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.
The folks at bluegrasscollege.org have put together a video sample from their latest online lesson. The song is Blue Night, sung…
Yet more news of band personnel changes… The Isaacs have announced that Thomas Wywrot has joined the band playing banjo and…
As always seems to happen this time of year, a number of top bluegrass bands are making personnel changes. Aaron McDaris…
Audio from a recent performance on Mountain Stage by Canadian banjoist Jayme Stone and Malian kora player Mansa Sissoko, is now…
The November issue of Banjo NewsLetter marks the 35th Anniversary of continuous publication for this cherished 5-string monthly. And how appropriate…
Deering banjos has two new models in its popular Goodtime line of less expensive, American made instruments. The Goodtime banjos have…
Here in the Southeastern US we’re quite used to bluegrass events, including instructional camps and clinics. Seeing the same happen in…
Pete Wernick will celebrate 25 years leading instructional camps for banjo pickers when he convenes his Winter Banjo Camps in January…
Mel Bay Publications has released a series of children’s chord books for young pickers getting started on banjo, mandolin or ukulele….
Rounder Records subtitles banjo man Tony Trischka’s newly-reissued 1985 album Hill Country as The Tony Trischka Bluegrass Album. That reference doesn’t…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
