Your authoritative and definitive news source for all things bluegrass, updated six days a week, with airplay charts, events directory, interviews, & puzzles.
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The latest in bluegrass music releases, and reviews of both music and other items
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What’s going on in the professional bluegrass world around us
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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.
Most anyone who has worked to learn a musical instrument knows how useful it would be to have a buddy who…
Ron Block has a new album, Leiper’s Fork Christmas, just now released in time for December. For the second year in…
Given our relative obscurity in the mainstream world of pop music, it’s always something of a sensation when one of our…
Alton Tharse Batten, known widely as Al, passed away on Sunday, November 20. He was 68 years of age. Al was…
Ohio banjo player Jim Greer passed away on Tuesday, September 13, 2016, at Logan Acres Care Center, Bellefontaine, Ohio. He was…
The banjo is arguably the core of bluegrass music. For many folks, it’s the key to whether or not a song…
This past Saturday, during the 9th Annual Bright Leaf Brew Fest in Danville, VA, bluegrass veteran Lynwood Lunsford was recognized for…
Bill Evans’ rolling banjothon series, The California Banjo Extravaganza, is pushing through northern CA this weekend with four more concerts and…
Blue Mafia has announced the departure of banjo player, Calib Smith, and the addition of new five slinger, Curtis Bumgarner, to…
Kristin Scott Benson has released a banjo tab book and CD package for her current solo project, Stringworks. The Grascals banjo…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
