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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The latest in bluegrass music releases, and reviews of both music and other items
What’s happening at shows and festivals you might want to see
What’s going on in the professional bluegrass world around us
Band news, weddings, births, and obituaries, plus our bluegrass crosswords.
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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 August edition of the venerable Banjo NewsLetter is out, with adventurous 5-string jazz banjo player Ryan Cavanaugh on the cover….
Here’s one we missed when it occurred earlier this year… Kris Rasnake is playing banjo with Blue Moon Rising. He took…
This remembrance of Tony Pass is a contribution from David E. Schenkman, proprietor of Turtle Hill Banjo Co., and one of…
Noted banjo craftsman Tony Pass has died after suffering for many months with cancer. He was the designer of the popular…
I’ve known a number of banjo picking attorneys in my day (insert joke here), but Jim Gabeheart is the first five-slinging…
Charlie Cushman has left his position playing banjo with Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper to refocus attention on his banjo set up…
Russ Carson is the full-time banjo player with Audie Blaylock and Redline, who has released his debut solo project, Last Chance,…
In a piece broadcast today (7/18) on the BBC 4 Americana podcast, banjo player and collector Jim Mills offers British listeners…
Chris Pandolfi, erstwhile banjoist for The Infamous Stringdusters and budding videographer, has introduced a fun new feature to ‘Dusters’ live shows….
We’ve posted a few times about Garden & Gun magazine. It’s a glossy bi-monthly that merges content on southern lifestyle with…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
