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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.
I recently caught up with Brandon Godman (Laurie Lewis, Dale Ann Bradley, Doyle Lawson, etc…) on a morning hike up one…
One of the many projects that cropped up during this period of downtime was started by mandolinist Tristan Scroggins with major…
Brandon Godman is a Kentucky native, master fiddler, and relatively new transplant from Nashville to San Francisco. He has played with…
Kentucky’s Velvet Blue has released a debut music video from their new CD, Memories & Heartaches. It’s for the song Once…
The first time I heard Dawn Kenney sing, at an IBMA song circle two years ago, I so desperately wished I…
One of the best parts about IBMA’s World of Bluegrass conference is you never know who you’ll meet around the next…
Also in the studio this month are The Bartley Bothers – Shayne and Rick. They have just finished tracking for their…
It turns out that the info we got from Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver last week about Alan Johnson returning to the…
Just six months after announcing his retirement from the band this past spring, fiddler Alan Johnson is back with Doyle Lawson…
Young fiddler Brandon Godman has been announced as the newest member of Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, replacing veteran sideman Alan Johnson…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
