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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.
This recollection of Jimmy Martin’s lessons to his heralded banjo player Chris Warner is a contribution from Thomas Cook. Chris is…
Banjo CDs are coming out of the woodwork, it seems. Just in the past few weeks, we have received stellar releases…
Tom Adams will be joining Bill Emerson and the Sweet Dixie Band on guitar as of September 5. We reported just…
When we posted last week about Chris Warner’s CD reissue of two previous LP releases, we included a passing reference to…
Banjo players – and fans of Jimmy Martin – know Chris Warner for his driving style and hard hitting approach to…
We wrote earlier today to tell you about the new hires in Doyle Lawson’s band Quicksilver. At the time we promised…
Doyle Lawson commented yesterday afternoon on his bulletin board that he is hiring fiddle player and bass singer Alan Johnson (formerly…
Guitarist and vocalist, Audie Blaylock (former member of Jimmy Martin’s Sunny Mountain Boys and more recently Rhonda Vincent & The Rage),…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music