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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.
Daniel Carwile fiddles his way to first place at the 2025 Twin Lakes National Fiddler Championship Many thanks to Ed Carnes,…
Many thanks to our friend Wayne Rice for sharing this interview he did in 1976 with a pre-teen Stuart Duncan. A…
Back to the Cabin in Caroline – A Tribute to Bluegrass Pioneer, John ‘Ralph’ Pennington is a new release of mostly…
Laura Orshaw – photo © Scott Simontacchi Dark Shadow Recording has a new single for bluegrass fiddler and vocalist Laura Orshaw,…
A new book from the University of Mississippi Press, Eck Robertson at the Crossroads of American Fiddling, offers a detailed biography…
The first annual Lee Stoneking Memorial Fiddle Contest, inspired by the passion and dedication of renowned Missouri fiddler, the late Lee…
Bluegrass fiddler and vocalist Bryan McDowell, Mountain Fever Records’ most recent signee, has released a second single from what will be…
Madeline Dierauf, fiddler and vocalist with The Wilder Flower, was celebrated this week with the Key to the City in her…
The University of North Carolina Press has set a September 16 release date for a new book by noted banjo performer…
When fiddler George Jackson met banjoist Brad Kolodner ten years ago in a late night jam session at the Appalachian String…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
