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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.
Steve Martin continues to take the banjo and bluegrass music to places it would likely not otherwise be found. On The…
Jim Gabehart is journaling his time at the Pete Wernick Dr. Banjo Advanced Banjo Camp this week. I’ll admit I was…
Hello mudder, hello fadder, here I am at, Camp Granada (RB3, Top Tension, take your pick). The last week-long camps I…
With the hope of proving the old saying wrong, and showing that an old dog can learn a new trick, I…
This CD is for the old timers—unapologetic “old school” traditionalists. My people… Us “old foggies” know the locomotive sound and feel…
Depending on where you stand on the question of multiple banjo bands, this video posted by the American Banjo Museum may…
Edward William “Shorty” Eager passed away following an extended illness on December 19, 2011, at Cobb Wellstar Hospital in Austell, Georgia….
Dapple Patti is the title of a new CD release from the duo of Alan Munde and Adam Granger. Recorded during…
We’ve posted several times this past two weeks about banjo superstar Alan Munde and his unexpected quintuple bypass surgery just before…
This remembrance of Frank Necessary is a contribution from Jay Armsworthy, an avid promoter of bluegrass in Maryland and the District…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
