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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.
Ben Freed, New York banjoist and retired optometrist, has died. He was 59 years of age. Ben was that rare individual…
Claire Lynch will step away from full-time touring with her band at the end of 2016 to focus on songwriting, producing…
Another bluegrass baby! Kendra Stevenson, one of the singing Walker sisters in RedHead Express, and her husband Kelly, are celebrating the…
Thanks again to our fine festival photographer Frank Baker, who sent along these images from the May 2015 Gettysburg Bluegras Festival.
ClayBank is the newest group to emerge from the fertile musical vistas of northwestern North Carolina, playing straight-ahead contemporary bluegrass. Gary…
Congratulations to Chris Thile and Claire Coffee on the birth of their first child, Calvin Eugene. He was born about a…
Portland’s Foghorn Stringboard has just released a clever music video for Columbus Stockade Blues, one of the tracks on their current…
A new wrinkle has developed in the ongoing trials of Song Of The Mountains, the popular PBS program featuring live bluegrass…
Rhonda Vincent & The Rage are set to record another live concert DVD, a decade after her first, Ragin’ Live, was…
The Memorial Day weekend is sort of a milestone in the year. It’s the unofficial start of summer. The fashion people…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music