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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.
The latest effort from noted bluegrass music author Neil Rosenberg, The Music Of Bill Monroe, which Richard Thompson profiled for us…
Here’s another post from our all-the-more regular correspondent, Richard Thompson. He writes from England, where he is also a longstanding contributor…
Here’s a chance for bluegrass lovers everywhere to “give back” to a man who has contributed mightily to the development of…
Here’s a fun site with images of vintage music show posters. It’s run by Mitch Diamond, who calls himself The Kardboard…
Our friends at The Bluegrass Ireland Blog found a terrific video on YouTube that is sure to be a treat for…
Mel Bay has released Classic Bluegrass Solos for Mandolin, a collection of 22 transcriptions by Todd Collins. The thrust of this…
Continuing with a Bill Monroe/Neil Rosenberg theme… I recently had occasion to correspond with Neil about his upcoming book, The Music…
Earlier this week I posted about the new Bear Family box set of Bill Monroe material. In an effort to clarify…
Bear Family Records recently announced an upcoming CD box set from the Father of Bluegrass, Bill Monroe. The set consists of…
Noted bluegrass mandolinist Mike Compton has two new videos up on YouTube. Both are simple productions, and feature Mike playing through…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
