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.
Those of us bluegrass veterans who have been playing since the 1960s or ’70s are given to occasional wonder at the…
This month we talk with California Bluegrass Association member, bass player, teacher, and four-time winner of Northern California Bluegrass Society’s Bass…
Band photo, on right: Wes Rineer, Joe Ed King, Ted Lundy, and Bob Paisley Wes Rineer, a five-string bass player, of…
Just over a month after announcing the departure of founding member and bass player Charles Humphrey III, The Steep Canyon Rangers…
Finland’s Jussi Syren & The Groundbreakers are on the hunt for a new bass player, something they haven’t thought about for…
The Molly Rose Band, based in southwestern Virginia, has announced the addition of bass player Jeff Morris to the group. Jeff…
Stewart MacDonald has introduced a new string cleaning tool that should be very helpful for bluegrass players wanting to prolong string…
Only 70 years old, Glen “Cookie” Inman left this earth for a better home on Friday July 14, 2017. His big…
Terry Poirier has been announced as the new bass player with the Little Roy & Lizzy Show. The Canadian native now…
Bill Bryson, well-known west coast-based bass player, passed away on Sunday afternoon, April 30, 2017. He was 70 years old and…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music