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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.
The modern musical arts based on traditional string music divide into many camps. Some use the instruments familiar to old time…
Banjo NewsLetter, published by the Nitchie family in Maryland since 1973, is now publishing online starting with the current April 2013…
The Smoky Mountain Banjo Academy has been held since 2004 in a beautiful mountain retreat near Gatlinburg, TN, hosted by noted…
We’ve written many times on Bluegrass Today about country star Dierks Bentley’s love for bluegrass music. Even before the release of…
This tribute to Earl Scruggs on the anniversary of his passing is a contribution from Jim Mills, a life-long student of…
Banjo man Terry Baucom has a new album coming soon on the John Boy & Billy label. Like his 2011 project,…
Mel Bay Publications has released Easy Irish and Celtic Melodies For 5-String Banjo: Best-Loved Airs and Session Tunes by Tom Hanway,…
The folks at Morgan Monroe have introduced a number of new instruments which may be of interest to the bluegrass/acoustic market….
The California Bluegrass Association will add a new feature this year during their 38th Annual Father’s Day Festival in Grass Valley,…
Banjos are big these days, as evidenced by Mumford and Sons’ Grammy for album of the year, and a recent flurry…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music