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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.
West coast banjoist extraordinaire Bill Evans shared this video he shot for the folks at The Fretboard Journal back in January…
I’ve had a few emails about this series on practicing from people saying they have started spending time with their instrument…
We’ve heard this morning from a number of highly-influential banjo players, each sharing their personal reflections on the passing of the…
Dapple Patti is the title of a new CD release from the duo of Alan Munde and Adam Granger. Recorded during…
We’ve posted several times this past two weeks about banjo superstar Alan Munde and his unexpected quintuple bypass surgery just before…
Alan Munde is back home after undergoing an emergency quintuple bypass last Tuesday (11/22). He was resting when I called just…
We have learned that Alan Munde, among bluegrass music’s cleverest banjo players, underwent successful coronary bypass surgery earlier today. According to…
Tompkins Square is set to re-release a classic album from Roland White on June 1. I Wasn’t Born To Rock’n Roll…
Monday morning, I was honored to participate in an IBMA seminar entitled State Of The Industry: Open Forum. It was moderated…
Our post earlier this week about Alan Munde doing shows with The Two High String Band may have left an incorrect…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music