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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.
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Weekly radio favorites focusing on the intersection between progressive bluegrass & Americana.
Weekly rundown of the most played bluegrass gospel tracks on radio.
What happens when a bluegrass banjo player makes a documentary film about a legendary 18th century composer? The result with Michael…
Here’s another tidbit concerning Steve Martin. If you’ve ever wanted to be a music video producer, now’s your chance. Steve wants…
The good folks who manage Banjo.com have created a new banjo blog, for banjo players of course. It’s called The Banjo…
The recent appearnce by The Alison Brown Quartet on Mountain Stage has just been posted on the show’s NPR web page….
Speaking of Steve Martin (see previous post), here’s another in our series of 2009 Red Carpet videos. These were filmed immediately…
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that Steve Martin will co-host this year’s (82nd) Academy Awards (otherwise…
Dan Mazer, widely known as BanjerDan, reports a stolen banjo – his customized Deering GDL model, last seen at 18th and…
Thanks to Fred Robbins for keeping us updated on the condition of Allen Shelton, who has been hospitalized in Nashville for…
We got this follow-up note from Ivan Rosenberg, a respected resonator guitarist and clawhammer banjo player in the Pacific Northwest. He…
Rounder Records has brought back a couple of classic recordings from 1978, capturing a moment when what we might call progressive…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music