The recent merger between XM and Sirius satellite radio has meant a lot of retraining and extra duties for the staff and on-air hosts of Bluegrass Junction, the all-bluegrass channel which now airs on both services. Program Director Kyle Cantrell reports that things are running smoothly, but that the monthly Bluegrass Junction play charts fell victim to the transition this past few months.
He did get a chart compiled for December; two, in fact. Since the merger, which also combined the music libraries of both XM and Sirius, they have decided to offer chart info based on the number of “spins” a song or CD received on Bluegrass Junction the previous month.
The new charts are posted on the XM web site, and we have them here on Bluegrass Today.
Most Played Songs, Bluegrass Junction Sirius XM Radio
January, 2009 (for the month ending December 31)
SPINS | Song Title | Artist |
| 37 | Lonesome Weary Heart | Audie Blaylock & Redline |
| 37 | From Now On | Sierra Hull |
| 35 | Them Blues | Lonesome River Band |
| 34 | Just Another Gravel in the Road | Blue Highway |
| 34 | Don’t Throw Mama’s Flowers Away | Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass |
| 34 | The Night Life | Dappled Grays |
| 34 | Randall Collins | Kenny & Amanda Smith Band |
| 34 | Red Dirt On My Shoes | Palmer Divide |
| 33 | Cryin’ All the Way to the Bank | Alecia Nugent |
| 32 | The Hanging Tree | Blue Moon Rising |
| 32 | Cindy Mae | Crowe Brothers |
| 32 | Cumberland River | Dailey & Vincent |
| 32 | Leavin’ Town | Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper |
| 31 | It Won’t Be Over You | Cadillac Sky |
| 31 | Billy G Salvation | Rickey Wasson |
| 31 | I’m Going Back to Old Kentucky | Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder |
| 30 | Don’t Believe | Cherryholmes |
| 30 | Eating Out Of Your Hand | Longview |
| 29 | You Can’t Handle the Truth | Infamous Stringdusters |
| 29 | Little Bit of This, Little Bit of That | Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice |
| 29 | I Call It Gone | Melonie Cannon |
| 28 | Take This Hammer | Mashville Brigade |
| 26 | Birmingham | Farewell Drifters |
| 25 | Who Showed Who | Dan Tyminski |
| 24 | I Can Go Back Anytime | Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain |
| 24 | Another By My Side | Darrell Webb |
| 23 | High Alleghenies | Big Country Bluegrass |
| 23 | Picker’s Blues | Gibson Brothers |
| 22 | Road That Never Ends | Mountain Heart |
| 21 | The Ballad of Charlie Dill | Ernie Thacker |
Album chart after the jump…
Most Played Albums, Bluegrass Junction Sirius XM Radio
January, 2009 (for the month ending December 31)
SPINS | Album Title | Artist |
| 168 | Live and Learn | Kenny & Amanda Smith |
| 153 | Dailey & Vincent | Dailey & Vincent |
| 142 | A Pinecastle Christmas Gathering | Various |
| 140 | The Infamous Stringdusters | Infamous Stringdusters |
| 140 | Leavin’ Town | Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper |
| 125 | The Room Over Mine | Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass |
| 123 | One Lonely Shadow | Blue Moon Rising |
| 119 | Cherryholmes III | Cherryholmes |
| 119 | No Turning Back | Lonesome River Band |
| 116 | From the Heart and Soul | Rickey Wasson |
| 113 | Wheels | Dan Tyminski Band |
| 111 | Through the Window of a Train | Blue Highway |
| 110 | Deep in the Mountains | Longview |
| 110 | O Christmas Tree | Various |
| 105 | Keep on Walkin’ | Grascals |
| 99 | Blue Side of the Blue Ridge | Junior Sisk & Rambler’s Choice |
| 99 | Second Season | Kristin Scott Benson |
| 99 | The Steeldrivers | Steeldrivers |
| 95 | Sweet Summer Breeze | Farewell Drifters |
| 94 | Iron & Diamonds | Gibson Brothers |
| 93 | Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass | Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder |
| 90 | Bluegrass Smash Hits, Vol. 1 | Mashville Brigade |
| 89 | And The Wheels Turn | Melonie Cannon |
| 88 | Good News | Charlie Sizemore |
| 87 | Brothers ‘n Harmony | Crowe Brothers |
| 84 | Secrets | Sierra Hull |
| 82 | Merry Christmas From Our House to Your House | Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver |
| 81 | Gravity’s Our Enemy | Cadillac Sky |
| 78 | Doin’ My Job | Dappled Grays |
| 78 | Steppin’ Out | Jason Davis |
| 77 | Lovin’ Pretty Women | Steep Canyon Rangers |
| 75 | Marching Home | Balsam Range |
| 74 | Took Down and Put Up | Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time |
| 72 | The Road Headin’ Home | Grasstowne |
| 69 | The Last Suit You Wear | Larry Sparks |
| 68 | CHHR2 | Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain |
| 68 | 3 Silver Dollars | David Parmley & Continental Divide |
| 68 | Bluegrass, White Snow | Patty Loveless |
| 67 | Strong Enough | Beth Stevens & The Edge |
| 67 | Blind Man Walking | Cadillac Sky |
