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.
With the spirited discussion about the boundaries of bluegrass music going on in the comments of our recent post, IBMA at…
With his recent CD, The Touch of Time, Bill Emerson and his Sweet Dixie bandmates add to a legacy he began…
A big package arrived recently from Mel Bay Publications, chock full of new instructional books that may hold some interest for…
Deering Banjos has published a lengthy interview with Scott Avett, of the notorious Avett Brothers. I say notorious because discussions about…
Noted North Carolina banjo picker and celebrated luthier Snuffy Smith has passed away. Professional banjo players, serious amateurs and banjo aficionados…
Lee Marcus is the fine young banjo player with Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa, and starting a few weeks ago, an occasional…
Banjo master Jim Mills is the subject of a short documentary piece produced by UNC-TV, the public television service at the…
Abigail Washburn spent November and December of 2011 in China, touring along the ancient Silk Road which once served as a…
Washburn introduced a new open-back banjo, the B-7, at last week’s NAMM show in California. The pot consists of a cast…
Jim Gabehart is journaling his time at the Pete Wernick Dr. Banjo Advanced Banjo Camp this week. After the excitement of…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
