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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.
I guess it had to happen… Casey Driessen has created a looped, all-fiddle version of Billie Jean as a Michael Jackson…
Bob Childs is a noted violin maker based in Cambridge, MA. His instruments are played by members of Boston’s acclaimed symphony…
We have written in the past about Kate Lee, a talented young singer, fiddler and songwriter from New York. Kate has…
Matt Glaser has been a fixture in the string music scene in the northeastern US since he was in his 20s….
Unfortunately we have another Stolen Instrument Alert to bring to your attention. Kayla Ray, plays fiddle and mandolin with the bluegrass…
The Chapmans are marking their 2oth anniversary as a band during 2009, and have decided that it’s about time to branch…
Here’s one for all those bluegrass fans who are also vintage aviation buffs. Russ Niles, editor in chief of AVweb, is…
Not to be outdone by the other contests running this month, fiddler Casey Driessen has created one of his own. The…
Charles Dumont, who developed the MandoChords and BanjoChords apps for the iPhone, has a new addition to his roster. JamBuddy will…
Jesse Cobb of the Infamous Stringdusters wrote in to inform us of his brother’s loss of four instruments. The guitar should…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music