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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.
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When it was first published in 1982, Scales And Arpeggios For Five String Banjo by Pete Pardee, was a groundbreaking effort….
This morning’s edition of The Onion, an often hysterical and always amusing faux news web site, carried a hilarious piece entitled…
Back in February, Brance teased with news that one of Terry Baucom’s post-Quicksilver episode 2 endeavors would include a signature banjo…
Here’s a new Mel Bay release that is sure to become an important reference for banjo pickers. Parking Lot Picker’s Songbook…
Steve Huber, founder and owner/operator of Huber Banjos, has launched a new web site. BanjoTown is designed to facilitate Steve’s secondary…
The Enchantment, the upcoming banjo/piano duet recording from Chick Corea and B?©la Fleck, which Brance briefly described earlier this month, is…
John wrote back in January and February about the faculty position opening at South Plains College due to the retirement of…
Continental Divide banjo picker Dale Perry is the most recent respected 5 string pro to sign on as a Huber Banjos…
Canadian banjo player Jayme Stone shared a series of banjo travelogues with our readers during his recent musical journey through West…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music