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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.
Those of us who live in the bluegrass-rich areas of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky can easily lose track of…
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced that event and hotel registration for the 2015 World of Bluegrass and Wide Open…
Who cares that geezer rocker Steven Tyler is making a country record? We’ve got real reason to celebrate: Ronnie Bowman made…
Twice before we have raved about recordings from Shannon and Heather Slaughter. The first was actually for Shannon’s solo album, The…
A Quiz ….. From the very beginning playing bluegrass music has been a particularly precarious job, even for the very, very…
WAMU’s Bluegrass Country has been in the news quite a bit of late, with programming and personnel changes taking effect in…
The March edition of the Newell Lodge Bluegrass Festival in Folkston, GA kicked off Thursday evening with an open stage which…
Australia’s Stetson Family were featured performers recently on BalconyTV, where they offered their song, Travelin’ Man, for the viewers. Look…
Here’s two new videos from the Hot Rize camp this week. First, an episode of Ask Dr. Banjo with banjo man Pete…
While music sales in general have been declining for the past several years, one trend that has been on the rise…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music