Your authoritative and definitive news source for all things bluegrass, updated six days a week, with airplay charts, events directory, interviews, & puzzles.
Focus in on artists who play bluegrass music from all over the world
The latest in bluegrass music releases, and reviews of both music and other items
What’s happening at shows and festivals you might want to see
What’s going on in the professional bluegrass world around us
Band news, weddings, births, and obituaries, plus our bluegrass crosswords.
Find bluegrass events near you, or add your own to our searchable database.
Indoor or outdoor, see single day events and concert series here.
Bluegrass workshops, camps, and classes are listed here.
Who doesn’t love a bluegrass festival? Find them here.
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.
Can you make any cheerful bluegrass song into a somber – even mournful – number? Let’s ask Chris.
Coming up with some form of alias, whether it be your stage name, your rapper name, or your superhero name, started…
Have you ever played in a band with a lead singer who changes the way he or she sings in the…
We’ve discussed bluegrass dream analysis in past columns, so if you’ve read any of those, you’re already familiar with the four…
Spring just always seems to inspire me to write in haiku form, since there’s no baseball and bluegrass festivals are cancelled…
Organizers of the long running Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, KS have announced that Chris Jones will serve as the new…
Mr. Bluegrass Manners was deluged with quarantine-related etiquette questions, not only because we’re all in uncharted territory now and have plenty…
Even though most of us are stuck at home, sometimes wondering what to do with ourselves, you may be heartened to…
Mr. Bluegrass Manners has been in self-quarantine mode long before he was asked to do so by the powers that be,…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
