Your authoritative and definitive news source for all things bluegrass, updated six days a week, with airplay charts, events directory, interviews, & puzzles.
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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.
In addition to updates on a pair of weekend festivals, our Very Special Correspondent introduces a new character to the Bluegrass…
… with Martha White. So goes the opening line of the most famous commercial in bluegrass history. It was first brought…
A Prairie Home Companion will on this week’s radio show be presenting three individually distinctive banjo players; Bill Evans, educator, composer…
While we were at SPGBMA earlier this month, Mike Andes brought over his brand new, just-out-of-the-box solo project, The Songs I…
Jamie Johnson, vocalist for The Grascals, is suffering from flu-like symptoms, and has been grounded by his doctor. He has no…
Repeated examples over the years have showed that bluegrass people are some of the most generous folks around – always quick…
Bob Amos is best known as the leader of the Front Range, a quartet formed in 1984 and based in the…
Jim & Valerie Gabehart have welcomed mandolinist Brandon Shuping back to the band. He’s been a regular, recurring member, and Jim…
Austin’s Wood & Wire has released their debut, self-titled and self-produced album. The quartet has been together since 2010, founded by…
We heard the other day from Melvin Goins, an artist as deserving of the term bluegrass legend as anyone I can…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
