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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.
Rebekah Long at the 2018 World Of Bluegrass (9/25/18) – photo © Bill Warren The Candidpix.info camera wandered around the various…
Man About A Horse at the 2018 World of Bluegrass (9/26/18) – photo © Frank Baker Frank Baker was on hand…
While the Momentum Awards luncheon was going on this morning, I took the opportunity to slip over to the Marriott Hotel…
IBMA Executive Director Paul Schiminger speaks at the 2018 Momentum Awards while Board Chair Joe Mullins and host Sierra Hull look…
Rhonda Vincent & The Rage returns to World of Bluegrass (9/25/18) – photo © Frank Baker Frank Baker spent Tuesday evening…
Jamie Dailey’s keynote speech to open this year’s World of Bluegrass in Raleigh was the equivalent of mom urging you to…
So far the most common question I’ve heard here at World of Bluegrass is, “Will there be live streaming of the…
Che Apalache at the 2018 Shout & Shine concert (9/24/18) – photo © Frank Baker Frank Baker made the rounds Monday…
This year during IBMA week, we are going to have some fun on Instagram. We’ve invited several different artists to take…
Jamie Dailey with Katy Daley, Kitsy Kuykendall, and George Matthews at the Marriott Hotel Katy Daley caught up with Jamie Dailey…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music