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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.
The 2014 Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass Music has been awarded to Eddie Adcock. The prize includes…
We received a note over the weekend from Don Wayne Reno, son of banjo legend Don Reno, and a fine five…
We heard this week from Happy Traum, who runs Homespun Videos with his wife, Jane. He expressed the anguish of so…
Those of us who are devoted fans or part time/amateur pickers see the world of a touring bluegrass artist as a…
Bill Warren sent these photos from yesterday’s stage show at Red, White & Bluegrass. You can see how it poured during…
Get over it, already. Missy Raines and Chris Jones didn’t say it quite so bluntly, but that was the underlying message…
With IBMA preparations in full swing, we are running behind getting festival photos posted. Here are a few that Laura Tate…
Patuxent Music has released an album from noted mandolinist, Akira Otsuka, entitled First Tear. Joining the former Bluegrass 45 mando man…
Bassist Tom Gray and banjo picker Eddie Adcock, who have long careers in bluegrass since their trailblazing days with the Country…
It took me just seconds to break into a broad smile the first time I listened to Many a Mile, the…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music