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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.
Lonesome River Band has announced the addition of Jesse Smathers to the band on mandolin and vocals. He takes the spot…
The Bluegrass, Old Time and Country Music Studies program at East Tennessee State University is accepting applications now for a lecturer…
I’m certainly not up on every music trend, and certainly not every entertainment headline grabs my attention. We live, after all,…
Jean Ritchie, folk singer and dulcimer player, passed away on Monday June 1, 2015, at her home in Berea, Kentucky. She…
America’s Got Talent has begun its 10th season on NBC television, and there may be a reason for bluegrass fans to…
Richard Eddy Watson, guitar-playing grandson of Doc Watson and son of the late Merle Watson, has passed away. He died on…
Bryson City, North Carolina’s Cody Shuler first made his mark in bluegrass with traditionally-based band Pine Mountain Railroad, although his earliest…
They say a band is like a family. There must be trust among the members. There must be an atmosphere of…
Had you been thinking, “I wonder what happened to Gold Heart?” I know I had when I ran into them at…
Bud Bennett has posted a third in his series of intensive video interviews with banjo legends. Following the terrific multi-part vidoes…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music