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.
These comments from Becky Johnson came too late to be included in our Carlton Haney memorial, published yesterday. Becky is a…
Richard Thomspon has prepared this brief biography of Carlton Haney. Its publication has been delayed awaiting some of the personal tributes…
We just received word from Fred Bartenstein that bluegrass manager and festival pioneer Carlton Haney died this afternoon at 2:15 p.m….
We are sorry to share news that bluegrass pioneer Carlton Haney is in poor health. He suffered a stroke last week,…
Carlton Haney, creator of the first series of multi-day bluegrass festivals, is to be inducted into the Bluegrass Hall of Fame….
This past weekend, I had the enormous honor and good fortune to perform at the 40th Anniversary Reunion of what has…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
