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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.
Nothin’ Fancy had a perfect weather weekend for their 16th festival this past weekend. Remington Ryde opened Friday’s show to a…
Tim Surret, bass player with Balsam Range and IBMA Board Chair, was released from the hospital on Friday afternoon after spending…
Tim Surrett, bass player with popular North Carolina band Balsam Range, and Chairman of the Board of Directors for the International…
For a great many musicians and studio folks, Earthworks microphones are known primarily for their reference and choral applications. Recognized for…
This “power of bluegrass story” comes from Kimberly Williams, bluegrass publicist to the stars, about what she saw during this past…
This article is a contribution from Cindy Faulkner, a writer and bluegrass fan living near Raleigh, NC. After Marc Pruett received a…
And here is another gallery of Frank Baker’s photos from the May 2016 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival.
John Driskell Hopkins, bassist with alt-country heroes the Zac Brown Band, has released a holiday album for the 2015 Christmas season….
A concert is scheduled for November 22 at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, NC to start production for season 2 of…
Thanks to Bob Compere for this batch of photos from last weekend’s Bloomin’ Bluegrass Festival & Chili Cookoff in Farmer’s Branch,…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music