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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.
We’ve posted several times about Joy Kills Sorrow, the inventive Boston string band that features the lovely voice of Emma Beaton….
Mel Bay Publications has launched a video artist interview series on YouTube, and several of the first videos posted feature prominent…
Mel Bay has released Championship Contest Fiddling, a book/CD set with transcriptions from 44 fiddle tunes as they were played by…
Larry Cordle is also among the many bluegrass artists in the studio this Spring. This won’t be a band project, but…
The John Cowan Band will be performing live today (4/2) on Blue Plate Special, which airs on WDVX from Knoxville. The…
One more release to note for March 30… Swedish grassers G2 have dropped a single from their next CD, Untapped Routes….
There is a bunch of great music in store for tonight’s (3/31) edition of Tennessee Shines, broadcast live on WDVX from…
OK… we have our winners in the Things That Fly comment contest. Thanks to everyone who played along. We had 100…
I’ll admit I have a soft spot for biographies about the first half of the 20th century, especially those that remind…
Josh Shilling and Jim VanCleve from Mountain Heart will commandeer the live WSM radio signal in Nashville this Thursday (4/1) from…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
