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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.
Since co-founding the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1966, John McEuen has played many times in all the states of the…
If I knew you were coming I’d have baked a cake. That was the name of a hit song back in…
In among the artists of the 1940s who performed in the string band, honky-tonk, western swing and bluegrass music styles, were…
The finalists for the 2018 Chris Austin Songwriting Contest have been announced this morning. Sponsored and run by MerleFest, this competition…
Ol’ Black Bear Productions in Silver Spring, MD, has released a trailer for Bluegrass Court Jester: Ron Thomason—An Unusual History of Bluegrass…
German banjoist Sebastian Schröder has released the second volume in his series on 2 finger banjo playing. The style is a…
2018 marks the 35th anniversary of Bluegrass, Old Time, Celtic, & Country Music Studies at East Tennessee State University. To celebrate…
Barb Rosenstock, author of Blue Grass Boy, the new children’s book about Bill Monroe, was the guest recently on GrassTalkRadio with…
The host of the Rockingham County Radio’s Wednesday Bluegrass for Lunch program, Bob Webster, has contacted us to share the disappointing…
Sigmon Communications at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, TN, has announced that noted bluegrass singer and songwriter, Steve Gulley, has accepted…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
