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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.
It’s time for Jon Weisberger to resign as the chairman of IBMA’s board of directors. I don’t say that lightly. As…
Earlier today, At-Large representative Henri Deschamps, Treasurer Elizabeth Wightman, and Agents/Managers/Publicists representative Brian Smith resigned from the Board of Directors of…
The Board of Directors of the International Bluegrass Music Association has suffered another resignation, this time that of David Smith, the…
The IBMA Board of Directors will have some extra work on their hands coming up. On Friday (10/31), Craig Ferguson, the…
The 2014 International Bluegrass Music Awards, held October 2, will be broadcast in a one-hour edited version during the Spring 2015…
The International Bluegrass Music Association has approved an official job description for a new Executive Director to fill the spot soon…
Here’s a final batch of Todd Powers‘ images from the Wide Open Bluegrass festival in Raleigh, NC. Major thanks and a…
Nancy Cardwell, who oversaw the move of IBMA’s World of Bluegrass conference and festival from Nashville to Raleigh and was executive…
During the IBMA’s World of Bluegrass and Wide Open Bluegrass festival, we had the chance to interview many of the top…
Summer McMahan, the talented young vocalist and fiddler with Mountain Faith, spoke with us during IBMA week about their upcoming album,…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music