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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.
Memoriams to James Alan Shelton continue to come in, focusing mostly on what a good friend and fine fellow he was,…
For the past fifty plus years, Roger Siminoff has been at the forefront of technical analysis for fretted stringed instruments. He…
Randy Cook & Commonwealth Bluegrass has welcomed fiddler Wally Hughes as an official member of the band. Hughes has been doing…
East-West is a young bluegrass band from Slovakia and Czech Republic, made up of prominent eastern European musicians. With several members…
Behind The Mic is a new feature which we hope will be a weekly column highlighting the many bluegrass broadcasters who report…
Here is another personal remembrance of James Alan Shelton, this one from his close friend and neighbor, Steve Patton. Steven and…
I recently got a message from a musician with a band called Grandpa’s Cough Medicine (I was a little hurt that…
With first round ballots out for the 2014 International Bluegrass Music Awards, the IBMA is also starting work on the Special…
Bluegrass legend Curly Seckler has suffered a second stroke in just over a year. His first was in May of 2013,…
James Alan Shelton’s wife Greta has sent along these words of gratitude for all the support she and James received while…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
