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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.
We have learned that power picker Jim Mills will be filling in this weekend for JD Crowe. As we reported last…
We have learned that Doug Dillard is back home, having been released last night from Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville. He was…
Travers Chandler has announced two new members of his touring band, Avery County. Tony Mabe is the new banjo player, stepping…
The Berklee College of Music in Boston has just announced an exciting new program for banjo players enrolled in their Traditional…
Doug Dillard, popular banjo player and founding member of The Dillards has been hospitalized in Nashville, suffering from a collapsed lung….
Mel Bay has released a new DVD for clawhammer banjo, Unfortunate Puppy and Other Fine Tunes, taught by Hunter Robertson. The…
David Hollender, professor at Berklee College of Music, is set to publish Beyond Bluegrass Banjo, a new book of exercises and…
Good news is coming in about JD Crowe, following the serious fall he took last Friday evening (2/18) on the way…
I had a chance to catch up last week with banjo monster Jim Mills, and was immediately curious about what he…
Ed Helms has gotten our attention before when he did a little picking on The Office. He’s got a new movie…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music