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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.
Al Osteen, a beloved member of the bluegrass community in upstate South Carolina, died yesterday (12/31) following a battle with cancer….
We’ve posted in the past about David Grindstaff and his terrific debut CD, Here & Now, as well as The Troubadours,…
We just received a note from James Alan Shelton, lead guitarist and road manager for Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain…
Colorado banjoist Jake Schepps is expecting a Spring 2011 release for his ambitious album of music by 20th century Hungarian composer…
Wayne Taylor has announced that Mark Delaney will be the new banjo player in Appaloosa, starting in February 2011. He takes…
Mel Bay has published a book of transcriptions and arrangements based on the playing of influential old time banjo picker Kyle…
Left-handed banjo player Don Gray Lineberger died during the evening of Sunday, December 5, due to smoke inhalation and exposure to…
In the course of catching up recently with Pat Murphy, banjo player with Delta Reign, the conversation eventually lurched into the…
Here is a story of personal loss shared by Robin Cleavenger, and thus not funny at all. But still… “My father…
We posted earlier this year about The Banjo Project, a feature-length documentary about our beloved banjo, the most American of American…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
