Your authoritative and definitive news source for all things bluegrass, updated six days a week, with airplay charts, events directory, interviews, & puzzles.
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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.
We checked in this week with Rick Hayes, who most of us know from his many years playing mandolin with The…
Pam Rice has posted that she has brought Tony home from the hospital, where he is continuing treatment for pneumonia. She…
Many musicians have carved out their own niches in folk music, but few have accomplished as much as one man from…
We reported in May that guitar player Josh Pickett, formerly of Amber Collins & No Speed Limit, had made the move…
Anyone familiar with the acoustic music scene of Western NC, or with the music of the legendary Charlie Moore, is no…
Another member of the bluegrass community on the mend is popular Indiana musician Dave Denman, who is at home recovering from…
One of the most enjoyable recordings I’ve discovered this year is Kenny Smith’s latest, an instrumental guitar project called Return. The…
We also heard from Bryan Sutton this morning, who like Rob Ickes, was unable to attend Thursday’s IBMA Awards Show and…
Almost all the attention generated by TV and YouTube sensations Sleepy Man Banjo Boys has been focused on Jonny, the youngest,…
Longtime sideman Clay Hess is out with his third solo project, due for wide release during IBMA later this month. Rain…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
