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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.
Pete Wernick, aka Dr. Banjo, and his lovely wife Joan will be headed to Russia this summer to participate in the…
Vermont banjo picker Gordon Stone has a well-earned reputation for melding the 3 finger banjo style with other idioms, among them…
We’ve written several times of late about Some Strange Country, the fine new CD from Crooked Still. There were a couple…
Blooming Twig Books has published Blind But Now I See, the first comprehensive biography of seminal flatpicking pioneer Doc Watson, written…
Mandolin Cafe has a new interview up with Doyle Lawson, which is unique in two particular ways. First off, the questions…
The 27th annual International Country Music Conference is scheduled for later this week in Nashville. This annual event, hwld on the…
The Grascals were among the guests on Mountain Stage earlier this month, and the audio can be streamed online from the…
Vivian Wagner teaches journalism at the Muskingum University in Ohio, where she also directs the school’s interdisciplinary journalism program. She is…
There are a number of bluegrass radio events taking place in the next few days worth mentioning. Thursday – May 20,2010…
Steep Canyon Rangers will be musical guests on this weekend’s edition of A Prairie Home Companion, broadcasting live from the Fox…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music