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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.
Nothing lasts forever, but Ben Eldridge’s 44-plus years with the Seldom Scene seemed to come close. His long run with the…
Hank Smith, a banjo player from Raleigh, is a busy man. If playing gigs, keeping a steady stream of banjo students,…
Our Czech bluegrass friend Kiki Otáhalová has shared a video she created during the 11th Winter Musician Camp hosted in the…
Great news for fans of Flatt Lonesome. The fresh-faced sextet has planned a special online concert for January 28 that allows…
We’re well into the new year, and it’s plenty cold outside, which means that the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass…
Music Camps North, who host the ever-popular Banjo Camp North and Mandolin Camp North each year, have named Phil Zimmerman as…
Shannon and Heather Slaughter are celebrating this afternoon’s birth of their second child, Jedediah Smith Slaughter. Shannon says that they will…
Paul Kowert, the remarkable young bassist with Punch Brothers, has signed on as a guest instructor with ArtistWorks, who offers online…
Spring Fed Records, a label associated with the Center for Popular Music at Middle Tennessee State University, has announced a January 15 release for…
We know that many of our readers are regular viewers of Reno’s Old Time Music on RFD-TV. Each Saturday evening Ronnie…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music