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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.
Mark Lavengood has become one of the most sought-after string players in the upper midwest. Skilled on most all of the…
Earl Scruggs and his banjo playing prowess has been the subject of intense delight, interest, and discussion ever since he stepped…
Up until now, Asheville Music Publishing has concentrated most of their energy towards the Gospel music market, achieving great success for…
The good folks at Thalia Capos have come up with a new way for bluegrass lovers to show their festival cred….
For the second year in a row, the International Bluegrass Music Association has awarded a scholarship to a promising young picker…
German banjo icon, Rüdger Helbig, has released another instruction book. This time it’s a volume on open tunings and music theory…
Last month we received what appeared to be very disturbing news that threatened the restoration of Bluegrass Country Soul, the iconic documentary…
Last Friday during MerleFest in North Carolina, the finals of the 2019 Chris Austin Songwriting Contest were held before a panel…
Regular readers will recall a tragic story last year about a young banjo player, Martin Acevedo, lost in a boating accident…
Jericho, a song about PTSD affecting a modern veteran soldier, was written by Evan Murphy the lead singer and guitarist of…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music