USA Today had a nice feature on Steve Martin and Steep Canyon Rangers in yesterday’s (6/21) edition. The piece by Jerry…
Punch Brothers continue to pop up everywhere you look, offering more evidence of how large an audience they have found for…
Tom Bibey is a physician and bluegrass musician living in North Carolina. Always an avid reader, Dr. B. has taken to…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
