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.
Jon Kahn is a country music artist and songwriter, who was convinced by a chance encounter with a bluegrass band that…
We received a note from Australian grassers The Stetson Family with news that their mandolinist, Andy Carswell, had passed away in…
Back in 1995, an unexpected event triggered one of the most successful instrumental bluegrass series in history. Guitarist Clay Jones recorded…
Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO has announced the 23 bands that have been accepted into this year’s KSMU Youth In…
“What’s goin’ on?” Mitch Manns greeted everyone with these words. His greeting was silenced on March 18, 2016. Mitch was an…
Controversial legislation in North Carolina has IBMA stuck between the proverbial rock and a hard place, a development that makes the…
MerleFest has today announced the finalists for the 2016 Chris Austin Songwriting Contest. Well over 700 entries were received for the…
I’m sure most of our readers have heard by now of the passing of the great Merle Haggard today, departing on…
Dailey & Vincent have announced the addition of Shaun Richardson to their band, filling the spot vacated by Seth Taylor’s move…
The International Bluegrass Music Museum is hard at work preparing a new exhibit that traces the lives of legendary country and…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
