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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.
Banjo bad boy Béla Fleck doing what he does on a medley of Christmas favorites… like no other.
One full scholarship to Pete Wernick’s Advanced Banjo Camp (1/18-23/10) is still available. Three such scholarships have already been awarded for…
What happens when you turn a 16 year old banjo player loose in wood shop? Well, if you’re Kentuckian David Barnett,…
Here’s some more fallout from The Boxcars supernova… Justin Jenkins, who had been playing banjo with Blue Moon Rising, will not…
Béla Fleck & The Flecktones will start their Holiday Tour tonight (12/8) in Greenville, SC. They will be performing material from…
Recording King has announced a new banjo model, the RK-Elite, to be debuted in January 2010. They describe this as their…
Richard Thompson contributes this brief overview of a seminal bluegrass artist. Raymond Allen Shelton RIP: July 2, 1936 – November 21,…
Banjo CDs are coming out of the woodwork, it seems. Just in the past few weeks, we have received stellar releases…
The Collector’s Weekly has a lengthy interview with Lowell Levinger where they discuss his extensive collection of vintage acoustic instruments. Levinger…
Jayme Stone picked up another trophy last Saturday (11/21) at the Canadian Folk Music Awards in Ottawa to add to his…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music