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.
Each year in the month of May, the largest bluegrass event in Europe takes place, the European World of Bluegrass (EWOB)….
In a recent communiqué with a portion of the organizational membership (via IBMA-L), Executive Director Dan Hays recapped last month’s IBMA…
Here’s one last piece on IBMA’s 2010 Leadership Bluegrass, this time from Gary Reid. Gary has spent a lifetime in service…
Here is another set of reflections on Leadership Bluegrass 2010, this time from Carol Beaugard, host of Lonesome Pine RFD, heard…
Phil Bankester, pére of the pickin’ and singin’ Bankester Family, was among the participants in the 2010 Leadership Bluegrass class. He…
IBMA’s 2010 Leadership Bluegrass class has recently concluded, and we will be posting comments from some of the participants, as we…
We posted last month about the upcoming revision to the IBMA’s Discover Bluegrass DVD, a major part of the organization’s efforts…
We heard this week from Phil Bankester, pére of the singing Bankester Family of Illinois, and a video producer with Genuine…
Here’s our annual reminder that this Friday (1/15) is the postmark deadline for any bands or artists who would like to…
Dan Hays, Executive Director of the International Bluegrass Music Association, has published an article on the IBMA web site that nicely…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
