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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.
Somewhere deep in my file of road stories, I have an unpleasant recollection of spreading out a sleeping bag on the…
Here’s a look at the first two days of Red, White & Bluegrass from Bill Warren. More to come as the…
The next recording from Chris Jones & the Night Drivers, Lonely Comes Easy, has been scheduled for an August 27 release…
Greetings from the road. My family and I are en route from Alberta to Nashville before we head to Morganton, NC….
People have lately been asking me to explain the hierarchy of bluegrass music (and by “people,” I mean my cousin Jimmy)….
Recently we discussed bluegrass urban legends, but it has since come to my attention that we have a lot bigger things…
We’ve all been the recipient of urban legends or scams at one time, forwarded to us by email. In one of…
Last week we attempted to blame bluegrass music’s violent side on one man: Little Willie, the Scapegoat, we’ll call him. It…
A Bluegrass Junction listener—we’ll call her “Laura” (because that was her name)—emailed me recently, pointing out that there are an awful…
Is it “Mon-ROE” or “MUN-roe”? Is how we pronounce bluegrass names important? It probably is, yet it’s not always as simple…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
