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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.
In keeping with Sam Bush’s Keynote admonition about supporting new music from a younger generation of bluegrass and acoustic musicians, we…
The name Ola Belle Reed may not be terribly familiar to younger fans of bluegrass and old time music – unless…
We’ve written several times of late about Some Strange Country, the fine new CD from Crooked Still. There were a couple…
Yesterday (5/18) marked the release of the fine new Crooked Still CD, Some Strange Country on Signature Sounds. Like their several…
I’ve been enjoying the new Crooked Still CD, Some Strange Country, since I found a copy in yesterday’s mail. Like their…
Joy Kills Sorrow is a young alternative string band based in Boston – yet another musical endeavor to bubble up from…
Regular readers of Bluegrass Today know that one of my favorite web sites is The Bluegrass Intelligencer, brainchild of Crooked Still…
The Mountain Stage web page at the NPR Music site has links to a number of recently re-aired programs that should…
When I started learning to play bluegrass music as a teenager in the mid-1970s, the bluegrass mecca was the Washington, DC…
I’ve found several occasions this past few years to offer high praise for Boston-based string band Crooked Still. Originally drawn to…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
