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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.
It’s a rare one of us who doesn’t remember our high school graduation, though some may recall the occasion with more…
Banjo playing pastor, Steve Bruce, has a new single this week from his all-original instrumental project, What I Know Now. Even…
Molly Johnson, a 16 year old banjo picker from Pumpkintown, SC, has been announced as the recipient of the 2023 IBMA…
Alison Brown may have taken a chance by opting to release an all-instrumental album. After all, songs that don’t have singing…
On Monday afternoon, the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum officially accepted the donation of Earl Scruggs’ iconic Granada banjo…
Mountain Fever Records has a new single this weekend for Nashville banjo phenom, Cory Walker. It’s a real old timer written…
David Luttrell with Karl Smakula, who ended up with his stolen banjo Mississippi banjoist David Luttrell’s original pre-war Gibson RB-00 banjo…
Mel Bay Publications has two new titles that should be of interest to bluegrass musicians, and those studying to become ones….
Instrumental albums, even by artists that are very well known, can be a precarious proposition. Most of the time, fans and…
The Gina Furtado Project is reaching all the way back to the beginnings of bluegrass with their new single, True Life…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music