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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 National Association of Broadcasters has announced today (8/3) that WAMU’s Bluegrass Country is the winner of their 2009 HD Radio…
Just this past week, two major US banjo manufacturers have announced the availability of banjo hardware made to vintage specifications. Both…
Dale Ann Bradley graces the cover of the latest edition of Bluegrass Unlimited. The August 2009 issue also includes a lengthy…
CMT is reporting that derogatory remarks about Tim McGraw have been removed from the final copies of the Ralph Stanley autobiography…
Béla Fleck made another of his periodic visits to The Berklee College Of Music in Boston last week, a visit chronicled…
Mike Marshall has prepared a book of transcriptions from his 2003 CD Into The Cauldron, a set of stunning duets with…
This post is part of our occasional feature, Songwriter Profiles. If you have a suggestion for a bluegrass songwriter we might…
We’ve mentioned twice this week the visit to the White House by Alison Krauss & Union Station, which included both an…
National Public Radio has posted the audio online from the recent Mountain Stage performances by Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver and The…
C.F. Martin introduced their latest custom, artist signature guitar this past weekend at the Summer NAMM show in Nashville. It’s the…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music