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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.
One of the most entertaining things about the world of mass market popular music is the amount of apologizing that takes…
Several years ago, there was an event at the IBMA World of Bluegrass that was called the “Bluegrass Pentathlon.” If my…
I hate being an alarmist, but we may need to start varying the adjectives we use in bluegrass artists’ bio material…
Güglingen, Germany. Day 8 of European tour: We just wrapped up a show at the Altes Theater in Heilbronn, Germany. As…
In the ever-present debate on tradition vs. innovation in bluegrass music, I feel that the value of consistency is sometimes overlooked….
You may be used to this being my weekly humor column, unless you were one of the handful that missed that…
Date line: Raleigh, NC This is traditionally a short column, written some time in between the IBMA World of Bluegrass keynote…
Thursday at the 15th Nothin’ Fancy Bluegrass Festival opened with the wonderful sibling harmony of Flatt Lonesome. Bluegrass Today columnist, Chris…
I got a wide range of response to my suggestion that the world was going to be ending during the IBMA…
I can’t delve too far into the specifics of it, but apparently the world is ending at the end of the…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
