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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.
What immediately follows when a group of retired friends get together? They start telling stories, of course. And if they have…
Bluegrass 45 Reunion at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival – photo by Frank Baker It’s a well established fact…
This remembrance from the recording of Epilogue: a Tribute to John Duffey comes from Akira Otsuka. Together with Ronnie Freeland, he spent 15…
It’s early to start thinking about the 2019 IBMA awards, given that the finalists for this year haven’t been selected yet….
Well over 20 years after John Duffey’s passing in December 1996 he continues to be revered. And thanks to Sugar Hill…
Akira Otsuka with John Duffey’s F-12 – photo by Michael G. Stewart American bluegrass audiences became aware of Akira Otsuka during…
Like many fans of the Seldom Scene, Bengt Adielsson’s memories of the band span the decades. But few take their adoration…
Novelist Thomas Wolfe was wrong. You can go home again. The Seldom Scene proved it Sunday night, returning to the venue…
Well it was another hot one at Grey Fox on Friday! Hot temperature and hot pickin! It is impossible to catch…
Back in the early 1970s, a talented young Japanese band caused quite a sensation at festivals here in the US –…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
