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.
Last week we ran across a fascinating video online, from a musician who assumes the nom de web of Stoney Lonesome….
Last Thursday evening at SPBMA we had a nice chat with George Gruhn, proprietor of the legendary Gruhn Guitars in Nashville….
Who’s the world record setting banjoist with 5 Grammy nominations that you may have never heard of? That’s Spartanburg, South Carolina…
We have learned that Billy Joe Foster, noted Oklahoma picker, passed away today at 51 years of age. A talented multi-instrumentalist,…
Chris Suen is a banjo player and old time music/dance enthusiast in Vancouver who was seriously injured in an auto accident…
At the early part of each year, prewar banjo enthusiasts of every stripe converge on the town of Maryville in east…
After over 100 Jam Camps in America, Pete Wernick (aka Dr Banjo), has organised his first bluegrass Jam Camp in Europe….
Wouldn’t it be great if you could register all your valuable musical instruments and gear online, with photos, descriptions, serial numbers,…
Dr. Crowe, that is! The University of Kentucky bestowed an honorary degree on Friday (12/14) to the legendary J.D. Crowe, marking…
Call Of The Wildman is a popular show on Discovery’s Animal Planet starring Ernie Brown, Jr., an animal lover with a…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music