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.
This year marks the third annual Americana Music Festival at Peaceful Bend. The festival takes place May 15-18 in Steelville, MO….
The Washburn Guitar folks have a number of new acoustic models. All were debuted at the recent Winter NAMM show, and…
The New York Times has an interesting article published last Friday (2/22) entitled A Journey Shaped by a Guitar. It gives…
It seems Marty Stuart has given quite a Valentine’s Day gift to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. On…
Our friend Laura Leder from Cool Mandolin Company emailed recently to ask us to remind students of bluegrass and old time…
Bluegrass has always been a highly participatory genre, with a higher than average number of fans being amateur or part time…
How many steel string acoustic guitars do you think are sold each year? I don’t know either, but it must surely…
The February ’08 edition of Acoustic Guitar magazine includes a new gear report about the Blueridge BR -40AS guitar. This particular…
Here’s a cautionary story for those bluegrassers who prefer the tone of tortoise shell picks. Agents of the U.S. Fish and…
Our UK correspondent, Richard F Thompson, shares this review of a project he found especially worthy. When cross-pick guitar expert and…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
