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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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.
Five string banjo pickers in the US, especially here in my home state of Virginia, typically know a little something about…
The folks at Alfred Publications have recently released a three-volume set of books for banjo students, meant to offer meaningful instruction…
Al Ferguson, known in the banjo world as the developer of the Perfect Pitch capo, has a new product to introduce…
Barry Abernathy might not be as prominent in the bluegrass world as he once was, but the noted banjo picker and…
Mitchell Van Dyke, banjo player this past five years with Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, has tendered his resignation….
This remembrance of Dave Clark is a contribution from Sandy Rothman, long time Bay Area string musician and former Blue Grass…
Banjo wizard Noam Pikelny is taking leave of his Punch Brothers bandmates – for the next few weeks at least –…
Billy Faier, known for his distinctive banjo arrangements, his radio programs, and his radical politics died on January 29, 2016 at…
A man committed a snatch-and-grab robbery yesterday at Lowe Vintage Instruments in Burlington, NC, getting away with three rare, vintage banjos. The…
Texas-born, Seattle-based banjo pioneer Danny Barnes is coming off a good year. Being the sixth person to win the prestigious Steve…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
