Your authoritative and definitive news source for all things bluegrass, updated six days a week, with airplay charts, events directory, interviews, & puzzles.
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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.
Shortly after arriving at IBMA in Raleigh, we had a chance to chat with Slovak banjo picker Richard Cifersky, who shared…
Director Felix Van Groeningen, who earned widespread critical acclaim for his 2009 film, The Misfortunates, will see his next project hit…
The Down Home in Johnson City, TN will be hosting a pre-release screening of a new project from a pair of ETSU…
Manitoba has lost one of its popular bluegrass performers. Banjo player Gene Bretecher passed away on September 15, drowning in Shuswap Lake after…
IBMA’s World of Bluegrass convention is just around the corner, and a lot of attendees are starting to scout around for…
Innovative banjoist Jen Kruger has been named as the 2013 recipient of the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and…
Back in June we posted about a clever iOS app called Banjo Rolls Trainer, offered for $1.99 in the Apple App…
Ned Luberecki, noted banjo picker, radio host and bluegrass bon vivant, has released a new book for five stringers convinced that…
Leo Duffy, one half of the English bluegrass duo, the Duffy Brothers, passed away on Saturday, August 17 from bowel cancer,…
Smithsonian Folkways has announced the release of the 30-track Classic Banjo (SFW 40209), a compilation that captures the great versatility of…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
