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.
After reporting yesterday that Sirius XM was considering a bankruptcy filing, we discovered this Reuters story indicating that creditors had issued…
It hasn’t been long since the two satellite providers merged, but SiriusXM is already talking about bankruptcy. The company suffers from…
Ignorance on parade… Is there anything more obnoxious than people who believe something is worthless if they haven’t heard of it?…
In our modern age we are bombarded with many distractions. From cell phones, to email, to facebook, to blogs (did I…
Starting next week (2/14), the live bluegrass radio series Bluegrass Underground will move to a weekly, Saturday evening slot on WSM…
Runaway Freight, from College Grove, TN, are set to release their new CD on March 6. Hillbilly Bailout – The Recession…
We just learned of the passing of Phil Mann, a great friend to the banjo community and an early pioneer of…
This post is part of our occasional feature, Songwriter Profiles. If you have a suggestion for a bluegrass songwriter we might…
We heard recently from Steve Fishell, director of the Music Producers Institute, with word about their next studio clinic. The session…
Audio from Blue Highway’s recent radio performance on Mountain Stage can now be accessed at NPR.com. They included selections from several…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
