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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 close knit community of bluegrass lovers in southwestern Virginia are devastated today after learning that Timmy Mills died on Sunday…
The IBMA’s reigning Banjo Player of the Year, Ned Luberecki, has created a second instructional video for the Truefire platform. Following…
As a young man cutting his teeth on everything “Stanley”, I spent my youth at every Ralph Stanley show I could…
For many years, Tom Adams was at the top of the heap in the banjo world. He spent a few years…
Billy Wheeler, a very active banjo player in northern Virginia since the 1970s, died at his home on December 20. He…
Andy Thorn, fearless banjo player for Leftover Salmon, had a bit of a mishap last week while skiing on Colorado’s Copper…
Banjo maestro Butch Robins has recreated as a single, a song he wrote a couple of years back, and re-released it…
No matter where you may live, if you play music in public, there are songs you can’t avoid. It doesn’t matter…
Old Favorites is the latest release from The Murphy Method, which finds Casey Henry teaching you how to play a half…
The bluegrass and banjo playing world has lost a great champion today, as we note the passing of singer and multi-instrumentalist,…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music