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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.
We’ve featured a couple of new tracks from Carley Arrowood, the talented young bluegrass singer and songwriter from North Carolina whose…
Compass Records has released a first single from their upcoming duet project with Mike Barnett, simply titled +1. It boasts a…
I recently caught up with Brandon Godman (Laurie Lewis, Dale Ann Bradley, Doyle Lawson, etc…) on a morning hike up one…
Mountain Home Music Company has announced the signing of Andy Leftwich to the label. Leftwich, former longtime fiddler with Ricky Skaggs…
Gary Vessel is a renowned California Central Valley builder of all things violin and mandolin. He’s been at it for over…
For many students who have taken classes in Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music Studies at East Tennessee State University over…
Award-winning fiddler Deanie Richardson is celebrating today. The reigning IBMA Fiddle Player of the Year has just been announced as the…
The Bluegrass, Old Time and Country Music Studies program at East Tennessee State University has announced the hiring of two touring…
Al Murphy, a noted old time fiddler from Iowa City, was raised in a family of fiddlers, and mentored by Otis…
Matthew Lin, an extremely talented young musician and one of the brightest lights of the contest fiddle world, died on December…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music