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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.
These ruminations on the passing of Earl Scruggs are a contribution from Sammy Shelor, banjo player and band leader with Lonesome…
The tributes to Earl Scruggs are coming in faster than we can get them posted! No surprise, given the tremendous impact…
This remembrance of Earl Scruggs comes from Ron Stewart, fiddler and banjo player with The Boxcars, who is widely-regarded as one…
I will probably remember where I was when I heard of Earl Scruggs’ death as much as where I was on…
This remembrance of Earl Scruggs comes from Kristin Scott Benson, banjo player with The Grascals, and a multiple winner of the…
Tony Trischka has a well-deserved reputation as both an innovator and an instructor of five string banjo. Prior to his current…
Fellow banjo legend Terry Baucom pulled together a few reflections on the passing of Earl Scruggs, which he shared as an…
Here’s the irony of being asked to write about the highlights of Earl Scruggs’ career as king of the banjo and…
Over the next few days, we will share remembrances of Earl Scruggs from his peers, and the many banjo players whose…
The Tennessean, Nashville’s hometown paper, is reporting that Earl Scruggs passed away this morning at a local hospital. He was 88…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
