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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.
As previously reported, one-time Blue Grass Boy and life-long bluegrass musician and singer Vernon McQueen passed away on March 16, 2017….
Javonda Charlene Smith, friend and former employee of Bill Monroe, has released her second book of memories and photos based on…
These four words, somewhat extreme in black and white, have been met with gasps of alarm and incredulity, and much sadness…
A life-sized statue of Bill Monroe was unveiled today near the historic Birth of Bluegrass sign outside Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. The…
Thanks to the folks at Mandolin Cafe, who first published it over the weekend, mandolin lovers and fans of bluegrass history…
For the past 15 years or thereabouts the subject of Bill Monroe’s first home, the Homeplace near Rosine, Kentucky, has been…
The Monroe Mandolin Camp has announced today the creation of the “Wo-MON Scholarship,” a full scholarship to the camp open to…
Rosine, Kentucky will soon be home to a museum honoring native son Bill Monroe. A groundbreaking ceremony for the project has…
On this Day …. On February 22, 1989, the first bluegrass Grammy was awarded to Bill Monroe, for his MCA album,…
Attention Bill Monroe fans, and serious students of the early days of bluegrass. Richard Weize Archives is set to release a…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
