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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.
Not many groups who began playing together in the 1950s are still going strong today – particularly not with their original…
Musicians in the Kentucky Center for Traditional Music at Morehead State University performed for the school’s President’s Concert on the Lawn…
Young Nathan Stanley first hit the scene as a solo artist in his early teens, and now the grandson of the…
Dave Yates is a well-known bluegrass figure in East Tennessee. He has been an adjunct faculty member in the bluegrass program…
At this past weekend’s MerleFest, winners were chosen in the 22nd Annual Chris Austin Songwriting Contest. The invitational competition is held…
It’s not uncommon for bluegrass bands to claim an association with tradition. Some are based in it, some are influenced by…
Thanks to Russ Carson, new banjo picker with Ricky Skaggs, and a talented photographer to boot, for this set of images…
Fans of teenaged grassers Sleepy Man Banjo Boys will want to stay up late, or set their DVRs, to catch the…
A lot of folks excited about the start of the big Willie Nelson/Alison Krauss tour have been disappointed to see a…
Volume Five has been releasing some of the best new modern traditional bluegrass around for the past several years. Their most…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music