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.
When I was learning to play banjo in the mid-1970’s, one of the first albums I bought was the two-album live…
I realize this probably dates me, but I’m not a very good texter. I do have what is, technically speaking, a…
International touring is something that most professional musicians will have an opportunity to do at some point in their careers, and…
I’m writing this from an airplane heading west back to North America after a short European tour. Since the flight is…
Last week, based on comments I received here and elsewhere, it seems that I suddenly became the best friend of sound…
There are plenty of tense and troubled relationships in professional bluegrass music. Minor scraps to major feuds can often develop between…
The world of music is strewn with the decaying corpses of marketing ideas gone wrong, or ones that were just wrong…
People that are new to bluegrass music sometimes need some help in translating our jargon. Hearing that someone is “tearing it…
If you will recall, last week I discussed the holding of a parallel World of Bluegrass purely for the purpose of…
If there’s one thing I love, it’s arguing about bluegrass music. Oh, it’s fun to play it, and it’s great to…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
