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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.
Have Bass Will Travel… That’s the name of a clever YouTube video created by AKUS bass man Barry Bales, and of…
As citizens of West Virginia honor the memory of their recently deceased Senator, Robert C. Byrd, many long-time fans of bluegrass…
It was almost 35 years ago that the debut album from The David Grisman Quintet was released. It hit the bluegrass…
After 14 years holding down the banjo spot with Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, Jim Mills is leaving the band after…
G2, the world-traveling bluegrassers from Sweden, will soon be winging their way westward to the USA, where they will take up…
This past Friday evening (5/14), I had the good fortune to catch The Boxcars at a small venue here in Roanoke….
Yesterday (5/18) marked the release of the fine new Crooked Still CD, Some Strange Country on Signature Sounds. Like their several…
AcuTab is set to release the first instructional DVD for one of the most celebrated pickers in bluegrass music. Barry Bales…
We have reported previously about Gerald Evans, the popular Kentucky bluegrass musician, singer and songwriter, and his battle with cancer. He…
The first single from the next Lonesome River Band CD has gone out to radio. It’s a medium-tempo ballad called Record…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music