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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 latest release from Patuxent Records’ astounding youth movement is a self-titled fiddle album from Jamestown, NC bowman Daniel Greeson. For…
An issue much on the minds of performing artists and songwriters these days is the rapid growth of streaming audio services…
Tara Linhardt and her band of merry mandolinists are dead set on wresting the record for the largest mandolin ensemble back…
To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of folklorist and field recordist Alan Lomax, Jayme Stone has released a song…
Robert Billy ‘Bill’ Yates Sr., who passed away on January 26, 2015, was born on April 30, 1936, in Big Rock,…
Bluegrass was front-and-center in last week’s 43rd annual Country Music Awards of Australia. There have almost always been grassers picking up…
The Snyder Family Band have signed with Mountain Home Music, and will be releasing their first album with the label on…
When we think of “radio voices,” smooth, rich, polished tones come to mind – think Casey Kasem. Broadcaster Jim Fisher was…
Here’s the final report from Greg Cahill, who has just finished up a tour in Ireland with Special Consensus. We played…
Tom Nechville, of Nechville Musical Products, has created a DIY video showing how easily any Nechville tone ring banjo can be…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music