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.
In September we drew attention to the excellent new book, I Hear A Voice Calling: A Bluegrass Memoir, written and illustrated…
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The following is an account from Wayne Taylor, describing his tour this past September in England and Scotland with his group,…
I Hear A Voice Calling: A Bluegrass Memoir, by Gene Lowinger Gene Lowinger, a New Jersey boy by birth, was the…
After posting yesterday about the anniversary of Bill Monroe’s passing in 1996, we heard from Richard Crowson, a regular reader of…
Bluegrass fans worldwide recall today’s date (September 9) as the anniversary of Bill Monroe’s passing in 1996. Just four days hence,…
Don’t think we have forgotten about the Bill Monroe Stamp Campaign, just because we haven’t mentioned in a few months! A…
A bit of research has revealed a book about bluegrass music that we missed from our recent bulletin. I Hear a…
Mandolin Cafe has a story about an auction being conducted by Christie’s in New York on December 3 that should be…
Well, it will be a special brick if you take the The Bean Blossom Jamboree Foundationup on their offer and adopt…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
