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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.
Quick response from Skaggs Family Records with regard to a new banjo player for Kentucky Thunder… We are told that Justin…
Our Special Bluegrass Correspondent captured some images and video from the grand opening of the Earl Scruggs Center on January 11….
From Barcelona comes Grazztrio, a new experimental string band that performs their own original music. Their approach merges traditional bluegrass instruments…
Banjo man Todd Taylor captured lightning on tape in the mid ’80s when he covered Free Bird and successfully crossed over…
Canadian banjo player Jayme Stone, and his wife Laura, celebrated the arrival of an early Christmas gift last week. Their son,…
The banjo world is eagerly awaiting the next installment from 5 string magnifico Tony Trischka, Great Big World, due February 4…
Mike Munford, reigning IBMA Banjo Player of the Year, is featured on When It’s Christmas Time, the new Christmas album from…
American and European mandolinists have long been fond of choro, a form of instrumental folk music from Brazil in which the…
Mike Munford, reigning IBMA Banjo Player of the Year, was profiled in today’s edition of his hometown paper, The Baltimore Sun….
Pete Wernick announces the availability of two scholarships for his 2014 Advanced Banjo Camp, January 20-25 in Boulder, Colorado. The camp…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music