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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.
In some parts of the country jams are easy to find. In Nashville it’s not at all uncommon to find a…
The gala events surrounding the inauguration of our new president are about to get underway, and I’ve just learned that banjoist…
Megan Lynch sent along details about her two 2009 FiddleStar instructional camps, held in Ridge Top, TN – just north of…
The 2009 Mark O’Connor String Camp will be held in New York City, the first time the roving clinic has touched…
It turns out that the info we got from Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver last week about Alan Johnson returning to the…
Just six months after announcing his retirement from the band this past spring, fiddler Alan Johnson is back with Doyle Lawson…
Nonesuch Records has announced that the debut solo project for former Nickel Creek fiddler and vocalist Sara Watkins will be released…
We have learned that Martie Maguire, of Dixie Chicks fame, is working on an instrumental, fiddle-based bluegrass album. Serious Chix fans…
The folks at bluegrasscollege.org have put together a video sample from their latest online lesson. The song is Blue Night, sung…
Halloween seems an appropriate day to release out gallery of Fiddle Faces. Some of these were sent in from readers. A…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
