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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.
Occurring in tandem with the IBMA’s Fan Fest last month in Nashville was the 2012 Grand Master Fiddle Championship, held in…
Held this past weekend was the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, KS, host of the 41st running of the National Flatpicking…
Rebel Records has three compilation CDs set for an October 16 release. One is a collection of songs from the two…
We have learned that celebrated luthier John Sipe passed away on September 4 at his home in Charlotte, NC. He was…
Well… we’ve had Banjo For Dummies, and Bluegrass Mandolin for the Complete Ignoramus. So I suppose that Mel Bay’s new book,…
Friends of western North Carolina picker David Wiseman have set up a donations page at GiveForward.com to raise money for his…
Judging from the mail I got this week, it seems that people like to read about practicing about as much as…
Pert Near Sandstone has a new music video, for the song Snake Charmer from their current Paradise Hop album. This contemporary…
Our poll this week is bound to generate some sparks. We want to know which instrument in Bill Monroe’s original bluegrass…
Brian Vance with D’Addario spent a few minutes with us during the Summer NAMM show earlier this month. He gave a…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
