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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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.
Thanks to Murphy Henry, who sent along the details about funeral arrangements for Jim Steptoe, former banjo player with Patent Pending,…
Jim Steptoe, longtime banjo player with Patent Pending, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly over the weekend. He was found at his…
Who’s got the biggest banjo? That’s not something you see being hashed out by banjo players around the world. Volume sure,…
The UK, all banjo band WeBanjo3, which sometimes includes 4 banjos, is looking for a new logo. They are conducting the…
Tony Trischka’s latest banjo venture is now live online. It’s the Tony Trischka School of Banjo, an interactive instructional video course…
I happened to catch Terry Baucom on stage last weekend with the Mountain Heart & Tony Rice show at Roanoke Fiddlefest….
Alison Krauss & Union Station got started on their next studio recording this past weekend, tracking at Sound Emporium in Nashville….
Béla Fleck made another of his periodic visits to The Berklee College Of Music in Boston last week, a visit chronicled…
Nashville banjo player Charlie Cushman underwent emergency coronary bypass surgery yesterday (7/28). He suffered a mild heart attack on Monday, and…
Ace banjo player Jake Schepps sent along this fascinating report from his recent trip to Borneo with the Jeff and Vida…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
