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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.
South Carolina’s King James Boys have announced a new member of their band. Josh Greene has joined the group on fiddle,…
Jim Fondren, John McEuen, and Pamm Tucker As 2019 was wrapping up, I enjoyed a telephone conversation with one of the…
Charlestown, IN, the hometown of celebrated bluegrass fiddler and bandleader, Michael Cleveland, has designated today (February 5, 2020) as Michael Cleveland…
This past summer Aynsley Porchak, the super talented fiddler with Carolina Blue, came up with a great idea for a social…
First… a bit of background… According to his website, Jason Barie grew up in Florida, picked up his first fiddle at the…
This remembrance of Roger Williams is a contribution from Howard W. Marshall, Professor and Chairman Emeritus in the Department of Art History and…
Let me take you on a trip. A trip to Guthrie, to Byron Berline’s Double Stop Fiddle Shop, which burned February…
Daniel Greeson, known most recently as the fiddler with Sideline, has accepted a position with BlueChip Picks, Inc. The Jamestown, NC,…
Noted bluegrass fiddler Jim Brock passed away on October 16, 2019, at Aliceville Manor Nursing Home, Aliceville, Alabama. He was 85…
Sniff, Sniff…. What’s that? Something’s frying, and it sure smells good. Could it be a corndog? Maybe an Elephant Ear? I…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music