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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.
Noted comedian and banjo picker Ed Helms, he of The Hangover and The Office fame, has created another clever video for…
CMT is now running an EPK from Steep Canyon Rangers online at CMT.com, and in the Pure 12-pack Countdown. The video…
Little Black Train is offering a free download of the first track on their second and newly-released album, Barn Dance. Based…
Could it be all the auction shows gaining popularity on television? From the rough-and-tumble of Storage Wars to the more genteel…
Janet and I just got back from Sore Fingers Summer School, a bluegrass camp in the Cotswolds in England—affectionately dubbed by…
Maro Kawabata is a bluegrass musician, born and raised in Japan, but who lives now in the United States. It was…
This remembrance of Levon Helm is a contribution from Happy Traum, co-founder of Homespun Music Instruction. “The first show I remember…
In 1992, Bill Clinton grabbed headlines with the phrase “It’s the economy, stupid,” and used it to unseat George Bush as…
Here’s video of the Earl Scruggs tribute held last weekend at the Big Lick Festival in North Carolina. We published some…
Glen and Susan Tabor of Gat3 Records have released a second video about the recording of Kenny Smith’s Return CD. The…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
