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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.
Attention banjo pickers and Earl Scruggs fans! The International Bluegrass Music Association is hosting a free webinar on May 15 offering…
If you don’t recognize the name Trevor Watson, you surely know his banjo playing. The southwest Virginia picker has appeared on…
What’s this…? Rock ‘n’ roll banjo man Todd Taylor playing an Earl Scruggs tune? Someone must have gotten their signals crossed….
Back in February we reported that 16-year-old North Carolina banjo phenom, Bayla Davis, who plays with her siblings in Newfound Gap,…
Ben Eldridge and Emmylou Harris at the Birchmere (7/15/13) – photo © Jeromie Stephens As we mourn the loss today of…
Ben Eldridge, legendary banjo player and co-founder of the equally legendary Seldom Scene, passed away of natural causes on Sunday evening,…
The two top manufacturers of high quality musical instrument flight cases, Calton and Hoffee, have announced plans for a merger. Calton,…
Old time super picker Ken Perlman has released his latest book for banjo players with Mel Bay Publications. Cape Breton &…
Hard working bluegrass gospel group Chosen Road has announced a change in personnel. Josh Hicks, their banjo player for the past…
Hillary Klug, also known as the Dancing Fiddler, has been quietly making a name for herself over the past several years…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music