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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.
Sonny, I’m curious about that session when Ira Louvin sang the low tenor part (is that right?) with you and Bobby…
Photo of Brad Kolodner by Casey Vock. Album art by Kelley Wills Brad Kolodner is a popular figure in the music…
Béla Fleck has dropped a second single from his landmark, 2-disc project, My Bluegrass Heart, expected September 10 on Renew Records….
George Jackson is a Kiwi fiddler who makes his home in Nashville, working as a recording artist and free lance bowman…
Sonny, I always liked your baritone singing a whole lot. I know you started on banjo early on. When did you…
This article, written by Anni Beach, originally appeared in The Cornerstone, the newsletter of The IBMA Foundation. They have agreed to…
Béla Fleck is certainly in the news this week. A few days ago we had the first music from his upcoming…
Mountain Home Music has dropped a third single for banjoist Tray Wellington, an ambitious cover of a jazz standard by a…
Sonny, I’ve been enjoying your column since it began, and I finally decided to toss in my two cents worth. Last…
Banjo maestro Béla Fleck started his professional music career in bluegrass music, and though he has swept through many other regions…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music